I bought a thing, fixed a thing or two, and packed a garage with 2 trucks, 4 riding mowers, a car, and a boat

[MasterMario]

First up. My wife's Yukon had an airbag light come on and since the Torque app can only read engine codes I decided to pull the trigger on buying a dedicated scanner.

I figured it was just a sensor and why not buy a scanner for the price a dealer would charge me just to diagnose it. (I know an auto store could probably scan the code, but I've been wanting one anyways). Turned out to be the front left sensor, replaced that last night and cleared the code. No issues so far.

The reader seems really nice for the price. It automatically checks the VIN and reads the codes. You can connect to the internet with the scanner so it can automatically download updates and you can email the diagnostic reports from the scanner.

I've only had one hiccup so far. The check engine light came on in the Matrix so I scanned that too. The first time it scanned it claimed that the Matrix was not equipped with an ECM. I just rescanned and it sorted itself out. This one was an O2 sensor error, so I have one of those on order now.

Next up I fixed the door handle on the Yukon as the cheap plastic it's made of broke.

This is the second door I've had the panel off this car (the first one was to replace the passenger side mirror). It's being a typical GM product, a solid drivetrain wrapped in a cheap everything else.

And finally, here is a terrible picture of my jam packed second garage with everything hibernating for winter.

That's a 2000 Dodge 2500, a 1993 F150, a 1996 Corvette, 4 riding lawnmowers, a canoe, a bedroom furniture set, a spare engine for the Ford, and there's still room to fit a few motorcycles or something small in this garage. I'm actually kind of proud of how much I was able to fit.

[CivicWagonEngineer]

@mastermario said in I bought a thing, fixed a thing or two, and packed a garage with 2 trucks, 4 riding mowers, a car, and a boat:

second garage

Very jealous

[MasterMario]

@civicwagonengineer I lucked out with this house. I went from no garage to 2 very generously sized garages. One attached and on detached.

[CivicWagonEngineer]

Nice! That's pretty much my dream set up. One attached garage for storage/SOs vehicle. Detached shop my cars/projects

[HoustonRunner]

@mastermario Interesting, I was considering the same type of thing. Does it have the ability to reset things like the throttle? On newer GM's if you want to clean the throttle body the computer needs to "re-learn" idle, since it automatically adjusts for buildup over time. Reading online I haven't found a clear answer if a GM specific tool is needed or something like this will work.

[MasterMario]

@houstonrunner Seems you can do it with the CRP129 model...having trouble finding if the CRP123 I bought can or not. I haven't really dove into the depth of it's capabilities yet.

[Shop-Teacher]

Nice Tetrising!