This was an interesting week, I installed the last two ball joints on the Bravada and took it out to have the tie rod ends looked at so I could make an appointment to have it aligned. The rest of the front end was OK, and I ended up getting it aligned right away. Later that evening half of that business burned to the ground. It is unfortunate there was a fire, no one was hurt thankfully.
The day after I had the alignment done a loud squeal started from the left rear of the truck. As it turns out, I had a frozen caliper that burned the brake pads right off. A new caliper assembly, new pads, turned both rotors. $75 later the truck is once again whole, I am NOT complaining at all, if I had that work done it would have been more like $300 minimum! The best part is that it was EASY! I did however need to borrow one of the neighbor kids feet to help me bleed the new caliper, 7 minutes and it was done. Ball joint and brake repair time? 8 hours.
The whole point is that God provided the money and ambition for all this work just in time, that's how it has worked for the last two years now. I have saved a ton of money by doing the work myself.
I installed a new wheel bearing this week also for a friend, she was quoted $225 I was able to do it for $56, it would have been $36, but the rotor broke while I was removing it and had to be replaced. It took me an hour and a half to complete her work.
I still need to do oil changes on the coupe and truck, about $50 for both with full synthetic oil and premium filters.
I enjoy taking on these projects right now, even with looking for a job I need things to keep my mind occupied. I am surfing on a computer that I was given at the moment, the hard drive had went out on it. It took me about 5 hours to clean it all up, install the new drive and ALL of my programs on it. A little bit of effort reaped a big reward, a very nice computer!
God provides what we need, when we need it, no doubt about it!
Later all!
Me!
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