Woke up again this morning

[Eugen]

Eugen , Do you have an optical Tach.? to check engine rpm? If not I have one you can borrow .
As for the auger adjustment . Chain and Idle sprocket can be had at PA. . If the chain is worn to badly it can damage the sprockets .

Dave

Thanks Dave! I have one of those digital gizmos tachs. The 446 will have to wait for Spring though. I'm trying to get the basket Case 444 I got last month into shape for snow duty.

[Gordy]

Woke up to 3" of white stuff. Forecast is for clearskies and good sun so had to get out early and clean the mirrors for the solar hot air heater

It was a close call about 35 miles SE in Eagan MN, news reports 18"


Gordy

[DavidBarkey]

Oh my sprocket doesn't look anything like that. Dave says I can get new chain at a local shop so I'll just do that, I'm sure it won't hurt

Take the old one with you or see if anyone knows the link size ( pitch ), sorry I can't remember .
Dave

[DavidBarkey]

On a sad note , as we all woke up this morning . There were a lot of people that did not after horrific amount of tornadoes when through some central US states . As I am writing this the winds are really picking up hear. They are calling for 65km (40mh)winds with 100 km (60mh) gusts and to expect power outages . These numbers can be bad but not near the numbers seen in that area .

Dave

[Timj]

Woke up this morning

We had snow then rain then back to snow and wind, ended up with about 6"of what could be best described as slop. The snow caster did not like it at all. But that's ok, we can deal with it. This was quite a line of storms, many people seriously affected, a little slop is nothing.

[DavidBarkey]

Thing have calmed down now but still no power since 4:00 pm last night . Back up genny is getting a work out but is going to cost us over $100 in fuel.
It is light out so not have to go assess the damage . Had to fix the cover on the chicks run at 10 pm last night with the grandson . It is a good thing he noticed it in the moon light .
Hope every one faired ok last night .

Dave

[Eugen]

Oh no! do you need anything Dave? I was going to drop by today anyway.

[DavidBarkey]

Well turned out not to bad considering that all of southern Ont. had outages due to the wind . Cost us more in fuel than damage . So that is good . about 3 gal. per 5 hrs. and was out for 19 hours . AT today's fuel prices $100, but no lost food , no burst pipes and got to watch the leafs win on TV. Still cheaper than going to see them in person . Now just have to refill the fuel cans to be ready for the next one . I think it is going to be busy year for hydro crews every where this year .

Dave

[Harry]

It was very windy yesterday with winds gusting up to 60 mph. My wife and I went to my granddaughter's dance recital and were going to have dinner at my daughter's house. When we got back their power was out, so we came to our house which is around the corner and we have the whole house generator. We pulled in and I was just in time to grab some of our Christmas decorations before they blew away. The power was out for a little more than an hour which wasn't too long. It was nice to come home push the electric door opener, have the door go up and come into a warm house when the power was out.
It was an expensive purchase for the whole house generator. Especially when you consider how many tractors, I could purchase with it!

Keep the Peace
Harry

[Eugen]

This post is about yesterday. I was just too exhausted to post last night. The truck had started to leak some power steering fluid a couple weeks ago. Turns out that the high pressure hose coming right out of the pump had cracks. Ordered one from rockauto. The service manual has no info whatsoever on the procedure

so I looked in the ridgeline forum. A few guys over there has done it and shared their experience. It's a bit of a nightmare actually, because the steel and wiggly section of the hose goes through the back of the engine, at the base of the firewall, and there are two clamps (10mm socket bolts) and the fitting going into the steering cylinder that are really hard to reach. People estimate this to be a 4-6 hour job.

Took me about 5. I'm in all kind of pains from lying down in the engine bay and trying reach as far as possible. The crowfoot wrench and the impact with long extension saved my behind as this very sell could have been an unfinished drama. One guy had to call a mobile mechanic because he could not reached far enough and finish.