Baymule
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You are my hero. 
I have NO idea how to work on a truck.
I have NO idea how to work on a truck.
Changing goals and speed
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AClark
Loving the herd life
DH did most of the work, I am getting too big in the middle to get around as well as I need to, and can't lean over things as well anymore. It's team work though, I grab tools and hold parts, put things together, and he does the heavy lifting and breaking bolts loose.
Side note, we should have a litter of baby bunnies tomorrow or the next day. Her box is in but I don't see any start to a nest. I'm a bit concerned since last time she lost them all, but since I moved her to the garage where it's a lot warmer than the house, I think I have a bit more wiggle room in case of emergency.
Side note, we should have a litter of baby bunnies tomorrow or the next day. Her box is in but I don't see any start to a nest. I'm a bit concerned since last time she lost them all, but since I moved her to the garage where it's a lot warmer than the house, I think I have a bit more wiggle room in case of emergency.
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AClark
Loving the herd life
6 babies born this morning - haven't tried to figure out what they are yet, other than alive and wiggly. Only the last one was born on the wire but I happened to check and catch it about as soon as it was born, then noticed the pile of fur in the box was moving. 
I'll have to get better pictures later, the Canon had a dead battery, so phone photo has to do.
I like the nest, I gave her shredded newspaper and some pine chips, the alfalfa was her's to eat that she dragged in for them. Much better than last time!
I'll have to get better pictures later, the Canon had a dead battery, so phone photo has to do.
I like the nest, I gave her shredded newspaper and some pine chips, the alfalfa was her's to eat that she dragged in for them. Much better than last time!
Bruce
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I would guess they are bunnies
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AClark
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Mutt bunnies for the freezer! Lol. I might sell a few as pets but if they don't go for pets, they are food. What I meant was what gender they are though lol you sound like my husband, he's a perpetual smart aleck too.
Still 2 more does potentially due on the 13th and 15th. Not sure that they caught yet, but preparing anyway.
lol you sound like my husband, he's a perpetual smart aleck too.Still 2 more does potentially due on the 13th and 15th. Not sure that they caught yet, but preparing anyway.
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Baymule
Herd Master
Mmmmmm.......bunnies..... 
Fried rabbit, rabbit stew, rabbit gumbo, rabbit casserole, rabbit enchiladas, rabbit sausage, bunny burgers, rabbit chili, smothered rabbit in gravy........
Fried rabbit, rabbit stew, rabbit gumbo, rabbit casserole, rabbit enchiladas, rabbit sausage, bunny burgers, rabbit chili, smothered rabbit in gravy........
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AClark
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Taters precious! Boil 'em, mash 'em, put 'em in a stew?
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AClark
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So the truck saga continues. Apparently the sensor we put in was supposed to have a gasket, that wasn't in the box. It blew oil all over the street in front of my house and I'm afraid to drive it since it's blowing a lot of it. Now to find a gasket to fit that little fitting and put it back on again...finding the gasket isn't easy. Being down to 1 running vehicle sucks.
We still have 6 baby bunnies and she's doing well taking care of them. My red doe is due tomorrow, she got her box yesterday and it's full of material and fur already, so I may have a nice surprise tomorrow morning, or even tonight. The chinchilla colored one is due on Thursday, and I don't have a box made yet. I may end up buying one since both of my "templates" are currently occupied.
It's a funny mix of the 6 already here, 2 black, 2 "fawn"? and 2 I'm not sure what color they are...all with big white spots, but they don't look like typical brokens, more like the mother with a big strip of white on the face and neck.
We still have 6 baby bunnies and she's doing well taking care of them. My red doe is due tomorrow, she got her box yesterday and it's full of material and fur already, so I may have a nice surprise tomorrow morning, or even tonight. The chinchilla colored one is due on Thursday, and I don't have a box made yet. I may end up buying one since both of my "templates" are currently occupied.
It's a funny mix of the 6 already here, 2 black, 2 "fawn"? and 2 I'm not sure what color they are...all with big white spots, but they don't look like typical brokens, more like the mother with a big strip of white on the face and neck.
greybeard
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If it's a Ford, the ICP sensor has just a little 'o' ring above the threads. Tightening too tight will break the ring. Another common failure is a split in the top part of the plastic part of the sensor, and it will squirt oil everywhere, kinda like the older oil pressure sensors and switches did when they cracked. Not unusual to get a new one right out of the box and it leaks too.
(I was a diesel mechanic for about 2 decades)
(I was a diesel mechanic for about 2 decades)
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AClark
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Yes it's a Ford (7.3 Powerstroke), and it just didn't have the o-ring at all, we pulled it and looked. THe problem with the old one was that it had oil all the way up into the plug in for the pig tail, so we replaced the pig tail and the sensor. I didn't notice because the old one had probably rotted off or was too covered to notice. I thought it was leaking off the new radiator we had to install, but that's all clean, this is sprayed on the bottom of the hood and down into the valley.
We're working down on cold start problems, and figured this couldn't hurt to replace. It basically won't start unless it's been left on the block heater for an hour plus if it's under 60 degrees, however once you start it in the morning it can sit for hours and hours and will start right up - no white smoke or anything, just cranks without firing. GPR tests good with the multimeter, I ohmed out all the glow plugs (0.08 ohms) - nothing noticeable there. Injectors have been replaced, 191k miles on it now. Both batteries are getting older and have been replaced multiple times due to failures (dont' buy cheap batteries!) so we're just stumped on it. Oil gets changed at 5k miles, I change the fuel filter every 10k. Don't buy cheap fuel filters either, the last Duralast one I got split and spewed diesel everywhere while I was priming it. I thought I seated it wrong until I pulled it back off and all the pieces fell out.
Replaced the HPOP a year ago after it blew apart. Here's the old HPOP:
Here's all the parts recovered after I cleaned them up (they wouldn't accept a box of parts for the core)
We're working down on cold start problems, and figured this couldn't hurt to replace. It basically won't start unless it's been left on the block heater for an hour plus if it's under 60 degrees, however once you start it in the morning it can sit for hours and hours and will start right up - no white smoke or anything, just cranks without firing. GPR tests good with the multimeter, I ohmed out all the glow plugs (0.08 ohms) - nothing noticeable there. Injectors have been replaced, 191k miles on it now. Both batteries are getting older and have been replaced multiple times due to failures (dont' buy cheap batteries!) so we're just stumped on it. Oil gets changed at 5k miles, I change the fuel filter every 10k. Don't buy cheap fuel filters either, the last Duralast one I got split and spewed diesel everywhere while I was priming it. I thought I seated it wrong until I pulled it back off and all the pieces fell out.
Replaced the HPOP a year ago after it blew apart. Here's the old HPOP:
Here's all the parts recovered after I cleaned them up (they wouldn't accept a box of parts for the core)
