Important feedback - thank you!  Mat's service station jeep engine has not been started yet because he decided to repaint "Cooter".....soon! More How-To's on the way.

We appreciate you being here Bruce.  I have a number of "how-to's" that I haven't posted because like the shop work, I keep thinking they can and should be better. You inspire me to "ship".  Part 1 of the Oxy video will be uploaded shortly.  Couple of other videos going up this weekend.

I just re-read this comment:  "DISASTER-STRUCK".......outstanding!🤫

Come on out!  We will put you to work and raz you a bit in the process!🤣

Thanks Dana.  I love seeing the human handiwork on these vehicles - like your "extra spotwelds".  Somehow, it makes me feel "closer" to the folks who built them, probably because as a craftsman, I appreciate when folks notice "craftsmanship"....even when it involves me fixing a mistake. I would say that "my people" pay attention to these kinds of things - they "see" when most of the world is completely oblivious to these details.You have a lot of manufacturing experience....I would like to think that these parts weren't pitted when new, but I can definitely see how things could happen that would make for a less than cosmetically perfect part. A pitted part could still be perfectly functional. I imagine that no wartime inspector would reject that part with quotas to make etc.....

Thanks Steve.I totally agree about the aviation safety.  That said, most of these old warbirds are being restored way past that...polished P-51's.....flawless "imron" Corsairs.  It makes sense given the price tag of a restoration...no one (maybe) is going to spend millions to restore a warbird for the restorer to slap a coat of paint on it.....I do like patina on a jeep, but....there is some line between being a lazy restorer and over restoring. I don't know where that line is.....

SAY IT ISN'T SO!  Thank you Dana!👍

Thank you for joining us Steven and being a subscriber.  I really love being able to do these videos, learn, share, and play with this old iron and a great community.

Yes Sir!  I am putting on my work clothes and heading to the shop to reassemble!🤣

Back to quick indexes....I spent an entire day (or two) trying to get a Weasel engine to start because I followed the manual and had the firing order backwards!  That little diagram is very confused!