I guess it's time to start pressure washing all the concrete.
What are you working on today?
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You got me thinking. I should be doing that along with my carport. That's about the only outside work I feel like doing in this heat.
Every couple years. Some areas of this house are new and fine. Some near 8 years old from original 2014 build look like the surface had never been cleaned. Our new areas were poured Oct 2021, looks some of the driveways were poured 6 years ago or so, just a guess.
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Our concrete stays pretty good, no trees are near it. The concrete near the house where the garbage pails are needs to be washed every few years along with the carport. We hope to be listing the house soon and the carport is near trees and needs a good washing. While the machine is out I'll do both and call it a day. I'll accomplish something and keep cool doing it.
With this heat I have no automotive repairs or maintenance I want to tackle yet. I'm glad my brother and I did the clutch job on my van when we did.
Man. Some of this concrete is worse than I thought. It's taken me nearly all morning and I'm maybe 25% done. I think I just need to call this an initial clean. It's gonna need more passes
I'm just going to make some statement and hope they don't come off as wrong or I'm some kind of expert. Just tired and low blood sugar
1) Concrete needs maintenance. At the very least it should be kept clean. Some of the junk growing on it is hard on the surface, long term.
2) Get a good gas pressure washer and tools to match. Various nozzles and rotary surface cleaner are super handy.
3) Clean off the large debris blast the joints out with moderate pressure. All surfaces you be wetted and at least the large mats of organic debris freed and moved off the surface.
4) Use a soap. Commercial or homebrew through a foam cannon. Allow to soak.
5) Go to town with the surface spinner. Mine is a joy to use.
6) Follow up with a proper tip.
7) Sanitize. I use bleach, but not appropriate for all situations.
8) Wash down.
Some of this stuff may need to be repeated. Uggh.
It's too hot today 
But these floor mats out of the XT4 could use the sun to dry
Apparently new puppy gets car sick
And no one bothered to tell me until 2 days later
My spine goes out to lunch at the mere thought of car cleaning, but it had to be done
A drill brush, Dawn and water in a spray bottle, and the hose got them cleaned up to satisfactory
The responsible party
But these floor mats out of the XT4 could use the sun to dry
Apparently new puppy gets car sick
And no one bothered to tell me until 2 days later
My spine goes out to lunch at the mere thought of car cleaning, but it had to be done
A drill brush, Dawn and water in a spray bottle, and the hose got them cleaned up to satisfactory
The responsible party
I'm in an older house, the newest concrete is 22 years old. Not much mildew, hardly any in fact. Your routine is proper and thorough. I'm lucky, the 11 HP Honda pressure washer cleans mine easily with just the wand and a good tip. I've done jobs near the water that require a lot more prep and work.
Replaced the below on the "new" engine
- Oil pan gasket
- Oil filter housing gasket
- Left valve cover gasket (someone broke the right)
- One set of exhuast manifold studs --- only bought one.
Pulled intake and accessories still attached
Tomorrow I'm going to hopefully start pulling stuff out of the car . I doubt I'll get the engine out tomorrow but if I can get the starter and flexplate bolts out i'll be happy!
I put an old window unit in the garage and hung a fan from the trusses. I'm glad I have an inuslated garage! Kept it mid 70s which wasn't bad when it was mid 90s outside. Wouldn't say it was cold , but comfortable
- Oil pan gasket
- Oil filter housing gasket
- Left valve cover gasket (someone broke the right)
- One set of exhuast manifold studs --- only bought one.
Pulled intake and accessories still attached
Tomorrow I'm going to hopefully start pulling stuff out of the car . I doubt I'll get the engine out tomorrow but if I can get the starter and flexplate bolts out i'll be happy!
I put an old window unit in the garage and hung a fan from the trusses. I'm glad I have an inuslated garage! Kept it mid 70s which wasn't bad when it was mid 90s outside. Wouldn't say it was cold , but comfortable
Got a little more done to the 5.8L Modular.....
Stage one full clay bar complete!
This is a clients vehicle, it is an honest 15 years old factory paint and it has 210,000 miles. Oh and it has full bolt on 3.5L sending power via a 6 speed manual
Will post the finished ceramic coating outcome today.
This is a clients vehicle, it is an honest 15 years old factory paint and it has 210,000 miles. Oh and it has full bolt on 3.5L sending power via a 6 speed manual
Will post the finished ceramic coating outcome today.
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Mower maintenance day. Forgot to put the anti seize in the picture lol. Serviced the three mowers we have running. New plug for all, fresh oil and filter change for the riding mowers. Fresh oil in the push mower. And a new air filter for the push mower. Have to go get new fuel filters for the riding mowers ours are pitch black didn’t realize that before I went to Lowe’s lol. Might pull the bowl off the carbs too go clean them as that hasn’t been done to any of them. The oldest being a 2008 model which is the Gold Craftsman anniversary edition we bought 2 years ago for $300. No I didn’t buy no fancy John Deere oil for the Deere. It was $15 for two quarts. No thanks I got the Castrol and done both riding mowers and still have 2 quarts left over. The filter was $16 that’s bad enough but I could not find a cross reference available for it. The Briggs and Stratton oil went into the push mower. $90 for everything with mom’s discount at Lowe’s maintenance is cheap compared to new mowers. I went ahead and took care of the maintenance because they just had to pay $10,000 for a new transmission in my dads semi plus he is bad about neglecting maintenance but it’s ok I keep up with it. Now I just have to get them a weed eater. I made them return that junk Milwaukee they brought home one day. Getting gas powered. Gas is king of lawn equipment at least for the time being. It’s just so hard to find gas ones now because the stores don’t have them you have to special order. Asked about them today the guy showed me the one Echo that they had but it was a bent shaft and a return I said yeah no thanks. It made me sick at the amount of people I seen actually putting electric ones and battery ones in their buggy. I guess they are good for the less mechanically inclined.
Worked on the STi again, had to remove the lower control arm, knuckle, and seized axle as 1 unit. Was easy to seperated the knuckle from the control arm as I had room to swing the hammer lol. All this just to replace an axle with a torn boot.
Buddy pressed the axle out. I'm hoping the wheel bearing is fine. It spins, no grinding noise or in and out play.
Driver side had to remove control arm with knuckle as well, but the axle slide off so it was a relief. This side needs a new wheel bearing.
Buddy pressed the axle out. I'm hoping the wheel bearing is fine. It spins, no grinding noise or in and out play.
Driver side had to remove control arm with knuckle as well, but the axle slide off so it was a relief. This side needs a new wheel bearing.
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Any techs here done a transmission on a 3.6 ProMaster? I've got one on the books this week to replace a cracked flex plate, and as much as I detest these French-American abominations... it looks almost disturbingly easy. Even the subframe appears to be able to be left in place.
Here is the finished product. very happy with the results, the Hydro slick wax – a little goes a long way.
The mere fact that you dared to think it easy BEFORE touching it ensures it will fight you every step. You should know better.
Took today off since I had eye exam and dental checkup. Later I’ll help friend do front wheel bearing on 19’ Nissan FWD Rogue. Probably oil change on it too if he gets to advance auto parts
John Deere's with the Kawasaki should take a Wix 51365, or a Fram 4967. Briggs and Kohler engines take a Wix 51348, Fram 3614, Baldwin 7020.