Need encouragement

[scouthead]

You can always restart the build later.

I usually try to outhink myself, and find all the necessary parts to build the truck only once...

meaning; i toss the running drivetrain to sit the new one in the truck (but then the truck sits for 2 years), or slowly gather parts for a doubler... instead of using one of the transfercases i have laying around..

As far as $$ is concerned, I would save some in the long run this way, but I don't get to use the damn truck the whole time it's being built = burntout.
Or i will say;"why would i throw that transfercase in there now, if i'm just going to pull it out later and swap it for for something different?"
I need someone around me to say,"well, dummy, you could have been driving it right now..."

 

[blazinzuk]

Yep as has been said the key is to drive it. If you only have a couple of little things to get situated fix them and get out there and wheel. But make sure you have fun wheeling. If you go only with buggys (extreme example here) your just going to think your truck sucks.

Maybe focus on a different part of the truck for a week. Here are some things I tend to do when I get burnout on a truck.

I paint the frame, its cheap easy and makes everything look better.

Paint or polish my rims, once again cheap easy and very gratifying.

Just a general cleaning up of the truck and area around it. Get all the dust off it get the windows clean clean the paint, sometimes reminds you how much you really like the thing

I go wheeling with friends ride along. Usually gets me motivated to do things to my own junk

 

[Sqeejo]

-Sell it and then live on here as a truckless Lounge rat.

That was my first thought. LOL

Maybe focus on a different part of the truck for a week. Here are some things I tend to do when I get burnout on a truck.

I paint the frame, its cheap easy and makes everything look better.

Paint or polish my rims, once again cheap easy and very gratifying.

Just a general cleaning up of the truck and area around it. Get all the dust off it get the windows clean clean the paint, sometimes reminds you how much you really like the thing

Actually not a bad Idea at all. I think I may need to start some of these free clean up stuff. Got some paint and a gun. Maybe I need to coat the rusty rims. Maybe break out the sawzall and start cutting out the rust...hmm there is more free stuff I am sure.

 

[tRustyK5]

Yeah, there are always elbow grease jobs that need doing that don't cost anything. cleaning is right at the top...

Greasing everything with a zerk is another that is near free. Going through every fluid it has.

Rene

 

[76zimmer]

My 1 year project turned into a 4 year project but it was worth the wait.

My Vette turned into 15+ years due to a couple divorces, 4 moves, etc.
Its ok to walk away for a little, but don't let it sit to long or you have a hard time getting back to it.

Builder burnout probably will occur also, just take a week off, and put it on the calendar to get back to it.

 

[fourwheelerjeff]

what else do you need for it?

if you want to wheel sometime; you can use one of mine at post when it opens back up in january.

 

[Citizen Rider]

i have the problem of not finishing one project on the blazer before i start another. Mines been sitting needing an engine for 2 years atleast. finally getting the motivation to work on it, and i cant by myself cause of shoulder surgery. And the never going away problem of money.

so little to do, biggest problem is replacing that damn engine...

 

[Metrodps]

I am getting a little discouraged with the Blazer that I even considered selling it for now and getting a motorcycle. What does everyone else do when slow projects get them down?

Well I will say go watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgeojTREaF8 and be thankful. I am limited to what I can do to my truck due to health and no where to work on it.

When I get disgusted I stop and think there is some one worse off than I am. Scrounge eBay and look at the parts and then watch some wheeling videos.

Had the bike thing and fast Z28 and can tell you there is no brotherhood greater than what is here at CK5.

 

[Sqeejo]

what else do you need for it?

if you want to wheel sometime; you can use one of mine at post when it opens back up in january.

Man a ton. I was actually thinking of IM'ing you about some of it. Depends on what Christmas brings. Still trying to finish up cleaning and freshening up those axles I bought off of you.

 

[COCHEV]

sell it and then buy a new one and remember how bad it sucked to sell the old one.

oh man, i could kill myself over the number of times i've done this move. I'd get all annoying little things fixed and then sell it off cheap to someone else before i did the fun stuff to it. of course i'd sell it at a loss (not counting the hours of bloody knuckles and cussing) then i'd get the itch for a new one and buy again. so when you figure what you could have done to the old one with the initial purchase price of the next one you start to question your sanity.

now i can't seem to sell, trade or pawn off my burb... and i've tried. and when i look at a new rig i make myself say "what would that money buy for my burb???"

and, i agree with a few of the above posts. there is a lot to be said for leaving stuff alone until you have to address it and just play with what you got.

 

[rufusbooth]

Yep! go wheeling with somebody, that motivates me to get working on my junk. Even being the trail bitch is fun.

Also, pick some low hanging fruit as has been said before. If you get some small projects done you get a sense of accomplishment. Like you mentioned you just don't feel like you are getting much done. Sounds like you might be focusing on BIG jobs. Focus on small goals and get one done at a time. That way you are always getting something done and avoid burnout.

I use a list method. Write down a list of things to get accomplished. The list should consist of things you can get done in a couple of hours or less. Another words don't put on the list "install motor and get running". Make something like this.

Stab motor in truck
Install exhaust manifolds
hook pipes to manifolds
Install radiator/cooling shroud/fan
Install radiator/heater hoses
replace ignition tuneup items
Hook up engine wiring
Install Carb/Fuel filter/system
Etc.

The key is that you have a list of items that you can cross off with a quick evening working on the truck after work. When you start seeing the items on the list being crossed off it really encourages you to keep going because you see progress.


Hope that helps,

Cheers,
Rufus

 

[fourwheelerjeff]

Man a ton. I was actually thinking of IM'ing you about some of it. Depends on what Christmas brings. Still trying to finish up cleaning and freshening up those axles I bought off of you.

send me a list.

i have been thinking of putting one of my 6" lifts on my m1009; 44/12 with 3.73's; black spokes with 36" radial swampers; my interior out of another blazer and a few other assorted parts and making a DD out of it.