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I remember when I bought my first car. I was fifteen years old or so and I bought an old VW camper bus. Of course I didn’t tell my parents, and it didn’t really run all that well. Little did I know that it had some bad rings in it and I would have to tear the engine apart. But over the course of a year, with the help of a knowledgeable friend, I got the job done.
Working on boats always scared me just like cars did initially. Fiberglass work, wood repair, engine care, all of it sounded awfully hard. If there is one thing I am learning though with Kintyre is that all of it is within the scope of a normal person. You just need some patience, an ability to laugh through the frustration, and a good vocabulary of swear words!
Got the outboard back together today, will test it out tomorrow when the sun comes out. I was going to put it in a barrel today and fire it up, but its 25 degrees outside.
Spent the evening on Kintyre. Flushed the transmission 4 or 5 times because of some condensation that got in there over the years. Scraped some old paint, found some more rot, traced some wires, a very productive night. I’ve made a list for the weekend- I don’t think I’ll actually get to all of it but I’ll get a good start. I don’t think I have any help coming out this weekend so it might be a long one.
Probably won’t update again until Sunday night… Stay warm!