Got up around 6 this morning and got out to the garage by 7. Started clearing a bunch of stuff off of the buried rx7. It was pretty dirty, but it cleaned up- quickly with a little wiping off. We were able to push it back about 5 feet, but the incline stopped us there, so we used the jeep to pull it the rest of the way out.
Backed my truck in to place and went to jump start the rx7. Well the very dead battery, regardless of the jumper cables attached to my heavy duty truck and battery (which I then saw had a battery with close to 1000 cold cranking amps) together were not able to turn over the rotary motor fast enough. A quick trip to the auto parts store for an economy battery solved that problem. We went out for a while, drove the peninsula, saw some relic war ships, and saw steel head trout in the thousands swimming up a little stream off the lake - by the way, whoever calls these bodies of water 'lakes' is/are full of crap. These are sea's, definitely larger than lakes. See the picture with the Mitsubishi in the foreground.
After installing the new battery, she started hard, but she started. After about 15 minutes she was running and idling smooth. Cleaned it up a bit and put it on the trailer, to find that the door didn't open more than 8 inches while on the trailer. After a bit of finagling we got Uncle Chris out of the car. The trailer is awesome, and the ramps were great. Tied it down tight with ratcheting straps.
Now the truck, trailer, and car sit and wait for their trip to Selinsgrove, PA tomorrow, where they will spend the night waiting for the final leg home.
Time for some exercise and a nap.
Thanks for checking out my day! Enjoy the pictures.
