Decisions, Decisions

Phoebe's head gasket is leaking. That means the head is warped. He said he'd need to confer with his machine shop guy, but we're probably looking at around $3k. The machinist is going in for surgery on his hands later this week so it may be a while before he can get to it.

A remanufactured motor, IF there's one to be had, might be around $6k, installed. Of course, there's no way to know how "good" the remanufacture is. It might, as in some cases, come with a nationwide warranty (yeah, right) of 100,000 miles. Whereas, if By the Book rebuilds it -- while I get a known rebuilder, it only comes with a one-year warranty and any issues would have to be fixed by them....here in ABQ.

I just put $2.2k into the radiator, heater-core and u-joint. At 230,000 miles it's hard to know how long the rest of her'll last. She SEEMS in pretty good shape; she only burns half a quart of oil every six weeks.

Michelle's sciatica is getting worse. I committed to staying until it's better....not that I can leave, what with Phoebe laid up and all, but no one can care for her (which her?) the way I can. Besides, the FITS can't even handle the Ojito Wilderness, fairly mild stuff compared to what we usually do.

It's Chinese Curse time. Fascinating!!

I'll have another martini, please. Dry.