I managed to get next week off. That means a solid ten days without work! But much hobby “work” todo, most of the parts for the pornstyler arrived…
Saturday I’ll have a look at a travel vehicle which (of course) would also need some love… But I won’t start before Monday, first it’s time to visit a good friend to relax and enjoy ourselves…
A picture of a car which I will look at next weekend (mailed by the owner). We see a Stromdieb (even the dictionary don’t know the translation. Some kind of cutting connector, the blue thing with the cables). Some advise:
I returned to the workshop to charge the battery of the station wagon because it had startup problems. The battery was full, the (refurbished) generator works perfectly and the startup & idling problems remain. Fuck. After cleaning and a quick checkup (see other post) I decided to drive home. Then it came to me: The battery was dead a couple of days ago and the Merc has PMS. Not premenstrual syndrome but some kind of pressure motor control. And this computer has no hard drive so it looses it’s memory every time the battery is disconnected. After that you have to teach in the accelerator pedal. Turn on ignition, slowly push down the pedal for two (?) times and then start the engine. Problem solved. I should remember this stuff…
I have to face the facts. It’s a nice car but i have too many projects going on. It has to go. I have to find a decent new owner. With some love its ready to go at least another couple of 100000km… I’m not good in parting company. It’s a good car.
You properbly know these days where everything you do doesn’t work out as planned. Sometimes that’s good, today it’s not entirely bad but the day just drags along slowly and ineffective. After failing to get my license plates I went to the workshop and all I managed in three hours was to establish that the Lambda Sensor of the car is not too bad (so I can sent back the Sensor which has been sent back already because somebody removed my name tag on the door and hasn’t arrived yet).
Constant change from too rich to to too lean… The Life of a Oxygen sensor somehow resembles my own so far. A constant up and down…
I wanted to build an adaptor for a spark plug to a compressor fitting (long story, it will be online soon) but didn’t find the right parts and got disappointed enough to stop. The rest of the time was standing around looking stupid and talking to the other guys.I went for a walk with a friend and told her what I wrote a few posts earlier and that I’m not feeling well at all. When we said goodbye she said something like “Hey, it was nice meeting you, maybe we can go for another walk in April”. Me: “April?” Yes, April I don’t have any time before that. Her home is just a two minute walk away from the workshop, I pass there almost every day when I’m in Hannover.
When I returned home one package with spare parts arrived (which I expected last week but which was sent back as well) but I’m not in the mood to return to the shop and do some actual work. Maybe I should just open a beer, turn on the TV and go to bed early.
Tomorrow is a new day, hopefully all packages will arrive and I can finally get the car running properbly and register it in my name. Let’s hope the best because I have to work at Wednesday…
