Good Morning!!!! 63F @ 2:45AM. Sunny. High 82F. Winds light and variable.
Up to answer Nature's call, back to count a few more sheep soon.
One thing I quickly learned about the PHD was to throttle down the RPMs so it wasn't spinning so quickly. That kept it from flopping wildly on the end of the rig when lifted clear of the ground and gave me time to jerk it back up if it started screwing itself into the ground.
Pretty little coup, Kyle. Bet your daughter can't wait for the first egg!
Waste not, want not, right Eric? I agree with you about the smell of slowly cooking stew; just nothing like it, even if it does come from an Instant Pot.
Tire changing went very smoothly yesterday, getting all four off the rims and the new ones on in a little more than an hour. It helped a great deal that I brought the trailer up to the garage and used an impact wrench on the lug nuts, and the tires were nicely warmed from being stored in the box trailer out in the sun so the beads all sealed with compressed air. Efforts to get both tail lights working were an afterthought, unfortunately after I'd moved the trailer back down to the woodlot. Bad bulbs on both sides, one looking like it had been underwater for a long time. Then two wires completely stripped of insulation where they emerged from a flame cut hole in the trailer frame, with one wire having no voltage when it should be flashing. I seem to recall going through this before with this trailer, but now it has two new lights on it, both mounted upside down, so whoever screwed it up the first time has had another go at it. :duh:
Got started cleaning a carb for the big dirt bike yesterday by getting it all apart and into the Berryman's "rejuvenator" formula. Turned the heat on the ultrasonic cleaner all the way up to 80C, and wow how that stuff evaporated! Lost half of it during the first 30 minute cleaning cycle, and it turned the pot metal a dark gray in spots. Think I'll switch over to Stoddard solvent for today's festivities and see how that goes.
Happy Hump Day, all!
