Grease Monkey

Our nephew Albert is back home for a couple weeks & his car is giving him grief. Last week, he thought the car needed brakes so Hector said to bring it over and they'll fix it. Well, it turned out that the brakes were fine but the driveshaft was junk. Hector did some calling and found a driveshaft for about $50. It took them several hours to complete the job but they got it done. I learned that for car jobs, I have to double the time estimated especially when Hector does the job. Not that he isn't good at it but usually he encounters some complication which adds time.

Albert mentions that he has a slow gas leak that the mechanic at some oil n lube place said it would be okay for now. Hector noticed that Albert needs tires so they make plans for Albert to come back. Yesterday, they start to look at the tires and Hector decides to find the gas leak. Of course, that takes a while..they pull out the backseat and finally locate the leak in the hose. I'm not sure what exactly happened but Hector's arms all the way up to his elbows were covered in grease. YUCK. But they found that leak which could have been very dangerous and now that car is safe. That car only needs to survive for another year or so and then it can go to the big garage in the sky.