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Originally Posted by pennsiveguy
You guys are the bomb. Really. Thanks for thinking of me.
Back in early April I back-burner-ed the search for new work, since budgets were in turmoil and nobody's ready to put ink on a contract, and decided to take a break and get some stuff done at the cabin. Replaced the heaved-up concrete floor in the main space (24' x 38'); once it's cured I'll have to move everything back in and set the hoist up. In the meantime I'm working on a new terraced wall on the lake side of the cabin. Put a new kiuas in the sauna and re-flashed the chimney. Been "off the grid" for the most part, so that it actually felt like a break and not just a change of venue. Smoking and grilling lots of meat, and hanging out wih my mom, who's 80. She's been up at the cabin with me most of the time.
I ended up landing a couple of contracts (good thing I checked email and snail-mail once in a while!) that'll launch over the next couple of months. Looking forward to rolling up the sleeves on them. I'll miss the physical/tactile work I've done over the last month or so, but it's time to get my business back underway.
Not much new, cars-wise. Haven't driven the driven the toys because the roads are still a little salty and they're stashed away to make room for the floor work in the shed. Cats are a little stuffed-up on my F15 N63tu and throwing a CEL, likely from running Boostane, so I'm pondering what to do about that. Switched to burning 110-octane Shell race gas in it, sans-Boostane, and hoping the cats will clean themselves out but I've put very few miles on it lately so that's still TBD.
All for now. Cheers!
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GREAT to see you back!!
I'm glad things are looking up for you on the biz side! These are challenging times.
On your CEL, I had one appearing on the M6 recently that wouldn't go away. I started with the fuel tank cap which only yielded a temporary fix. I drove it about a week later and, boom...CEL again. I knew it wasn't plugs or coils so I decided to do an Italian Tune-up with a 96 octane mix on the standard tune. The tune-up was about 50 or 60 miles, flat-stick and to the redline as much as possible. After a good cool-down I parked it. The next day I started it and no CEL. No matter how advanced the tech, it seems the Italian Tune-up will always have a place in the automotive toolbox.
Again, good to have you back.
Cheers-mk