I wish I were doing well enough to do this type of physical work all the time. I'm suffering greatly this morning from it. I'm typing this message with the only two parts of my body that aren't hurting...the tip of my nose and my third toe on the left foot. It's difficult, but doable.

Seriously, I wish I could do this full time...but vertigo and other issues prevent it. Nobody wants to hire someone that can only work occasionally, and with the use of a cane or walker. However, I refuse to let it keep me from getting this truck 100% mechanically right.

The water pump and timing chain/gears will be easy to teach my son...remove everything bolted to the front of the engine, bump engine til timing marks line up, swap out the old parts for new, and re-assemble. I keep telling him that it really is that simple, but he thinks there's more to it than that.

To be able to do a bumper now, I'd need to purchase a welder and either a cutting torch set-up or a plasma cutter. Perhaps after my son starts his welding courses at Pittsburgh Technical next year...if all goes as planned, he'll start in the Summer or Fall of 2017. He's said that he wants to be a tower dog like his step brother, making the big dollars. I'd just be happy with him learning a skilled trade that puts food on his table and a roof over his head.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles