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The flange and the exhaust pipe parted ways on my ancient JD LT160 (has 900+ hours on it) a couple of days ago. I have been soaking the nuts/studs holding the flange to the head as one of them is a bit rusty. Will heat the nuts as hot as I can get them using a propane torch (it's all I've got) and hope neither one snaps off. If one snaps I don't think there is any way I could ever drill it out. If they come off ok I will order a muffler, if not then decision time ??
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UPS delivered new draft blower assembly for the water heater. I went home, installed it, water is heating now. The family is besides themselves. You'd think they were the Donner Party. A few days without hot water, you can't imagine the whining.
The motor was out but only the entire $250 assembly is sold. Well I just found a used motor on eBay and I'm buying it, so that I have a complete replacement assembly ready for the next time our family faces certain death by cold shower. Sheesh |
I’m fixing my vintage house
I bought an old 50s piece of shot house It’s all I could afford I thought about ripping out the crappy kitchen and installing a clean new cheap ikea kitchen Then I realized that I have a 50s kitchen A50s kitchen is all the rage So I am restoring it |
Oh yes, restore don't replace that!
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Learned a new one today or my memory was refreshed.
Rotors and pads on a 2014 Hyundai Sonata. Rotors are turn-able with 70k. Shop down the road has a machine. $10 cash each. Put them on with pads and new bracket hardware. Brakes are vicious yet there are scratchy noises......everywhere. Rotational rubbing. Turns out there is slag rust on the outside diameter of the turned rotors 1/32nd to 1/16th inch thick. Rubs on the new bracket tin. All four wheels off, tippy tap with a hammer to shatter off the rust build up. Silent now. Had I known or remembered this, it was only a 10 minute job max to tap the grunge off when on the bench. |
Current project is a 1962 Moon Rocket slide.
It's currently in a million pieces so putting it all back together and up in our yard should keep me busy for a bit. Weighs about 3000# so may take a little help to place. Photo is not my slide but the same make & model. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1552533397.jpg |
That is the coolest thing. Reminds me of the Wallace and Gromit go to the moon movie!
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It's hard to explain but my wife and I feel like just looking outside and seeing it will make us smile. :) |
Added Aux backup lights to my daily and solved taillight condensation issues.
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That slide is effing cool. My kids are probably too big for it, but it’d still be cool to have!
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Heating contractor knocked out blocking/supports back in 1997 when the house was built. Above the 2x4s I put in there is a point load (4x4). Before I jacked & blocked, the subfloor had settled about 1/2" |
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Maybe some of those Phillips Hue lights. I'd want to get a comfy chair or at least some comfy cushions in there and chill in the stars. |
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Lighting would be nice. Be fun to do a one-time video with a smoke machine under it so it looked like liftoff was coming. :) |
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Newest project was to get power to the new bandsaw. Not hard but I'm not 100% comfortable with AC so I go slow and tripple check everything. I need to make new handrails for the cabin top, so far I'm made lots of kindling. |
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Been a day of normal maintenance items. Trash out, water softening system serviced, dish washer filters cleaned, trying to fix the ignition switch on my little tractor.
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