Got the heads off the Duramax & dropped off at the machine shop, 3 injectors were stuck pretty hard......My arms are sore!!
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What are you working on today?
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I hauled two light loads of rock this morning and then came home to start the tear down. Doing king pins, leaf springs, spring pins on both sides as well as shoes, drums, wheel seals and hub caps. The brakes were more worn than I’d like so I decided to do it while it’s apart. Gotta run to town tomorrow to get all of the parts.
I used my old Holmes wrecker as my jack because I don’t own anything tall enough to lift on the frame without a bunch of sketchy cribbing.
I used my old Holmes wrecker as my jack because I don’t own anything tall enough to lift on the frame without a bunch of sketchy cribbing.
Well, it's been a day. I replaced the wheel bearing in the Escape. Fixed? Why would it be? So, replaced last time with SKF unit. Sound went away but I figured I pushed in the inside grease seal on install. Well, several thousand km later, the sound returned. Old bearing was ripped apart, didn't look bad. New bearing in, while sound is a different tone, it's still there. Felt in the steering wheel on smooth asphalt when turning right and loading the bearing, as well as slight vibration under drivers feet. Well, I have no time to continue this charade so it will go up for sale soon.
My 36 year old Husqvarna 32R had some running issues as well. Starts, idles fine but had a high speed bog or dead spot. Sometimes it would clear up or at least get up to speed. Tore the carb down, did a quick clean and now it barely runs on full throttle. Next week, after work, I'll completely tear it down again, do a more thorough clean and perhaps get some fresh fuel line and filter.
Then my cheapo Troy Bilt 4 stroke power head started rattling. I was using it to till up weeds when it went down. The clutch was coming apart. I had to bend the springs back to seat the clutch weights. Seems to work fine again.
My 36 year old Husqvarna 32R had some running issues as well. Starts, idles fine but had a high speed bog or dead spot. Sometimes it would clear up or at least get up to speed. Tore the carb down, did a quick clean and now it barely runs on full throttle. Next week, after work, I'll completely tear it down again, do a more thorough clean and perhaps get some fresh fuel line and filter.
Then my cheapo Troy Bilt 4 stroke power head started rattling. I was using it to till up weeds when it went down. The clutch was coming apart. I had to bend the springs back to seat the clutch weights. Seems to work fine again.
Full office day. Dinner with friend.
We had like 6 days of heavy rain and I never heard the sump pump kick on. It should have been running for days. It takes a minute to get to because it’s in the farthest corner in the crawl. I also pull radon out through the same corrugated pipe in a trench throughout the crawlspace so it’s also sealed for air. I eventually get the heavy rubber off, break the lines so I can get into it, and it’s fine??? 1/2” of water, float switch works, nothing is amiss?? All of the ground beneath the house, even the middle, is soft underneath that plastic. But there’s no big water in that sunken barrel.
Weird.
We had like 6 days of heavy rain and I never heard the sump pump kick on. It should have been running for days. It takes a minute to get to because it’s in the farthest corner in the crawl. I also pull radon out through the same corrugated pipe in a trench throughout the crawlspace so it’s also sealed for air. I eventually get the heavy rubber off, break the lines so I can get into it, and it’s fine??? 1/2” of water, float switch works, nothing is amiss?? All of the ground beneath the house, even the middle, is soft underneath that plastic. But there’s no big water in that sunken barrel.
Weird.
These were removed from my buddies '17 Pacifica w ~ 168k a couple weeks ago, pretty crusty. Probably original when talking to my buddy, we did the coils as well.
'03 Astro AWD with a lift. Like all such projects with multiple owners, it's a mish-mash of questionable modifications.
These airbags inexplicably situated on thin wall ALUMINUM rectangular blocks with no gussets or triangulation are not safe and effective
I learned Astros use weird spring plates that are more like "spring caps"
We ditched the rear suspension, installed some Astro "heavy duty" leafs and Bilsteins. The lower overload on the new "heavy duty" packs was negative arch like old Tacos and I opted to flip it to match the arch of the upper leafs. The owner reports it rides great.
These airbags inexplicably situated on thin wall ALUMINUM rectangular blocks with no gussets or triangulation are not safe and effective
I learned Astros use weird spring plates that are more like "spring caps"
We ditched the rear suspension, installed some Astro "heavy duty" leafs and Bilsteins. The lower overload on the new "heavy duty" packs was negative arch like old Tacos and I opted to flip it to match the arch of the upper leafs. The owner reports it rides great.