Well, it was a long weekend. The acreage house was nice but needed a LOT of work, so we're still looking but haven't ruled it out.
On to the car:
Yesterday, I needed to move it around, so I put the new-used alternator on it, charged the battery, and cleaned it up. I bought a cheap-o mechanical oil pressure gauge to test my theory that the electric gauge was faulty. Here is the result at idle:
At higher rpm it might have gone up to 35ish psi, but not much more. Plus, I sat in the car and revved it and held it at 3000 or so and it vibrates, so I guess the motor is junk.
As I sat there contemplating what to do, I began trying to figure out how I was going to move this to another house and how long it was going to sit until I settled and got time to work on it again. 'Cept the wife wants kid #2 once we get settled, so then it would sit even longer.
That didn't sit well. I hardly have time anymore for car stuffs.
So, I listed it for sale.
And it sold, within an hour.
But wait, what about the seats at the upholstery shop?!? My plan is to sit on the money for a bit and find another car
. I'm swearing off of turbos, for sure this time.
I'll stick my fancy new seats in and drive the mofo.