Good Morning!!!! 54F @ 7:15AM here in Orcutt, CA. Foggy this morning, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 68F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.
Back up north there's an Excessive Heat Warning and the high will be 98F. Ugh!
Very impressed with your house purchase and move, Don. You made it look so easy!
You picked a great contractor, Paul. Hope they can keep the momentum going.
Wow, Frits. That thief picked the wrong phone to steal!
RNG tank and fuel level a big ? Was working fine, then I purged the tank and as result the level guage started acting up. Would go to full and immediately drop to empty. My friend, Jim decided to disconnect, jumpered the wire. When starting it work go to full, but go to empty as part of the stalling sequence. Now it just stays reading empty but I detect a flicker of movement when running. Should be a way to test.
I suspect I will drain tank and remove, then pull the sensor and inspect for damage, not that I expect to see any. Maybe I’ll have found a test by then. So at this point I don’t have a clue as to its role in the scenario. This is a strangely shaped tank fit up under the operator station.
The symptoms you describe sound like there's a faulty connection between the sensor and the ECM, David. You could try tracing the sensor wire, wiggling it while the ignition is on to see if you can cause the gauge to jump. In my experience, when a new problem crops up it's usually caused by the last thing I did. If that's true in your case, the tank flush maybe broke or damaged the sensor or the wire. Any chance that the ECM is cutting power to the ignition if it thinks the fuel tank is empty to avoid having to reprime the fuel system?
Smooth trip down yesterday, and not even any drama trying to get up the gravel driveway with more than a ton in the trailer. Gave myself plenty of following distance and had no problem with the mill sliding around the bed. Not surprising considering the 2" and 4" wide ratchet straps. Took a few tries but got the trailer backed up to the garage OK, then the neighbor across the street helped roll the mill off the back, just using the rope winch and several lengths of half inch pipe. Still need to move things around to make a final spot for it, but the hardest part is done. What a relief!
Today I need to either cut back or remove a concrete step that sticks out too far onto the concrete covered side yard. I'll be bringing the VW van down next trip, and the van can't get by that step. The step looks like it was poured using concrete left over from a larger job, and I'm hoping there's no rebar in it. I'll see what the rental place wants for a concrete saw, but will probably just use the Harbor Freight jackhammer to remove it all together.
TGIF gang!
