The Resurrection of Vixen

Quote of the Week:
"The car doesn't care what you want to fix... it wants fixed what it wants fixed.
"You must bend like the willow or you will snap... " -Dave on a Zen ramble to Dom Diaz

Wow... A whole year since my last update.

Many of you have emailed to ask what I've been doing on the car recently. The answer is simply "nothing". Yes, nothing.

This may come as a surprise to some people, but this car IS just a car, after all, and does come second to a great number of other things in my life. I have an absolutely fantastic girlfriend, friends, other cars, a fish tank, and (until recently) a job.

While I appreciate getting emails, I'm shocked that I have received emails saying that I "don't deserve to own" my car if I haven't worked on it in a while. Not to be arrogant, but just who in the hell do you think you are? Get a life, and don't depend on some anonymous guy's update to an insignificant little car-related website to get enjoyment out of your existence. I'll work on my car when I feel like it, and sorry -- I don't owe you nor anybody else any updates.

Now that that's out of my system, I can move on.

We went to Memphis in "Prowler" (my name for my 1986 Mercury Grand Marquis land yacht), and had a blast. Here are our pictures.

I did fix the oil leak from the rocker arm cover last July -- just used some form-a-gasket and it sealed up nicely. From what I understand, it's common for them to leak a little when using only the paper gasket. The tend to warp with heat over time, and as you might remember, my engine came from a brand-new car destroyed by an engine fire. That warped the cover enough to cause the big leak.

In March, I helped Dan Plakosh put a new engine and transmission in his car. It went well, but took three days. Talk about tired...

Also, here are some pictures of our little DeLorean tech session help on May 31st at Dom Diaz's house. In attendance were Dom and Melissa Diaz, Dan and Judy Plakosh, Jeff Porter, Chris Bowman, Pete Lucas, and me. Most of the pictures are of Dom's and Pete's cars... I didn't bring mine to the session.

Photos above by Jeff Porter

Other than that, I did write a couple of tech articles for DMCNews.

Rewinding Door Lock Solenoids
Retrofitting R134A Procedures
How (not) to Buy a Cheap Delorean

... and made a page to help folks find:

138db DeLorean Replacement Horns

I'll have a bit more time to work on the car a bit. At the beginning of May, I got downsized by the company I have worked at for the last seven years. So in-between looking for a job and studying for my Cisco CCNA exam, I'll be doing some more work on the car. Hopefully, I'll post more regular updates. =)

Oh... and if anyone knows of a good AMC Gremlin for sale (preferably green), please let me know. My girlfriend Juley is looking for one...

UPDATE! 18 July 2003

Juley did find a nice Gremlin. Check out http://www.AMCGremlin.com to see the pictures.

Costs for Weeks 139-189:

Date	Purchase	Store	Price
11-Jun-02	Mobil One	K-Mart	4.99
11-Jun-02	Mobil One	K-Mart	4.99
11-Jun-02	Mobil One	K-Mart	4.99
11-Jun-02	Mobil One	K-Mart	4.99
11-Jun-02	Mobil One	K-Mart	4.99
11-Jun-02	Stop Leak	K-Mart	2.93
12-Aug-02	Clean and Bench Test 11 Fuel Injectors and Cold Start Injector	PJ Grady	65.00
30-Aug-02	Radiator Flex Hose 0-38244-12300	Pep Boys	13.49
30-Aug-02	Six Bosch Platinum +4 Spark Plugs	Pep Boys	35.94
30-Aug-02	Radiator Hose Kit 0-77231-00315	Pep Boys	4.99
03-Mar-03	Toby Tab Set	Darryl Tinnerstet	66.00
01-Jun-03	Walt Tab Set	Walter Coe	50.00
		Weeks 139-189 Total	$263.30

		Running Total	$22,696.09

Year One:
Week 1	Week 8	Week 15	Week 22	Week 29	Week 36	Week 43	Week 50
Week 2	Week 9	Week 16	Week 23	Week 30	Week 37	Week 44	Week 51
Week 3	Week 10	Week 17	Week 24	Week 31	Week 38	Week 45	Week 52
Week 4	Week 11	Week 18	Week 25	Week 32	Week 39	Week 46	-
Week 5	Week 12	Week 19	Week 26	Week 33	Week 40	Week 47	-
Week 6	Week 13	Week 20	Week 27	Week 34	Week 41	Week 48	-
Week 7	Week 14	Week 21	Week 28	Week 35	Week 42	Week 49	-
Year Two:
Week 53	Week 60	Week 67	Week 74	Week 81	Week 88	Week 95	Week 102
Week 54	Week 61	Week 68	Week 75	Week 82	Week 89	Week 96	Week 103
Week 55	Week 62	Week 69	Week 76	Week 83	Week 90	Week 97	Week 104
Week 56	Week 63	Week 70	Week 77	Week 84	Week 91	Week 98	-
Week 57	Week 64	Week 71	Week 78	Week 85	Week 92	Week 99	-
Week 58	Week 65	Week 72	Week 79	Week 86	Week 93	Week 100	-
Week 59	Week 66	Week 73	Week 80	Week 87	Week 94	Week 101	-
Year Three:
Week 105	Week 112	Week 119	Week 126	Week 133	Week 140	Week 147	Week 154
Week 106	Week 113	Week 120	Week 127	Week 134	Week 141	Week 148	Week 155
Week 107	Week 114	Week 121	Week 128	Week 135	Week 142	Week 149	Week 156
Week 108	Week 115	Week 122	Week 129	Week 136	Week 143	Week 150	-
Week 109	Week 116	Week 123	Week 130	Week 137	Week 144	Week 151	-
Week 110	Week 117	Week 124	Week 131	Week 138	Week 145	Week 152	-
Week 111	Week 118	Week 125	Week 132	Week 139	Week 146	Week 153	-
Year Four:
Week 157	Week 164	Week 171	Week 178	Week 185	Week 192	Week 199	Week 206
Week 158	Week 165	Week 172	Week 179	Week 186	Week 193	Week 200	Week 207
Week 159	Week 166	Week 173	Week 180	Week 187	Week 194	Week 201	Week 208
Week 160	Week 167	Week 174	Week 181	Week 188	Week 195	Week 202	-
Week 161	Week 168	Week 175	Week 182	Week 189	Week 196	Week 203	-
Week 162	Week 169	Week 176	Week 183	Week 190	Week 197	Week 204	-
Week 163	Week 170	Week 177	Week 184	Week 191	Week 198	Week 205	-
Year Five:
Week 209	Week 216	Week 223	Week 230	Week 237	Week 244
Week 210	Week 217	Week 224	Week 231	Week 238
Week 211	Week 218	Week 225	Week 232	Week 239
Week 212	Week 219	Week 226	Week 233	Week 240
Week 213	Week 220	Week 227	Week 234	Week 241
Week 214	Week 221	Week 228	Week 235	Week 242
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