Daughter and I made it out to the Corrales Harvest Festival today. With a bit of anxiety involved on my part.
Some radiator sealant slowed the freeze plug leak but didn't stop it. Car made it going over normal temperature a bit but no running problems. It did start overheating on the way back. Seems the overflow tank needs to be flushed. Tube got plugged, so the engine and radiator ran dry. It will make it across town all the way to Corrales filling engine and radiator only once.
The sad thing is that, while the Corrales Harvest Festival says online that it is all weekend, virtually nothing was going on today. Except the corn maze. For that, most of the corn was so short that my daughter could look over the top of the dry corn plants. Streets were largely empty. Hay ride which was all the way through town on Saturday only goes around the one corn field on Sunday.
However, good part is that she likes picking left over ears. There was no shortage of those and no problem knowing they wouldn't miss any we picked.
We made it all the way through the entire maze this year. Rode the hay ride twice. She loved watching a small dog parade which happened while we were there.
We played games, tossing corn kernels at each other. Had a caramel apple and some french fries in town before the corn field. Were at the corn field for several hours. Then had dinner at her favorite Chinese buffet.
Stopped at Harbor Freight and picked up some car ramps. Pure steel, combined weight capacity over six tons. And on sale for $10 off. Couldn't find ramps for a decent price any place else and even the expensive ones weren't in stock at most places. That's okay, these will probably last me the rest of my life.
Got all the parts needed to fix the car, except the valve cover gaskets, which had to be ordered and will come in tomorrow. I have the lifters soaking in oil right now, so they'll be ready to install. Have an expansion freeze plug, which is easier to install than the standard solid type and less likely to leak. So, hoping to have this thing in much better condition in a day or two.
Some radiator sealant slowed the freeze plug leak but didn't stop it. Car made it going over normal temperature a bit but no running problems. It did start overheating on the way back. Seems the overflow tank needs to be flushed. Tube got plugged, so the engine and radiator ran dry. It will make it across town all the way to Corrales filling engine and radiator only once.
The sad thing is that, while the Corrales Harvest Festival says online that it is all weekend, virtually nothing was going on today. Except the corn maze. For that, most of the corn was so short that my daughter could look over the top of the dry corn plants. Streets were largely empty. Hay ride which was all the way through town on Saturday only goes around the one corn field on Sunday.
However, good part is that she likes picking left over ears. There was no shortage of those and no problem knowing they wouldn't miss any we picked.
We made it all the way through the entire maze this year. Rode the hay ride twice. She loved watching a small dog parade which happened while we were there.
We played games, tossing corn kernels at each other. Had a caramel apple and some french fries in town before the corn field. Were at the corn field for several hours. Then had dinner at her favorite Chinese buffet.
Stopped at Harbor Freight and picked up some car ramps. Pure steel, combined weight capacity over six tons. And on sale for $10 off. Couldn't find ramps for a decent price any place else and even the expensive ones weren't in stock at most places. That's okay, these will probably last me the rest of my life.
Got all the parts needed to fix the car, except the valve cover gaskets, which had to be ordered and will come in tomorrow. I have the lifters soaking in oil right now, so they'll be ready to install. Have an expansion freeze plug, which is easier to install than the standard solid type and less likely to leak. So, hoping to have this thing in much better condition in a day or two.
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