I’m back with an Esky this time

[Tonyrodz]

Was finally able to top off the Freon and install the Deslugger yesterday.

I’ve been hurting for over a week now. Sciatica and pinched nerve. Started last Monday morning. I don’t recall doing anything that would have caused this pain, but it’s always the stupidest things that set it off. I crawled to work last Monday and of course the midnight guy called off and the 2 day guys didn’t answer their phones to come in early so I got stuck working from 3pm until 6:30am Tuesday morning. I took Tuesday afternoon off because I couldn’t get out of bed. I made it to work Wednesday but when the midnight guy knew I was hurt and still coming in, I guess stepping on his opportunity for OT covering for me, he took his Thursday off so I had to stay for 12 hrs on Wednesday. Thursday I only worked 8, but I was dying. Friday I worked 3pm until 7am Saturday morning just to piss off the midnight guy and keep him from any OT. That hurt me bad! I was in hospital by Sunday, couldn’t stand up, hard to breathe and was just miserable. Got a steroid shot in my ass and sent home with muscle relaxers and pain pills. Tried like hell to get out of bed on Monday but couldn’t do it. I literally was flipping around like a fish out of water when my back would seize up. I had to flip over on my stomach and slide backwards off bed onto my knees to get up to pee. So I took yesterday, Monday, off too. I had to get up yesterday and move if I wanted any chance at getting past this back pain. That’s when I finished charging ac and put in deslugger. I made it to work today after going to Lockport High School and registering my son for his freshman year. Been a crazy week. Still hurting but I keep moving.

Friday during my 16 hr day I started working on something for the Esky. I’ll post pics but I didn’t finish so you’ll have to wait for the completed project to see how it looks. Just a teaser.

That’s all I’m gonna show for now. I just didn’t have it in me to finish the project but I will in the next day or two.


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I get sciatica once in awhile, but nothing as bad as you get. You're a trooper for sure.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Was finally able to top off the Freon and install the Deslugger yesterday.

I’ve been hurting for over a week now. Sciatica and pinched nerve. Started last Monday morning. I don’t recall doing anything that would have caused this pain, but it’s always the stupidest things that set it off. I crawled to work last Monday and of course the midnight guy called off and the 2 day guys didn’t answer their phones to come in early so I got stuck working from 3pm until 6:30am Tuesday morning. I took Tuesday afternoon off because I couldn’t get out of bed. I made it to work Wednesday but when the midnight guy knew I was hurt and still coming in, I guess stepping on his opportunity for OT covering for me, he took his Thursday off so I had to stay for 12 hrs on Wednesday. Thursday I only worked 8, but I was dying. Friday I worked 3pm until 7am Saturday morning just to piss off the midnight guy and keep him from any OT. That hurt me bad! I was in hospital by Sunday, couldn’t stand up, hard to breathe and was just miserable. Got a steroid shot in my ass and sent home with muscle relaxers and pain pills. Tried like hell to get out of bed on Monday but couldn’t do it. I literally was flipping around like a fish out of water when my back would seize up. I had to flip over on my stomach and slide backwards off bed onto my knees to get up to pee. So I took yesterday, Monday, off too. I had to get up yesterday and move if I wanted any chance at getting past this back pain. That’s when I finished charging ac and put in deslugger. I made it to work today after going to Lockport High School and registering my son for his freshman year. Been a crazy week. Still hurting but I keep moving.

Friday during my 16 hr day I started working on something for the Esky. I’ll post pics but I didn’t finish so you’ll have to wait for the completed project to see how it looks. Just a teaser.

That’s all I’m gonna show for now. I just didn’t have it in me to finish the project but I will in the next day or two.


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Wow, man. Hope you get a little relief sooner than later!

 

[gooffeyguy]

I used to have sciatica (pinched nerve) on and off for years. It was always on my left side and I'd be fine for weeks then twist a certain way stepping out of the shower or something and it would be back. It got real bad a couple of times where I could barely move or even get up from a laying position and went to the hospital and was given the same as you, muscle relaxers and pain pills. I eventually bought an inversion table to try out, and twisting/stretching while hanging on it a couple minutes every other day and my sciatica is gone. It's been about 5 years, and it was a great feeling to not have that constant pain running down the back of my leg that I had gotten so used to feeling all the time.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I used to have sciatica (pinched nerve) on and off for years. It was always on my left side and I'd be fine for weeks then twist a certain way stepping out of the shower or something and it would be back. It got real bad a couple of times where I could barely move or even get up from a laying position and went to the hospital and was given the same as you, muscle relaxers and pain pills. I eventually bought an inversion table to try out, and twisting/stretching while hanging on it a couple minutes every other day and my sciatica is gone. It's been about 5 years, and it was a great feeling to not have that constant pain running down the back of my leg that I had gotten so used to feeling all the time.

A few times I had it so bad, my body actually twisted a little. I looked like a crooked noodle, even tho I thought I was standing straight.

 

[Snowbound]

I used to have sciatica (pinched nerve) on and off for years. It was always on my left side and I'd be fine for weeks then twist a certain way stepping out of the shower or something and it would be back. It got real bad a couple of times where I could barely move or even get up from a laying position and went to the hospital and was given the same as you, muscle relaxers and pain pills. I eventually bought an inversion table to try out, and twisting/stretching while hanging on it a couple minutes every other day and my sciatica is gone. It's been about 5 years, and it was a great feeling to not have that constant pain running down the back of my leg that I had gotten so used to feeling all the time.

I’m about there, getting on the table. I bought the wife an inversion table years ago to help her back and she hated it. It sat under the bed for months til one day my buddies wife was saying how her back was hurting all the time. I brought that table over to their house and she loves it. Isn’t constantly in pain anymore because if it. We took a trip to the Smokey’s a couple years ago, dragged our bikes down to ride the tail of the dragon and we even threw the inversion table in the trailer so she wouldn’t be hurting after all day riding for a week. She was mad and embarrassed at first that we did that but was thanking me every day we were there for being so thoughtful. I might have to buy another one, there’s no way I’m gonna pry that table away from Lora now.

I’m also gonna get a regular maintenance schedule with chiropractor. I can’t have this happen anymore. I over did it yesterday at work and was hurting so bad all night, barely slept and now back at work again for more abuse. Seems like I get this once a year. Usually in January or February from shoveling snow. It’s the twisting motion that sets it off I think. It’s horrible. I’ve been blown up and set on fire, had shrapnel from a air hammer chisel go bullseye thru my left eye and broken almost every bone at one time or another and I can honestly say, this back spasms rate up there with collar bone and pressure inside eye socket. I’ll do anything to keep this from happening again.


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[Tonyrodz]

I’m about there, getting on the table. I bought the wife an inversion table years ago to help her back and she hated it. It sat under the bed for months til one day my buddies wife was saying how her back was hurting all the time. I brought that table over to their house and she loves it. Isn’t constantly in pain anymore because if it. We took a trip to the Smokey’s a couple years ago, dragged our bikes down to ride the tail of the dragon and we even threw the inversion table in the trailer so she wouldn’t be hurting after all day riding for a week. She was mad and embarrassed at first that we did that but was thanking me every day we were there for being so thoughtful. I might have to buy another one, there’s no way I’m gonna pry that table away from Lora now.

I’m also gonna get a regular maintenance schedule with chiropractor. I can’t have this happen anymore. I over did it yesterday at work and was hurting so bad all night, barely slept and now back at work again for more abuse. Seems like I get this once a year. Usually in January or February from shoveling snow. It’s the twisting motion that sets it off I think. It’s horrible. I’ve been blown up and set on fire, had shrapnel from a air hammer chisel go bullseye thru my left eye and broken almost every bone at one time or another and I can honestly say, this back spasms rate up there with collar bone and pressure inside eye socket. I’ll do anything to keep this from happening again.


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Looks like a beautiful cabin. Can you still see out of that eye?

 

[Snowbound]

Looks like a beautiful cabin. Can you still see out of that eye?

Depth perception is a little off. The piece of metal went right thru pupil, cornea and lens. Bounced around inside my eye but didn’t go all the way thru. They removed my lens, it’s like a bag of fluid which felt like silicone running down my face, and sewed up my eye. Had an acrylic lens transplanted and with scaring I have about 40% vision in that eye.


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[Tonyrodz]

Depth perception is a little off. The piece of metal went right thru pupil, cornea and lens. Bounced around inside my eye but didn’t go all the way thru. They removed my lens, it’s like a bag of fluid which felt like silicone running down my face, and sewed up my eye. Had an acrylic lens transplanted and with scaring I have about 40% vision in that eye.


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Damn, that sux, I guess it could be worse tho.

 

[Snowbound]

Still down due to back pain. Been struggling but still pushing thru it going to work. This room has been my savior 3 times now.

Thursday spent 3 hours there hooked up to an IV. They missed the first 2 times and now I have a good bruise.

This sucks. Had to get my brother to do my yard work, my best friend is going in at 8am 2mrw for bypass surgery in his leg and I’m suppose to go clean and disinfect his house in the morning and then help him home on Tuesday. Looks like I’m gonna be cashing in some favors from other friends.

But enough about my pity party, the reason for this post is to fill you in on what I was doing with that hydro dipping.

For those of you that remember, I hated this sticker that she put on.

I was trying to get something a little more manly like a Harley thing or the Willie G skull. I gotta give her credit because even without me bitching anymore about it, she did change it.

And even this one isn’t staying, she’s got some other idea that she’s doing on her vinyl cutter. I’m getting side tracked but it ties into what I did.
I bought that appliqué for the lift gate off of @LanceD to replace the ugly one that’s on there now. (Thanks again Lance)

I scraped off the center circle, removed the emblems from it and then superglued a plastic weld rod to the back to use as a handle.

Then I sanded and painted it.

Put water in my small dipping tote and got it to correct 90* temp for dipping.

Taped edges of some carbon fiber hydrographic paper I had. I’ve had this roll for probably a year or more. When I sprayed the activator I had the air pressure too high so it kinda blew the paper apart but I figured it was only a back drop so it shouldn’t be that big of a deal. So I dipped.

It wrinkled like crazy! Oh well. I’ll just sand it again and start over. Let it dry, sanded it again and repainted it. For some reason it blistered and looked like complete crap. So I traced it onto another piece of 1/8” plastic I had and cut a new circle, drilled holes for emblem location pins and painted that one. Did the dip all over again and it came out decent.
Figured I’ll get a picture after I clean it and clear it. After I cleared it, the carbon fiber print was gone. You can’t even see it. I’m not sure if the paper is old and bad or the activator is the problem but at any rate, that kinda sucked after all that.

Reapplying 3m double sided tape I put the emblem back on and then added a new emblem for the center.

It’s not attached to the appliqué panel yet, I still have to do my wrap and black out the panel. I found that Willie G skull while searching for a part for my bike and when I put it next to the Cadillac emblem, it just had to go there. She don’t know it yet, but it’s staying regardless what she says.




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[Tonyrodz]

Still down due to back pain. Been struggling but still pushing thru it going to work. This room has been my savior 3 times now.

Thursday spent 3 hours there hooked up to an IV. They missed the first 2 times and now I have a good bruise.

This sucks. Had to get my brother to do my yard work, my best friend is going in at 8am 2mrw for bypass surgery in his leg and I’m suppose to go clean and disinfect his house in the morning and then help him home on Tuesday. Looks like I’m gonna be cashing in some favors from other friends.

But enough about my pity party, the reason for this post is to fill you in on what I was doing with that hydro dipping.

For those of you that remember, I hated this sticker that she put on.

I was trying to get something a little more manly like a Harley thing or the Willie G skull. I gotta give her credit because even without me bitching anymore about it, she did change it.

And even this one isn’t staying, she’s got some other idea that she’s doing on her vinyl cutter. I’m getting side tracked but it ties into what I did.
I bought that appliqué for the lift gate off of @LanceD to replace the ugly one that’s on there now. (Thanks again Lance)

I scraped off the center circle, removed the emblems from it and then superglued a plastic weld rod to the back to use as a handle.

Then I sanded and painted it.

Put water in my small dipping tote and got it to correct 90* temp for dipping.

Taped edges of some carbon fiber hydrographic paper I had. I’ve had this roll for probably a year or more. When I sprayed the activator I had the air pressure too high so it kinda blew the paper apart but I figured it was only a back drop so it shouldn’t be that big of a deal. So I dipped.

It wrinkled like crazy! Oh well. I’ll just sand it again and start over. Let it dry, sanded it again and repainted it. For some reason it blistered and looked like complete crap. So I traced it onto another piece of 1/8” plastic I had and cut a new circle, drilled holes for emblem location pins and painted that one. Did the dip all over again and it came out decent.
Figured I’ll get a picture after I clean it and clear it. After I cleared it, the carbon fiber print was gone. You can’t even see it. I’m not sure if the paper is old and bad or the activator is the problem but at any rate, that kinda sucked after all that.

Reapplying 3m double sided tape I put the emblem back on and then added a new emblem for the center.

It’s not attached to the appliqué panel yet, I still have to do my wrap and black out the panel. I found that Willie G skull while searching for a part for my bike and when I put it next to the Cadillac emblem, it just had to go there. She don’t know it yet, but it’s staying regardless what she says.




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I like it--ALOT!

Skulls are my thing.

 

[Snowbound]

Small update:

Don got his bypass done. 6-1/2 hrs in surgery but everything went very well. Ended up with a pretty mean scare. 58 staples and 12 stitches.

He spent 3 nights in hospital and on the 4th day I still wasn’t in any shape to help bring him home from hospital. Pulled that ace out on another good friend and he came thru for me. Don’s son also showed up so it worked out.

No real updates on the Esky but I did manage to sit at my welding table and start on another project that I need to get done.
The kids go-kart. For some reason they keep breaking the intake off. The weight of the carb shouldn’t be causing this but it’s the 3rd time it’s happened. The part is only $10, $12 I think shipped is what I paid but I’m not gonna keep doing this. So I decided to make my own.

It’s a pretty tight center line radius and I don’t have a die and roller with that small of a CLR. I looked around and all my 3/4” pipe had a thicker wall so I decided to use some 3/4” rigid conduit. It’ll be stronger that cast aluminum part that keeps breaking. If this doesn’t work I’ll go to a heavier wall pipe.
So how do we get a tight CLR without bending? Pie cutting is the only way I know how. So I started off by measuring the diameter of the pipe, multiply that by pie (3.14) and we get the length around the diameter of the pipe. Divide that by 2 and that’s the radius. You can also cheat and not do the math by taking a piece of paper and wrapping the pipe, cut it so the paper butts against each other and then fold it in half to use as a template to mark your lines. But I’m a math guy so I always just figure out the measurements.
Here’s the pipe with the lines marked. One on each side, perfectly opposite each other.

Next step is cutting the pie shapes. 4.5* and 9* transition angle is the most commonly used. That’s because at 9* you can hit all the common angles. 45*, 60*, 90*, 180*, you get the idea. I decided to go 9* cuts to keep it less seams to weld. Make your 9* cut then 9* in the opposite direction. Instead of switching the angle of the blade, I just rotated the pipe 180* for the next 9* cut.

So you end up with a piece that’s 18* total angle. Simple math tells us that 10 of these will give us 180*. We only need 90* so 5 pieces will get us there. I cut 8 pieces because this intake is a little more than 90*.

If you line up the line you made on the pipe, it makes a perfect angle. I ended up using 7 pieces plus the end pieces that have 9* on one side and straight on the other.

Then I transferred the mounting flanges to some 1/4” flat stock.

Then proceeded to tack weld the pieces together and cleaned it up with flat disk.

Still have some more welding and cleaning to do but you can see the inside is a smooth transition, no kinks like you would get from trying to bend on such a tight radius.

I’ll post finished product when I get a few minutes to finish it up. Bottom line, it’s gonna be stronger and match original piece. And I’m also thinking about getting rid of this Chinese carb and going to a Walbro in the near future and that will be as easy as cutting off mounting flange and welding a new one on that matches the new carb.




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[iamdub]

Small update:

Don got his bypass done. 6-1/2 hrs in surgery but everything went very well. Ended up with a pretty mean scare. 58 staples and 12 stitches.

He spent 3 nights in hospital and on the 4th day I still wasn’t in any shape to help bring him home from hospital. Pulled that ace out on another good friend and he came thru for me. Don’s son also showed up so it worked out.

No real updates on the Esky but I did manage to sit at my welding table and start on another project that I need to get done.
The kids go-kart. For some reason they keep breaking the intake off. The weight of the carb shouldn’t be causing this but it’s the 3rd time it’s happened. The part is only $10, $12 I think shipped is what I paid but I’m not gonna keep doing this. So I decided to make my own.

It’s a pretty tight center line radius and I don’t have a die and roller with that small of a CLR. I looked around and all my 3/4” pipe had a thicker wall so I decided to use some 3/4” rigid conduit. It’ll be stronger that cast aluminum part that keeps breaking. If this doesn’t work I’ll go to a heavier wall pipe.
So how do we get a tight CLR without bending? Pie cutting is the only way I know how. So I started off by measuring the diameter of the pipe, multiply that by pie (3.14) and we get the length around the diameter of the pipe. Divide that by 2 and that’s the radius. You can also cheat and not do the math by taking a piece of paper and wrapping the pipe, cut it so the paper butts against each other and then fold it in half to use as a template to mark your lines. But I’m a math guy so I always just figure out the measurements.
Here’s the pipe with the lines marked. One on each side, perfectly opposite each other.

Next step is cutting the pie shapes. 4.5* and 9* transition angle is the most commonly used. That’s because at 9* you can hit all the common angles. 45*, 60*, 90*, 180*, you get the idea. I decided to go 9* cuts to keep it less seams to weld. Make your 9* cut then 9* in the opposite direction. Instead of switching the angle of the blade, I just rotated the pipe 180* for the next 9* cut.

So you end up with a piece that’s 18* total angle. Simple math tells us that 10 of these will give us 180*. We only need 90* so 5 pieces will get us there. I cut 8 pieces because this intake is a little more than 90*.

If you line up the line you made on the pipe, it makes a perfect angle. I ended up using 7 pieces plus the end pieces that have 9* on one side and straight on the other.

Then I transferred the mounting flanges to some 1/4” flat stock.

Then proceeded to tack weld the pieces together and cleaned it up with flat disk.

Still have some more welding and cleaning to do but you can see the inside is a smooth transition, no kinks like you would get from trying to bend on such a tight radius.

I’ll post finished product when I get a few minutes to finish it up. Bottom line, it’s gonna be stronger and match original piece. And I’m also thinking about getting rid of this Chinese carb and going to a Walbro in the near future and that will be as easy as cutting off mounting flange and welding a new one on that matches the new carb.




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My neighbor's kid's kart kept breaking the same piece in the same manner. His FIL TIG'ed it back together then added a 1"x.125" flat bar to make a brace to support the carb and it never broke again. It's gotta be the weight of the carb on the low-quality cast manifold. Yeah, the carb isn't very heavy, but on a cart with no suspension, I guess the shocks from riding on rough terrain travel up and to that weak point.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Small update:

Don got his bypass done. 6-1/2 hrs in surgery but everything went very well. Ended up with a pretty mean scare. 58 staples and 12 stitches.

He spent 3 nights in hospital and on the 4th day I still wasn’t in any shape to help bring him home from hospital. Pulled that ace out on another good friend and he came thru for me. Don’s son also showed up so it worked out.

No real updates on the Esky but I did manage to sit at my welding table and start on another project that I need to get done.
The kids go-kart. For some reason they keep breaking the intake off. The weight of the carb shouldn’t be causing this but it’s the 3rd time it’s happened. The part is only $10, $12 I think shipped is what I paid but I’m not gonna keep doing this. So I decided to make my own.

It’s a pretty tight center line radius and I don’t have a die and roller with that small of a CLR. I looked around and all my 3/4” pipe had a thicker wall so I decided to use some 3/4” rigid conduit. It’ll be stronger that cast aluminum part that keeps breaking. If this doesn’t work I’ll go to a heavier wall pipe.
So how do we get a tight CLR without bending? Pie cutting is the only way I know how. So I started off by measuring the diameter of the pipe, multiply that by pie (3.14) and we get the length around the diameter of the pipe. Divide that by 2 and that’s the radius. You can also cheat and not do the math by taking a piece of paper and wrapping the pipe, cut it so the paper butts against each other and then fold it in half to use as a template to mark your lines. But I’m a math guy so I always just figure out the measurements.
Here’s the pipe with the lines marked. One on each side, perfectly opposite each other.

Next step is cutting the pie shapes. 4.5* and 9* transition angle is the most commonly used. That’s because at 9* you can hit all the common angles. 45*, 60*, 90*, 180*, you get the idea. I decided to go 9* cuts to keep it less seams to weld. Make your 9* cut then 9* in the opposite direction. Instead of switching the angle of the blade, I just rotated the pipe 180* for the next 9* cut.

So you end up with a piece that’s 18* total angle. Simple math tells us that 10 of these will give us 180*. We only need 90* so 5 pieces will get us there. I cut 8 pieces because this intake is a little more than 90*.

If you line up the line you made on the pipe, it makes a perfect angle. I ended up using 7 pieces plus the end pieces that have 9* on one side and straight on the other.

Then I transferred the mounting flanges to some 1/4” flat stock.

Then proceeded to tack weld the pieces together and cleaned it up with flat disk.

Still have some more welding and cleaning to do but you can see the inside is a smooth transition, no kinks like you would get from trying to bend on such a tight radius.

I’ll post finished product when I get a few minutes to finish it up. Bottom line, it’s gonna be stronger and match original piece. And I’m also thinking about getting rid of this Chinese carb and going to a Walbro in the near future and that will be as easy as cutting off mounting flange and welding a new one on that matches the new carb.




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Did I miss something? Who's Don, and that's one hell of a scar!

 

[Snowbound]

My neighbor's kid's kart kept breaking the same piece in the same manner. His FIL TIG'ed it back together then added a 1"x.125" flat bar to make a brace to support the carb and it never broke again. It's gotta be the weight of the carb on the low-quality cast manifold. Yeah, the carb isn't very heavy, but on a cart with no suspension, I guess the shocks from riding on rough terrain travel up and to that weak point.

My brother added a brace from carb mounting flange to a bolt on the head after the first one broke. It wasn’t the best support because there’s no way to get a straight up and down brace on it. It was more angled and proved to not add any support. But your right, it’s just a cheap cast part and I thought about adding a backbone to the new part but I just wanted to get it running again for the kids knowing I’d just make my own this time. But I want to put another carb on it. This carb doesn’t have any mixture adjustment, just an idle. It’s a cheap carb. But the cart does have suspension and I softened it as much as possible without bottoming out but it’s when the kids come off this little side hill and jump just a little. It’s broke same spot every time.



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[Snowbound]

Did I miss something? Who's Don, and that's one hell of a scar!

Don is my best friend, the one who got the truck cooler.


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[Snowbound]

Forgot to mention, again how my luck works, on August 4th I’m laid up from my back and the wife tells me the dryer quit working. It gets hot but doesn’t turn. Wtf!!
While in pain barely able to stand I pulled the dryer out and removed little cover from the back. The damn belt broke!! Ordered the belt, tensioner, idler wheels for drum with the axles, and a new squirrel cage fan. Figured if I’m gonna go into it I wanna make sure I have all the parts. Good ole Amazon, parts showed up on the 7th. So I fought thru the back pain and pulled the dryer apart.

Took me longer to clean the dust and lint out of the thing than it did to actually do the repairs. Back up and running and I really think she hates that I fix this crap because I think her heart was set on getting a new dryer. But I gotta say, it’s quieter than it’s ever been and works great once more. No new dryer for you!!
The washer did the same thing to me 3 days before Xmas. Wouldn’t turn. I pulled it apart and it ended up being in the transmission and it would have cost $400 to replace the transmission. I ordered one from Sears as they were going out of business and had it delivered on the 3rd or January. So she did get a new one out of me that time.
It’s always something and it never ends!!


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[Tonyrodz]

Forgot to mention, again how my luck works, on August 4th I’m laid up from my back and the wife tells me the dryer quit working. It gets hot but doesn’t turn. Wtf!!
While in pain barely able to stand I pulled the dryer out and removed little cover from the back. The damn belt broke!! Ordered the belt, tensioner, idler wheels for drum with the axles, and a new squirrel cage fan. Figured if I’m gonna go into it I wanna make sure I have all the parts. Good ole Amazon, parts showed up on the 7th. So I fought thru the back pain and pulled the dryer apart.

Took me longer to clean the dust and lint out of the thing than it did to actually do the repairs. Back up and running and I really think she hates that I fix this crap because I think her heart was set on getting a new dryer. But I gotta say, it’s quieter than it’s ever been and works great once more. No new dryer for you!!
The washer did the same thing to me 3 days before Xmas. Wouldn’t turn. I pulled it apart and it ended up being in the transmission and it would have cost $400 to replace the transmission. I ordered one from Sears as they were going out of business and had it delivered on the 3rd or January. So she did get a new one out of me that time.
It’s always something and it never ends!!


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Nice save lol.

 

[Snowbound]

So yeah, now this has to happen.

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[Snowbound]

Got a call from work on Saturday, my only day off, and my only day to get caught up on yard work, south quarry pump suction line surfaced, “we need you”!
WTF, why am I the only one that handles this shit? But of course, my dumb ass goes in.

I’m not sure how air gets in to the suction line that’s 20-30’ under water in the first place. The pump has a flapper valve (check valve) in front of it so that should prevent anything from reverse flowing.
So I get to work and they tell me the Pioneer pump was so hot they couldn’t even touch it and the Grundfo pumps were off.

Pioneer pump

Grundfo pumps

Thankfully the pump seems to be ok, I always said I think they are built from recycled Sherman tanks. But for some reason the belts flipped over, just on the pump side.

So first thing I did was replace the belts with new. Adjusted tension and replaced cover. Then I used the north quarry pump pressure to flood the suction line for this south pump trying to push the air back out the line. Pushed a lot of air out but couldn’t get it all out.

So I go to crank up the north quarry pump and notice the inside of the pump house is soaked.

Oh crap! The discharge from the pump is breached and has a leak. Now I have to get south pumps going again because this isn’t gonna last too much longer. This pipe is old and about rusted through.

Now I know I have a lot of the air pushed out, I flooded the Pioneer pump and went to fire it up. It’s locked out from the maintenance guy that was there earlier and didn’t try flooding and sinking the suction, just applied lock out tag out and left. So I go hunt down the lock box so I can get key to the lock that’s on the electrical panel. Find the box, get key and open box, empty!! So I send him a text.

He went home with key in his pocket. Thankfully nobody was around at work. It’s an act of Congress to get a lock off a piece of equipment without a key. I pulled out the master key (bolt cutters) and removed lock.
Fired up the Pioneer and it was taking forever to pull the air out. But I was finally able to sink the suction line.

Tomorrow (Monday) the divers will be coming out to make sure there is no damage to line and add a few supports. The representative from the pump manufacturer will be out to help find root cause of air getting into suction causing it to surface. It’s gonna be a great start to the week. But the good news is, I’m back on days starting tomorrow.



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[iamdub]

I really dig these stories. It's not very often we get such an in-depth view of the inner workings of any industrial facility. Fascinating.