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Chapter 15 of "Redemption"

Happy New Year to One and All!

Just a short note to inform all of my readers that a new chapter of "Redemption" has been posted for your reading pleasure.

Enjoy!

Kellan, the old warhorse

When It Rains . . .

Well, I guess this was coming . . .

The good;

I had taken a bit of advice from The Silver Coyote and started on a Chondroitin and Glucosamine regimen. Well, It actually did help things! My paws don't ache on a cold morning and my knees don't sound like Rice Crispies when I stand up. Thanks for the tip, SC!

The bad;

I am losing either the display inverter or the back light bulb for my trusty Dell Inspiron 1501. It's okay for a bit, then it just blacks out. I'm running it right now with a monitor backup, waiting until the screen blanks again. If I can shine a light on the screen and see images on it, the back light is bad. If it's entirely black, that would be the inverter. Just waiting now.

Anyway, still plugging away at chapter 15, some fun stuff happens in this one so maybe I'll have it hammered out soon. On a sour note, I've been called for jury duty again. No surprise, it's been thirteen months. Summons was right on time. Random selection my @$$!

Sorry for the rant.

Kellan, the disgusted old warhorse.

Chapter 14 of "Redemption"

Well, as luck would have it,

Chapter 14 of "Redemption" has been posted for your reading pleasure!

Enjoy!

Kellan, the old warhorse

Chapter 13 of "Redemption"

Well, wouldn't you know, I managed another chapter for you.

Chapter 13 of "Redemption" 

Enjoy!

Kellan, the old warhorse

Chapter 12 of "Redemption"

Well, as much as I can't hold off doing this,

Chapter 12 of "Redemption"  has been posted.

Enjoy!

Kellan, the old warhorse

Chapter 11 of Redemption

Well, it's been a while, almost two months.

Without further adieu, I present Chapter 11 of "Redemption" 

Enjoy!

Kellan, the old warhorse

Sorry For The Rant, But . . .

Okay, I'll start by saying "If you continue to read this post, it is a rant." There.

Yesterday, August 20th, the San Francisco 49'ers handed the Oakland Raiders their collective asses on a silver platter. Score? 17 to 3.

It's not so much that the Raiders were steamrolled, which by the way, I predicted to my niece, but it's the fact that there was violence afterwards.

After the game, some dumb-ass or dumb-asses decided he/they didn't like his black and silver being defeated so he/they shot two persons for wearing Niners clothing.

It's not bad enough that we have to spend money to get to the game, pay an outrageous price for tickets, endure warm beer and cold hot dogs (it balances out, right?), but do we need to wear ballistic vests to protect ourselves from post-game violence?

I'll put this forth; I do believe in the Second Amendment. Those few words are what keeps our land free. What I don't believe in is our judicial system. Illegal gun possession is treated very lightly by our mollycoddling judges. Collectively they are afraid to send someone to jail for illegally possessing a firearm of any kind. All they seem happy with is to enact further gun restrictions to make it harder on the legitimate firearms owners to continue to possess weapons of any sort. But I digress.

It's a sad statement that violence has to occur after (or during) sporting events. First the fan being beat up and hospitalized after a baseball game, and now this.

I am losing faith in my fellow man.

A very disgusted Kellan

Chapter 10 of "Redemption"

Without too much fanfare, I have done it.

Chapter 10 of "Redemption" is up for your reading pleasure.

It's not much but it moves the story along. Enjoy!

Slainte!

Kellan, the old warhorse

The Computer Is Dead; Long Live The Computer . . .

An update on the situation;

Further attempts to recue the ailing computer were made this evening to no avail. I hit it with a bunch of things that could not eradicate the problem rootkit and redirect trojan.

In the end, I could not get it to start up, despite using the recovery console. Looks like I'll be purchasing a new hdd and doing a rebuild. Oh joy . . .

Looks like my evenings will be full now . . .

Kellan, the very irked old warhorse

Social Networking and Virus Distribution

Just a word of warning.

If you use Deviant Art, Gaia or Aiwa, be forewarned. My daughter managed to download an infection of the main computer. Looks to be a Google Redirect but may contain a root kit and a trojan.

I can't get on-line with it, as the CPU usage in normal mode stays at 100%. Safe mode, I can't start Avast AV or get on-line. I'll have to put some diagnostic/disinfectant on a CD so I can fix this poor, hosed computer.

If I were ever to get face to face with a hacker that was responsible, I swear, that would be the last time they would ever be able to use a computer.

Grrr!!!!!!

Kellan, the pissed off old warhorse.

Pending Burnout

Hey All -

Just to let you know, just as my close friend Alaug has burned out, so have I. I cannot bring myself to write more "Redemption" at this point. Chapter 10 has languished for more than a month with no more than a few paragraphs completed.

I have another story in mind, but it does not have the Immortal Couple in it. All I can share at the moment is that it will be a post-apocalyptic tome, set in the near future and there will be humans and others.

It will be a while before you see this new story, whose working title is "Scribe". I hope you all understand that just like my friend, I can't seem to write that story anymore. I have hit not just a wall, but the side of a very tall cliff.

I'm not gone, just on hiatus.

Kel

Something To Ponder

Okay, so I received this email and felt obligated to share it with my 'net friends.

(paste)

RE: kellanmeigh.com

Please forgive the interruption. One of the members of my staff found your site, and I think it may be a good match for Sosbuzz. Sosbuzz is a moderated marketplace search engine where members look for products and services. We're experiencing exponential growth in traffic, and our members may be interested in your offering. Just a bit about us (you can read more on our site below). We're the search engine that filed the patent for the Pay-After-Confirmed-Sale model, which eliminates the entire risk in advertising, as it costs businesses nothing up-front to advertise their products and services, and get the traffic they need. In our model, businesses, even service-based businesses, get to advertise at no charge until AFTER we get them a confirmed sale. Additionally, when our members make a purchase from a seller on Sosbuzz, we donate 25% of our proceeds to the Causes that our members select. This patent-pending invoicing and search model has already started to turn traditional search advertising on its head, as it benefits all parties concerned.

For more details and to register, please visit the page below:

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Do not miss the traffic we can drive to your site. I encourage you to register your site today. Please feel free to reply back with any questions you may have.

Sincerely,

Raffi Sosikian, MBA

Founder & President

Sosbuzz, Inc

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so, I will now post my reply.

(post)

Mr. Sosikian,

After having received your email concerning your business, I read it closely a few times before I decided to reply.

I am flattered that one of your staff had seen fit to bring my website to your attention. I will admit that Sosbuzz might actually drive traffic to my website, but . . .

As you might surmise by actually surfing my website, I do not sell a thing. Nothing. Nada. Zip. I'm not sure what your staffer saw in my site but I can tell you, it wasn't products or services for sale. I would almost suspect this person of just going to a site, maybe a bulletin board or forum and copying the links from that site to submit to you. I would doubly-so suspect that if that person worked for an SEO organization at some time.

So, being listed on Sosbuzz would actually be a waste of time for the both of us. I have nothing to sell, therefore my listing would be a dead end for you. In the meantime, your site would look bad for listing a site that obviously does not sell anything on the 'net.

I suggest you talk with the individual that suggested my site and explain to them, a site needs to sell a product or service to be of any use to your company. As far as I'm concerned that individual will cost you time and money that could be better spent elsewhere. If it were my business, I would be sending that person down the road with their last check right about now.

I own several other sites that do not sell products or services so I will be interested to see if you make the same offer to those 'webmasters'.

Good day,

Kellan

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As you can see, Mr. Sosikian probably gleaned my website from my posts on a forum. It's very obvious that he (or his alleged staffer) never visited my site. Not surprising, probably an SEO taking things to a new level.

I get the offers all the time for 'reciprocal links' where th person puts your links on a page that is not found on the website's main page, but expecting you to put their link front and center. I think this guy is just a better version of the same scam.

Hope you all got a good giggle from this.

Slainte!

Kellan, the old warhorse.

Chapter 09

Just a short note.

Chapter 09 of "Redemption" has been posted.

Slainte!

Kellan, the old warhorse

What's Up With This?

Sorry about the rant but this is just something I have to do to get this off my chest.

A forum that I haunt(?), uses Cloudflare , a proxy server of sorts that supposedly protects your website and speeds up performance. Now just to clarify, i do not own, admin nor mod the board in question.

What I am fed up with is the various "Error Pages" that I see when trying to access that board. At least twice a week, I am greeted with the classic "Go Away, Not Available, Come Back Later" page. Generally that means give it up for the evening because the site isn't coming back until tomorrow. Doesn't look like Cloudflare improves things if you ask me. If anything, access to that board is worse now that Cloudflare is being used.

Anyway, sorry for the rant. It just makes it so hard to communicate with the folks that are reading my stories.

A (very disgusted) Kellan, the old warhorse

A New Chapter Is Up!

Well, here it is, Chapter 08 of "Redemption" 

I said on a forum I haunt that things would be getting worse and I really think that I have delivered this time.

Read on if you dare . . .

And I think I hear a certain blond filly screaming bloody murder from several realities away. I'll go hide now. Enjoy!

Slainte M'hath!

Kellan, the old warhorse

A New Chapter Is Up!

Hello All!

Being my own worst critic, I'm not sure how this chapter of "Redemption" will be received.

There will be a few twists, some revelations and a chance to know a few of the players better.

Without further adieu, here is Chapter 07 of "Redemption" 

Please enjoy!

Kellan, the old warhorse

Another Chapter

Hey all!

Just so you know Chapter 06 of "Redemption" is up for your reading pleasure.

Kel

Health Update

So, here's an update on things;

right now, my Tigress and I should be at a Burns Supper, enjoying good company, haggis, neeps, tatties and a wee bit 'o single malt whiskey. But no, here we are at home because the old warhorse is sick.

I have now made three trips to the emergency room with this kidney stone and I am no closer to having the stone broken up than I was at the first. Let me elaborate while I'm still lucid enough to do so.

After the first trip to the emergency room eight days ago on 1/21, I was left with the impression that I would be seen by a Urologist by the following Monday or Tuesday. What did transpire was a call on Monday, informing me of an appointment on 2/1(!) to be evaluated. Insane, huh?

After much complaining, I was granted an appointment for 1/27. Yeah, six days after the fact. In the meantime, I had to make a second trip to the emergency room due to unmanageable pain. I went to the appointment on 1/27, only to be left with more false hope. Made another trip to the emergency room that afternoon, too. That marks the third trip that I have endured. The arms are getting beat up by the numerous attempts as putting IV's in my body.

Okay, so I thought this urologist was on the up and up, so I took his statement at face value that they would get me into Oakland's facilities to get this stone broke up fairly quickly. Friday came and no call with an appointment. I called up to Oakland only to find out that my urologist had not contacted them and at any rate, it would be weeks before I am given an appointment. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!?

So, here I am, in a drug-induced haze, just hoping for a quick end to this. It is apparent that Kaiser-Permanente does not care one bit just how bad I'm suffering. The did offer to do surgery to install a shunt to bypass things. Hey, if you're already in there, why not just go for the stone? Am I missing something here? My wife seems to think that the shunt (stent) would hold things open so I could urinate until the stone is broken up but that makes no sense. I mean, come on, it's blocked for fuck's sake! How is holding things open below it gonna help things? The fucking stone is the blockage!!

I'm in pain again, as you might guess. Actually, I'm thinking I might need yet another trip to the emergency room for a round of stiff pain meds.

Gah, I'm so fucking sick right now . . .

Kellan, the sick old warhorse

Redemption Chapter 05 and a health update

Well, here it is

"Redemption" chapter 05 

It's not the best chapter I have ever hacked out but I think it serves well for the needed story progression.

Enjoy!

By the way, I've been diagnosed with an 8 millimeter kidney stone that will have to be broken up to be able to pass it out of my system. This one's too large to pass by itself, according to the doctor that treated me in the emergency room last Friday night. The problem is, I don't know if I can work with this, since I need to take pain meds (oxycodone) every 4 hours. Well, I'll try going to work tomorrow and see how it works out. I won't be seen by the Urologist until the first of February. I know, insane, isn't it?

Kellan, the very sick old warhorse.

New Chapter Up!

Aaaand here it is!

Chapter 04 of "Redemption" 

Slainte!

Kellan, the old warhorse

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all from the Old Warhorse and his family.

Slainte!

Kel

Chapter 3 of "Redemption"

Here it is, gang!

"Chapter 03 of Redemption" 

Enjoy!

Kellan, the old warhorse

Chapter 2 Of "Redemption"

Okay gang, I finally managed to knock it out so here it is!

Chapter 2 of "Redemption" 

Enjoy!

Kellan, the old warhorse

New Story!

Hey All!

well, I kind of hinted around that this story might not be penned so soon, but here it is, Chapter 01 of "Redemption" 

Please note that my proofreader is out of commission at this point due to real Life problems. As such, you might find a few typo's.

At any rate, enjoy the ride!

Kellan, the old warhorse

Final Chapter Of "End Game"

Well, here it is, in its entirety,

Chapter 18 of "End Game" 

I'm sure the ending will be a shocker to everyone.

Thanks for reading,

Kellan, the old warhorse

Well, I've Obviously Done Something Now

I'm not sure if the people I'm reaching out to will read this but . . .

Somehow, I've managed to do something to cause several people to stop communicating with me. I had a problem with a supposed 'safe' program stopping a lot of emails but now that I've rebuilt my Hdd (without that program), I still don't hear from them.

I've ran this through my head numerous times and I can't figure it out. I'm fairly sure I haven't spammed them, called them bad things or some other slight. I've even tried a PM to one person, to no avail.

This really bothers me to no end. Several of the persons I haven't heard back from, I considered close friends, even though half the globe separated us from one another. I feel like I've stepped on some toes/paws/hooves here but I don't know how. I'm at a loss. Even if they don't communicate with me for whatever reason, I'll still consider them friends and consider my life been enriched for having known them.

One friend, SC, I know why I haven't heard from him. Still keeping him, his mate and their family in my thoughts and prayers.

Anyway, I owe several people some proofing work, then after that, I don't know what I'll be doing. I do think I've decided to give Torvald and Victoria a rest. I'm not sure many even care for these stories, at any rate.

I have another story that I will start on, just for myself this time. It will not be posted on PlanetFurry as it is only half-furry in nature and there might be a few mature (adult content) scenes in it. But as I said, it's just for me this time. If nobody likes it, too bad. It's just for me. Maybe later, I will return to the follow-up story to "End Game", the one that puts it all to rest for Torvald and Victoria.

Back to proofing,

Kellan, the sad old warhorse

Not Having Fun

The last few days were not fun.

First, I had a problem with my laptop, losing four days worth of work. Missed a backup, had a 'hiccup' and ended up having to re-build my 'puter. I had discovered another issue during all of this. After finding out some e-mail never made its destination, I figured out Threatfire was blocking all outbound email with attachments.

Yesterday proved to be the culmination.

Spent the day in the hospital, being checked out to make sure I wasn't having a heart attack. Did the enzyme test, the treadmill stress test only to be told the old ticker is okay. Apparently a pinched nerve in my shoulder triggered a muscle spasm in my chest, scaring the hell out of me.

Going back to work this morning, still kind of sore from my ordeal. I have a nasty headache, my shoulder is still achy and I have a headache.

It's going to be a long day.

Hopefully I can get back to proofing some stories this evening.

Kellan

Chapter 17 of "End Game"

Well, here it is, in all of its glory; Chapter 17 of "End Game" 

My one remaining proofreader has had some sort of a setback in RL, so this had not been past him for scrutiny. In all honesty, I cannot ask him for help at this time. It would seem that it should be me that is asking how I can help him out.

If you read this, my friend, contact me if you need an ear to bend or a shoulder to lean on.

I hope y'all enjoy this chapter, since the showdown that many of you have anticipated, finally happens.

Kellan

Chapter 16

I have felt better today so I managed to salvage Chapter 16 of "End Game" to some degree. Here it is.

Enjoy (I hope)

Kellan, the old warhorse

Writer's Block

Well, it's official; I have writer's block.

I have put forth maybe two paragraphs tops in the last two weeks.

I attribute this to my current health status. I have been suffering with asthma for the last three weeks and it's not getting any better. I have been in contact with my doctor but he seems to think I need to undergo another Cardio-Cath procedure to rule out heart problems. As you can tell, I'm not wild about that. It's a life threatening procedure that i would rather not deal with. Besides still being sore where the last one was done almost three years ago.

Oh Well . . .

Kellan

Wednesday Morning

Well, I'm taking a moment to blog this morning.

Worked on that HP Pavilion a847c computer last evening, first putting a new plastic piece on the damaged SATA connector, then reloading Win XP Pro again to get rid of the hhd being recognized as the I:\ drive.

All is better now and it actually works as advertised (somewhat). Still need to get the sound working (driver issues) and install a suite of some sort for productivity. Maybe Saturday's project.

One interesting thing; I am having to set up one account as a regular user for the owner and a second account for a roomie that has no safe surfing clues at all. Well, to the point that I installed WOT add on for Firefox and put it in "Parental Guidance" mode. The 'puter owner and I were talking about how unsafe a certain site was and the roomie was stating how he wanted to go there! Yikes!

Anyway, I have to get ready to go to work.

Slainte M'hath!

Kellan, the old warhorse

Sunday's Musings

Chapter 16 of "End Game" has been sent to my proofers so hopefully they will send back enough to be posted. Chapters 16 and 17 will tie "End Game" and "Defiance" together solidly, leaving no doubt as to where the two stories began and ended.

"End Game" will not stop there, however. There is still one more romp before it's over. I.E., the tigress has not sung yet.

On another note, I've been working on a HP pavilion a847c desktop computer that was given to a friend. It had the drive wiped on it so it was bare (no OS) when he received it.

I started to load Win XP pro on it and I started to run into problems. First was the problem that the installer couldn't write to the hdd. Took the drive (Maxtor 160Gb SATA), diagnosed it as bad and replaced it with a WD 320Gb SATA.

Another attempt at installation found a stick of RAM bad. Funny layout, too. 256 meg stick in Dimm 0, 1 gb in Dimm 1, 256 meg in Dimm 3. That 1 gb stick was bad, so we used the remaining two sticks to get it up and running.

Initial install went smoothly, then we attempted to install drivers. Now the fun began. It seems the hdd was set as I:\ not C:\. The HP drivers would try to unpack to a non-existant C drive, then fail and abort. Numerous attempts to correct the drive letter issue failed so I dug into the system further. I subsequently found where some joker, not knowing to press the clip in to unplug a SATA drive, had pulled the plastic guide away from the pins on the MOBO for the SATA 1 position! FARK!!

Now I'm researching just how to fix this, since the friend in question is on disability and he has no money for buy a new computer. Maybe I can scavenge the connector from somewhere and cobble it onto the board. Oh Well . . .

Anyway, look for Chapter 16 of "End Game" soon.

Take care,

Kellan, the old warhorse

End Game Chapter 15

Hey All ~

Chapter 15 of "End Game" has been posted for your reading pleasure.

Kellan

Blog Trouble

Having trouble updating the blog. It keeps timing out.

Missing Daughter Found!

My missing daughter is no longer missing! (but boy, is she gonna be grounded!)

She was in a women's shelter and she thought she should call one of us after she found her picture on a poster at the bus station!

Anyway, she's fine and she's coming home tomorrow. And she's grounded.

Take care,

Kellan, the old warhorse

More Pictures of My Mising Daughter

Here's a few more pics of my daughter. The shirt with the wings/piano keys is the shirt she was last seen wearing, jeans with a black belt and gray flip-flops.

A profile picture of her;

Please contact me at 510-364-9534 if youy see her.

Kellan AKA Ray

Another Chapter Of "End Game"

I'm not sure how I managed it but Chapter 14 of "End Game" is ready for your reading pleasure.

Warning! The last part is a shocker so don't say I didn't warn you!

Take care,

Kellan, the old warhorse

New Chapter

Hey All~

For those of you that are reading this tome, Chapter 13 of "End Game" has been posted for your reading pleasure.

Enjoy!

Kellan, the old warhorse

Just Checking In

Hey All!

Just checking in so you know the Old Warhorse is still alive and kicking.

Chapter 13 of "End Game" went off to my remaining two proofers and one of them has already returned the remains of that chapter. ;D

I'm playing around with a program that might be able to convert my stories to EPUB format for those who use an electronic book to read from. I'll not go into this further until I have done the conversion on a story and had a victim, I mean tester try it for errors.

Still trying to sell my truck with little success. I'm not giving up, though.

Take care and have a nice weekend,

Kellan, the old warhorse.

Too Much Stress!

Arrrgh!

What's so hard about selling a 1973 International 1/2 ton pickup? Between low-ballers, crack-heads, tweakers and no-shows, I'm ready to scream! Is $2,000 too much for a daily driver? Hmm? Opinions, please

Kellan, the aggravated old warhorse.

New Chapter!

Hey All!

Chapter 12 of "End Game" has been posted. This particular chapter should tie "Defiance" and "End Game" together firmly.

Enjoy!

Kellan, the old warhorse

Trip Number Two to the DMV for "The Buffalo"

Today I made trip number two to the DMV to finish the registration for the vehicle known as "The Great White Buffalo". Previously I had paid $195 USD for various fees and today, I spent another $305 USD to finish up.

An even $500 USD was a lot of cash to trade for one year's registration but I guess there's no fighting the Gov't. The bad part is our Explorer "The Exploder" and "The Buffalo" are both due in the same month next year so registration will cost maybe a cool grand. Grrr . . .

Take care,

Kel

Not Good . . .

Something had a foreboding feeling all day today. I couldn't put a finger on it but it was there.

This afternoon, my tigress told me she had been laid off from her job. Yeah. No warning, too.

So this leaves us needing to pull in the old belt a few notches and look at where we can cut corners. I'm glad I hadn't been able to secure lodging for Further Confusion in January. That would have been something we wouldn't have been able to swing right now.

It's also a good thing I didn't buy a brand new truck because we would have been hurting for sure. Gah, we have such bad luck . . .

Kellan

New Chapter Is Up

As a note, I have posted Chapter 11 of "End Game" for your reading pleasure.

Enjoy!

Kellan, the old warhorse

The Buffalo's New Accessories

As promised, the new (to me) rack on the new (to me) truck.

It's too hot here to type a lot so I'll bid adieu,

Kellan, the old warhorse

Saturday, why art thou so short?

Today was a decent but short day.

My brother scored me a ladder rack for my truck, a practically new one from Drake Welding, located in Campbell, CA. Estimated value, $1,200 USD. My cost, zilch. Yeah, instead of letting it go to the local Pick And Pull, the yard boss offered it to me through my brother. He knew it would fit, since it was coming off of a similar 2WD drive Ford.

The donor truck wasn't worth what the rack was worth, by the way. They will get $200 USD for that truck, so why let them have a $1,200 rack with it?

Anyway, still have to drill a few more holes and bolt it down but all in all, that was a grand score. A Drake Welding rack is the Rolls-Royce of racks here in the SF Bay Area. It might outlast the truck, too. I'll post pictures when I have a few minutes.

Take care!

Kellan, the old warhorse

Father's Day Blog

Yesterday, my brother and I turned back the clock and became auto repair mechanics again.

As you my well know, my new (to me) pickup needed to have the transmission solenoid pack replaced. That's the part that the computer uses to shift the gears in the transmission. I finally received the pack that I ordered from Makco Transmission Parts and got it installed. As I had surmised, that was the problem. The transmission shifts smoothly and operates as advertised.

A word for you Ford owners. I discovered that my particular transmission, an E4OD, uses and prefers regular Mercon fluid. I was warned that if I wanted to kill it, just use Mercon V fluid. The E4OD/4R100/5R100 transmissions will fail using Mercon V, since it 'too slick' for the friction plates. I used Dexron III/Mercon from Valvoline and it works. If someone says they don't make plain Mercon ATF, they're full of $hit. Use Dexron III/Mercon. Good stuff.

Anyway, I'm planning on watching the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR race this afternoon from the comfort of my recliner. I would have loved to had been there in person but 1, the tickets were too high and 2, no refrigerator nearby. :D

Y'all take care and Happy Father's Day to all of you,

Kellan, the old warhorse

Tuesday's Musings

I went to the gas station yesterday to fuel up "The Buffalo" and after a few calculations, I have determined that she gets a little over 9 miles to the gallon. Not bad for a 3/4 ton, 4WD, 7.5L V8-powered beast that probably weighs two tons or more. Also consider it has the frontal area of a house to push through the air.

Okay, so that doesn't sound like much but it's substantially better than "The Rumblemobile", my 1973 IHC pickup. With a tuneup that number should improve, too.

I should have the parts to fix the transmission on Saturday so after that and a tuneup, it's off to the Smog Inspection Station! Whee!

Take care,

Kellan, the old warhorse

A New Chapter Of "End Game"

The latest chapter of "End Game" has been posted for your reading pleasure.

Kellan, the old warhorse

Busy Day Tomorrow

As a quick note, today is 'Baby' the cat's eleventh birthday. She's still with us but she's a bit weaker than she has been.

Now on to the real intent of this blog.

Tomorrow will be a busy day for me. Getting my eyeglasses (Yay!) in the a.m., then fix the driver's inside doorhandle and adjust the MLPS, or 'Neutral Safety Switch' for all of you non-Ford savvy readers.

The door handle is a common thing with these trucks and it's about an hour job. About five minutes to do the actual fix, the rest spent taking the interior door panel off and replacing it afterwards.

The MLPS, however seems like a thirty minute fix at best, since "The Buffalo" sits so darn high! The switch does more than allow you to only start in Neutral or Park. It also tells the TCM (Transmission Control Module) what gear has been selected so it knows how to control the electric solenoids that operate the gears. If it's out of align, it does some 'weird' things, such as a very late, rough upshift from first to third (direct). It also won't allow you to lock out the Overdrive. If adjustment doesn't help, it will be replaced with a $44.OO USD new switch.

A few other things, such as realigning the front and rear bumpers and replacing some burnt out lamps will occupy the remainder of the day. Two pix of "The Buffalo" below.

Front:

Rear:

Have a nice weekend,

Kellan, the old warhorse