I want to cry right now. Cry like the little bitch that I am.
So last week I had been having problems with my headlighs on the Corvette. They wouldn't flip all the way down when I would turn them off. So today I go out to my car with my tools and fix them. It turns out that there were a few loose screws that needed to be tighted so that everything would be aligned correctly. I was all like, YAY, because it didn't turn out to be a nasty electrical problem. el-guapo does not like electrical problems!
So I'm playing with the headlights to make sure they work. Fliping them up, then down, then up, then down.
So then I go to start the car and all I get is a click, click, click. OH FUCK! The battery is dead. SHIT SHIT SHIT! So i set about the procedure to change the battery. On a normal car it would go something like this:
Step 1: Disconnect battery
Step 2: Remove battery
Step 3: Buy new battery
Step 3: Insert new battery in car
Step 4: Connect new battery
Welp, I have a Covette so it can't be that fucking easy. I have to remove the side body panels and the wheel well before I can even get to the battery. Then I set about disconnecting the battery. So I disconnect the negative terminal,no problem there. Then I go to disconnect the positive terminal. There is some resistance so I put a little muscle into it. SNAP! The whole battery terminal snaps off. So now I have the positive wire hanging there with peices of the old battery still clamped on and I have no leverage to remove it. Even if the stud wasn't frozen on it would be hard to remove it, but this damn thing is stuck. ACK!
So I have to get someone to give me a ride to Pep Boys because my crappy VW is in the shop getting repaired. So I go and pick up a batter and come home and try to think of a way to get the icky crap off of the positive wire so that i can hook up my new battery and be on my merry way. This is so fucking rediculous (sp?).
So The Funk came over and drove me to Kragen to pick up some penetrating oil, an adjustable wrench, and some corrosion remover. I'm hoping this weird concoction of chemicals will loosen the bolt up enough and then i'll use the wrench to clamp down on the stub of crap on the other end and I will be able to remove it. If this doesn't work I am just going to crawl under my covers and cry. BLAH!
Why did I buy a stupid Corvette? My penis isn't THAT small!
5:32 p.m. - 2003-03-09
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