11:52 I started to believe coffee especially black decaf has similar effects with charcoal. In fact, they are produced in similar ways, by burning vegetal matters. Coconut shells vs coffee beans.
Being exposed all the time to dog waste smell, they both alleviate nausea by absorbing toxins, bacteria, protozoa from my stomach and gut.
5:25 After i went to WinCo i did a tire rotation, mostly because i was curious. I was right. I put the best tires in front and i finally got rid of the pull. Looking forward to buy tires within next 10k.
Went for a test drive to the nearest exit on I5 and was forced by some debris on the road to do some violent maneuvers, but i am always aware of the cars surrounding me.
On the overpass a blue car with a blond woman at the wheel was in my blond spot when i tried to switch lanes, almost didn't see it. AI gave me a contradiction to write about.
Just remembered something. At WinCo i grabbed a loaf o Franz whole wheat and another one a few ft away from me fell from the shelf without me touching it.
9:00 While i was driving yesterday from near Olympia down on I5 in an area with very bad road surface my steering was difficult. Though it not pulls anymore, it is still unstable with denivelation (near pot holes). It all got better after Ilani, where they recently resurfaced I5.
But for the most part, like 80 miles, driving 79 mph for more than one hour was incredibly difficult. Also marks on the street (white and yellow lines), besides being all crooked were very hard to see even with no rain. Every time i was turning my high beam, somebody would come from the opposite.
So today in the afternoon i tried to do the stabilizing bar bushings. An incredibly cheap and insignificant part that does so much for your car.
One thing i noticed with the 2018 Elantra is all rubber used in bushings and motor mounts etc is not very elastic. Puttty like? A new trend from bigger houses i guess.
Stress was increased because i haven't done one of those ever. But so was motor mounts, struts, control arms.
Two bolts and a clamp, after removing the wheel and one control arm bolt out of the way. However incredibly difficult. They are so far and hidden i could not even touch the two bolts with my hand. Tried with a short 14 mm, then a socket and a wrench, it took me like half hour to take those screws half inch, one click of the ratchet at a time (and sometimes none).
However the bushings would not come out of the clamp, it was getting dark, i was afraid to pull the bolts completely, thinking i might have to tow the car tomorrow. So after a couple of hours i gave up and started to tighten those again, again very painfully.
I probably heated up and since i did not take a shower in a couple of days (and had to remove three poops today and got close to those) i was probably stinking and people thought of it and released some propylene glycol that was stinging my nose.
However i am not giving up. While clicking the ratchet i've been doing some thinking. So i done something i wanted to do for a long time. Ordered a power tool i was always envied mechanics for. In the past it was available for compressed air only, and they were kinda bulky but now they got cordless electric that go all the way to 44 ft-lbs. Or so the say.
I do not expect to break loose the sticky suspension bolts with those, for that i use regular wrenches, but i hope it does the tedious (and sometimes impossible like today) job of unscrewing them in hard to reach places.
So i found a bargain on Amazon and ordered it. It is almost as narrow as my conventional ratchet and has a long neck also. Thinking a stabilizing bar bushing starts at 150 at a mechanic, multiplying by two, it pays for itself and more in one job only. Want the real deal alternative?
It's a lottery but i expect it to work for this job. I have a Black and Decker power screwdriver that is incredibly sturdy. I screwed with one of those dozens of screws in hard wood to the point i could barely hold it in my hands to counter the torque however it never stripped the gears inside though i was expecting it.
It's a lottery but i expect it to work for this job. I have a Black and Decker power screwdriver that is incredibly sturdy. I screwed with one of those dozens of screws in hard wood to the point i could barely hold it in my hands to counter the torque however it never stripped the gears inside though i was expecting it.
It looks like when trying to buy devices, the more you wait, the better they get. However, can't wait for ever.
10:52 Nevermind i cancel that order after i saw it was a highly returned item (a new parameter) on Amazon and read more reviews. Fragile, not enough torque. I think they themselves got tired of returns. Ordered this one instead. I hope the neck (looks like 4 inches) is long enough to reach were i want to.
