Well, I've been unusually quiet on here. It's mostly due to my new job. Which, though going pretty well and being quite nice so far, is also very challenging. It's hard work and there's really no letting up during the day. It just on and on and on. The days go by very fast like this, but I do feel that it is asking more of me on all fronts. Ok, I've only been at it for two months, officially out of probation, and things are moving in the right directions. I need to make more time to get things organized according to my plans so I get more breathing room and my co-workers get the assistance they need from IT. An ongoing process. So hopefully I’ll be able to switch the use of my time from trivial stuff more to the managerial side of the job.
It all means I’m rather tired end of day though, so nothing much happening in the evenings, which are quickly turning dark as well.
On the weekends I try and do some stuff, but there’s so much to choose from. And I have been helping out my daughter at the stables a lot as well, feeding the horses and such. Carrying 14 sacks of hay to distribute through the paddock paradise. While filling another 11 for the next shift… But I like doing it. It’s sort of therapeutic, lol.
Anyway, what I did manage to do over the past weeks, a picture update will have to wait still, was fix the electric drivers’ seat in the Transit van. Now my girl is taking lessons it’s good that it can be adjusted so she can reach the pedals. It will be a while still for her license, but at least I now know the seat can be adjusted. Turned out to be damaged insulation on a wire rubbing on the seat frame. Shorting it out each and every time. As those box type fuses are 8 euro’s a pop, I spent some time making an adaptor to use normal flat blade fuses which cost nothing. Just in case I wouldn’t have found the fix with one fuse. In this case the cause was obvious enough so no fuses were sacrificed. But still I found it a clever solution.
On the Granada I’ve done nothing but use it, really. I’s done quite a few kilometers by now since adding the liquid head gasket stuff and it is still going strong! Amazing really.
This last weekend though I did something for the Granada. After years of looking, I finally found a pioneer cd-btb200 module that was not ridiculous money. Yesterday I tested it and although I needed the manual to understand why I didn’t get Bluetooth audio, once that was clear it worked a treat. Sounds much nicer than the aftermarket car kit I had in the car, even though it was expensive originally. Now the concept is proven, I need to wire it in permanently. Added bonus is that my vintage cd-changer that had trouble operating now seems to work well again with a different cable attached. Although the proof is in driving it. I did need to fix the power side of the connector as the wire had broken after the pin. I soldered it back to the pin. But the new module comes with wiring so it will get changed anyway.
On to the other tasks that are at hand. Unfortunately the drivers’ side electric window winder is giving the ghost. So I’ll add that to the cubbies, center caps, fuel gauge reading etc. Short list that still feels too long. And I’m contemplating building or buying a fresh engine. In the UK there is some nice stuff to find, unfortunately Brexit is making that financially unviable I fear.
Well, onwards I say…
It all means I’m rather tired end of day though, so nothing much happening in the evenings, which are quickly turning dark as well.
On the weekends I try and do some stuff, but there’s so much to choose from. And I have been helping out my daughter at the stables a lot as well, feeding the horses and such. Carrying 14 sacks of hay to distribute through the paddock paradise. While filling another 11 for the next shift… But I like doing it. It’s sort of therapeutic, lol.
Anyway, what I did manage to do over the past weeks, a picture update will have to wait still, was fix the electric drivers’ seat in the Transit van. Now my girl is taking lessons it’s good that it can be adjusted so she can reach the pedals. It will be a while still for her license, but at least I now know the seat can be adjusted. Turned out to be damaged insulation on a wire rubbing on the seat frame. Shorting it out each and every time. As those box type fuses are 8 euro’s a pop, I spent some time making an adaptor to use normal flat blade fuses which cost nothing. Just in case I wouldn’t have found the fix with one fuse. In this case the cause was obvious enough so no fuses were sacrificed. But still I found it a clever solution.
On the Granada I’ve done nothing but use it, really. I’s done quite a few kilometers by now since adding the liquid head gasket stuff and it is still going strong! Amazing really.
This last weekend though I did something for the Granada. After years of looking, I finally found a pioneer cd-btb200 module that was not ridiculous money. Yesterday I tested it and although I needed the manual to understand why I didn’t get Bluetooth audio, once that was clear it worked a treat. Sounds much nicer than the aftermarket car kit I had in the car, even though it was expensive originally. Now the concept is proven, I need to wire it in permanently. Added bonus is that my vintage cd-changer that had trouble operating now seems to work well again with a different cable attached. Although the proof is in driving it. I did need to fix the power side of the connector as the wire had broken after the pin. I soldered it back to the pin. But the new module comes with wiring so it will get changed anyway.
On to the other tasks that are at hand. Unfortunately the drivers’ side electric window winder is giving the ghost. So I’ll add that to the cubbies, center caps, fuel gauge reading etc. Short list that still feels too long. And I’m contemplating building or buying a fresh engine. In the UK there is some nice stuff to find, unfortunately Brexit is making that financially unviable I fear.
Well, onwards I say…
