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  1. Al Smith

    Al's half fast repairs

    Remember where you are at .Night before last it was 41 here with a high of 52 .My geo thermal is still running on heat .
  2. Al Smith

    Al's half fast repairs

    I'm not certain if Ohio gets as humid as Louisiana but it can get bad .Everything rusts .Plus before this general weather warming trend it wasn't uncommon to have from 15-20 below zero to over 100 degrees in a year .
  3. Al Smith

    Al's half fast repairs

    For reasons unknown I can take a lot of heat .A few years back I had a day laborer helping me .Jamie,in his 40's .good worker just not too bright .I had a cooler full of chilled water ,cut up 6 cords of ash,30" stuff .96 degrees in the shade .I just drank the water ,sweat like a race horse and...
  4. Al Smith

    Al's half fast repairs

    I read that book close to 60 years ago in Jr High school . Mark Twain AKA Samuel Clemens was quite an author ,humorist etc .He was about the same time period as Robert Service ,dubbed the "Gunga Din " of the great north west territories .-"bard of the Yukon" At one time or another I've most of...
  5. Al Smith

    Al's half fast repairs

    A couple of years ago going to Tampa Florida I had a blend door actuator get stuck on heat about at Atlanta .Talk about one hot SOB in late April ,no tools .You can't use the 4 -70 method in Atlanta,all four windows down and drive 70 miles per hour . Damned lucky to go 25 at certain times .
  6. Al Smith

    Al's half fast repairs

    Some times ya gotta do what ya gotta do .I could lift it by hand but I needed another to put a prop under it .Fact with the rear bolts loose I could raise it up a foot just by sitting on the tail gate . I knew something was amiss when I used 3/4 of a tank of gas driving home from Toledo which is...
  7. Al Smith

    Al's half fast repairs

    The worst part of the whole ordeal was removing the six bed bolts,rusty you know .Shot them with WD 40 rust buster formula .Impact wrench wouldn't move them .My 200 pounds and a 4 foot cheater pipe got it .Broke two T-55 drivers in the process .
  8. Al Smith

    Al's half fast repairs

    Damned rodents got me again .Mouse or chipmunk chewed a hole in the return fuel line of my Ranger ,leaked gas like a sieve .Several ways to repair it,either remove the bed,jack it up like I did or drop the gas tank .Parts coming from flea bay,can't find them locally . I need a few ferrets or...
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