Tuesday - June 15, 2010
Money In, Money Out
Looks like all the cash I got from selling the sofa will be spent on my car. Oh well. Now that summer is here with a vengeance, the A/C isn’t working. I did the DIY routine as much as possible, following the fantastic videos by RichPin on YouTube, here and here. Turns out that my compressor is fine, the wiring is fine, but the A/C won’t come on because the low pressure switch won’t allow it. That means that the system is low on coolant. I don’t think I have a leak; the car is going on 14 years old and the air had been getting weaker over the past few years. This year the compressor wouldn’t even turn on. My first thought was that it’s clutch was bad, a $150 part but one that’s fairly easy to install. Lucky me the clutch is fine. It just needs a recharge. I looked into those DIY recharge kits, and almost all of them have some kind of Stop Leak added to the refrigerant. From what I read, I don’t want that; Stop Leak can gum up the internals and is generally a bad idea. So I’ll take the car down to the local STS shop and have them do a proper evacuation, vacuum check, and a recharge. May as well have them do an oil change and a tire rotation at the same time.
I’ve been busy all day, starting my morning with an “emergency” unclogging of the tub. Sacrificed a wire coat hanger to get it done, but now the tub drains great. Forget drain cleaners, this is the way to do that job:
Lots more things I’ve got to get done today. Bowling tonight, then drop the car off. Looks like I’ll be working out some more .45-60 loads in the next couple of weeks, so I’ll have another installment on that saga at some point. Hey, at least I got to the bank and managed a haircut today in between all the other running around.
Let’s just pray that North and South Korea can avoid starting a shooting war this week ... it seems mighty close from what I hear ... and that Iran doesn’t precipitate a war with Israel with their “aid ships” running the Gaza blockade. And now we’ve got these two trying to break into MacDill AFB with a car full of guns? Jihad wannabes?? No one will ever admit that. Idiots, all of them, east and west. But this is what happens ... the saddle on the weak horse is big enough for everyone to ride at once. Thanks for nothing Odingus.
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