All it Takes is a Big Jerk

Or that's what I think when it comes to things like this. The "big jerk" thing is from camp when I was a kid, but it came up because of the stuff moriven is doing on the car. Or, more precisely, what he wasn't doing, which was not moving a bolt in the middle of the engine. Somewhere in there... I'm sure he will tell you more, but it required removing a tire to get deep enough to play with it.

So he was trying to take off this bolt...  he leaned on the socket wrench and nothing happened. He tried the new ratchet and compressor. Rated at 300 ft pounds, it should have no problem popping open a bolt rated at 160 foot pounds. Hah. Nothing. 

I tried, with no result. Then, I propped up the wrench at the junction to the socket extender (yet another use for rattan) so that the force was only going in one direction. Still nothing.

Later, Moriven checked his car lists for folks who had a similar problem. One fellow said he had to put a 4' pipe on his wrench handle to get the leverage to crack loose this bolt. Hmm... 

Monday I stopped by the Home Despot and found just such a pipe already cut to length (like it was meant to be. Aww...) Moriven put it on the wrench handle and tries it. Still no movement. I take the lever and he stands way back.... and sure enough, all it took was a big jerk. Well, maybe slow deliberate pressure, using all of my weight to my advantage, and no fear of the what might happen if the wrench blows before whatever is gumming up the bolt gives. 

Mmm, physics... works every time.

Is it hot in here?

Random thoughts..

Apparently I'm Cool Sexy like James Bond.

Yesterday was my big shopping day. It was quite exciting dropping about $550 at Whole Foods and Costco. That let me roast the pork and cook the beef for the stew. 

The real heat in my life right now is coming from my oven (Moriven is a wpork ;-). Today has been all about the tortes - 2 spelt crusts, 6 wheat and a whole lotta other stuff.

A big thank you to falzalot who went out and bought the last few ingredients I needed. It was aggrivating this morning to not have one thing from this recipe, one ingredient from that... But she fixed it. And now she is braving the rain to pick lemons from her tree. The dragonfly veil doesn't quite make up for this, Hon'.

One more shopping trip tomorrow to buy bread and I'm done. Well, I'm close to done now and I will be very done Saturday at 10pm.

Oh! the timer just rang: it must be torte time again.