Good Morning!!!! 54F @ 6:45AM. Sunny. High 63F. Winds light and variable.
I wouldn't call 20+ MPH gusts "light and variable", and it's been that way since midnight.
Same forecast as yesterday, still no rain in the 10-day.
Hope that aquatic detour didn't land you in hot water with the missus, Mike!
Sorry to hear about your laundry misadventure, David. Sounds like the machine was in an out building, no? No drain in my laundry room, either. If there's ever a leak there, water could end up all over the house since it's a slab foundation. That won't hurt the ceramic tile in the kitchen and entry way, and maybe the vapor barrier under the laminate will save it, but I'd sure hate to put that to the test. The last insurance inspector asked me how old the hoses were going to the washer, and when I told him over ten years, he suggested I change them. I still haven't, but they're on my todo list.
Body shop neighbor's compressor motor is full of mud dauber mud, too, Kyle. He's afraid to take it apart to clean it, though.:confused3: Glad you're braver...:thumbsup:
Nice work on that top cylinder, Paul. Brian was pretty clear on the delay when I ordered my valves, but that was only for the cylinders which he puts together himself. My valves were drop shipped from the manufacturer and only took a few weeks to show up.
Brian sure picked a good name for his company, because everything about the top'n'tilt valve set he sent fit right. I was a little alarmed when I looked at the attachments for the levers, because at first it looked like the valves would have to be fit laying down instead of upright, and there just wasn't enough room to do that. But another look showed the mounts also worked at right angles, and the valve body mounting brackets could be attached to the sheet metal under the tractor seat with only one extra hole needed. Even better, all of the hydraulic fittings matched what was already on the tractor, all nine of 'em! And the hoses were just long enough to reach, too. Had to bob the back of the dash panel pretty severely, but it was easy to do and far enough behind the seat it's hard to notice. Everything worked just as it should, except I had to swap a couple hoses at the quick connects to get the sense of the cylinder movement correct. Hooked up the box blade and pulled both cylinders in all the way, and four hours later they'd only moved an inch. The Kubota valves went full travel in less than an hour, making them pretty much unusable. I think I've used up all my luck for the rest of the year on this one job.
I did get a follow up call from T-Mobile as promised yesterday, but there was no good news for their home internet service. I ended up cancelling it, as it was slower than the satellite and had pretty much quit working anyway. More looking around today, but I have a couple of companies in mind that look promising.
