What did you do today?

[Handy Don 12,235]

3 hours ago, Wheel Horse 3D said:

This has the same type backing adhesive as the traction tape. Seemed to have sealed and protected under there(where there were pieces left)

Cool. So as long as the footrest surface is sound, it'll likely work ok.

A couple weeks ago I put skateboard surface mats on two newly-painted footrests. Man, that stuff uses serious adhesive!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Evening trash load from storages....but some VERY pretty sunset on the way back home!

Edited June 7, 2021 by Wheel Horse 3D

[ohiofarmer 3,276]

We have a 200 thousand plus mileage Pontiac Bonneville that mignew carht be going to that school up North for a higher degree.  i am not really happy about this, because we use the beater car to keep our retirement car (our first new car} as perfect as possible. Daughter's car became pretty much toast with all kinds of issues like rotten fuel lines, brake lines, and rotten engine mounts exceeding the worth of the car.  So now comes a 1994 dodge sport pickup that was given to me but has a cranks but does not start. It did run, but started to shut down after it warmed up , so its off to the repair guy who can diagnose such things. Buying a wheel horse a couple of years ago was a big help, because the seller gave me a great deal and threw in a professional tow  bar , so now that truck is being towed tomorrow morning to the repair shop. Really tough to find a used car or truck at her budget, so maybe this truck or the car will get her through. The good news is that she worked her way through school with no debt, so the Mrs. is lobbying hard to help our daughter finish. I might give a little, but want the kid to hang tough as she has in the past.

  I went scouting for used tires for the Pontiac and found some decent ones. At the same time, I spied some extra rear tires 4 ply rated ATV for two tractors for $7.50 each. You can't buy tubes for that.

 Retirement was supposed to be easier than this, but at least we are in reasonable health.

[ClassicTractorProfessor 5,314]

Picked up a couple shelters from Tractor Supply today. Got one of them put up and was able to get my service truck and the 1949 8N under cover. Other one is a 10x10x8 with a zip up door we are gonna use for lawn equipment storage

[ebinmaine 67,610]

6 hours ago, ohiofarmer said:

The good news is that she worked her way through school with no debt, so the Mrs. is lobbying hard to help our daughter finish. I might give a little, but want the kid to hang tough as she has in the past

 

Anybody who can work their way through school and not have any debt in this society is at an incredibly huge advantage. I'm sure between the three of you you'll figure out the best compromise. 

 

6 hours ago, ohiofarmer said:

Retirement was supposed to be easier than this, but at least we are in reasonable health

 

The health is the part that counts the most I think.

Life, living it, and it's decisions aren't necessarily always easy but there's also NO reason to get stressed out about them. Unfortunately I know that from personal experience. I'm a heck of a lot better off now than I was just a few years ago but occasionally I still digress a little.

 

There are those who would say that your mental health is far more important than most aspects of your physical health. The former can certainly affect the latter in lots of different ways.

 

Be strong. Keep at it. Enjoy what you have whether it lasts for one day or decades.

 

[ebinmaine 67,610]

6 hours ago, HandyProfessor said:

service truck

Like that OBS Ford Bryce.

I'm just beginning the process of shopping for one myself. 

[Maxwell-8 4,277]

I changed the oil in my Hatz diesel generator along with a new diesel fuel filter. 

The surging is gone now. 

Edited June 7, 2021 by Maxwell-8

[ClassicTractorProfessor 5,314]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Like that OBS Ford Bryce.

I'm just beginning the process of shopping for one myself. 

You can come to Oklahoma and take this one home with ya 

 

It’s a great old truck, but the little 351 is a bit underpowered for the load it carries every day. I found an 89 model with the 460 and 5 speed, if I can get it bought for the right price I’m gonna swap the bed over from this one on to it. 

Edited June 7, 2021 by HandyProfessor

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Lets see..usual day at work, after work head out to the boonies to sell some estate land were managing. Fella ended up being ex special forces doc with 300 plus acres . Had a fun visit. And came home with a bunch of beeswax from his hives maybe 10 or 12 2x10 disks worth.

Finally get home...scold Monroe for destroying some stuff(which we should have never left out)...Monroe back in the dog yard lol. Find some light and do a couple small things on Dug. Rollin sweat @ 70 degrees, so muggy i can hear drips in the downspouts from the condensation on the roof and see heat lightning in the distance. We could use a good thunderstorm to aleviate the humidity!

Edited June 8, 2021 by Wheel Horse 3D

[Stormin 9,981]

Log splitter and saw bench work today. Don't seem to have made much impression on the pile of timber though. Just been relaxing with a  or two sitting on the decking and watching the moorhen chicks on the pond.

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

Laid a stone patio circle with a mate, hot day for this type of work but it earned a few quid.

Another friend asked if I wanted his old car for 200 quid instead of scrapping it. Needs a starter motor fitting but runs fine. Its a people carrier so ideal for using to cart stuff round. 

Yoga tonight so I can have a relax.

 

[ebinmaine 67,610]

Sounds like a couple of great days in England chaps

[Stormin 9,981]

28 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Sounds like a couple of great days in England chaps

 

Absolutely top notch old chap.   

[R Scheer 502]

I figured since I have a 30 yo tractor, 100 yo air compressor, I might as well refurb my 40 yo water pump.  It's only used for lawn/ garden watering, so I've been putting off touching it, visions of brown welded bolts etc.  Figures it took about an hour to disassemble, not one seized bolt.  Go figure.

 

New leather cups, packing, valves and springs, new gaskets, repair bad seal on motor end, change oil, and new pipe fittings on suction side. One of the old nipples had rusted through. Also cleaned up pump and gave it a rattle can paint job to keep the rust down.  Pumps like new.

 

The second picture was of the old leather cups, one looked more like on old leather washer.

 

Further proof old iron is good iron.

 

Ps if you need parts for these pumps, pompco has a great selection of kits.the 

 

 

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

⁹Got up this morning and cast a beady eye over the car i picked up tother day. After charging the battery, still no action from the starter motor. 

So the application of repeated and focused percussive force was completed which elicited the desired effect of freeing the starter motor and allowing the engine to start. (I hit it with a hammer).

Will probably need a new starter but at least it turns over ok.

If the starter does want swapping out I will have to have my hands shrunk, its buried under cooling hoses etc. 

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

Well I braced myself and had a go at removing the starter motor from the citroen. 

Had to remove the air filter housing, clutch slave cylinder, numerous cables and bits of loom to make space for working on the starter. Three allen bolts to release the starter and remove the wires from the solenoid. Had to thread it through the coolant hoses, but that's easier than the 1.6 petrol which needs the cooling system draining and hoses removing to get it out. 

Two hours and the new starter was fitted and done. 

Starts beautifully now and I can move on to some less critical bits of work. 

Very happy with my new wheels.

 

[ebinmaine 67,610]

Just now, Mickwhitt said:

Starts beautifully now and I can move on to some less critical bits of work. 

Very happy

Well done Mick

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

This morning I sorted the drivers door check strap which had somehow become detached. Two new nuts and away we go. Now its not jamming the powered window any more.

Oiled all the door locks, hinges, seat mountings etc.

Gave the dash a good clean and then polish with Maguires back to black. 

Looks like a new car.

Not sure if the air con is working so will ponder on that one.

 

 

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

On to rudimentary plumbing.

FiL s toilet stopped flushing so a new syphon unit looked on the cards.

The old one could be removed without disturbing the cistern and I saw the flap valve was split.

Its only a thin sheet of mylar, which I have some of in the workshop. 

So I cut out a new piece, fitted it in place and bingo! Works as good as new without having to replace the entire unit.

This is the split one, can't be more than a few pennies worth of plastic but the non repairable replacement unit costs £20.

I can hear my grandad saying "Well done lad, tha's reightened it thissen, nimind buying a new un".

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

This is the new bus....

Classed as an MPV or multi purpose vehicle. I've paid more for lawn mowers lol 

[ebinmaine 67,610]

9 minutes ago, Mickwhitt said:

I've paid more for lawn mowers lol 

A great find for sure.  

 

Perhaps you could drag a manual reel mower or 3 behind that and use it as a mower???

[Stormin 9,981]

Busy day up at the farm. Repairing cubicle barriers. Hanging gates and assembling a new water trough. Finally collected the Santa Fe from the garage where it has been for M.O.T. and full service. Wallet took a bit of a hit, but not as hard as a main stealer would have done.

[Ed Kennell 38,227]

Cranked up Old Grandad......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then gave him a shot of oil.

 

 

 

 

 

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

Bought a plow and it came with a parts tractor. Will see what can save but alot of the body panels going to scrap yard. If I get a working trans even if it needs seals and a set of rims I've made more then my investment back 

[8ntruck 7,016]

Last time I ran the pressure washer, it was not drawing soap from the soap bucket, and the carb seemed to be drooling gas out of the throttle bore.

 

Today, I got the washer up on the bench to check those items out.  Not drawing soap was an easy fix - the hose was not connected to the pump.  Ended up pulling the carb and opening it up.  Suspected the float valve because the carb drooled even with the engine not running.  Checked out the float and float valve and found them to be OK.  Cleanedthe bowl and reassembled everything.  Washed the car as a test.  No gas leak, soap draw good.  Not sure what I did to the carb, but it seems to be fixed.

 

As I was starting to put the machine away, my wife comes out and comments on how dirty the sideing and windows are in that (inside) corner of the house.  Put the hose back on the washer, get a bucket of soapy water and brushes, scrub & spray the sideing two or three times before all is acceptable.

 

At least I was playing, I mean working, with water on this rather warm afternoon.

 

Wend down to the lake and shoveled another wheelbarrow load of decomposing leaves from under the dock.  That pretty much finishes up the lakeshore winter gunk cleanup for this year.

Edited June 11, 2021 by 8ntruck