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It's always hard going back to work after so many days off. I've always said I couldn't be a stay at home mom, but...
a Marie Antoinette inspired girl. Still thinking of a name for her, waiting on chips and outfit and scalp etc.
...horses.
We only see them when they are on duty, but behind the scenes, they have daily routines and training that keeps them a valuable part of our city’s Police Force.”
Photography by Craig McClure
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First day sightseeing in Seville. Visiting the Alcazar followed by the Cathedral
The Alcazar of Seville is a stunning royal palace, originally build by Moorish Muslim Kings. It has some outstanding architectural areas as well as fantastic tile work throughout the building.
The Cathedral of Saint Mary is the largest Gothic cathedral and the 3rd largest church in the world at this moment. One of the main features of the Cathedral is the burial site of Christopher Columbus.
Next to the Cathedral is the Gerald or bell tower. After an impressive climb you have a stunning view across the city.
Hard-core work tabi. Rubberized wool socks, pefect for climbing bamboo scafolding like some ninja. Sensible footwear for someone off to see this:
At work coming my way this guy in monkey suit, I got a "Hi Heath". I thought I know this guy. Later when asked why he was wearing the monkey suit, he said "Why not".
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With the entire village dedicated to making and exporting musk incense sticks, the streets and sidewalks are valuable resources to be used.
It is a lot of hard work, but at least, it always smells good.
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So I'm in this little dance number in a play and I've been rehearsing after work.
Here I'm double checking to make sure I haven't left anything behind before I head to rehearsal. For some reason my trusty velvet ribbon untied on me.
This is part of the REPAIR work (YES, this is the finnished job) to fix the leak from the upstairs bath that was "RAINING" into the living room below. This was one of several previous leaks reported by past tenants so I guess a little more water would not matter! It took maintenance 2 weeks and 3 calls to respond to this leak. According to the manager and the head maintenance person in their depositions - REPORTS OF A LEAK ARE TO BE TREATED LIKE A FIRE!!!
His shoulders are slouched his tie is loose,
Judging by his face, you'd think he'd be facing the noose.
But it's work that causes him to feel like this
He starts at nine and his mood is far from bliss
Our Daily Challenge: Nine
Photos posted to link to this car's project thread on the Cadillac message boards.
Wow, I think this marks my greatest length of thread-neglect! Almost 5 months! This isn't the new normal though, I will have some time again to work on the car and clear out my parts shelf which once again is getting a little cluttered with the crap I buy on ebay.
I have not done much to the car since my last update besides drive it until the first snow in December. The alternator remains un-rebuilt. Fortunately (?) I made a discovery that the noise I was hearing under certain conditions was not the alternator at all, so it won't need anything besides diode replacement (coming soon).
Now, I did find where the noise was coming from-one of the A.I.R. check valves had failed and sounded something like an accordion for a few minutes when the car was restarted hot. The A.I.R. system switches between two modes of operation-one in which the pump pushes air into the exhaust manifolds, and another in which air gets shot into the catalytic converter-both of which help to keep emissions down. The mode selected depends on what conditions the ECM sees. The check valves keep the boiling hot dirty exhaust from flowing into the hoses and pump which would ruin them in short order-ironically kind of like a diode! In my case, the check valve for the exhaust manifold had failed or was beginning to and on a hot restart the air from the pump would disturb it to create that annoying noise. So it needed to be replaced. Here is the part in question in case you have never heard of/seen it (I didn't)
It is in the vicinity of the power module
The little bastard screws onto a "T" fitting that looked more like plumbing equipment than an auto part to me. On each side of the T, there is a metal line that runs to each exhaust manifold. Clean air flows through the check valve when the switching valve directs air to it.
While the two lines came off easily, the check valve itself was stuck like you would not believe. The tee fits into a 7/8ths wrench, and the captured nut on the valve is 1 inch, and using my two largest wrenches on each with every ounce of strength I had I was only able to break them loose after soaking in transmission fluid for a few days. And even then just barely.
The exact part number of the failed valve was not available so I substituted another one that was otherwise identical. I suspect the differences in part numbers (there are a ton of them) have to do with unique backpressures for every engine configuration GM made across all their cars. I bought one spec'd for a 307 Olds V8, which I figure is as close to the 4100 in terms of back pressure as I could get. Could be totally wrong on that too. Anyway, it no longer makes the noise!
Now the other part of the A.I.R. system is for the catalytic converter. The check valve on this one was good, and I suspect it lives a much easier life than the one for the manifolds as it is not subjected to the high pressures or heat. But it needed love too, when I had the catalytic converter changed, the shop cut off the end of the pipe which entered the old bead converter at a 90 degree angle and used high temperature hose to make the connection.
I can't say I was happy with the way it looked but it seemed to do the job. Except that when braking or accelerating hard, the hose would allow the metal tubing (now loose) to move back and forth which made for an annoying knock. I wasn't sure what to do but I was certainly surprised when I learned Rockauto still stocks this pre-bent metal tubing unique for the 84-85 Eldorado. Go figure. I ordered it and when it arrived, I was disappointed to discover that it lacked the mounting bracket that goes up near the engine. So I ended up taking my old and new tube to a welder who transferred the bracket to the new one for me.
I also put a new check valve on it. Note that this valve lacks the captured nut. That is a catalytic converter check valve and it is physically smaller than the one for the manifold. They thread size is the same, but the nipple is the part that won't allow you to put the other diameter hose on it.
Here it is mounted to the "new" cat. I have to spin that clamp at the Y fitting, it should face the passenger side. Bah shops! So, that concludes today's edition of what invisible repair I managed to waste my time and money on!
My desk at work. Left some notes to explain. I have a Dell computer setup to the left out of the frame. Best part: This was shot with my new Tokina 12-24 lens at 1/20 hand-held after some tips from award-winning phtographer Dale Omori. LARGE
