Saturday, January 24, 2009

You can learn a lot in a week

A week is fertile ground for learning stuff you never thought you would ever know. Let me describe this past week to you:
Friday January 16 - Sunday January 18
Major battle fought and won against vertigo
Fought off mild cold/sinus gunk

Saturday January 17 - Tuesday January 20
Removed, rebuilt autolite 2100 carburetor
Stripped jets in carb, ordered new ones
Removed 289 8 cylinder intake manifold and reinstalled with new gaskets

Wednesday January 21
Roto-rooted main sewer drain line only to discover major cloggage

Thursday January 22
Dug a 4 foot deep hole to access main sewer line blockage
Broke ancient pottery sewer line to discover a weeks' worth of backed up toilet flushings
Roto-snaked main line and retrieved hair, hair, hair, and papertowels
Enjoyed the beautiful sound of blub-blub-gurgle-blub revealing success

Friday January 23
Replaced ancient pottery sewer line with up-to-date 4 inch schedule 40 PVC
Installed previously non-existant sewer drain cleanout access point
Leak tested all joints to ensure that all was done perfectly.
Reburied new sewer line
New jets for carb arrived and installed
Reassembled and adjusted carb

Saturday January 24
Blogged about last week learnings!

So don't ever miss out on the opportunity to learn something new! As for me, I am happily relieved the week is over, whew.

Cheers.

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