My Husband- The Mechanic

We took our van in for inspection and it didn't pass. We are trying to sell it, but won't be able to sell the hunk of metal for more than the junkyard will give us, unless we pass inspection. It will cost us more than the van is worth if we pay to get it fixed. So, my loving husband has decided to do the work himself. He replaced the entire left taillight assembly (which btw has been broken for two years and this is the first year they noticed!! anyways...). He went to Pick-A-Part (a local car yard) and got everything for the taillight and it was done in an afternoon. I was impressed. You should be,too.

Next he has to replace the power steering pump. Not an easy task, but a challenge that B could not turn down. He talked with friends and looked at information on-line. He bought new parts, took off the old power steering pump and put on a new one in less than a week. I was so proud!!


The van failed inspection again. The pulley on the pump was not flush by a fraction of an inch. Had we taken it anywhere else, it would have passed inspection. But my husband, the perfectionist, must do it right!!! So he decided to go back to Pick-A-Part and find a pump and pulley already attached. I dropped him off this morning and fifteen minutes later received a phone call, "You need to come get me. I'm hurt. " By the time, I had driven back to the junkyard, B had called me again. He said that he was fine and he would be done in about an hour. I know my husband well enough to know that he was probably bleeding to death underneath a car, but at the same time he was so stubborn and determined to finish this job that he would not go to the emergency room without a power steering pump in hand! He was able to talk, he'd be fine. Probably could just take a couple of ibuprofen...(just kidding, mom) :)


When I finally picked him up, he was covered in dirt, grease and blood down his face. He had a nice gash oozing blood and thick gunk under his eye. I couldn't even look at him without getting sick to my stomach. But he had the pump with pulley attached!!


After six stitches, here he is. God was certainly with him as he was yanking the bolt toward his face. He has absolutely no damage to his eye. Jake says he looks like Anakan Skywalker. I think scars on a man's face are always hot.