DAILY CHRONICLE # 12 VOL 6

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 12 VOL 6

JANUARY 15^TH 2008

WEATHER; COOL/WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 30/65 DEGREES

THE BATTERY OUT OF THE TRUNK CAME UP TO 1.200 GRAVITY AND 11.47 VOLTS THE READING AFTER I LET IT SET FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES WHEN I TOOK IT OFF THE CHARGER! I PUT IT BACK ON CHARGE AT 5 AMPS AND WILL CHECK IT IN THE MORNING! IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE A PRETTY GOOD BATTERY!

I PUT THE BATTERY THAT TIM HAD PUT IN THE CAR OVER A YEAR AGO THAT WENT DEAD BECAUSE OF THE THINGS IN THE SYSTEM THAT DRAW A MINNIMAL AMOUNT OF POWER BUT OVER A YEAR THEY WILL PULL EVEN A GOOD BATTERY DOWN! I CHECKED IT BEFORE I CAME IN FOR THE NIGHT AND IT HAD 1.175 GRAVITY AND 12.00 VOLTS. I LEFT IT OFF THE CHARGER AND WILL RECHECK IT IN THE MORNING!

I PULLED THE AM/FM CD PLAYER OUT OF THE DASH, SOMEBODY HAD TRIED TO STEAL IT AND WHEN THEY COULDN’T LOOSEN THE SPECIAL ANTI THEFT SCREW THEY DESTROYED THE FACE PLATE! ALL THE DUMMIES HAD TO DO WAS USE A SCREW DRIVER TO POP THE BEZEL OFF THE RADIO SLOT AND USE A PAIR OF SMALL VISE GRIPS TO TURN THE SCREW AND THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH A GOOD RADIO! I’VE NEVER MET A SMART CROOK! I CALLED MY FAVORITE WRECKING YARD AND I CAN GET A RADIO JUST LIKE WAS IN THE DASH FOR $65.00, THE ONE IN THE CAR WAS OVER $400.00 WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW!

I RE-HOOKED ALL THE VACUMM HOSES AND ELECTRIC PLUGS THAT TIM AND KELLY LEFT LOSE SO THE PEOPLE AT B&B WOULDN’T HAVE TO UNHOOK THEM! HIT THE STARTER AND IN TWO REVOLUTIONS IT BUSTED OFF! IT HASN’T RUN SINCE LAST MARCH! I THOUGHT THE EXHAUST HAD BEEN RE CONNECTED BUT IT HADN’T, WOW, WHAT A RACKET! I SHUT IT RIGHT OFF AND CALLED TIM. THEY HAD LEFT THE EXHAUST LOSE SO UNTILL I CAN GET IT PUT BACK IN PLACE I CAN’T RUN THE CAR TO TRY AND CLEAN UP THE TRANSMISSION WITH B-12!

I NEED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY I CLEANED UP THE TRANSMISSION IN THAT 59’ PLYMOUTH; IT TOOK TWO TIMES WITH B-12 THE DAY I STARTED ON IT THEN MR. PETERS DROVE IT FOR A WEEK AND BROUGHT IT BACK IN AND I RAN ANOTHER PINT OF B-12 IN IT ON THE RACK FOR AN HOUR, DRAINED IT AND DROPPED THE PAN AND FILTER TO CHECK FOR TRASH, NOTHING SO I REPLACED THE FILTER AND REFILLED IT WITH REGULAR MOPAR TRANSMISSION FLUID AND NEVER HAD TO CHECK IT AGAIN! MR. PETERS WAS A REAL HAPPY CAMPER!

I DIDN’T WANT ANYONE TO THINK YOU CAN CLEAN ONE UP WITH JUST ONE PINT OF B-12! DEPENDING ON HOW BAD THE TRANSMISSION IS PLUGGED UP IS WHAT YOU GO BY! ONE LIKE THE PETERS CAR WAS BAD AND TOOK 3 PINTS! OUR INTREPID MAY CLEAN UP WITH ONE OR MAYBE TWO OR THREE! I THINK ONE WILL DO IT THOUGH!

TIM SENT UP 8 ROLL UP BAMBOO CURTAINS FOR AROUND THE DECK IN THE INTREPID SO I’M GOING TO TRY AND HANG THEM TOMORROW!

WE’VE GOT SOME PRETTY BAD WEATHER COMING IN TOMORROW NIGHT THAT’S SUPPOSED TO LAST THRU THE WEEKEND!

IT SURE IS A GOOD FEELING TO KNOW THERE ARE THINGS I CAN DO ON A CAR THAT I DON’T HAVE TO LAY ON THE GROUND OR UNDER THE DASH!

LITTLE THING LIKE HOOKING UP VACUMM HOSES AND PLUGS, CHARGE BATTERIES, REMOVE RADIOS AND JUST GENERAL THINGS!

SOMETIMES I FEEL SO USELESS, THINGS I DID ALL MY ADULT LIFE I’M NOT ABLE TO DO ANYMORE AND THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME! MOM HAS TO DO ALL THE THINGS FOR ME THAT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO! BUT, I’LL HANG IN THERE AND JUST DO WHAT I CAN!

IT’S A GOOD THING WE BOUGHT ALL THE BATTERY OPERATED TOOLS WE DID! THEY REALLY DO HELP WHEN I NEED TO GET SOMETHING DONE LIKE HANGING FLOWER POT HOLDERS FOR MOM OR THE DRAPE SLIDE OVER THE GLASS DOOR!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

HOWARD