I lost my dang mind today actually...list of chores performed:
1. Dragged wife out to garage and had her help me with attempting adjustments to ill-fitting windows in
both doors of Fred; he has had a bad habit of the chrome end pieces not staying with the window edge itself
as one struggles to roll them up.
Been that way since I bought it, just never was its' turn for attention...
Trusty FSM in hand, then disregarded instructions as terms used didn't match terms shown in illustrations
(dammit Ma!) and instead played around with nuts on studs and bolts and such until we got a reasonable
fit and function finally - the proverbial "good enough" level was achieved.
Out in the yard Fred went...
2. GTX out of the garage bay, replaced with tractor (M-F 1428V 4WD). Oil change, fuel filter swap, air filter
swap, assorted lubing and such, all using original Iseki brand filters (which is who actually made him).
Out he went...and back to his roost.
3. In comes the '04 Ram, who got the same treatment - oil change (always Mobil 1 and Wix), attention to
this and that....blew out the "permanent" air filter, too. Fluids all topped.
Damn, that 5.7 still sounds so good at pushing 190k. (Knock wood)
Outta there...and back to his roost as well.
Fred was then re-homed to his place of prominence in the garage and I cleaned the whole mess up -
and by the time I got in the house and took a shower, it occurred to me I was exhausted.
Pissed me off, honestly....all that rolling around under vehicles on the concrete had gotten me pretty good.
Cussed a little, stomped around in denial - until my wife reminded me:
I'm over a year into "overtime" - heck, I wasn't supposed to be here this long to begin with.
Well, that took the rest of my anger right out of me, for of course she's right....dammit.
