Anybody else out of work due to the beer disease?

[RangerFabWorks]

I’m out for atleast 2 weeks. Anybody else out?

if you need me. I’ll be in the garage trying to get this damn ranger done.

 

[adsm08]

Not yet, but I suspect I will be by the end of it.

Wolf shut the state down and said "non-essential" businesses should close for the duration, but aside from labeling healthcare facilities, grocery stores, and gas stations as "essential" very little guidance was given on what is and isn't considered essential. I can't see our sales department staying open. If they do they won't be selling much of anything. The shop will probably try to stay open but end up with everyone going home early a lot because we won't have any work. Except me. I have one transmission out and apart, waiting for parts that should show tomorrow, I have an engine that needs torn down to find out what all is damaged, and I have another transmission that is allegedly having issues I can't verify.

Assuming parts remain available that is in fact enough to keep me going for two weeks.

But I'm also sick and trying to hide it from my co-workers because it's just a head cold. I got it from my 3 yo who is very good about coughing into her elbow and less good about not wiping said elbow in my face right after.

 

[RangerFabWorks]

I understand what you mean. I’m right in the middle of doing a clutch on a 2010 Hyundai. I have no idea how the hell the guy was driving on this. But I for sure haven’t seen a clutch this bad before.

 

[adsm08]

Yikes. I haven't seen one that bad in a long time.

Many years ago, before the cell phone revolution, I helped with a B300, guy said it wouldn't go into gear. We thought there was a bird's nest or something in the bell housing, it was clutch material.

 

[RangerFabWorks]

I thought maybe a mouse nest got into it. But nope. That was all clutch material.
Had to order a new flywheel cause no shop around here will touch a stepped flywheel.

 

[Mightyfordranger]

Wow that is quite bad. Lol

 

[Dirtman]

That clutch has coronavirus.

 

[Uncle Gump]

Things are a little sketchy at my pizzeria... I'm still open for carry out and online ordering and delivery. If I have to close... it's going to hurt pretty bad. We will probably survive but it is a total unknown for sure. Sales the past few days are lower then typical... seems people cleaned out the grocery stores and are eating at home.

 

[4.0blue98]

The wife is on the front line (healthcare) and I'm considered "essential" for some unknown reason. So we're in it for the long haul. The traffic hasn't been this light since the days of >4$ a gallon gas.

 

[1990RangerinSK]

But I'm also sick and trying to hide it from my co-workers because it's just a head cold. I got it from my 3 yo who is very good about coughing into her elbow and less good about not wiping said elbow in my face right after.

In her defense, you *did* teach her to share.......

 

[adsm08]

In her defense, you *did* teach her to share.......

I think I did it wrong.

 

[ZMan]

Not yet, but at the rate they're going in Ohio I wouldn't be surprised. I'm looking forward to it, I have a ton of upholstery work, plus I still haven't finished fixing my Ranger from the accident last May.

 

[1990RangerinSK]

I think I did it wrong.

Well, maybe. Especially if you're of the opinion that she shouldn't be sharing germs. Or bodily fluids (except with her husband).

 

[Curious Hound]

Still working at the moment. Economically, parts for production may become an issue. But our plant is the company's biggest money-maker. So they will probably close other plants and funnel parts to us as long as possible. When that dries up, I'm in maintenance and we have enough shutdown projects and preventive maintenance to keep us busy for a little while. However, there is the whole issue of government possibly shutting things down and making people stay home. That's a whole different story.

I hit the semi-empty grocery store tonight. I now have enough miscellaneous food items to make some really amusing menus for a few weeks for survival. Reminds me of my time on the submarine. If we stayed out to sea longer than expected, the cooks would finally get to the back of the store room/freezer/refrigerator and would try to come up with menus using whatever they had left. Very entertaining. One time they got down to the cans that no longer had labels.

 

[Ranger850]

Grocery stores are closing early. Restaurants are drive through only. I work in the mailroom for child support and will probably be one of the last departments to get shut down, if any get shut down. But i would love it honestly. I could do some major work on getting the Vulcan out of the engine bay.