Still among the living
Jun. 6th, 2005 08:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jhetleyNot feeling great, not feeling sick either. Choked down a normal breakfast this morning. Not looking forward to driving/sailing/driving for seven hours plus/minus on Thursday, but have reached the point I think I could do it.
Lawnmower continues cantankerous. One thing I haven't tried -- running it without the gas tank cap. That has a valve thingie in it to prevent evaporation. If it should be stuck closed, that could cause the observed symptoms. Otherwise, the damned machine may be trash. As previously noted, it has reached an age where simple things liked stamped pivot arms on the wheels develop metal fatigue....
(As an aside, the Toro folks manufactured the replacement part differently, in a fashion less likely to create "stress risers" in the metal. Guess I wasn't the first customer to encounter this failure mode.)
Lawnmower continues cantankerous. One thing I haven't tried -- running it without the gas tank cap. That has a valve thingie in it to prevent evaporation. If it should be stuck closed, that could cause the observed symptoms. Otherwise, the damned machine may be trash. As previously noted, it has reached an age where simple things liked stamped pivot arms on the wheels develop metal fatigue....
(As an aside, the Toro folks manufactured the replacement part differently, in a fashion less likely to create "stress risers" in the metal. Guess I wasn't the first customer to encounter this failure mode.)
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Date: 2005-06-06 08:31 am (UTC)