Fuel Filter at 2:32 am

[Justwondering]

If you go to bed at a decent hour and wake up at 1 in the morning, wander around the house, DO NOT go to the O'Reillys site and search for fuel filters.
You will get 1,297 results.. each with its own picture and write up.

Then your brain will spazz as you scroll through looking for the picture of the one you bought earlier in the day but left downstairs in the car.

Then you start smirking cause you realize you've fallen into the 'car porn' rabbit hole.

After which you realize it isn't car porn since its a car part. So what would you call it? Car Part Porn which kinda seems like it really is only partly porn.

Finally you find the picture of what you bought, download it and realize that its that funky webp type we can't do on this website. Well crap.. No satisfaction here.

The longer you stare at the image trying to figure out why it can't upload, you come to the conclusion that it really looks more like an alien's spaceship part that might have failed inspection and is now available for minimal cost to humans sitting up at 2 am unable to go back to sleep.

At least the battery is charged in the car so I should be able to use the fuel pump to push out most of the stale gas.

But like any really easy project, I first have to move the burn barrel over to the pile of building material drop-offs that should have been gotten rid of this summer. Only we've been in a drought for so long that there is little top water left in the pond should something go wrong so nothing got burned.

After you move the burn barrel, you need to load it with drop-offs, then find the oil change pan so you can hopefully catch a few gallons of stale fuel. Shift the fuel over to the burn barrel and lit 'er up. Watch it burn. then repeat the process till most of the tank is empty.

At the end of that process you realize you'll smell like stale gas, soot, and sweat. Oh joy. You will have been up and down under the dang car about a dozen times cause you have brain fog from looking at car part porn on O'Reilly's for 3 hours in the early am.

Maybe I should go make a cup of hot tea, strip the bed sheets, remake the bed and try to get a few more house of sleep before the day begins...Sigh. This house is awful quiet these days.

JW

 

[GregG48213]

looking for the picture

You should be able to search for the part by a number on the package; O'Reilly actually has one of the better web sites.

 

[Justwondering]

14 MPH winds ... no burning yesterday....
JW

 

[80mirada]

O'Reilly's has blinker fluid and a flux capacitor on their website

 

[Justwondering]

80Mirada .... its a shame you have no sense of humor .. bwa ha haha

So the end result today was an hour spent cleaning out the acorns and leaves from the engine compartment. Only 1 dirt dobber nest. And no, I'm not showing that ugly mess. I hang my head in shame for letting it go so long.

Appears to be one vacuum line that's been chewed through.

And one part of the linkage was off.

I can confirm that the car will not start if you have the battery disconnected. (Doh!)

Car tried to start but the carb was dry and it was getting too late to mess with things.

Did find the oil drain pan ; however, it is missing plugs and screw top for it. As long as I don't overfill it I can still make do.

And of course, the new kitten that wandered up 3 weeks ago is completely worthless at killing rats. Notice how much more of the insulation is gone.

Have a leak in the roof of one of my storage buildings, so I have to fix that tomorrow before I can muck with the car in case the local weather caster is accurate on Saturday.

JW

 

[Justwondering]

Dag Nab It....
Four freaking hours yesterday to fix the plumbing problem with the kitchen. And all I fixed was taking the leak down from 3 gallons a night to 1 quart a night.

Took freaking forever to figure out how to get to the cartridge .. two different yahoo videos and 6 jillion searches to find the 2 videos because my words to describe the issue gave me too many false positive hits.

Then the 30 minute delay looking for the correct allen wrench to get the set screw out with the 30 minutes of crying cause my husband is not here anymore to ask where he put things so I'm digging through everything bringing up more and more memories. Ugh.

Two hours on my back under the sink sprinkled with 7 times of getting up to go look for tools, another wrench, plastic gloves to get a better grip, you name it and I had to go find something.

Then finally get the cartridge out and it just needs some silicone grease for potable water which I used in February this year when I changed the water pump filters and of course have no idea where it was put because the entire 5 gallon bucket I used with all the wrenches, parts, rags, etc is nowhere I usually put it.

So I reversed the gasket, cleaned out all the corrosion, and put it back together and will NOT, NOT drive 50 miles round trip to get 7 dollars of silicone grease.

Just 4 hours later I get it all back together and the kitchen cleaned up and realize I still haven't fixed the roof for the storage building. And the car has to wait yet, another day.

JW

 

[Justwondering]

Finally a rainstorm with over an inch of rain.
No leaks in the storage building ...... life is good.

Took 2 days and 9 loads of laundry. Found 5 more totes of husband's clothes in the storage building. I thought the totes were full of books... nope, polo shirts, winter light jackets, pants, ties... sigh. So many memories.

Have to help a friend with a convention for Wed & Thurs, so car is now relegated to Saturday.

I did; however, walk by the Fifth Avenue twice yesterday and will do so again today. I speak to her each time.... so.... fuel removal is planned for Saturday if the weather holds.

JW

 

[69-]

Good luck with the weather. We had the first snow today, no more working in the cold shop... Mid 30s is just a little too much...

Reminds me to get some 4wd, or perhaps an old tractor. But then again - cold outside.... And I need more space...

Just ain't gonna happen....

 

[Justwondering]

And Saturday was a blur ... beautiful day but so much to do around and in the house I didn't make it outside much. Maybe Sunday ... supposed to be a repeat of Saturday.

And I wake up today.

NOT a repeat of Saturday.

37 mph wind gusts ...... jeeze. I really need a garage with walls, overhead lights, a cement floor....

Deer season bow hunting is about done. 15 yr old shooting season is about done. So regular long gun deer season starts at the end of the week. Which means I need to go walk the fence line and remove all the flags, painted limbs, colored ribbons etc from the nitwits that prep for the season by tresspassing on my land.

This poor car keeps dropping in the to-do list.

JW

 

[Justwondering]

Well I drowned in sadness today -- was my husband's birthday. I had planned to have the car running by today and instead I managed to wash 6 pairs of jeans with a tube of lipstick in the pocket of one of them and just miss him something awful.

Temp was highest at midnight and then throughout the day the temps went down and the wind speed went up. No car action today.

Bought some potable water silicone grease and managed to the the kitchen faucet to slow down its leak, but Home despot didn't have the cartridge or gasket I needed. Looks like I'll be mailordering this.

Kkritsilas -- I'm going to take your advice and this year for Christmas, I'm buying myself a new battery charger.

JW

 

[Justwondering]

Sorry I went silent again... sigh.
Monday would have been hubby's birthday ... sad day.
Thursday was the first Thanksgiving/Trumpsgiving without hubby ... sad day.
Windy today.
Looks like tomorrow is my day to get the old fuel out, new fuel in and prime the carb, start that puppy up!

JW

 

[Justwondering]

Sunday ---
Let's just face it. I've forgotten to resize photos BEFORE I send them to my pc via email so I can attach them in this thread.
I'm still in such a brain fog ... dag nab it.

So, pics tomorrow morning when I have more wits about me.

Basically, I was able to clear the leaves from the engine bay - again.

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Spend 20 minutes getting all my ratchets, sockets and box wrenches out of the Chevy truck when I attempted the AC repair this past May.

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Remove all the plastic guttering from the outbuilding that I put in the the bed of the truck so I could pull of the best pieces to use on the new porch extension that finally has all the roofing on it now.

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Planned to go get the burn barrel after I emptied the plastic guttering from the Chevy, but somehow I got off track, didn't do that, but did start removing the fuel filter from the Chrysler.

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Began running out of daylight about the time I realized there are not just 3 but actually 5 line clamps I have to remove so I really should have started this by moving the alternator out of the way . Doh!

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Should have another good day to work on it tomorrow.

Managed to get my 2 mile walk in today, made chicken and dumplings, found the MolyKote potable water silicone grease I was whining about earlier. It was sitting in full view on the edge of the table next to the chair. I've literally looked at it every day I walked in the living room. Its going back where it belongs in the garage.

Celebrating moving forward with a margarita tonight with my feet in front of the fire.

Pics manana.

JW

 

[Justwondering]

Found the missing molykote for the faucet repair.


I'm right hand dominant... so why are their 6 right-handed gloves in my repair bucket and NO left-handed gloves? Being that I would be using my right hand more, wouldn't you think I'd have worn out all the right handed gloves BEFORE the left-handed ones?



My Goal:


Why do I have so many of these kind of shots when I take pictures to upload???



Looks like I have found the location of the fuel filter . Is it just me or isn't this smaller than what it should be?

Of course, there is my dang finger in the way again.

First hose if off:


So freaking many clamps:


And what did I find when I opened the door:


So today, I got the pictures resized and uploaded. Another 2 mile walk in. USPS replacement key for my mailbox won't open the mailbox -- big surprise.

Got the bottom fuel filter hose off; however, the third leg is gonna require a heat gun. Which means I need more daylight and have to run an electric line.

Manana.

JW

 

[69-]

The filter looks pretty good, though. But the hoses are kind of suspicious...

Years ago I found a wasp's nest inside the non operational horn on my A100. Removed it, honking fine.

 

[AMC Diplomat]

What a strange looking fuel filter. It's like somebody couldn't find the right one and went with one that was "good enough"

 

[Aspen500]

What a strange looking fuel filter. It's like somebody couldn't find the right one and went with one that was "good enough"

Sometimes you have to use what is available. When the correct part is made of unobtainium, all you can do us get one that's close as possible, and adapt it to work. I've run into that many times over the years.

 

[Justwondering]

We today was a bust. Woke up sad and just can't shake it.
Kitchen faucet is leaking again just as bad as before.
Its 15 degrees colder outside.

So I decided to buy myself an xmas gift this year since its a given the Mister is no longer here to participate. Sigh.

Kkritsilas -- there is a ctek headed my way. I'll let you know how it works out.

Ordered a new cartridge for the kitchen faucet. I'll just replace the old one when it gets here.

I still need to do my walking so it looks like its a treadmill evening for me tonight.

Supposed to rain (please don't hold your breath) tomorrow a whopping .2 of an inch ....

The heat gun box was in the shelves where it was supposed to be and the heat gun was actually in it! So I'm ready to try plan B later this week.

JW

 

[Justwondering]

Today was a win for me.

Took 8 hours but we finally reached the 1/4 inch level of rain falling from the sky.

Wasn't any reason to try to work on the car, too cold (49 was as high as we got) and it was damp/misty almost all day.

My biggest win was going to the grocery store for a few items and getting through the entire event without getting weepy and leaving without half the things I planned to get. Wasn't until I got out to the car to load out when I my brain started thinking about him and got swamped out. So I'm thinking thats better than last month.

JW

 

[Justwondering]

And we are on hold until Friday.
After errands in town this morning, paying water bill this afternoon for trust, and dropping off some groceries for my older brother I get home to my younger brother who asks 'do you want the good news or the bad news first?'

This is like some woman (wife/sister/friend) asking 'do these pants make my butt look big?' There is no right answer.

Good news this evening as daylight leaves -- no mail which means no bills today Yea home team!!

Bad news this evening as daylight leaves -- flat tire on the Chevy front driver's side. I have not moved the truck in 2 days. It has a flat, not just low. Got the jack out from under the tractor and walked it back to the truck. Found 2 8x8 timbers, flashlight, gloves (left & right handed), change my cloths to grubby stuff, then finally I'm ready to get the tire off.

Jack it up, slide in the timbers, get the wheel cover off, and just as I suspected, the tires were last rotated at the shop with an impact driver. I cannot get the studs loose. Dang it.

At least the weight is mostly off the tire. I'll be out tomorrow to get my breaker bar and my large ratchet to see if I can break them loose before I spend another day looking through my husbands tools.

Then get the tire off and into town to see if they can repair it or buy a new one if needed.

If there is enough daylight left tomorrow, I'm planning - again - on the heat gun to get the last of the flex fuel line off.

JW

 

[69-]

Phew... Every stone you turn turns into something more...