[AT] OT, one of those days, a Monday

[Mark Johnson]

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On 5/19/2020 2:23 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> Here, it stops raining and then when it's dry enough to start working, 
> 2 days later, it starts raining for 5 to 8 days then it starts all 
> over again.
> Cecil
>
> On 5/19/2020 11:18 AM, drgerber at bright.net wrote:
>> Cecil:  yup; it was a Monday.  Fubar.  I have had a lot of days like 
>> that lately.  Right now it won't stop raining.  Oh well.
>>
>> Dave in OH.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of Cecil 
>> Bearden
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 10:22 AM
>> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT, one of those days, a Monday
>>
>> Yesterday started out like any other day.  Wife went to get 
>> necessities, and I was working on cattle chutes to move some of the 
>> 60 head too many we have here.  While moving the panels around and 
>> getting the others that needed to be welded, the A/C on the New 
>> Holland money pit quit. Then I noticed the red battery light on the 
>> dash.  That meant the fan belt had broke again.  This one had only 3 
>> hours on it.  A new pulley was installed at that time. the old one 
>> lasted about 14 hours after I replaced the water pump.  Serpentine 
>> belt, not my favorite.. Then Cowboy the wonder dog had to find a 
>> skunk and then forgot that he had an experience with these stinky 
>> things 4 years ago. This one was only 40 ft from where i had the New 
>> Holland under a shade tree to work on. When I investigated the fan 
>> belt I found the idler pulley I replaced was looser than the old one. 
>> Replacement was plastic, the old one was steel.  Called Dealership 
>> and found that all replacements were plastic. Decided to rep
> la
>>   ce tensioner and all idlers.  Got on internet and found a listing 
>> on Dayco idlers by size.  Found a number then crossed it over to Napa 
>> number and called my small town NAPA, they had it and the belt, the 
>> dealership had the tensioner.
>>
>> Got a big bottle of Dawn and gave Cowboy the wonder dog a bath and 
>> then sprayed with a mixture of peroxide and some odor stuff for 
>> dogs.  He is tolerable now.
>>
>> My wife returned from shopping and then advised me that the 
>> refrigerator had quit working.    We moved everything that could be 
>> moved into a freezer and then re-adjusted things into another 
>> refrigerator and ice chest.   Could not find dry ice locally. I 
>> opened up the evaporator on the freezer and found it was iced over.  
>> thawed everything out and the fan would not run. Checked with 
>> voltmeter and for some reason power would not get to the fan.  
>> Googled everything and checked again. Ice in the cols had moved the 
>> metal rib on the defroster heater  to short out the wires on the 
>> end.   It was not either the defroster thermostat or the timer.  I 
>> took off the lower section in the refrigerator and still could not 
>> find the timer.  I gave up at midnight and decided to find another 
>> refrigerator this morning. 7am this morning the fan is running and 
>> the freezer is cold, but the fridge is only 50deg.  I moved the 
>> thermostat tube around and am waiting on it to cool down some more. 
>> Not sure t
> o
>>   trust it or not.  It is only 35 years old..........
>>
>> The New Holland has to have the radiator removed to replace all the 
>> belt idlers.  I did this last month when I replaced the water pump, 
>> but had the loader off at the time.  This time the loader is on 
>> it.     Loads of fun!!!!
>>
>> Cecil
>>
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