Captainkirk's Duster project

Wow...just read through this thread...what a train wreck! Somewhere along the line during the change of servers, a whole bunch of punctuation and emojis got turned into gibberish and a lot of posts made absolutely no sense. So I went through all the posts and made corrections where I could. Hopefully it now reads like something you can understand rather than hieroglyphics from the pyramids in the Valley of the Kings...
No news from the engine shop. I will go with the saying "No news is good news" for the moment. On a less cheerful note, the temps have dropped significantly the last few days. Yesterday AM the temp was 18* F when I got in my car to leave for work. Not much warmer today. Ol' Man Winter has kinda just 'showed up' without warning, dragging that scruffy suitcase along with him...bastard! I wish he'd take the year off and go vacation in Antarctica or something. Well, at least he's left the snow and ice in the suitcase for the time being. We are only a week from the shortest day of the year, and after that, the days begin lengthening. Hell, before I know it, spring will be around the corner. I intend to have most (or all) of the stuff I unbolted before visiting the Land Down Under cleaned, painted, reconditioned and such and ready to bolt back up when the weather breaks. Yeah, I know...you've heard it all before. I get tired of saying it, too. But I'm making 2020, which is turning out to be the worst year in most of our lifetimes, the 'jumping-off point' to a better future. I have a New Plan, and I think it's gonna work.