Long work day today. First car of the day was a 2008 Infiniti G37 coupe that needed a starter. There were multiple options for removal, the one advocated by Nissan being disconnecting the steering column, but I didn't want to do that. I hate disconnecting the steering column. For some reason, it just makes me … Continue reading 2024-02-05 — 7-Car Day

I wasn't doing well physically or emotionally today. Didn't go to church. Didn't want to go to church. Pretty much wasted the whole day in my room doing nothing beneficial for anybody. 😕 ~ stephen

I don't remember a lot of the day today... But the part that I do remember was going to the greenhouses in Oklahoma with my hill brother Jim to work on disassembly. We spent a good little while, and it went a lot slower than what I had hoped-- an enormous number of various kinds … Continue reading 2024-02-03 — Disassembly

I have zero memory of February first... 😅 (basically because I'm writing this on February 11th, and it's just been too long. I've been so behind in my journal entries lately...) So... On to the second! Today was a full work day--5 cars. The first car was in Pea Ridge, close to home, and had … Continue reading 2024-02-02 — Just Another Work Day

I've done a lot of alternators on Honda odysseys over the years, and though I've done the Brazilian times, I always seem to have challenges that kick my butt. Not this time! 🥳 The customer asked me to just bring an alternator and slap it in, no diagnostics desired, and I went over there, and … Continue reading 2024-01-31 — Easy Odyssey

I don't really remember what happened in the morning, but brother Jim and I drove to Eucha, Oklahoma to give him a chance to look at the greenhouses and get a feel for everything. We chatted along the way about greenhouse stuff and other stuff, I think. Once there, we inspected everything, and I think … Continue reading 2024-01-30 — Giant Sequoia Felled

It was just a three-car day today, the first two going relatively well, and then the last one giving a good bit of grief. The first car was a Cadillac in the downtown Bentonville Walmart neighborhood parking lot parking garage. It was a no start that wasn't responding to the keys. Grately, it just turned … Continue reading 2024-01-29 — They Put it Where?!?!

Nervous excitement. 😊 Originally, I had wanted to have swapped my mom's Juke out of the garage and secretly put the Z3 in it's place, so that when she opened the door from the house to the garage to go to church, she would see 🚙. 😁 That would have been awesome. 🙂 But... With … Continue reading 2024-01-28 — The Big Reveal

I forgot to mention a couple nights ago that at the end of the day, I had gone over to Jim and Steph's house and spent some time chatting with Jim about his future and his hopes and dreams. One of the things that he mentioned was that he's always wanted to be a farmer, … Continue reading 2024-01-27 — To The Greenhouses!

Had a full work day today. It wasn't the most productive, but it was a full day. I think it was like five and a half billable hours, or something like that. Four cars. The first car was a 2007 Toyota solara in Bentonville that wouldn't start. If I'm remembering correctly, it was just a … Continue reading 2024-01-26 — Just Another Work Day