Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Still think those from Virginia north west of I95 should pay close attention to weather forecasts for Wednesday of this upcoming week. Turkey Day may be white 6in or more of white. Just saying

When I check the weather, It just says rain/snow mix.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. temps in the 50's and rain all day, will check rain gauge in morning. Made it to church, did my church jobs,saw the stepson, and met with an electrician for some wiring updates today. Finished cleaning up the old wood pile yesterday dump the trailer tomorrow.

 

[mostly_gas]

On the engine, try some injector cleaner in the gas tank, then pour few drops in intake, place hand over intake to choke as needed. Any carb with fixed jet and ethanol-gas can be a pain. And most are.

 

[RoyJackson]

2014-11-24, 0328


31 right now...high of 61 today with a 100% probability of rain...

 

[WayneB]

37 degrees high somewhere near the mid 60's with rain

 

[sodamo]

Chance of snow 90%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected. That's for VA West of DC but not in the mountains for Wed night. I think if I leave early enough on Wed morning I'll be fine. Funny to think of VA as the snowy North... 59 balmy degrees here, calm between waves of this rain system coming through. More tonight for sure. We need it so fine, just no storms with it. One nice gentle rain please. Well now, it seems that a little raindrop with a ten gallon hat on it just went by, so I bet Texas really did send us this water. quiet afternoon watching a movie, now back to paying bills. whole lot of propane just delivered at 2.06 per gallon. How does that compare to any of you? New gas company; just curious. goes up and down anyway...

Paid $5.25 per gallon with my new delivery company. $6.85 per with Hawaii Gas

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[rswyan]

56F and cloudy ... with winds gusting out of the south @ 32 mph ...

NWS has issued a wind advisory starting @ 11 AM this morning ... they are calling for gusts of up to 57 mph. Showers are predicted ... mainly for this afternoon.

Temps will drop down into the 40's sometime this afternoon ... and then the bottom really drops out with the low tonight forecast to be in the upper 20's ...

Hopefully all the firewood will be cut and stacked by then ...
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Got the door gasket replaced on the wood stove in the shop ... the old one had fallen off quite some time ago ... hopefully this will help as far as getting longer overnight burns ...

Need to finish up the weather stripping on the overhead door and get the last piece of drywall (1' x 8') put up to finish the ceiling ... that should make it a little warmer in there ...

Hope everyone has a good day.

 

[rswyan]

Thanks, RS

You're quite welcome ... wish I could have been of some help tho' ...

No petcock.

Well crap ... that would have been an easy fix ...

Engine is a Briggs and Stratton Quantum 675.

Ahhh yes ... the old "Build 'em & Scrap em" as UB likes to call them ...

Have a few of those around here ... not my favorite brand by a long shot ... but that's what I have (a 6.5 hp B&S InTek) for my wood splitter ... assuming that I ever get the thing built ... again ...

The old 8 HP B&S on the Trac-Vac is a nightmare to keep running (literally ... it won't stay running after it gets warm) ... I probably need to pull the carb and go thru it ...

I wish you the luck I had with my chainsaw tonight ... emptied the old gas out, put fresh in, and it started after a few pulls. I consider myself extremely lucky ... considering where it had been sitting and for how long.

 

[daugen]

Paid $5.25 per gallon with my new delivery company. $6.85 per with Hawaii Gas

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wow wow wow wow wow
sort of like living on a Swiss mountain top isn't it?
Boy at that much per gallon, how about trying some cheap vodka?
Oh, that's just for you when you pay the bill...
No wonder you want to harness the sun's rays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iFo06AkQ2I
RS, I just can't believe you left your nice chain saw outside in the rain.
in case it doesn't start, here's a little how to for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iFo06AkQ2I
at the end it tells you to put away.

68 degrees in rain going to 75. Hold on Larro, if I'm this warm, it HAS to be warmer down there, doesn't it?...

Looks like rain is headed out shortly. If it's going to be this warm today, I'm headed out to the end of the lane to paint some wooden fence posts that are a peeling mess next to the nice white plastic stuff. Just two uprights for the gate; which reminds me, need to get wheels for the bottom of my four gates.

Billie, the Quantums were pretty low end Briggs models. If you like the splitter, and it still starts unreliably, swapping out that engine for one from Harbor Freight for under 150 bucks is a good idea. Those Predator Chonda engines are smooth, quiet, and a close friend did exactly this swap, plus another for his garden tiller. He says the Chondas run like Hondas ,are definitely quieter and use much less gas. And bolt in perfectly.
Otherwise get the thing running, personally I'd give it a slug of carb cleaner as others have said, and run a lot of clean fuel through it.
If it still runs poorly, I wouldn't fix it. The new stuff really is better and most log splitters will last forever with some new hoses.

My log splitter is just itching to go. Was run all summer by a friend splitting a mountain of wood. B&S 1650, Pennzoil 10/30 synthetic, it just runs so smoothly and putters along. Wish I had an hour meter on it; starting to rack some up but that engine is a good one, so nothing against B&S. Will change the oil before I run it, and maybe will get some new hoses for it. TSC/Huskee did not spec very good hoses for their splitter.
I think we have one or two hose companies on this site. Might give them a try.

 

[Thomas]

35F raining now,might top off at 60F for high...after today highs/low head down.

Well its Monday again back to grind only for 3 days tho.

Saw momma bear and her 2 little ones justa feasting away on acorns beechnuts...one cub was little to playful mom thought gave a spanking.

Enjoy the day all.