A new battery, Taylor’s office and homemade socket organizer
Posted By RichC on September 19, 2023
My son Taylor‘s sealed car battery bloated and split open last week and left him stranded at work. He didn’t have any tools with him (is he really my son?) 😉 so I headed his way after work
to replace his old-ish battery with a new one (2019 VW AllTrack). The first two auto part stores did not have the correct one for his car (both were priced well over $200), but the VW dealership in the area did have one for under $200 and didn’t ding him a core charge. A few minutes of cleaning up the leaked acid and we had the battery changed. Of course the concern was for getting the car’s computer reset without connecting the the dealer’s hardware … but after a couple of starts and a few minutes, the computer reset itself. Nice … and well done Volkswagen!
I took the opportunity to tour Taylor’s new Batavia Township office and building — I was really impressed! I couldn’t be prouder him and am thrilled he has a wonderful job, a great place to work … and nice people to work with. I can see him staying here for a long, long time. In fact, if I were looking to locate a new business … or looking to move east of Cincinnati … I’d start my search in Batavia Township!
After grabbing some of my tools and tossing them in my car, I realized that I’ve gone decades just lining up the 1/2” non-deep sockets in my toolbox drawers — one for Imperial and another drawer Metric. Over the years, a couple have disappeared … likely from not keeping them organized. So over the weekend, I FINALLY decided to make a simple pin system to keep them organized in the drawers. The 3/8” dowels glued into thin hardboard seemed to work great. Now why didn’t I either make or buy something sooner. Maybe I’ll even replace the two missing 12-point Craftsman sockets – a 20mm and an 8mm (note to self).
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