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I was really really really tired Saturday night, so I decided to spend the night at my parents. They' want me to fix their PCs anyway now that they had a new service provider (AT&T Tech Support - you spent 1 hour troubleshooting with my sister...AND NEVER CHECKED TO SEE IF THE COMPUTER WAS ASKING FOR A DHCP IP? I fixed the computer in 2 minutes).
Dad got it into his head that maybe he could take the air conditioner from their undrivable 4x4 and install it in my truck. I was wary about this, but I'm glad he decided he wanted a look. After starting the truck I noticed the truck was running loudly again. Dad said the muffler probably had a hole in it, and I went to look. The muffler didn't have a hole, it had fallen off and was hanging on the ground. O_o It must have fallen off it's hitch during the ride back from Losoya, and then dropped to the ground once I parked (it wasn't clanging on the way up, plus, if I DID try to drive the muffler would have gone through the bed of my truck!
I'm actually really wary when it comes to dad working on my truck, I get REALLY REALLY REALLY wary. There's an old saying..."You can do it cheap, or you can do it right." Dad always goes for the first. A brake line leak is fixed by hammering the line shut. A hole in the tubing? Bubblegum and duct tape (really!).
However, it does need work. New muffler, oil change, check the hoses, maybe get the 4x4s AC in the pickup. I'll just have Emily check his work when she gets here. In the meantime I have Dad's pickup (his AC smells like...well...like someone took a dump in it, so I'm not all that optimistic about the AC). Hopefully, though, even is he goes the cheap route, it'll hold together until Seattle. It can break down in Seattle all it wants.
That's antoher thing! I'm looking at buying a pickup soon, and I'm actually REALLY REALLY REALLY glad I waited as Chevy is making a hybrid pickup coming out later this year. It'll be expensive, but worth it in gas savings. If I can make the pickup last a bit longer, I may be able to get one at a lower price than IT JUST CAME OUT AND YOU'RE GOING TO PAY THROUGH THE NOSE FOR IT.
I was really really really tired Saturday night, so I decided to spend the night at my parents. They' want me to fix their PCs anyway now that they had a new service provider (AT&T Tech Support - you spent 1 hour troubleshooting with my sister...AND NEVER CHECKED TO SEE IF THE COMPUTER WAS ASKING FOR A DHCP IP? I fixed the computer in 2 minutes).
Dad got it into his head that maybe he could take the air conditioner from their undrivable 4x4 and install it in my truck. I was wary about this, but I'm glad he decided he wanted a look. After starting the truck I noticed the truck was running loudly again. Dad said the muffler probably had a hole in it, and I went to look. The muffler didn't have a hole, it had fallen off and was hanging on the ground. O_o It must have fallen off it's hitch during the ride back from Losoya, and then dropped to the ground once I parked (it wasn't clanging on the way up, plus, if I DID try to drive the muffler would have gone through the bed of my truck!
I'm actually really wary when it comes to dad working on my truck, I get REALLY REALLY REALLY wary. There's an old saying..."You can do it cheap, or you can do it right." Dad always goes for the first. A brake line leak is fixed by hammering the line shut. A hole in the tubing? Bubblegum and duct tape (really!).
However, it does need work. New muffler, oil change, check the hoses, maybe get the 4x4s AC in the pickup. I'll just have Emily check his work when she gets here. In the meantime I have Dad's pickup (his AC smells like...well...like someone took a dump in it, so I'm not all that optimistic about the AC). Hopefully, though, even is he goes the cheap route, it'll hold together until Seattle. It can break down in Seattle all it wants.
That's antoher thing! I'm looking at buying a pickup soon, and I'm actually REALLY REALLY REALLY glad I waited as Chevy is making a hybrid pickup coming out later this year. It'll be expensive, but worth it in gas savings. If I can make the pickup last a bit longer, I may be able to get one at a lower price than IT JUST CAME OUT AND YOU'RE GOING TO PAY THROUGH THE NOSE FOR IT.
