Astro Retrieved
Feb. 28th, 2025 07:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeWhen we got home from Reno, I called High Desert Auto Repair. They had, as I suggested, replaced the fuel filter (with the high-end filter, which was fine with me; skimping on parts costs more money in the long run than it saves) and testing the fuel pump. They could find nothing wrong with the pump. The minivan started multiple times, with no sign of hesitation. They had no further ideas, and suggested that I come get the vehicle. They are closed on weekends, so unless I wanted to wait until Monday, I needed to come get it today.
Getting there was not a problem. Lisa asked if she needed to get the pickup back out of the garage. I said no. The auto place is only about 500 m from the house: it's a straight walk down the length of Center street from where we are at the corner of Front and Center across from the site of the original train station (that is not a coincidence — the original town was platted by the railroad) to the auto shop. It only took me ten minutes.
I'm afraid I had to break the Buy Nothing rules. It was a local business, not a chain, but I don't carry $300 in cash around with me, so I had to put it on a credit card. I felt bad about that, but I did want the vehicle back now, not next week, if I could help it. Lisa's pickup rides very roughly and she wants to work on it to boot. I paid for the repairs and drove home via the post office. Let's hope that it was, as the shop speculated, a problem with the fuel, and the new filter will help with it. They pointed out that while that vehicle is old, it's also pretty sturdy and mechanically simple, so it's not surprising that it has held together so long given that I have regular fluid maintenance done.
Now that we have the Astro back, we're going to try going back to Reno in the wee hours of Saturday morning to go to Winco Foods for a large-scale grocery run. Tonight and tomorrow are forecast as the end of the warm spring-like spell we've had, with the temperatures after that dropping by some 10°C, so it's better if we get this done now.
Getting there was not a problem. Lisa asked if she needed to get the pickup back out of the garage. I said no. The auto place is only about 500 m from the house: it's a straight walk down the length of Center street from where we are at the corner of Front and Center across from the site of the original train station (that is not a coincidence — the original town was platted by the railroad) to the auto shop. It only took me ten minutes.
I'm afraid I had to break the Buy Nothing rules. It was a local business, not a chain, but I don't carry $300 in cash around with me, so I had to put it on a credit card. I felt bad about that, but I did want the vehicle back now, not next week, if I could help it. Lisa's pickup rides very roughly and she wants to work on it to boot. I paid for the repairs and drove home via the post office. Let's hope that it was, as the shop speculated, a problem with the fuel, and the new filter will help with it. They pointed out that while that vehicle is old, it's also pretty sturdy and mechanically simple, so it's not surprising that it has held together so long given that I have regular fluid maintenance done.
Now that we have the Astro back, we're going to try going back to Reno in the wee hours of Saturday morning to go to Winco Foods for a large-scale grocery run. Tonight and tomorrow are forecast as the end of the warm spring-like spell we've had, with the temperatures after that dropping by some 10°C, so it's better if we get this done now.
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Date: 2025-03-01 06:47 am (UTC)