2025: What are you doing today?

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Pool noodles aren't hollow.  Around here anyway.

Out here pool noodles mostly have holes in the center. I suggest you buy a large pool noodle. Cut it in half. Carve out the center. GLue it to the pipe with caulking material, use zip ties too. The 60 year caulk may work well?

I would not own a vehicle with a CVT if you paid for it.

[WZ JUNK]

My Subaru Outback has 200,000 miles with the cvt.  I did not know you could have the transmission fluid changed.  I will look into that.  I just put new tires on mine.  I guess I am an optimist.

[58 Yeoman]

From what I saw on a video, it's complicated to change the fluid in a cvt, not like a powerglide or C6, etc.  That's why I'm taking it to the dealer and pay the $350 + tax.  I didn't think you had to change the fluid, but it seems it's supposed to be done every 30k?  Didn't do it that often, if at all on regular automatics.

I guess I could buy the Amazon insulation and cut it with a razor, put it on and glue it together. It's the small jobs that are always the hardest.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Our 2013 Honda Civic car has a regular 5 speed auto in it. It has a drain plug, no pan to remove to replace filter.

After 30 or 40k miles on the car I started to drop the trans fluid with each engine oil change at 5k miles. Transaxle drains out 2.6 qts of DW-1 Honda transmission oil . I figure it is a good thing to change partial transmission oil.  I have skipped a trans oil drain , so it was drained  at 10k miles.  Not often I do that.

 

[Crosley.In.AZ]

I guess I could buy the Amazon insulation and cut it with a razor, put it on and glue it together. It's the small jobs that are always the hardest.

Phil: Just another thought here on the pipe insulation:

When we rebuilt the interior on our park model place in the mobile home park... WHen you flushed the toilet the noise from the water flow thru the 3 inch drain pipe under the unit was enough that it bugged us.

At the home improvement store I found some foil backed butyl roll of material. About 1/4 inch thick, foam like material with the butyl material too...  Butyl material is  sorta an adhesive too . I wrapped the drain pipe with this stuff. I put zip ties around the material too.  It reduced the water flow noise a great deal.  That may work with the heat tape on the drain pipe ?

[58 Yeoman]

Tony, sounds like that's the direction I'm going to go.  I went on Amazon this am and lo and behold...no 1-7/8" insulation.  WTH happened overnight?  What I did find was close, like 2" for over $20 for 6'; not going to happen.  I guess they're jacking prices up overnight for the tariffs.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Tony, sounds like that's the direction I'm going to go.  I went on Amazon this am and lo and behold...no 1-7/8" insulation.  WTH happened overnight?  What I did find was close, like 2" for over $20 for 6'; not going to happen.  I guess they're jacking prices up overnight for the tariffs.

Kool...  We were at a home improvement store today. It is a place called Lowes.   Actually we were at the Home depot place first. Did not have All we wanted.  Lowes is across the street, all in Show Low AZ.

Lowes stuff is called Duct insulation in rolls.. They had the butyl stuff I used and a fiberglas insulation type material too.

  

[chimp koose]

Went into the attic of the garage today and brought down more stuff for the upcoming swap meet . Now I have no room to move in the garage .

[Crosley.In.AZ]

In my wonderin around in for sale stuff on the facebook marketplace.

Listed as a camp trailer: $300.00

Not sure about camping. Not much info given.

 

[kb426]

MY H.F. trailer was new in 2006. I decided it was time for new tires. The old ones didn't show any age but why would you take a risk in today's tire world. I ordered the wrong size the 1st try. Brain damage again. 2nd try, right size and job completed. The old tires were 2 ply. The replacements are 6 ply with an M speed rating. I hope the plies aren't made from used toilet paper. I've been working on small items that aren't worth mentioning. Very boring.

[58 Yeoman]

I've spent the last two days cleaning up brush from when the tree guy topped and cut trees in January, as the weather was right.  I also cut down a lot of honeysuckle bushes that are growing on the side of a ravine that runs though the property.  I'm going to plant wild flowers in the bare spots to help the ground cover.  We lost a lot of trees, so more sunlight to help the flowers which will help the bees, and make it look better.  Now, I'm tired.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

It was 81 here in Holbrook today... While we were in the Sun City AZ area today it was 93 at 1pm. The traffic is just NUTZ there!

Yeah  we are in a small town. Limited stuff here.  33 miles west or south for a larger city. Yet we are so happy to be here, retired, do what we want (sorta). LOL

I have not searched for some items like steel tube , angle iron, flat steel materials yet. The house needs more work. LOL

Since our park model mobile home in Sun City AZ area is not selling, we decided to sell the RV.. WHen the RV is gone , I do not need a dually F350 diesel , so the truck will go too.

 

[Crosley.In.AZ]

MY H.F. trailer was new in 2006. I decided it was time for new tires. The old ones didn't show any age but why would you take a risk in today's tire world. I ordered the wrong size the 1st try. Brain damage again. 2nd try, right size and job completed. The old tires were 2 ply. The replacements are 6 ply with an M speed rating. I hope the plies aren't made from used toilet paper. I've been working on small items that aren't worth mentioning. Very boring.

If you have not seen it. Harbor Freight is pushing a new trailer they offer. 5 x 10 unit. 2k weight rated. It has options for ramps , tie downs , top rail kit, tool box.  Price starts at 1K $$

Still uses smallish tires 13 inch

 

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Did a small bit of work in the bedroom I have been ignoring for a while.  Ripped off the remaining sheet rock around the window.

Of course a mishap popped up. The wood furr out surround of the window split apart.  I had to glue the board back together.  Used that TiteBond brand wood glue. I have used that glue for years.

I had some longish adjustable clamps on hand. You know : those tools you have for decades and use every 7 to 9 years?

 

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Today Had a mis-step . So the drywall work I planned on, did not happen.

Yesterday afternoon changed the basic cheapy drawer slides on the kitchen cabinets to full extend , self closing slides. 7 pairs of them.

Today after the Amazon delivery , I changed out 26 hinges on the cabinet doors to slow close hinges. Tedious. PITA . Adjusted the doors close to even....  Couple more stripped out door hinge holes on the same cabinets that had other stripped out holes.  More glue and toothpicks ..

Now : somebody needs to install the handles on the cabinets.  Counter tops are still 3 weeks out.  i suspect 6 weeks is more likely. I am always the optimist !

Still need trim on the cabinets. Scribe trim , toe kick trim, crown trim.  Then floor tile , ceramic stuff.  The eggcitement gets me !