I told myself that when I woke up I would get up and work, even if it was at 0530. Well, I did not fall asleep until almost then, after about six hours of tossing and turning. I could not find this plug on my work table:
The box into which Mom threw all of my stuff, or the floor, so I started looking for my jack stand to see if I had reinstalled the plug.
I could not find it, so I started organizing the garage. I had made great progress when I found the jack stand and actually had difficulty stopping organizing.
The plug was in the block. I reinstalled the radiator petcock and it was time to see my one client--except they asked to reschedule. I helped my brother work with a speech therapist actually paid to work with him [which was painful], reviewed my instructions, and started reconnecting the heater hoses.
I realized that I never reinstalled this:
I needed to do that first. It was a pain to reinstall and I cannot find the other end of the cable or where it is supposed to attach. I am deeply hoping that I can do this without removing the dash and heater core again.
This is supposedly the bottom of the heater core with the cable, so it should be accessible:
This diagram indicates that is true:
If I can reattach that without removing the dash and heater core again I need to:
- top off the battery acid.
- Reinstall the battery.
- Drive to an AC shop, have them pull vacuum, and refill my system.
- Drive home.
So, this will probably take all day.