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A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT BROTHER @Sylvester Wanna hear a short story? You will love this Slyvester.. When I was a kid I was hunting deer with my dad in Northern Michigan.. Zillions of acres of State/Federal lands,, LOVED IT UP THERE = STILL DO!! Got seperated from my Dad,, walked in circles for hours,, got dark and real cold,, built a fire - warmed up,, walked and walked,, light of the moon stroll in a beautiful ice cold Michigan winter night.. Creepy sounds of the night.. Kicked up a bunch of deer - scared the crap out of me.. Came out at the corner of M-37 and M-55 located near Hoxeyville Michigan.. Had walked just over 20 miles thru the night. Another hunter returning to Grand Rapids Mi picked me up hitch hiking the next day,, laughed as I told him story,, walked into parents home at 10a.m... Dad told me my mom was mad at him cause he refused to file a missing person report to LEO.. Asked my mom,, mom said dad said "why do that,, he'll find his way home when he is ready" LOL Moral of the story? Not all who wander are lost,, but some really are :big-grin-emoticon:

What is hilarious about this is that it was in chat that I explained in detail where our adventure was taking us and all that :crackup: I am sooo glad the Kanuckians were involved there cause without them (thanks Bum) who knows what type of could have resulted from a simple little :biker: with the grandkids could have been billed as :banana: IT IS GREAT TO BE MISSED BUT ALSO GREAT TO BE HOME AND BACK WITH FRIENDS/FAMILY!!

Actually Raggy,, while we did not have dam's break loose and have the community wash away from that,, that happened on the other side of the state,, we were severely effected by the Flood of 2020.. While our home was only lightly effected (had to replace a couple sump pumps and still have install a french drain ditch to replace my temporary one), our area has two blocks of permantely damaged, some total loss, homes.. We just got in from 2 weeks of CTFW(s) to play with the grandkids we have not been able to see for months because of this virus and came home to many neighbors just a couple blocks away still without water/electricity/sewage. A state of emergency has been declared and FEMA is now involved... Get this @ragtop69gs , raggy,, on top of the flooding, the virus and the usual craziness of life,, while all the previous is going on,, some wack job went nuts during all this and started tormenting our corner/roadway by tossing nails/screws on the road.. He damaged over 170 vehicles in the process.. Our Trooper was one of them.. While gone, the police actually caught the varmint in the act!! We got a phone call while gone that we had to return to work with the courts/police/prosecutor = arggg! Got home last night,, got the paperwork filled out,, gotta turn it in by Monday.. Hopefully they keep the guy for a while!! My last words on my "victims statement" read = "please ban him from Laketon Township forever,, this thug is not welcome here"!

Here I is my Texas Hero!! Been off CTFW(s) playing with the grandkids!! Just got home last night - thanks for thinking of us!! By the way,, yes there was MAJOR flooding in our area!! Matter of fact,, we got the State of Emergency thing going on with FEMA involved.. Couple blocks away are many permanently damaged homes.. We are fine,, less one bridge right down the road but fine!! Skeeters are now attacking from the woods turned swamp land!!

Till the guru's show up with solid advice,, here is my 2 cents on what I would do.. I would remove the cover over the slave.. It is going to cost you at least a new gasket and copper washer for one of the bottom screws to do so.. Pay close attention to which bottom screw in the cover gets the copper washer - you will need this info when replacing screws.. Once the slave is exposed so you can see the area real well,, take some carb cleaner and cleanse the area real well,, a pressure washer would work too but the area is small and easily cleaned with spray carb cleaner.. Clean it well so any leaks can be detected.. Fill the res with fresh fluid and pump the lever to instagate leakage,, you may have to bleed some off to get pressure up to force a leak.. While holding pressure,, using lever,,, watch area closely for leakage.. Keep working at it,, you will find it.. If its coming from slave (watch area around where slave contacts case) - buy new slave and replace.. If its hose related,, replacing the flexible rubber to steel line with a one piece solid steel line is not a good plan IMHO.. The rubber/flexible section isolates the line(s) from movement - again,, just my opinion = backyard mechanic = take it with a grain of salt.. I have successfully replaced sections of OEM steel with regular brake line from Auto Zone on occasion though just by flaring on nipples with flare tool.. One nice thing about working on the clutch as opposed to working on the brakes,, with a clutch,, all you do is lose your clutch if an attempt at repair fails,, if we were talking brake hydraulics,, I might suggest just ordering OEM replacement parts if your not fairly familiar with how these systems work..

This is AMAZING!! What a really neat, well built little kids pedal go cart!! My grandkids are going to love this thing!! Happy Birthday Birdie and 22 and THANK YOU Kettcar for such a cool little toy!!

and if Puc's hair trimmer cant handle those weeds over growing on your lop eared head,, him and Johnny the Deere lawn keeper can definitely get er done brother LOL:big-grin-emoticon:.. @Drews ,, wanna hear a secret Gary?? Tip and I escaped the lockdown claws of the virus reaction here in Michigan for a couple weeks (had to come home to testify against a neighbor hood thug who has been terrifying our area by tossing nails on the roadways or we would still be gone) and tossed caution to the wind to go play with the grandkids!! In so doing,, we got in the middle of one of the protest marches.. Was no rock throwing,, no rioters,, just a bunch of kids with signs saying stuff like "killing Floyd was wrong!!" and stuff like that.. Couldn't help but join that crowd = those kids loved us!! Told one of them them I would spank him like his dad would do if I caught em tossing rocks at windows ,,, He laughed Am home now,, at least for a bit,, bring the weeds by and free trimming is yours!!

Totally get that ya lop eared varmint,,, maybe take special note of @videoarizona 's suggestion.. That Vaz is full of all kinds of great idea's Lewis,, IMHO of course!! Picture it,, if anyone who was going to do Vogel this year just chipped in a small portion of what they would have spent trying to figure out what a Vogel is to assist those kids = maybe a child would smile again.. Do it for the kids brother!! Regardless though,, here is a return on the wishing of the best Fozzy and one for that precious bride of yours (hi Charlene)

The virus attack set us wayyy back in being able to get our grandkid's birthday presents to them.. Well,, the virus aint over but we had enough,, here we come sweet grandkids of ours!! (we made the trip but did practice sensible self/others protection so no grandkids or others were harmed in this outing!!)

Just got in from chasing down grandkids birthday parties that got side tracked due to the virus attack,, got home last night,, played on the clubs chat,, went to bed,, got up and started checking in,, tried to respond to a couple PM's,, was notified I no longer was a member with those privilages,, did some digging,, found out my club Membership had expired while I was gone ... Conspiracy? = good try ya bunch of lop eared varmints .. My paypal account still works !! Now lets see if the Club authorities accepted my late dues and this post goes thru

EXACTLY my experience Deej!!! Sitting there working on trailer lighting,, digital volt/ohm on deck of trailer,, testing lights with a cheap little beat up poker (what I always called em,, you know,, the little pointed tester with a light in it that lights up when you hit 12 volts) a few years back and employee asks why I am not using the meter,, told him exactly what you just said,, shook his head and walked away,, grinned and went back to testing and asked Murphy to reconnect the ground clip on the poker he had pulled off when my head was turned

You are more than welcome Rich!! You know me,, right - wrong or indifferent,, I call them as I see them and IMHO,, you earned the recognition - THANK YOU again for your assistance on the site and IRL brother!! Thank you too for jumping in here too and for the suggestion on the Cap - never knew Wally World handled HVAC parts - learn something new every day cause of lop eared varmints like you ! Quick question,, set aside the critter story (I still plan on doing a video of rechecking the motor and I will show what I found when I get there BUT - I am sure I could have easily misread what I saw/found) and think with me for a second.. If I test the windings at the terminals and they test open or show they have gone to ground do you still think trying that Hard Start Capacitor would be worth a shot? Is there a chance that if the thermal protection inside of the compressor case that is hermatically sealed could be jarred via high voltage to cause it to function again? Thanks Puc

Probably shouldn't even jump in here with more of my backyard mechanican advice and, if your reading this, PLEASE take this with a grain of salt cause I really dont know nuttin about nuttin but,, one of the things I never really appreciated about the digital volt/ohm meters I have played around with compared to the beat up old Simpson analog (sp? not even sure I spelled that right,, like I said, grain of salt ) meter that my Grandfather gave me to poke around with when I was a kid was the sensitivity of the digitals = IMHO (and that is all it is),, I liked the digitals for circuit board work but the analog for testing devices.. This is probably wayyyyy out in left field from the training that the guru's of the site have had and what real experience has taught them but my Simpson always seemed to put just enough load on the circuit I was testing that it usually would/could find flawed contact points and the like easier than the digitals I have owned/used thru the years.. The reason why,, and strickly IMHO of course,, was the digitals I had (never had a real high end digital, Fluke is about the best I had for shop use and always carried a 5 dollar Harbor Freight Vlt/ohm on the bike - always willing to donate my HF to a needy - stranded biker but would have had a hard time doing that with my Fluke) were so sensitive that they could/would, at times,, still read 12vdc thru charred contacts.. Probably not right but the way old Murph rolled around my bikes/cars/houses,, life:big-grin-emoticon: OK,, back to reality!!

You KNOW it my brother!! Another flat out amazing article by the writer of writers IMHO!! I mentioned this in the comment section of the article = "THANK YOU for th.. ,, wait a second,, I may have lost a lot in my ability to reason thru fixing a bike (like I ever had it in the first place ) but think I can still do a copy/paste... Found it,, here ya go my brother!! Straight from the hip and IMHO of course: ""I have known the author/writer of this article for many years now. I have also been thru some awesome motorcycle touring adVenures with him and consistently stand in amazement at his ability to tell it like it is due to his real life experiences!! Mr. Wyenn, I want to personally thank you once again for the continually accurate, informative and ALWAYS trying to help your fellow members of the motorcycle touring industry with the articles that you write!! THANK YOU for this particular review and its aim to save lives!! I personally had no idea something like this existed BUT,, because of you,, I do now! Hats off to you my dear friend!!" Thank you for still holding my opinion in such regard VentureFar!! Its a true honor to be considered your brother and friend!! Puc

Oh come on!! That factual piece of historic data has got to deserve at least one showing of that amazing little WWW rattle can sign painter!!!! ,, you know,, as simple minded and as easy to entertain as I am,, I could sit and study/watch that little feller for hours,, watching him shake that can and his hair move in perfect timing with the rattle of the can.. Then watch the over spray gather around his perfect graffiti artest paintestry.. Sooo amazing!! At least for the simple minded such as myself.. COME ON FOOL,, give it up!!!!

I met me a lop eared varmint once who had created a device,, particially powered by electricity but from what I saw of the machine - it appeared to also be Nuclear in its workings too, that actually controlled our weather.. Thats right,, now known in the weather conspiracy arena's as the Wisconsin White Washer,, it is a known fact that this infamous machine has caused endless misery to unsuspecting victims who have fallen to its spew of snow!! That being said,, if a varmint can produce such an atrocity,, what makes one think that another less than stellar varmint of a lesser breed could not come up with the means of doing exactly what you describe Fool!!

THANK YOU Poppa for your sound advice and extremely kind offer! Both are GREATLY appreciated! From a totally clueless innocent bystander victims perspective - it will be interesting to see how this all plays out

Frank,, please see reply above to Fool,, what you describe is exactly how I tested it.. Going from memory,, there was a harness going into the compressor compartment of the cabinet that consisted of 3 wires - x2 110 volt AC leads and X1 smaller ground wire. The harness was removable from the compressor case via a female terminal on the harness itself that plugged into a male terminal that was/is located on the compressor itself.. The chewing spot was on the ground section of this harness found on the section of the harness that was located up in the controls/device area in the cainet.. I remember cleaning up the chewed area by splicing that ground with a butt splice and turning the air back on,, with nothing happening!! Thats when I tossed the high volt disconnect for the unit thinking I may have missed a chewed off wire somewhere, pulled the cabinet top, removed the cooling fan, pulled the harness from the compressor and tested it with a Volt/Ohm meter and discovered the windings had an open.. I doubled checked everywhere on the compressor and even checked a road map (what I always called a Schematic) looking for thermal protection device for the compressor and discovered that it is thermally protected INTERNALLY - arrrggg.. Then got my quotes and got sick and am still here and now bugging you guys

I actually unplugged the harness down at the motor so just the 3 terminals were exposed on the side of its case Jeff.. I then did my testing there to avoiding testing thru any of the devices up stream from the actual compressor.. Thanks for not giving up on me brother,, as soon as this flood crisis is over I will pop the lid on the cabinet the compressor sets in and redo my testing and do so while videoing so you guru's can have a peek and input with this type of awesome advice!

Unc,, I am sorry I totally missed your post here when posting earlier,, thinking you must have been in the process of making it while I was doing mine and beat me to the draw!! THANK YOU for taking the time to dig around and for offering up the 3 tonner!! I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT UNC!! YOU DA MAN!! As soon as we get some of this flood crisis under control, I will do a retest on the compressor that I believe is shot and double/triple recheck my past testing to be sure that I am on the right track and proceed from there brother! Thanks again for the support both professionally and as a friend - I DEFINITELY appreciate it!! By the way,, as far as the unit not be pretty? You know me Unc,, I look wayyy past the skin on the outside,, if its to bad I can always cover it with stickers LOL:big-grin-emoticon:

it Hi Unc!! Thanks again for the input!! I am gonna have to sideline my condenser project for a tad (see pics above) and get back to it as soon as the flood waters recede here.. THANK YOU for your assistance to this point brother, will reconnect soon with some more pics of the condenser and a reject video on my testing of the motor as we chatted about! Thank you!!