I hate new computer keyboards bristling with too many stupid buttons and mice with too many buttons and when the mouse hits the edge of the laptop and opens some window I have never seen, and when my fat finger hits some stupid arrow key and a tab key and erases my long post . . .
Another thank-you to Weisswurst!
It was a moment of grace to stumble out of Scotty The Travel Trailer on day three, thoroughly tired still, still in the midst of chaos out there in the building, and find a hot cup of coffee poured for me just waiting there . . . . the entire staff at Downton Abbey couldn't have done it any better.
Not two miles from the Weisswurst German Hill Billy Guinea Hen and Pig Farm Vanagon Diesel Emporeum, a lady is gesticulating at me from the passenger seat of a Ford Explorer, mouthing the words,
"Yoour braake liight is OOUUTT."
"THAANKKCUE!!" I mouthed back. I knew it was more than that.
Whilst backing into the building at the Weisswurst German Hill Billy Tortoise Lair and Goat Spread VW Beetle Storage Facility, Friend James had noted that the right front turn indicator was glowing so long as I was in reverse, and the reverse light would go dim if I stepped on the brakes while the turn indicator was in the right turn positioin. What hellacious hell hath wrought the sanding disc monster paint and body guy as he bashed around in this poor car?
As I investigated the right rear taillight assembly, I inadvertently cleaned out the housing and applied the patented HVAC reflector tape a la Road Warrior 2007:
But, as I investigated the wiring, I got to see another damn dam by the damn paint man, this one is silicone caulk that accelerated the destruction of the battery tray. That is a hole there:
Battery trays must drain many gallons of water in driving rain. They need their drainage and they need their water-tight painted interface with the *insides* of the rear quarter panels:
Just left the battery tray alone and stuck the taillight back into the opening. That sucker is getting dealt with in Pensacola.
See how dull and unkempt a car looks the minute that you see primer and overspray? It has been a pleasure to clean up the ratty edges that abound on this car.
LEFT:
After I restored the right lens with 1000/1500/2000 grit & 3M polish + wax . . .
RIGHT:
You can see an improvement in luminescence:
Did I mention that I forgot to fix the wiring?
Colin