brent72's Journal

Been awhile since my last update. Had a little "melt down" last night. The new job is into it's 3rd month and that seems to be when the real frustration seems to move in for me. I just hope that my working only 1 1/2 hours at a time will make it so that I can continue and not get so frustrated that I have to quit. It is a very frustrating job because I seem to get so much conflicting information from those that I am supposed to ask for help. One tells me one thing then another tells me something different. Then the comupter system I work with really has it's gremblins and whoever wrote the program obviously never did this job before. It asks questions that really have nothing to do with what you are trying to do. So you just have to pick answers that realy do not pertain sometimes. OH well I guess that's just how it goes. At least most clients I talk to seem to be very nice and really appriciate what I am doing for them. Of course the company wants me to spend much less time helping these people. It just seems the company is much more focused on "handle time" than they are customer service. I guess that is just the way of the world now a days. Sad though.

I have acquired a different riding mower. It is much bigger than the one we use now. It is also much newer. In lots better shape except the motor needs to be rebuilt. I have it all apart now and am beginning to clean up all the parts so that I can put it all back together. I just hope I can remember where everything goes.......LOL it has been a long time since I have rebuilt a small engine. I am just glad for the internet and the fact that I am able to get a service manual for it online. At least I hope this will help me to get it all back together.

Well better get out there in the garage and ge to cleaning up some of the parts. Need to take the block up to a welder Monday and have him weld up the crack in the block. One of the rods came loose and tried to come out through the side of the block. Once I opened it up the rod was in several pieces in the pan. I was able to clean up the crankshaft thought and will not have to buy a new one.