Y was the largest outreach event the church has ever done, and has only wet our appetite for more. 

I left Fathers Day dinner a little early so that I could attend the Y event at Glen Waverly Uniting Church. 

Michael was wrapped that they had doritos. 

Fathers Day this year was a low key affair, with the family gathering at Grandpa's house for dinner.  

My car, back together at last!

Well, I have good news and bad news. First the good news... my car is
now back on the road, and I night say that we did a mighty fine job of
putting it back together, even if it was a little tedious. There are
only a few little problems with the way my car went back together...
a) the digital clock isn't lighting up at all, I think maybe dad
overlooked connecting it, or maybe I have to set it before it will
display anything?
b) the radio wont work. It shows a blank screen, and wont let me enter
the security code. I can hear static going through all the speakers.
c) the lights on the radio go dim when you make the lights behind the
speedo go bright, and the inverse happens when you turn the speedo
lights down low.
So overall, I really cant complain.. the heater now works, and I have
some nice new underlay under my carpet. And i suppose I have a watch if
i ever need to know the time. Music would be nice, but that can be fixed
later.
Now that I got my car fixed, my computer has decided to be naughty. For
no apparent reason, the USB has decided to stop working, so thats my
next project.

the car carpet hung out to dry.  

the carpet was removed for drying.  

the passenger seat... feeling rather cold and alone after being moved out of bruce 

all the trim and rear seats needed to be removed to take the carpet out to dry it.  

Bruce without seats 

The replacement heat exchanger 

the heat exchanger: where all the problems began 

Another day...

Well, I'm enjoying my little break from uni pressure, with no design
work there is really only dynamics questions to work on. I spent a good
part of 4 hours on them today! and still I am not up to date.
Yesterday afternoon, before Dad and I headed off to Grandma and
Grandpa's house to pull my car apart, I applied for a credit card. I
know... Its exciting! I applied for one with a $500 limit, and they
rebate you 1% of your total bill each month! So that means if I spend
$1900 on it each year, I wont have a annual card fee. (that works out to
be $37 a week) My plan is to use it for everyday purchases. Anyways, I
hope I get it, it will be handy.
This afternoon I spent the afternoon with Shane, we didn't do anything
too thrilling, just hunted for DVD box sets and screen protectors for my
palm. I was most annoyed to see that they don't carry them in my size at
officeworks. Shane very kindly drove me home, and after dinner I plan to
work on my car... this time maybe put it back together.
-Andrew

Now what?? oh dear. 

mmm.... dashboard 

As you can see, everything is gutted from my car! I had no idea how much crap was between me and the engine! 

Before we could take out the dash, we had to undo the steering column.  

Unfortunately, we decided that the only way to get at the heat exchanger would be to completely remove the interior of my car... Thats right kids, the whole dashboard! 

A couple days ago my car started leaking coolant everywhere in the cabin. Dad had a look, and decided that we could fix it cheaper than the people at the service centre could.. (I should have known then that this was a secret code for *there will be alot of time spent in labor to get to the part*) Well, here we are, Dad, and my little brother, Phil. Looking for a easy way to get at the heat exchanger. 

Who's that little rascal? hehehehe