How'd it go today?

[Danthetree1]

@lxskllr wives.....geez.

 

[Danthetree1]

Progress?

 

[lxskllr]

Looks like you have a lot of work ahead of you. Is this new construction, or a replacement?

 

[Danthetree1]

Finishing a room in my basement. It got a bathroom and closet i get to do too....just great.

 

[lxskllr]

Well, it'll be nice when it's done. Think of it as a character building exercise ;^)

 

[CurSedVoyce]

U joints for me. Noisy bugger protesting all the way home. Powdered bearing will do that.
Of course, they gave me the wrong out put shaft seal. Now we wait. Out of stock for the right one

 

[Danthetree1]

Right now its the itchy and scratchy show with the installation. I have to find a way to block all of me and my ladies boom boom sounds, because this room is for one of our daughters...hahaha! Ok for real my wife watches a lot of tv...

 

[Danthetree1]

@CurSedVoyce at least you know how to do em.

 

[lxskllr]

Sucks getting wrong parts. I guess you went from something that works, albeit poorly, to something that doesn't work at all til the parts come in, eh?

 

[FireFighterZero]

Speaking of mechanics.......this showed up today.

Autel maxisys 906bt. Scan tool and diagnostic computer.

 

[Danthetree1]

Thats awesome!

 

[FireFighterZero]

Have a 2002 gmc with a miss in it.

Intermittent miss.

Used the scan tool to read the data. No.7 and No.5 are missing the worse.

May be an injection problem. Used the cylinder cut out function.

7 is real weak. 5 is a little better.


INVALUABLE information!


Already paid for itself...essentially.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Going to use it to preform a cylinder balance test on a 2001 Duramax.

 

[lxskllr]

Is that for everything 4stroke, or just farm equipment, or something else specialized? One thing that really irritates me, is they don't put a full computer display in mechanicals. There's no reason you can't get full diagnostics through the infotainment display of modern vehicles, or for older ones, a simple computer that's stored in your glovebox, and plugged in as-needed. The computer is virtually free when factored into the cost of the equipment. The logical conclusion for why it isn't included, is the company's are dicks.

Realtime edit:
I see you answered my question

 

[FireFighterZero]

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Sucks getting wrong parts. I guess you went from something that works, albeit poorly, to something that doesn't work at all til the parts come in, eh?

Yup. And I do the work outside. Supposed to rain all weekend now

 

[FireFighterZero]

Yeah...its a pretty comprehensive tool for OBD2 vehicles.

Light trucks and passenger cars.

 

[Danthetree1]

What really sucks is you can do drywall in the rain....hahaha

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Oh, you use that thingy to lift sheet rock!
I thought you stuck it in front of the door so you could man cave for a bit.

 

[flushcut]

Other day in the woods taking some long hikes with gear. Laid out some property lines around a house I worked at before...

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It's a newish house, but it's made from reclaimed stone from a historic house in another county. Lots of neat little touches here and there. It's like craftsmanship from another century. First setup was in the remains of some of the stones...

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some interesting stones laying around if you take the time to look...

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That's coping cut into granite. You might see it on a building and not give it a whole lot of thought, but how exactly do you cut fine radii in granite?!

Woodpecker tracks in this piece...

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Our birds are tough out this way. I wonder why there's rows of pecker tracks?

There is no way I could let a pile of rock like that go unused on something. A grill, patio, fireplace, something.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't think the project's finished yet. In the back field, there were some huge granite slabs; maybe 8'x8'. The guy seems to have a busy life. If I remember right, he's a consultant for the NSA, and pretty young for the money he has to play with. He has animals in the front field. I saw a dog, a donkey, goats, chickens, ducks, and geese. all hobby level animals. Looks like a really fun place. I don't generally get very excited about newer houses, but this place is pretty special. Very well made, and elegant without being ostentatious, and it's in a nice part of the county. He has close neighbors, but you could imagine the rest of the world doesn't exist back there.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Another day, another bent. Was going great, but that girt in the back is rather precisely 2" too short. That ground things to a halt. In blaming the cold weather, 2020, boll weevils, something. No idea how it happened.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Sunofabitch!

 

[Dave Shepard]

You'll have that!

 

[cory]

What is the next step, then?