My Maintenance Schedule has stripped a gear...

[Wayne M.]

Those plugs were 80% gone for sure. Definetly stressing the rest of the ignition system.
I once changed the rear O2 in Grandmas ‘01 3.8 T&C without removing the plenum. That was one to remember.

 

[TFucili]

Used to change plugs by the bushel. Now they go so long it's easy to forget about them.

 

[mwilson]

Just got Hoopty Deux finished. Those plugs were bad but not as bad as the 3.3...

Whoever had the top end apart last left a few things off, like a couple bolts and a clamp..so put all that right while there...fussy I am...

Intake manifold had four loose bolts, a Northstar habit..

Polished up the under hood just a bit so it didn’t feel so bad about being stuck in Maine...

Shed some blood, it’s a given..

 

[DavidC]

I never could work with gloves on so the battle scars are a given.

Dave

 

[jgillott]

Battle scars? I thought those were age spots.

 

[TFucili]

I never could work with gloves on so the battle scars are a given.

Dave

I never used to wear them. Now I start off wearing them, but inevitably end up bare-handed anyway.

 

[jgillott]

I never used to wear them. Now I start off wearing them, but inevitably end up bare-handed anyway.

I agree. Unless I'm working with something hot, I don't feel comfortable with gloves on.

 

[mwilson]

I don't as a rule unless its brake work or servicing that nasty oil in the '06....that stuff takes days to get off of my hands....

 

[TFucili]

CV joints are a good glove job.

 

[Wayne M.]

Since they started giving them out on the job, I feel naked without them. At home I use the purple 7 mil harbor friggit Jobs. Very durable.

 

[jgillott]

Since they started giving them out on the job, I feel naked without them. At home I use the purple 7 mil harbor friggit Jobs. Very durable.

Is some of that for OSHA compliance for handling oils and other substances? I know that we have certain protocols based on the MSDS sheets for the materials that may be handled.

 

[Wayne M.]

Is some of that for OSHA compliance for handling oils and other substances? I know that we have certain protocols based on the MSDS sheets for the materials that may be handled.

That was secondary. Primary is that we sometimes work on sewer trucks, and they realized it would be smart to give them out to everyone.

 

[jgillott]

That was secondary. Primary is that we sometimes work on sewer trucks, and they realized it would be smart to give them out to everyone.

Good point. I wouldn't want touch some of the stuff coming out of that unit without rubber gloves.

I have to wear rubber gloves all the time and my hands just about can't take it more. Latex actually bothers me the least of all of them. But, I still end up with splits and cracks all over my hands from using those things

 

[mwilson]

Battle scars? I thought those were age spots.

Some of both there I think.....

 

[mwilson]

Now before I completely heal up I have one more not so fun job to do on the Hoopty....low oil pressure sensor is getting a little flaky so that needs to be changed.

Screws into the oil filter housing and that is a tight area, a finger puzzle if you will......I changed the filter housing to block gasket on Hoopty 1 a few years back...two bolts and it took three ratchets and several combinations of sockets and extensions to get the bolts all the way out. I left the housing in there, swung away from the block in place where the gasket is a steel plate with rubber seals made into it for the oil passages so there was no residual old gasket to deal with. In this case I will attempt to unplug the sender (not much slack wire) and bring it down out of there as a unit.
Will need an oil change by then so perfect time to do the repair....I'll be bleeding then for sure.....

 

[mwilson]

As I age I bloody up easier and it takes longer to stop. Looked down and blood was pouring down over the intake manifold....

Don't want some bloodletting to cause an event similar to Stephen King's "Christine".........

 

[mwilson]

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

That was secondary. Primary is that we sometimes work on sewer trucks

Hopefully they give you more than just gloves...

 

[Wayne M.]

Hopefully they give you more than just gloves...

Not really. I mean stuff is halfassed washed but not sanitized by any means.

 

[Wayne M.]

Good point. I wouldn't want touch some of the stuff coming out of that unit without rubber gloves.

I have to wear rubber gloves all the time and my hands just about can't take it more. Latex actually bothers me the least of all of them. But, I still end up with splits and cracks all over my hands from using those things

No latex. Nitrile. Almost exactly like the 5 mil blue ones from harbor freight. Try em.