Revelations.

I've been pulling things out of Suiby... like her battery and the wires that connect the battery to the car.

I've also been cleaning things. That is why I pull them out- I pull them out- clean them- and I'm pretty sure tomorrow sometime I'll put them back in.

Santa and Simple Green- what more does a girl need???

A tooth brush and various other thin bristly cleaners, that's what. I have the equivolent of a pipe cleaner on crack. And I'm using it to clean Suiby's hood locking mechanism... which takes a bit of... umm... Force- to get to latch correctly. I'm hoping I can get it to close without the use of cruel and unusual treatment.


I also attempted to wash the windows. You would think right- that it's not a big deal to take some Windex and wipe down the insides... not my windows.

Really now- they looked like someone misted them with olive oil... or maybe used Selma's front seat as the base for a deep fat fryer... and when I sprayed on the Windex and went to wipe, it created suds on my window, as if I was using Dish Detergent instead of Windex... I'm going to finish up that project in the morning- as my arms got tired about half way through.


So- as I've been cleaning around my engine compartment- I've been making some delightful discoveries- this is what my battery was hiding-

Yeah- that's flaky, rusty, fun. There's a few leaves there on the side... if you're looking Suiby in the eyes, this is in the back, left side, under the hood- here's a photo for placement.

It's a shelf that the battery sits on. The mildly rusty round thing to the right is the air filter- it's actually in pretty good condition, but the flash in the photo accentuates the bit of surface rust it has. Obviously this battery-shelf rust hasn't been causing any problems... I'm just not sure what to do with it now... leave it??? Clean it up a bit??? Try to take it out and find a replacement shelf to position the battery on???

I'll look at it more in the morning.