Yup, the pink stuff.....

6:55 am - Saturday - March 12th - Anza Borrego Desert, CA - 40° F, 22% humidity, wind 1 mph out of the north by northwest.....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 78° F.  On this date in 2012 we were on the Gulf Coast in Palacios, TX....home of the shrimp fleet......↴

For the first time in several weeks (from Wittmann to Anza Borrego) we had a dead calm wind situation Friday morning.....no recordable wind.  There was a point in the early morning hours when the wind was still blowing, but by the time sunrise arrived it had vanished....a very welcome relief.  

I originally intended to get the oil and coolant changed in the Newell when we were in Arizona, but our 2 stroke Detroit Diesel mechanic, Leo, had to go in for hernia surgery so that did not get done.  I located a source for the special pink Detroit Diesel Power Cool anti freeze used in the old Series 71, and 92 engines called Pacific Power Group, out of Kent, WA.  I needed 12 gallons of the pink Power Cool concentrate (we cut it 50/50 with distilled water), and they had it for around $12/gallon shipped.  My initial thought was to drive into San Diego to Pacific Power Group's local store to pick it up, but they do not stock it, so my only option is to order it through their online store, and have it shipped. I have no mailing address here in the Anza Borrego Desert at which to receive the shipment, plus changing it out here in the desert would be complicated.  For one thing, I would have to buy 4, or 5 five gallon cans in which to drain the old coolant, then, secondly, dispose of it. I've been puzzling over that problem since then, and on Friday the proverbial light bulb finally was lit.  

I have a great mechanic in Montclair, CA (not far from the Elks Lodge in Fontana) who has worked on all of my cars since the late 90's, and the Newell since we bought her in 2008.....Joel LeBron of Joel's Automotive.  I called him Friday and told him my predicament, and he told me to have the coolant shipped to him at his business, and he would order the Chevron Delo 100 SAE 50 wt. oil for the oil change.  Once the coolant arrives at his shop he'll let me know, and we'll drive the Newell over to his shop and get everything done in one day....perfect!  He'll also do an oil change on the VW, and install those pesky rear rotors, and pads....also perfect!

Once I had a shipping address I went online and ordered the Power Cool.....

....the last time I bought Power Cool was when we were in East Texas back in 2012, and I had to replace our gear driven water pump, plus all the coolant.  Then 12 gallons of concentrate cost me $248!

We needed to do a wash after being here in the Anza Borrego Desert for the past week, so we trundled into town around 1:30 pm to do just that.  It was then that I thought to call Joel, the mechanic.  While the clothes were in the wash cycle we took our second 1.25 mile walk of the day arriving back just in time to switch the load to the large commercial dryer.  By 2:30 pm we were done and on our way home.

It got a little breezy in the middle of the afternoon, but by 5 pm the winds had vanished again, so we decided to grill a bacon wrapped filet mignon for dinner.  I fired up the Sea-B-Que (it's been a long time since I wrote that) to do just that.  TLE prepared a side salad to accompany the steaks.  I was remiss in not memorializing that steak via photograph, but rest assured it was beautiful, tender, and delicious!

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