It took the first while to adjust to full time shipwork. In a couple weeks in I caught the beat. I have normally been a night owl, puttering away in my shop or onboard until well after midnight. This was necessary in my working days. Several people had suggested doing the opposite,  working early mornings and retiring earlier. And that’s just what I did.

Up and out with my coffee  at 5 am.. the days became very full, and for the last 3 weeks i burned both ends of the candle thoroughly, and became very, very tired.

I took few photos of any of the work, I had hoped to but I felt a real push to go as hard at the work as i possibly could, stopping to take photo’s just got pushed aside.

With that said

The engine installation is complete minus the exhaust hose. Dual RACOR filter/water separators, electric fuel transfer pump, retrofitted closed loop cooling with heat exchanger. Through a retiring dealer I was able to secure significant spares and manuals for our 1968 volvo md2.

and the time was up, the truck was here… off to sandblast-paint-outfit