a full report

[c a l i b a n <caliban@sharon.net>]

	first of all, what the hell does the "aux relay" do?

	anyway.  last things first.  mike and i worked all
	night on our urq's, he's still under his plumbing
	in seperate diff lock lines.  the last thing i did, 
	what the hell, was to find out what the mystrey 
	vacuum line rod added with my last order was for.
	i located three lengths, all quite ancient and 
	frayed.  two of them connect to plastic nubs just 
	in front of the main ground, and by the looks 
	(and results!) they go to the ecu.  sensors.

	anyway after a sore back and accidentally disconnecting
	tons of other hoses, dropping clamps deep into
	the engine bay, i replaced them.  

	and, as i had only barely deemed it safe to theorize,
	all elements of 4k cutout are gone.  yeah i have said
	it befor, and we'll see, but hey, there it is.  i 
	ran 'im up to 5k on the way home, and besides an
	odd ruuussssshhhhhh from the center console (vacuum?
	i replaced a bunch of the diff-lock vacuum bits
	in there too) it was *good*.

	anyway, sad news: one of my h4's has been broken.
	still functions but the lens has a quarter-sized
	hole in it.  gah.

	i went in to attack the defunct power windows and 
	clean up the clusterfuck behind the center console.
	never mind that i hadn't checked the 'spare" fuses.
	got that stuff all cleaned up, my radio now gets
	actual reception, and it turns out that by testing
	out the lighter i fried the 25amp "spare" fuse.
	window sfunction, lighter has been disconnected from
	inside the console as i gave up smoking 17 months 
	ago.

	pulled out the center vents to finally get at the 
	leaves and pine needles that send small fragments 
	into the car every so often, and maybe see for myself
	why there is always some cold air.  the later problem
	was that the little loop-thing that mates with the
	end of the vent lever was only a little stick,
	having lost it's other half of loop.  the surviving
	loop lasted another two minutes or so.

	anyway, i'll need a new vent flap, which i am sure
	will cost me.

	next to tell is the washer-wiper lever.  a pull on
	it would yeild neither.  i took apart the column, 
	and figured out it's just one bit of metal not 
	properly meeting another, and i have ideas to fix 
	it. in the process of testing it i blew the fuse
	and neither mike nor i have any spares *blush*.
	he's going to be getting some tomorrow as he 
	presents linda with our street sign at carlsen
	(don't forget the fuses mike).  anyway whe i put
	it all back together again i had no high-beams 
	nor headlights, but thank bob for the dim running
	lights that go on in the h4's, which don't iluminate
	really at all but in the city who cares.  it was
	enough to run to safeway to buy and cook up some
	frozen dinners at 2am.  anyway later i took it 
	apart, certain pieces not lined up, case closed, 
	fuse still blown, no wipers *at all*.
	
	i think that's about it for fixes.  not a bad night, 
	really, and i am almost thinking heck, why do i 
	need to drop $5k on an mc motor?  then i come to
	my senses and recall how *all* of the wx's out there
	crack heads, all of them will develop 4k cutout 
	someday again, the leaks, all the cracked, rotting
	rubber hoses, how i need a chip still... all that's
	gonna add up to $5k anyway.

	also, why is my fuel pump relay not there, but a
	very cleanly (as in, machined) bent bit of  copper
	is jumping between a couple of the blade slots?

	and, as i said, what the heck is the aux relay?
	why does it click when i turn on the high beams, 
	why does leaving it out make the temp light blink
	and click another relay in the glove compartment?
	why are there relays in my glove compartment in
	the first place?  and just who *is* eric cartman's 
	father?

	anyway, goodnight, and remember:  as i type this, 
	it is 4:20, 4/20.  semper fi.

--
 rocky mullin
 http://caliban.sf.ca.us/
 two strokes are faster than four!
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 '83 ur-q - yamaha rz350 - suzuki ts250 -  chaotic good