What are you currently working on??

My 8n was not running good, I think the condenser was bad and causing the points to burn. I ordered a tune up kit for it and put it in yesterday. The only thing I didn’t change was the spark plugs since I just put a new set in about a month ago. I didn’t use the dust cover on the left either because 8n’s don’t use them. So far it’s running great, better than it ever has.

Ordered some cheap knock off "18" vise grips that were cheap enough I won't feel bad about cutting them apart to extend to reach where I need them to be so I can clamp a copper bar along the bottom back of my cab as a backer and heat sink so I can weld it up the right way... Hope I don't screw it up worse than what it was when I got it.... I got the concept but most of my "thin metal" welding is much smaller than what this is.... here lately at work it's been exhaust work that can't be seen when the vehicle hits the ground again. At least it's all accessible, not like trying to reach around the top of an exhaust pipe that's mounted where it goes that I can't see because of small clearance...
Got a half a mind to get out the torch and brass rod and go at it that way..... But brass doesn't take paint that well

Well it RUNS!!! Dad's old 115 Evinrude.
Hooked up the controls, a battery, a fuel line to the tank (had to drive 40 miles into Indiana to get some bon ethanol fuel. I'm tired of that/ another reason Illinois sucks) but it fired right up like it was run yesterday not like a motor that hasn't been cranked since 1997... Sounds fantastic.
I have 2 sets of controls, the "Evinrude" one has a side cover missing, start switch hanging out the side. Won't crank with the key. A jump pack and screwdriver to the rescue. The key will kill it though.
The set of "Johnson" controls looks better but the plug that plugs into the engine harness is missing.
It appears stuck in gear, but one of the buttons is missing off the control for "forward". I have a feeling that a set of good controls and it'll make someone a great motor. I ran it quite a while, could only take it up to about 2/3 throttle without getting a bath f I'm the prop. I'm glad I left part of the top on the mini bulk tank as a deflector. It does that job great, definitely better than without. and probably keeps 90% of the water within the tank. Good enough that I just listed it on CL to demonstrate it to someone, and waiting for the wife to get home (hopefully before dark/ so I can take pic off of her phone so I can put it on her MP. Can't believe my original post about this thing was buried 5 pages down already