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You run out of coolant? You toast the headgasket and smoke the rings. That’s a LOT more expensive than just checking the coolant level. AND, it turns out, the bearings are also shot.  Because why not.

Took about 12 hours not including breaks and parts runs.  Engine shows S.I.G.N.I.F.I.C.A.N.T. evidence of neglect from previous owners.  Might as well add “CHANGE YOUR OIL FREQUENTLY” in that too.

I did have a gravity yeet:

But I’m very glad I still had the original engine from this car in a bin at work so I could yoink the cam.

Pendozi Machine milled the head, and we got it all back together and running that evening.

At any rate, the engine is back together and runs MUCH better than it did before!  Yay!

Testing it out to see how it performs.

“Dimarra” (from the now defunct Locost Yahoo Group) used to save all my old tag lines. He shared them recently on the Grassroots Motorsports forum. I am deeply DEEPLY honoured. These go back to about 2004-2008, and include the build, inspection, driving, and modifications to the Lethal Locost. This is also around the time of the birth of my kids.

Greg “squeezing a nickel till the beaver farts” Wellwood
Greg “If you can’t do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly” Wellwood
Greg “my cranium has its own gravitational pull” Wellwood
Greg “naked to the invisible eye” Wellwood

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A student bought me a patch of land in Scotland as a thank you for teaching him all these years. Owning land in Scotland makes me a Lord. Lord Wellwood. I like it!

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Frickin’ crane operator hit my truck.

I did not ask for the crane operator to use his magnet.  I am perfectly fine unloading $45 of scrap metal by myself.  Except now I need to get this dealt with.  It’s possible ICBC might write it off as a total loss.  NOT impressed.

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Went to Home Depot this morning, only to find the steering drunk. I did not expect this: