2021-09-24 — One More Day ‘Til Sunday

I’m a good bit over the edge physically. Tough day. Started early. Ended late. Filthy dirty. Exhausted. Head not doing so well. 

First job was finishing a water pump job for someone who started it but didn’t finish. It went fine. Same set up as the one I did just the other day. Second job was a fuel pump in a Lincoln Navigator. Went fine until the end, and then it kicked my butt up one cheek and down the other. And after all was said and done, he said the fuel gauge isn’t working. 

Ugh. That would probably mean a bad pump out of the box. Erg.

Third car was finishing up that starter debacle out in Elkins from the other day. Fourth car was a battery replacement. Fifth car was an attempt at getting the Elantra brake hose/CV axle issue repaired, but the brake hose I had, even though it was the right part number and everything, was the wrong part for the year. Their 2013 Elantra has 2014 brakes on it.

Erg. 

So I wasted an hour there, and the customer isn’t happy, and I’m not happy, and… I just want out of that job, honestly. Trying to find another mechanic to take it. Cross your fingers. 

Last job was finishing up the brakes on the ’03 Dakota. Put a new caliper on the passenger front.

Gas. Home. Food. Exhausted. A bit discouraged today… lonely… But we’ll keep going. G’night all.

Lift the World.

~ stephen