The Lisle socket [and the oil filters] arrived while I was seeing my second client.
I was supposed to have one at 1400, but I have only seen him twice since October, when they transferred him from another client.
Transfers are rarely good!
A month ago, the mom said that our day and time didn’t work for them. I asked when they were available and never heard back.
I messaged each of the last 3 weeks and never heard back.
I was going to ask to put them on probation, but he was no longer on my caseload! I asked about it and days later someone replied “The mom asked to be reassigned. We didn’t see a reason to inform you.”
They are wasting a third therapist’s time?
Did they have multiple therapists before me?
I really wish they would realize certain families are wasting everyone’s time, will never respect it, and finally say they don’t have any available therapists!
I hurried out, removed the two 14mm nuts from the power steering\motor mount, switched to the Lisle socket, and removed the crankshaft pulley bolt within seconds!
The pulley wouldn’t budge until I used a prybar.
I put the keyway in a Ziploc bag in the glovebox.
I needed to remove the power steering bracket to remove the timing belt. I watched a video about replacing the timing belt and it said there was a 14mm bolt on the side.
There were two!
Eric never mentioned them!
I removed the head, but I needed to remove the thermostat housing to check the head for warping. I started to when I struggled to remove the coolant pipe.
I cannot find my go\no go gauges, so I just used my light, and it seemed like there was a gap between cylinders 2 and 3, but we will see once I find the feeler gauges.
Hopefully it will have drained much more of the contaminated oil by then!
I used several shop towels on top of an old bath towel and I am sure this is only the beginning!
The head itself looked okay and I didn’t notice any light under my machinist’s straightedge, but the water jacket was full!
Shouldn’t that have drained when I drained the radiator?!
I removed the radiator hoses, what is keeping water in the engine?!
Yes, water! I think that Crazy J flushed my engine with tap water!