Any Mechanics Here? Help, We Need Advice

Discussion in 'Automotive' started by Marie Mallery, Aug 5, 2022.

  1. Jake Smith

    Jake Smith Very Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 21, 2022
    Messages:
    2,066
    Likes Received:
    3,557
    Got the selenoid pack and speed sensor today for Van, waiting on the pan gasket, so I can take it apart and fix it.
     
    #226
    Marie Mallery likes this.
  2. Jake Smith

    Jake Smith Very Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 21, 2022
    Messages:
    2,066
    Likes Received:
    3,557
    Well, one down and one to go. I now officially have all Van parts, so let the fun begin. :D
     
    #227
  3. Marie Mallery

    Marie Mallery Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2021
    Messages:
    10,926
    Likes Received:
    10,104
    Be so glad to be able to leave when I need to. Anticipation!
     
    #228
    Jake Smith and John Brunner like this.
  4. John Brunner

    John Brunner Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    May 29, 2020
    Messages:
    23,552
    Likes Received:
    33,768
    If the heat don't get ya, the humidity (or the gators) will ;)
     
    #229
    Marie Mallery and Jake Smith like this.
  5. Jake Smith

    Jake Smith Very Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 21, 2022
    Messages:
    2,066
    Likes Received:
    3,557
    That's for sure, It's hotter than hell out there, made the mistake of doing truck in sun but the van will be done in the shade. :)
     
    #230
    John Brunner and Marie Mallery like this.
  6. Marie Mallery

    Marie Mallery Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2021
    Messages:
    10,926
    Likes Received:
    10,104
    The nice thing is we do have 4 seasons here, thank goodness! Of course, the longest one is summer.:)
     
    #231
    Jake Smith likes this.
  7. Marie Mallery

    Marie Mallery Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2021
    Messages:
    10,926
    Likes Received:
    10,104
    Not that you made a mistake ,its just that is where the truck broke down ' again'.
     
    #232
    Jake Smith likes this.
  8. John Brunner

    John Brunner Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    May 29, 2020
    Messages:
    23,552
    Likes Received:
    33,768
    You are a better man than I.

    I finally broke down and bought a 10'x10' portable awning to shade me when I wash my car and work on my tractor. I have a garage, but it just seems easier to do stuff in daylight.
     
    #233
  9. Jake Smith

    Jake Smith Very Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 21, 2022
    Messages:
    2,066
    Likes Received:
    3,557

    I don't know, you do seem to have the right idea.
     
    #234
    Marie Mallery likes this.
  10. Marie Mallery

    Marie Mallery Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2021
    Messages:
    10,926
    Likes Received:
    10,104
    Good idea ir also works in the rain for cover. We have a place in back but it is now a snake residence. I guess if we cleared it out and used it, they would move.
     
    #235
    Last edited: Aug 30, 2022
    Jake Smith and John Brunner like this.
  11. John Brunner

    John Brunner Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    May 29, 2020
    Messages:
    23,552
    Likes Received:
    33,768
    You gotta be careful. They are not all waterproof.

    I don't feel too bad doing this. My neighbor's son (late 30s) builds stereo speakers for competition and has used one of those forever.
     
    #236
    Jake Smith and Marie Mallery like this.
  12. Marie Mallery

    Marie Mallery Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2021
    Messages:
    10,926
    Likes Received:
    10,104
    LOL you got that right. I admit I do take too many chances with them clearing woods.
     
    #237
    John Brunner and Jake Smith like this.
  13. Jake Smith

    Jake Smith Very Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 21, 2022
    Messages:
    2,066
    Likes Received:
    3,557

    When I built that building I put a long work counter against one side all the way down it, and as fate would have it I have never got to use it.:(
    That was back in 1998, a lot has happened since then. Tobacco, Rosie, and Pete did get a lot of use out of it, as a double stall. :)
     
    #238
  14. Jake Smith

    Jake Smith Very Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 21, 2022
    Messages:
    2,066
    Likes Received:
    3,557
    Have yet to start on the van, did pull it around and got plastic to lay on and the tools ready to go, but down in my back a little, maybe all the work on the truck, which I don't regret, cranks right up and runs great. Took a goody powder to see if that helps and will get it done, just need to move better. :)
     
    #239
    John Brunner and Krystal Shay like this.
  15. Marie Mallery

    Marie Mallery Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2021
    Messages:
    10,926
    Likes Received:
    10,104
    Jake is on his w3alker since yesterday, in severe pain so he is putting it mildly.
    I ask him to take a day or two off yesterday, and later he agreed. I have to remind him sometimes he is handicapped.
     
    #240
    Jake Smith likes this.

Share This Page