Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Getting closer...
I am getting closer to being employed again. I have had a couple phone interviews, and could possibly be going to Charlotte for an actual interview and to see the premises. If I do get this job, I won't have to move to Charlotte, although I can't say I'd mind. I'll say more about it after I get the job. Well, I will say that it will involve alot of travel, for extended periods of time.
Regarding my last post about my car problems, I had to remove the passenger side axle in order to get the starter out. Only to have the place I brought it to say there wasn't anything wrong with it, said that my issue was likely due to a bad grounding cable from the battery to the transmission. Oh, and putting my axle back on didn't go they way it should, so something got screwed up such that the car would still roll in park. So I had to replace the axle too. All because I had to take off the starter that wasn't the problem. I'm still not totally convinced tho, since it still gives me the same issue. Though when I put a new grounding cable, I didn't remove the old one, which I will replace later this afternoon. So, in theory, the faulty cable could still be diverting the power when it gets hot.
Also, if you couldn't tell, I changed up the background a bit. If this is now hard to read, leave me a comment (they do work...) and tell me.
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Regarding my last post about my car problems, I had to remove the passenger side axle in order to get the starter out. Only to have the place I brought it to say there wasn't anything wrong with it, said that my issue was likely due to a bad grounding cable from the battery to the transmission. Oh, and putting my axle back on didn't go they way it should, so something got screwed up such that the car would still roll in park. So I had to replace the axle too. All because I had to take off the starter that wasn't the problem. I'm still not totally convinced tho, since it still gives me the same issue. Though when I put a new grounding cable, I didn't remove the old one, which I will replace later this afternoon. So, in theory, the faulty cable could still be diverting the power when it gets hot.
Also, if you couldn't tell, I changed up the background a bit. If this is now hard to read, leave me a comment (they do work...) and tell me.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Let's try this again...
After a blazing month of June where I managed to post a whopping 1 whole item, I am going to try to get this thing started again.
Speaking of starting...
For the past 2 days, I have been trying to change out the starter in my Jetta. In other cars I have had, it has been nowhere near this difficult to do. But aparently VW likes playing hide and seek with the starter, choosing to locate it on the right hand side of the engine, which in a front-wheel drive car is effectively the "back". Oh, did I mention it's stuffed up under the exhaust manifold, on top of the axle, and next to a motor mount. Yesterday (well, Friday, since this is now technically Sunday) I actually got the starter set to come out, took about an hour or 2, but I got it off the engine. However it is not "out" since I haven't figured out how to free it from it's own little prison.
If me having starter problems sounds familiar, it should. See here for that story. Yes, that was only 5 months ago. Granted, the starter isn't completely dead yet, but I would rather not wait since I know the cause. It's been doing the same thing that it was before, start fine for a while, then begin not anything if the car has run and is "hot". Wait for it to cool an hour or so, and then all is usually good. Until the next time.
In other news, last Thursday, the 6th, I participated in BMW's "Drive for a cure" where you register to test drive select BMW's at the certain dealer. For every mile you drive the car, BMW donates $1 to the Susan G Komen Foundation to help cure breast cancer. They set up a route you follow (no, you can't just go anywhere) which was 9.1 miles long. I got to drive 2 cars in the event.
First up, the 2006 BMW 330xi
Next, the 2006 BMW 550i
I really liked the 550, very nice car. But then, it costs around $70k, so it had better be nice.
That's all I have for now. Take care whoever still reads this stuff.
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Speaking of starting...
For the past 2 days, I have been trying to change out the starter in my Jetta. In other cars I have had, it has been nowhere near this difficult to do. But aparently VW likes playing hide and seek with the starter, choosing to locate it on the right hand side of the engine, which in a front-wheel drive car is effectively the "back". Oh, did I mention it's stuffed up under the exhaust manifold, on top of the axle, and next to a motor mount. Yesterday (well, Friday, since this is now technically Sunday) I actually got the starter set to come out, took about an hour or 2, but I got it off the engine. However it is not "out" since I haven't figured out how to free it from it's own little prison.
If me having starter problems sounds familiar, it should. See here for that story. Yes, that was only 5 months ago. Granted, the starter isn't completely dead yet, but I would rather not wait since I know the cause. It's been doing the same thing that it was before, start fine for a while, then begin not anything if the car has run and is "hot". Wait for it to cool an hour or so, and then all is usually good. Until the next time.
In other news, last Thursday, the 6th, I participated in BMW's "Drive for a cure" where you register to test drive select BMW's at the certain dealer. For every mile you drive the car, BMW donates $1 to the Susan G Komen Foundation to help cure breast cancer. They set up a route you follow (no, you can't just go anywhere) which was 9.1 miles long. I got to drive 2 cars in the event.
First up, the 2006 BMW 330xi
Next, the 2006 BMW 550i
I really liked the 550, very nice car. But then, it costs around $70k, so it had better be nice.
That's all I have for now. Take care whoever still reads this stuff.
