i'll learn one day, but not anytime soon

Not having much to do today, I decided that it was a swell time to get some of the projects that I've been wanting to do to the Ranger, but hadn't as of yet because of the possible downtime, or absence. Today that project was to make my aftermarket wiring look a little less aftermarket. I'd love to rip out all of my wiring and start all over, but really, I don't feel like doing that. Lazy? Perhaps.

I've been having some terrible cases of the corrosion on my battery, so I removed it from the truck altogether to give it a good cleaning, and to get it out of the way. I bundled the wires together, removed some unused wires, reattached the driver's side headlight, although it still sits crooked....damnit, and generally just made things look better. Throw the battery back in, hook everything up, go to crank the truck....nothing. Damn. I tried several things, recleaning the terminals, tightening all connections down, etc. Nothing.

So, when my mother gets home, she suggests a jump start. "Nah, that won't help, battery shows plenty of volts" I say. Father gets home, he says give it a jump start. Fine, we'll try that. Of course it works. One of these days I'll learn to listen to my mother. One day.


I'm also undertaking a daunting self-appointed task, gathering as much info as I can about aftermarket parts for the S15. Why? Well, it started as a simple blurb in my Silvia guide about the NISMO R-Tune S15, which turned into a curiosity as to which parts are out there for the S15 by NISMO. Of course, this info is in Japanese, which lead to translation. Well, compound that with my search for parts for my future S15 (yes, I'm still hoping and dreaming....what about the GTO? Still love the shit out of that car, but damn if it isn't expensive, although after I'm done with the Silvia, it'll be more expensive then the GTO, but you know me, I wouldn't leave the GTO stock, so the total cost of the GTO would still be higher. Wow that was a long parathesized statement), and I've got myself an "Aftermarket" page for the S15 Silvia. I know I'm crazy, but eventaully, going at this rate, I'll have a damn comprehensive collection of info for the S15, no matter what you want. As for the ST guide? Yeah....you guessed it, still unfinished and unworked on. I think I write better when I'm stone tired, as I am know. Although my backspace key sees more action.