jon f mn
Well-known Member
Well looks like my wife is slowly getting better. She most
always stays sick longer than mist, so a lengthy illness is
nothing new. Still coughing and having trouble breathing but
no fever and not getting worse. She has been a lifetime
smoker so she is at higher risk, but so far not really worse
than most colds with cough for her.
Yesterday started as cleanup day, spent most of the day cleaning up my shop and yard from over a year of accumulating garbage. Which is why I've come to the conclusion that I need professional help. Lol. How can anyone collect so much junk in a year? I'm not a hoarder because I know it's garbage. Hoarders stuff is valuable stuff, at least in their mind.I know it's garbage and have every intention of picking it up, throwing it out, putting it away, disposing of it properly.............tomorrow.........or next week......... or when it warms up, or some other time. Lol. I picked up cardboard boxes that stuff came in, seed and fertilizer bags from last spring, an inch of dirt on the floor tracked in on tires, just to name a few. I'm sure a bonafide head shrinker could cure me of it, given enough time and with enough motivation. This is the result of most of a days effort.
This is the reason the 400 is back in the shop.
When I checked the oil it was over full and creamy, and that came out of the drain plug. Kinda expected that as that engine sat for a few years dry and the seals on the sleeves can dry out and leak. So it was back in the shed for some more lovin. Got it apart yesterday after the cleanup.
The engine is in great shape other than a cracked head which is not uncommon for these. It has no ridge on the sleeve tops and the bearings show almost no wear. So looks like I'll get by pretty reasonable this time.
Cattle are enjoying their new space. Now I just have to clean out their pen for the last time and the hog pens again, that will likely be tomorrow since it's supposed to rain. I think I'll work on the manure spreader project today.
always stays sick longer than mist, so a lengthy illness is
nothing new. Still coughing and having trouble breathing but
no fever and not getting worse. She has been a lifetime
smoker so she is at higher risk, but so far not really worse
than most colds with cough for her.
Yesterday started as cleanup day, spent most of the day cleaning up my shop and yard from over a year of accumulating garbage. Which is why I've come to the conclusion that I need professional help. Lol. How can anyone collect so much junk in a year? I'm not a hoarder because I know it's garbage. Hoarders stuff is valuable stuff, at least in their mind.I know it's garbage and have every intention of picking it up, throwing it out, putting it away, disposing of it properly.............tomorrow.........or next week......... or when it warms up, or some other time. Lol. I picked up cardboard boxes that stuff came in, seed and fertilizer bags from last spring, an inch of dirt on the floor tracked in on tires, just to name a few. I'm sure a bonafide head shrinker could cure me of it, given enough time and with enough motivation. This is the result of most of a days effort.
This is the reason the 400 is back in the shop.
When I checked the oil it was over full and creamy, and that came out of the drain plug. Kinda expected that as that engine sat for a few years dry and the seals on the sleeves can dry out and leak. So it was back in the shed for some more lovin. Got it apart yesterday after the cleanup.
The engine is in great shape other than a cracked head which is not uncommon for these. It has no ridge on the sleeve tops and the bearings show almost no wear. So looks like I'll get by pretty reasonable this time.
Cattle are enjoying their new space. Now I just have to clean out their pen for the last time and the hog pens again, that will likely be tomorrow since it's supposed to rain. I think I'll work on the manure spreader project today.