Hey kids, it’s been a long time since I’ve chimed in. I figured I’d pop in for a minute to give you all an update. I’ve heard some crazy rumors as to why I have been absent. Things like medical issues, legal problems, got frustrated and quit, etc.
I have had some medical stuff go on that hampered productivity a bit, but meds seem to have me doing better now. I haven’t had any legal issues, but I have had to make some policy changes to make sure I stay legal. I never quit but I did TRY to take the summer of 2020 off to build my Bronco for Super Cel West. I failed, 2 years in a row. I’m not sure if the Bronco will make it this year either, but my wife and I will be there.
I was already insanely busy with a full time job, the EFI gig, and 3 project cars. Then the Rona hit and it was like a light switch. The flood of emails were overwhelming. I think everyone and their brother decided to drag out their old Broncos and start working on them. I found myself coming home from work and just answering emails before going to bed, not having time to do much of anything else. This lead to getting even further behind on harnesses and something had to give.
The first thing that needed to go was internet time. I quit going on to forums and limited my Facebook usage to only when ingesting or exhausting food. Eventually I went to only answering emails two or three days a week and working on harnesses or my Bronco the rest of the time. I’ve heard some people say that I seem short and rude in emails. That’s not my intent at all. I love to BS for hours on end about anything Ford. But, I type pretty slow and have tons of emails to answer so I keep it to just answering questions and moving on to the next email.
My wife and I also wanted desperately to get out of the city, to quit our day jobs and do the EFI thing full time. Most of the weekends in 2021 were spent traveling and looking for a place to make that happen. Well, I’m pleased to announce that it has finally happened! No more day job and I’ll be doing the EFI thing full time now, sort of.
I say “sort of” because it turns out when you move into an early 1900’s farmhouse that there is tons of stuff that needs done. A 40hr job would have me less busy at this point. But, emails are slowing down to normal levels now. I’m starting to get to harnesses again after the big move but focusing on them more at night and when the weather is bad. 106F today is the reason I’m inside writing this. When the weather is good there is so much to clean up around here right now that I just have to make hay when the sun is shining.
This place sat vacant for almost 2 years and the wind gets pretty intense here, it took the loft off of the barn recently. We’re also 20 miles from the nearest fire department. So, finding an old tractor, making it run, and mowing down all of the surrounding fire danger has been priority one.
I expect to be operating full time by winter and getting caught up on harnesses. There are some future plans for new products to help with swaps and performance add-ons along with some products that will make things easy for those needing to be emissions compliant. I’m also probably going to offer woven loom offerings as an add-on instead of just split loom along with a modular design option instead of passing wires through the firewall. I’ve also started doing some Coyote harnesses since control packs are on eternal backorder.
One of the biggest goals is to able to travel to the various Bronco events across the country with my wife and meeting more Bronco folks. We’re entertaining the idea of adding a dyno to the Bronco hauling trailer and taking it to the events. Also, since there is a decent sized shop building, I’m entertaining the idea of doing complete swaps and high end wiring jobs in the future. We just need to figure out if the extra insurance costs for both make sense financially, and which events would allow a vendor to bring a dyno on site.
So, that’s what has been going on with me. I’m looking forward to getting caught up on work, not having a wait list and having some free time and being able to contribute tech to the forum in the future. I’ll probably start doing more YouTube videos with tech when things settle down more as well. In the meantime, email is still the best way to get a hold of me (TheEFIguy at g mail dot com) My cell is still good too 720-58TUNEZ. My land line is not connected yet, but I will get it going again in the future.
