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1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!

Friday, November 19, 2010

Last Day of Assembly

Well we thought it was the last day.  After we got the transmission and transfer case mounted, cleaned up some of the mess and took pictures of our masterpiece, we noticed that the angle of the drive shafts seemed a bit steep. 








So, we reviewed all the parts recently assembled and one appeared to be upside down.  

Here's Harvey inspecting Roger's (senior) upside down installation of the transmission mounting bracket.  Rog claims he was just following orders.  His son and I made allowances for his age and plan to rectify the problem tomorrow.


The company that made the modification kit has a tech hotline that has been invaluable.

It has been great fun to play with all of Roger's (jr) tools and get dirty.  Hopefully teaching young Roger some valuable lessons along the way.  Like how working alone is much less entertaining. 

Teri and I will spend one more day here and then start moseying toward Tuscaloosa.

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