glorious

there was no way in hell i was going to try to get to work until the traffic cleared. which it seems to have done.

last night, my 4wd failed me. i took it to the shop this morning, and they told me the proper fix is probably $570 for the part, not counting the labor to install it, but... i paid $104. they diagnosed it. the encoder motor which tells the transfer case which gear to be in failed 25% of the time in a given interval, so it quit working. they cleared the fail code, and it works now until it fails 25% of the time in the same interval. to clear the code, you pull the tail light fuse with the key off. yes. the tail light fuse. 2 and a half minutes later, if you plug the fuse back in, the 4wd codes will be cleared and you can try again.

now, i'm shifting between 2 and 4 as little as possible. once that trick stops working, it will probably be time to sell it anyway.

when i got home, the roads seemed to be clear enough to drive, but the bosses had sent an email saying "go home, unless you are already there, then stay there". so, like a good employee, i do what my bosses say. so, i'm at home.



no capital letters.
on purpose.
not sure why.
just didn't feel like using capital letters.






*hella edit:

found that part for $210, brand new.