RedNeckGeek
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- Joined
- Jan 1, 2011
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- Location
- Butte County & Orcutt, California
- Tractor
- Kubota M62, Kubota L3240D HST (SOLD!), Kubota RTV900
Good Morning! 65F @ 6:45AM. Sunny. High 93F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
Lenny, your job as a granddad is to spoil the little dear rotten, then hand her back to her parents. But it seems they've already beat you to the punch, so you might have to un-spoil her a bit just to make it through the visit. :confused2:
Don, glad the Whip is feeling better. But you'd think after five bites she'd learn to steer clear?
Drew, I still have the headliner I pulled out of the van if you want it. It's only got a few water stains on it, but it's held in with steel stays, not glue. It's yours if you want it. Keep in mind it's German, and might not get along with that English contraption you've latched onto though.:laughing:
Instead of another day sanding and priming, I detoured into a few small projects that had been hanging. One was to put the microwave door back together, as the epoxy I'd hoped would fix the handle should have cured overnight. But first I had to get to the lower screw that held it on, with no visible way to do so. After an internet search I stumbled across a Youtube video that showed how to do it on a similar model, and this one worked the same way. But when I threaded the screw into the epoxy it wouldn't hold, as the glue was still soft. Must not of gotten enough hardener into the batch, so I scraped and pulled it all out, then re-did it. Then tried to keep using the microwave with the door even more torn apart, what fun!
Then there was the little plastic console that held the 4WD controls for the van. It had cracked into several pieces when I removed it, and I'd glued it back together leaving the seams unfilled and mismatched. So I dove in with some rough sandpaper and worked them smooth, at least as well as I could. But that left the rest of the fake leather grain on the plastic a mis-match, so I sanded all of that off, too. Now it's ready for primer and paint.
There are two dashboards available, but the one for the keeper van is all split and cracked, sort of like dried mud. The older one is almost all sheet metal, and will clean up nicely with a light sanding. All except for a narrow bit of plastic padding that looks like it's been attacked by a woodpecker. Got out some paintable latex caulk and filled the holes, then pulled out all the switches, cigarette lighter, and other goo-gaws. Today I'll trim up the caulk repair, then sand the rest, getting it ready for yet more primer.
A shipment of sound deadening sheet arrived last week, and I wanted to get some into the under dash area before it went back to the mechanic for the A/C installation. That meant removing the old blower housing, which he said was just a matter of pulling four screws. But with four screws removed it was still in there tight as a tic, so I started prying and jerking on it until I found a fifth screw hidden deep in the shadows. And a bunch of cables and wires that needed disentangled and clipped. That got it loose, but I wasn't prepared for what was revealed (see photo from yesterday). Only gagged a couple of times sopping up the mouse mud with paper towels and bleach water, and that was while wearing a respirator. I've got a funny stomach that way I guess. So with that out of the way and hopefully dry today, I'll stick on the deadener and be done with that job.
I'd better get up and fill the hummingbird feeders. There's a half dozen of them on the one outside the bedroom slider, and more hovering round looking for a place to land. All that buzzing and squawking comin' outa such little birds!:shocked:
Lenny, your job as a granddad is to spoil the little dear rotten, then hand her back to her parents. But it seems they've already beat you to the punch, so you might have to un-spoil her a bit just to make it through the visit. :confused2:
Don, glad the Whip is feeling better. But you'd think after five bites she'd learn to steer clear?
Drew, I still have the headliner I pulled out of the van if you want it. It's only got a few water stains on it, but it's held in with steel stays, not glue. It's yours if you want it. Keep in mind it's German, and might not get along with that English contraption you've latched onto though.:laughing:
Instead of another day sanding and priming, I detoured into a few small projects that had been hanging. One was to put the microwave door back together, as the epoxy I'd hoped would fix the handle should have cured overnight. But first I had to get to the lower screw that held it on, with no visible way to do so. After an internet search I stumbled across a Youtube video that showed how to do it on a similar model, and this one worked the same way. But when I threaded the screw into the epoxy it wouldn't hold, as the glue was still soft. Must not of gotten enough hardener into the batch, so I scraped and pulled it all out, then re-did it. Then tried to keep using the microwave with the door even more torn apart, what fun!
Then there was the little plastic console that held the 4WD controls for the van. It had cracked into several pieces when I removed it, and I'd glued it back together leaving the seams unfilled and mismatched. So I dove in with some rough sandpaper and worked them smooth, at least as well as I could. But that left the rest of the fake leather grain on the plastic a mis-match, so I sanded all of that off, too. Now it's ready for primer and paint.
There are two dashboards available, but the one for the keeper van is all split and cracked, sort of like dried mud. The older one is almost all sheet metal, and will clean up nicely with a light sanding. All except for a narrow bit of plastic padding that looks like it's been attacked by a woodpecker. Got out some paintable latex caulk and filled the holes, then pulled out all the switches, cigarette lighter, and other goo-gaws. Today I'll trim up the caulk repair, then sand the rest, getting it ready for yet more primer.
A shipment of sound deadening sheet arrived last week, and I wanted to get some into the under dash area before it went back to the mechanic for the A/C installation. That meant removing the old blower housing, which he said was just a matter of pulling four screws. But with four screws removed it was still in there tight as a tic, so I started prying and jerking on it until I found a fifth screw hidden deep in the shadows. And a bunch of cables and wires that needed disentangled and clipped. That got it loose, but I wasn't prepared for what was revealed (see photo from yesterday). Only gagged a couple of times sopping up the mouse mud with paper towels and bleach water, and that was while wearing a respirator. I've got a funny stomach that way I guess. So with that out of the way and hopefully dry today, I'll stick on the deadener and be done with that job.
I'd better get up and fill the hummingbird feeders. There's a half dozen of them on the one outside the bedroom slider, and more hovering round looking for a place to land. All that buzzing and squawking comin' outa such little birds!:shocked:
