The family heirloom 1973 Ariens 5hp snow thrower, threw its last (in this case, the connecting rod), and went to the Great Snowbank In The Sky.
Get Gritty with a TH-Tree-Fiddy
Bearing noise deep within the bowels of the transmission. Cover me, boys, I’m going in!
Wheel Nut Fail. Again. And again.
Enter Sandblast
Added a page for the upgrades I made to the Princess Auto sand blast cabinet.
Click for More: Sand Blast Cabinet Upgrades
Almost made it
Stuck for the first time, EVAR, in my driving history. View from my driveway.
Snow thrower was in the garage, so I wasn’t overly determined to overcome this obstacle.
Build-Threads
Some love from my favourite website www.build-threads.com
Agony Seekers
Because Roadkill.
First Snow
And it was an icy one!
Made In Where?
A year ago I swapped the polyurethane motor mounts out of The Crusty Chevy for rubber, in an effort to chase down a vibration. The poly was not the culprit, but the replacement mounts had their own issue.
Today I swapped them back.
Milwaukee 18V Battery Rebuild
For reasons inexplicable (the battery pack was sitting directly above where I was welding, it may have cooked and melted), one of my Milwaukee 18V batteries went to the great charger in the sky.
I took it apart, found the battery numbers, and ordered a set off Amazon for $35. Much better than the $100 for a new pack locally.