He told me that in Ringgold yesterday and I just kinda walked around in a daze the rest of the day. :lol:

Homer will probably have "rejection" issues just as the Vanagonagon did when Kyle transplanted the diesel engine in the stretch. Unknown territory sometimes is "just to much to bear" (with a heavy southern accent). :lol:  :lol:

Homer will more than likely be in better shape than Zen come Friday eve.
   What do you think ? :-k

I'm in shape!  Round is a shape.   :lol:

If all goes well, I'll be driving Homer to work Tuesday morning.

Well, all didn't "go well."  I had a broken stud that DID NOT want to be removed from it's resting place in one of my newly rebuilt heads.  After about an hour of welding nuts on it and breaking off little bits at a time, Kyle and I had it down flush with the head.  If you ever need a broken bolt center punched absolutly dead center, go see Kyle!  We put it in his drill press and drilled it out 1/8", then went back through it with a 1/4" bit.  The threads of the bolt were all that was left . . . they pulled out like a spring and left the threads in the head perfect and untouched!   :shock:

The only problem was that created a big delay in my day.  I didn't actually start working on putting the engine back together until about 5:00pm.  Except for the flywheel, the long block is together and the valves are set.  I still have to set the endplay, then put the tin, distributor, generator stand, intake and exhaust on it and get it installed.  I see two or three long nights ahead of me!   ](*,)

By the way, does anyone have an extra lower piece of tin for a doghouse cooler?  I've got the middle piece that directs the air downwards, but the bottom piece that takes the hot air through the front breast tin is missing.  I know no one will believe this, but I "think" it fell off going down the road somewhere!   :lol:

#-o    ](*,)

Murphy's law stikes again.  I improvised a tool to set my end play . . . got it set to .003" . . . pulled the flywheel to put the main seal in and guess what?  I don't have one!  I had two gasket sets that I thought included the main seal, and somewhere I know I've got at least one extra . . . but when it came time to put one in, I realized that neither of these gasket sets came with one and I can't find my extra.  Soooooooooooo . . . I guess I'm at a standstill again tonight.  But once I've got the seal and torque the gland nut down, the rest ought to go pretty fast.  At least I hope it does . . . Friday is approching FAST!   8-[

The seal kits I got had a main seal shrink wrapped over the kit.  Well, they did at one time.  I got them at show somewhere a while back . . . I think it was something the vendor did.  At one point in time I had one in Homer's glove box . . . I was taking it to someone and they ended up not needing it.  I've seen it in there every time I opened the glove box door for the last couple of years.  At least it WAS there until I needed it.

I had to get a wisdom tooth "extracted" today, so while I was out from work, I went by Mainly Foreign and got a new seal.  Got the end play set, the seal AND new O ring installed, clutch and pressure plate bolted on and most of the tin on.  I have to bolt on the generator stand, intake and exhaust and stick this thing back in.

It's looking like the test drive is going to be to Effingham.   [-o<