cdaigle430
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Wow, what did I miss?
Fergie's in ICU
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Dmacleo
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we went WAY off topic and need a moderator to stifle us
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dicktill
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Well ~49 hours (618.5; failure occurred at 569.0) occurred yesterday, and I dutifully changed the engine oil and filter, then worked her again for a while.cool
know what you are gonna be doing in about 49 hours.
(really hoping this thread can stay on track this time)
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dicktill
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Oops Dave, I see I never replied to your very excellent suggestion.
When Fergie went to the dealership, I gave them a Word document with a list of stuff to do, and it included changing the fan belt. When it was ready for return, I asked about this and was told:
1) it wasn't on the work order
2) it wasn't done
3) they didn't have a fan belt in stock
Yeesh.
Oh well, they did at least put a block heater in the new engine as I had also requested. Used that yesterday as I wanted to change the oil first thing and it was around freezing. Wow, that sucker sure warmed the engine up!
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Keep working it ... You're probably gonna catch up to my hour meter!
Are you running any additive in the fuel now, or different fuel supply? I remember you had some injector problems before, now you got new injectors and fuel pump ...
Of course now I have three grass cutters, but use the Kubota for most of it now, and Little Baby Fergie gets to sit and rest up for other things . . .
Are you running any additive in the fuel now, or different fuel supply? I remember you had some injector problems before, now you got new injectors and fuel pump ...
Of course now I have three grass cutters, but use the Kubota for most of it now, and Little Baby Fergie gets to sit and rest up for other things . . .
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dicktill
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Thanks. And BTW, I don't use Fergie at all for mowing. I have a small John Deere rider mower for that. On the other hand, I'm not a "land baron" like you and only have 1-3/4 acres (and only a portion of that is lawn). : )
Yes, I had some "injector problems" (carbon) but I now think that the rings in cylinder #3 were going for some time before the catastrophic failure and that caused that cylinder to run poorly / burn oil / whatever. And yes, I'm using some injector additive now.
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Glad to here it’s still running good!
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dicktill
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It is Fergie's second birthday, and she now has 623 hours on her. If you have been following her sad tale (i.e., this thread!) then you know that life has not been easy for her. Would be a lot more hours but I had rotator cuff surgery in late March and then the poor gal was incapacitated for 5-weeks.
(Speaking of poor gals, Sarah Ferguson is no longer Dutchess of York, and although she has long been divorced from Andrew, she had been living at his rent-free royal home that he (they) are getting booted from.)
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tore my labrum 2/3 off bone in 1997 and got 2 bone anchors holding shoulder on. DO YOUR THERAPY!!
what additive are you using?
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The rotator cuff surgery was in late March, and I went through the miserable 6-weeks with what I call "a half a strait jacket" plus occupational therapy so all nicely recovered by July. My wife was an occupational therapist for 40 years and says I am the worst kind of non-compliant patient though. : (
The additive is some sort of Lucas stuff; sorry, don't care to run out to the shed in the rain to look. : )
