Rename 'km' Unhappy Engine Noises -> Ran When Parked

'km' Unhappy Engine Noises: continue writing
2025-02-03 21:53:21 +01:00 · 2025-02-03 21:52:22 +01:00
1 changed files with 56 additions and 14 deletions
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-<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Unhappy Engine Noises </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><div class="back"><a href="index.html">&lt;</a></div>
+<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Ran When Parked </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><div class="back"><a href="index.html">&lt;</a></div>
-<h1>Unhappy Engine Noises</h1>
+<h1>Ran When Parked</h1>
 <!--
 I started writing this to prepend to the chapter. Not sure where I was
@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ going with this so I'll just leave it in here, commented out.
  She puts a large piece of leftover hose aside and crawls out.<br >
  <span class="quote speech">That was quick &ndash; nice job.</span><br />
  Jack walks over to the compartment holding the batteries, takes the
-  cables off the terminals, and hooks them up to his makeshift power
+  cables off the terminals, and hooks them up to the generator he had
-  supply. Then, he starts the generator and climbs into the train.
+  turned into a makeshift power supply. He starts it and climbs into
-  Michelle follows him and they go to the driver&apos;s cabin. Jack turns
+  the train. Michelle follows him and they go to the driver&apos;s cabin.
-  a key switch and part of the dashboard lights up. Then, he pushes the
+  Jack turns a key switch and part of the dashboard lights up. Then, he
-  engine start button. The engine begins to turn over. While holding
+  pushes the engine start button. The engine begins to turn over.
-  the button, Jack points to the fuel pressure gauge, slightly raising
+  While holding the button, Jack points to the fuel pressure gauge,
-  his voice to talk over the engine:<br />
+  slightly raising his voice to talk over the engine:<br />
  <span class="quote speech">That&apos;s progress already.</span><br />
  The needle on the gauge slowly creeps to the right.<br />
  <span class="quote speech">Too slow though</span>, he adds after a
@ -91,19 +91,61 @@ going with this so I'll just leave it in here, commented out.
 <p>
  <span class="quote speech">Not the right one but I found this.</span>
  <br />
-  Jack holds up a small box he found in a drawer. He opens it while walking
+  Jack holds up a box he found in a drawer. He opens it while walking
  back to Michelle and pulls out a fuel filter that is significantly larger
-  than the one pulled from the train.<br />
+  than the one pulled from the train. The fuel line fits inside it so they
-  <span class="comment">The hose fits inside the filter so they install it
+  add a piece of larger hose over that and put multiple hose clamps around
-  by putting a bigger hose around both.</span>
+  both.
 </p>
 <p>
  Michelle climbs back inside, Jack starts the generator again and follows
-  her. They go to the driver&apos;s cabin.<br />
+  her.<br />
  <span class="quote speech">Ready?</span> She has her fingers on the
  engine start button.<br />
  <span class="quote speech">Go for it.</span><br />
  It takes a while but the engine eventually sputters to life. Michelle
  lets go of the button and it keeps running.
 </p>
 <p>
  A few hours pass as they fix up a bunch of other small things around
  the train and put the floor panels back in. While climbing around the
  storage shelves in the <span class="comment">hall/hangar?</span>, he
  finds a crate of dried-out lead-acid batteries. After adding some water
  and letting them sit for a while to dissolve the acid, he shoves them
  into the battery compartment and connects the cables.<br />
  <span class="quote speech">Michelle, can you turn the switch?</span>
  <br />
  <span class="quote speech">Nothing.</span><br />
  <span class="quote speech">I figured. Let&apos;s see if...</span><br />
  He connects the generator back to the train and starts it.<br />
  <span class="quote speech">Start the engine, I&apos;m wanna see
  if we can charge the batteries like this.</span><br />
  With the engine running, he wraps some loose wires around the battery
  terminals and connects them to the generator, causing quite a few sparks
  to fly. The generator&apos;s engine sounds like it&apos;s suddenly
  struggling under heavy load. He yanks the wires out but a few bits of
  them have already fused with the battery terminals.
  <span class="quote speech">Okay, that was truly a room temperature IQ
  move.</span><br />
  He disconnects the train from the generator and waits for a moment
  to see if its engine will continue running without electricity.
  It does, so he forces the lugs onto the battery terminals which now have
  pieces of wire stuck to them.<br />
  Michelle leans out of the window and says:
  <span class="quote speech">The gauge with the battery symbol just jumped
  to the red line.</span><br />
  <span class="quote speech">If it&apos;s not past it, should be
  fine.</span><br />
  <span class="quote speech">Well, slightly?</span><br />
  Jack climbs into the train and goes to the driver&apos;s cabin.<br />
  <span class="quote speech">Nah this is fiiiine.</span>
 </p>
 <p>
  After giving the dashboard a once-over and leaning out of the window
  to check that the train is free to move, he attempts to disengage the
  brakes. Nothing happens. He flips a few switches and a compressor starts
  puttering away under the floor. The next attempt to disengage the brakes
  is met with a lot of hissing from underneath the train, but nothing else
  happens.
 </p>
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BodgeMaster	57610039ee	Rename 'km' Unhappy Engine Noises -> Ran When Parked	2025-02-03 21:53:21 +01:00
BodgeMaster	5df8024263	'km' Unhappy Engine Noises: continue writing	2025-02-03 21:52:22 +01:00