Movin on up...

[growler_south]

and up, and up, and UP!! 4 stories seems lovely from a layout perspective, until you have to carry household furniture up four flights of very small stairs. My back aches, my feet are throbbing, and I'm about ready to crash out. And I'm *still* in my old flat.

Moving suddenly became rather more complicated this afternoon when Alan's cute wee car, which I've been looking after, soiled itself spectacularly. Another water leak, probably another frost plug. Next time I see someone running their car without antifreeze I'm gonna smack them. Its not just to stop the water freezing! Its most important job is to stop the inside of your engine from rusting.

Simon and Neil cooked me dinner tonight too, fresh fish and roast veggies, mashed potatoes and crusty french bread, all consumed in their gigantic glass-walled house overlooking the estuary and city beyond. We also dicussed how I'd be house-sitting for a couple of months while they're on holiday... *BFG*

So, sleep time for me. More moving tomorrow, waah!!

Comments

Yikes.

[whiskerfish.livejournal.com]

another frost plug???

WTF?

I have only seen these fail in very old, high mileage, poorly maintained 3FE inline 6 engines.

Not good at all.

Re: Yikes.

[growler-south.livejournal.com]

It's an alloy head on a steel block, so the galvanic corrosion should have attacked the block first (and by the colour of the water I'd say it has) but I'd be willing to bet the frost plugs are zinc-plated and so the first things to corrode...

The problem is that if one has rusted out, the rest wont be far off either. Nasty.