Tuesday, July 1, 2008

DAILY CHRONICLE #30 VOL 11

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 30 VOL 11

JUNE 30TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 65/88 DEGREES

 

WENT TO THE VA AND GOT MY NEW HEARING AIDS, THEY SURE WORK GOOD COMPARED TO THE ONES I HAD (THE AUTOMATICS)! THESE I CAN ADJUST TO WHAT I NEED AND THEY DON’T SQUEAL EVERYTIME I MOVE MY HEAD!

WE LEFT THERE AND WENT TO BREAKFAST THEN TO VISIT OUR FRIENDS JIM AND CONNIE HARMON! THEN HOME!

THE A/C IN THE ACCLAIM IS WORKING FINE, MOM JUST TOOK IT TO TOWN AND WE’LL SEE IF IT’S STILL WORKING OK WHEN HE GETS HOME! STILL A LITTLE “GUN SHY” BECAUSE WE’VE HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE WITH IT, THE A/C NOT THE CAR!

 

KELLY DROVE THE INTREPID AND DETERMINED THE PROBLEM IS IN THE TRANSMISSION NOT THE ENGINE! THE TRANSMISSION HAD 94,000+ MILES ON IT WHEN WE GOT IT FROM R&D, WE HAVEN’T SERVICED IT BUT I DID PUT A PT OF B-12 IN IT ABOUT 200 MILES BACK AND NOTICED A LITTLE CHANGE AND WE WERE GOING TO SERVICE IT BUT KELLY GOT SOME PEOPLE FROM SEATTLE IN FOR A WEEK AND HE NEVER GOT TO DO IT! NOW, HE’S GOING TO PUT ANOTHER PINT OF B-12 IN IT AND DRIVE IT THE REST OF THE WEEK AND SERVICE IT NEXT FRIDAY OR SATURDAY! IT COULD VERY WELL BE A LOSS OF PRESSURE DUE TO A DIRTY FILTER OR EVEN A  LOSE FILTER LIKE I HAD IN OUR 83 CHRYSLER E-3! IT WOULD STOP PULLING WHEN IT GOT HOT AND WHEN I PULLED THE PAN THE FILTER WAS HANGING BY ONE SCREW! I PUT A NEW FILTER IN AND FOUND THE OTHER SCREW IN THE PAN! NEVER HAD A BIT OF TROUBLE WITH IT FOR 102,000 MILES THEN SOLD IT TO TIM AND IT DEVELOPED A LOT OF BLOW BYE (CRACKED PISTON) SO HE SOLD IT FOR SCRAP!

SORRY THIS IS LATE BUT I TOOK MY BED TIME PILLS BEFORE I WAS READY FOR BED AND A SLEEPING PILL IS IN THE MIX, I JUST ABOUT FELL ASLEEP HERE AT THE COMPUTER!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE

HOWARD

 

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