Jax had the same issue as D with the time change this morning. He's usually up and running when I get up if not before, this morning I was almost dragging him our of bed almost 30 mins later than usual. Made a bit of scramble out of my morning routine.
Finally got around to starting on the power steering rack replacement on my 4runner. I put a new rack in it just over a year ago, I blame the lift kit as it stresses the joints and the shaft play is in the same spot on this rack as on the old one. They guy at NAPA said it should be warrantied, but the final call is not his to make, so I'll be crossing my fingers on that. With the issues I've had with the suspension, the lift kit is coming out, which is not quite as simple as I thought it would be. The front shocks get a spacer above the shock, so the studs on the top of the shock are replaced with longer bolts and the heads slot into the spacer so they can't spin. We spun one trying to get them out. We had to torch every one of them, while trying not to melt and burn the abs sensor wire among other things. Anyway, my usual parts guy doesn't have a listing for the studs, or for the correct top plate for that matter, looks like we'll be welding bolts in place instead.
I've made a few things from scavenged / reclaimed wood, and thought of doing that as a winter part time gig for some extra income, but this year I've been pretty busy with equipment purchase/maintenance/repair. Stuff like that is always neat, and can be profitable if you have the market for it. There is a local charter school (Waldorf style, if you're familiar with that concept) that has a craft show/vendor expo type thing every year where crafty/artsy stuff seems to do pretty well. I already have a vm from a custy asking when I'm doing spring cleanup, so it seems this "off" season is already over and I still haven't gotten to most of the woodworking projects for the house that I wanted to do. Maybe next year.
