Everybody missed this was F R I D A Y?   I thought I was the only one to  lose a day....

Yeah I wondered myself but was busy all day at work.  One of those jobs for the bosses friends that just keep adding more work till an hour to go home.  THEN he realizes that if we add anything else he won't be driving home in it tonight.  

Me Missus has had some issues, I didn’t make it to work the last two days, and I am taking her to a chiropractor on Monday. So today was Friday?

Hope the Missus is feeling better Artie.

Took off a day from turning and made a board to go in granddaughter's bed to support her mattress.  Cut to size and sanded all sides.  Will finish rolling pin number 6 on Sunday and possibly do number 7.  I have 3 basic patterns that I will be using.  Then I need to get back to repairing the pine chair from the 1970's.  Need to replace a shingle this weekend.  We got our flu shots this week and I am very tired.  May even work a nap in there somewhere.  Have a great weekend, everyone.

 

Tinkering with a repair, something I seldom do, especially for someone else. Also trying to prep the mailbox this weekend for the winter snow, erecting a blast shield to knock down the snow from the plows before they knock down my mailbox.

Edited October 24, 20205 yr by Fred W. Hargis Jr

2 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

erecting a blast shield to knock down the snow from the plows before they knock down my mailbox.

 A few years back the was a guy locally that started a business doing this. 2-4x4 vertical post & 2x6 horizontal. Did quite well as I recall.

I'm hoping to get by with something less elaborate. Right now I envision just 1 fence post (sign post, actually) and then a piece of painted MDO with our house number large enough to shield the box. My box is back from the road a fair distance and the blast isn't quite as bad. Even so, it's a jumbo mail box and when we have a really wet snow it does get rattled a bit.

Modern vehicles use actuator motors to adjust temperature and blend door operations. Works okay but the gears are plastic. See picture.  Those gears are not serviceable, as in cannot be purchased except as unit. For $125.  But when it's the bosses car it's okay you canniablize another unit to make one good.

 

Fun stuff putting this in.  Small hands and patience. Or pull the dash out.

 

 

Well, Gunny, do you recommend to trade off the vehicle or just break out the wallet and go through the repairs?  My Toyota has these doors that open and close all over the van.  I can hear them shut after turning off the engine.  And, I think the ones for the heater are failing.  We had a couple of cool mornings so I turned on the heat for the grandchildren, but I got only cold air.  So, I just turned the thing off.  It is total climate control.  

8 minutes ago, FlGatorwood said:

Well, Gunny, do you recommend to trade off the vehicle or just break out the wallet and go through the repairs?  My Toyota has these doors that open and close all over the van.  I can hear them shut after turning off the engine.  And, I think the ones for the heater are failing.  We had a couple of cool mornings so I turned on the heat for the grandchildren, but I got only cold air.  So, I just turned the thing off.  It is total climate control.  

 

Toyota's are slightly easier to do HVAC blend door  actuators.  But tend to be expensive. I take stuff apart all the time to show my apprentice how things work. Visual hands on learning.  But never have seen a listing for the little gears or a motor. So you pay for the whole thing.  It is also possible rear heater core is plugged up.  Here I would check that then give estimate. No guessing. 

 

For me fixing is better than a car payment.

 

Of course I don't pay for labor either.

 

 

You have a great point there regarding car payments and again about the heater core being congested.  When the winds of Hurricane Sally blew, it blew in leaves between the doors and post and pulverized them into the paint.  There were leaf crumbs around the gaskets and the tail gate has plenty of leaves and debris.  I used a power washer to start as the dirt was ground into the paint.  But, I still need to clean around the doors and tailgate.  But, will get it checked out.  This vehicle is a 2007 with all of 77,000 miles.  It is worth about $4k, so I will keep it as long as I can get parts and afford them.  I get too dizzy these days moving my head around, so someone else will have to do the labor.  Thank you for the information.  

2 hours ago, FlGatorwood said:

so someone else will have to do the labor.  Thank you for the information.  

Glad to help, probably answer about 10-15 questions a week from various people.  Sometimes easy stuff for me, other times I have to consult a wiring diagram or flow chart.  

 

If we were closer I'd drop by, check it out and get it fixed for ya.  

Spent the day pulling out old wiring, moving boxes and rewiring outdoor floodlights for the youth theatre company building.  Trying desperately to light areas needing lit without having to go buy more green THHN.

 

Found out why the old lighting was not working, there was a 2' section of wire above the area with the I-beam sticking out without any insulation at all.

 

Thank you, Gunny.  Now I know what to tell the mechanic.  That's all I need is knowledge.  I just never considered that the winds of 110+ may have some effect on the machine.  But, apparently, it did.  I found a new mechanic.  The dealer turned me away last year when I went in for routine maintenance.  They told me that I needed an appointment.  They wanted to do it at their convenience rather than mine.  So, I found a man who used to work there and now owns his own shop.  I hear that he is great and knows his stuff.  And, it is closer to the house.  Win!  

30 minutes ago, FlGatorwood said:

So, I found a man who used to work there

That is where I got my dose of Toyota training and experience.  Had the Service Manager gotten this idea that mechanics are a dime a dozen and can be replaced easily I would have stayed.  Just got tired of being shafted at every turn.  Shop I am at now hired me an hour after I left previous shop back in 2007.  Didn't even get home before he called and told me come to work tomorrow.    When the job in Iraq came up he even said your job here is waiting for you when you return.

 

Came back in 2010 and have been their since.