81F and partly cloudy @ 11:00, HI 85F, heading up to around 88F for the high.
Woman just came in with an armful of summer squash including one larger zucchini, swears She picked a zucchini off that same plant yesterday and there weren't any others on it.
Was 82F/24% RH when I went up to turn the AC on in the shop yesterday so I fired up both AC units. That dropped it down to 78F/16% RH in fairly short order.
Limited work done up there yesterday, due to the late hour I started + the fact there was a good line up on PBS last night that I wanted to catch.
Got the front hanger for the MMM installed and the 6 bolts holding it on properly torqued, also the 6 bolts for the front frame.
Then went to reconnect the drag link which ended up being a pain as the threads on it were slightly buggered with no way to grip the stud the nut screwed onto. Ended using the 1/2" impact which got it spun on far enough that the stud started to grip in the hole and I was able to tighten it up to spec by hand.
Found out something interesting on that: Kubota actually offers the rubber boots (and the clips to hold them on) for the drag link and center link (which they call a "tie rod") as separate items. I may order those today - the grease that's currently in there is almost liquid and they probably should be repacked and of course after all these years the rubber is not in great shape either.
Cleaned up most of the remaining pieces/parts in the parts washer.
Installed the brackets for the return springs for the clutch pedal and the brake pedals.
Have one bracket that seems to be MIA, so I'll search in earnest for that today.
Plan at this point is get everything hooked up to the point that it can be driven (without the operator deck/floor installed) and bring it down to the house and give it a good bath while the floor is off and everything underneath is easier to access.
While it is out of the shop it will give me a chance to clean up the work area a bit and get ready for Round 2 which will be to finish welding up the operator deck/floor.
Once that's done, I'll bring it back up and tear down the front axle pivot knuckles so the seals can be replaced in those. The left one is leaking badly enough that it's pretty much pointless to try to put it back into service at this time. Might as well do the right one as well while its clean. Pretty sure I already have all the parts just need to locate them.
That's the plan at any rate.
Hope everyone has a great Thursday ...
