I got Grease Lightning back from the mechanic's today. A bunch of rubber and metal hoses replaced, some of which were custom made because the dealer wanted to charge more than $550 for a single brand new hose. (Which is why this old car doesn't go to the dealer.) Apparently I had a lot of tiny leaks in most of my a/c hoses. Steam cleaned the engine to find the leaks, it looks great under the hood!

I fired up the car -- there was no waiting for the cool air to start, it was instantaneous! In fact, after driving around for a few minutes, I got too cold and had to turn the air down. I don't normally get cold in California (I'm from Montana, for those who didn't know), but today, both of my timbers shivered!

The summer heat will be here soon and I'll be glad to have a working AC.