# Life goes on - Summer 2026
**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500
**Category:** Off Topic
**Tags:** life
**Created:** [March 23, 2026, 3:51am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500 "2026-03-23T03:51:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 5
### Author:  [@tcholton717](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tcholton717)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2026, 11:01am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/81 "2026-04-09T11:01:18Z")
The second to last picture makes you a shadetree mechanic Marat. Pulled an engine like that several times in my youth. Kind of makes me nostalgic. I have tried to pull apart a few transmissions as well. They never got back together.
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### Author:  [@sbowman](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/sbowman)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/82 "2026-04-11T16:38:43Z")
You know it’s spring when . . . .
The first mow of the season.
The humble SimpleFire proves itself once again.
Thank you Gary Gilmore.
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### Author:  [@don\_mannes](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/don_mannes)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/83 "2026-04-11T17:32:38Z")
Steve I see the soup can and the air adjustment valve but I don’t see a starting blower. How do you start it?
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### Author:  [@sbowman](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/sbowman)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/84 "2026-04-11T23:24:51Z")
Don,
A good question. I have a stand-alone blower with flare burner which I connect up to the mower to start it. I’m not as good as Gary Gilmore, who in one of his early videos referred to it as a “dance” when he would squirt gasoline in the air inlet and pull the rope until the engine started. This video shows how I do it:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqozpn2IbZM)
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### Author:  [@KristijanL](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/KristijanL)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2026, 7:12am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/85 "2026-04-12T07:12:10Z")
Steve, you make this look easy. Just as it realy is. Great job.
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### Author:  [@Woodrunner](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Woodrunner)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/86 "2026-04-12T18:01:34Z")
Warm spring weekend here, lot’s of stuff to do..
I’ve ran over our small vegetable patch with the rototiller, i know I’ve been tilling this too deep (4 inches) but it was needed, because it was really overgrown.
My antique chainsaw is almost done, and was allowed to come out in daylight for a photoshoot, and soon a test run.
Many things to fix and get running 😀
I feel “alive” when muscles and back hurts in that good way.
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### Author:  [@Pelletpower](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Pelletpower)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/87 "2026-04-12T20:40:39Z")
Huh? That is crazy, right? Evil Knievil tools?
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### Author:  [@Marty](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Marty)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/88 "2026-04-12T21:32:56Z")
Wow, that chainsaw is wild. How do you even make notch cuts? I’m not sure I like being squarely in the path of the fall during that cut or even the felling cut!
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### Author:  [@Jan](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Jan)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2026, 4:50am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/89 "2026-04-13T04:50:00Z")
I went over it a little lightly with the tiller, and thought I’d wait a bit until it dried before doing anything more, maybe it won’t be necessary with all the help I have.
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### Author:  [@tcholton717](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tcholton717)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2026, 11:09am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/90 "2026-04-13T11:09:28Z")
I should have been working on an ark. Rained buckets yesterday and they promised much more all week. At least, being stuck inside, I was forced to get the taxes done. I still had three days before the deadline. I don’t usually get them done so early. I’d have rather had my fingernails pulled out.
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### Author:  [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/91 "2026-04-13T12:18:55Z")
This might give you something to think about with all the grass clippings. He is adding sugar, yeast and ammonia. to essentially the lasagna method for composting to kickstart the bacteria. The dried grass I think is considered a brown. He is claiming two weeks and only flipping it once after a week before applying it, in a partially broken down state. It will be beyond the point where it molds and such like straight grass clippings.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDPAbkUUT-o)
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### Author:  [@KristijanL](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/KristijanL)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/92 "2026-04-13T19:52:23Z")
Last week l payed a visit to a nother woodgas enthusiast. He contacted me trugh Facebook. His name is Marjan, he is retired and earns a few extra bucks selling electricity.
He got a old 5.7l V8, US engine (forgot the make), and a grid tyed asynchronus motor he generates about 30kw power with. Heats the house with the heat.
He uses woodchips as his feedstock, doesent realy dry them much. He has a updraft gasifier, interesting design, a upside down FEMA almost but in reverse, the auger fills chips at the bottom.
He uses a water scrubber to wash the gas. It works real nice, his gas seems clean and dry. Uses a O2 sensor gas mixer.
Been runing since 2020.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1xrVPy70Sc)
And, he too has got a thinking chair! I have no dubt Mr Don will find it. But it has a double function.
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### Author:  [@Norman89](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Norman89)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/93 "2026-04-13T20:26:47Z")
My autistic eyes see center bolt Chevrolet valve covers
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### Author:  [@DavidP](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/DavidP)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/94 "2026-04-13T21:17:16Z")
Wow, that’s really interesting, that’s what I’d like to do… Using wood waste in the form of chips and also using the heat to warm the house is the best way to make the most of waste. Congratulations, it’s very inspiring, I hope to achieve the same result one day.
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### Author:  [@tcholton717](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tcholton717)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/95 "2026-04-13T21:30:10Z")
I think if that’s his thinking chair I get that component off it. Unless of course it’s a ball warmer. hopefully not a shredder. 🤕
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### Author:  [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/96 "2026-04-13T21:31:26Z")
maybe 1987-1995 5.7L V8
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### Author:  [@sbowman](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/sbowman)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/97 "2026-04-13T22:33:36Z")
Sounds like he breaks all the rules and yet gets good results—amazing!
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### Author:  [@SteveUnruh](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/SteveUnruh)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/98 "2026-04-13T23:09:17Z")
Marcus also look at the after HEI generation, small diameter distributor cap.
And the center cylinder exhausts coupling says for-sure a Chevrolet.
Kristijan I was once sent an informational link by Dutch John about a European fellow proposing an auger forced feeding chips upwards system. The claim was that the upward at the top reduction zone would then not have any production gases flowing through the raw chips stack. That then, ALL of the lower down made pyrolysis gases would have to flow upwards through a spread out oxidization zone. That then the gases and steam oxidization made; would upwards flow through the then made char reduction zone.
Using the principals that heated gases always want to rise upwards.
I’d told him someone would have to put it into real metals loaded production to prove.
Nice to see that theoretical system in real metals making electrical power and heat.
Thanks for this.
Regards
Steve unruh
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### Author:  [@Norman89](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Norman89)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2026, 12:54am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/99 "2026-04-14T00:54:38Z")
Mmmm yes! Early TBI motor, 88-92? Previous to the flat cap distributor spider injection
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### Author:  [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2026, 1:43am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2026/8500/100 "2026-04-14T01:43:08Z")
Your guess is better then mine. There is some letters on the exhaust manifold, but I can’t quite make them out. they changed the exhaust manifold in later generations. It could be after market or marine maybe.
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