matt | March 27, 2011
Kind of a lazy about the house weekend, but with us, that doesn’t mean nonproductive: Got the oil changed on my car, the inspection sticker affixed, and some misc detail repair (the 1 to 4 power adapter is remounted, etc.). While the oil was draining, I tidied up the garage a bit. Got the seed [...]
matt | November 13, 2010
Liz changed her oil. I changed my transmission fluid. This is theoretically a lifetime, sealed transmission, but “lifetime” means “slightly more than your 80k mile powertrain warranty”. Thus, it is suggested to change it every 50k – 100k miles, though not by the manufacturer. Now, generally, I’d change the fluid filter too. In the 01A [...]
matt | November 8, 2010
Been busy. Got about 30lbs of potatoes this year, made a couple quarts of hot sauce, made lots of beer, visited my folks, hit my buddy Mike’s halloween party, stuff like that. We bought a stove. Gas. Current stove is electric. Now I need to run/arrange to have run LP gas lines, get a tank, [...]
matt | August 19, 2010
Potatoes are now properly hilled There is now a length of wire holding the outlet hose on to my turbocharger (as opposed to it blowing halfway out every time I hit the throttle too hard)
matt | July 22, 2010
The ABS light came on a couple weeks ago. It’s summer, so no rush. Hit it with the computer last night, got an “electrical fault in the right rear ABS sensor”. Pulled the wheel, checked the wire, looked fine. Figure it is a defective component. German Auto Parts is awesome and about 5 minutes from [...]
matt | April 20, 2010
Finally got warm enough to put the new wheels on Arnie. The overall diameter is the same, but the wheel is taller with a shorter tire. They’re also a full inch wider, so they fill out the wells a lot better. The cornering is “vastly” improved – very difficult to even squeal them in the [...]
matt | May 31, 2009
Went out in the morning, hit Tractor supply, got the stuff we needed. Came home, compressed the springs in the struts, changed out the shock, kind of messed it up and bent the retaining ring, so I had to press it back into shape. Hit it again, got it right, did the second one, no [...]
matt | May 30, 2009
First, I love my wife. She’s awesome, and probably knows more about cars than I do. It’s fun to wrench on stuff together. Anyway, I HATE the right side McPherson strut assembly on Jettas and Golfs. Anyone who has had to change one out knows what I mean. The Bentley book says “unbolt the drive [...]
matt | March 18, 2009
Diesel fuel has come down enough that, at current prices, I only need to put 1.6 million miles on the car to cover the premium I paid for the engine. Woohoo!
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