Everyday Tracks

ET 16: Catching Up

Because I'm so busy, I had to throw away three months of recordings I made for podcast episodes and start over...again.  There was no way I could make up the difference and in future episodes of Everyday Tracks, I'll explain why.
Computer problems have caused me to rethink my scheduling, but it allows me to be better able to make things happen anywhere and everywhere I go.  As I'm typing this, I'm producing podcasts at the radio station at the college.
Jeep talk about the radiator, transmission and the front seats.
I had been dealing with Jeep Death Wobble since replacing the wheel hubs in November.  I figure out what causes it and how I fixed it.
I bought an Angry Eye grille for the Jeep.  It does look very nice, but it doesn't fit.
...and I continue the segment on my police academy experience.

ET 17: Trail Camera Photos, Decision on "The Move", Ordered Jeep Parts

Hello once again and welcome to Everyday Tracks.  In this episode:
Checking out trail camera photos 
Are people still moving to Tennessee many months after the pandemic (when a lot of people did move)?
I made a decision on where I'm going, but I need to make sure I made the right decision.  I need to go there first and experience the area first before leaving.
I ordered more parts for the Jeep and thinking about other projects.
Another segment of my police academy experience:  This one is the worst of the academies I've been to so far and the people are also the worst including the instructors (and the most dangerous).

ET 18: Junkyard Seats, Trip to BGKY, UTK a Baseball School Now?

Welcome to another episode of Everyday Tracks!  In this episode:
I bought some cloth seats from a junkyard Jeep JK.
Since the transmitter move in May, we've had issues with the signal.  I drove north to Portland TN to find out if it was equally as bad and what I found.
While driving, I ended up in Bowling Green KY
Since the University of Tennessee-Knoxville's baseball team won a World Series, is it fair to say that UTK is now a baseball school?  I'll try to answer that question.
Part 9 of my police academy experience.  This section deals with a reserve officer academy (only partly).

QuikTrak: Programming Notes, Got Ducked

This is a short one to catch up for the lack of full episodes. Two full episodes are coming up soon #notpodfading
I got ducked.
Plus more in this ten-ish minute QuikTrack.

ET 19: Fixing the Jeep's Cooling System

This is in stereo (mostly) for your enjoyment.
My dad and stepmother are going camping in the middle nowhere
Jeep upgrades
13.3 inch front brakes
Cheap upgrade versus buying a new caliper with bigger brakes without buying a entire new system
Broke one set of caliper sliding pins
Old brakes had 11.8 inch brake rotors
I don't know if driving the 1 ton truck with a camper is worth three days of camping
Driving to Lafayette where I bought the Wrangler X (coming up in episode 20)
2012 Wranglers have cheaper junkyard parts than my 2008
Got two gaskets for the thermostat housing (I only needed one)
The top radiator hose blew off one day
Cleaning a bucket so the coolant I need to dump from the radiator can be reused
Dumping coolant
Taking the thermostat housing off
Discussing coolant types
Wobble sockets are helpful if you know how to use them.  I don't
Bringing some extra coolant and tools with me for the drive
...and much more along with vintage radio ads

ET 20: Small Road Trip, Trading in the Jeep?

As discussed in episode 19 of Everyday Tracks, I fixed another engine coolant leak.  I want to make sure that the leak is solved, so I take a trip to where I bought the Jeep.  I might even trade this Jeep in for another Jeep, a 2012 model.
Eating at Sonic Drive-In in Hartsville TN
I love small towns, but I don't like living in them...anymore.
"Peanut butta"
There's a reason Tab isn't called Diet Tab
Guess before I get there if the Red 2012 Jeep Wrangler Sport in still at that lot
Have you read the Hardy Boy Mystery books?
On the hunt for cheap gas
Trying to find more junkyard Jeep parts.  The biggest hangup is the intergenerational changes within the JK.
Talking to male Siri trying to turn the iPhone off

Everyday Tracks 21: Jeep's In The Shop; Transferring To Another College

In this episode:
I began having issues with the electronic throttle control in September (really, on the one year anniversary).  It finally stopped working completely.  I explain what I've been though thus far with it.
In previous episodes, I've gone through financials on moving to two different places and how I could sustain living there.  I've added to that list and I'm using college transfer to make it happen.  I'll explain three colleges I've applied at and why.

Everyday Tracks 22: Got Accepted Already, Jeep's Still In The Shop But...

There must be a run on Jeep PCMs because this is taking a long time.  Far too long that it should.  This is no different than everything else I've bought for the Jeep including a new seat belt fastener that took two or three months to get.
I got accepted to the University of Alabama.  Wow, that happened rather fast.  I didn't have to wait long before I got the email.  Soon after, I got a package with all sorts of stuff.  That is all below the fold.  I'm still waiting for acceptance letters from three other universities I applied at and I'll likely not hear from them until the first of the year.

Everyday Tracks 23: New Top for the Jeep

Will the Jeep be fixed by the time the episode ends?
Election Day in the US.
New soft top.

Campus Tours (or not): OK State and U/Oklahoma

In this episode, I travel to Oklahoma to do two campus tours.  One of those at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater OK and the University of Oklahoma in Norman.  What happens on this trip is the culmination of poor planning and preparation and the most freakish winter weather event that no one at the National Weather Service could have forecast.