So Tired

I feel whiny and depressed about the Hondamatic.

So, yeah, the Hondamatic was having this starter issue, but the mini-hammer in the glove-box was working out really well as needed.

There was this terrible squealy noise if I would turn the wheels too far to the right or left.  I just made it a point to not turn the wheels too far to the right or the left.

But whatever.  Everything was working mostly good.  I still had this nagging thought in the back of my head that eventually I would still need to have the choke replaced.  Of course with a choke that does not exist.

Well I decided last week that maybe the Hondamatic wasn't running as smoothly as it did when Cory first tuned it up after the first 500 miles.  I took it back to him last Friday with a little note describing my concerns.  He worked on the little Hondamatic while I was at work and
1. Rebuilt the starter!!  Yay!!
2. Tightened the power steering belt - no more squeal - Yay!!
3. Replaced a few bolts in the exhaust manifold that were stripped and we just didn't replace at the engine rebuild - Yay!! Thanks Cory!
4. Dialed the choke back a little more

I was finally able to pick up the Hondamatic on Sunday and it started great!  I drove around for a little and was actually going to go to my sister's house to get my bicycle.  Except the Hondamatic kept stalling and dying at every stop light, stop sign and even just slowing down.  I had to get off the roads!  Not only that, but the no-power-off-the-line problem was back again.  Basically it takes f-o-r-e-v-e-r to get up to speed from a stop.  Flooding the engine.  I think that's what the choke is for.

I had the Itsy with me so I ran some errands.  I was okay on the side streets where no one would be behind me getting annoyed every time I restarted the Hondamatic.  Which was every block.  Thank goodness the starter was fixed.  I made it to Goodwill and the Hondamatic got a bath and I finally cleaned off the finally remnants of the Wedding Vandals paint job.

I did finally figure out that if I could get the Hondamtic into neutral before the RPMs got below 1000 then I could stave off the stall.

I told Cory about this on Monday and he made sure it wasn't just because the Hondamatic was cold, since that'll affect the choke and cause some stalling.  No.  I was driving around for hours on Sunday trying to make that be true.  I now need to bring the Hondamatic back so Cory can adjust the idle speed so this won't happen.  I'm nervous to drive anymore though.