The crack, or not?

I went to my garage early this morning to get more stuff done. But I was so early the DIY store was still closed. Since the weather was great I took the car out for a little spin :-)

I did notice something that worries me. There's something that looks like a crack in front of the driver's side cylinder head...

I'm not sure if it's a crack of some leftover from the casting process...

I put up another shelve under the sink and did some other little things. Even cleaning up and organising is fun. The little garage-area at the front is nearly done now.

Me happy!

Simone finished work early and we went to have dinner at the beach again. I ate healthier food than usual but still a few things my diet doesn't allow like bread, pesto and cheese. It was delicious though.
Oh, and I had 1 little cookie with my coffee... oops.

The grouting

Enjoying my calendar at work. There's a pretty picture for August now :-)

I went to my garage and grouted the little tiled wall. It went quite well, especially for a first time :-)

The good and the bad oil spill

I went to my Mustang today to change its oil. Everything went well until...

One of the ramps chucked out hydraulic fluid and locked in the safety latch. I wasn't under the car but let's just give a BIG thank you to the safety latch!

I didn't know what to do there and then except for re-enforcing the ramp just incase it would collapse.

I let it sit like this for the night. Tomorrow morning my neighbour is coming to help me to try and get it down again. Let's hope for the best (and no accidents!).

The butter chicken / The valve cover

I made butter chicken for Milan and myself tonight. It was nice :-)

In the evening I went back to my Mustang to put back the valve cover.

I used my metal wire trick to keep the gasket in place.

It worked well :-)

The movie

Right, first things first, waiting at the dentist! I was able get a very early appointment so I went there even before breakfast. It was an easy fix and I was back home around 9:30 and actually managed to enjoy some breakfast :-)

Then I did some handywork in our hallway. The skirting boards still needed to be put up the wall. There were 3 and they are sitting lovely. I'm very pleased to see a finished hallway now :-)

Silver discovered a new spot in the sun.

In the evening we all went to the movies. I wasn't sure if I was going to like this but I did!

No one was able to tell though ;-)

Replacing the turn signal

The workplace du jour... I had to yank out the old turn signal wiring.

Taking out the old turn signal...

... and put in the new one. Only thing is I couldn't hook up the cable yet because I'm unable to get it through the steering column like the old one. I may have to drop the column a bit. Will give it a think.

The turning signal switch

First things first! Our local supermarket DEEN has this awesome coffee now! It's natural, fair trade and CHEAP! Not to mention that the cups actually work better in the machine than many others from other brands.

I took my new car through the carwash. There was a scary guy in my car.

I went to my Mustang today to work on a few things.

I tried to make the tag on my Mustang's alternator visible but it's too far gone I'm afraid...

The main goal was to replace the turning signal switch. Just disconnecting it took two bloody hours. The connector is in a nearly impossible place under the dash and also it's been there for 43 years so yeah, it was nicely stuck....

With plenty of time left I had to give up though because I don't have the tools to get these bolts out. Crap!

At least I got this clock installed! ;-)

Silver came to have a nap with me in the evening.

He is just the cutest cat ever!

Upgrading my iMac's hard disk

Today started with a quick breakfast before I started working on my iMac.

My goal for the day was to replace my (late 2009 27") iMac's hard disk with a model that:
1) Allows me to upgrade to the latest OS X Sierra.
2) Is faster
3) Gives me more space

This is not as easy as with any other desktop PC... First you have to remove the glass.

Then you have to undo 8 screws around the LCD. This is not too hard but I was scared that I'd drop them into the computer. Nowhere did I read the advice about using a magnetic screwdriver so be ware!

You also have to undo 4 cables and you need to be gentle.

And when the screen is out you can see the hard disk. Smack bang in the middle. That comes out after undoing 2 screws.

Leaving you with room for a new hard disk.

Old and new hard disk. I'm replacing the old one because the thermal sensor inside is fucked and returns an error. This makes OS X the drive is failing (it actually works fine!) and therefore it won't upgrade anymore. That's Apple for you. Oh well...

So I'm putting in a 2TB SSD/HDD hybrid. A bit more space and a bit more speed but most important I can use the latest OS again.

So after putting everything back in the moment of truth arrived; would everything still work? And yes it did!

Within moments I was installed the old OS X that came with my Mac when I bought it (Snow Leopard).

Silver came to assist me with.... something he obviously thought was crucial.

I had to first upgrade to Mavericks before I could upgrade to Sierra but every upgrade went well with zero problems. Now I have a computer that actually feels like it's new!

Very pleased!

And after all that hard work it was time for some relaxation...

Silver knows how to relax. He is the relaxation f*ck*ng master. He's the pro, the best, the KING! of relaxing

Did a few things on the Mustang

I went to my Mustang today again, finally. I had hood studs to install but once I had them on and closed the hood I noticed the hood was actually not leaning on them. So, should they go like above?

Or should they go like this? Like this though, when I closed to hood, I notice the hood curved more leaving a bigger gap so these studs seem too high. What to do?

The main goal of today was to install a Pertronix Ignitor II and Flamethrower II. I thought I was going to replace the original points but to my surprise there was an older Pertronix system installed which I replaced instead. Unfortunately, the car still wouldn't start, although it did cough a bit which is more than before. But really I think I'll have to address the timing next...

The makeshift workbench

I went to my Mustang tonight to change the outside of the compression tester's adapter hexagonal instead of round. To do so I need a workbench which I didn't have so I made one first.

Then I got the most basic of tolls: a file, and started working.

The end result is good. This I can remove from the engine block without hassle :-)