Idle speed
Nov. 27th, 2006 17:16![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillI go back to school tomorrow.
It's been a long holiday for me. Despite the fact that I haven't even touched the yard -- that'll have to be fit in around the edges on Wednesday and Saturday. I do feel pretty well rested, though, and ready for what looks like a slow week of classes.
I'm starting to get a little bit of a sparkle around the edges of things, like it might be approaching the holiday season. Maybe. I'll give it a few more days and see.
We put the brakes back on the Alfa, put the tires on, fired it up (after drying off a couple of spark plugs), and discovered that 1) the brakes are still acting weird, like we can't bleed them properly, and 2) the bearing on the tachometer is dying. Sigh. So we'll detach the tach for now, and try to bleed the brakes again. If they won't firm up and stop putting bubbles into the reservoir, we may be looking at replacing the master cylinder.
At least it's parked in its spot again, the jacks are freed up, and we know it'll start up if we want it to. Now I get to focus on Gwen (an oil change and a checkup, and maybe putting the liner on the wheel well). Still more progress to be made.
I need to look into ratproofing the cellar; the mouseproofing isn't adequate to keep out roof rats.
For now... I relax. Not planning on going anywhere tonight. Tomorrow can come as it will.
It's been a long holiday for me. Despite the fact that I haven't even touched the yard -- that'll have to be fit in around the edges on Wednesday and Saturday. I do feel pretty well rested, though, and ready for what looks like a slow week of classes.
I'm starting to get a little bit of a sparkle around the edges of things, like it might be approaching the holiday season. Maybe. I'll give it a few more days and see.
We put the brakes back on the Alfa, put the tires on, fired it up (after drying off a couple of spark plugs), and discovered that 1) the brakes are still acting weird, like we can't bleed them properly, and 2) the bearing on the tachometer is dying. Sigh. So we'll detach the tach for now, and try to bleed the brakes again. If they won't firm up and stop putting bubbles into the reservoir, we may be looking at replacing the master cylinder.
At least it's parked in its spot again, the jacks are freed up, and we know it'll start up if we want it to. Now I get to focus on Gwen (an oil change and a checkup, and maybe putting the liner on the wheel well). Still more progress to be made.
I need to look into ratproofing the cellar; the mouseproofing isn't adequate to keep out roof rats.
For now... I relax. Not planning on going anywhere tonight. Tomorrow can come as it will.
