We didn't get up until a little after 9. Then it was pet stuff and breakfast. We surfed for a little while and then Melissa came over. I called the dealership, they said the truck would be ready today. So I went out to the garage to look for a RCA connector to repair the antenna cable in the bedroom.
I looked for a connector in the obvious places and couldn't find one. I decided to search for one on the shelves by the window. That turned in to a general clean up of those shelves. I spent quite awhile at it, but didn't find any connectors. I did manage to reorganize some stuff, but there's a lot more to go.
John came out and borrowed a Dremel to mod the apartment door a little to make it close easier. When he got done with that I called a halt to the reorganize and we went to see a guy on Brodie about windmill parts.
The guy was really interested. He has been restoring machinery for years. Most of it was WWII vehicles. He's now working on a 1930's tractor and a windmill. He had some windmill parts that John might be interested in, but John delayed purchasing them. We spent a lot of time taking to him about his past and present projects.
It was after 1 when we got through there, so we drove up Brodie to La Crema and had lunch. Then we stopped at Lowe's so I could get connectors. I also got a dimmer for the living room, the new light is really bright. Then we stopped at the Wine store. It was a real hit. John and Melissa bought a dozen bottles of wine. We also bought some beer and some cider to take to Martha.
The last stops were the post office and a gas station. When we got home Ellen cooked dinner (meatloaf), Melissa and I surfed, and John tried to fix the dome light in their van.
About 5:30 the dealership called to say the truck was ready. I said we were about to eat dinner and I'd pick it up tomorrow morning. They guy called back a little later to say he'd made a mistake. According to him he'd "forgotten" to add the gost of the injectors they replaced, a little matter of $8,000. I told him there was no way I was going to pay that and I would never have authorized $12,000 worth of work on the vehicle. He said he'd talk to his supervisor and hung up.
After he hung up I looked it up on the web. A set of 8 new injectors can be had on the web for $3,000 or less. Of course I'll be going there early tomorrow morning to straighten this out.
After dinner we watched football and talked some. The general consensus is that they probably spent a lot more labor on the job than they thought. Also, it sounds like the truck didn't really need injectors at all. Instead it looks like it needs a new fuel pressure regulator.
FUCK
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