Whew - hot these last two weeks. It finally let up on Friday. Not too much to talk about with regard to work done on customer cars. Nothing remarkable lately.
I did a bunch of "horse trading" late last week. I have a bunch of listings on www.racingjunk.com to try to unload some of my extra parts, engines, etc. Someone from Fredericksburg, VA came down and swapped his Ramjet 350 engine for an aluminum-headed 454 I had listed. The 350 is going in a '41 Chevy I recently acquired. I'm excited about that one. Will post some pictures in the next week or two. Also swapped my '77 Vega dragracer and another engine for a Yamaha 1100. Beth wasn't too upset with me since it was just about all done in trade...
Two weeks until vacation! I'll be closed the week of 8/16. Looking forward to the beach.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Week of 6/21/10 at HG
Hot week at the shop this week. With temps in the mid-90s, I saw plenty of A/C systems. Wish I had A/C out in the shop. Quite a shock when I leave the office and go back out into it.
Ben Thomas brought me a bag full of fresh green beans and another of cucumbers on Friday when he picked up his car. Beth used some of both for dinner the past couple of nights. Nothing like fresh from the garden. Even better when you don't have to grow them yourself!
Found a 10 mm deep socket in the #2 cylinder of an LS1 Suburban engine I opened up. The strangest part, though is that the socket hadn't caused any problems. The problem was on #5. Obviously I'm not the first one to open up this engine. There's a mechanic out there somewhere wondering where his 10mm went.
Finished metal work on the Vega and put a small block 350 in it. Still a track car. Might end up making it a street car and selling it. (Note from Beth: He'll probably put a half dozen other motors in it first.)
Did some more blocking on the Chevelle. Beth decided on paint scheme a couple weeks ago, so now I've got to do the hard part.
Finally fixed Beth's passenger side inner door handle. She's only been trying to get me to do it for about 6 months now. Fixed a brake light while I was at it. One of these days I'll remember that Mercedes needs to go through and re-learn everything once reset.
Ran the Fun Fourth Freedom Run 10k yesterday. Apparently Beth got me to agree to it one Monday night after I had a couple drinks. I had run 15 miles in the past YEAR before yesterday. Didn't do as well as I wanted, but beat the hell out of Beth and still came in under an hour. Legs are sore today. Might have to get back into running on a regular basis. (Note 2 from Beth: That was my master plan...)
That's about it. Hopefully a busy week coming up. Monday is full.
Wayne
Ben Thomas brought me a bag full of fresh green beans and another of cucumbers on Friday when he picked up his car. Beth used some of both for dinner the past couple of nights. Nothing like fresh from the garden. Even better when you don't have to grow them yourself!
Found a 10 mm deep socket in the #2 cylinder of an LS1 Suburban engine I opened up. The strangest part, though is that the socket hadn't caused any problems. The problem was on #5. Obviously I'm not the first one to open up this engine. There's a mechanic out there somewhere wondering where his 10mm went.
Finished metal work on the Vega and put a small block 350 in it. Still a track car. Might end up making it a street car and selling it. (Note from Beth: He'll probably put a half dozen other motors in it first.)
Did some more blocking on the Chevelle. Beth decided on paint scheme a couple weeks ago, so now I've got to do the hard part.
Finally fixed Beth's passenger side inner door handle. She's only been trying to get me to do it for about 6 months now. Fixed a brake light while I was at it. One of these days I'll remember that Mercedes needs to go through and re-learn everything once reset.
Ran the Fun Fourth Freedom Run 10k yesterday. Apparently Beth got me to agree to it one Monday night after I had a couple drinks. I had run 15 miles in the past YEAR before yesterday. Didn't do as well as I wanted, but beat the hell out of Beth and still came in under an hour. Legs are sore today. Might have to get back into running on a regular basis. (Note 2 from Beth: That was my master plan...)
That's about it. Hopefully a busy week coming up. Monday is full.
Wayne
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
starting up the Hodge Garage blog
After many evenings of "how was your day", listening to the trials and tribulations of what went well and what went awry at Hodge Garage that day, I thought it was time to start a blog for Wayne. You see, he's a great mechanic and a really good person, but he's not the best at conveying information. It seems he feels everyone should be a mind-reader. I thought maybe by starting a blog for him I could help his answers to "how was your day" become more positive. I also hope to help his loyal customers understand Wayne a little better so the business can run more smoothly for everyone. Let's see how it goes!
I plan to periodically post pictures of cars (Wayne has enough of them to fill a few pages), customers, kids, races - anything having to do with the shop. If you have a picture you feel would be a good addition, you can email it to hodgegarage@msn.com.
Thanks for your support,
Beth
I plan to periodically post pictures of cars (Wayne has enough of them to fill a few pages), customers, kids, races - anything having to do with the shop. If you have a picture you feel would be a good addition, you can email it to hodgegarage@msn.com.
Thanks for your support,
Beth
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