April 28th

It started off that today I was just going over to the truck to pick up some hose clamps left over from my fuel line reworking, so I could attempt to repair my washing machine (which is a whole other story in itself). Naturally, I couldn't find any, so Hayden I went to the auto parts store to buy some more. And I think, hey, my generator light keep coming on, maybe I should take my alternator in to have it tested out. Apparently years and years of sitting is not good for an alternator, so it had developed a short, and was not putting out the voltage it should. It was only 40 bucks. But I went and bought a new voltage regulator for it, too. No idea what year the alternator is from, but it seems the regulator (a black box mounted just inside the hood on the drivers site) is original 1966 equipment. The guy at the counter, with whom I'm starting to become pretty good friends, and
I decided to open it up and take a look at the inside. It's got some coils inside, and some contact points. Unfortunately I don't remember exactly how the thing is supposed to work. Maybe it is fortunate, if you readers don't care for me rambling on about outdated technical mumbo-jumbo. Not that I don't ramble about other things. Right, anyway, I just dropped off the new parts off at the truck and left, as I still had a washing machine to fix.

The good news is that I might have a lead for a garage to put the truck in!

The bad news is that the company is talking about relocating me to Vero Beach.