On and Off . . . and On Again

OK, so this one has been frustrating. Roxy dies at work. New battery nothing. Some wiring work. Nothing. Tow truck guy comes to haul her home. He fiddles with the battery cables a bit and boom, she fires up. I kick myself, thank him, and then kick myself some more. Driver her around. Then driver … Read more

Let There Be Light

Or at least power. Turn out that the battery was bad, and then that the battery cable was also bad. After replacing the battery, beating my head against it for a few days and then fixing the battery cable everything is fine now. So, Roxy is back on the road and I am happy again. … Read more

Click. Silence.

Well, it was bound to happen sometime. At some point there would be a problem that would stop Roxy in her tracks. I thought I had guarded against most things, but there was one are that I blindly forgot. There weather turned cold here last night with temperatures down in the mid-twenties. Hey, I said … Read more

Gas Milage

OK, this is boring stuff but I wanted to have things noted. I got 10 gallons of gas after going 185.5 miles. That give milage of 18.5 miles per gallon. Not too bad, but it really should be about 21 to 23. I have some work to do. Need to get the idle down to … Read more

Replacing the Scheel

Yesterday I did a bit more work on Roxy. Ok, so it wasn’t a lot but I did get the replacement driver’s seat in. So now instead of the Scheel racing type seat she has an original, or fairly original, blue 2002 seat. I don’t know much of anything about the Scheel that I took … Read more