Sears Saga With A Happy Ending

Smokey made a bad, bad noise!

Fueled up and ready to go

0430 Monday 07.05.10
Woke and got ready to leave Knoxville. O’ Smokey is fully fueled, fluids and air all checked, and everything packed but my toothbrush and laptop.

0445
Underway

0600 Jelico Mountain, TN
O’ Smokey running good. Didn’t even need to downshift on the steepest grade. Engine temp nominal. Just starting to get light.

0730 Berea, KY
O’ Smokey made a bad bad noise! Losing power. Something must have let go. Luckily, I’m right at an exit. Coast down the ramp and into a gas station.

0745
Checked oil. Oil gone! Filled oil. It’s not leaking out. Doesn’t want to start. Decide to have breakfast at restaurant next door.

0845
Started diesel. Still not leaking. Bad noise is gone. Decide to try going again.

0900
Didn’t get far. Bad bad noise is back! Made it from gas station across the street to the Days Inn motel.

Broke down right at an exit

0915
Called Joe Golder. Joe says sit tight and he’ll drive down and tow me to Ypsi with his van. Needs to take care of a couple things first.

0930
Forecast is for record heat around 100°, Decide to rent a motel room at Dasy Inn and keep cool. Also has complimentary WiFi.

1100
Joe called. Oil change guy says he has the wrong tire on the back left. Got to go back to Sears.

1300 Sears is glad tire mistake was caught and no one got hurt! Put the right tire on the left rear and gave Joe a coupon for a free oil change for his inconvenience.

1500
Joe and his 3 dogs are on the road. Estimates it’s a 6 hour drive. It’s hot out. I’m glad to be in a room with an air conditioner.

Joe & dogs & cramped motel room

2100
Joe called. Was passing a truck. Sears didn’t tighten the lug nuts and the wheel with the new tire came off just north of Lexington, KY, about 40 miles north. Brakes and hub are wrecked bad. Joe & dogs shaken but OK. KY Dept of Safety vehicle found the tire— actually caught it on video bouncing south on the northbound lane. Joe is Having van towed to Sears in Lexington.

2110
Joe called and wants to know if motel is pet friendly.

2120
I called Joe and told him motel is pet friendly. Ky Dept of Safety vehicle is bringing Joe and 3 dogs to the motel.

2200
Joe and 3 dogs arrive thanks to some assistance from Michael Martin of the KY Dept. of Transportation. It’s cozy: Me & Joe, 3 dogs, and 1 bed. AC works good.

Axle fixed with temporary wheel

0800
Sears has 3 managers working on Joe’s van: manager in A2 is expediting the insurance claim, 1 manager is ordering parts from the Lexington store, another is on the repair work. Sears tells Joe to keep all receipts for towing, motel, meals, taxis, etc.

0830 Tues 07.06.10 Days Inn, Berea, KY
Motel has complimentary breakfast.

1130
Decide we need a room for the day. Move to room with 2 beds.

1300
Sears has the parts.

1630
Walked to a nice restaurant for dinner. Good food. Dry county.

1700
Sears called. Van is ready. Can’t match rim. Will use a temporary rim and get new rims back in A2.

O'Smokey hooked up and ready to be towed to MI

1800
Joe took a taxi to Lexington Sears to get van.

1930
Joe is back. I have the tow bar ready on the front of my little pick up. We’re hooked up and ready to roll. Van doesn’t have AC. We are going to wait until dark to travel so the dogs won’t be too hot.

2050 I-75 Northbound
Cool enough to drive. On the road in Joe’s van with O’ Smokey in tow.

0100 Wed 07.07.10 Cincinnati, OH
Unbelievable middle of the night stop and stop traffic jam!

0200 North of Cincinnati
Looked like traffic was moving again— then a couple minutes later it’s jammed up again. Dang. Could have gotten on an alternate route.

0300 Dayton, OH
Traffic finally moving again. Longest traffic jam I can remember— and in the middle of the night. Nothing bad— just miles and miles of construction. Obama buck at work!

Been thinking I should bike more. Careful what you wish for!

0500 Ypsilanti, MI
Arrived safe and sound at Joe’s place.

1100 Fri 07.09.10 Ann Arbor, MI
Sears reimbursed Joe for all his expenses related to the wheel coming off. They also ordered some rims to replace his custom rim that can’t replaced.

1800 07.25.10 Ypsilanti, MI
Joe’s rims arrived and Sears has installed them. Joe likes them better then the ones he had before. A story with a happy ending. Ain’t that nice? Interesting to have dealt with a corporation that didn’t make you hire a lawyer to get them to do what’s right. Good for Sears.

A couple weeks after Joe's misadventure, Sears replaced the busted wheel with 4 new rims.

Summer Tour 10′: Knoxville

Summer Tour

O' Smokey: 81' VW diesel— so far so good.

1st Destination: Knoxville

Timed my arrival in Knoxville to coincide with my cousin Mark’s annual 4th of July block party. This is the 10th. I’ve been invited every year. About time I made one.

Travel: Ol’ Smokey

Drove one of the back ways over the mountains— up through Boone and over to Johnson City. It was pretty and pleasant and took about as long as going the expressway with a lot less traffic.

The primary motivation for the route is that my 81′ VW pick up is not a good mountain climber. Beyond a certain grade, I must just drop down to 2nd gear and burn a lot of oil and I didn’t want to get run over by a semi-truck on the main route.

Music: Karaoke

Chicken Wing Cook-Off: 1st & 2nd Place

At my cousin Mark’s house in Knoxville, I learned that they weren’t having a band this year. Instead, the plan was to try karaoke. He showed me a tiny home karaoke machine that they planned to use.

I said ‘No. That won’t do.” Told Mark we needed a PA and volunteered to handle it. The PA came from All Occasions Rental and I used my own karaoke software and 10k songs left over from my American Legion project in Sanford a couple years ago.

The weather was perfect and the karaoke was a big hit. Everyone liked it better than having a band.

Folks arriving for fireworks

Spring Wrap Up

Spring Wrap Up: No Move

Winter wasn’t the best. My dog died. The house in NC had a deal pending for nearly 6 months. I kept hearing ‘any day now’ the entire time. I set writing aside to focus on getting rid of things, and rehabilitating my old prairie schooner (RV) so I’d be ready to roll when the time came.

The house finally sold. Right when I thought I’d be leaving Sanford, the new owner arrived and inviting me to stay and work on projects. That gesture has sparked one of the best creative phases ever! Since the sale of the house, I’ve been writing, playing music, building things, and dog training.

Writing: The Hill Beautiful

Spring began March 15 with a trip to Folley Beach, SC. to visit a girl there. Met her on a dating site called Plenty Of Fish. She was really nice and we had a great time, but it wasn’t a match. While I was there though, I got back to writing everyday. As part of my book project, I’m working on a short story that incorporates the writing techniques and devices of my book project. A sort of test drive if you will. So…

COMING SOON: The HIll Beautiful. I’ll post this short story in installments. I’ve fussed with this theme before, so if you think you know the story, I promise you that you don’t.

Music: Jus’ Right

Bob Fox, Paula Conley, Alicia Stone, Tim Glasson

After I returned from SC to Sanford, I got seriously involved in a quartet singing 4 part harmonies. I’ve never had such a good time playing music! Rehearsals have been serious business, but always fun— can’t remember laughing so much— and often we take turns cooking and have a nice dinner too.

Recently, we started performing at different venues: open mics mostly, but have also played in churches and a rest home. If you ever want to enjoy an appreciative audience, consider entertaining at a rest home (is that the right thing to call them these days?).

Work: Vinyl Siding

Back of house

Did my first vinyl siding project. Vinyl siding is pretty easy to work with. Most of the effort goes into preparation.

Rebuilding corner

Preparations began with the repair of rot and termite damage. The rot was plainly visible and was on the list of projects the bank wanted repaired right away.

I did the back wall which connects the original house with a large addition. The walls weren’t even and required furring strips to make the surface flush.

Needed furring strips to make wall flush

While prepping the back wall, I decided to fix what looked like a small area of rot. When opened, we found termite damage missed by the inspectors.

Ended up ripping it out and rebuilding the corner of the garage.

Don’t know how long vinyl siding lasts. Never thought of using it before, but it sure looks a lot better than what we started with!

Just needs gutters!

Summary: Life is good!

I’ve enjoyed some creative phases before— Texas comes to mind where I was working on neon and writing and building things. The time I spend up in Traverse City is always good. Spring 2010 in NC was good not only because I was having fun building things, but also enjoyed an intensely creative period of writing and music making!

Pulled the awning out of the scrap pile

Charleston, SC

03.15.10

The Folly Beach Flaming

Folly Flamingo

Took a trip to Charleston— actually, all the way to the ocean to an island called Folly Beach. I’ve been to Charleston before, but it was always by sea. This was my first trip coming by land. OK, I would still rather sail there, but if you’re driving, it’s an easy place to get around.

Folly Beach Island reminds me of the Florida Keys about 1970. The place is on the up swing, but it’s also old, with many old cottages and businesses. Nothing looks new, even the newer businesses are styled to look as though they’ve been there for a long time.

Entrance Gate at Folly Flamingo

There are not much in the way of franchise operations— even the Holiday Inn was bought back and turned into a non-franchise hotel. The central business district is essentially a single street that leads from the island to the mainland known as (you might guess), Folly Road.

I stayed at a cute place named the Folly Flamingo. Basically, it’s two nice units with an extra cabana outside. I stayed in the smaller of the two units, which still features a nice great room and a large bedroom with a king-sized bed.

The Folly Flamingo is a half block from the main business district with an assortment of eateries and choices for night life. And it is also one block from the ocean. The town has little trails that cut through to the beach so you don’t even need to walk down to the next corner.

Courtyard and entrance.

Folly Beach is the kind of place that you can easily walk or bicycle everywhere you want to go. It’s a lot like Traverse City in that regard, but a lot more quaint.

A nice feature of the Folly Flamingo was the shaded courtyard. Even the balcony off my second story bedroom had shade. It has a very tropical feel.

The owner of the Folly Flamingo is Janet Crouch. Janet gave me tours of Folly and Charleston. Then we shared meals cooked in her wok and lots of conversation.

If you are interested in trying something different than Florida, you might like Folly Beach. It’s got that old Keys feel and the winters are generally quite mild. Everyone I met was friendly and seemed generally delighted to be at Folly Beach. Get more info at: FollyFlamingo.com

Spiral stairs to bedroom.

And if you do go to Folly Beach, check out the Folly Flamingo! You might like it there as well.

Writing

My visit to Folly Beach was also a return to writing. When I got back to Sanford on November 22, I forced myself to stop writing until I got my Prairie Schooner resurrected and helped Todd hand off his house to the new owner.

Well, anyone familiar with that sago knows that the house here in Sanford has been under contract since late September. Todd and I finally let the new owner move in, even though no one knows yet when the sale will be completed.

Morning sun shined through the window over the bed.

So now the schooner is ready to roll and I’m ready to get back to writing. Folly Beach was a great place to write. Most of the time, I just left my computer out, and in morning and in between all the exciting moments of the rest of the day, I was getting my work done.

Feels great to be writing again!

Shrubs & Stella

03.07.10

Shrubs to remove (center). Note new facia over the porch in preperation for new gutters.

Fun with Shrubs & Stella

Finally, a great day for being outside!

Calin decided he’d like to open the front yard up and remove some of the bushes. I volunteered to transplant them along the lot line in the back and create more privacy with the neighbors on the pool side.

Of course, Stella wanted to help. Her job for the day was learning to be alone for a few minutes at a time, being quiet, and chewing as many sticks as possible. Stella did very well at all of these.

Stella busy making kindling

Stella is a good age for training. Puppies have all their learning abilities by 10 weeks— so when you hear someone comment that their dog’s undesirable behaviors are because of the ‘puppy’ in them, well, they don’t know dogs. The challenge with young puppies is that their personalities are fragile; training must be slow and patient, or you’ll end up with a dog that’s young and very well behaved, but won’t ever look you in the eye. A dog Stella’s age (about a year) has a firm personality, so as long as you keep it fun, you can stuff ‘em with as much training as their little pea brains can handle.

Stella has been here 4 days. She’s getting the basics like: ‘stay off’, her door manners, ‘don’t bite’, and staying in her inside kennel with the door open (a prelude to car training and other skills). The most important thing for Stella right now is getting over abandonment. She needs to know that if she’s left alone that we will be back shortly and not to worry.

Transplanted shrubs. When I finished, they looked like they'd always been there.

I tied Stella on a long lead where she can move around, but can only see part of the work I’m doing. While Stella watched, I dug the bushes out, loaded them in a wheel barrow, and wheeled them down the hill and out of sight. As I placed the shrubs in their new locations way in the back, Stella had to wait and wonder.

The first couple trips, Stella barked and was quite worried. But by the last bush, she just laid in the grass and slept while I was gone. So just by working and coming and going, I was able to help Stella gain trust and confidence. Gradually, her time alone will be extended until she can be left at home without suffer anxiety.

Front yard without shrubs

The shrubs came up easily from the damp soil. The ground isn’t hard, so putting them back down was a breeze as well. The heart attack portion of the project was pushing the dirt from the transplant holes back up the hill to fill in the holes left in front! The ground is still wet and soft, which is good for transplanting, but hard on old farts pushing wheel barrows.

The important thing on the transplants was to get them done while the shrubs are still dormant. And they certainly won’t be that way much longer. Both Calin and I think the front looks better without the shrubs in the middle. Plus, the yard will be a lot faster to mow.

New Student!

0940 Wed 03.03.10

Gutters Down Showing Damaged Facia

House Sitting

An interesting turn here in Sanford. Last month, the fellow that’s had an offer pending on Todd’s house since September, stopped by and told me his arrangement for storing his belongings was about to expire. His name is Calin. Calin asked me if he could store some things in the garage.

I told Calin that I was still using the garage, but that no one was using the house. I suggested that if he wanted to, he could just move in early— since closing was supposed to take place on the 26th of February.

Pile of old gutters

The closing didn’t take place on the 26th, but Calin has moved in early. Caiin already has a job in Sanford and was commuting from Durham. He said that it was costing him a Cnote a week to drive back and forth.

Calin is a nice kid. I call him kid, but he’s 23. He’s bright and well spoken. Doesn’t sit still much and is already fixing things on the house. His first project is the gutters. After he did a good job replacing the section of gutters on the back over the deck, I went ahead and tore the rest of the old gutters off the house.

After living here for a couple years by myself, it’s nice to have some company again. We’ve also had some fun sharing meals.

Stella in the snow

Power Failure

Last night, we got snow! Started coming down during my monthly Sons of the American Legion meeting, but didn’t start sticking until later. About 2200 it started piling up and we got several inches over night.

In the middle of the night I woke up cold. I realized that the power had gone off and come back on, which reset my electric blanket. I turned it back on, and about the time I was getting warm again, the power went off again about 0400— this time it stayed off, and as of 1000 is still off.

I’m powering my laptop off the battery banks in the Prairie Schooner.

The good news is that it looks like it’s melting pretty fast.

Learning 'Stay-Inside'

New Dog

Calin has rescued a dog from a life all alone in a garage somewhere. It looks like a young Staffordshire Terrier— I’m guessing she’s about a year old and weighs about 40 lb. Size wise, she’s not very big, but she is quite a muscle butt.

Her name is Stella— which she doesn’t recognize. She doesn’t seem to know anything. I gave her some tests and rate her an extremely affectionate type A. Her teeth look good and nearly straight.

I am concerned Stella might have a skin condition. She’s had a bath and still stinks, she scratches frequently, and there are a couple spots on her back side that don’t look right— the hair is thin.

For some reason, I told Calin I would help him train Stella. What that really means is training both Stella and Calin, but I will say this, Calin is very receptive. That’s more than I can say for Stella!

Luckily, Stella came with an inside dog kennel. So we can keep her out of trouble when unattended.

Calin would like to get Stella trained, then use her as an example dog for another mutt that would then become Stella’s companion. I think that is a good idea. If you are going to leave a dog home alone, it’s easier to have two than one because they socialize with each other and aren’t lonely.

Brown Recluse!

02.26.10

Battery Banks

The Prairie Schooner has 3 sets of batteries.

There’s a big engine battery: It powers the starters for the 454 engine and the 7000 kw Kohler generator, the instrument panel, and the leveling jacks.

Two other battery banks power everything in the coach. Each of those uses two 6v golf cart batteries wired in series. Originally, I used two big 12v deep cycle RV batteries wired in parallel for the coach banks, but they had a way of burning each other out and never lasted two years. One battery is always at least a little weaker than the other— it’s always going to be that way. The weaker battery calls for charging when the other doesn’t need it— which means the better battery gets overcharged and it becomes the weaker battery. Finally solved that problem by switching to the 6v batteries, which behave like a single 12v and they last for several years or more.

The last battery change out was 2000. Of course, letting the battery banks sit for 5 years didn’t do them any good. While the Schooner was sitting, I used the engine battery for something else. The coach batteries just sat and went bad. So along with everything else, it’s time for all new batteries.

The original coach batteries are in a drawer outside and easy to get at. They drive the original converter, which now no longer charges its batteries and also needs changing. That converter is located aft where the power cord comes in. This bank runs most of the interior lighting and the furnace. The furnace blower, when it’s running, has the biggest power draw.

I added a second battery bank, and a second inverter when I was traveling with my father during the mid-late 90s.

The layout of this Holiday Rambler RV has the main sleeping area in the back. The galley and head are in the middle, and there is more sleeping forward that includes a drop down bunk over the driver (only used for storage these days). For traveling with my father, he slept aft, and I took out the table and benches up forward and put in a nice fold out couch. Because the front had a lot of lights, a stereo, and my computer stuff, I decided to add a another battery locker and an inverter to run all of those. It’s a pretty good arrangement and the Schooner will have power for about a week off the grid.

Poisonous Spider!

While changing the second battery bank yesterday, I opened the access to the second inverter to double check the wiring. When I did, I noticed a monster spider! I looked it up on the internet and identified it as a Brown Recluse. One of those bit me in TX in 04′ and I had to go to the hospital.

I grabbed a paper towel, but the spider looked too big to nab like that, so I decided to use the vacuum sweeper. The spider held on for a second— then was gone up the hose. That was a relief.

Is there any such thing as just ‘one’ spider? Are they like mice: if you have one you have a bunch of ‘em? Took a good flashlight and looked around where I was working to make certain there weren’t more spiders waiting to get me. Didn’t see any. Satisfied with that inspection, I finished the battery install.

Went back and read for a while more on the internet about the Recluse spiders and using some sort of activated charcoal homeopathic treatment for the bites. Decided I would only ever try that if I had to. I’ve seen people in TX that had nasty spider bite wounds that kept coming back— one girl I knew had a bite on her butt. Two years later, the wound came back, then developed a staff infection— and with a little help from a bungling healthcare provider trying to save $, treatment was denied for just enough hours so that she ended up having to have a big part of an ass cheek amputated! No thanx! If I ever get bit again, I’m going right to a doctor like I did before.

Well, I decided enough with scaring myself reading the spider stuff. I went back and finished cleaning up the tools from my battery swap mess. Then took the vacuum sweeper out to dump it.

Dang if that spider wasn’t gone!

My 1st Karaoke Video

02.20.10

Producing Karaoke Tunes!

1st Tune: More Than A Name On The Wall

Modern Karaoke

I’ve been doing a pretty good karaoke show for a couple years. It’s all computerized now! No more big cases of CDs to lug around and no more having to physically search through titles and cue songs in a player— it’s all handled by software. It’s very cool. Also have a pretty good set up with mixer board, PA, monitors, various types of mics, and even ‘pitch-correction’ to help singers sound their best. I can record performances and even make videos of singers— all with the same computers that run the show. If a venue has WiFi and a singer wants a song that’s available from the online store, for a couple bucks I can download it on the fly and they can sing it right away!

Homebaked with Professional appearance

Home ‘Baked’ Karaoke

But what if a song isn’t available. I love a song that was done by the Statler Brothers, and more recently by Vincent and Dailey, called ‘More Than A Name On The Wall’. I’ve searched and searched for a karaoke version to buy, but there just isn’t one out there. So after some further investigation, I figured out that I could make one myself! To do it required 4 different kinds of software. 1st, I ripped the song into iTunes. 2nd, I opened the song file in GarageBand where I’d already downloaded a plugin called VoxReducer II . The voice reducer does exactly what it says, though not completely. And I was in kind of a hurry to see if I could do it, so I didn’t play around much with the settings. I think I can get more of the vocals out with some more experimentation.

3rd, the song file was imported into iKaraoke TunePrompter. This is a cool little package that lets you import or type in the lyrics (I imported cause I could save time). Using the space bar, you ‘click’ to mark where the next word goes as the song plays. OK, I admit, that took a little practice, but by the 3rd try I was doing it. 4th thing was baking the whole production into a movie. I use kJams karaoke software to run my show. I’m pretty sure its the best: kJams.com. Downloaded a plugin for it called ‘Producer’ that lets you add the titles and refine the look before baking the movie. So now there’s no karaoke I can’t get. As a musician, I could even record a tune in GarageBand and add the moving text to the audio file and bake that!

Coming Soon!

You are probably wondering what could be next. I’m working on a way to have a wireless local net running at my shows. Anyone with a laptop or phone browser will be able to search my 10,000 song library, select songs to sing, insert their songs into the rotation, and adjust their preferences (ie. key and tempo) and favorites themselves! kJams remembers you and your preferences, so there is no need to search again next time for songs you’ve already sung. Just sign in and click on your favorites. How cool is that? And there is no such thing as songbooks anymore. Song are searched for via a browser. Any new songs are instantly available in the list— no reprinting— no wasted paper— and best of all, a lot less stuff to carry to the show!

Trip to Chicago

02.18.10

Flight to Chicago

Just flew to Chicago Tuesday morning and drove a truck back for a friend’s business here in NC. Tuesday was a nice day for flying, sunny in Raleigh for take-off, overcast and winter upon arrival in Chicago.

I hadn’t flown since 1992, so I didn’t know what to expect with all the changes since 9/11. Airport security did check everyone out rather thoroughly, and if the inspection cubicle was open and you were the next in line, you were the random choice for a detailed search. And those folks have a lot of power, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that they were polite and friendly.

The Southwest 737 was the smallest plane I’ve been on since taking a puddler jumper from Atlanta to Gulfport, MS in Dec, 1992. It was tight and full. The ride was bouncy, but the crew was professional and also friendly. I must confess after the crash landing in the Hudson, I was glad to see our captain looked like an older gentleman with a lot of experience.

Tuscany: Excellent Italian Cuisine!

Tuscany

Fred Dolche, a friend Tim Glasson’s met the 3 of us at the airport. Fred invited us to a fine Italian restaurant right across the street from the University on Taylor St. called Tuscany. I asked which university and was informed it was the University of Chicago. Tuscany is the best Italian food experience I’ve had! Wow was it good. That alone made it worth the trip!

I’ve been to Chicago, but I’ve never been to the U of C. Prior to WWII, U of C was in the Big Ten and has even won the Rose Bowl! During the years when Robert Maynard Hutchins (also the first Director of the Ford Foundation) was president of the university, the U of C eliminated sports, became involved in the Manhattan Project, and since WWII, the U of C has evolved into one of the World’s premier research universities.

I liked driving the Hino

Hino

We picked up 3 Hino box trucks at Penske to take back to NC. They ran well, had lots of power, and handled nicely even when the roads were slippery.

The Drive Back

Began to snow as we were leaving Chicago. Snowed all the way to Beckley, WV.

The worst snows were near Indianapolis and Beckley. When it began to pile on the roads north of Indianapolis, we stopped for a late dinner— just after 2100 (9:00 pm). When we started out again, the expressway had been cleared, but not before a few vehicles had spun out— mostly semis and other vehicles with trailers.

Expressway kept clear in Beckley

The worst snow fell up around Beckley, WV. The surface streets were deep in snow, but the highway department was keeping the expressway open.

Snow covered the ground completely all the way to the big hill on south I-77 down to Mt. Airy, NC. And we had snow on the ground along east I-74 and I-40 all the way to Greensboro.

Total drive time was just about 15 hours: 5.5 the first day, and nearly 10 the second. Was the first time I had to keep one of those new driver’s logbooks required by DOT.

Nice to be back in Raleigh where it is sunny and 50° and there is no snow on the ground. Robins are singing in the yard and the early flowers are blooming. Feels just like spring has sprung in the Sandhills!

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Baby Steps

02.11.10

Taking Baby Steps

Just starting the old Prairie Schooner has been an adventure— all kinds of busted and rusted lines, brake fluid, trans fluid, and gasoline leaks— and smoky situations!

Well, I just had to deal with the challenges as they presented themselves— and after sitting for 5 years, I knew there were going to be some— and could possibly be more still.

So I’m taking baby steps. On Thursday evening, I started the Schooner and just let it idle for a couple hours and monitored temp and charging, and watched underneath for anything dripping. The results are promising— no smoke, no leaks, no bad noises!

To celebrate, I turned on the lights and took a picture.

Next I’ll try a trip to the gas station and back. Stay tuned…

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