Since I bought the Malibu it had a melted lens inside the headlamp assembly that left a smoke mark on the chrome. I determined there was really no way to clean this up and I'm not a big fan of chrome to begin so I figured, "Time to paint ( Read more... )

I get a call from a job recruiter today and simultaneously find out that the house I was aiming to rent is now likely to be sold. Anyone who reads this believe in signs? >.>

Ugh, last week was a pain in my ass. I spent most of the week setting up some computers in my groups library. As the story goes, each group has a "team monitor" that displays our phone system status and if there are any dealer web concerns in queue. For some reason it was decided that the computers should be dumped in my groups library, and whoever ( Read more... )

Not a day goes by that I don't become more and more frustrating at throwing my resume at the brick wall called the internet. I've got a sneaky suspicion that I just need to buck up and move to Denver. It's just a matter of growing the balls to do it. :P

Not much going on here. Been dumping parts on the Conquest again, but today I decided to do something different. It was 60-70 degrees out, so I rolled out the bike!


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Holy crap, why didn't we have rallycross around here sooner?! I can not convey how much more fun it is to romp around in the dirt over skidding around on the asphalt.... it's just... after years of atv riding it's like I'm back home. :]


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I swear, it's an addiction. After finally unloading the Jeep and freeing up some space, I'm looking at yet another vehicle! Granted, this one would replace the Malibu as serve as my daily driver. Although I'll admit it's not practical, it'd be fun as hell.


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Bitter sweet honestly, but I just watched the Jeep pull away. I know it'll be the last time I'll ever see it. After owning it off and on since 2002, I've grown to love, hate, and admire it. But a wad of $100 bills makes any feelings of sorrow disappear. :D

Today was... incredibly slow. Most of the weekend was a hustle of working on cars. Saturday a friend pulled in his 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis and we performed a valve body modification to the transmission to firm up the shifts. We also fixed a new stereo he installed in it that didn't want to load CD's properly. Turns out it doesn't like being ( Read more... )

220... thousand. >.> To celebrate I went through some of the engine grounds and found one ground wire that had melted the insulation off. After soldering on new ends to the ground wires, I readjusted the throttle body and throttle position sensor and FINALLY after 5 years! Got the engine to stop idling up on it's own. It's been two days now and no ( Read more... )