but could see nothing. So, I went and got a straw
and used that and discovered it wasn’t detecting
oil. As the Peewee is more than 30 years old the
manual is long-passed history, so I just winged it
and put a cupful down using the smallest funnel
I could find... from the kitchen cupboard.
Job done... until I went to put the screw cap back
on. I had sat it on top of the engine “block” and as
I went to pick it up knocked it into the maelstrom
of fittings, framework and cables and driveshaft
and exhaust meanderings. I could see it down
there but could not get it out. I’d have needed
slightly curved tweezers about 20cm long to get
near it. I tried a screwdriver but my poking about
pushed it deeper into the mass. It wedged beside
the frame and shaft, and near the exhaust bend.
This was not a conundrum... this was a quandary...
and had there been a quarry in the vicinity I would
had sent it flying in there. My head and hands
were in neutral and for a fleeting moment I
considered leaving the screwed plastic in there
and use a cork to stop the filler gap. But if I left it
there near the exhaust it could have melted and
likely ignited. Oh what a dilemma... no, make that
a debacle. Then it occurred to me that as the
thing had fallen down and into the mass of
components it was closer to the ground than the
top... of the crankcase thing. Easy. Get it from
underneath, and after carefully tilting the Peewee
well over on its side I was able to nudge the screw
top plug free with the screwdriver and upon the
ground it did happily land. I determined then and
there that I would be especially careful when
putting it back in place next time.
That’s when I noticed that by tipping the thing
way over half the oil had come out because there
had been no stopper to keep it in. And I didn’t
have any more so a voyage through the rain to the
local auto shop was on the cards.
In my life there is no such thing as “a simple task”
and I have vowed that when this drought breaking
monsoon wannabe passes and the dry, blue days
re-emerge I shall give this Peewee a fine little
thrashing down at the local school grounds.
I’ve just looked out the window. Still raining.
Oh what to do. I know what. I’ll worm the cat...
that should be a simple enough task.
You’ll probably hear the sirens.
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