Cool, Carter, Moth, Transmission

Things are going well here. It pretty cool in our house most of the time (I know it's nothing compared to our former MN winter, but in the house we rarely feel warm). Our indoor temp rarely reaches 70.

Max Temp - 77.5
Min Temp - 58.4
Max Humidity - 92
Min Humidity - 54

Carter loves to drive the four-wheeler around and does it just about every day. Today I was changing oil in the generator room and he came by. He was happy to have me ask him to get the four-wheeler and trailer and then come back to me. I loaded the trailer up with a barrel of used oil and he drove it down to where we dumped it. He had Jonathan (4), Kyrk's son, on the back and those two have been driving around very frequently lately - having fun and doing boy stuff. Carter asks Neal, who is here for four months doing landscaping, if he needs any help so he can use the four-wheeler and he loves it when he needs help!

Here is a picture of a moth that was near our window (in high resolution). It was about 5-6 inches in wingspan:


Boring car stuff...

After trying to figure out why the newly assembled transmission and new parts didn't work correctly, I started to take it apart. In the process of taking it apart, I found the area that was preventing the transmission from turning and closely examined the parts. Kyrk has been a big help providing second opinions and a second set of hands to help put things together and take them apart. We found the part (or set of parts) that was causing the problem. A snychronizer ring was cracked and no longer round and turning like it should. We bought and replaced the set and now it works beautifully! I assembled the rest of the transmission and now I am awaiting a new clutch disc and throwout bearing - then it'll be time to put it in the truck. I am always so excited to start a vehicle after working on it like this and to see it work. By the grace of God, I have gotten this far!