What are you working on today?

My sons 2002 Saturn SC1. Needs a water pump.
Got the old one off. New one arrives tomorrow am.
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Grabbed the shovel and continued digging for long enough to surprise myself … 45 minutes? Working towards a tool shed.

Sprayed weed n feed, mostly for the “weed” part.
 
Neighbor crashed his clown car, I was invoked to get it back on the road in a hurry

It damaged the core support, drivers side headlight, smashed the cooling fan into the cat, wiring damage, etc
Warning: this is a temporary measure
Professional body men look away 😒
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Got medieval on it with a giant prybar, enough to get the radiator back where it belonged, and opened enough space to extract the broken fan
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After swapping in the new fan, it still didn't work
The low speed resistor was cracked in the accident, had to order one for an Aveo
The high speed J case fuse blew, and he had swapped the relays when "checking the fuses"
After much bi directional controlling and power probing, I had a cooling fan again
A pair of light bulbs, some more prybar time, fiddling with the hood latch, and a few zip ties
It's "together", in the sense that nothing's loose, and nothing's gonna fall off
This should get him by until a core support and headlight come in
And an OCI, which is quite easy on this little 1.4
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Not attractive but functional 🤷‍♂️
It actually drives fine, not even noisy with the panel gaps 🤔
 
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Replaced a sad-looking yet only 2 year old Dayco radiator hose on our WJ. I noticed it during my semi-weekly oil level checks and was shocked at how bulged the hose was, especially since I was 99% sure I'd replaced it when I did the radiator. Looked back at my RA purchase history and sure enough, there it was. It wasn't even a closeout item, just regular stock.

I drained out enough coolant to prevent any spillage and slapped an AC Delco hose in as a replacement. I actually like the fitment of the Delco better, the curve clears the power steering hard line at a much better angle.
 
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