Today I thought I would replace my OD, but I couldn't get the drive shaft bolts and/or nuts to budge. So I decided I would just tinker with the car with small unimportant things that I have to do.

A few weeks ago, when I got the car seat covers I talked about on here, I also got one of those small dash clocks. So I decided I'd finish the install of it.

First thing I did was take out the clock. Simple, right? I knew to keep an eye out for the 3 rubber feet thingys, to make sure they don't drop. And what happened? One dropped. It was NO where to be seen. Because I was in the process of tinkering with the gearshift boot, it was halfways disconnected. So I figured maybe it fell down that, and was under the car.

Nope.

I lifted up the floor-mats, nothing. Under the seats...nothing. In the BACK of the car, nope.

Then I figured I knew it would be somewhere in the car, so I shouldn't worry. So I finished taking out the clock but I couldn't find the correct wires for it. I figured that meant I needed to take the dash console out, so I did. After taking that out, and not finding anything, I went back to my computer and checked here. I found, luckily, someone had a similar post already on the front page. Clicked it, and found out there were 3 wires that plugged into it, green, red and black. Quickly glanced over the link that was provided here, and scribbled down the diagram and rushed out to my car. Couldn't find those wires.

Went back to my computer and did a google image search for it, and found an ad for clocks and saw the rubber feet and the wire that is necessary for the clock. I all the sudden have an epiphany...I swear that I knew of a wire that looked exactly like that one that I had crammed into my door pocket on the passenger side.

Looking back, I had no idea what it was, but I still kept it. Anyways, lo-and-behold, it was there. But I didn't know what it was going to connect to, so I returned again to my computer and looked again at the link provided here and this time, go figure, actually read the post. OOOOH...the wire goes from the Tach to the clock...makes sense..

I return to the car, this time intent on finding that damn missing rubber footing thing. Turn the corner to my drivers side and guess what is staring me right in the eye? The dang rubber foot thing, right on the floor...in plain sight. So I pick it up, and place it on the dash board inside of the frame thingy for the clock, convinced I'll remember. After all, I JUST placed it there and it's with part of the clock.

Not 2 minutes later, once I gathered up the other 2 feet, I could not remember where I placed it.

so I looked..and looked and looked...and them looked on the dash board by the glove box. I think some of you might be seeing where this is going.

As I go to grab it, it slips through my hands and down, you guessed it...the vent.

Argh! Almost expecting that to have happened, I calmly get get up grab a flashlight and look down. Good, it's not that far down. I can grab it with one of those grabber rods. I go to grab one and, yep, you probably guessed it...shoved it down even further into the vents.

Figuring that because I have that vent closed right now (I looked), It couldn't have gone too far down. I take out the glove box, and see that I can't just easily separate the vent tubes. So I begin to disassemble vent system (just like I had done when I replaced the heater blower motor)...

I don't feel or hear it in the housing, so I figure it went down into the vent towards the back. I disconnect it from the fan shroud, and start to realize that the vents for the floors are closed too. So it MUST be in the shroud area.

I start to take apart the shroud, removing clips, unbolting the dash supports so I have a little more leeway...and I remember to clog the rear-vent line. After probably 35 minutes of wiggling the whole thing and convincing myself that maybe I should just find a stick of dynamite instead (and removing the upper vent system anyways) the dang foot FINALLY pops out.

I put back together everything (which is easy, once you've done it as many times as I have) and safely put the feet together in a place no where near a vent or floor or ground....I put it in the slot for it in the dashboard, and put the dash console back in with the wiring etc...and connect the clock and finally fasten everything back together inside my car. I re-connect the battery, and turn the key to turn on the interior lights, etc..

The cd turns on (I haven't heard my radio in a long time....:( ) and look patiently at the clock.

The kicker of this whole 3 hour experiment?

The clock doesn't even work, and I still haven't gotten my OD off.