It Rained Today

My intention to day was to bury my sorrows and numb my mind in the tedium of polishing the Hondamatic.
Wax on.  Wax off.  Wax on.  Wax off. And then there was solace. And peace. No thoughts, just focus on the task on hand. 

Yeah right.  I forgot that I lived in Seattle.  It was perfect out yesterday, but I was in no position to be working on anything (especially power equipmenrt i.e. electric polishers) that took me more than a foot away from my box of kleenex.  I was so sure that today would be as sunny as it was yesterday.

Nope, it's June 1st for crying out loud and it's still raining! I am really very sick and tired of being cold.  I would like to maybe not go out of the house with my wool jacket on.  Please?

I didn't get to polish the car.  But I cleaned my room and did some laundry and de-cluttered my closet.  You know, I got rid of all the clothes that I have never worn, never will wear (again), will never fit into again but thinking that I will, so I'll keep them around.  I was just sick of looking at them all.

But I digress...

I previewed the pertinent pages in the Chilton's manual and have determined that taking the engine apart is super easy.  Step by step a piece of cake.  Should take about an hour provided I have all the tools and can hoist the engine out.  But I am going to turn this into a three hour project just to label all the parts and bits and screws and hoses and their corresponding connection points and put the small pieces into labeled baggies.

Then comes the cleaning and machining and reinstallation of the new parts.  That may take a little longer.
Dad's advice to me was to consider the option of just buying a rebuilt engine and dropping it in since I'll likely be spending the same amount on mine to get it worked over and machined.

Oh, and I got my American International HRH-800 radio installation kit delivered today.  Yay!  Now I don't have to settle for the two inches of modern stereo that stick out of the original radio hole.  I just don't dig that look.