I often read the Odyssey messageboard at www.odyclub.com and know that the transmissions have been suspect on some of the vehicles. But now Honda has admitted a problem with the 2nd gear of their 5-speed auto transmission in some Odysseys, Pilots, and Acura MDX’s and is recalling them for inspection and possible service. Not sure if our Odyssey is part of the recall as the article said “early ’04 Odysseys” and ours is fairly new, but then again, it’s only April… Oh well. At least the inspection will be free. Here’s a couple links to the articles:

Honda Media Newsroom
MSNBC news article

My dad and I worked a bit on the supercub. We replaced the points, condenser, and did continuity checks on most of the electrical system. And finally, we got a spark going. Next we put in some fuel and tried to start it up, but unfortunately we had a fuel leak, and the gasket I replaced wasn’t enough… The gasket actually worked fine, but there is another leak somewhere. It is going to require taking the carb apart and cleaning it again. The cool thing, though, is that when I kick the kick-start pedal, it sounds like it is trying to start up now. 🙂 It won’t be too much longer until it is running.

We had Vietnamese noodles!

For lunch today, we got some noodles from a Vietnamese restaurant nearby. The chopsticks that were in the bag said:

Welcome to Chinese Restaurant. please try your Nice Chinese Food With Chopsticks the traditional and typical of Chinese glonous history. and cultual.

BAMBOO CHOPSTLCKS
PRODUCT OF CHINA

Am I the only one who thinks it’s strange when you see the same actors in commercials for different products? For instance, the father who has a quality moment with her daughter as they make peanut butter sandwiches is also the DirecTV installation guy, and is also the Propane-man. And then when I see a commercial “veteran” (people who have been in ads for years) I haven’t seen in a long time, I wonder what their day job is.

It’s great weather to work on the Supercub a little bit. So, while the baby is sleeping, I cut off the broken turn signal stalks (pic is before), replaced the turn signal relay (they now blink), and am ready to replace the condenser and points.

Today we brought Koa home from the hospital. He is doing great, and Bay is also doing great.

Koa: Today I came home!

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