Love Story, parts 348 - 351

Richard Britell July 10, 2012

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348. On the following Saturday Nani was delighted to find that Sarah returned to her garage for another attempt at her maintenance. The oil change was put off at first and instead a much simpler operation was attempted, the cleaning of the battery terminals. 

349. This also ended in instant failure because as she unscrewed the bolt holding the clamp of the battery cable, she accidentally let the wrench touch both polls of the battery. The wrench produced a huge spark and flew out of her hands onto the garage floor. This, like burning her fingers on the oil filter, was completely unanticipated, but Nani saw it coming also and now considered the situation would become hopeless.

350. But Sarah overcame her fears, completed the cleaning of the battery, and by the end of her Saturday session with her car had changed the oil and the filter according to more detailed instructions she got from the boy at the service station where she bought gasoline.

351. According to her manual the thing she had to do next was a mystery to her. She had to  check the level of oil in the transmission. There were no details given in her manual and she couldn't figure out how to go about it.