I second that! Your reports have been informative and quite amusing.
Keep'em coming.
John
'93 M1038 HMMWV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rikk Rogers" <rkltd@fullnet.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] The sludge monster crime scene
> TJ
> You need to save this stuff and put it in book form. Maybe a magazine
> article. You make the day-to-day details fun :)
>
>
>
> Rikk Rogers
> RK Lion LTD.
> (580)762-3157
> rkltd@fullnet.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
> Behalf Of Timothy Smith
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 10:45 PM
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: [MV] The sludge monster crime scene
>
>
> Hi list,
> Work on the Scout car continues....As I am running low on cash (I knew I
> would sooner or later) So, I have been doing the little laborious items
> that take, not a strong wallet, but a weak mind. While standing for hours
> at the bench grinder (with wire wheel) cleaning up hundreds of little
brake
> components I have come to the conclusion that restoring a mil-veh is like
> eating a s--- sandwich...the more bread you've got the less s--- you've
got
> to eat. Luckily I've had a pretty good week selling on eBay and will soon
> be able to spend on the Scout again. Also, I have enough experience with
> this sort of thing that I have set aside low budget / high labor tasks for
> those inevitable times when the cash pipeline has a knot in it. (Vehicle
> Restorer wannabe's with small budgets please read that last sentence again
> once or twice as memorizing it would serve you well.)
>
> The parts cleaner is one of those things that makes those laborious jobs
SO
> much nicer but requires some maintenance itself from time to time. My
parts
> baskets were coming up with some pretty wild looking goo clinging to the
> legs so I figured it was time to empty it out and give it a good cleaning.
> Well, I drained off the kerosene (yes, there is probably something out
there
> MUCH better but that's what I got) and there it was.....THE SLUDGE
MONSTER.
> All that sunlight must have stunned it because it just laid there staring
up
> at me with its beady little eyes. I took my four inch scraper and began
to
> separate it from the bottom of the bin when, WHAT THE HECK?!...... It
seems
> that Buzz Lightyear and one of the Power Rangers teamed up to do battle
with
> the sludge monster. Well, they lost...BIG time. In fact, they were
> partially digested when I found their remains. Their pocket change (36
> cents) fared much better than they did. I recovered what appeared to be
> their last ditch weapons (a small screw driver and some rocks.) I felt
like
> I was at a crime scene. It must have been one helluva fight. Wish I
could
> have seen it....I wonder if my daughter did?
>
> As always, let's Keep em Rollin'!
> TJ
>
>
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