This week I have to get down and dirty with vehicle maintenance. Both the car and the bike.
I have to admit at this point in my life, I hate doing vehicle maintenance. Though not as much as I hate paying exorbitant prices to incompetent people to do it for me. I have never yet put my vehicle in a shop and come out of it feeling that I was not cheated in some way.
It is a fact of life, though. So, I spent a tidy sum tonight on supplies to do maintenance on both vehicles. Flush the engine and transmission on the car, change the fluids to those and the oil filter. (I just changed the transmission filter last year, so that should not be needed.) Plus synthetic oil for the bike. Partial synthetic for the car engine.
The car has not been shifting gears properly. I think it's related to either fluid level or condition. Maybe combination of both. The fluid is really dark, so a fluid change (at least as well as I can manage without dropping the fluid pan) is in order.
Also going to go ahead and change that front stem valve on the bike. Better to change it now than be stuck on the side of the road. Do an oil change and tune up. May not have a lot of summer left but I want to get some rides in this year.
Daughter was with me this weekend. She wasn't interested in going to the tile class at Home Depot. That won't stop me from teaching her things around the house and car, though. I'll hold off on fluid changes until she's older and has her own vehicle. Can teach her how to check things and change a tire, though.
We didn't do much this weekend. Watched some movies and ate at a restaurant.
I'm planning for the next week I have off in a few weeks. Not leaving for long, just a couple of days. Going to go see Santa Fe National Forest, the Jemez Mountains and Bandelier National Monument. I'll get a fishing license before then and we can go fishing and swimming in a couple of lakes in northern NM.
I have decided to blow some money on an XBox. Probably not the newest version but a 360. Newest versions cost considerably more. They may be worth it but I just can't see spending that much. A bog thing here is that daughter is seriously getting into gaming. However, all the games she is playing are alone. I would like it of we shared the games, or at least I could see what she is playing if I am not.
I have to admit at this point in my life, I hate doing vehicle maintenance. Though not as much as I hate paying exorbitant prices to incompetent people to do it for me. I have never yet put my vehicle in a shop and come out of it feeling that I was not cheated in some way.
It is a fact of life, though. So, I spent a tidy sum tonight on supplies to do maintenance on both vehicles. Flush the engine and transmission on the car, change the fluids to those and the oil filter. (I just changed the transmission filter last year, so that should not be needed.) Plus synthetic oil for the bike. Partial synthetic for the car engine.
The car has not been shifting gears properly. I think it's related to either fluid level or condition. Maybe combination of both. The fluid is really dark, so a fluid change (at least as well as I can manage without dropping the fluid pan) is in order.
Also going to go ahead and change that front stem valve on the bike. Better to change it now than be stuck on the side of the road. Do an oil change and tune up. May not have a lot of summer left but I want to get some rides in this year.
Daughter was with me this weekend. She wasn't interested in going to the tile class at Home Depot. That won't stop me from teaching her things around the house and car, though. I'll hold off on fluid changes until she's older and has her own vehicle. Can teach her how to check things and change a tire, though.
We didn't do much this weekend. Watched some movies and ate at a restaurant.
I'm planning for the next week I have off in a few weeks. Not leaving for long, just a couple of days. Going to go see Santa Fe National Forest, the Jemez Mountains and Bandelier National Monument. I'll get a fishing license before then and we can go fishing and swimming in a couple of lakes in northern NM.
I have decided to blow some money on an XBox. Probably not the newest version but a 360. Newest versions cost considerably more. They may be worth it but I just can't see spending that much. A bog thing here is that daughter is seriously getting into gaming. However, all the games she is playing are alone. I would like it of we shared the games, or at least I could see what she is playing if I am not.
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