How was everyone's Saturday?

"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
02/10/2018 at 22:04 • Filed to: many things

I started my day by spotting an E24 nearly identical to the one I used to have. Next, it was time to de-mold the Raider.

Here’s what I had to deal with.

I scrubbed and wiped it all down, soaked up all the water I could that had gathered again, got her started for the first time in 2 or 3 months, and ran for half an hour or so with the heater blasting to dry it out a decent amount.

Tomorrow or Monday I’ll put a permit on it, and take it for a good drive to wake everything up, and hopefully dry out the insulation under that rubber in the footwells, it’s pretty soaked. That silica canister should keep the moisture at bay for now, and I think I’ll be looking for a car cover for it.

Now for some DOTS.

Then I helped troubleshoot my friend’s extremely nice Westy. It has spark, you can smell fuel when it’s been cranked over, nothing leaking out, heads are fairly new, all the ignition system is new, the fuel pump relays are new, we turned the distributor to see if we could at least get it to do something, in case the timing is way off somehow, now my only guess is that it’s massively overfueling or something. I don’t know anything about waterboxers, so who knows. All I know is it ran a couple days ago, suddenly died, and now just turns over without the slightest hint of trying to start. Also yes it has gas. We pushed it out of the way of the other car that had to move, and I can now tell you that Westy’s are heavy. So it’s getting towed to a shop next week.

Bonus E31 content.

DISCUSSION (16)

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > gmctavish needs more space
02/10/2018 at 22:08

Sooooo have been driving the raider like that the whole time?

gmctavish needs more space > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
02/10/2018 at 22:14

Oh god no, I’ve been driving the Subaru. The Raider has been sitting behind the garage, getting damp and moldy unbeknownst to me until I went to start it last weekend.

Spaceball-Two > gmctavish needs more space
02/10/2018 at 22:15

Can I make a suggestion? Fill a tube sock with kitty litter, put a plastic under it and leave it inside. If you’re Vancouver weather is as bad as Seattle it will help suck the moisture out of the air in the cab.

gmctavish needs more space > Spaceball-Two
02/10/2018 at 22:17

It’s gotta be at least as bad as Seattle. Today is one of maybe 2 or 3 days with zero rain in a month and a half, I think.

I may try that, but I think the silica canister should do the same thing. But if it can’t keep up, I’ll definitly try that, thank you

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > gmctavish needs more space
02/10/2018 at 22:18

Day four of skiing up at Alta/Snowbird. Today was the second Alta day and it snowed 5 inches early that morning and kept going all day. It was an epic day!

Kinja'd!!!

Thankfully I didn’t have to drive at the end of the day. It was a shit show with car crashes on the only road out of the canyon. My shuttle to the airport was awesome though, nice 4wd Econoline van with snow tires so getting out was cake.

Spaceball-Two > gmctavish needs more space
02/10/2018 at 22:21

Yeah that should work. This time of year is rough for car ownership.

fhrblig > gmctavish needs more space
02/10/2018 at 22:26

Pretty good, though I didn’t really accomplish anything. I did get to have a good cigar for the first time in a few weeks, and it’s snowing for a change. Unfortunately my partner is stuck working all day because his closer called in. Retail sucks.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > gmctavish needs more space
02/10/2018 at 22:26

Whew. You spooked me.

slipperysallylikespenguins > gmctavish needs more space
02/10/2018 at 22:30

I just noticed mold in both of my Caprice and BMW. I was worried about being able to clean it but your cleaning job looks pretty good.

gmctavish needs more space > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
02/10/2018 at 22:37

That’s why I borrowed the Taurus whole the Subaru was getting an oil change. I was going to take the Raider, but saw the water and mold and went nopenopenope

gmctavish needs more space > slipperysallylikespenguins
02/10/2018 at 22:40

I just used Mold Control from Home Depot, and a rag. I must’ve caught it early, there’s no mold smell, and it all came off easy. I’ll be spraying it down with this stuff all over once I’ve got it as dry as I can, it claims to stop any more mold from growing.

fintail > gmctavish needs more space
02/10/2018 at 22:48

I recognize that Safeway on Hastings.

Definitely get a car cover.

gmctavish needs more space > fhrblig
02/10/2018 at 23:26

Retail does suck, I hope to never work in retail again

fhrblig > gmctavish needs more space
02/10/2018 at 23:29

Me too. I wish I had a way to get him out of it. It’s killing him.

gmctavish needs more space > fhrblig
02/10/2018 at 23:33

I can believe that, I was only a cashier for a couple years and I can’t imagine how much more I’d hate humans if I did it for too much longer. I hope he gets into a better job

fhrblig > gmctavish needs more space
02/10/2018 at 23:37

If I was able to get a substantially better job in one month, he should be able to too. I need to start pushing him more to apply for stuff.