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The trouble with shower/bath faucets is that you usually have to tear out the whole wall to get at them
![]() I did finally manage to peel back the plastic surround to replace the leaking elbow to the spout that was flooding my cellar (back in May I think it was). I keep wanting to design/build a house with a mechanical room somewhere in the middle that all the plumbing just goes through an unfinished wall into the adjoining bathrooms/kitchen.
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And they apparently built the bathroom around the tub. I think I would have to cut or beat on it to get it out and then a new one wouldn't go in. What I may eventually do is replace it with one of those shorter trailer house tubs, and build out the wall 5-6" on one end for the faucet, with a narrow removable panel so at least you could get an arm in there with a wrench to hold something while you take it apart. That's what caused the problem: the spout rotted off and when I tried to unscrew it the plastic pipe twisted out of the elbow. I managed to make up a short piece and glue it in from the outside but apparently the elbow got cracked too. It blew out later. The house was originally just a 24x24 foot cabin before the addition, so the bathroom is about the smallest you could ever imagine and still have a tub. If it was just me, I would just put in a shower stall and be done with it.
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I got my traffic light cleaned, repaired/tested, and hung in the garage. All 3 eyebrows were cracked or broke. Ordered a sequencer for it so the lights will change from one to the other.
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The light looks really cool.
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That's a nice addition to your garage Robert.. is this a replica or a real traffic light ? I see ya got a few license plates on the wall ( I am a small time collector of old plates) and what looks like a airplane propeller ther too..,,and also some expensive plywood resting against the work bench.. The Chevy Truck makes the room light up as well..
Pretty neat that the red green and yellow light goes thru the rotation .. good job you did.
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I tried rc airplanes years ago. I did more crashing than flying. That plane looks very nice.
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That 's what I was thinking. You sure must be good at landing to have such a nice plane. That must be so cool to fly that. I'd enjoy watching it fly. Not too far from me an RC club has a property they fly on, and it's right along the road where you can see them flying.
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I’d really like to try my hand at pickles someday.
Put together a batch of green chile chicken stew Anyone carve pumpkins?
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Nice Pete, I think there’s some green Chile stew In my future as well. Did you order a box of hatch?
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For the first time ever I added corn and carrots. Worked well I thought. I’m stuck using jar Hatch but I can get it up here and so I’ll take it. Ever tried mutton stew?
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We had lamb loin chops for dinner today, with a green salad and rice. Yummay! Except for the rice. I should have baked a potato, for me. But I'm lazy, after moving a bunch of flagstone around, today. :shrug: My sons made dinner.
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That 505 hatch is decent. We use it on breakfast burritos in a pinch. When we lived in Virginia I used to buy a couple of the frozen bricks of hatch and stash it in my checked bags on the plane. Even in the summer time it will stay frozen enough to be safe to eat. Hell I bet I could ship you some with dry ice... A New Mexican without green Chile is cause for great struggle!
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Most of the snow has melted so I took a hike this morning
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I was over at my sisters house today watching the Vikings game and her husband made bacon wrapped walleye with a bit of bbq sauce. That was tasty. He takes smaller pieces of walleye, wraps them 360 degrees with a piece of bacon, then adds bbq sauce. Then on the grill until the bacon is done. I think you could use cat fish or any light type fish like tilapia.
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Work on my 67 has been temporarily suspended while I work on my late father in law's 1991 GMC. My sister in law wants the truck but she lives three hours to the north in Mountain Home. Decided to bring the truck home and look it over first. Glad I did, for the past 6-7 years this truck has only made the three mile trip to the gas station to fill gas cans and to the local hardware store.
On the 45 minute drive to my house I discovered the right front brake dragging very badly. Stopped to get some gas and the fuel filler hose has a split and is leaking. Upon inspection, I also found the front sway bar end links shot and the exhaust rotted right before and after the muffler. I'll let my brother in law worry with the exhaust when they get the truck but the other safety stuff I'm taking care of before it goes north. Replacing brake flex lines, calipers, pads, rotors. Changed oil and filter over the weekend as it looks like the oil was changed about 1000 miles ago - in 2018. The flex line to the gas tank actually looks like the biggest pain. Of course the truck has paint issues, no GM from 1991 doesn't. A few dents but no rust issues. It is going north with the understanding if they ever want to sell it I get first right of refusal. My wife decided to take my FIL's Impala when nobody else seemed to want it. Back when he was able, my FIL and I took this truck on a ton of fishing trips, etc. so it has value of the sentimental for the most part.
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Well Bill you pretty much know the history of the truck too. Little things add up to a lot of things over time but all can be fixed. Good on you for taking care of the safety items first for them.
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Boog,
Man, you are correct. My FIL wasn't a big preventive maintenance person for some reason. His tractors would have never gotten greased or oil changed if not for me. This truck probably hasn't seen a grease gun in no telling how many years. I'm wire brushing the zerks out of the dirt for the most part. I am using this as a bit of a therapeutic exercise. As I am cleaning and repairing I keep thinking of my FIL and sometimes mentally talking to him. Mostly chuckling when making discoveries. He was big on having gloves and flashlights in your vehicle. I found three flashlights and four pairs of gloves in the truck. Along with jumper cables, ice scraper, hitch, packing blanket, rope, compass, tape measure, etc. I took one set of gloves and flashlight and stuck them back in one of the rear cubby holes.
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Yeah, that's about the first thing I do with a "new" vehicle: put in flashlight, tire gauge, gloves, ice scraper, rag, tow strap, plus at least some minimum tools like screwdrivers and crescent wrench.
Also I like to have a real 4-way lug wrench and a second jack and a few short pieces of 2x6.
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My daughter carries a floor jack and pieces of wood in her jacked up Avalanche. I guess she has too. It's got a 7" super lift she says.
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