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Had a good success this morning

Replaced a headlamp socket in the camry.
Not the lamp. The socket it goes into.
The socket was part warped and was giving a bad connection, intermittently.
I diagnosed it, ordered the part from Toyota, $30, thinking 'that is a bit dear for a socket'.
It was not just the socket, came as part of the wiring loom, about 500 mm long, 3 connectors .......
Could not access all the connectors to replace the whole thing. Found a sneaky way to cut the new socket off, elongate the existing wiring so I could access that, then rejoin it using an electrical connector.
Spent quite a bit of time looking at it and thinking about how to do it BEFORE I cut any wires.
Has been an issue for about 4 months.
Is a bigger victory than what it sounds.

Yep, cars are no longer repairable. Good for 300 or so and dump them.

Sigh - was going to have a BIG Makita day today.

Did the M. Whippersnippering, the mowing and compost tumbler process, the M. leaf blowing.
Stopped, had lunch.
Was on the plans to do some Makita woodworking but that did not eventuate.

Tomorrows fun awaits.