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On a different topic, baby bunny pics.
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We have 5 more baby rabbits. They were born yesterday afternoon. That makes 11 born within a week, with 1 more doe due Thursday. These were a day early and a surprise. I went out to check and the fur pile was moving. This doe did a lot better than my other one, it's her first litter but she built an overkill nest, had them all in the nest and covered up within about an hour between me going out there.
Finishing up the last nest box that should already be in there with the last doe...It still needs a bottom. My husband cut it out last night, we are kinda behind the curve this time!
Finishing up the last nest box that should already be in there with the last doe...It still needs a bottom. My husband cut it out last night, we are kinda behind the curve this time!
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Agreed, having only one vehicle sucks. Hope you get it fixed including the fail to start cold issue.
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Thanks, the fail to start I've learned to adapt over - cheap christmas light timer and plugged in. It comes on in the morning before I wake up and it's nice and warm by the time I have to go. Bright side to that is the engine is warm and the heater works almost instantly!
It's just the o-ring, but I can't manage to get down to autozone on foot, it's a bit too far of a walk for me, so there it sits in a pool of motor oil until someone has enough pity to take me to the store for a $2 o ring.
It's just the o-ring, but I can't manage to get down to autozone on foot, it's a bit too far of a walk for me, so there it sits in a pool of motor oil until someone has enough pity to take me to the store for a $2 o ring.
If I still lived in Las Cruces we could knock this issue out quickly! Will your AutoZone deliver?
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They probably would, except I'm not sure on the size of the o-ring and have to bring the part in to size one. All I know is it's small, maybe 3/8 ID. If I could say with any certainty I am pretty sure I could have talked someone into picking me up one already.
I worked around it, gave up on trying to get my husband to give me a ride, he's in the dog house. I'm going to fill it up and go down there with it tomorrow with the tools to fix it in the parking lot. It is leaking pretty excessively, but I"ll determine my options int he morning when I check the oil. I am pretty sure I was driving it spraying oil, so that should give me a good clue as to how much it's going to blow out in the 6 miles I need to limp it down.
The other option is to yank a battery out and stick it in my 84. The 84 will start with some coaxing, but the speedometer doesn't work in it, lol. I can use my phone app for that though, just it's hoses and belts are so old that it really probably is safer to take the oil leaking diesel. The 84 hasn't really been meant to be driven, we are restoring it and it looks like hell with the dash pulled off, but it will start and drive and is legal with plates and insurance all the same. I really regret not working on it more to have it as a back up vehicle now.
I worked around it, gave up on trying to get my husband to give me a ride, he's in the dog house. I'm going to fill it up and go down there with it tomorrow with the tools to fix it in the parking lot. It is leaking pretty excessively, but I"ll determine my options int he morning when I check the oil. I am pretty sure I was driving it spraying oil, so that should give me a good clue as to how much it's going to blow out in the 6 miles I need to limp it down.
The other option is to yank a battery out and stick it in my 84. The 84 will start with some coaxing, but the speedometer doesn't work in it, lol. I can use my phone app for that though, just it's hoses and belts are so old that it really probably is safer to take the oil leaking diesel. The 84 hasn't really been meant to be driven, we are restoring it and it looks like hell with the dash pulled off, but it will start and drive and is legal with plates and insurance all the same. I really regret not working on it more to have it as a back up vehicle now.
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@greybeard you were right, I got o-rings and pulled the ICP off, it did have the ring on it but it was torn. Put a new o-ring on, still have a leak where it seats. That might be because I was apprehensive on putting too much tight to it, so I tightened it down a bit more gently and we'll see. I was down 2 qts this morning, just barely still on the stick. I have a big deep 1 1/4" socket that fits it nicely and doesn't seem to touch the plastic, that was my main concern was breaking that plastic off or shredding another o-ring - except now I have 12 of the suckers.
It has always had a minor oil drip, just a spot or two every now and then that we could never find, I don't stress over that, I know it takes about 2000 miles to need a qt, but this leak is definitely more severe.
Side note, made a call where I bought it and they're sending me another sensor for free, and don't want my oily mess of one back either!
It has always had a minor oil drip, just a spot or two every now and then that we could never find, I don't stress over that, I know it takes about 2000 miles to need a qt, but this leak is definitely more severe.
Side note, made a call where I bought it and they're sending me another sensor for free, and don't want my oily mess of one back either!
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Do you ever start on a project, intending to fix something minor, and it's now a week later and you have more problems than you started with? I think it's just because we noticed more problems when we started, lol.
My husbands truck, we had to replace the tie rods, got the parts etc. It's lifted, which apparently means that stuff from Autozone does not fit and you need to modify or order them. We figure that out when we can't adjust the alignment and it started wearing on the tires.
Ok, so now I've saved the old ones and I'm hunting down the correct outer tie rod ends. The inners were the same as what was on it, just longer, so we cut those down to be the right size no problem. Meanwhile, realize "hey that tire shouldn't wobble back and forth" - yep, wheel bearings on one side. I'm a firm believer in "I'm not just doing one side to do the other side a week from now" so replacing both...blah.
Then, the diesel truck, since I'm a bit SOL on waiting on the new one to get here, I "fixed" the leaking one with a rubber hose o-ring. Seriously, I put the new o ring that fit on the part and it leaked, so I added another larger ring and tightened it, and so far...no leaks. This is ridiculous to be down 2 vehicles in a week. Seriously need to get busy on the restoration project so we at least can drive that.
My husbands truck, we had to replace the tie rods, got the parts etc. It's lifted, which apparently means that stuff from Autozone does not fit and you need to modify or order them. We figure that out when we can't adjust the alignment and it started wearing on the tires.
Ok, so now I've saved the old ones and I'm hunting down the correct outer tie rod ends. The inners were the same as what was on it, just longer, so we cut those down to be the right size no problem. Meanwhile, realize "hey that tire shouldn't wobble back and forth" - yep, wheel bearings on one side. I'm a firm believer in "I'm not just doing one side to do the other side a week from now" so replacing both...blah.
Then, the diesel truck, since I'm a bit SOL on waiting on the new one to get here, I "fixed" the leaking one with a rubber hose o-ring. Seriously, I put the new o ring that fit on the part and it leaked, so I added another larger ring and tightened it, and so far...no leaks. This is ridiculous to be down 2 vehicles in a week. Seriously need to get busy on the restoration project so we at least can drive that.
Or you could cut your losses and get rid of everything and start over from scratch... Don't you just wish you could afford to do that? 
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There was a time that if there was some old POS vehicle over 20 years old sporting 150,000 plus miles, then it had my name on it. For the longest time I drove a raggedy oldsmobile that my mechanic warned me not to drive any farther out of town than I wanted a wrecker to drag it back. 
