Hot and humid, but maybe a little less of both since we got some rain yesterday… depending on where you are in town, maybe a LOT of rain…but probably not. It’ll probably hot and humid.<\/p>\n
I did manage a couple of pickups yesterday, in the Expedition, which filled it to the roof. I had to take the Expy because the Ranger died while I was unloading it. Idling fine, then a hiccup, then another, then died. I tried a little gas, keeping the RPMs up, but the same thing happened. Then I tried to go to the end of the block and back, which, after dying and restarting, went ok. <\/p>\n
Air, fuel, spark. Hmmm. I did put half a can of gas in at the BOL before coming home… but no way that was bad. Spark. Got some, probably got enough. But the terminals were loose on the battery and there was corrosion. I cleaned that up and tightened everything, which seemed to help. Then I decided to check ‘air’. <\/p>\n
Filter was distorted and misfit in the box, and it was FILTHY. I can’t believe they didn’t even look at it during my service and inspection, with all the other prodding they did. With the filter out, the truck ran smoothly. <\/p>\n
I stopped and bought a good K&N filter and bulbs for the license plate on my way home from the pickups. I’ll install it today and see if the problem goes away. I’m very disconcerted when my mostly very dependable truck has issues.<\/p>\n
Given the downpour, I’m glad I had everything inside the Expy, so it worked out, but if the filter and tightened battery terminals don’t solve the issue with the Ranger, I’ll be back to ‘upset’. 21 years old, but only 154K miles…<\/p>\n
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\nToday is the kids’ first day back to school. It is really early by my standards and it seems to get earlier every year. Kids are excited to go back and see their friends. I’m not looking forward to the early start to the day, but maybe I need the kickstart. <\/p>\n
And our daily schedule will now revolve around the needs of the school district and not our own lives. I should be used to that by now, but I’m not. <\/p>\n
I will have more time to myself during the day, but that time will be shortened by afterschool activities I’m sure.<\/p>\n
Oh well. I’ll adapt. I’m the stay at home dad after all. It’s my job.<\/p>\n
That and prepping for the future. Which I mainly do by stacking. You can too!<\/p>\n
nick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hot and humid, but maybe a little less of both since we got some rain yesterday… depending on where you are in town, maybe a LOT of rain…but probably not. It’ll probably hot and humid.<\/p>\n
I did manage a couple of pickups yesterday, in the Expedition, which filled it to the roof. I had to take the Expy because the Ranger died while I was unloading it. Idling fine, then a hiccup, then another,<\/p>\n