Good morning!!!!

[Engineer42]

Good Morning,
Wow, the Terminal is a mess today, can’t even get through the gate

If you think of it, you may want to acquire a pair of safety glasses to keep in your truck.

 

[daugen]

If you think of it, you may want to acquire a pair of safety glasses to keep in your truck.

the more the merrier, keeps the dust off the dash...

Scott, when they start pumping, how long does it take to fill your truck?

have been gardening for hours, got lots of good stuff accomplished, came in to sit and have lunch.

moved the umbrella over to the new seating area and it works fine, but I need to secure it better.
luckily there is a six by six nearby I can get a mending bracket on. Otherwise it might come down and crush the weather
station. Old umbrella, trying to get another year out of it.
took two blue striped towels I have (my car wash towels) and draped them over the cushions to keep the pollen off.
looking forward to going out side this afternoon and put my feet up out there, have my camera ready for a friendly bird, and
do as little as possible. But then I'm always jumping up to do something...

got the four bean pots made, now the challenge is keeping the squirrels and birds out of the pots.

 

[m7040]

GD was accepted to Towson university. Worked out the financials for her and set up an overview of it to make it easier to understand. Paid the deposit and plan to pay most of the balance not covered by scholarships. She should be all set. D will help with a lot of the details having relatively recent experience doing it herself at Elon.
Being close to Johns Hopkins is good because of the long term care she is under

 

[sodamo]

68°F and no rain.

Good progress mowing yesterday, but not without challenges. Got the line of coconut trees along drive trimmed up and 3+ acres around the house.

Oil cooler on LS leaking again. Have already replaced twice. Looking up the part on LS site they are on 3rd revision to original, part is made by Samsung. Took earlier one to radiator shop but they refused to repair. New part runs $254. Looking at just using a universal $50 cooler as no longer under warranty.
So resumed mowing with Sophie’s BX. More lawn area than rough. Maybe need another hour to finish out back and the universal pops off the 4wd. Had this happen once before and as I recall I have to drop the miscount to get in there with new pin. End of day.

Need to piddle about this morning before addressing tractor issues.

Hosting H&F here at the house this afternoon.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Looking4new]

David, I'm with you on the oil cooler. No more warranty? After market will work fine and 200 bux cheaper.

 

[daugen]

just came in after a really long day outside

David, I wonder if rubber shock mounting of the oil cooler would help.
if the design is weak,might be a workaround.

time for dinner

 

[sodamo]

You may have noticed, rain has been rather sparse here this season. Had a problem a couple months ago with catchment tanks not filling due to a filter problem and I had to buy water. Sadly, haven’t had enough rain to even keep, let alone gain. Looks like we are down to about 1000 gallons in primary tank, hopefully same in others as they should cross level some. Cottage has own system and years ago I set up a pipeline capable up transferring house to cottage or vice versa. Being empty now, cottage tank is full, it fills more efficiently. Currently doing a gravity transfer from cottage to house. Main challenge was finding appropriate length, useable hose to go from bib to tank. Eventually found one. Guess I need another new hose.

 

[sodamo]

just came in after a really long day outside

David, I wonder if rubber shock mounting of the oil cooler would help.
if the design is weak,might be a workaround.

time for dinner

I don’t think so. Leak is always a pinhole type failure in the body someplace, not near connection. I will have to fashion a mount for the universal solution so maybe I can incorporate a rubber mount.

 

[daugen]

used up last of nicer leftover pots for some viola seeds and cosmos.
that spot is full afternoon sun and I have to keep those pots watered.

spark plugs were as expected at 107 hours.
could just have easily left them in for another couple seasons but it's been almost four years.
for seven bucks for two don't mind doing it, keep the Kawasaki happy.

5000 step day, feeling every one of them

 

[daugen]

what I found interesting on those plugs was how easily they came out.
The gentlest of pulls on the ratchet and they spun out. Obviously installed with a torque
wrench to get the right crush seal on spark plug, but I've never had a plug come off so gently.
vs lug nuts which always seem to have been last installed way too tight.
I put the new plugs back on firmly, not tightly.

how many of us have thought while changing an oil filter
not previously done by us:
what part of hand tight did you not understand?