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it down got to a warm 47 at about 6;30 pm from 57. My but,, it was warm!! there may and probable be a frost tonight, and for once leaves that are still left on the trees, may change color. that i have not seen in this area, perhaps over 15 years as the winds and the heat dry out the leaves in the fall before the 1st frost. been in the higher 50s for a few days, getting to the higher 40s. i for one am not looking forward to winter, yet here it is coming. will it be cold, a coin toss for sure. i think it will be colder then last winter which was cold yet kinda mild.

6 days of rain in a row. 1st two days was spotty. today and tomorrow are supposed to be heavy, but it is slow at the moment. talk of flooding, and it has happened before. 1 time the road was blocked not far from the house my mom had, and at the other end of the road. i was here too. we were stranded for 3 or 4 days. need a small bridge at the other end, so a person could get out. that will never happen in a county that spreads rocks on the road, instead of fixing it. course, with all those leaving louisville, and such, moving out this way, it could happen. we already have more laws on the books, many, the reason they left in the 1st. place. i remember the town having a population of less then 800. maybe 739. its 1,328, and the county has grown exponentially even more.

mine was burning too rich, and it still had a lot of tweaking for me to do. it did stop backfiring at the exhaust, the only place it was backfiring.

i might think of taking out the shifter motor and see how the grease looks. it could be so thick, its stopping the gear from turning. it cant hurt to look at the grease anyway. factory grease on many es models is not the good stuff.

Welp, after a brief cool spell the weather got kinda to summer again near 90s during the day mid 60s at night. got a touch of rain, mostly sprinkles so far today. i'm looking forward to indian summer. lol

the impact drill got it out. it aint pretty. after out, i had to use cheater bars to break the bolt from th brass fitting. the bolt looked brand new, at the threads, the brass, after hand tightening a couple uf time, what ever held it in place, must have fell out, cause i couldnt see anything in there.

Well, their are other doctors, perhaps that could help. IDK,,.. it does sound bad.. I'd like to think their is always hope. i can tell you from personal experience at the VA, the 1st., doctor i had would only work on one problem at a time. only seeing her every 6 month's., progress was slow. so, i began asking her questions,and complaining a bit. i thought it was VA policy.. she got kinda ornery. so i dropped her. she had a sign on her wall saying listen to the patients, what a joke.. the 2nd., she worked on multiple problems at once. she looked mean, kinda, a no BS person. and she was. she looked irish/scottish, a shorter lady, but was nice, and got things done. she used to scold me all the time for making a ruckus in the hallway, cutting up with the staff and such. i liked her a lot.

i havent tried the impact as yet, as i havent asked the question of how. i did try with a 1/4 ratchet set, but do not want to go any farther. it just spun. i'll give it a go and see if i make progress tomorrow. thanks

you keep rather busy at this. did a great job on mine and the last time i looked, it was still working. i got the electric off at the moment, replacing the wiring harness and such. atv has been out in the weather sitting idle since winter 2016. i had a shop do some work on it, because i couldnt at the time, and they did poor work to say the least. i told them there was a vacuum leak before the carb, i had found, when they picked it up. they were taking it in for something else. the oil filter was put on, with part of the rubber o-ring sticking out at the bottom, hence an oil leak. i told them i want to put SAE10w-30 pennzoil in it, which is the type of oil the book calls for in this wet clutch application, and he said "the clutch would start slipping". and it did, but the clutch adjustment bolt, had the dirt knocked off plus, the bolt had the top of the 6 points, bent/moved a bit where a tool was not used properly. a small washer was missing, on the adjustment screw, at bottom of carb, where it was rebuilt. a copper wire, used for holding the gas tank, was cut, then he took out the two mount screws out anyway, and lost them. there is more, but you get the idea. anyway, i put i piece of black plastic 1mm thick over the screen/ headlight unit, a wool cap,, and last i looked it is still working. i have been thinking of a way to design a cover, to flip or take off, so if you got to leave your machine out in the sun the screen wont get damaged.

got preoccupied yesterday and didnt get around to cutting the bolt head off. so, do you pry it out, with a small crowbar/long screwdriver, not having done this before.

as always, great camera shots.

can i cut the top off the bolt head with a grinder, and proceed from there, the rest of the bolt, still in?, That i can do, but will it help?

at least there is hope. thanks

i tried my brothers ryobi. got one out, the there just spins, it still there, so is fuel valve. am i out of luck?

i thought i posted this already, maybe its on the hunting forum i go to.lol i rebuilt a pit cock with goobers help. from sitting so long it got hart to turn. needless to say the bolts, to the pit cock are stuck. i dont want the strip out the bolt holes out of the gas tank. any suggestions?