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Yaargh. Just sayin’.

I replaced the primary oxygen sensor on Gina’s Honda about a month ago with a cheapo third-party replacement. It was iffy to start with, throwing an OBD II code or two occasionally, then turned up its toes entirely after about 3 or 4 weeks use.

After being mugged by a passing Honda parts department to the tune of two freaking hundred and freaking seventy dollars, labor being of course free because I fitted it myself in all of about 5 minutes, said car is now running as smooth as a baby’s bum. Also it is (relatively speaking) good news that the cracks I saw in the exhaust manifold don’t look any worse than they did last time I had it to bits, so they are probably old, possibly manufacturing defects, and may not actually be going to cause a problem in the time scale that we’re likely to keep that car (months not years).

In other news, wow am I exhausted (no pun intended). This month is totally nuts. All my buses arrived at the bus stop all at once this month, I think. And half of them broke down and demanded that I fixed them, without a manual or any tools. And it’s not even half way through the month. Still to happen is a field trip to the Mojave, packing and moving house, all while I have zero vacation or sick time.

Like I said, Yaargh.

PS: For the curious, the fieldwork is at Zzyzx in the Mojave desert, on the edge of a salt flat, about half way between the middle of nowhere and the edge of nowhere. I’ll be supporting instrument testing on an experimental rover. Gina is going too — it’ll be about the only chance we’ll get to actually get away together anywhere for some time. The crazy is scheduled to continue and/or get worse, so…

Please note: this was cross-posted from my main blog at http://www.mageofmachines.com/main/2014/10/13/166/ -- If you want me to definitely see your replies, please reply there rather than here.

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