Well, That Didn’t Work

In yesterday’s blog, I said I taken the oil bath air cleaner off the Chrysler, let it soak in solvent, flushed it well, and let it dry, hoping that would help the engine breath better and ease the stalling problem I’ve had. Yesterday we reinstalled it, filled it with oil, and I took it for a quick ride just up to the Elks Club and back. And nothing has changed. At every stop sign, the engine stalled. It always started right back up, but it’s still running very rich. 🙁

I have an appointment to take it to a shop that specializes in old cars, hot rods, and four-wheel drives on Monday. While son-in-law Kenny is a master mechanic, he works on modern vehicles, not antique cars owned by antiques like me. The shop he recommended is well known and respected by everybody in the region.

Terry and I had talked about going to the car show yesterday, but neither one of us felt motivated enough to do it. Instead, we hung around the house, she did some laundry and piddling, as she calls it, and I wrote another chapter in my new Tinder Street book.

When I say “wrote,” I really mean I dictated it. I had a scare, because just as I finished the chapter, I noticed that the battery in my Plaud Note Pro had died. I was sure I had lost everything I had just done, but I plugged it in to recharge and fortunately, when it was finished and I set it on my phone to transfer the data to the Plaud app, it was all there.

Just about the time I was charging the Plaud, Tiffany and Kenny came over to bring us two dozen eggs from their chickens. It’s always great spending time with them, and Kenny and I like bantering back and forth. They stayed a couple of hours, and after they left, we had a light dinner of cheese and crackers, and hummus for Terry, watched a little bit of television and the news, and then it was time to write the blog and get ready for bed.

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And finally, here’s a chuckle to start your day from the collection of funny signs we see in our travels and that our readers share with us.

Thought For The Day – Keep every stone they throw at you. You’ve got castles to build.