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sunday, 04/06

worked on G's Honda some more today.
Phil&Robena dropped off their Geo.
Sean went out to work on someone's 72 BMW R75

Yesterday I removed the buzzer in the Buick. It buzzed with the interior light on. Now it doesn't.
Unfortunately, I hear that now the interior lights don't work. Ugh. I hate wiring. I wish i had a wiring diagram... maybe I'll find one at least for that circuit. He paid me enough I should be able to at least give him illumination sans noise.

Andrew came by with his Camry yesterday too. I got it to run a little better, though i didn't find the underlying problem yet. Also the tail lamps aren't getting power. I don't know why yet, so i gave them power from somewhere else as a temporary fix until I can get a wiring diagram. I think there's a relay between the light switch and the fuse box, but i can't find it yet.

Today on G's Honda I changed all the belts, water pump, valve cover gasket, thermostat, and prob'ly some other stuff... too tired to think.
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I got batteries for the camera ;)
The timing belt looked original. It might have lasted longer, but I wouldn't chance it on an interference engine. If it was ever changed, it was done by Honda, so that would likely have been a long time ago anyway. It was starting to show its age.
I started it up and geared it up to check front brake noise. Turns out it has a bad RF wheel bearing going knock-knock-knock. That might be the noise and vibration i was getting while driving, or at least part of it. I'll have to replace it to find out for sure.

Phil's Geo Metro is not starting well when it's cold. It's not cold. I have to wait for tomorrow to try to find the problem. I hope i find it right away, or i have to let it cool down fully again.
The thing also has an empty transmission i think. I'm supposed to find the leak.