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DGersic said:
Got Dad’s various power yard tools here. The battery stuff all works fine, and will be going on FBMP in the next couple of days.

This Stihl FS 90 doesn’t start.

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I bought it a can of Stihl’s fancy 50:1 gas. Got spark. Got air. I need to check the valve lash. I don’t know when it last ran, though it has been a few years. Gas tank was empty when I picked it up, but I don’t know if it was empty when stored. Carb looks ok, not gummed up.

Going to buy it a new carb. If that works, and it runs, it goes on FBMP too.
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Compression test?
 
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Intended Saturday to be all about organizing yard to receive press brake back onto its storage pads. Fired up the crane to pick some I beams and oilfield tubular goods onto a few heavy pallets but got phone call from feedlot next door. His large 4WD tranctor got stuck in yard as ground was saturated. He had 3 smaller tractors hooked up and couldn't budge it so I jumped into D5H (LGP) and went over. Broke a huge strap (he was already rigged) so replaced and had another pull that easily got him out of a nasty jam. Went back to work in my yard and darned if my rough terrain crane didn't do the same thing, so D5 to rescue, again.
 
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larry4406 said:
I used to have a Ryobi trimmer that was a real witch to get started - had fuel, spark, etc.

Damn muffler was packed with carbon deposits. Took it apart, scrapped out all of the smegma, and ran fine after that.
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Good point, I should check the muffler. This trimmer spent probably the last five years stood on end, engine side down, in one of Dad’s plastic outdoor sheds. Maybe not carbon fouled, but something could have crawled in there.
 
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DGersic said:
I don’t have an adapter for my compression tester that is small enough to fit the spark plug hole. I can see the piston going up and down, and the valves open and close.

I guess I could put a thumb over the hole, see that I’m getting at least some compression.
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Something new to buy from Jeff's happy jungle.
 
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RonnieC said:
The minisplit in my workshop has not been blowing as cold as it used to. Took the interior unit apart and cleaned it, put it back together. Still blowing air that’s not as cold as it should be. I’ll tackle the condenser unit tomorrow.
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Florida is hot. I think you're only going to get a 20* maybe 30* difference outside to inside.
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Well, cottonwood season has well and truly kicked off

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so I'm checking all the refrigeration condensors around the place for cottonwood fouling.

Had a nice visit with DutchmanZ--Ron--and his lovely wife who were up from AZ last night. Beers were consumed, stories told.
 
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larry4406 said:
What is this cottonwood you speak of?
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It's a Western thing. Giant, fast-growing poplar trees (Populus trichocarpa) that produce drifts of white fluff-cotton--on any hot day during the summer.

Only one condensor needs cleaning. Of course, it's the hardest one to reach.

Turned the time up on the pop-up sprinklers for the lawn.
 
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****. Planning an adventure drive tomorrow so thought I should check engine fluids. They're fine, especially the oil that leaked onto the pad yesterday:

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I used the creeper to go under to determine the source of the leak. I was worried it might be a head gasket, but fortunately, its just a... rear main. This engine has never left a single drop behind before.

I guess my planned drive tomorrow deep into no-cell country is out.

Back to the lift, I guess. May as well stick a new clutch in while I have the transaxle out.
 
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RonnieC said:
This is my third year with this mini split in the same workshop. It is not cooling as much as it used to.
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The Rule of Thumb: Most residential split systems are designed to maintain an indoor temperature that is about 15°F to 20°F cooler than the outside temperature to prevent overloading the compressor and system freeze-ups.
I'm just quoting fact. Age of the system has no bearing on how it works.
I'm out
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DGersic said:
I don’t have an adapter for my compression tester that is small enough to fit the spark plug hole. I can see the piston going up and down, and the valves open and close.

I guess I could put a thumb over the hole, see that I’m getting at least some compression.
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When I need a compression or leak down test adapter I do not have on hand I remove the porcelain from a spark plug that fits and solder a proper adapter to use with the tester.
 
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Beerhippie said:
It's a Western thing. Giant, fast-growing poplar trees (Populus trichocarpa) that produce drifts of white fluff-cotton--on any hot day during the summer.

Only one condensor needs cleaning. Of course, it's the hardest one to reach.

Turned the time up on the pop-up sprinklers for the lawn.
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It's an everywhere thing, we have swamp poplars. They are prodigious fluff producers and fast growing. I've got a dozen along the north line, in the edge of the water sequestration project, that have grown 6 feet since last year.

Fun fact, poplars are willows.
 
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RonnieC said:
This is my third year with this mini split in the same workshop. It is not cooling as much as it used to.
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Due to having flare fittings, they sometimes leak down and need a bit of refrigerant. The only killer is that most minisplits don't have ports for a full set of gauges, so it's harder for the home gamer to maintain.
 
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Old Man Roger said:
You taking land from a neighbor?
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Wrong sense. In an ecological sense, like carbon sequestration, I'm gathering the ridiculous runoff, that had my property a swamp, into huge clay lined gravel beds. The outlets are directed toward my faux riparian planting project along the East line, and then released into a neighbor's stream and pond.
 
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kaymccampbell said:
Wrong sense. In an ecological sense, like carbon sequestration, I'm gathering the ridiculous runoff, that had my property a swamp, into huge clay lined gravel beds. The outlets are directed toward my faux riparian planting project along the East line, and then released into a neighbor's stream and pond.
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Damn, Kay, you're sounding like a full-on tree hugger!

Good for you.
 
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Beerhippie said:
Damn, Kay, you're sounding like a full-on tree hugger!

Good for you.
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Lord, no. I wanted a walkable safe property with pretty trees and plants. I mowed down a thousand trees, preserving the ones I liked. Moved at least 10,000 yards of dirt to get the grade I wanted. Then planted nice decorative plants here n there. It's got a long way to go, but I can enjoy looking at it and playing with the dogs on it.
 
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kaymccampbell said:
Due to having flare fittings, they sometimes leak down and need a bit of refrigerant. The only killer is that most minisplits don't have ports for a full set of gauges, so it's harder for the home gamer to maintain.
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Yes, if cleaning the condenser coils (been too hot and/or thunderstormy to do so the last couple of days ) doesn’t help I’ll be calling for an AC tech.
 
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strength_and_power said:
Got the racks loaded and fused. Also built another 20 shot rack with mortar tubes that came with various packages.
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We learned--the hard way--to replace the plastic mortar tubes that come with those with ones we made from well casing with a 1/4" plate welded to one end. The first time a tube cracks on you and sends the charge shooting horizontally across the ground, you'll understand why. I had a star shell go right between myself and a friend who was standing nearly shoulder-to-shoulder with me.
 
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Skyman said:
That looks a helluva lot better than it did with all of that BS plastic cladding on it.
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Very much happier with it now. The fiberglass trim was destined to be left in pieces on some rough trail anyway.

Now it needs a steel front bumper, mudflaps and wheel flares. These rigs are like pigs: they love to cover themselves in mud. All I need is money. Please send money.

BTW: The Can Gun 1 lasted and performed well through the entire job. $6 well spent!
 
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