Eyes are closing again. Smoother day today, gratefully. 7ish cars.
First one… weird no start, no communication with the computer. Was lucky on that one. Did a bunch of testing, thought I wasn’t going to figure anything out, but all of the sudden, boom, I jumped a relay (one that I already knew was working), and boom, the truck started (2007 Lincoln Navigator).
Wahoo! 🙂
Car number two was a 2007 Honda Pilot with a charging issue–the dreaded 3.5 motor where the alternator replacement only lasts a little while before having issues again, sometimes having issues immediately.
Well, I ordered a new alternator this time, not a reman, and cross your fingers, it seemed to work well. 🙂
Third car was a 2017 Buick Encore with coolant leak that turned out to be a blown overflow tank nipple. Had to order one from the dealer. Will get that tomorrow, probably.
4th car was a 2007 Hyundai Elantra with charging issues. I guess they’ve burned through three alternators and shredded belts in less than a year. Well… I got there, and the alternator wasn’t bolted down properly, so I replaced the belts and put in an alternator of a different brand, and I guess we’ll see how things go. Was working great when I left.
5th car was a 2008 Suzuki Forenza that just needed a battery. Wahoo, for battery jobs. 😁
6th car was a 2011 Jeep Liberty 3.7 that had started to overheat, lost power steering, AC, etc. Turned out the idler pulley had seized up and dumped the belt off. Easy fix. One bolt. New pulley. Done.
7th car… that one was one I haven’t been looking forward to at all. New key lock cylinder on a 1984 Jeep CJ7.
Got to stop saying yes to old cars. It’s a rule, but I break it sometimes.
Anyway, it was my second attempt to get this one fixed, first time around having the wrong part. And this time, I got a bunch pulled apart, only to realize that the puller set I had for the steering wheel wasn’t going to work.
So… I threw up the white flag and sent him elsewhere, not charging him any labor and finally getting that one out of my hair.
Super nice guy. Grateful he was understanding. It’s been a thorn in my side for a couple weeks now, I think.
After that, I went to AutoZone and just hung out with the store employees just yacking and talking about the nonprofit I want to build and about principled politics vs reactive situational politics.
Good stuff.
Got home about 9:30. Here I am writing in my journal. It’s 11:30. Cory made it back to Utah safely, not getting much of any sleep on the way but safely home. Wahoo. 🙂
Another busy day tomorrow. Grateful today went much more smoothly.
Loves and hugs to all y’all.
Oh! Put into practice something new today. When I have moral dilimmas that really should be the customer’s moral dilemmas, in the past, I’ve taken responsibility for them. Today, I put the responsibility on the customer, where it should be. The 2007 Elantra… the alternator went bad most likely because it wasn’t bolted down and couldn’t get a good ground. So… instead of agonizing over what I should do about the warranty (is it okay to warranty out something that might have burned out because it was installed properly, but you can’t really know for sure), I told the customer and put it in their court. Not my decision to make. I shouldn’t agonize over what to do. It’s their situation. Their choice.
So… that was new of me today. I let them make their choice, and I didn’t take on what wasn’t mine to take on.
Wahoo, again. 🙂
Lift the World.
~ stephen
Lift the World 
I love the leaving other’s decisions up to them! A lot of my problem with organized religion is the colonialist attitude it takes toward other people’s thoughts, ideas and beliefs. White man says his ideas and beliefs are better for others, for their own good. Lacks respect. Lacks empathy. Lacks full stop. Thank you for letting other people make their own moral decisions! That’s a huge step, coming from our background. Way to go, Stephen!