Good Morning! 45 F @ 5:30AM. Rain likely. High 41F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a half an inch.
From the looks of the time lapse radar loop, I've slept through the bulk of the front's passing, and it's dropped only .04" of the forecasted half inch. Coming down pretty good now, but with only scattered showers to the west, it'll have to work pretty hard at meeting the prediction.
Oh dear, Buppies, it seems your prediction for more doctor visits might come true. Hope this is one case where the prediction doesn't come true, but good your on your toes about it.
Gosh that's a lot of rain, David S.! No wonder it's so green in your photos. Do you chlorinate your storage tanks to keep algae and bacteria groth in check with your warmer temperatures? I wonder if I shouldn't be doing more with my own piddly 2500 gallon tank, but so far for some reason it hasn't seemed to be a problem...
Buckeye, when I cleaned up the saw I have for sale I reread the operator's manual, and it recommended basic carb settings. I used those and now it seems to start a bit easier, but then I haven't run it out of fuel as I usually do for storage. Not too worried, as it has E0 with Stabil in it for good measure, and I hope it's gone soon, but maybe some reading and carb tweaking will help with your starting problems?
And speaking of chainsaws, the cap Stihl uses locks down in only half a turn. But if the cap isn't all the way in before it's turned, it can appear to be sealed when it's not. If you're in a hurry, or tired, or don't see well, the first hint you may get that all is not right with the world is a sticky bar oil mess. I like the new caps a lot more than the fine thread on my old 031. They were easy to cross thread, which led to the same leaking problem, and sometimes it took a new cap to fix the leak. The old cap also didn't have the string thingy and was also a lot easier to lose in the grass and weeds.
That carb problem on the splitter may not be the carb's fault, Rip. If the fuel tank is made from steel, and it is rusting inside, the flakes can build up in the carb and block fuel flow. If there's a filter in the fuel line it's easy to check, if not it may be a good idea to install one after cleaning out the carb. Even more likely, though, is that the fuel itself has built up shellac like deposits inside the carb from sitting over the summer months. Those take some soaking in MEK based carb cleaners to really get them out, and some careful disassembly and reassembly with new gaskets and rubber parts, too. Depending on the price of a new carb, all the fiddling may not be worth it.
How you gonna break your 0300 wake up habbit, Roy? Took me two years to sorta get out of my 0500 one, and even now still wake up around that time a few days a week. Difference now, being retired, is I can just roll over and snag a couple more hours of shuteye, after checking in with my TBN buddies, of course!:laughing:
Looks like you'll have an opportunity to test out your new welder on that rebuild project, Drew. And maybe your grinding and painting skills, too. Fun times ahead!:thumbsup:
Hope the weather guessers are wrong on that freezing rain too, L4N. That stuff's really bad news, especially on a holiday when lots of people travel. But even if you can stay home, the ice build up on trees and wires can have you sitting in the cold and dark, not exactly the best environment for fostering the Christmas Spirit.
Got out for about an hour on the motorcycle yesterday and it ran really well. A bit cold blooded at first when it's cold, but it's always been that way. Sure needs a bath after sitting in the dusty garage for nine months though, even being covered. Soulda left it outside overnight, but that woulda been hard on the leather seat...
Again not much had happened on the van when I visited yesterday, but maybe the case of beer I left the crew will be some motivation. Or maybe it was a bad idea? Just have to wait and see what happens, but getting it done before Superbowl Sunday is probably not gonna happen at this point, and the annual campout on that weekend will likely see me arriving on a motorcycle and sleeping in a tent, again. The mechanic went to great lengths to show me all the newly arrived vans also needing work, many from families traveling over the holidays. So many that his landlord is complaining about the lack of parking spaces now, and he's considering renting ground up the road. He really needs to hire more help, but it takes the right person to be an asset instead of another burden.
TGIF gang!
