Horrible
I’m having a horrible day. Sucky suckiness with suck on top.
I have an August 1st deadline to have the truck moving under it’s own power. That means I have today and tomorrow to hook it up.
I started the day with 5 things to do to get it going. None of these things should take more than 30 to 45 minutes. I got 2 things done. In 8 hours.
I needed to go get the new driveshaft for the truck. There is no way in hell it would fit into my Honda Civic. I mention this to my neighbor (who is helping me with drywall repair in my house) and I tell him that I don’t want to get his Tahoe dirty. He suggests hooking his small trailer to the back and using that.
Sounds like a good idea.
We hook it up and I drive down to Master Fabricators and pick it up. As I’m backing out of the parking lot, this Chow puppy that they have running around the shop comes jetting out into my path. I swerve to miss it and the trailer swings around sharply and punches a small hole in the side of the SUV. Not major damage, but noticeable and probably expensive. And definitely embarrassing.
So this guy is working on my house and doing me a favor and I repay him by scratching up his truck. Nice. I go home and give him the bad news and he takes it quite well.
That is gonna turn out to be a very expensive driveshaft.
So the driveshaft, thankfully, pops right up into place like it should. Thank God for small favors. The transmission cooler lines take me forever to line up and tighten down. The transmission linkage is a being a huge pain in the butt and I can’t seem to get the darn thing to pop into place like it should. The transmission filler tube is designed for a lower riding intake manifold so I’m gonna have to get that bent somewhere. And I still have to tighten down some crossbars.
So I have 3 things that need to be done tomorrow.
Let’s hope it is a better day.
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