Awake: 5:18am Temp 71 sleep 5+34 cloudy, later rain overnight @ Watertown, WI.
Sallie & Kathy have a challenging shopping day planned: Home Depot to look at cabinets for the bathroom remodel to be started soon; the pool store to have the pool water tested and buy the necessary chemicals; 2 different kitchen stores to look at stainless steel sinks; & the Kosher store to order meat for the 4th of July festivities.
Early afternoon, Larry & I go to the factory. Today we are serious about starting the Hyster 8000 forklift. The present battery on the forklift is kaput so we substitute the new Caddy battery. Key on, turn key & nothing; Larry thinks the safety switch is shot. We jump the safety switch: starter not turning, not even a solenoid click. We jump both the safety switch & the solenoid terminals: still nothing. Bang starter with a crowbar several times: nada! Larry has an idea & a friend mechanic just down the road. By chance Pete will be coming this way soon & he’ll stop by.
About 20 min later, Pete arrives carrying a voltmeter. He tries the same tricks as we did with the same results. He also takes a voltage reading which was good. Then he asks for a hammer & gives the starter a few hard hits: the starter turns & the engine starts. We thank Pete a lot & he goes on his way. Larry & I are elated. Lesson learned: next time, use a hammer. We fill the brake reservoir with fluid, start the engine again & decide to call it a day.
Before we leave the factory, Larry asks me if tomorrow, I could wire another safety switch in parallel with the one that’s shot. “Sure” I tell him. Then I ask if he has any switches laying around in the parts bin that might work. We climb the stairs to the 2nd floor over the offices, find a defunct circuit board with (2) switches & take that panel along back to our bus to start the safety switch process.
Wine time was relaxing. We tell our ladies about our unsuccessful attempts @ starting the Hyster & how Pete’s hammer had a better ping. And they share their day’s activities.
Dinner by Sallie: chicken stir fry with brown rice & bread.
Mid evening movie: “The Uninvited” with Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Gail Russell, etc. Eerie ghost suspense about Russell disturbed by dead mother’s specter; Milland & Hussey, new owners of the haunted house, try to solve mystery. 1944. Kathy wasn’t too thrilled about this ghost stuff & I nearly asked for my money back. But for 1944, the cinematography was impressive.
High temp=82 Lights out: 11:34pm
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