Remember 151208 - Long long day...? Methought that was the end of problems with my ole junk cos 3 events affected it that time. But, alas, that was not to be so. At least for 2008...
Yup, since that day, there has been a steadily enlarging pool of a red liquid underneath my ole junk. Not blood tho..hehe... but actually ATF (Auto Transmission Fluid). Me suspected & kinda confirmed it's probably due to a faulty oil seal where the newly replaced drive shaft is joined to the auto-transmission box.
And so, this morning, it was off to our fav workshop at nearby Shell service station. There, my suspicion & personal pre-diagnosis was confirmed. The wait for the replacement part to arrive then started. Finally all that was necessary was done. Only RM15 for the replacement oil seal including labour. An insignificant sum, considering cost of parts & labour these days. Only the hours spent at the workshop...
And, hopefully that was the last hiccup...that is, all there is that needs to be done for my ole junk to sail into the new year of 2009 with a great feeling & with peace of mind.
And yup, when me reached home after leaving the workshop, I just couldn't open the auto-gate with my remote unit! No matter how many times I pressed the button on the remote unit! Methought then..."Oh no! Not another problem...."
Btw our autogate works by a direct mains supply electrical motor & does not have any back-up power supply unit...unlike most others which use a 12V motor & thus have their own back-up battery in the event of a power failure. As such our auto-gate cannot be operated in the event of a power failure but has to be opened manually after unlocking its operating mechanism. Fyi, ours is an imported Italian motorised unit but with a local control unit PCB.
The good point is that this unit has served us reliably & unfailingly ever since it was installed...compared to a neighbouring unit that was installed at abt the same time as ours but have failed numerous times & is currently missing from its installation site!! Maybe in the workshop? Again? When I queried the higher cost of our unit, I was assured that I would reap the benefits of paying a bit more for such a unit after 2 years and... true enough, it's still providing good service where others have failed much much earlier...
There is this Chinese/Hokkien saying...
"Chit Chee Lui Chit Chee Hoay..."
Translated...it simply means "you get what you pay for..." True? Agreed?
Tried pressing the door-bell but not even a tinkle. That must be it...another power failure! My other half had to manually open the small access door on the auto-gate and me had to manually unlock & open the auto-gate. Phew!
All's well that ends well cos in a few mins, the power came back on & life in Lot 10 OFH is back to normal once more...
An update : Cine Nite last night was the screening of the DVD of the movie "Transporter 3". Enjoyment would be heightened if the sound track had been better. Otherwise, it's the usual Transporter stuff...action with car chases & even a car on a train sequence! Would say it's great publicity for Audi...haha!
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