This evening I decided to get in the Scout and see if she’d crank over just for the hell of it. With the first turn of the key, she gave me a few low cranks and then got slower. Initially, I thought the problem had to do with the dreaded “Gold Box” syndrome (a feature of later IH gas engines, involving an electronic ignition module and frustration) where the starter didn’t get any juice, period. Now I think my accidental draining of the battery back on Friday night put the final nail in its coffin, and it’s been undercharged since then, contributing to my starting problems. I’m going to see if I can pick up a new battery tomorrow and make her happy again.
My buddy Matt in San Francisco sent me an email this morning with a link attached:
Isn’t it amazing that I actually can be a part of this craziness!
I asked him to vote for Gary Coleman.
Tomorrow our friend Nate goes in tho the shop for a suspension job; he has about thirty blowed-up discs and vertebrae, and they have to put him up on the lift and sort the mess out. Good luck, and get well soon, amigo.
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