Good Morning! 56F @ 5:45AM. Cloudy skies this morning followed by scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon. High 72F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
We had a series of thunderstorms tracking north to the west of us yesterday afternoon and evening, and after dark one of them was really putting on a show. One of the neighbors farther up the canyon somehow caught this flash:
Don, if you can't find DeOxIt,
Amazon has it. But simply unplugging the relay or leads to the ignition switch and then plugging them in again my break through the corrosion that is causing the problem (if that is indeed the problem). But the DeOxIt will keep the corrosion at bay longer, and may be your only hope if the corrosion is deep inside the ignition switch where you can't reach the contacts. BTW, sometimes DeOxIt takes a while to work, as in a few hours, so don't give up hope if you don't get immediate results.
I'd also be tempted to straighten that bowed cylinder with a porta power, but only if I could figure out where the force that bent it was applied, and I could apply the porta power in pretty much the opposite direction. If that were the case, it would be a lot easier doing that then screwing around getting the tractor to the dealer and then trusting them to make the proper repair. :2cents:
Yesterday I mowed, or tried to mow, the steepest parts of the property. Because the flail mower is shorter than the brushog, I had to get farther up the slope and kept losing traction. When all four tires broke loose at the same time it made for some interesting slides. I'll either have to weed eat the missed spots, or try again once the cut grass has had a chance to dry out. I also don't recall cutting the grass when it was this green before, and the wet tires are a dead give away as to what's causing the traction loss. But I can't see waiting any longer this year, as the grass is over two feet high in many places and really bogs down the mower unless I crawl through it.
The fire folks keep telling us we should stop using power tools outside after 10AM to reduce the chance of sparking a fire. I've been compromising and stopping at noon. Then spend the afternoon removing the interior of the Vanagon. That's almost done, and somehow I've managed to fit all the cabinets and other pieces into the storage trailer. All the while taking lots of photos and putting fasteners and such in marked plastic bags. Next to come off is the pop up roof, and it looks like that'll need to be done outside the garage. The pop up is hitting the garage door opener, and the Vanagon is in the only place it'll fit. I just need to figure out a way to roll the thing out of the garage without losing it down the hill and into Lake Oroville. :laughing:
