29 September 2016

September  quickly going away from us with 2 days left.  Brings back a memory of the time I went to Canada and hit a cold front up there on the 1st day of Oct. which turn the air to 30F and ice on the bike. Not good. Still took another whole day do get out of Canada, cross the border and head South to warmer weather. Ahhhhhhh the memories.

Back to the present starting with what's been done on the Car lately.
New antenna and grommet installed and working.
Windshield wipers still not doing their thing and was going to get a cover and circuit board only to find all have it back ordered with no date. So, got one off ebay that was listed for my car group but the inside is different. So tried a few things on the one in there but no go. So was going to just swap out the whole motor but the wipers are really on there and don't want to destroy them getting them off. Next time I have the hood up I'll spray them to see what happens then. Course, I may see if I can swap the arm on the circuit boards and try that. We'll see. ;-)
The Cruise control is a bigger mess. 1st of all, the turn signal assembly in the steering column is bad loose on engaging the left turn side. But, if you pull it to you a bit , does work.
Tested all under the hood on the cruise system and all is good except for no voltage to the vacuum pod. Had change blow fuse a while back and it still didn't work and check fuse again after finding no voltage and it was still good.  ?????????.  So, while driving about a few days ago, decided to attempt the cruise again and got a burnt wire smell for a bit. Not sure where it was coming from but rolled a window down and it went away. Getting home, checked the Cruise fuse again and it was blown. So, back to the drawing board on that and find what's shorting out that fuse. One splice goes to the steering column and one to the relay under the passenger dash.
So, gonna put that project on hold till I fix the set up in the steering column. That's on hold till I recoup my back account from having to spend 550 bucks on a new washing machine this month along with parts and tools bought for the carvette.

Next is Homecoming parade duty in which I told a gal I would ride her daughter in the parade. That worked out pretty good.


Found out that even 1st gear is too fast for a parade. Had to drag brakes near the whole 1/2 hour route. But, was a fun experience. 

A nice 211 mile afternoon on Bandit was good therapy but tiring to do it in 3.5 hours, Been a long time since to that stuff. LOL! 

Wife's bro in hospital since yesterday with pneumonia and coughing up blood a bit. Gonna be here for a few days and going check on him later this morning.  After the walk and FD visit.  
And that's about it for this run so till the next.   


1 comment:

  1. Boy you seem to be havin' loads of fun fix in' on that Vette and those kind of problems can be a booger but that is a real nice lookin' ride, really like the wheels. Sorry your bro in law is havin' those health issues, hope he gets back in good shape. I'm sure you are goin to enjoy some riding in the nice fall weather to come (hope that hurry cane don't come our way). David Baronet

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