Things I am pondering today

[stu yoakam]

Snow plow just left. Spun all the tires leaving AFTER plowing our neighborhood. Didn't put down any salt or sand.

[stu yoakam]

Neighbors had to help dig the car out and push it back to the house. That was at seven am.

[stu yoakam]

Got out of the driveway Monday night. Been stuck in the snow at the intersection at the end of our street since midnight. Roadside assistance can't find a tow truck. I tried a shovel and some sand and nothing but a warning light that tells me my transmission is fubar. Had to go to the bathroom so I walked back to the house. Left a phone number with the car. Somebody will need to go to work or school eventually. There is a day care across the street. Not my fault they can't plow our street. I have now missed two days of work and may need a new transmission/car. Cops, troopers, snow plow all drove right past me sitting there with my flashers on.
Can't leave the car running forever. Down to a quarter tank or so.

[stu yoakam]

Tried to call in to work. Phones not working. City doesn't like to plow our dead end street. My finger is still half numb from 5pm trying to clear the car off before dark.

[stu yoakam]

The 71 has no interior other than the seat and the 16 they are only messing with the coil wires and temp sender on top of the cam cover so far. Rat got in the house in january. Bit a hole in the output hose of the dishwasher and ruined both cables on the door. Not to mention all the food it got into. Too big and too smart until I got it with a covered trap and some peanut clusters. Internet says they can't eat chocolate or raisins or artificial sweeteners but that is bullshit. It ate the non-toxic "poison" and the foam bowl I put it in. Used to be able to get real poison, back in my day. They claim the bait kills their appetite and the sweetener blocks digestion or some BS.

[stroker al]

Tried all that plus moth balls with no luck but the peppermint does. Pisses you off when finding nest in glove box and paper chewed up to make it or find towel destroyed in trunk. Good luck getting rid of them.

[stu yoakam]

Spread pepper and cinnamon around the engine two days ago after putting everything back together. Looks like there is a long wire running along the side of the engine that has been messed with but I don't know what it's for. They ate the peanut butter and nuts out of the mouse traps without dieing.

[stroker al]

Stu, get some pure peppermint and put dab on sponge or something similar and hang inside engine compartment also use in garage. Mice can’t stand the smell, Amish use it in their store/homes. I have been using it for at least 5years with no mice problems.

[stu yoakam]

Car ran perfect yesterday and now its ####ed again. POS bastards COMPLETELY destroyed the wires on my brand new plug that it took me a week to get in the mail. Not to mention the $25. Six inches of wire and they have to bite it off right at the plug. Which is why I had to buy the plug in the first place. Not enough wire to fix. Bonus- they re-chewed the wires for the temp sensor. I cleaned out their shit and dosed the whole engine with washer fluid and they still came back. AFTER I was gone out of town for hours. My mouse trap disappeared the other day. No sign of it. Might have gotten a tail or something. Need more traps and maybe some kind of poison. Too cold for snakes. Barbed wire could hurt my tires. Had some glue traps around but they just filled up with leaves and shit.

[stu yoakam]

Found a broken wire on #4. Fixed it and it seems to have smoothed out. I will find out when I go to work. I put traps under the car. We'll see if we catch anything and what if anything.

[stu yoakam]

Was going to maybe try swapping the coils to see if anything changed or possibly checking the plugs. Car has 79k miles. Now the assholes have destroyed the wiring and grommet on the sensor in the middle of the head. Internet says its a temperature sensor of some kind.

[stu yoakam]

Had to rewire a coil due to rodent damage and now the computer says the next cylinder has the misfire. I guess they are wired together to keep them in sync? Damn coils are $90 Took a week to get a new pigtail/plug for the coil.

[stu yoakam]

A local band I like is playing Saturday night. I would like to see them but they are playing a lounge that requires reservations ahead of time. They barely serve food at all and its like $20 for crackers. I don't drink and have noone to hang out with and not paying for $16 cocktails. I do like that they say you have to behave and keep your voice down.

[stu yoakam]

Now they are cancelling all the motortrend shows like Roadkill and Roadkill Garage Dirt Every Day was already gone and I guess Engine masters was too. There was no Holiday Hooptie Challenge this year either.

[cstmwgn]

What happened on November 15th? Seems old trucks have once again found immortality!
Good job Ed!