Whoever thought Ford's were Faithful certainly didn't own a Ford Mustang.
The latest on my car is that a guy was very interested in buying it on Thursday for his 16y.o. son (who just got his license), until he took it out for a test drive. No nothing went wrong, he's just a little afraid of letting his son loose in a car like this. He was origionally looking for something like a Dodge Neon (much less power).
So today we went over to Jeremy's house (where I have parked the car on route 173) to put it back out in the yard for sale. We got there, I got in and turned the key, and it won't start. It doesn't even sputter, all it did was drain the battery cranking, and plain refuses to go.
So what is the problem? I don't know, but a while back we owned a Ford Escort that would get tempermental in wet or high humidity situations. Needless to say, we will probably be trying the same trick that worked on the Escort, on my Mustang. Here's how it works, pop the hood, and dry the distributor with a hairdryer for about a minute, then, fire it up!
Wierd? Yes, but hey! What else is new, it's a Ford.
Hmm... Something Wierd?
Hey everybody,
I just found something very strange about my blog. I'm not sure how long it was like this, but have any of you noticed it?
It's not up now, I fixed it, but if you did notice something strange recently, I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments section.
Jonathan
I just found something very strange about my blog. I'm not sure how long it was like this, but have any of you noticed it?
It's not up now, I fixed it, but if you did notice something strange recently, I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments section.
Jonathan
A New Go-Kart!
Last Friday I traded one of my computers for a Manco Dingo Go-Kart. Today I got it tuned up (it hadn't been used for a while), and we had a lot of fun sliding around on the driveway.
Here's a few pictures:
If anybody is interested in buying it, let me know.
It's a 98-99 model, but it is in unbelievably good shape.
I'm asking $650, but I'm willing to sell it for only $550 O.B.O. to any of my blog readers.
Here's a few pictures:
If anybody is interested in buying it, let me know.
It's a 98-99 model, but it is in unbelievably good shape.
I'm asking $650, but I'm willing to sell it for only $550 O.B.O. to any of my blog readers.
A Cool Thing: Toilet Bowl Cleaner, and Aluminum
Yesterday we made a toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum foil fire-cracker for the first time. It's pretty simple to make, and somewhat cool. Here's what you do. Take a bottle and fill it with Aluminum Foil (the more aluminum surface space, the faster this works). Then spray a bunch of "The Works" brand, toilet bowl cleaner into the bottle, cap and shake the bottle, and throw.
If it doesn't appear to work, DO NOT APPROACH BOTTLE. It took ours about 3-4 minutes to finally explode. The explosion resulted in an invisible flash (that I'm assuming was there :-) and a plume of smoke about 12' high! The first one that we made we thought was a dud, so we started working on a second one, when all of a sudden there was a bang behind us as the one in the yard finally exploded.
It appears that the reaction between the aluminum foil and the toilet bowl cleaner builds up flammable gasses and heat. Once the temperature reaches the flash point, all the gasses in the bottle explode. Resulting in a somewhat satisfactory pop.
Please note that this should only be tried under close adult supervision, and I will not be held liable for any injury, loss, inconvenience, annoyance, or anything else that may result from this experiment.
If it doesn't appear to work, DO NOT APPROACH BOTTLE. It took ours about 3-4 minutes to finally explode. The explosion resulted in an invisible flash (that I'm assuming was there :-) and a plume of smoke about 12' high! The first one that we made we thought was a dud, so we started working on a second one, when all of a sudden there was a bang behind us as the one in the yard finally exploded.
It appears that the reaction between the aluminum foil and the toilet bowl cleaner builds up flammable gasses and heat. Once the temperature reaches the flash point, all the gasses in the bottle explode. Resulting in a somewhat satisfactory pop.
Please note that this should only be tried under close adult supervision, and I will not be held liable for any injury, loss, inconvenience, annoyance, or anything else that may result from this experiment.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Yesterday, we started off the day by getting together with our Church family in worship, as we do every Sunday morning. After the worship service we came home, and spent the day with Nathan and Jeanine, and Jeremy and Sara. We enjoyed feasting, bible trivia, quoting scripture memory, exchanging gifts, and lots of felowship.
I hope your day was filled with the celebration of our dear Saviors birth.
Yesterday, we started off the day by getting together with our Church family in worship, as we do every Sunday morning. After the worship service we came home, and spent the day with Nathan and Jeanine, and Jeremy and Sara. We enjoyed feasting, bible trivia, quoting scripture memory, exchanging gifts, and lots of felowship.
I hope your day was filled with the celebration of our dear Saviors birth.
Random Photo of the Random Moment: Laser Tag
Random Photo of the Random Moment: Laser Tag in the basement.
It's only too bad that we didn't have Airsoft at the time. Also, this photo is not staged. It is an action shot that was taken during a 2 on 2 game in total darkness (aside from the camera flash). I was sitting out this round since there were five people, and only four guns/receiver sets.
Car Update.
Ok, if you have been reading my blog, you know that I recently bought a bomb of a Ford Mustang, that has been one headache after the next.
The last update was that my car was out of the shop again, however that isn't doing me any good right now because it's stuck in our driveway with a flat tire! Normally this is not a problem for me, but this time it is because it has lock nuts on the wheels, and I don't have the drivers for it!
Now I'm really stuck.
If anyone has any good ideas of how to get around this, please let me know.
The last update was that my car was out of the shop again, however that isn't doing me any good right now because it's stuck in our driveway with a flat tire! Normally this is not a problem for me, but this time it is because it has lock nuts on the wheels, and I don't have the drivers for it!
Now I'm really stuck.
If anyone has any good ideas of how to get around this, please let me know.
My car is back from the shop!
Hey everyone, yesterday I got my car back from the shop and guess what the problem was...
A security system that I didn't know about! Yep, flashing lights and no responce when you turn the key. That does sound like a security system to me.
Well, I must say that I'm a little embarrased for sending my car into the shop just to get the security system turned off. That's like sending your car in because you lost the keys!
I'm just grateful it wasn't anything worse.
A security system that I didn't know about! Yep, flashing lights and no responce when you turn the key. That does sound like a security system to me.
Well, I must say that I'm a little embarrased for sending my car into the shop just to get the security system turned off. That's like sending your car in because you lost the keys!
I'm just grateful it wasn't anything worse.
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