DMiller
Senior Member
And before ask, had SIS wiring Schemes for both processor setups engine to engine so could verify scheme numbers and pin connection positions in the ECM Connectors.
I have so many dreams, projects, and chores that I have no time for all of the keep me busy stuff that everyone else in the world seems to embrace. Like pickleball, kayaking, bars, etc.Bored is not something I have ever experienced for long. Worst is when I've had to take someone to hospital emergency room. The waiting is unbearable!
I lived on a boat in Matanzas Pass, Florida, near Ft. Myers. Every day, the shrimp fleet would return home, pump out their bilges, and an oil slick flowed out to the Gulf. The Coast Guard base was right next door from my marina, and they never said or did anything. 2004 time frame.Machines sent to a watery grave full of fluids no less.
And today there’s an almost criminal investigation if you spill a quart of oil especially near a waterway.
Funny how things have changed.
My profile picture is from December 6th, 2020. One of my customers had a Mensa Club operator. He'd leave the the machine right on the bank, counterweight swung over the water, and a 3/4 yd bucket half filled with sand. This had a 50ft long reach stick. Initially the whole machine was under water. I got the 911 call right after it went down running. We dragged it up this far with the dozer. Chains started popping when it hit the bank. Used to work on an ocean going tug back in my 20's and early 30's. They sent me to commercial dive school. Still have the dive gear......put it to work that day!! The other operators and truck drivers were snapping pics and posting to their Fakebook and snatch chat accounts!! We didn't figure that out until the world started showing up to see the show. 'How'd you find out about this??' ..........'Ohhh, I saw so and so's Facebook post!!'. We had it out that night. DES (Department of Environmental Services) showed up the next day. All was good because it was out and NO rainbows.I lived on a boat in Matanzas Pass, Florida, near Ft. Myers. Every day, the shrimp fleet would return home, pump out their bilges, and an oil slick flowed out to the Gulf. The Coast Guard base was right next door from my marina, and they never said or did anything. 2004 time frame.
We are the electricians, often we work with a pool guy who's phobic of water. I'm getting old, convinced very cold water will stop my heart. Seth gets the honor too often of diving. It's never deep, 5' is unusual, but most often freshly drawn from a springtime brook. Friday it was COLD & shocked with some horrid cocktail of chemicals. He volunteered to go in.About 10-12 years ago my swimming pool got a leak. Fought with it for about a month replacing this gasket, that gasket, another fitting. Didn't really attack it in an orderly manner. At the time, I was working in Boston on the Big Dig as an Engineer/ Surveyor ( I R college-mehcated). All my dive gear had been put away never to see the light of day again. My wife had my helmet in the corner of the claw foot bath tub as a bathroom ornament. Finally had enough, pulled the helmet out of the bathroom, grabbed a tank out of barn (hoping there was still enough O2 in there and it hadn't been all depleted from rust). First dip under the water the helmet started flooding out. The drain valve had disintegrated from ozone and UV. Turned the defog air on and made the helmet a positive pressure helmet. That kept the water out as long as I didn't go upside down. Found a tear in the liner and went down to the pool store (for the umpteenth time) to find out how to patch the tear in the liner underwater. They were very familiar with my plight at this point. They asked how I found my leak. As I was mentioning that I put the dive gear on and dove the pool, I realized I was in trouble when their eyes went the size of dish plates. "Do you know what your doing??" I figured they meant diving. "Well..........I haven't killed myself yet!!" Since then, and thousands of dollars worth of leak detection and some pipe cameras.......a hobby business was born, that has now turned into a full time problem during the summer months. Hhhhmmm, fix equipment or get paid to swim in a pool?? Today is supposed to be 90F........I'll go swimming!!! LOL Of course it depends on if a customer is down. If its just routine 'change-ahh dah oil, check dah light bulbs' I'll go swimming.
Know what's really hard about working underwater?? NO GRAVITY!!LOL Just think about how much fun turning that torque wrench would be if you weren't pressed to that concrete floor with you weight being pulled by gravity!! And a diver is just someone who works underwater.........diver=underwater laborer, underwater welder, underwater mechanic, etc. I'll let the young bucks play with fire hose underwater. Unless, of course; their not getting it done. Here, let the old man show you how its done!!
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Worked on a swimming pool at a country club 2 1/2hrs away a few weeks ago. We loaded up the Freightliner with just about everything we could think of, except the surface supplied gear. We just used SCUBA the first day. Burned through 4 bottles (thats all we brought!!) the first day. Job was a little more complicated than we thought.........way more complicated. 2nd trip up was all surface supplied with comms between 2 divers and surface.LOL Freightliner with crane, welder, etc showing up with all that crap to fix your pool!! My hobby business!
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I showed my wife pictures of your 'camper hauler' and the other pics of camper haulers that have been posted. I told her I'm gonna start looking for a project tractor to tow the camper and we could put a mini cooper on the back of the tractor. She said I needed to get rid of some trucks out back first!! (Peterbilt w/ Maintainer body, Freighliner with summit body, and a 2000 International w/ utility body). She said the tractor needs to have a bathroom in it!!
How much do you think you have into it at this point?? Just curious...
The tranny cooler you mounted behind the steps.....does that have fans on it?? Just curious about air flow with it mounted behind the steps. Maybe a thermostat to turn the fans on and off?? (Synapses clicking and firing)
Last year I got called to a pool that had just been filled with 'tanker' water. It was SMOKING HOT that day. High 90's. I walked up to check out the pool and the 'Tanker' driver said 'I hope you brought your dry suit!!' I asked if he was kidding........he said the water came out of the well at 36F. I stuck my foot in the water........it HURT it was that cold. I always have my drysuit. Lots of stories of cold water and ice. Not my favorite.......but its critical to have the correct gear. The orange suit I have on with the excavator I bought a few years after starting the pools. My old suit was worn out and Viking drysuits said it couldn't be repaired any more. Ended up buying a Whites drysuit HAZMAT suit. That was $3k. My wife just about had kittens when i finally told her how much 'the suit to go in swimming pools' cost.........ya know, for the hobby business!!LOL My response was probably brusque, but I asked her who is the one going in the water?? Me or you?? Who is the one who has been diving since they were 13?? No substitute for being comfortable. Working on the tugs and barges, sometimes sent pieces back up to be modified. They'd call down and ask if I was coming out while they modded it...........No thanks!! I'll just stay here and nap. I'd either press myself under or barge or settle to the bottom (if it was shallow enough) and snuggle in.We are the electricians, often we work with a pool guy who's phobic of water. I'm getting old, convinced very cold water will stop my heart. Seth gets the honor too often of diving. It's never deep, 5' is unusual, but most often freshly drawn from a springtime brook. Friday it was COLD & shocked with some horrid cocktail of chemicals. He volunteered to go in.