I'm wandering around through the underbrush looking for weeds to dig up. Got some terrible thorny greenbrier and gooseberries. And the annual purge of mulberry, honeysuckle and burning bush that pop up all over. This is what I'm normally doing in March or April. Got some sod to cut out and move for lawn leveling too.
What are you working on today?
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Today:
New front motor mount and torque strut on a 2014 Buick Enclave. Smoothed out the lurch and shifting. Bought parts at the local buick dealer due to time constraints ~$220.
Also did a tire rotation
Yesterday:
New Control Arm Bushings and Balljoints on a 2015 Subaru Forester. Replaced all with Dorman from RockAuto.
Also replaced engine air filter, cabin air filter, and rotated the tires.
New front motor mount and torque strut on a 2014 Buick Enclave. Smoothed out the lurch and shifting. Bought parts at the local buick dealer due to time constraints ~$220.
Also did a tire rotation
Yesterday:
New Control Arm Bushings and Balljoints on a 2015 Subaru Forester. Replaced all with Dorman from RockAuto.
Also replaced engine air filter, cabin air filter, and rotated the tires.
And that was a Dorman part, I think you said?
Walked some laps around the property.
Took a bunch of tools to the neighbors house, and then built a wheelchair ramp for her daughter, who will be moving in, and obviously is in a wheelchair.
She asked me to help her build it last week, so we made a plan, and I gave her a shopping list of things to get.
She asked me to help her build it last week, so we made a plan, and I gave her a shopping list of things to get.
2003-ish JD GX345 with a 20hp FD611V Kawasaki liquid-cooled twin. Came in as a non-runner, the customer had "replaced a few things"...
Long story short, he'd been messing with the "time delay" module and had 2 of the wires crossed, killing spark from the coils. Put the wires back the way they belonged and the thing ran beautifully. That little '611V is one smooth twin.
Long story short, he'd been messing with the "time delay" module and had 2 of the wires crossed, killing spark from the coils. Put the wires back the way they belonged and the thing ran beautifully. That little '611V is one smooth twin.
Sign over shop door "We repair what owners fix".
Man I hope it holds up.
I try to adhere to a personal rule of nothing electric or electrical or electronic from Dorman. But admittedly it's difficult because Dorman is ubiquitous
Apparently my roof.
Huge winds. Sounds then sights of ridge shingles being liberated from the naily bonds of this surly earth.
Huge winds. Sounds then sights of ridge shingles being liberated from the naily bonds of this surly earth.
Gotta release a trailer from a broken 5th wheel with a stuck jaw. There having me do it since I’m the skinny guy in the shop
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Changed out the coil packs and spark plugs out of my 200k Xterra, kind of a pain because you have to remove the intake manifold. I also drained the rear diff.
Finished up the install on my wood burning insert. Had to cut out the damper/part of the frame and chip away some brick for proper clearance to fit the liner. Patched up some issues in the heart and sides before I stuck it in there. Fabricated block off plate out of 26ga galvanized sheet metal and insulated above it with fire proof insulation. Installed a 6” insulated and shelled fireflies HD 316SS liner. Lifetime warranty on the liner. Stove is a Drolet 1800i. Rated at 75000 BTU/2100 sq ft.
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Planted 6 trees/bushes, which of course meant I dug 9 holes, filled 3, and found (by cutting) and repaired a sprinkler line. mowed the winter weeds and grass in splotches in the lawn, and then ran the mower and generator for a while (generator hasn’t been used in several months).
I’m totally in favor for saving shovel work for this time of year when the ground is wet and the air is cool.
I’m totally in favor for saving shovel work for this time of year when the ground is wet and the air is cool.
About a dozen years ago I had some clients with an insert. They didn't like the HUGE sheetmetal surround (I've never quite understood why they need to be as large as they are?)
They wanted me to build something "less." Since my "creative" side -- such as it is -- tends toward an industrial feel, I suggested stainless SHCSs in a counterbore. The screws do absolutely nothing functional, they just sit in pipe I tapped. I used steel channel.
Before:
After:
I actually took the stock surround and mapped out the slots which slide down on screws, then machined those into the channel, thus it anchors exactly as stock:
Smoked over an '08 Mountaineer 4.6 w coolant leak. The plastic Y on passenger side heater hose melted on exhaust manifold. Apparently not uncommon. Has aux rear heater.
I broke my own rule (just don't use Dorman, ever) and ordered a Dorman on RA, then read some reviews on Amazon for the 626-551. Apparently one of the connections may be 3/4" when it should be 5/8". Most of those reviews seem to be 2019 and 2020, so maybe the part has been revised -- hope springs eternal.
I should have trusted my gut (famous last words) and sent the VIN to @bdcardinal -- too late now and I have no one to blame but myself if the Dorman part sucks balls (and they usually do)
I broke my own rule (just don't use Dorman, ever) and ordered a Dorman on RA, then read some reviews on Amazon for the 626-551. Apparently one of the connections may be 3/4" when it should be 5/8". Most of those reviews seem to be 2019 and 2020, so maybe the part has been revised -- hope springs eternal.
I should have trusted my gut (famous last words) and sent the VIN to @bdcardinal -- too late now and I have no one to blame but myself if the Dorman part sucks balls (and they usually do)