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Now that was a pretty good day. I got my inspection sticker. I swear, you can never out guess the inspectors. The company truck is a model that they put four wheel disc brakes on, but the emergency brakes use a shoe that applies pressure on the inside diameter of the disc. It is really a Mickey Mouse feat of engineering. Three years ago I went to get an inspection and they wouldn't do it because the emergency brake wouldn't hold under power. (Meaning set the brake, put the truck in gear and step on the gas). The shop that was doing the inspection at that time, told me that parts alone for the emergency brake repair would run $400. With labor, the repair would be about double. What they were wanting to do was replace the brake discs and the emergency brake shoes. I bought the shoes, which were less than thirty dollars and my bud K.O. and I put them on. It still wouldn't hold, so we began adjusting the emergency brake cable which applies the emergency brake. We came up with a farm fix, and each year after going through the inspection process I will back off the adjustment. Yesterday, I took a great deal of time, adjusting and doing a pre-inspection, inspection. When I arrived for the inspection, it was a slam dunk. Then back to the house to put the spark plugs in the S-10. I am not happy with the engine in the S-10. It has three thousand miles on it and it is still burning oil. It is on it's third set of spark plugs, and second oil change. On the first set of plugs, the #1 plug was in bad shape. The porcelain on the tip of the plug was burned off, way into the plug. I expected to see the same thing on the second set of plugs, but instead I found #1 and #4 extremely wet with engine oil. Not a good sign. I think I will send the little truck to Dallas where they built the engine and let them change it out. Krl has been working past dues lately. She talked with a former employee we had done some work with the end of February and first of March. Pay...

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