johnyrotten Posted Friday at 11:25 AM Posted Friday at 11:25 AM Getting ready for another round of poking and prodding at doctors. They'll probably end up sending me for another nerve conduction test and MRI. Cause who doesn't love being a pin cushion. 2
meechum68 Posted Friday at 11:39 AM Posted Friday at 11:39 AM Damn John! And here I thought getting woke up early was the worst for me today. Thanks for throwing some perspective on the day! Plus man, you got this my friend!
johnyrotten Posted Friday at 01:24 PM Posted Friday at 01:24 PM 1 hour ago, meechum68 said: Damn John! And here I thought getting woke up early was the worst for me today. Thanks for throwing some perspective on the day! Plus man, you got this my friend! It's all the culmination of life, work, dumb decisions and getting older. I'd just like to have my left arm work without pain or discomfort. Not really thrilled about a neck surgery, but it's probably time to bite that bullet and make the call. I'll find out today. 3 1
meechum68 Posted Friday at 01:26 PM Posted Friday at 01:26 PM I get it, and wife had neck surgery, and her pain is now 1-2 or gone 90% of the time, before she was 7-9 all the time. Gotta take take care of our flesh bags for sure! 1
89AKurt Posted Friday at 03:35 PM Posted Friday at 03:35 PM 2 hours ago, johnyrotten said: It's all the culmination of life, work, dumb decisions and getting older. I'd just like to have my left arm work without pain or discomfort. Not really thrilled about a neck surgery, but it's probably time to bite that bullet and make the call. I'll find out today. May the best happen for you on this, no fun at all. Always takes major things to bring a deeper perspective on life. I've been helping a neighbor, her husband went to Alaska to hunt, got Carbon monoxide poisoning, complicated by bad life decisions which have built up over time. They are expected to return tomorrow, after being gone a month, but he goes into a care home. I know that I better write up an owners manual for my house, after stepping in to help maintain their property. All my irk was, I wanted to get a new gasket where the air filter housing that sits on the Holley Carb (Chevy 350), 5" diameter. NAPA didn't have one in stock, so they ordered it. Show up later and am handed gaskets about 2" in diameter, so that was an immediate refund, and I can tell the guy does this all day long. Just simple round gaskets, that's all I want, why does it have to be so hard?
johnyrotten Posted Friday at 05:51 PM Posted Friday at 05:51 PM 2 hours ago, 89AKurt said: May the best happen for you on this, no fun at all. Always takes major things to bring a deeper perspective on life. I've been helping a neighbor, her husband went to Alaska to hunt, got Carbon monoxide poisoning, complicated by bad life decisions which have built up over time. They are expected to return tomorrow, after being gone a month, but he goes into a care home. I know that I better write up an owners manual for my house, after stepping in to help maintain their property. All my irk was, I wanted to get a new gasket where the air filter housing that sits on the Holley Carb (Chevy 350), 5" diameter. NAPA didn't have one in stock, so they ordered it. Show up later and am handed gaskets about 2" in diameter, so that was an immediate refund, and I can tell the guy does this all day long. Just simple round gaskets, that's all I want, why does it have to be so hard? Thanks Kurt. Yeah,the parts store mess is always an ongoing headache. I deal with a ton of old,no longer made parts with my bikes,and questionable aftermarket quality. I've ended up stockpiling n.o.s. parts, and making my own gaskets on things. Kinda pointless for the air cleaner gasket, I remember those littering the shops I grew up in. Dozens hanging everywhere. One thing I do with the clutch side on my bike is to lightly grease one side, I get multiple uses before they leak or tear. 1
espo Posted Saturday at 06:28 PM Posted Saturday at 06:28 PM Just got back from a week visiting my wife's brother and his wife in the hill country in Texas. Get in the shower and notice that I'm not getting the usual hot hot water. Looking at the hot water heater in the basement it seems to be leaking a rusty water. New heaters seem to be running upper $500 to low $1000 range depending on how many bells and whistles are desired. The killer is an estimate of $1000 + to R&R the heater. Thinking I might have chosen the wrong vocation in life. 1
A modeler named mike Posted Saturday at 10:02 PM Posted Saturday at 10:02 PM 3 hours ago, espo said: Just got back from a week visiting my wife's brother and his wife in the hill country in Texas. Get in the shower and notice that I'm not getting the usual hot hot water. Looking at the hot water heater in the basement it seems to be leaking a rusty water. New heaters seem to be running upper $500 to low $1000 range depending on how many bells and whistles are desired. The killer is an estimate of $1000 + to R&R the heater. Thinking I might have chosen the wrong vocation in life. It's not that hard to replace one. If you can solder and do simple electrical repairs It's worth the savings. I've replaced 3 here at our house in 30 years and numerous others for neighbors. Three main things to remember, turn off the breaker, and water, then drain the system. Take plenty of photos if you're unsure of anything. 2
Ace-Garageguy Posted Saturday at 10:09 PM Posted Saturday at 10:09 PM (edited) 3 hours ago, espo said: ...The killer is an estimate of $1000 + to R&R the heater. Thinking I might have chosen the wrong vocation in life. 9 minutes ago, A modeler named mike said: It's not that hard to replace one... Yup. I've replaced four to date. One natural-gas-fired, 2 propane, and one electric. Not hard at all. EDIT: And these days, a lot of installations don't even require you to solder. Edited Saturday at 10:13 PM by Ace-Garageguy 2
espo Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago 17 hours ago, A modeler named mike said: It's not that hard to replace one. If you can solder and do simple electrical repairs It's worth the savings. I've replaced 3 here at our house in 30 years and numerous others for neighbors. Three main things to remember, turn off the breaker, and water, then drain the system. Take plenty of photos if you're unsure of anything. I agree and have done a few as a much younger man. I'm now at a point in life where I have to remember I'm no longer that person and lugging an old hot water heater up a flight of stairs seems a little more daunting than it once was. With the water hookups in use today that part is little more than attaching a couple of garden hose type connections. Not sure about the electrical aspect and never have been all that great with that sort of thing anyway.
mk11 Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago Anticipated a productive weekend finishing up a couple of projects before the cold weather hits but didn't quite get there. The starter died on an old mustang I've been working on and I had one brought up from the nearest wreckers on friday while I was at work. Having dealt with this wrecker for years, I was not expecting any problems and foolishly bolted it on yesterday without doing my usual operational double check. Dummy, dummy, dummy. Didn't work, so I pulled it off and opened it up; lo and behold, it was full of water and grease from when one of their chimps pressure washed it and, of course, didn't bench test it. Stripped it down, cleaned it out, sanded the armature lightly and reassembled it. Still no go. 73 bucks out of pocket, two dead starters and a few hours wasted, and creative flow gone to heck 🤪
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