- Messages
- 5,844
- Reaction score
- 6,467
- Points
- 482
- Location
- Corinth, TX (DFW)
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2007
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 23
Started out the morning as usual,
out of bed, made my wife eggs and toast and she went back to sleep,
fed and walked the dog,
oldest daughter notified me yesterday her A/C fan wasn't blowing normally and would slow down, I had her pick up a new blower motor that evening,
watched a couple of youtubes about it and headed out to change it,
I was telling her and showing her what I was going to do, I was down underneath the dash and she popped the hood, I thought "great she's going to check the oil" a minute later I look up to see her filling the wiper fluid reservoir WITH A THICK BLACK LIQUID ! I jumped up from floor and yes, she had grabbed an old wiper fluid bottle that we used to store some old brake fluid in
Luckily I had my west marine vacuum pump handy and two minutes later we had pumped it out, refilled with fluid and pumped it out then refilled again and ran the sprayer/wipers for a few minutes to make sure it was clean fluid coming out,
the blower motor was easy and only took 20 minutes in and out,
then on the youngest daughters 89 grand wagoneer, it started billowing white smoke, we had guessed blown head gasket but checking the dipstick the level was very hight but still looked like oil, we were going to drain it and start fresh but.... when we drained it, it was immediately milkshake so we refilled with new oil to get it parked in the driveway in prep for removing the heads,
then the real fun began,
picked up my new to me truck, it's taken 34 years of marriage but I finally have the newest vehicle in the family, thanks to bign8 I have a 2020 f150 4x4 xlt sitting in the driveway, ( now the pressure is on the sell the old dually )
out of bed, made my wife eggs and toast and she went back to sleep,
fed and walked the dog,
oldest daughter notified me yesterday her A/C fan wasn't blowing normally and would slow down, I had her pick up a new blower motor that evening,
watched a couple of youtubes about it and headed out to change it,
I was telling her and showing her what I was going to do, I was down underneath the dash and she popped the hood, I thought "great she's going to check the oil" a minute later I look up to see her filling the wiper fluid reservoir WITH A THICK BLACK LIQUID ! I jumped up from floor and yes, she had grabbed an old wiper fluid bottle that we used to store some old brake fluid in
Luckily I had my west marine vacuum pump handy and two minutes later we had pumped it out, refilled with fluid and pumped it out then refilled again and ran the sprayer/wipers for a few minutes to make sure it was clean fluid coming out,
the blower motor was easy and only took 20 minutes in and out,
then on the youngest daughters 89 grand wagoneer, it started billowing white smoke, we had guessed blown head gasket but checking the dipstick the level was very hight but still looked like oil, we were going to drain it and start fresh but.... when we drained it, it was immediately milkshake so we refilled with new oil to get it parked in the driveway in prep for removing the heads,
then the real fun began,
picked up my new to me truck, it's taken 34 years of marriage but I finally have the newest vehicle in the family, thanks to bign8 I have a 2020 f150 4x4 xlt sitting in the driveway, ( now the pressure is on the sell the old dually )
