Anybody home!!
 

Pretty quiet out there. My Saturn is running great and my next project Saturn has no compression so I know that it is a major project. The garden is in and the tractor is part way back together, might work on it later today.
Andy

I’m still here, still chipping away at my Ion project... the odometer just keeps climbing in this thing lol, I think I’m at 154300 or so? I’m experiencing some hardship on my end though, will update more from the other side, once I’m clear of some of it...

Still here, Andy. No money, no Saturn, no project cars and nowhere to go. Life in Florida sucks.

Just finished the easiest oil change of my life on the '16 Audi A3.
Extracted through the dipstick tube, filter housing is on top
replace a filter cartridge and o ring, fill it up, circ it top off

Done.

If not for my tremor the underhood area would still be spotless. And yes I used a funnel.

97 SC2 needs some exercise.
95 SC2 still has fuel line issue, down in SE Ohio. Not mine in title, mine at heart.
One of my summer Saturn projects to get that back to at least its former semi-glory and into the hands of someone who will take care of it.
Fuel line fix, cam cover gasket, investigate exhaust cam timing while cam cover off (car drives too well to have crank out of sync w both cams (and all valves still intact)

Don't know if I told you, folks, I got a 40hr/week job as a Technical Writer for a pharmaceutical company in NJ. 100% remote. Can't beat it.
Can't even find time to do my personal consulting stuff.

I have never worked so hard at writing directions for how to use SW I do not know to analyze data I do not understand, acquired by experimental methods that produce said data that I know only in passing -- all as part of a larger biologics-based goal I cannot follow from beginning to end.

For once, I am totally serious.

Congratulations on the job, derf. Sounds awesome. I sure hope you get the 95 back. Is it a stick or automatic? Nice Savoy Brown lyrics

From what I remember it’s stick?

Stick it is.

Did you actually know of Savoy Brown back in their day? I've never met a soul who has ever heard of them....

I never had any of their stuff, but had some friends that had rather "eclectic" tastes in music and had an album. They really were into it and damn near every time I went by there, they were playing it. After two brain surgeries, my memory really sucks, but seeing those lyrics seemed to ring a small bell and I had to look them up. Ding, ding, ding. I HAVE heard that tune before. Too bad it was so long ago. Back in my partying days when I was quite often "in a fog". LOL Most often heard tune was Hellbound Train, though.

Nice thread hack! Glad everyone is ok. Off to work I go.....
Andy

Life in Florida is about to suck even more. Be careful Rube here it comes again.

I have not watched the news in weeks. I assume you are referring to a nasty tropical storm or hurricane. Take care, rube.

Thanks, Andy. Right now we're about 60 miles from the CURRENT projected landfall between Ft. Pierce and Melbourne. Soooo, we're getting stuff battened down, got the go bags ready and will high tail it out of here in the next 24-48 hours unless the path changes drastically. My biggest issue is that there's only ONE road in and out of here and being just a mile from the Kissimmee River, it floods. No way in and no way out! That and the fact that the power goes out around here on sunny days let alone during a hurricane. My wife and I both depend on CPAP machines for sleeping (and staying alive) so I don't think we'll be staying. I'm going to defer my car note and mortgage payment for a month so we can go stay in a hotel and have food. At least that's the plan. And if Rocket or ALLY don't want to play, then my payments to them will just start falling 30 days short. Our lives are worth more than a hit on an already ****ty credit report!

Stay safe friend!

Well, after spending most of our monthly food budget by hauling ass out of the state and over to Mobile, AL, it appears that I wasted both my time and money. The ONLY upside is that my buddy across the street mowed my lawn while we were hiding out. I guess I'll go to a local food bank and see if they'll help me with some groceries for the month. Pretty damned embarrassing.

Glad you’re both safe.

Thank you, Andy. I appreciate that.