JoeM 7,874 #1 Posted February 17, 2021 Pulled this 79 C81 in the shop. Wanted to just get it running and tinker but as usual, it is out of control. The machine has pretty good bones, about the only major rust out was the bottom of the tower support area and i have a doner. The video was the start up on the engine, always a plus when they kick over and run good. I had suffered from "leg lightning" the last few years and finally tapped out last summer and scheduled my lumbar spinal fusion. Got the surgery in the first week of January 2021, doc said two weeks ago i could start tinkering a bit, and now back in the shop at least tinkering, 2/3 hours a day. Prior to the surgery I set up small things to do, post surgery, that would not cause injury. Threw the pic of the pinion units up just because they we on the table side by side and really shows how much more beefy that 8 pinion unit is by comparison. Just a little thread about the project don't know when i will finish it but I will post as it happens. I got a couple other projects that need to get done in the spring. 6 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 63,204 #2 Posted February 17, 2021 Glad to hear the surgery went well, and your operations in the shop are making progress too! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,648 #3 Posted February 17, 2021 Awesome Joe. I suffered through "Little train running around my back and butt on the right " syndrome. Had back surgery Spinal laminectomy in April 2019. Felt pretty good and walked outside to pick up sticks in the yard and everybody threw a fit! Nice they let you get out and do a little. Now my left side is acting up. No little train yet but discomfort everyday. I asked my back surgeon. "Since I had spurs on my right side crushing my spinal nerves, wouldn't it make sense that the same thing is happening on the left?" He just looked at me. Says we aren't going to do a thing until you can't walk again! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeM 7,874 #4 Posted February 17, 2021 4 hours ago, squonk said: everybody threw a fit My wife watches me like a hawk.! I think see knows I can't be trusted. I had the laminectomy 5 years ago and it worked pretty good until Uncle Arthur moved in and ate the discs areas. Volia....pinched nerves. Sometimes I could lay for a couple hours and it would fill better, sometimes a whole day, just awful electrical type shock fillings. The surgery is something new in the last few years. They go in though the side and use hockey puck inserts between the vertebrae. That is after they cut out the old bad stuff. Walked three hours after they did it with a walker. A little numb but pinched nerve gone! The procedure is called an Oblique lumbar lateral interbody fusion Had to go into the big city to get r done though. Just wanted to share might be a good option for somebody out there. (pretty good animation on the tube) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 68,887 #5 Posted February 17, 2021 9 hours ago, pullstart said: Glad to hear the surgery went well, and your operations in the shop are making progress too! Yessuh. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeM 7,874 #6 Posted February 20, 2021 Got the transmixer back together, tested and letting r set over night to check for seeps. got 10w30 in it for now, Made a coupler out of hose and breeze bands, spun it up with a drill. I paid a little tuition in the form of a brake shaft seaL. I know a lot of you know this trick but l I did not tape the step and chaffed the new seal on the step edge. Just got lazy and cost me a new seal. Tape on second try. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
