This has been a strange day with stress, challenges and a continued need for work, orders.
Nikki texted me this morning that the van had tried to quit running a couple times on her way to work so I went out and looked it over. With the tools I had I could not get the battery connectors loose, they were locked on solid so had to give up and move on. Later on Steve picked the van up and brought it home where he started working on it. He found that the battery is strong but the connections were trashed by that stuff that builds up and eats away and the metal. He replaced the connection for the positive with a new one and did a very good job with it. The car seems to start and run properly now.
On Friday we'll take it to Lodi to have a new oil pan installed as the Honda dealership which has done most of the oil changes on the car over the years has stripped out the threads so a new pan is the only solution. Lodi Honda is much less expensive and we will take our service work there for now.
I actually received an order today for which I am very thankful. I'll see it in the morning at 10 and its right here in Discovery Bay and is a COD, all nice things.
per Steve's guidance I located the original carb for the boat and took it to the last mechanic who worked on the boat, he would prefer to see the boat have a Holly marine carb and so he can rebuild the carb and perhaps the boat will run better then, we will see.
Marilyn cooked tonight and the meal was excellent. Baked potatoes that tasted like heaven with sides of fresh tomatoes minutes from the backyard, avocado chunks, griller bits and some light grape juice. Delicious.
Sending love to all with appreciation.
Tim
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