SORRY THIS IS LATE, I LOST IT LAST NIGHT AND HAD TO WAIT FOR LILLIAN TO GET IT BACK! HOWARD
HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 8 VOL 9
APRIL 8TH 2008
WEATHER; BEAUTIFUL, LOW HUMIDITY, 45/72 DEGREES
ANSWER TO POP QUIZ; BECAUSE THE RUMORS HAD HIM WORRIED THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE CALLED A COMMUNIST AND BE BLACK BALLED BY THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD! HE WANTED THIS ROLE TO PROVE HIS PATRIOTISM WHICH IT DID! JAMES CAGNEY WAS A GREAT AMERICAN.
I'VE ALWAYS SAID IF YOU DON'T LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY, YOU'VE WASTED THAT DAY! WELL I LEARNED SOMETHING VERY NEW TO ME TODAY!
WE WENT TO AUTO-ZONE TODAY TO PUT THE NEW COMPUTER THEY GOT IN ON THE CAR AT THE STORE! KELLY GOT THERE AND GOT READY TO TRY THE NEW COMPUTER, HE MOVED THE BATTERY OUT OF THE WAY AND UNPLUGGED THE OLD ONE, LAYED THE NEW ONE IN NEXT TO THE BATTERY AND PLUGGED IT IN, I TRIED TO START THE CAR BUT ALL IT DID WAS SPIN THE ENGINE OVER. HE UNPLUGGED THE NEW ONE AND TOOK IT INTO THE SALESMAN AND TOLD HIM IT WOULDN'T START THE CAR. HE PLUGGED THE OLD ONE IN AND SHOWED THE SALESMAN THAT IT WOULD START THE CAR BUT WOULDN'T ENERGIZE THE FIELDS SO THE ALTERNATOR WOULD CHARGE!
THE SALESMAN THEN CALLED THE REBUILDER AND EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT THIS IS THE SECOND ONE WE'VE TRIED AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS, IT WON'T START THE CAR. THEY PUT SOMEONE ON THE PHONE WHO ASKED IF THE CAR HAD ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS AND WE TOLD THEM YES! THEY SAID NOT ALWAYS BUT SOMETIMES THE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS KEEP THE CAR FROM STARTING WHEN YOU PUT A NEW COMPUTER IN! AND SAID WE SHOULD PUT THE KEY IN THE DRIVERS DOOR AND TURN IT THREE TIMES, OPEN LOCK, OPEN LOCK, OPEN LOCK, BEFORE HOOKING THE COMPUTER UP THEN AFTER THE COMPUTER IS HOOKED UP TO TURN THE KEY THREE MORE TIMES LIKE WE DID! WHICH WE DID THEN CLOSE THE DOOR AND TRY TO START THE ENGINE WHICH I DID! WOW, NOT ONLY DID THE ENGINE START BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE ALTERNATOR STARTED CHARGING! WHOEVER THAT PERSON WAS AT THE REBUILDERS SURE KNEW THEIR STUFF!
WHAT A RELIEF!
I'M PUTTING A NOTE IN THE BOOK ABOUT THIS AND I'M GOING TO TELL EVERYONE I'VE ASKED FOR HELP ABOUT IT!
NOW I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HOOKING UP A VOLTAGE REGULATOR, EVERYTHING IS WORKING FINE!
I CALLED R&D AND SCOTT SAID HE SENT A MAN DOWN TO BRING THE CAR UP THEY HAVE TO GET THE TRANSMISSION OUT OF, HE HASN'T BEEN OUT BACK TO SEE IF IT'S THERE BUT HE BELIEVES IT IS, I'M TO CHECK WITH HIM TOMORROW!
TIM SAID HE'LL BE HERE SATURDAY MORNING AND HE'LL GET RIGHT ON THE INTREPID, KELLY WONT GET OFF WORK TILL 11:30 AND SHOULD BE HOME ABOUT 12 OR 12:30! IF EVERYTHING GOES OK, TIM SHOULD PRETTY WELL HAVE THE TRANSMISSION ABOUT READY TO DROP OUT, HE'LL NEED KELLY AND HIM TO DO THIS AND GET THE OTHER ONE IN!
AS SOON AS THEY HAVE THE OTHER ONE IN AND TIGHTENED DOWN I WANT TO START THE ENGINE WHILE IT'S UP IN THE AIR WITH JACK STANDS UNDER THE LOWER A-FRAMES AND RUN THE TRANSMISSION THRU THE GEARS TO BE SURE IT'S SHIFTING IN ALL RANGES! THEN WHEN THEY LET IT DOWN THEY'LL TAKE IT OUT AND SEE HOW IT DOES ON THE ROAD AND GET IT WARMED UP SO THEY CAN CHANGE THE FILTER AND FLUID. ALTHOUGH THE FLUID
LOOKED REAL CLEAN WHEN I PULLED THE DIP STICK, NO ODOR OR DARK LOOK, NICE AND CLEAR RED! I MAY JUST GO AHEAD AND RUN IT FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN CHANGE THE FILTER AND FLUID! WE'LL SEE!
AT LAST, I HAVE GOOD NEWS TO WRITE ABOUT, IT'S BEEN NEGATIVE FOR SO LONG I WONDERED IF IT WOULD EVER GET BETTER! ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT!
THAT'S "30" FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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