Sorry Ossifer My old a$$ car's speedo doesn't work

Well, I can't use that one anymore :) I'd bought a replacement cable a while back but had yet to perform the contortions to replace it. As often happens once I was in there it wasn't nearly as bad as I'd feared.

On the passenger side nose of the tranny is a nut capturing the cable end. I got it loose in about 1 minute (after finding the damn thing and clearing the crud out of my eyes). Bend it down and pull and I come back with about 2" of cable after the pronged end, now we know why the speedo was dead. Switch to the front of the car and pull the rest of the cable out.

I made sure to run my hands through a bit of grease while threading the cable back in, re-tightened that bolt and attach the speedo end. Not more than 20 minutes later I've got a working indication of speed again.

I should note that I chose to leave the existing sheath in the car and thread in a new cable. Replacing the whole unit is not only a bit more $ but can be much more involved if it's never been out of the car. Time will tell if this was better or not, it was obvious that the cable & sheath had been replaced in the past and I wonder what caused it to fail....we shall see.

For now, "Yes officer, I was mildy ignoring the speed limit :)

Must....Have.....A....C....

So can't bring myself to leave my car sitting in the garage on the days where I'm not family commuting, even when the steam shower we Gulf Coast, Alabamians call air is reaching close to 100°. I'll make it through this summer, maybe even the next, but certainly see this old girl upgraded with at least a modicum of puffing cool air in the not so distant future.

On another note:

Must pay closer heed to the weatherman, I chose to blatantly ignore him last Friday and paid dearly for it. I had to brave 4 torrential downpours on the way home and discovered along the way my car is not the least bit water resistant & doesn't handle nearly as sure-footedly in the really wet stuff. I got her safely back to her garage, opened up everything and set a fan in there the rest of the day. Poor thing.

Happy 1st Anniversary Glenda

A year ago give or take a few days I carted home my very first 911, a 30 year dream car. I've screwed some things up, I've made a LOT of things a lot better, I've learned quite a bit. I'm sure I've got issues coming up to deal with and I still have what could amount to years of work to do on this car, but that's just fine.

At last count I've had 22± cars since turning 15, 4 of those have been pure toys (much like Glenda) Some have been (for a non-baller) fairly high performance. Out of that there have been exactly 3 that I haven't quickly worn off their "New Toy" draw. My beautiful 911 is proving to be everything I wanted out of it, it has style in spades, it's far from slow (there is after all a much MUCH younger sister for her in the garage wearing the same badge for comparison). I'm hoping to maintain a long-term relationship with her and not repeat 2 mistakes of the past (the rest have been merely cars, some are truly mistresses).

She needs a little paintwork and needs a few minor things fixed (although nothing that's been stopping me from enjoying my 70 mile commute once or twice a week) but damn if I still don't stop and stare for a couple seconds each time I go out to the garage/parking lot/etc...

The world is a funky and sometimes frustrating place, it's nice to enjoy some of the good things in life where you can find them :)