"Humpty Dumpty Heart" by Hank Thompson

Can all the kings horses and all the kings men ever put CeCe back together again?

I finished taking apart the dashboard today.  It was a kind of a nightmare, at least with the way my hands are with the MS.  This video was certainly a help, but it sounded much easier in the video than it was for me.  I had a terrible time removing the switch plate.  The right end came out pretty easily but the left was stuck good!  I finally shoved some metal putty knives between the switch plate and the padded dashboard that surrounds it and it finally came out.  But removing the nuts behind the dashboard, that held that padded piece, was horrific!  Certainly some of that could be attributed to the dysfunction of my hands from the MS.

#FuckMS

This is the video on YouTube that shows how to take the dash apart:

YouTube (dash cluster removal): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uckw-_mObeU

I very much remember my dad playing this song when I was a kid.  We thought it was fun with the Humpty Dumpty reference!

These videos all sound like different versions to me.  The second one sounds closest to the one I remember, except it sounds like it has that fake echo they used to simulate stereo in places.

YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63B_mnrsRGc
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2pjfbHdfA4
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGGI9dOqaX4
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTCBt5l_fZY
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgSdBInkzKg

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I forgot to say yesterday that the Disk Brake Conversion kit arrived (in three very heavy boxes!).  I even dropped the one box.  Not very far, so hopefully it wasn't damaged.

"Love, In Itself" by Depeche Mode

The car stereo opened up

And put back together

In my blog post on Monday I forgot to include the photos of the inside of the car stereo and with it put back together.  That Depeche Mode CD was the one that was in it when I took it apart.

When this song came on I remembered what a great song it is.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pi_egc6qkY
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIbmJNm8NAo
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01oLOIBoVUo

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Someday I need to sort through all the reel-to-reel tapes

Now I can see the temperature outside from my bedroom window

#ReelToReel

I have been frustrated by the temperature that the weather on my phone said it was and then going outside and it felt much different (like freezing).  Now I can just look out my bedroom window and see what the temperature is.  Plus I can see it in the driveway.

"Rain" by Dragon

I knew it was going to rain today, so last night I painted the blue stripe on the trunk

and the top blue stripe of the Trans Pride flag on driver's side doors

So this is the "rain song" I was trying to think of on Monday, but I couldn't remember who it was by.  Then it just popped up today.  Originally played on KCGL, I was so excited when I found this at Modified Records.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM7RcgZ1pLE
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTMj2WuUlaY
YouTube (extended): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRO5P1i3b3w

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It never occurred to me that the output of these UPS's wouldn't be a sine wave

So our old UPS just freaked out yesterday!  I assume the battery finally failed, but it just continuously screamed anytime it was turned on.

But while I was trying to decide what the hell was plugged into that old UPS and what was plugged into the newer one, I decided I had to do something about the rats nest of wires I have:

Just too many freakin' wires! (This is not all of them)

Somewhat of an improvement

And I added labels to some of the power cords

"Here Comes The Rain Again" by Eurythmics

How to remove the front of the stereo

To open the case: remove the 3 screws, slide bottom forward and lift top up 

I had the car stereo sitting on the floor of CeCe and I had some screws sitting on top of it.  When I picked them up they felt wet.  I thought "that's weird"!  So I felt the top of the stereo and it was all wet.  I unplugged it immediately and then removed the face.  There was some water under the face.  I was then worried that it might have gotten water inside the stereo.  I wasn't about to wait weeks for it to dry out just in case so I decided to open it up and look inside.

I found the videos below that showed how, but it was in three parts, with a LOT of explanation.  So I made the photos above to see how to quickly take it apart.

Note: I did not find any water inside.

And I did finally get it attached under the dash tonight

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzFnYcIqj6I

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Here are the original videos that show how to disassemble a Pioneer car stereo similar to mine:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVxZAWH7iNs
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsKBVZBeW18
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nueTHCAvZ3c

"Crying" by Roy Orbison

LGBTQ Nation: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/04/transgender-woman-found-stabbed-death-baltimore/

Washington Blade: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/04/17/transgender-woman-stabbed-to-death-in-baltimore/

Sofia Scott  had posted this on Facebook today.  It made me cry.  The one article says it's at least the sixth trans-woman to be killed in the U.S. this year.  Why?....WHY!?  It's heartbreaking, that a beautiful person lost her life just because she was being herself.  This is just so WRONG!!!!  I just don't know what to say anymore, all I keep doing is crying...

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNdBLBleO90
YouTube (Vevo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLC9o_unLq4
YouTube (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70vaj-AK4kE

"Who Are You?" by The Who

ID Tag in the engine compartment of the Plymouth

I took a picture of this ID tag hoping that it would tell me what engine is in CeCe. I had no clue how to interpret it (and still don't for the most part).

So then I tried one VIN decoder site and it insisted that a VIN had to be 17 characters, CeCe's is only 13.  They weren't in 1968 so I found this website that gives instructions for all  the different years of Chryslers:

https://www.allpar.com/mopar/vin-decoder.html

VIN decoding table

So decoding RH41F8G219225:

R = Satellite
H = High Price Class - Wow, really?
4 = 4 Doors
1 = Sedan
F = (see engine chart)
8 = 1968
G = built in St. Louis
219225 = 119225th car built

Engine decoding chart

So CeCe has a 318 two barrel carburetor, which is what I thought.

One of my favorite songs by The Who:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYb_nqU_43w
YouTube (promo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNbBDrceCy8

Every now and then I treat myself to a real Coke, the real "Real Thing"!

"Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" by US3

I painted every other stripe this time so there was no taping

Because of the trouble I had with masking the green stripe on the hood (see my post from Tuesday) I decide it would be more efficient to paint every other stripe and then give them time to dry before putting masking tape on them to paint the stripes next to them.

Saw this car going into Jitter Bug Coffee today, I like their stickers

SueZQ was playing this song today and I couldn't remember what it was, so I had to ask her.  I was like "Oh yeah, I always loved this tune!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwBjhBL9G6U