Alex's Boot Experience

Jeremy VanGelder wrote:Wow, Alex! You and Clay are really knocking thisgs out!

Sadly I had to head home last Sunday.
But I’m stoked to see Alex keep crushing it along with Eliot!!

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After a bit of finagling, the pump is back to working, not sure what the issue was exactly. One of those things where it just wants to be finagled a bit. might need a deeper look again at a later date, but after reassembly everything is working as intended.

The tractor is on the fritz a bit, it seems to be collecting some water in the fuel lines potentially or possibly a battery issue. Elliot took a look last week, but it's still being finicky. we purged the water separator multiple times already and it's working off and on. I'm thinking it's potentially a bad battery or issues with low CCA on the battery as if it doesn't start the first time it wants to be jump started.

Mailbox was mildly unhinged so Elliot and I got some screws into it to get it fixed up. Now it's feeling much more hinged and stable.

Been taking a look at Judy as well, haven't discovered much, but took out the battery and charged it up for a deeper look.

Cat feeders at Allerton Abbey have been maybe putting out too much food since there is a pile of food in front of both of them. Cats were sparce and didn't respond to being called much either, but with the abundance of food, it's likely that they were not hungry enough to come.

Watered the green house as well while visiting the abbey. Felt warm and comfortable and plants were doing well, though the thermostat doesn't seem to be accurate, might have inside and outside flipped.

TEFA was having issues, but i got those resolved, just needed to restart the router/modem dohicky, but readjusted the antenna while i was working on it.

Assembled a little free library, replaced and adjusted the band saw blade and machine, installed a padlock for the shop, took a look at the fridge ice making issues, one was just flipped off and the other needs to have a part replaced (on order now), etc etc.

Probably forgetting some things, but basically what's been going on since the last BEL update.

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Got TEFA wifi running a bit faster.

Moved some wood into the library and ran out on the rack, so did some moisture testing on the wood.

Sharpened up a couple of hatchets that were getting a bit dull. They need to be filed to remove the divets then properly sharpened up.

Then spent most of the day dealing with Judy stuff.

Battery terminal pin was stripped. Moved and installed the charged up battery into Judy.

Mechanic came by and fully diagnosed Judy's issues and got her up and running.

Ended up being a fuel computer module which has a habit of overheating. She still needs power steering fluid as she's running bone dry at the moment.

She also has a loose connection at the female port of the fuel computer component. Needs the old one cut off, the wires spliced together then a new one slotted in.

Also has a verrrry dirty engine air filter that needs replaced.

Judy lives!! Big win for WL - I’m sure Paul is stoked!

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Started the day by taking Roy to go pick up some power steering fluid for Judy. Filled her up and took her for a test drive. She's driving, but does have some issues with backfiring. Could be tied to the electrical connection of the recently replaced piece, so putting that issue aside until the parts and planning for it are done.

After the drive she was totally out of power steering fluid again, so there is definitely a major leak somewhere in the power steering system. Something else I noticed while looking at the power steering system and filling it is that the pulley is cracked, pretty simple to replace usually and not too expensive parts wise.

Going to look in more detail on Monday at both issues.

Judy took most of the morning to work out the details of, as battery had to be jumped the first time since she wasn't driven after starting previously.

Her park, neutral, reverse, drive, etc marker is not showing current gear she's in. Not sure if that was an issue previously, but doesn't affect anything as long as you keep track of what gear you're in.

After that I took a look around for the Crimson Crimcycle that was graciously donated by Bill previously. Unfortunately could not find the charger, but was able to find the OEM site where they sell it, but it's pricey at $75. Need to see what all is going on with the batteries and whether she charges etc. Was also able to find an aftermarket charger on Amazon for a third of the price, but need to confirm compatibility with the port size and shape, etc.

Did discover some information about the batteries and how they are wired through their naming convention, 13S5P, meaning there are 5 sets of batteries in parallel and 13 batteries in series on each set of 5. Not too bad to purchase and replace individual battery cells to replace the shot ones depending on if that's the issue.

It's also possible to purchase a full package of wired batteries that could be fit into the current slot aftermarket if that's the issue. Needs a deeper look at the electrical status of the system after getting the charger sorted.

Matt arrived today and we spoke about planning for next week. He also graciously brought some coffee 🤤🤤 and some cheese 🤤 and plans to cook up a turkey as well. The cheese will definitely suite the extra pizza Sauce I made, just need to make some Pauly-Dough using the recipe that Samantha shared while she was here.

Clay McGowen wrote:Judy lives!! Big win for WL - I’m sure Paul is stoked!

Almost working well, just working out the final kinks. She does drive though, took her for a test drive and she's going.