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My Almost-daily Journal |
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| About I love trying out new things, especially when it comes to internet technology. I never really kept a journal, but it's something that I've always wanted to do. Now, everybody will get a chance to look inside my twisted, and somewhat-warped mind.
I've also subscribed to Audio Blog, so a few times a week, I'll leave actual voice blogs. Very cool!XML Newsfeed Previous Posts
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Friday, June 04, 2004
Jeep: Routine Maintenance My Jeep has over 120K on the odo, with probably another 30K that was never registered. My accessory drive belt (drives the water pump, power steering pump, alternator, etc) was in dire need of replacement. Today was the day! It's just a drive belt... can't be too hard to replace... Variables working against me: 1) Jeep is over 10 years old-- there are welds on my Jeep that aren't as strong as my rusted-on bolts 2) Tool selection-- unfortunately, I don't own a 13mm open-ended wrench that's 4' long 3) Jeep is lifted almost 4"-- I needed a F#*@'ing step ladder to just SEE my engine compartment 4) Absence of light-- my F$#*@'ing garage lights (commercial fluorescent fixtures) don't work. Murphy likes to @ss-F*$% me: when I NEED light, it just happens to get dark really fast. 5) Anatomy-- the derelict Jeep engineers that designed the power-steering pump and pulley system forgot to take Remedial Design for Serviceablity 011 for Idiots. I had to remove the mother-f$#&@'ing power steering pump in order to remove the mother-f$#&@'ing accessory belt. Removing the pump required me to pay a 3-year old Ethiopian to stick his hand between the pump and the intake manifold in order to remove the pump bolts. Note: My new quest in life is to find out WHO designed the Jeep this way so I can punch the dude in the head and knock the cock out of his mouth. Well, a 15-minute job ended up taking me 4-hours to complete. And the sad thing is that this was just routine maintenance-- I'm not going to notice ANY improvement to my Jeep's performance. Lesson learned: Next time, I pay a monkey $150 to change my belt. posted by Dino at 12:06 AM (permanent link)
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