What did you do today?

[Razorback 1,308]

Yesterday I installed the rear oil seal on the K301 on my Cub Cadet 123, today wanted to get the PTO reinstalled but then realized that I really needed to replace the friction disc in it as long as I had things apart, then realized that I didn't have an adjustment gauge to assemble it properly.... so I ordered both.

Then, on my C160, I rebuilt the mechanical fuel pump and reinstalled it (installed, but bypassed with the electric fuel pump). The mating surface of the mechanical fuel pump had a noticable bow or "warp" to it.... it was not flat at all.... so I filed it down to be nice and flat. It installed nicely. Sometime when I have nothing better to do (or if/when the electric fuel pump quits), I will reconnect the mechanical pump and test it out. Did a lot of cleaning on the front end of the tractor, then reinstalled the hood and called it a night.

[squonk 46,471]

I take Bella for a walk at one of the many state parks within a few miles from home every morning when I'm not working. Yesterday was Dean's Cove on Cayuga lake and today Seneca Lake St.Park.

 

 

[Ed Kennell 46,034]

3 hours ago, squonk said:

Seneca Lake St.Park.

Spent several months in the area installing new  runners in the Seneca Falls pump turbine hydro plant.    Beautiful country.

[Sparky-(Admin) 25,246]

  Started clearing out some brush and growth  for a new shed location today. 
  Used my nastiest bent up ground-down 42” plow.

 

 

 

 

 

[SylvanLakeWH 31,353]

8 minutes ago, Sparky said:

a new shed location today.

Lucky!!!

 

[ebinmaine 78,749]

54 minutes ago, Sparky said:

new shed location

 

Adding one or moving one?

[Sparky-(Admin) 25,246]

39 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Adding one or moving one?

Adding a small one.

[adsm08 4,429]

This afternoon at work I got a Focus that wouldn't start. Starter ran, but didn't engage the flywheel. I took the starter off and a pressure plate finger came out with it. That will be fun to find out what broke.

 

Tonight was the last meeting, and Spring awards ceremony, for our local AHG troop. My daughter, my son's GF, and two other girls from our church are all members of this troop, so I enjoy going to those events.

[Handy Don 16,523]

On 5/16/2026 at 7:34 PM, 8ntruck said:

When we bought the house, the realtor mentioned that there was a cistern somewhere on the property.  I think I found it this afternoon while I was prying the floorboards off of the deck.  There looks to be a large (2 1/2' x 3 1/2') concrete hatch under the deck.

 

Probably ought to break the sides around the top of it to a foot below grade and backfill it with gravel.  Then again, I could just build the new deck over the top of it like the old deck was. 

Wow. Parallel lives.

The lot we bought to build on was densely overgrown and poison ivy heaven--we saw the perimeter and a bit of the wooded area but just trusted the rest would be ok. We knew it was once was the formal garden and rear lawn of a manor house that burned which lead to the property being divided and knew we’d become the owners of the 1880’s brick-and-stone water tower that served the property before the village had a water distribution system. 

Upon clearing the growth, though, we found some surprises: a hand-dug well almost 20’ deep, an adjacent underground pump room, and a 10’ diameter concrete fountain! There was lots of buried, rusty piping for irrigation, too. Only the pump room was unsalvageable, so we filled it with all the big rocks we found when clearing for our lawn and...then we put a deck over it!

 

[Handy Don 16,523]

54 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

so I enjoy going to those events.

Being present for young peoples’ events often has deeper impact that you might think. Well done. 

[953 nut 65,935]

13 hours ago, Sparky said:

Used my nastiest bent up ground-down 42” plow.

That is a beautiful EXPERIANCED work of art.         It took a long time to develop that much character.      Show it a bit of respect.

[Horsin'round 421]

23 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

EXPERIANCED

 

 

Aka, " the patina of authenticity "

[squonk 46,471]

15 hours ago, Sparky said:

Adding a small one.

You better add a big one.

[squonk 46,471]

Was greeted by a Trane Intellapak with half the AC down. 

 

[Sparky-(Admin) 25,246]

1 hour ago, squonk said:

You better add a big one.

This will be shed #3… need to stop with all the outbuildings 

[ebinmaine 78,749]

3 minutes ago, Sparky said:

This will be shed #3… need to stop with all the outbuildings 

 

Just build a BIG barn!!

[squonk 46,471]

3 minutes ago, Sparky said:

This will be shed #3… need to stop with all the outbuildings 

Those snow plows gotta go somewhere!

[953 nut 65,935]

7 hours ago, squonk said:

half the AC down. 

Mike, how many days until retirement?

[squonk 46,471]

28 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

Mike, how many days until retirement?

Working 2 days a week until the end of July. 

[953 nut 65,935]

12 hours ago, squonk said:

Working Showing up 2 days a week until the end of July. 

OK, fixed it for you.

[squonk 46,471]

3 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

OK, fixed it for you.

Not quite. I seem to be the only guy who thinks the chillers need to be running when it's 90 out!

[953 nut 65,935]

6 minutes ago, squonk said:

Not quite. I seem to be the only guy who thinks the chillers need to be running when it's 90 out!

So                 When it is 90 and it is one of your five days off do they just tolerate the heat?         

[squonk 46,471]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

So                 When it is 90 and it is one of your five days off do they just tolerate the heat?         

No they call me and I tell them what to do. I can control the main bldg and Surg ctr. from home but they gotta get off their butts for the others.

[ebinmaine 78,749]

2 hours ago, squonk said:

No they call me and I tell them what to do. I can control the main bldg and Surg ctr. from home but they gotta get off their butts for the others.

 

 

I hope you charge a fee for that

[CasaytheMann 122]

On 5/19/2026 at 9:10 AM, squonk said:

Was greeted by a Trane Intellapak with half the AC down. 

 

I spent 42 years working on stuff like that before retiring 2 years ago. I don't miss it.