HoseB's B-Day is Sunday and he's been talking it up for about a year, so we are bending to his will and going camping somewhere he can try to catch fish - this time it looks like Sheep Bridge at the eastern terminus of Bloody Basin road at the Verde River. Eh, not my choice, but the young man has sort of paid his dues. Looking like a leave-out from here Saturday morning and a return Sunday night (the guard dogs will still be patrolling the grounds here, so don't try any funny business).
Changed the engine oil/filter on the 95 and flushed out the transmission fluid, which took a LOT of quarts of SP-III. We started with the transmission flush by disconnecting the return line from the radiator (the last point of flexible line before return to the transmission) and ran it until empty, refilled it, ran it until it ran red, or clean, then drained the transmission pan, refilled it and ran it again until it ran clean, then buttoned it back up and topped it off. It was over ten quarts until it ran out consistently clean (shifter in neutral, engine-on). I'll check the level again after my drive to-from work tomorrow.
I pulled off the Justice-bumper after work and repainted it. Too bad he could never interest anyone in buying his design; it's really solid. I managed to put a small dent in the middle of the back years ago (like the size of a quarter), but I bet the rock that took the hit was crying.
At some point, the plastic lower body trim is going to get repainted gloss black again since the rattle can stuff only lasts a couple of years without a garage.
Other than that, game on.
John B.
