Hey all, some of you here might remember me from several years ago.....its been a while, so I figured I'd kick myself back into the Hatchling section....
It was SO HARD to find you guys!!!
I've been gone a long time.....very long story short: vehicle accident, neck problems, medication problems, physical mobility problems, had to leave my career.....etc basically, I was varying degrees of sick for several years....pretty much recovered now, though I have to be relatively kind to myself when it comes to working on the Eagle,used to be able to do a full day of working on it, now I need to rest often....so be it.... right! Also other things have happened....got married (bonus...Hubby loves the Eagle too!!), have a great dog, moved back to my home Province. Now....moving back to my home province has been a barrier unto itself as far as the Eagle has been concerned. Couldn't afford to move it, and it wasn't ready to pull a trailer across Canada thanks to the somewhat incomplete engine rebuild that I had done out in BC.
Fast forward over 2 years after moving, finally got the cash to bring my Eagle to me (well...sorta, had to force the issue a little....lol). Other problem......NB has some pretty stringent inspection rules (BC had....well....pretty much none). Need to get her road-legal as cheap as possible, as quick as possible, since my hubby and I need to have two vehicles on the road due to his new work schedule (which was my excuse to spend the money to get the Eagle here
).
I've been out of the loop for a bit everybody, going to have some REALLY dumb questions, my memory is a little shot, so I'm going to be trying to refresh myself on as much as possible.
Current things on the ASAP to-do list (in no particular order):
New battery, and some fresh gas (getting both today, put them in tomorrow hopefully)
Finish replacing the obnoxiously, intrusively loud Cherry Bomb muffler (will do once the rain stops and I have light to do it, dropped the "bomb" new one needs to be installed)
Replace the "shelf" under the dashboard (it should be in the back....I'd better check on that!)
New tires (or used with good tread)
Tweak the carb.....got a new one on there and it is a PITA, keeps running rich
Inner rocker panels (VERY scared of this one....I can't fix it myself, and cash is tight....could keep the Eagle off the road)
Undercoating! (There is SO much salt used here it'll rot in a week of just sitting....)
Inspection....the mystery....will it pass? Probably not until those rocker panels are done....
All the while, keeping fingers crossed that the two years of sitting at a friend's house in BC didn't damage things! (was told some work and upkeep would be done....didn't happen...should say former friend).
Anyway all, glad to be back, life sucked for a bit there, but it is getting better, and improved vastly when the Eagle landed in my driveway again. Going to need some help from all of you to get some of my list tackled and getting her good to go again
Looking forward to it!!!! Missed you guys, but was a little too bummed without my Beast to hang out......
And, just because I'm happy to be back, and because I love this smiley:
Topic: Old member back after a REALLY long hiatus.... (Read 4857 times)