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I have begun to dismantle the interior of The Beast to swap the HVAC box and, hopefully, restore air conditioning!
This is the result of four hours of work:
I'm about half done with the take-apart portion of the event. Taking it slow, taking it easy.
Odd, not being in a rush about it is making it less stressful.
There is a funny moment, though.
I needed to remove the shift knob.
The shift lever needs to be in L to get at the screw that holds it on.
No problem, thinks I!
I'd disconnected the battery, but there's a way to get it out of park without the batt.
There isn't a way to get it back into park if you've removed the trigger on the front of the knob to access the screw that you find you can't find. (Once the knob is removed you can press the center of the shifter shaft down and get it into park.)
This would not be a problem if the emergency brake actually held the car OR if I'd remembered to put chocks down.
So I am sitting here, in gear, holding the brake to keep the car from rolling into the street...
So I scream for Harvey.
She can't hear me because The Boy is "singing" in the back and she's got her work headphones on.
Worse, she thinks what she can hear is The Boy's "singing."
Eventually I get her and two of the neighbors to come help and Harvey gets the wheels chocked.
As a matter of fact, that IS my petard, why do you ask?
*Sung to the tune of "Waiting on the Bus All Day" by ZZ Top.
That sounds Really inconvenient. And, no, I didn't laugh. I've built too many bear traps and Stomped on the pan myself. Embarrassed but unscathed,, take the W.
ReplyDeleteI'm having flashbacks to taking apart Fiat 500 after we discovered the heater controls were broken. It could be worse, changing the heater core requires removing the doors,.
ReplyDeleteI hope GM started using better quality plastics, my experience with circa 2000 vehicles is they get brittle fast
I got to compare the plastic quality changes between a 2003 and 2008 Corvette. GM appears to have learned something. So far, only two breakages and both look to be easily repairable with some super-glue.
DeleteI was a professional automotive technician for decades. ASE certifications, revolving account on the tool truck and the whole nine yards... Mechanics do that shit too. They don't do it as often because colleagues will roast them mercilessly for a case of the stupids. When they do do something stupid and try to cover it up, it's not so much inherent dishonesty as self preservation from brutal public mockery. So take heart, you're as good as a professional!
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