Poor pooches, clutched

by Duf Anything and Everything, SSR

Both Nicki and Sadie are having some health issues lately, seemingly GI related.  Ali is taking them both to the vet today.  I felt bad since I didn’t get to see them this weekend.  I stopped by Ali’s place on my way to work this morning to say hi to the girls. Both of them seemed pretty subdued. It will be the first time Ali gets to try out the new comprehensive pet insurance plan we are now paying for.

Last night after another one hand handstand attempt, I headed out to the steamy garage to do a couple things to the SSR.  First I wanted to replace the clutch spring that broke way back in April or May.  I read it was ok to not replace it as there are two springs involved in clutch return but it seemed like the safe thing to minimize clutch wear was to replace it.

Replacing the spring was not much fun.  Because of it’s location and the narrow footwell in the SSR, I had to contort myself in an uncomfortable manner to access the clutch pedal.  I eventually got my arm wedged up there and after some confusion on how to both orient the spring and get it snapped in place, I was successful.

Project number 2 was to find out what code was being thrown to the check engine light.  I hooked up my kick ass code reader and pulled a P0420 code which has something to do with the catalytic convertor system.

When I had all that work done on the SSR in Plant City, one of the things done was to replace both catalytic convertors.  I can’t help but think the problem is related.

Even before the check engine light came on, the truck felt like it had less power than normal and there was a different type of engine sound.  If it is something with the cats, I am not sure if my new bumper to bumper warranty will cover it or not.  I guess I will find out.

I have been feeling like I am falling behind the curve lately.  As hard as I work at keeping things up to snuff I seem to be at a time deficit.  When Ali and I split, for some reason I assumed my free time would actually go up, although looking back I am not quite sure what brought me to that conclusion.  I need to do a thorough analysis of my time management.

Yesterday was my first day of using aluminum free deodorant.  It was uneventful and odor free.  It always feels good to live smarter, one step at a time.