Awake: 6:10am Temp 48 sleep 5+21 partly sunny after 2:30pm....TRW's. Nicktown.
After our KK meeting & breakfast, Kathy motored to Ebensburg to have her dress cleaned & pressed.
In the meanwhile, I ran the awning out on the passenger side to give me shade while working on the 1986 Snapper mower. I pulled the starter rope quite a few times & sometimes the engine would run for (15) sec, sometimes a minute. So definitely, today I will be getting into that carburetor.
Inside the carb I found some stuff (contaminant) that surely was blocking the gas flow. I cleaned the bowl out & used my small tough wire to run through the passage ways & clear those if they were the culprits. After all the important parts were replaced, I pulled the starter cord & the engine roared back to life,
& it kept running; so I mowed a path from our M.H.'s entry door to the circular driveway...
& then that roaring engine stopped. After that, the engine was a stubborn starter; so I think I will drain all my gas from its tank, clean out the carb again & then....buy a small fuel filter & a new gas hose.
Next, I borrowed the builder's wheelbarrow & gathered up more dead roots & tree trunks from our lower field; (3) heavy loads to be exact & that small burn site is growing again. I was getting ready to get (1) more load until I noticed the color of the sky; not blue, not grey, but dark, very dark & then the wind & echoing of thunder got my attention.
By the time I retracted both awnings of the M.H., pitter pats of raindrops were easily heard. Kathy called from Ebensburg; I let her know that a storm was headed her way. That storm was fast moving with heavy rain, lightening close by & of course, thunder. About (30) min later, lots of mud puddles & still later, partly sunny.
Kathy returned with several bags of groceries but did not get her dress cleaned & pressed. They closed their shop before she arrived.
Dinner: Reubin sandwich with chips.
K & I attended vigil Mass & 6:00pm & afterward, we joined Barry @ the Nicktown restaurant, along with John, Theresa, & Jean for pizza & beer.
Evening movie: "His kind of Woman." We watched 1/3rd.
Lights out: 12:12am.
After our KK meeting & breakfast, Kathy motored to Ebensburg to have her dress cleaned & pressed.
In the meanwhile, I ran the awning out on the passenger side to give me shade while working on the 1986 Snapper mower. I pulled the starter rope quite a few times & sometimes the engine would run for (15) sec, sometimes a minute. So definitely, today I will be getting into that carburetor.
Inside the carb I found some stuff (contaminant) that surely was blocking the gas flow. I cleaned the bowl out & used my small tough wire to run through the passage ways & clear those if they were the culprits. After all the important parts were replaced, I pulled the starter cord & the engine roared back to life,
& it kept running; so I mowed a path from our M.H.'s entry door to the circular driveway...
& then that roaring engine stopped. After that, the engine was a stubborn starter; so I think I will drain all my gas from its tank, clean out the carb again & then....buy a small fuel filter & a new gas hose. Next, I borrowed the builder's wheelbarrow & gathered up more dead roots & tree trunks from our lower field; (3) heavy loads to be exact & that small burn site is growing again. I was getting ready to get (1) more load until I noticed the color of the sky; not blue, not grey, but dark, very dark & then the wind & echoing of thunder got my attention.
By the time I retracted both awnings of the M.H., pitter pats of raindrops were easily heard. Kathy called from Ebensburg; I let her know that a storm was headed her way. That storm was fast moving with heavy rain, lightening close by & of course, thunder. About (30) min later, lots of mud puddles & still later, partly sunny.
Kathy returned with several bags of groceries but did not get her dress cleaned & pressed. They closed their shop before she arrived.
Dinner: Reubin sandwich with chips.
K & I attended vigil Mass & 6:00pm & afterward, we joined Barry @ the Nicktown restaurant, along with John, Theresa, & Jean for pizza & beer.
Evening movie: "His kind of Woman." We watched 1/3rd.
Lights out: 12:12am.
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