2:00 PM Done it again. Me and my luck. One in a million engine type where you have to use both gasket and RTV. The IVth time. Learned from failure analysis.

Last time i put way too much RTV by the two spots where it is asked for by design and waited too long (about 5 minutes) until i put the cover back on so i started to harden in contact warm engine and humidity in the air did not get squished well. I took the whole thing apart, cleaned it, put in a Felpro gasket that some sites say it fits and some don't but it looks identical with the one i had (except for the color, all Felpro gaskets are blue).

I used a box cutter blade to remove the RTV which BTW was very well solidified in there, was really hard to remove, i really don't understand why was still leaking and did some light scratches on the surface, i really don't worry about those since they will be covered by RTV anyways.

The original gasket and all the others i tried this has a series of holes in the joining area which created the bumps in the RTV probably meant to retain an uniform amount of RTV? The problem was the blade itself which i keep in a ceramic pot plant together with other stuff i frequently need.

I know i used the blade the last time but today when i went at the car i noticed they were two of them stuck together by rust. Or maybe i had more than one in there. Whatever. It all took about an hour. There are about 18 bolts, 6 mm thread, 10 mm head, to take out and put back.

5:45 Had few hours of sleep last night. At around 4:45 i quit the computer but was awakened in about half hour loud noises upstairs. Usually i can sleep with earplugs but today the noises were too loud. As usually after i upload on drive a couple of recordings (done by phone) they leave. Like their predecessors.

Earlier, partly due to the same noises, i again had another dysphagia episode and when they awoke me i started to have a headache, which might have been caused by standing in the cold outside for one hour with only a visor hat on my head.

I know you can have a ruptured aneurysm when you induce vomiting and high blood pressure (got 160/90 right now and today i forgot to take the lisinopril in the morning), but you have to have an aneurysm in the first place which mostly are congenital and i had both an MRI and a CT scan of the brain and they did not find any and the headache is quite mild though located somehow in the back of my head (i usually get sinus related headaches mostly in front), but that was the most exposed to cold area today.

And i should have other symptoms too.

6:00 I believe they are documenting (recording) everything i say or even think at least in the last ten years but probably before that. This way they or their AI know exactly what are the expressions i still am not familiar with.

The two last persons i spoke with were mumbling, saying things i did not fully understand. The guy last night in the back when i picked the sack with leaves to take it to the garbage. He said something about the entrance of the complex being closed and i had to ask him again by whom and he said the Police. Then i looked towards the entrance of the complex and did not see any flashing lights.

Then at Walmart. The guy at the check stand was resembling Kiedis, the vocalist from Hot Chilli Peppers. Looking native and stuff, he started saying things, in low voice, like mostly for himself i did not fully understand but was not really interested so i did not ask him to repeat though it really saddened me.

And when he saw that on my face, he kinda changed his attitude.

6:17 The gasket. It's been 6 hours. For the type of sealant i used it takes 2 hours to set and 24 hours to cure. The engine was warm after i went to NAPA but then it probably cooled and the temperature is a key factor in curing. The previous one did not fully cure in 24 hours though that was not the reason it leaked after. And our fridge is almost empty.

6:37 Indian Head Casino is my favorite place to go. Though they don't have many machines, and like all the others are slowly changing the old funny machines with new greedy ones (though i personally do not play more than 40 bucks per night) there is something about that place i enjoy. Feng shui? People smiling?

In the last few years winters have been exceptionally mild and was able to drive over there most times while 20 years ago i had to return most times after Zig-Zag because of snow while trying to just go to Mount Hood (started to go to casinos only about 10 years ago).

Though internet have evolved so lately, with the addition of nascent AI and stuff, there is still no easy way to check for road conditions before a trip.

Yeah headache got better but did not clear completely.