Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Family moving to Hong Kong.
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Brake drum hell!!
Sunday, February 16, 2014
So much for my new deer stand...the maple syrup shack
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Maple cream ale home brew
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Maple syrup friend.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Dish soap is federally mandated to be phosphate free.
There are alot of pages discussing the unclean dish look but Sheryl and I are convinced with the adding of ½ cup to 1 cup of cheap vinegar in addition to detergent -- just pour it into the bottom of the dishwasher before running a load.
This is the least expensive and best desired outcome. You will be able to skip a few washes because we found adding vinegar for every wash was not necessary at our house, and it does not smell the best!! Good Luck, JROD
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Dryer vent and high efficiency furnace vents
One note, an old friend passed away RIP; Barb (Bubbles) Sandburg,
Take care, JROD
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
House deodorizer
Saturday, November 6, 2010
How to flush the heater core on your vehicle without paying any money!
At the heater core there is an inlet and outlet rubber hose for coolant. The mechanic told me to swap the hoses around and make the inlet the outlet and visa/versa and to run it like that for a few days. I will be darned if it did'nt work!! So now my cars heater is flame thrower again and it was all done with no money spent. I must say THANK YOU to the guys at Hwy8 Express Lube!! I will be paying them for a few oil changes this winter when I get lazy...I mean lazier!! LOL
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Freezer burnt Salmon
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Pontiac 2.4 quad water pump replacement.
Reservoir and upper motor mount Water pump and coolant manifold.
Just completed a miserable job of replacing the water pump on a '99 Pontiac Grand Am, 2.4 quad. Things to note are thermostat is below exhaust manifold and pump also and runs off of the timing chain. Here are my step by step instructions that will make it alot easier for you to do if you ever have the oppurtunity or want to attempt to replace one?!?! Will save you $800-$1000.
1. Block car up so you can work under as well as over the passenger side fender of car, drain oil, antifreeze and remove passenger side wheel.
2. On passenger side remove antifreeze reservoir and control module below that.
3. Remove the 3 bolts on heat shroud of exhaust manifold.
4. Disconnect exhaust from manifold- 3 nuts with 15mm deep socket. 2 of them are easily accessible from under the car with an extension. Donot let the flex end bend much or damage to its seal can occur- you do not need to twist it anyway.
5. Remove nut securing the oil dipstick and coolant return hard line. The dipstick tube will come out stiff, but wiil come. Coolant return has a nut on manifold bolt and another bolt securing it to driverside of block, remove and just pull it out of the housing. there is a rubber "o" ring that will need a touch of grease to reinstall.
6. Now we have complete access to remove all the bolts from the manifold and take it completely out. 2 nuts are a bugger to get at but you will figure it out. This being cleared out of the way exposes everything from the thermostat to the water pump.
7. Remove 2 bolts in thermostat housing, note thermostat orientation.
8. Remove the 6 bolts for the water pump backside housing. Bolts are all different sizes so lay bolts out so you will know correct placement for reinstall!!
Now the fun part;
9. Support engine with a jack, for removal of upper motor mount on passenger side.
10. Remove the 2 nuts attaching mount to car. Completely remove the 2 large stretch bolts from the top of mount and remove mount assembly and set it aside.
11. Loosen the 3 bolts on the motor block that connect it to the mount about 1/8 of an inch (a little GM trick they don't want us to know about). This will allow you to remove all timing chain cover bolts.
12. Below passenger fender, remove all black plastic shrouding to expose the crank shaft pulley and remove pulley.
13. Now we are ready too remove the 20+ bolts and nuts holding chain case cover on. 10mm if I remember correctly!?! Set cover aside.
14. Remove outer gasket and middle gasket. They must be replaced, I paid $40 for timing chain gasket kit and that has the crank seal also that we will be replacing.
15. This is the critical point. We do not want to get the chain out of time so before we loosen the chain tensioner, turn motor by hand until holes line up with holes on the back side of each cam sprocket. I use drill bits that just fit, and that will keep everything in place when we release the tension (another GM trick they don't want us to know about). Also grease pen mark cam sprocket to chain and crank sproket to chain, to again safe guard timing and eliminate a catastrophe, RIGHT!!
16. Gently remove the chain guide right below the water pump sprocket.
17. Remove the 2 bolts holding tensioner right below the guide that was removed. Be very gentle and all chain will stay in place.
Remove the 3 bolts mounting the water pump. Gently lift chain off sprocket at the same time pulling out the water pump at slight angle. Remove the tapered water pump gasket, When you get a new water pump, I paid $48, some stores have a core charge if not, still bring old one with to verify it is correct part. (Good rule of thumb!) There should also be 3 new gaskets-tapered rubber, water pump to coolant manifold (apply high temp red silicone) and coolant manifold to block gaskets (apply high temp red silicone). VERIFY ALL PARTS BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE PARTS STORE!!
For installation follow the steps back through. Hope this helps some one out there. GOOD LUCK!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Polaris project
Swap is complete, but now I have no spark and the carburetor float is stuck up and draining the fuel out a vent. Back to the drawing boards. Thanks God for the kings!
Friday, October 23, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
How to clean and shine silverware.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
This Date will never happwn again
The 8th of July..... What is so different about the 8th of July THIS year?
At five minutes and six seconds after 4:00 AM on the 8th of July this year,
the time and date will be 04:05:06 07/08/09.
This will never happen again in our life time!
Neat huh?
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Garden and other projects.
JROD
Monday, March 30, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Getting paint primer out of hair even if it is dyed a color.
JROD
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