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Chara and Kodar's journal #32
🕑 Added 2020-06-28 15:11:51 +0000 UTChttp://kodar.org/patreon/content/100/journal0032.png
"Clearing the room from spare parts heaps" proved to be a nearly impossible task, way too much work in such a small time frame, i've underestimated the amount of efforts needed, but once started I just HAD to finish and get this thing going again. But I did this, with Chara's help. And we're mobile again. Also the good thing is - my eyes had rested and healed well without the computer strain.
A little technical details for those among you who are interested and understand such things. Both front and rear solid axles were replaced, but before that, they undergone a full disassembly, repaint and restoration, so they look and perform nearly as good as new now, new seals, bearings, gaskets, repair kits etc... The old axles were a mess, the rear and front one have had a different gear ratio, front one was crudely fitted from a different car model, the rear one gears were damaged and failing slowly, brakes were ruined too, esp-ly the rear drum brakes, and worst of all, the crude suspension lift was done with lots of sloppy welding and angle grinder, which made the transfer housings unusable, I just had to tear the old axles out and replace them entirely, there was no fixing that... And that's not all... I've also replaced the gear box and transfer case and front shaft propeller, again with restoration on the used replacement ones I've got for a bargain price.
Well, in the end I have a mechanically reliable vehicle now with most of the parts serviced and rebuilt, except the engine, but it seems to be feeling okay and diagnosis did not detect any issues with it. Still, this thing looks like something that's came from a scrapyard, but the junky exterior and interior is something I can totally live with, as long as it gets the job done and mechanical parts are perfect, maybe the next year I will get to fix the looks too... For now I'm so happy I have the freedom to go in the city whenever needed again, and I know this truck isn't going to fail me. It did a good job staying alive all this time despite all the horrible state it was in, but this could not last forever, sooner or later something crucial would snap, it was even dangerous to drive this thing on the road as it was...
