Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 13th, 2024
The pandemic, work from home, and layoffs have put a damper on my driving. I would easily put 15-20k miles a year on the truck, in Feburary 2022 I hit 380,000 miles, and I just rolled 389,000 miles, so 9k in 2 years. I figured I’d pass 400,000 by now. I also now have my […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2011
Ever since my fuel pump made a loud whining noise all throughout Arizona for Burning Man 2009, I’ve always said it’s going to die and strand me someday and I should really get it replaced before then. This Friday was the night it decided to die. I was driving across the I-90 bridge going into […]
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, but eventually started […]
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 full of groceries from Randalls. This […]
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 has finally settled down and it’s sunny […]
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 them and re-mounted the 857. A little […]
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 waiting, I called another recommended shop […]
