Another Detour

Lol, I logged on this morning and the first comment I see is from Judy. It hit the day I had yesterday right on the head. Talk about a detour.

I have been trying to accomplish work on my truck over the weekends. I think I have become a rather ok mechanic in the past few years, lol. Yesterday morning I get the truck jacked up in the air and supported and I climb underneath to get at the oil pressure sensor switch.What the heck is that? Hey, afew weeks ago I would have said the same thing. I use Auto Zone and their website to resolve all my automotive problems and they tell me whats wrong and using their guids I fix them. To be honest though this pressure switch has been like playing a game of hide and seek and between the Autozone web site and my Haynes manual I just can't seem to find exactly where the sucker is located.

So finally I am under the truck after a week of research thinking I have the location of the oil pressure sensor switch. My research shows that it should be right next to  or at the oil filter.. So there I was under the truck squeezing my hand between the frame of the truck and the block of the engine all around the oil filter and ahhhhh haaa, I found what I thought was what I was looking for. After a half hour of trying this socket and that I was able to get the sensor turning. It was loose enough to finish taking it out by hand. The last few turns and then splash, Anti Freeze. AAAAAAARGH!!!

I reach and grab the catch container and shove it under the anti freeze pouring out and I hear my daughter walking up to the truck talking on the phone. I'm thinking my wife got into an accident or something and here I was with liquid pouring out of my truck. Nope, More like  "my parents want you to pick up their counter tops today.

They have wanted their counter tops done for like the last 3 months. I have set aside days for doing them about 6 times and for some reason something would always come up at the last minute for them so I couldn't do them that day. One of the excuses one time was that the counter tops were special order and that they hadn't come in yet.  The counter tops I picked up at Lowes yesterday after spending 1 1/12 hours picking up some and returning them because of scratches to the Home Depot where not special order counter tops. I think at one time they wanted granite tops and through my wife I sent the message that if they wanted granite tops then they should get them through a reputable granite supplier because I did not have the tools and equipment to install granite tops. Nope, no bits for drilling faucet holes or for cutting sink openings and no polishing equipment for stone.I wonder if I threw them a curve ball?

Well, after a bit of searching I found that sensor that I took out which was probably the coolant temperature gauge sensor and reinstalled it. I did notice another sensor up higher under the intake manifold that could possibly be what I am looking for so I am thinking that today I might attempt that one. Socket size is different from the new sensor nut though,  what the heck. I refilled the fluids in the truck and ended up working to about 10pm last night getting the counter tops in and the new sink and hardware. I would have finished the job a whole lot quicker but my father in-law was right up my ass the whole frigging time. I swear, I would turn around and literally bump into him at least 10 times. I have to watch what I say though because he has very sensitive feelings and if I hurt his feelings my wife wouldn't hear the end of it for months. Also the fact that when I arrived with the new tops and went into the kitchen, nothing had been removed from the counter top like the coffee maker and the microwave etc... or was anything removed from the cabinets.

So that was my detour for the day.