Writing the title to this post, I realize the extreme hubris I possess. Why the hell would anyone be interested in my mechanical ambitions and Saab ravings? Well, firstly, no one reads these ravings. Secondly… Well, see firstly.
However, I do enjoy them myself. So I will drop a post in here from time to time, and tonight is such a time. For, lo and behold, I have made two mechanical adjustments to the REFF’s younger sister Peewee.
I think I’ve mentioned Peewee before. If not I will waste a few lines of this post to describe her.
Peewee is the REFF’s younger sister by about six years. By milage, however, Peewee outruns the REFF by a hundred thousand kilometers. But even so, while experience may make Peewee a respected girl, wear and tear does – surprisingly – not.
Peewee runs smoothly, shines lustily and purrs softly, while her bad boy brother rustles, ruffles and puffs running down the roads of our current home town.
Even so, she craves and needs the soft attention of this mechanically ambitioned software developer. With wrenches and screwdrivers, pliers and even a hammer, I hoisted her in the air, crawled ’neath and removed her plug. Oil plug, that is.
While her gutted bellows spewed its content into the tub below, I swung on top to rip her cooling regulator out of her system. That is the thermostat, for those of you who fancy the technical term, rather than my dramatized ramblings.
While the blood of Peewee drained into the tub below her, yours truly maliciously enjoyed an Irish Coffee in the warm spring sun.
But this is not a tragedy, but a comedy. The turn is nigh; soon Peewee’s oil plug and filter was replaced, new oil pumped through her heart and cool, new fluid filled her cooling system. A brand new thermostat excellently adjusting her temperature to a perfect 90 degrees Celsius (+/- a few degrees).
It took but an hour and a half, posted little problems during the incision, but the reward, aah, the reward! Smooth running, soft purring and a gentle caress. Indeed, 90 minutes well spent.