Readying and Starting the Engine

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I dreaded this day for years

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What happens here

The narrator and his friend Tim head outside to the dump truck. They briefly inspect the tires, finding two are completely flat. Hippy is then seen working on the truck, implying he's airing up the tires and making it ready to start. The narrator gets into the driver's seat, familiarizes himself with the old dashboard, locates the kill switch and starter button, and successfully starts the engine. He also notes the functioning seat adjustment, a small unexpected victory, and comments on a burning smell.

Goal: Get the dump truck mechanically ready to be driven out of the shop.

Tools and materials

1976 White Dump Truck White — The primary vehicle being prepared
Air Compressor — Inflating the truck tires (implied by Hippy's actions)
Kill Switch — Enabling/disabling engine power
Seat Adjustment Lever — Adjusting the driver's seat
Starter Button — Engaging the starter motor

What they say

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there longer than that, hasn't it? It's only been here 3 years. Yep. Yeah. Seems like it's been forever. Tell me. Is that the kind of camera they use like when you watch a YouTube video then or something? Uh, no. They usually use way better ones. Oh, they do. I mean, and better microphones and better everything. Hippie asked, "Do you want us?" All right, let's go see if Let's go. Well, let's see what we got in the back. Oh, hey, there's my spare tires. This is a day I have honestly not looked forward to. All right, here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. How do I shift? I forgot. How do I start? I forgot. I have not driven this truck in like 15, 25 years. I forgot how to start it. There's a button and a lever. All right, that's the kill switch and that's the start button. Neutral. Please don't go anywhere. Please don't go anywhere. All right, just to be clear, we're going to take all side roads. We're going to putts. We're going to try to get this back to our shop so we can start to I I I don't know do what with it. I I don't know. Just not have it at hippie shop. Are you sick of it? I got to do something with I got to figure this out. What? You need to bail for some reason to get out of there. You want to just go around here and around the door here a couple times. Let me right in with this truck. They're like, "Put her to work." All right, I think we got her jimmied up pretty good. I'd say we're in good shape. Hey, you're in good shape. Yeah, grass up there. You got grass. What? The seat worked.

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