Wish me luck.
The '69 car I just got the turn signal switch broke after I bought car but hadn't taken delivery, so he sent car along with a check he insisted paying me.
Years ago someone "boogered" switch wiring splicing wires. I've replaced them before but it's major surgery. I have lots of parts I've collected over the years and manuals so no big deal...it's just at 72 this year I cramp up, forget things, etc.
If I was only 20 again! (Even 60!
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I know the feeling, just rolled over to 73. I bought the factory trailer brake controller for my pickup last year and still haven't installed it because it's such a pain to get my carcass down into the foot well to install and put in the bypass cable to update the software to be able to use it. Fortunately I seldom tow much and I have borrowed the farms truck or had one of my brothers do what towing I've needed.
Oh my, sorry for y'alls' woes. I have felt that my body is "winding down" too a lot in the last year. I'm about 8 years behind y'all. My get up and go has got up and went. I have non diagnosed (let's call it tired leg syndrome)....it takes a bit of time to get out of the car after my hour trip...waking the legs up. I can't walk far distances like over 1/4 mile very easily. I want to buy me an electric scooter or something to get around on campus.
I worked on my daughter's 2010 car under the dash last Saturday. One of her blend door actuators broke. But I believe the main problem is the climate controller. It has variable cold/hot for both sides and it does not send a good signal to the actuator. The climate controls come in 2 parts on this car, the front end with all the dials and such, and the back "brain" part. I want to take apart the front part, and see if I can clean up the pots on the hot/cold to fix it. But with the heat down here, I don't want to attempt it unless I have the backup new part on hand, just in case I botch it and need the new part.
Has anyone noticed, that while trying to drive a modern car down the highway with the windows down, that these crazy resonant wind pulses can start happening with the windows at various openings? I don't ever recall that happening on older cars like what Fuddy is working on...and I've driven in a lot of post WW2 cars. Mainly '50's and newer. but most had no A/C. Maybe because the old cars were built with thick enough steel that doesn't flap in the breeze...
Not sure if I've mentioned this yet so forgive me if I have. Our 14yo son scored 99th percentile in our state on his math achievement score. He believes he missed one problem on the timed test, "probably made a simple mistake." He's 1 year ahead of the class already in math. Hope cal1 and cal2 come to him well (hope he has a good teacher for those). He will be a freshman this year, and his test score stated he already had a high enough number to graduate HS. I hope he does well at whatever type of job he ends up with, because as things stand now, I believe he's going to be one of those people who have to take their vehicle to a shop to get it repaired.
My pressure washer conked out yesterday....while my son was using it. Its always something right? It is old, so no major loss, but it sux not having a PW So, I hate to say this, but it could've been an operator error. While my son is a math wiz, he's not an engine wiz yet. Not sure what the issue is yet, we had used it just some days earlier, but I was there and it worked good. It sputters, and almost kicks back at low rpm. I cleaned the carb, no worky. Took out the cheap pump's regulator. . It was designed with some internal springs on the shaft's smooth cylinder area, to keep it from being taken apart. but I still took it apart....Arghh! One place wants about $90 for a new regulator, and I believe I can get a whole new pump for about $160....what to do, what to do. I might take the pump off, just to see how the motor runs unloaded.
You see, as a machinist, I hate having to buy badly designed parts, but the regulator has this small long threaded shaft with details that you really need a screw machine to make them correctly. I might dig through my box of cat pump parts that my old job had thrown in a dusty corner to get them out of the way. I might have enough parts for a whole pump assembly. That was the best job bonus at my old company, they would put all these failed projects in a junk room, and every couple of years they would need space and I could just take home a bunch of stuff. Sometimes they wanted a few dollars for it, which was roughly equivalent to the scrap value. I'm a collector and gatherer....barn is chock full 'o stuff. While my new job has some shop resources, it is not really equipped to make a diverse array of parts.
Mostly, glad you got some rain.
Popgadget, it amazes me how you can jump from one plane to another, I know they are all SO different. glide slopes, stall speed, VNE, the list is so long of things you need to know about each one. Amazing.
Fuddy, that city in the middle of your map has me chuckling every time I hear about it...might have to get the wifey a glass of wine....hehehe
Billy, if you have slopes, I would forego a wagon water cart and install some buried water lines, closer to her beds. Or set up drip lines to avoid watering altogether. I still have my "tractor" style sprinkler, but it gets stuck if I try to use it on tilled garden soil....only on grass usage.
Wag, that sounds like a cool morning. Hope all is well down under.
Bupps, the allergies are hitting here too. Get some rest.
My son has pink eye/conjunctivitis today, after having fever/no energy all weekend. I told him that "friend who happens to be a girl" is giving him "cooties"...my wifey laughed. (They have not kissed yet, nor have they had the time to do it.)
Drew, please share your travels here. "There, and back again".
Prayers for our team.
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