Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 1st, 2010
I’ve been wanting to wander around Wyoming for a couple of months now and finally decided to go last weekend. No real planning, the only requirements were to see Jackson Hole and some big mountains. Friday morning I took my truck to the mechanic to have the transmission and differential fluids changed. I picked it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 1st, 2010
I’ve been rather astounded by the life of my brake pads on the truck. After thinking about it I realized I’ve been running on factory brake pads all these years. A few times I thought about replacing them myself but never got around to it. My friends claim it is not possible, that I surely [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 13th, 2009
After 170,000 miles the alternator in the truck finally decided to go south. At low (300-400) RPM after coming to a stop, the ammeter would start to droop and the engine would die. I’d have to keep my foot on the gas to keep RPM up. Otherwise while driving and idling it was fine. Fortunately [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 15th, 2009
I have a new apartment at Riata in the works. I originally didn’t consider it because my coworkers had me believe it was super expensive, but after actually checking it out, it wasn’t bad at all.
I had put down an application fee at another property, and was quite excited about it, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 13th, 2009
The truck has been in the shop all week and I’ve realized it’s a great way to save money and diet. All of a sudden, shopping and cheeseburgers are not convienient. Lots of bike riding in the meantime. This morning I feasted at Taco Shack and loaded my backpack [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 9th, 2009
It’s been a busy past couple of weeks! Victoria visited me for a week, then the same day she left my sister and her friend arrived for another five days. Lots of running around and heavy eating. I’m glad to have had visitors, it’s a welcome change. Weather [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 22nd, 2009
It’s been a peaceful, warm weekend. Yesterday was breakfast, brunch, then naptime. Today I finished a project I started three weeks ago, cleaning the truck. Finished waxing it and taking clay to the baked on road crap. Ripped out the scanner and CB since I don’t ever use [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 30th, 2008
Took the truck to the shop and let my mechanic dink at it. Between an exhaust gas test and pressure test, no leak was found. When I first dropped it off, they suspected a head gasket leak but later couldn’t determine if that’s what caused it. While I was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 19th, 2008
My truck hates me. 2000 miles after I replaced the water pump, I learned I’m still losing coolant. After nearly a year, I finally got around to replacing the O2 sensors that were throwing a OBD-II code. One sensor was the shittiest shit to be ever shat in terms [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 31st, 2008
Things in my life that require cooling aren’t having a very good month. First my MBP fans break, now the water pump went out in my truck (so I think). Coming back from San Antonio yesterday, the engine was running a couple marks hotter than usual. As I went [...]
