The engine?

It's not seized. The battery was just really dead.

But it's still not firing up.

WTF?!

Also, Number 7 is not firing up either. FTS.

If you guessed a 1946 Chevrolet 3/4 ton pickup truck named Number Seven, then you would be correct ( Read more... )

Okay...

I drove all over town yesterday looking for a Fram CG3 Fuel Filter. It's the filter that fits on my truck, and it looks like this.

Nobody had them.

At All.

Thier VENDORS were out of them. And nobody knows when they'll be in again.

But hark! A Bastion of Hope appeareth...

Amazon -- the book store -- carries fuel filters. And not ( Read more... )

So, I fire up the truck this morning, and she's running really crappy ( Read more... )

So...

I drove the truck to town today to get some gas in it.

And it wouldn't start up again.

[says a number of naughty words]

So, the truck is sitting at my friend's house on the battery charger.

It looks like the fuel filter was plugged.

[says more naughty words]

I'm having an ADD sort of day ( Read more... )

So, I went to this estate sale this morning that my mom and dad told me about. When they were there yesterday, they saw this old steamer truck/chest, and thought I might want it for a coffee table or something in my living room.

Well, I went and got it -- and a couple of jack stands for the garage -- all for the low price of $17.00.

( teh 1st picspam - Estate Sale )

So, I've been rewiring the truck tonight, and I have one of the Parking lights (the broken one) redone as a combo Parking Light/Blinker. Works like a champ.

I have a grounding issue, but aside from that, I'm in business.

[does impression of the Fonz]

Also, on a completely random note...

Soap.

Just watched the season finale of Veronica Mars tonight ( Read more... )

From an NBC news story (see link below)...

"Today's cool cars aren't low, sleek or imported.

The hot rides are old Detroit clunkers called grandpa cars."Hey... None of my vehicles clunk... Much ( Read more... )