Vy commodore

[immortality]

Yeah long hours covered in grease and oil for little money. Compared to 12-16hr days and good money. Getting to see the county. That’s probably why

This is probably the direction I'm heading in. With my fucked shoulder I can't do any heavy work at all now and I refuse to sit in a office. I spent the first part of my life working in factories/indoors and doing shift work and I hate it now, there is nothing worse.

[Wade]

Yeah it’s soul crushing. I don’t blame ya mate.

[Wade]

I know a few people that are stuck in jobs they hate. And I say the same thing. Why don’t ya save up, and give ya self a window to get trained up in a different field. But they all say nah I’m too old. And even if I did that, who would hire me? Normally it’s because there confidence levels are so low due to health issues.

[Wade]

Plus ya get stuck in the same old routine, and comfortable. Sometimes it’s scary venturing off into the unknown

[immortality]

Yup. I hung onto my old job way to long, it's contributed to the decline of my shoulder to the point I need a full shoulder replacement/reconstruction. But it was comfortable as you say and I wanted my payout to leave.

Even working on cars is difficult some days, the shoulder limits my time and where/how I do things.

I'm trying to teach myself to use the other arm now as I've had enough surgeries and I'm putting off the replacement as long as possible.

Hopefully soon I'll have a spare room at home so I can set up a proper work station to get back into programming and electronics as well as CAD and 3D printing etc. Then a part time job driving to pay for my toys and retirement and other fun things as I'm mortgage free thanks to my redundancy.

Then I can get back to playing with my Rescue VT. I have a mig welder, a turbo and lots of time.

[Wade]

That’s the way who says ya can’t teach an old dog new tricks. I was talking to Nigel and we both agreed, these days with the internet, it’s never been easier to learn something new

[immortality]

I've got a few little projects underway. A alternator relocation bracket to suit VT-VY V6. I've designed the bracket and made wood mockups for testing but now I need to create a a CAD file so I can get it manufactured and a smart electric WP controller as there is nothing available that does what I want. Going to use Arduino to prototype and then create make a proper little controller with PCB etc. I just need a decent work station....

[Wade]

Yeah I was looking into getting things cast over in China. Think it’s like min 100 orders. Never inquired to get a quote though. Same thing with Arduino’s and getting pcb boards made up. I think we are definitely going to need to think outside the box moving forward as a car community. Especially with the way things are going

[Wade]

Is there a market for it. I guess is the real question ?

[Wade]

The comment that Biggvl made about the drain being a very valid comment, was something I thought about. I haven’t even got under there to try fit a turbo up in there yet. But I do know the starter motor is in the way. So I started google Ecotec blocks and starter motor locations just to view the pics. And then started thinking well I can make up an adapter bracket and possibly use an ls bellhousing . That was even before those comments. Now that he said that, I bet it’s gunna bite me ya fucken jinxed me