OT - Grumpy Old Man Thread

[betarhoalphadelta]

I'm kinda more worried about being stranded by the side of the road due to a dead alternator. 

My first car didn't have power steering either. 

[847badgerfan]

I thought you said it was cold there?

Not today. It's about 80 at the moment, and fairly humid.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Hmm... First thing I checked was the battery (car off), terminals were nice and secure, and it read just over 12V so that's good. Then checked continuity on a couple of fuses related to the alternator, by pulling them and checking with a multimeter. All good. Reinserted fuses. 

Fired up the car, plugged in the OBD reader. Said 14.4V voltage--so all good if the alternator is working. Got out and checked the voltage at the battery with it running... 14.4V. So all good if the alternator is working. 

Closed the hood, put it in gear, moved a little bit. Didn't get another check charging system notification... 

Might have to take it for a little spin around the neighborhood later when my wife gets back to see what happens.

Hoping it was just nothing, or that pulling/reseating fuses fixed a weak connection. Hoping it's not a gremlin that's just going to start disappearing/reappearing at random. 

[FearlessF]

well, it's a Ford

[847badgerfan]

Hungry, cranky and heading to the hospital to have some work done on my right leg.

Heart and left leg are now clean, and this should be that last part.

All those years of eating crappy and smoking cigars got to me. Pretty dumb for a supposedly intelligent person.

Makes me both happy and grumpy that I've met my out of pocket (happy), so I have 2 more free things coming this year yet (grumpy).

[FearlessF]

good luck

[MikeDeTiger]

All those years of eating crappy and smoking cigars got to me. Pretty dumb for a supposedly intelligent person.

I assure you, you are hardly alone, if that's any comfort.  

Good luck, Badge!  Keep us updated.  

[SFBadger96]

Yup--good luck, and think of the good things, not the crappy ones.

[FearlessF]

yup, get the day started.............

no coffee maker in the room at the Moxy, fine put on pants and head downstairs, grab 2 large coffees, back to the room....... key card won't work
takes the lady at the desk 5 minutes to figure it out

why don't things just work?

on a better note, the coffee id pretty good

[MrNubbz]

Hungry, cranky and heading to the hospital to have some work done on my right leg.

All those years of eating crappy and smoking cigars got to me. Pretty dumb for a supposedly intelligent person.

I assure you, you are hardly alone, if that's any comfort. 

Good luck, Badge!  Keep us updated. 

Guilty - but it was fun from what I can recall

[847badgerfan]

yup, get the day started.............

no coffee maker in the room at the Moxy, fine put on pants and head downstairs, grab 2 large coffees, back to the room....... key card won't work
takes the lady at the desk 5 minutes to figure it out

why don't things just work?

on a better note, the coffee id pretty good

Don't you know where you are?

[FearlessF]

yes, in the age of computers where life will be easier because of technology

the old school hard metal key of my youth would have worked this morning

[MrNubbz]

Ah harkeng back through the dim mists of antiquity

[Cincydawg]

Heading home today, but flight leaves at 9 PM, not much to do with the day.  Goes through SLC.   

Long flights meh.