What did you do today?
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Finally got over and put a fuel pump on that old truck. Still won't draw gas. I guess next step is a fuel filter, it is underneath somewhere. Might just set it up to draw from a gas can first just to make sure it runs ok.
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That's it , Tease the Dog ..
Rusty, a pin hole in the fuel line will also stop a fuel pump from pumping fuel. What have you determined so far?
9am and it's 50 Low was 37. Bit on the breezy side and later this morning I'm gonna go measure a fancy shmancy house for an area rug. It's right on the bluff overlooking the ocean. Their neighbors house has a matching guest house and a helipad.
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Not much. I seem to only have an hour or so a day to work on it.
Hey guys, ever see a canister in-line gas filter? This has a screw-on cap, rusted solid, and is about 1 1/2 " tall and probably 2 " around. Next time I get over there, I will just bypass it. Did not have enough hose with me today.
Threaded fitting? You mean a reusable of refillable filter?
Where do you live Tom?
Refillable canister like the oil filters years ago, only a lot smaller. Parts store could not even find a listing for one.
What year is the rig Rusty? If it's got fuel injection I wouldn't bypass the filter.
Hope you are all keeping warm. It's been pretty cold here (well, for this area's weather). The cats and dog are piled on me.
I made stovetop stuffing with a chicken bullion cube, garlic salt, and mixed in shredded rotisserie chicken last night and it turned out pretty good.
Rusty, I hope you can get things sorted out with the canister.
I made stovetop stuffing with a chicken bullion cube, garlic salt, and mixed in shredded rotisserie chicken last night and it turned out pretty good.
Rusty, I hope you can get things sorted out with the canister.
I has a glass encased filter on my old Chevy. 2" long by 1" diameter. The glass tube part seemed to be like Pyrex. It had metal end caps that were chrome and an O-ring to seal it. Inside was a replaceable filter.
I forgot where you reside zannej. We don't get what most consider "cold" here on the Oregon coast. Lows in the 20's are rare in winter. Highs are usually above 40 or 45 in the winter
1980, if I get it to running good, I will put a generic one back.
Someone spotted a mountain lion in town here. I thought I saw one going across my back yard a few weeks back. I assumed I was mistaken. When I lived near KC, they were common.
Oregon has a lot of them and they're here on the coast too. Sightings happen once every 10 years or so. I've seen just one bobcat in my life and never have seen a mountain lion even will all my weekends in them thar mountains. I saw prints in the snow once. They are usually quite reclusive. ..........well, until they see pets in your yard.
Central Louisiana. Up until around 2014 or so it would only snow once every 20 years. I was there when it snowed in the late 80s. Then for the next snow 20 yrs later. Then it started snowing every year for maybe a day or two. It had been so rare they don't sell snow shovels or ice scrapers here.
On a completely different note, my brother has one single co-worker who is a jerk. She is a "red hat" who randomly yells at new employees, has an inflated ego, and behaves unprofessionally (but the rest of the staff are fine). So my brother found a passive aggressive way to get back at her whenever she's being nasty. He works at the fry station and there is a window he has to put the orders in for her to pick up. There is another machine in between her and the window so she has to lean over it & she's short. He found that if he puts the plate at the very back of the window (on his side) she has a hard time reaching and has to work harder to get it. His boss noticed he was doing it but didn't say anything and just laughed about it. Thus far, she hasn't said anything to him about it so it doesn't seem that she knows he's doing it on purpose.
Meanwhile, I tried again to fix the shower situation. Getting to the shutoff valve is a total pain bc the weeds are like a jungle. They are taller than me and I really need to get a machete and hack them down. I found that the PVC going in to the pump is leaking so I will have to patch that temporarily before I get a permanent fix. Shut the water off, pulled the valve stem back out, used pliers to get the screw & washer out, screwed it back on to the valve stem (bc both looked to be in good condition), put the valve body & escutcheon back on, put the universal spud adapter back on, attached the handle, but it didn't seem to fit properly. Tried turning it but it jammed and when it finally turned it was bc the spud came loose and the valve stem wasn't turning. I'll try a different spud (maybe the screws are messed up) or try moving it back a bit to see if it helps. If not, I'll have to pull it out again and see what the problem is. I need to make sure that the valve stem turns properly before reinserting it if I pull it out again.
I'm waiting for my brother to get home so we can go to the store together and get some supplies and food. Mom devoured the leftover stuffing (although she fed some of the chicken to her little dog instead of saving some for me).
I only saw mountain lions at the zoo. There was a cute little one named Lana that they used to walk around the zoo on a leash in Singapore. She tried to chase birds, small children, and when she was stifled too much she resorted to chewing on her keeper's boot. Bobcats though, we've see a few of them. My father once rescued a female that someone was selling-- caught her in a trap and broke her foot. He overheard the guy trying to sell her to someone who was going to have her killed, stuffed, and mounted. So my father offered more $ for her, made an enclosure for her, and took care of her while she was recovering. She was pregnant and gave birth to some adorable kits. They made the cutest little sounds. Sadly they got amoebic dysentery and died, but the mother was ok. When she was fully recovered we released her into the wildlife reserve.
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