So with reluctance, I started shopping junkyards and found one from a Kia a year older for 85 bucks - a little more doable. Still, I'm broke, so I needed to come up with the cash. Our shed was piled high with trash bags full of cans that I'd been putting off turning in - I guess now was the time. I had so many I scored a hundred bucks - woohoo! Free radiator!
I picked up the radiator today and it looked worse than the one in my car - it also happened to be out of an automatic, so there were a couple of extra lines hanging off the back.
We got home and put the Kia up on ramps and let it sit for a couple of hours to cool off, then did the switch. While we were in there I replaced the alternator belt which looked a little tore up. My Little Princess was only too happy to help. She grabbed one of daddy's old T-shirts and dug right in. This is a shot of her putting the skid plate back on...
So why ghettolicious? Well, not only did I replace the radiator myself, I bought a used one from a junkyard, and I paid for it with funds gained from turning in beer cans... Ahhh yeah...
Let's hope it holds...
6 comments:
Were you collecting cans for homeless disabled veterans? Just checking cause that would be way to much of a coincidence!
Nothing like having a daughter that's not afraid to get her hands dirty. Congrats!
Yep! She shows more interest in this stuff than her brother, that's for sure...
Excellent- particularly the father-daughter time. I've been reading John Taylor Gatto lately, and finding a lot of my own opinions reflected there about the dumbing down of kids, the hazards of age segregation leaving kids with no examples of what it means to act like an adult, etc. Plus kids typically find adult responsibilities, hands-on real life experiences to be fascinating, fun, and worthwhile.
It matters, and they know in their bones the difference between things that matter and most of the bland and nutritionless intellectual mush they are spoon-fed while swaddled in cotton at warehouse schools.
Arnold, check out my interview on Channel 3...
Larry, I treasure moments like that with my kids... I only wish there were more. BTW, welcome to the blogroll...
Thanks Kevin. I've been checkling in on you from time to time for a while. Good to see normal people out there, especially people who can appreciate this country with fresh perspectives from whence they came.
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