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John - Good deal. I have 'some' things ordered, PTFE Lubricant, new 3-arm pulley, large deep socket metric set. Not sure the puller will be sized correctly. I'll order the actual replacement parts soon. The last guitar amp (vintage MESA Boogie) I sold to a guy in California. It took me three days to build the wood case I made to ship the amp. Amp + case weighed ~83 lbs. Surprised the shipping wasn't all that bad at ~$60. I generally try to buy good mower blades brand names & often John Deere. The blades I buy are mulching blades.
Got back from Keegan's games. When I left out to go, water was already about a 1/3 of the way across the lowest point of my only way in/out. In the 1st game he was subbing for another team and they won 5-3. Although he gave up 3 goals, he made 5-times more great saves. The team he was subbing for wasn't giving him a whole lot of support on the defensive end. I was keeping my eye on the weather when I started watching the 2nd game. It was tied 0-0 at the end of the 1st Period when I went out to the lobby to check the weather and it was still coming down in buckets. I called Dawn and she said it was still pouring at the house. I made a decision to head for home, worried whether I'd be able to make it across any high water. Went back into the arena for a second and explained to my daughter why I was leaving. When I got to the low area on my way home the water was all the way across the road at this point and probably about a foot deep, but not flowing fast. I got safely across without any issue, but I was sure glad I left when I did. It has continued to rain heavily and I wouldn't doubt it's impassable now. Discretion was definitely the better part of valor in this case.
Chris - Looks like the worst of today's weather has passed for you w/ the late evening early morning storms missing you to the NW. After that - who knows, eh? I see the other system lurking down there in Oklahoma. There's a reason the Severe Storm Lab is located on the UofOK, Norman, OK campus.
Chris - Looks like the worst of today's weather has passed for you w/ the late evening early morning storms missing you to the NW. After that - who knows, eh? I see the other system lurking down there in Oklahoma. There's a reason the Severe Storm Lab is located on the UofOK, Norman, OK campus.
Norm - We've still got steady rain at my place right now, but supposed to get a break between 5 - 8pm, and then it's supposed to pick up again and rain steady until about 8am. I'm sure that next front you saw out in OK is what's supposed to be coming in for us around 8pm. Boy it's been a wet Spring for us so far, I'm really tired of it. At least there's nowhere else I really need to go this weekend. Now that I have the 4-4-2 ready to go it would have been nice to go to the cruise-in at Culver's this evening, but it is what it is.
So, I decided to change the oil on the Hyundai. I had been letting the dealership do it for the warranty coverage, but I'm fed up with them and $80.00 oil changes. Went online to see what size of a socket that I would need for the drain plug. There was a video of a service garage changing the oil on the same year as mine. 16mm they said. Went to my tool chest, and I have 10,11,12,13,14,15mm, but no 16mm. My set then jumps to two 17mm, an 18mm and a 19mm. WTF. I go to Home Depot, and buy a shallow, and deep 16mm socket. Get'r up on the ramps, aaannnd guess what? it ain't 16mm! it's a 17mm, but of course. I need a garage with a 10' ceiling so I can put a lift in, as I'm getting too old to crawl around on the driveway. I did stop at Harbor Freight today and got a creeper that is heavily padded. My old wooden one is about 50 years old, and like me, it doesn't move very well.
Get'r up on the ramps, aaannnd guess what? it ain't 16mm! it's a 17mm, but of course.
Dan - You should have asked me, I've been changing the oil on my Santa Fe Sport everytime except for the 1st oil change. My 1st oil change at the dealership where I bought it was such a bad experience I never went back, even for recall/warranty work.
As far as oil changes go, I think my Santa Fe is twice as easy as my 4-4-2, because of the headers getting in the way on the 4-4-2, and the fact the front end of the 4-4-2 has so much more weight to get off the ground.
Dan - Figures eh?
Chris - I recall oil changes on my 1967 4-4-2 & I put headers on. So one day at JC Whitney in Chicago I see this guy buy an oil filter tool I had never seen before then (1969). Shaped exactly like an oil filter, looks like an oil filter & slides on top the oil filter with a 3/8” socket insert. That thing was the shiznitz.
My preferred weapon of destruction is a geared three prong gripper from Craftsmen. If it can grab it, and you have room to swing, it will get it off, or destroy the filter trying.
Been an exceedingly long time since I had to do this one on some car, truck piece of machinery. Jammed a screwdriver directly into the side of the filter to unscrew it.
Been an exceedingly long time since I had to do this one on some car, truck piece of machinery. Jammed a screwdriver directly into the side of the filter to unscrew it.
That's exactly what I have and use. It's not the getting it loose that's the PIA, it's the getting it out between the block and the headers without dumping oil all over your hand/arm. The other thing I don't like is the positioning of the drain plug in the pan, it's too far forward in the bottom of the pan, so when the front of the car is up on jack stands on both sides, you can't get all the old oil out because some amount is still sitting behind and below the drain hole. I'm picky that way!
Honestly I never put either front or rear alone on jack stands I always place the car on 4 jack stands - any time I’m under the car.
If I'm working under the front, I actually feel safer having the Parking Brake on, and both rear tires chocked front and back, than having the whole car off the ground. Just my preference.
I change oil with all the wheels on the ground. Sometimes, it's a bit of a reach. I would like to have a grease pit, but I doubt I ever will. I will have a 2 post lift, however, and I can do it there.
I change oil with all the wheels on the ground. Sometimes, it's a bit of a reach. I would like to have a grease pit, but I doubt I ever will. I will have a 2 post lift, however, and I can do it there.
Truck I can get to oil and filter easy on the ground; the Santa Fe I could probably do on the ground but it's easier if it's up 3 or 4-inches; the 4-4-2 no way, it's way too low and really needs to be lifted at least 8 to 10-inches. The motorcycles need extra height too, just to be able to get wrenches on some of the drain plugs, but the wheels stay on the ground. I only need a couple extra inches, so I drive them up on a long 2x10 I keep just for that purpose. The damn Yamaha has 3 separate oil reservoirs to drain, the Indian 2. Believe it or not, the Yamaha holds more oil than the 4-4-2, 6qts vs the 5.
I have nine non-functional crawlspace vents original to the house (1931). The mesh screen(s) disintegrated &/or the slide bar has either fallen off or is no longer functional. I spent the past several days cutting new galvanized screen grating & attaching to the vents from the outside using 8 - pieces of wire on each. I see tons of homes w/ these style vents & no one uses them winter or summer I think likely because they (1) don't know how/why to use them & (2) they're too lazy to devise something functional. A crawlspace should be as dry as possible so the vents are open in summer months (using the winds/drafts to remove moisture via evaporation) & the vents are closed in winter to remove the ever present wind & drafts which will suck the heat right off the underside of the floorboards of the house. I fashioned/designed/fabricated 14"W x 8"H pieces of sheet metal (~20 years ago) which I attach/remove from each vent winter/summer for this purpose. I fashioned/designed/fabricated two new crawlspace access/opening devices (4'W x 2'H) ~20 years ago - one w/ vented screening one w/o vented screening (solid insulated boarding). I change those out winter/summer, as well. The one w/ the venting has developed a tear I'm repairing. The screening keeps the creatures (snakes, turtles, lizards, mice, opossums, birds, etc.) from gaining entrance & establishing residence.
Perfect temperature out but cloudy. I want to work out in the yard this afternoon so I hope there isn't any impromptu rain.
This will be Chris if he gets any more rain.
Norm I'm kinda surprised you haven't dug out a full basement.
Jamesbo I think I jumped the gun a little.
The trucks I can get under to change oil but the cars I drive up on ramps. Yes there is residual oil if the drain plug isn't perfectly level but I figure that oil was doing its job up to that point, and there will be a whole lot more new oil on top of it, so I don't really worry about it. Once all the oil is out that will come out I sit on the bumper to change the angle of the car a little and get a few more ounces out.
Norm - While I certainly understand the purpose/application of the venting system when the house was originally built, with the addition of A/C, it seems like to have the vents open to the heat and humidity of Summer would place a greater burden on your A/C system? Am I looking at it wrong?
I have two, one I bought when I was 18 for Olds V8's, then the small one for the V6's that I would later own. One was too big for the Hyundai, the other too small. I bought the three prong gripper style that John has, from NAPA. I too have had to use the nuclear option on stubborn filters. Reminds me of my best buddy doing an oil change many years ago. He bought a brand new 1980 Gran Prix and when he went to do his first oil change in his garage, the filter wouldn't come off. Channel locks, and finally the screwdriver through it trick. He was pissed, and came out from under the car and threw the mangled oil filter towards the back of the garage, but he missed the wall, and the filter sailed through a window into the back yard. The window was not open. Ooops!
And unfortunately still more on the way today and evening. I'm beginning to wonder if we're ever going to get a completely dry day? I just mowed Friday and the grass looks like it's grown 6-inches in 2-days!
Norm - While I certainly understand the purpose/application of the venting system when the house was originally built, with the addition of A/C, it seems like to have the vents open to the heat and humidity of Summer would place a greater burden on your A/C system? Am I looking at it wrong?
Chris - You're evaluating correctly; however, the trade-off is reduction of moisture content under the home. With vents open in summer wind/drafts continually flush moisture via evaporative heat loss. There's no way in a million years I'm installing a conditioned crawl space.
Norm I'm kinda surprised you haven't dug out a full basement.
Mike - No can do - well, you 'can' do it but the building would need a series of anchors drilled into underlying bedrock - which exists somewhere about 50' - 100' below ground level. Fluid dynamics. Many coast lines the soil is saturated w/ H2O about 1' - 2' below soil surface. You put a basement in this type environment & hydraulics (fluid dynamics) will push the house up out of the ground like a hydraulic ram. Think of putting a basement under a home in the Everglades or a peat moss bog/swamp/marsh - it'll pop right out of the ground.
I have two, one I bought when I was 18 for Olds V8's, then the small one for the V6's that I would later own. One was too big for the Hyundai, the other too small. I bought the three prong gripper style that John has, from NAPA. I too have had to use the nuclear option on stubborn filters.
I'm having a hard time picturing the "3 prong gripper" style but they must work well if John and yourself both use them. I have the cap style to fit all my vehicles, and a couple others that I no longer have an application for.
Chris - You're evaluating correctly; however, the trade-off is reduction of moisture content under the home. With vents open in summer wind/drafts continually flush moisture via evaporative heat loss. There's no way in a million years I'm installing a conditioned crawl space.
Got it, a necessary evil to reduce excess moisture/humidity from the crawl space in the Summer.
I've got some minor heaving on a foundation I'll need fixed before I sell this place. Crawlspaces are not functional areas and are not conditioned, so the vents being open or shut in the summer is not really an effect on the AC. In the winter, it can get cold.
I enjoy a full basement and the furnace being down there in the winter. My basement is about 55 in the winter.
Chris - You are correct. Anything to reduce the moisture/humidity from the crawlspace. It's soil under the house (crawlspace). Years ago I laid two layers of 6 mil plastic on the soil surface when I re-leveled the entire house which was also the time I install gutters on the house (where there were none). They really didn't think of the amount of rain/moisture which resides under a home & w/o gutters to move the rain away from the house that moisture laden soil really increases the moisture to the entire house - everywhere but in particular the sill plate(s). Also, at some point in time many folks in this area elected to install fiberglass insulation on the underside of the flooring - likely the same folks who didn't think the moisture content idea all the way through. It doesn't take long until they're hiring a contractor to rip out not only the mold/mildew saturated insulation but often their rotted wood flooring (or sub-flooring) which succumbed to the moisture/mildew/mold.
I have 3 - 4 various oil filter tools. One is the type w/ the strap, & a couple w/ the prongs which work on the Indian & the diesel tractor.
We knew this day would come sooner rather than later after Monty's surgeries, and as usual, Dawn was prepared. His incisions on his eyelids and his nose are healing, and started itching him today. Naturally his reaction was to try and scratch them which we can't let happen. This newer style "soft cone" Dawn bought for him really seems to be working nicely, he isn't fighting it at all so far.
I could go on a lifelong diet of Brie cheese, water wafers, Bruschetta & grapes.
Thanks Norm - Dawn gets all the credit, all I have to do is scarf it down.
I love 3 out of the 4 items you listed, but I'm not a big Bruschetta guy. I don't hate it, but I wouldn't take the time to make it for myself. Everyones' palates are different. Enjoy!
$hits fixing to hit the fan again in 20 to 25-minutes. Severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings in effect until about 9:30pm. I've had about all of this crap I can stand.
$hits fixing to hit the fan again in 20 to 25-minutes. Severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings in effect until about 9:30pm. I've had about all of this crap I can stand.
The main front has passed and we're fine. Super heavy rain and high winds for about 20-minutes. There was an observed tornado about 25-miles south of us, but I haven't seen any reports of personal property damage yet other than downed trees. About 6,000 reported without power in our County. Glad ours stayed on this time.
Chris, looks like you're getting it this week. Weather was perfect in the Evil. My mom has a flexible cone for her beagle. She won't take pictures of the dog in it because my sister and I yell "CONE OF SHAME!" and she feels bad for her hound.
Got going a little late today. I realized that I bought two different brands of oil, then I realized I use two brands. For some reason I run Valvoline in the rear end and Mobil in the transmission. So, I got the right stuff despite myself. However, I needed one more quart of Valvoline 75-W90, and I ordered delivery from Auto Zone. Never did that before. I had it in half an hour. I do not like the condiment pouch new style oil bottles.
So, I got the transmission oil done (standard trans) and buttoned it up. I then broke loose the bolts on the differential, and, when one did, I smacked the exhaust pipe with my gloved hand and a piece of heat shielding whose tack welds had rusted left the building. I don't think it's needed. Buttoned it up.
I did the oil in the trans and rear at 75k instead of 100k as I am tracking down noises. Both fluids looked great and didn't need it. I had some synchro gold dust in the transmission. Not awful for the last 75k of 300k.
Changed oil in engine, see this wrench, Chris, this is the claw of which I was speaking. Got done with it, and was running out of daylight, so I started small work on my utility trailer, working the locks and airing the tires until dark. Shower and pan fried a round steak for dinner and leftovers. I meant to get to regreasing driveshaft yoke again but did not get to it.
I think Monty needs a soundproof box with white noise.
Edit, I should say this batch of oil got the trans through clutch hydraulic failure which basically made me float gears whenever it was cold. Complete failure of the clutch master cylinder. Fixed that last fall.
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