Friday 7 May 2010

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Awake: 6:17am     Temp 42     sleep 5+58     sunny     overnight @ Nicktown.

 

The 8:00am Mass this morning was for Marge & Dave's 50th Wedding Anniversary. His brother Cliff, Jill & other siblings were also present in church; Dave, Cliff, & Jill came to our Koffee Klub meeting to continue the mile-stone celebration.

 

After the KK adjourned, & we were back in our motorhome, I walked across our yard & found Mac in his workshop. I was ready to start Mac's riding mower & drive it over to my mini shop, but aah, the battery was dead.

 

I asked Mac if he had a battery charger; "yes I do," he said, "but I don't know where it is." "That's ok Mac, I'll get mine, bring it over & charge the battery while I'm having breakfast."

 

After breakfast, I asked Mac if I could mow some of my own grass with his mower as a test in checking just why his mower backfires so much & shuts down frequently. He said that would be alright.


Well, after about (15) min of mowing on this sunny but rather cool morning, the riding mower coughed & shut itself off. Hmm, so I turned off the key & did something else for awhile.

 

Maybe (20) min later, I continued mowing a spell & then the same thing happened again. That did it; I pushed the mower closer to my tool box & started turning wrenches....thinking, it has to be the carburetor.

 

Fortunately the carburetor came off fairly easily; I took my time & cleaned the sections carefully. I found nothing wrong that I could see...only a little grime.  

 

I was lucky in putting that carb back together; no parts left over & even luckier because I mowed the remainder of our grass (about 50) min with no shutdowns or backfiring.

 

I was nearly finished when John B. rode up on his motorcycle; we did some technical talk about the carb & then John had to leave.


After returning the mower to its proper owner, I could hear Mac mowing his grass but I heard no shutdowns or backfiring. May it continue!   

 

Next, I got in touch with another near neighbor, Chuck; he has a walk behind mower that is not running well. It will start but shuts down instantly. Maybe another carb fix. I brought it over to my mini shop but did not have the time to do any more troubleshooting today.  

 

Dinner: Crab cakes, rice, leftover Waldorf salad, broccoli & cutie oranges.

 

Melissa called: she apologized for not checking her phone messages during the late evening hrs. They didn't do anything special for their 10th wedding anniversary. They were too busy getting ready for the BIG bike ride.

 

Katrina called: so far she has not bought a new hot water heater.

 

Lights out: 11:13pm.

 

 


 

 

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