For now I'm trying to take care of the "except for" category. Example, it's a nice car except for the rocker panel rust. It drives great except for the odd 1-2 shift occasionally. It looks good except for the hood. You get the idea. Then comes the "could(should) be" It's a quick car, but it could be faster. It's a nice sounding stereo but is could be better. Things like that. I dunno.
Today was just one of those days where all I did was try something then put it right back the way I found it. Tried to fix the crooked engine, no dice. Put everything back together during the day and started the car. Lights lit up, voltage was 14.6v, all was well. Right? WRONG. I never actually got in the car, I just reached in and started it. I never saw the battery light was on. Even when I turned up the stereo. Voltage stayed at 14.6v the whole time. Anyways, zoom ahead 4 hours til the family is trying to go to Walmart. It's dark so I can see the LEDs...flickering very quickly, and the battery light on., still at 14.6v. Ripped apart the alternator yet again and swapped in the original voltage regulator which fixed the problem...at 11:30PM. So the end result of today's work was replacing a brush that I didn't even know was broken in the first place, lol.
