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I am deleting my MySpace, and thought it was a shame to loose my blogs from there so I am just moving them to here.

Monday, August 20, 2007

Our Cars Hate Me
So yeah, the title pretty much says it all. It all started last tuesday, we were out for dinner with kevin. Everything was fine, then when i went to leave got from catherine parents house to hwy 10 and main in anoka and the buick died. Wouldn't start back up at all!! Left it for a while on the side of the road, went back to catherines parents house to figure out what to do. Called my dad and he ended up coming down to anoka to pull the buick back to catherines parents house with the santa fe. Were it would wait until morning when we would then have it towed to the mechanic to get fixed. So everything was fine. Turns out the ignition switch was bad so the car was not getting any spark. That was totaly opposite what i thought i thought that the feul pump was bad and that there was no gas at the engine. So they fix it. We pick it up and i drive it. WOW it was like driving a new car. Until i get almost home, 494 and rockford, and getting off the hwy on the exit ramp it dies again. i get stopped on the side of the road turn the key off and then it starts back up again. Weird, but then it does it agian when i get off fernbrook on the 34th. So I called the mechanic the next day and we were going to bring it back to have him look at it. that was thursday night. It still has not made it back to the shop.

Thats because on friday night when we were going to go and drop it off, when i got off work, we were going to go out and get a bite to eat. when we pull out of the garage in the pontiac the low coolant light came on! I thought oh great, what now. So we turn around and I don't know why but i didn't see the huge puddle under were the pontiac was parked in the garage. So I get to looking and start it back up and there is a steady stream of coolant coming out of the water pump when it was running. Great the freaking pump is leaking. So what eves that not a big deal, changed a bunch of those before. So the next day we get up go to napa and get the parts I go back and replace the pump. I notice when i was looking at the car to see whats up that the serpintine belt was in really bad shape and is going to need to be replaced really soon. So we get one when we are at napa. The waterpump replacement went really smooth, one of the easiest things that i have had to so with catherines car as of late. Went to bed and woke up and had to go to work today, well yesterday. Driving to work and we turn on to trenton off basslake and the damn belt snaps. i quickly turn off the engine and we coast to a stop. We push the car to near by parking lot and walk the rest of the way to work. So after work, sonja takes us home and George and Sara came over and Catherine and Sara went to cub and George drove me over to fix the belt. So this belt is the stupidest thing on the face of the planet and if I ever meet the person that decided to put the engine mount in the middle of the belt so you have to take that off to change it, I will kick them in the nuts!!! Anyway so we jack the front end of the car up then loosen up the motor mount, then have to jack the engine from undernieght to prevent it from falling to the ground. George ends up getting the belt off while i was adjusting the engine hieght, then we get it all back together and everything is fine with that. Ran great all the way home. BUT WHATS NEXT??

So anyway new topic. I asked kevin and George to be groomsmen in our wedding and both said yes, so excited about this. Now just the Best Man and I am set. Then planning for Tuxedo fittings and drinking or whatnot since kevin is not 21.

Well I am tired, time to go to bed, I just really needed to rant about all my problems with the cars..

Saturday, May 12, 2007

mustang
Current mood: excited
I recently restarted a an old progect of mine, with my car the ole 4cyl mustang. ok so heres the low down on that. 1992 notchback mustang, with a 2.3 I4 N/A (for now) with 105bhp and 125 torque. Body is in pretty decent shape, some of the plans that i have for this car at the moment would be to change the exhaust system out. I am going to be running a pacesetter long tube header, magnaflow high flow cataylic converter, and a flowmaster delta flow 40 series muffler. Piece together a custom cold air intake. If i feel up to it, install the 65mm throttle body and the ported intake manifold that i have had for about 3 years now. I should be sitting at about 160 bhp and 180 torque, hopefully and then it will not be so horribly slow :). So i guess not that many people are going to read this and understand what i just said, so more along the lines documenting my plans and also asking if anybody has any ideas for exterior things that i should do. I do have a set of stock GT pony rims they are 16" witch is an upgrade from the 14's that are on it now, but they need tires. So I am open to any ideas that you guys have.. thanks

Thursday, March 15, 2007

black jack
Current mood: sleepy
So pretty much just got back from playing black jack at mystic lake, good times. Even though I lost it was still fun and i think i just might go back with brian next week becuase there is this really nice truck thats worth 60,000 and 10,000 in cash that i could win! More to come!

Sunday, March 04, 2007

hey drinking
Current mood: happy
shots. shots, shots, they are good in my belly!!!

So peter and Cassie came over last night and we drank a bunch. Very entertaining.. We were Playing my Wii.. Holy Crap I can't believe I didn't make a blog about that I bought a wii and its awesome! Well back to the point, we were playing bowling and it was peter, cassie, catherine, and myself and it was really good times! we should do tha agian. Now i am getting ready to go to work and be bored as hell al day but at least the period of time i agreed to do over time is now over and back to normalness.....

well thats all sorry i was planning on this being more interesting but maybe later at work when i am bored... :)

Monday, November 27, 2006

overtime
Current mood: tired

Ok so this week is going to be longer than normal. I have commited to 1 hour before and one hour after extra from what i normaly work and I am possibly going to work more.. we shall see.. But I am at work its 9, i can count on 1 hand the time this has happened.. blah what eves think of the pay check! :)