I took today off, mostly. And since the sun came out last night, we decided to back the truck up into the driveway to take advantage of the warm autumn sunlight. It was fantastic. And do you know what that means? The truck moved under its own power, which is even more fantastic. Though I worry we may have to bleed the clutch or brakes again.
I had a spare “universal” battery tie-down kit that didn’t fit the truck nor the Xterra, because of course it didn’t. I was able to get a factory replacement for the Xterra but the truck is still missing one. The part of it that doesn’t fit is that the screw posts are too tall for the hood, so Evan fixed that.
I spent almost the whole day on the passenger door glass tracks and window trim. The rubber seal around the closed window is also the the same piece as the glass track that runs down the inside of the door. That was fairly awful, but surprisingly not that difficult to deal with, just very slow going.
The replacement doesn’t quite fit perfectly, but I’m hoping that it’ll stretch out slightly now that it’s installed. While I worked on that, Evan finished laying sound deadening panels on the floor and tackled my blinker problem.
Thankfully, that was a straightforward issue: my blinker lights have two filaments and thus two contacts on the bulb base. I installed single filament bulbs by mistake (I maintain that I bought what AutoZone’s reference book told me to…). Because of that, the base bridged both the blinker and parking light circuits, creating what was essentially a ground fault on the blinker relay. He swapped out the bulbs and applied some silicone sealant and glue to fix up the assembly, since it’s pretty busted.
Then, at long last, the trim shop called on my bench! We ran by to pick that up and are storing it safely in the garage until we’re ready to install it. I think it looks great. It’s a good fit to the interior and strikes a good balance between being textured and still being subtle. I’m really excited for how that’s gonna class up the situation.
After that, we called it for the day so George and I could attend a TU football game. This was likely to be my only football game of the season, given all of the 2020 happening this year. It was such a fun game to watch — the first half was a major letdown, then wow the fourth quarter was an insane nail-biter. What a rollercoaster. Go Tulsa!!
When we got back, somehow we ended up watching Evan’s videos of the first and second trips. That was a fun little trip down memory lane. And hopefully an inspiration for him to make a new episode of the third trip.
