Post by centralvalleygter on Sept 6, 2014 23:25:19 GMT -5
Hi again everyone...
I have been logging in from time to time, but not posting much for quite a while.
This has been a very difficult year for me for a variety of reasons. It continues as I lost my wife of 35 years on Monday, August 18, 2014 to an unexpected heart attack a few weeks after a routine hip replacement revision surgery. We were very close and had a special relationship, so it will be very difficult for me for the foreseeable future. I do not mourn for her, but simply grieve for my loss of her presence in my remaining temporal life as both she and I have a vibrant dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ and therefore know true reality and what the future holds, including seeing each other again.
On a lighter note, I have just returned my Bradley to the streets after it being parked for nearly a year. I had several problems that I had to solve, including a major oil leak and foreign material periodically settling over the fuel outlet tube in the gas tank. I also did some fiberglass body repair & paint touch up while it was "off the road". Unfortunately, the storage time also did cost me a battery and a brake fluid reservoir. It also took some running time with strong doses of carburetor/injector cleaner in the gas tank as the idle jet(s) were either plugged or other issues would not allow it to idle (had to feather throttle to keep it running). However, the cleaner did its magic and I now have my smooth 800 rpm idle back.
At any rate made a 70 mile round trip dinner visit with my parents this evening and fell back in love with my Bradley again. I have a list of things I want to do to update it again, but I am not going to be doing anything that will keep me from driving it more than a day or two for a while.
I have done some unique things and will try to post some picture shortly.
Best Regards,
Steven Reynolds
I have been logging in from time to time, but not posting much for quite a while.
This has been a very difficult year for me for a variety of reasons. It continues as I lost my wife of 35 years on Monday, August 18, 2014 to an unexpected heart attack a few weeks after a routine hip replacement revision surgery. We were very close and had a special relationship, so it will be very difficult for me for the foreseeable future. I do not mourn for her, but simply grieve for my loss of her presence in my remaining temporal life as both she and I have a vibrant dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ and therefore know true reality and what the future holds, including seeing each other again.
On a lighter note, I have just returned my Bradley to the streets after it being parked for nearly a year. I had several problems that I had to solve, including a major oil leak and foreign material periodically settling over the fuel outlet tube in the gas tank. I also did some fiberglass body repair & paint touch up while it was "off the road". Unfortunately, the storage time also did cost me a battery and a brake fluid reservoir. It also took some running time with strong doses of carburetor/injector cleaner in the gas tank as the idle jet(s) were either plugged or other issues would not allow it to idle (had to feather throttle to keep it running). However, the cleaner did its magic and I now have my smooth 800 rpm idle back.
At any rate made a 70 mile round trip dinner visit with my parents this evening and fell back in love with my Bradley again. I have a list of things I want to do to update it again, but I am not going to be doing anything that will keep me from driving it more than a day or two for a while.
I have done some unique things and will try to post some picture shortly.
Best Regards,
Steven Reynolds
