Good morning!!!!

[Engineer42]

what a morning
started off fun, got my new creeper at Harbor Freight
and another one of their big red plastic buckets. Which of course made a handy
container for few odds and ends that just jumped right in there.
But on the way back, lights start flashing on dash and I peer at the dash
and it says 258 degrees. Oh boy, she's about to fizz.
And fizz she did.
lot of my brand new antifreeze all over the place.
thankfully I was off the road and engine off in 15 seconds.

it took two hours alongside route 263 this morning before tow truck finally came.
thankfully my brother came after an hour and I could get warm.

I sure would like to see the condition of the radiator drain plug. Have to wonder if they
didn't get it tight, and it leaked out. So cold out you don't see it for a while.
They brought it to me last night and left it in my driveway. Makes me wonder if that light was on then...
might be something simple like a thermostat or radiator cap. But annoying to get one half hour of use of this car before
it left me stranded on a cold day.

spent almost half an hour dickering with two different towing companies, everyone says they have jobs ahead of me, two hours, yada yada.
ok, that's when I called my brother, who called his friend Rob of Rob's Towing and that truck was here in 45 minutes. Only charged me 125, which
will get reimbursed at some point. I had gotten pretty cold sitting there, watching temp gauge as it got to 235 and I'd turn it off.
but that didn't produce much heat and it's in high 20's out. So by time my brother got there, my legs were pretty cold
excellent reason why us Northerners need blankets in cars.
thank goodness I have other car at home.
too much drama with this car, hope not bad omen.

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Drew, I believe I'd be taking that back and finding something else. Those temps wouldn't set well with my confidence to be towing a camper as you plan to do.

In my eyes it's toast.

 

[LouNY]

what a morning
started off fun, got my new creeper at Harbor Freight
and another one of their big red plastic buckets. Which of course made a handy
container for few odds and ends that just jumped right in there.
But on the way back, lights start flashing on dash and I peer at the dash
and it says 258 degrees. Oh boy, she's about to fizz.
And fizz she did.
lot of my brand new antifreeze all over the place.
thankfully I was off the road and engine off in 15 seconds.

it took two hours alongside route 263 this morning before tow truck finally came.
thankfully my brother came after an hour and I could get warm.

I sure would like to see the condition of the radiator drain plug. Have to wonder if they
didn't get it tight, and it leaked out. So cold out you don't see it for a while.
They brought it to me last night and left it in my driveway. Makes me wonder if that light was on then...
might be something simple like a thermostat or radiator cap. But annoying to get one half hour of use of this car before
it left me stranded on a cold day.

spent almost half an hour dickering with two different towing companies, everyone says they have jobs ahead of me, two hours, yada yada.
ok, that's when I called my brother, who called his friend Rob of Rob's Towing and that truck was here in 45 minutes. Only charged me 125, which
will get reimbursed at some point. I had gotten pretty cold sitting there, watching temp gauge as it got to 235 and I'd turn it off.
but that didn't produce much heat and it's in high 20's out. So by time my brother got there, my legs were pretty cold
excellent reason why us Northerners need blankets in cars.
thank goodness I have other car at home.
too much drama with this car, hope not bad omen.

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I would have to wonder if that engine got air locked when they refilled it. Some of these newer vehicles can be a complete pain to get all the air out of the system.
Many have a somewhat elaborate procedure to bleed the air out.

 

[Looking4new]

Drew, maybe another pickup might be a better choice for pulling a trailer. Ford F 250. Dodge or GM 2500?

 

[txdon]

Made sams run, got everything except what I went for. TurboTax display said download only, no cd.

I don't thinkTurboTax does CDs anymore, just downloads. I got the downloadable version at Costco, it's all they had also.

 

[Popgadget]

I would have to wonder if that engine got air locked when they refilled it. Some of these newer vehicles can be a complete pain to get all the air out of the system.
Many have a somewhat elaborate procedure to bleed the air out.

Almost certainly the case. The lack of heat confirms that.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I don't thinkTurboTax does CDs anymore, just downloads. I got the downloadable version at Costco, it's all they had also.

did last year, but appears they stopped this year. Ordered online at sams club.

 

[newbury]

started off fun, got my new creeper at Harbor Freight
and another one of their big red plastic buckets. Which of course made a handy
container for few odds and ends that just jumped right in there.
But on the way back, lights start flashing on dash and I peer at the dash
and it says 258 degrees. Oh boy, she's about to fizz.

Drew -
Excuse me, but you took your Expedition to Harbor Freight? I'm not surprised it got hot. Probably thought it was slumming.

 

[PJSprog]

24°F and clear skies this morning, got up to 47° today. Mr. Blue Sky did it right today and melted most of our remaining snow and ice. By Wednesday, we'll be back in the 50s. I'm OK with that.

Did some adjusting today on one of the storm doors going from the sunroom out to the driveway. Not sticking anymore. While getting tools from the garage, I noticed a mess of grass seed on the floor between the tool box and work bench. Mouse. Cleaned that up and set a couple of traps. Also took a look at the compressor while I was out there (and while it was no longer 20° below freezing). I was thinking the motor had died. Started checking power from different outlets, and had no power to any of the outlets on the south wall. Hmmm. Checked the breaker box, and what do you know ... reset it and the compressor works again. I like the easy stuff.

Wife made some delicious chili in the crockpot for dinner. Yummy.

Slipped in some mud on the way out to close the chicken coop this evening. Great, I guess we're back to that again.

No sightings of Foxy Loxy for the past few days.

Thinking of you and your wife, Buppies. Hope you can find a solution.

Good evening, gents.

 

[sodamo]

One way to set riv nuts without the fancy tool is a longer bolt of the same thread and a nut with a washer. Run the nut all the way up the bolt, add the washer, spin the riv nut onto the bolt for the full depth of the threads, turn the nut back down to the riv nut. Insert the assembly, hold the bolt head and turn the nut down using it to pull the bolt with the riv nut.

Yup, basically what I did
Took all my strength, even with a cheater pipe. Thought I had it, then it pulled right thru the plastic wall. Need the slotted/collapsable type

 

[sodamo]

Wet morning, so no mow
But opportunity to get my inbed storage
Toolbox to right is removable.

I will change out the sheet metal screws to button head bolts to look more factory.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 37ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, breezy. Wind increased to 20 then fell off, Strong gusts, sky remained mostly clear, and high temp was 60ºF. Made coffee to start day, bike ride 65 mile, lunch, visit with Men's Mtg leader, nap, dinner at Mexican restaurant.
Resuming at Friday 12"24 PM CST post 202,326:
RNG I printed off Don's stew as well, need to figure out where to get the ingredients. Good luck getting the pay per mile. I am looking into Apple watch. Just not sure how well it will function in Android/ Windows environment.
Bill hope you got to plow, sounds like girl in wrong position if she doesn't want to explain company policy.
Dennis sorry about service fee.
Don was the cobbler in the forks over knives cookbook?
Scott(vt) glad you got the stack out of the utility room.
Scott(vt) nice stove pic, thanks for sharing.
Don glad glad the repair guy found the problem so fast and fixed it. I agree that gut is worth his salt
Dennis glad you have gotten good at fixing the softener
Randy(wag) glad you could shift gears and keep the "mad Agisting Horse Women" happy by a paddock shift. Hope th mowing got the seeds shifted around. Glad you were able to get progress on getting the card.
Twp_bit sorry some people aren't happy with getting 80%. Glad you stayed warm.
Thomas good to hear Drew's research helped.
Kyle won't be long and you will get you 65ºF days. Pickleball was supposed to be the easier alternative to tennis. Sorry about the problem with the new lathe. Good one on the space station.
Saturday 1:51 AM CST:
Buppies Sorry Mrs having bad day again. I will listen, your fears about chaos are valid. Prayers sent. Have you found any help yet?
NHBX hope dump run went well.
Ron Sorry to hear 5 hours is so hard on body. Hope you were able to conserve energy for at least part of the day and recover from yesterday. Nice feeder pic.
Buppies and through all this you have to take care of you!!
Thomas good meme!!
Drew good luck selling RV, good luck finding RV that does check all the boxes.
Thanks for RV sale info.
Happy(NC) hope you hear from FEMA soon. Hope dump run and errands went well.
Bill I don't know anyone who pays ahead like you do. Glad your space cadet days are over as well.
Frits glad rotator cuff fully healed. Sorry to hear about Cody seizure.
Spike56 Thanks for info on LGM-35 replacing the LGM-30.
Scott(VT) hope delivery on time. Good to hear you are getting some wife time.
Paul good to hear oddfellows lodge just needed a heat bulb replacement. Glad you are learning how to pierce thicker steel with plasma. Sorry no fire time. Hope J calculations went well.
Don sorry potatoes didn't survive, hope no new damage from last night's freeze. Glad you are getting ship label for second robot. Good to hear softener fixed. no saltiness after regeneration.
Two_bit glad you got your free order from Whataburger.
RNG sorry you had such a rough time with railroad rail holes. Glad van cleared out and almost packed for trip. Hope you got it done and trailer on so you can adjust departure for weather.
more catch up tomorrow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer,parathyroid,blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[NHBX]

Good morning, (up to early even for me)
8° now highs in the upper 30’s and mostly sunny today.
Winds WSW 5-15 mph gusts up around 30 mph.

Stayed quiet yesterday, only real accomplishment was cleaning out some some old files on my laptop and making a new backup in preparation for a new computer eventually.

No idea what today will bring?

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy
Prayers for all

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 24° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 28° with cloudy skies. My conserve energy day never happened. Was thing about how to make a part to modify upper pin location. Went out to shop to check some dimensions. Another 5 hours later. The modification is done. Only tack welded at this time Will get finish welding done and painted some time this week. No plans for today. Except conserve energy.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 23 and going down to 19 for the high. Wind WSW 11 mph. Flurries.

I decided yesterday that I wasn't going to waste the fuel plowing, I WILL be plowing today. I cannot see the tracks in the driveway that I made on Thursday. I'll start about noon or so. There is only 6" to plow.

Other than plowing, I wont be doing anything else today.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

good morning all
should be a little warmer today, up into 40's, will feel nice.
headed over to relatives later this morning for a bagel and coffee.

PJ, glad the compressor came back on for you. take all the easy ones you can get...

 

[Spike56]

Good Morning from Central Texas.
At 5:30am, 54 degrees and same dew point. Pea soup fog with drizzle. Entering a "rainy period" which we need.
Was hoping to work on Hog damage in my yard, but too wet already.

Wishing all a good day.

 

[wngsprd]

32 going to 48. Seems too warm.

Worked on farm LLC financial statements then helped wife for a couple of hours. Then helped Della hike to the river. She got about 15 minutes hard play time with a Portuguese Water dog named Ki...flopped on the floor and slept for a while when we got home.

 

[Thomas]

18F partly cloudy sky low 30's for high,couple snow showers late morning.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...check game cams,afternoon since temps going to be warmer clean snowplow terminal connections,watch some football play offs...justputter mostly.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Thomas]

Haven't seen any reports on Boo lately. Hope everything is fine!

I fear Boo was harvest mid November,neighbor inform me male bear over 300lbs was taken about 1/4mile from our home, cross had Boo shall return towards end of March or so.

 

[Buppies]

38 high in upper 40s ice melting fast

If one refuses help I’m at a loss but I’m still trying.

Prayers for all our Country