It’s so easy to remember things as they were, not as they are. “When did that kid grow up?” you find yourself asking about a relative’s child. It’s sort of like “OK I know what that’s about, so I can move on to thinking about all the other pressing needs; and we never get back to some.
A friend gave me an air compressor that was in new condition. It’s been nice, 100% duty cycle, I put it in a shed near the porch, with the 220 electric connected to it. Everybody that needs air uses it, from inflating bicycle tires to blowing out computers. A strong wind came and blew the shed over. In the process, one of the supports of the shed hit the large compressor pulley, and it sounded strange. I pulled it out on the driveway to work on it.
That’s when I discovered how neglected it was. We have emptied the water before, but it’s been awhile, and everything else needed attention too. In the first picture, the pulley shroud has been removed. Notice the black grease between the motor and the compressor. The belt was so badly cracked that it was almost in two pieces.
The Bible talks about this. In the book of Proverbs, it says: ” Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? Ignoring that could cost you things in this life. But here’s a verse that talks about missing heaven and going to hell. Jesus was talking about end times, He said: “For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
They were making long term commitments and having dinner parties. People don’t do those things if a permanent disaster is coming. People are oblivious to things in our day too. I advise people to not only look at what’s happening politically, but also look at what is happening to Christianity and morality.
The next two pictures show it being cleaned and getting a new belt. The water was drained, and the oil was checked. It runs fine now.
The last pictures are of the rear axle on the 1951 Chevrolet truck. The seal was obviously leaking; and I found that the bearings and wheel brake cylinder were bad. You can see inside one in a picture. That’s supposed to be silver color in there.
