Sometimes I can just kick myself


 
LMichaels

LMichaels

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As many know I take a lot of price in my yard and lawns in particular (though anyone looking at them now would never know it this summer just kicked the snot out of it). Anyway I have this 25 gal Fimco pull behind boom sprayer I use for my "chemicals" applications. Last time out, the motor on the pump gave it up. Well I ordered another motor/pump assembly and installed it earlier this week. Along with the new pump I bought a new pressure gauge as it was not working.......again as well.
I went out to give it a try today with water only. Plug it in, flip the switch on the tractor and no "humming" from the pump. So I start fiddling around and turns out the switch on the sprayer itself must have a loose or broken wire. As I was moving it around and the hum began. Moved it around and no dice. Not only that the rocker switch on the sprayer's wiring harness began getting a little "hot".
So it's in the garage again. I guess some new wiring is in order. I'll likely make a new harness for it tomorrow
 
I'm quite the handyman/garage mechanic as well, and there always comes a point of frustration where we can all kick ourselves 😂
Happens to the best, at least you've identified the issue... Maybe 😜
 
Oh I did I just have to now heal my pride for not checking that before (and not tell my wife I wasted darn near $100!). So, I'll just make a new wire harness without the second switch (it's superfluous anyway). And if wife sees me I'll just say I wasn't happy with the condition and gauge of the original wiring LOL
 
LMichaels said:
Oh I did I just have to now heal my pride for not checking that before (and not tell my wife I wasted darn near $100!). So, I'll just make a new wire harness without the second switch (it's superfluous anyway). And if wife sees me I'll just say I wasn't happy with the condition and gauge of the original wiring LOL
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Don't feel bad Larry. With all the years I spent in automotive repair, specializing in drivability and other diagnostics for the most part, I find myself jumping on my first suspicions when working on my own things. Lots of ex-wrenches I know do the same so I guess it's pretty normal:)
 
Bob Bailey said:
Don't feel bad Larry. With all the years I spent in automotive repair, specializing in drivability and other diagnostics for the most part, I find myself jumping on my first suspicions when working on my own things. Lots of ex-wrenches I know do the same so I guess it's pretty normal:)
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Yeah I hear ya there.
 
Bob Bailey said:
Don't feel bad Larry. With all the years I spent in automotive repair, specializing in drivability and other diagnostics for the most part, I find myself jumping on my first suspicions when working on my own things. Lots of ex-wrenches I know do the same so I guess it's pretty normal:)
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I'm ok around cars and watch alot of TV shows about them. Recently I found a rusted out trailing arm and went to the extreme thought of replacing the sub frame. Once I got that price $4000+ I decided I would trade it in and get a newer vehicle. Well the market was crazy with prices and I didn't find what I wanted anyway so I paused. I then looked up a automotive welder and had the problem fixed for $300. I probably spent more than that in gas and if I count the time in wages I would have owned the car I was looking at. Point of the story is to remind yourself to always start with free/basic trouble shooting and work your way up.
 
Scott Smith said:
I have a one-gallon handheld sprayer. I point it at weeds and they go away. It works pretty good for my 8000sf yard.
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I would have to be out there for a week. I use liquid fertilizer and an iron supplement. I've not used any herbicides on it in quite some time. A few years actually. Only nitrogen, and mineral applications and iron.
 
JohnTak said:
I used to buy spare parts as cheap insurance, hardly ever needed them and wound up with a bunch of stuff I didn't need.:ROFLMAO: As a retired mechanic the junk drawers got given to the new guys to wonder if they would ever need them.
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You and me both brother. I got a spare set of brand new deck blades. Figuring I would rotate them out, and the guys at wife's factory who sharpen the tools they make, said "just bring them it we'll sharpen and balance). Well the set of Predator (gator style blades) I installed in it 2+ years ago? Still sharp as new. Not a mark on them. Go figure.
 
On my cars, if a light bulb burned out I would replace the opposite side also and keep the old bulb as a spare. I had a drawer full of used bulbs. It did work on halogen headlights because those suckers burned out like no one could believe. (y)
 
JohnTak said:
On my cars, if a light bulb burned out I would replace the opposite side also and keep the old bulb as a spare. I had a drawer full of used bulbs. It did work on halogen headlights because those suckers burned out like no one could believe. (y)
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Jeez, on my wife's car you have to either take the front end off of the car or get to it though the wheel well. Those rusty screws aren't easy to get out of the wheel well housing so it's strictly replace as needed there. You want to talk about a pain in the *** job.
 
Steve Hoch said:
Jeez, on my wife's car you have to either take the front end off of the car or get to it though the wheel well. Those rusty screws aren't easy to get out of the wheel well housing so it's strictly replace as needed there. You want to talk about a pain in the *** job.
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Yup, those are the cars that you see with burnt out bulbs because no one wants to change them. When I did a tune up I would replace the hardest to get to spark plug first then the job got easier as I went on. The lazy guys would leave in the hardest spark plug and wait for the next guy to change it out. I had a collection of spark plugs with no electrode left because It was such a pain to get out. :ROFLMAO:
 
Fred Smith said:
I'm ok around cars and watch alot of TV shows about them. Recently I found a rusted out trailing arm and went to the extreme thought of replacing the sub frame. Once I got that price $4000+ I decided I would trade it in and get a newer vehicle. Well the market was crazy with prices and I didn't find what I wanted anyway so I paused. I then looked up a automotive welder and had the problem fixed for $300. I probably spent more than that in gas and if I count the time in wages I would have owned the car I was looking at. Point of the story is to remind yourself to always start with free/basic trouble shooting and work your way up.
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Reminds me of the movie sling blade. "Ain't got no gas" 😂
 
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