Shortened Season

[cheesy]

Two days boot free. I was hurting a bit after we got back from the steam show yesterday. Today, 'cept for some minor swelling, I'm feeling great. My right foot actually hurts more and I'm betting that's because my gait is all discombobulated.

I was holding off until Wednesday to start driving the Jeep but it's happening tomorrow. If the week goes good with the clutch, I'll give the CX a go the following week.

The low buck AC unit got built last evening. It works, sort of. Being a 12v 1.5A fan, it draws too much current for my bench power supply. It goes into overload past 10.8V. The fan just laughs at my solar panel. So, I have a 12v 3A power supply arriving on Tuesday. Figures that the weather broke early this morning. It's been pretty comfortable all day.

[BlackBike]

Originally Posted by cheesy

Two days boot free. I was hurting a bit after we got back from the steam show yesterday. Today, 'cept for some minor swelling, I'm feeling great. My right foot actually hurts more and I'm betting that's because my gait is all discombobulated.

I was holding off until Wednesday to start driving the Jeep but it's happening tomorrow. If the week goes good with the clutch, I'll give the CX a go the following week.

The low buck AC unit got built last evening. It works, sort of. Being a 12v 1.5A fan, it draws too much current for my bench power supply. It goes into overload past 10.8V. The fan just laughs at my solar panel. So, I have a 12v 3A power supply arriving on Tuesday. Figures that the weather broke early this morning. It's been pretty comfortable all day.

Good report I have been in old houses that were equipped with a central exhaust fan. Crack the windows about 1 in and amazing how it draws the air in and makes for cool breeze throughout.

We got 4.5" overnight rain. Low pressure formed up in sotex. Lower to mid 90's, much better

[Weldangrind]

Originally Posted by cheesy

Two days boot free. I was hurting a bit after we got back from the steam show yesterday. Today, 'cept for some minor swelling, I'm feeling great. My right foot actually hurts more and I'm betting that's because my gait is all discombobulated.

I was holding off until Wednesday to start driving the Jeep but it's happening tomorrow. If the week goes good with the clutch, I'll give the CX a go the following week.

The low buck AC unit got built last evening. It works, sort of. Being a 12v 1.5A fan, it draws too much current for my bench power supply. It goes into overload past 10.8V. The fan just laughs at my solar panel. So, I have a 12v 3A power supply arriving on Tuesday. Figures that the weather broke early this morning. It's been pretty comfortable all day.

Congrats on being boot free!

Have you considered a 110VAC fan? No battery necessary.

[cheesy]

Originally Posted by Weldangrind

Have you considered a 110VAC fan? No battery necessary.

No battery, AC to DC power supply. That will be here tomorrow. Along with new door hinge pins for the Jeep. Things got a bit rusty while the Jeep sat.

[Weldangrind]

I bought a 110VAC fan for cheap in the surplus section of Princess Auto a while back; I might use it for a similar AC unit.

[Bruce's]

Holy crap ,your jeep door hinges got rusty in a few months ? I will send you my address ,you can send the rusty no good jeep to me for proper disposal !

[cheesy]

Originally Posted by Bruce's

Holy crap ,your jeep door hinges got rusty in a few months ? I will send you my address ,you can send the rusty no good jeep to me for proper disposal !

'Rusty' was bad choice. 'Stiff' is a better. As in, "My Jeep sat outside, unused, for so long that the doors proved quite stiff to open". Also, "My Jeep sat outside, unused, for so long that the brake pads were 'stiffed' to the rotors".

I installed 'mirror relocation brackets' yesterday so I can run sans doors on occasion and still be road legal. This was when I figured I should just replace the pins.

Found that my right foot was painful because I had a sliver in it.

[Bruce's]

I just don't feel right running my jeep with doors and a roof ,it's just not natural .I am actually fixing a 2005 tj this week with the frame broken by the transfercase mount on both sides .It has been used for plowing a horse farm ,jeep is perfect other than the frame ,and it's an automatic ,you might of liked it the past few months ,but since you are on the mend it's a little too late to help you .

[cheesy]

Mine's an '05 LJ, which is the TJ with a 10" longer wheelbase. Also known as the Unlimited. I keep the doors and hard top on because it's my 'park at the airport' vehicle. Once that part of my career is behind me, I imagine the hard top will go into storage and the doors will come off at will.

[cheesy]

Whoohooo


Started right up and went on about a ten mile ride. No plans on going nuts yet, because I felt 'it' in every upshift. Sure was fun, though.

[FastDoc]

Originally Posted by cheesy

'Rusty' was bad choice. 'Stiff' is a better. As in, "My Jeep sat outside, unused, for so long that the doors proved quite stiff to open". Also, "My Jeep sat outside, unused, for so long that the brake pads were 'stiffed' to the rotors".

I installed 'mirror relocation brackets' yesterday so I can run sans doors on occasion and still be road legal. This was when I figured I should just replace the pins.

Found that my right foot was painful because I had a sliver in it.

Driving a Jeep without doors is a good simple basic pleasure. Just make sure there are no loose items in the cockpit...

[FastDoc]

Originally Posted by cheesy

Whoohooo


Started right up and went on about a ten mile ride. No plans on going nuts yet, because I felt 'it' in every upshift. Sure was fun, though.

Excellent. Hard toe boots perhaps?

Moleskin is also great stuff.

[cheesy]

If I move my foot around, I can find that sweet spot and no issues. It really isn't all that different than before I the surgery, it was just an eye opener the first few times. Kind of like bumping a fresh injury. Even through you'd never bang into that area if you tried, a boo boo paints a large target and dares your sub-conscious NOT run it into something.

I've run with steel toes before and it's not an issue, I just try to keep those at work.

[cheesy]

Rode into work today.

I see the foot doc on Wednesday and I'm going to insist to be released from 'Light Duty'. I've been cooped up in this office for way too long.

Also, a certain manager may die if I have stay in here much longer.

[Weldangrind]

Be thankful that you can escape that certain manager by checking in here. Not everybody has access to such sanity breaks at work.
Congrats on riding into work! I encourage you to not rush the healing process. I've found out the hard way how easy it is to re-injure during recovery.