It's been one of those days...-updated-

"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2) 12/17/2016 at 19:46 • Filed to: None

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work was a bitch, a machine broke a belt, which was of course a metric, industrial toothed belt that you can’t buy anywhere off the shelf in this state, so I tried fixing it with two different types of stitch (did I mention we are WAY behind for xmas delivery?) repairs, one with wire, one with high-tensile thread, and tried wrapping it with fishing line embedded in contact cement to keep it from stretching... both repairs held for varying degrees of ”a few minutes”... and Did i mention that the belt is buried inside the machine and you have to 1/2 disassemble it to get there... well, any way we eventually found a micro-v of the right length at the auto parts store and made it work. that took the better part of 6 hours... left work after only 8 hours because fuckthisshit.

Its been snowing, so I decided i’d clear the driveway with the tractor, started up fine on the glow plugs, was running OK, and then about 2 minutes later, while in the middle of the road it stalls out and won’t restart.

I thought I had put enough anti-gel in the tank... I guess I didn’t because the fuel filter is packed with gelled fuel. fuck. Diesel 911 to the rescue!

Two cleaned filters, restarts, idles, stalls and filters filled with gunk later and the battery is dead. So I go out to Homeless Despot and spend $100 on extension cords, $49.95 on a battery charger (because, somehow I don’t currently already own one, when the fuck did that happen?) and $12.95 on the cheapest mini-heater they have. currently the battery is charging and the fuel system is being breathed on by warm electric heat while I have a beer.

I’ll go out and try to start it again in a few minutes.

When I’m done with my beer.

At least there’s room for cars to get around it in the road.

dyed off-road diesel makes pretty pink gel.

update: heater and battery charger did their job, but it still wasn’t starting... Oh right! mechanical injection, I probably need to bleed the pump after running it dry! *1 minute and few turns of a 10mm wrench later* aaaaand the tractor is off the road.

Next beer please!

well, that’d be your problem right there.

ew.

double ew.

Tekamul > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 12/17/2016 at 19:57

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That is a shitty day. Maybe have a 2nd beer.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Tekamul 12/17/2016 at 19:58

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I’m planning on it, after the tractor is out of the road.

EDIT: still won’t start, leaving the charger and heater on and having another beer.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 12/17/2016 at 19:59

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Header image looks like a fucked up small fleshlight

E90M3 > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 12/17/2016 at 20:00

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Least you didn’t show up to work and have to figure out how to make 70 gals of off road diesel disappear.

Birddog > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 12/17/2016 at 20:00

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Ouch! Hope your night gets better soon. That beer should have helped.

I’m just getting ready to head to work to help with Snow removal. Our skid steer blew a hydro line earlier today. If it’s not fixed I’m turning around and coming home.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 12/17/2016 at 20:01

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“Homeless Despot”

Do you watch AvE?

Dru > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 12/17/2016 at 20:05

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wat.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 12/17/2016 at 20:06

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focus, you fack!

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > E90M3 12/17/2016 at 20:06

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I’ve got room for 8 gallons of that here...

XJDano > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 12/17/2016 at 20:09

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If you have a tarp you can put over it so Heat doesn’t immadatly escape. ? Not sure if that’ll help in your situation.

XJDano > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 12/17/2016 at 20:09

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If you have a tarp you can put over it so Heat doesn’t immadatly escape. ? Not sure if that’ll help in your situation.

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > Dru 12/17/2016 at 20:10

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Header image is photo that shows on post listing at main Oppo page.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 12/17/2016 at 20:12

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one of my favorite AvE quotes ever is “It looks like someone’s been at the Jees-less thing with a dull beaver!”

E90M3 > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 12/17/2016 at 20:13

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You wouldn’t want it, it was contaminated with friction reducer. I told my equipment operators to pump it downhole

Dru > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 12/17/2016 at 20:13

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yeah no. it was a wat in response to the fleshlight thing, that did not occur to me and now I can’t unsee it.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > E90M3 12/17/2016 at 20:15

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/looks the other way and whistles....

LongbowMkII > E90M3 12/17/2016 at 20:16

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And to an aquifer near you! 

Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 12/17/2016 at 20:18

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Lol also my first thought

Frenchlicker > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 12/17/2016 at 21:23

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You may need a torpedo heater. That would do it.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Frenchlicker 12/17/2016 at 21:25

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a little longer with the mini-heater and bleeding the injection pump=success.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 12/17/2016 at 22:50

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What the fuck is that pink shit

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 12/17/2016 at 22:54

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dyed off-road diesel gel. The fuel is pink, so is the gel when it freezes.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 12/17/2016 at 22:59

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Delicious!

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 12/17/2016 at 23:06

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it has pretty much the color and texture of strawberry yoghurt, or runny sorbet, but if the smell doesn’t tell you otherwise the first taste will.

E90M3 > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 12/18/2016 at 00:12

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We were down cause the company man shut the well on wireline and they were fishing a tool out of the well. So I go up to some of my operators and am like, we need to make this disappear, we need to put it downhole. They’re like no problem we got this. Later in the night, I’m standing by the well head and I see the tote get raised over one of our pieces of equipment and emptied. I turn to my supervisor and say, I hope no one else saw that.

E90M3 > LongbowMkII 12/18/2016 at 00:13

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13,000 feet down is an awful long way from an aquifer.

E90M3 > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 12/18/2016 at 10:16

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We were down cause a wireline tool got dropped in the well, I think the company man closed the well in on them. So me, the supervisor and some client reps were all standing by the well head while they were fishing the tool out. Earlier I had told some of my operators to make that diesel disappear. I look up and they’ve got the tote on a forklift above one of the pieces of equipment that feeds the pumps fluid. Nothing else is going on, I’m just hoping that no one else sees what’s going on besides me. Didn’t really want to have to explain that one.