more adventures of De Zombie Car

Apparently, when the retaining ring falls out, a retractable headlight stays retracted. Gravity trumps servos, it seems. Why my car chooses to perform this feat on the PA turnpike, I don't know. Attention mongering, perhaps? And once one does manage to extract the loose headlight, when the mechanism snaps shut on the loose retaining ring, if it was in a rectangular shape before, it's outsider art now. Mm, crap. And the screws long ago became offerings to the Screw Gods.

I brought the old retaining ring to the gentlemen at Napa, who found it the most entertaining part of their day. No, they didn't have "one of those, but not sucky." Damn, it worked with my last plumbing project. Home Depot had matching screws, and it's like Toys R Us. My Trusty Machining Apprentice worked his magic with screw threads and pitches while I poked through the shiny drawers of screws and toys and glue. I could have stayed all night in the toy store. Mmmmmmm, screws. I whacked the crap out of the retaining ring with a hammer -- Hah! It's my Superpower! and we'll glue the car together tomorrow.

An de hoodoo man say, "De car, she be espensive, but she will always run, chile. De car, she is undead."