If it ain't one thing

[RickN]

How did the car fix go?

They had to work at it. The pulleys were dirty, partly from the belt dressing I used on them, and it took them a couple hours to get them clean and not squealing. I must say it was the most pleasant car repair I have ever had done. Sat around eating a donut and enjoying chatting with some nice folks while watching the hummingbirds zip around.

Hard to find them as they are on Old Route 66 which is one step above a game trail.

 

[RickN]

Maybe your not normal? LOL, yes, they sell to the general public but if you have a business account, they offer different prices.
No different than Lowes, contractors open a business account to get cheaper prices on bulk lumber and such.

Normal is a setting on the dryer.

 

[montesa]

They had to work at it. The pulleys were dirty, partly from the belt dressing I used on them, and it took them a couple hours to get them clean and not squealing. I must say it was the most pleasant car repair I have ever had done. Sat around eating a donut and enjoying chatting with some nice folks while watching the hummingbirds zip around.

Hard to find them as they are on Old Route 66 which is one step above a game trail.

Is that all it needed was cleaning? What about all the stuff hibdons said was wrong?

 

[RickN]

Is that all it needed was cleaning? What about all the stuff hibdons said was wrong?

Hibdon lied. It does have a small oil leak on a valve cover but nothing major. I did not have them check anything else yet as I was trying not to take advantage of them. I just the belts done before we lost one going to the doc one day.

 

[2busy]

They had to work at it. The pulleys were dirty, partly from the belt dressing I used on them, and it took them a couple hours to get them clean and not squealing. I must say it was the most pleasant car repair I have ever had done. Sat around eating a donut and enjoying chatting with some nice folks while watching the hummingbirds zip around.

Hard to find them as they are on Old Route 66 which is one step above a game trail.

Sugar free donut?

 

[ForsakenConservative]

Last August the condenser fan motor failed on our unit. Squealed and froze up. The service guy was 5 hours out, 105 outside…..I knew I had nothing to lose, so I pulled it apart. The shaft was dry, the oil seal shattered and spread across the barn floor, the bushings were coked up and the felts were dry. I polished the armature shaft and scrubbed the bushings with a 45 caliber bore brush. I soaked the felts with light oil and reassembled it. We had AC again! I took a pic of the label and found an OEM replacement on Amazon for $165, one week for delivery. When Mr. Heatandair showed up, he wanted $895 for the replacement! No thanks…. I kept an eye on it, checking the amperage draw every day until the new motor arrived. I do keep a spare capacitor and contactor on hand, cheap insurance for the most likely failures…. I also kept the original fan motor, JIC. A better quality digital volt meter will read capacitance, and you can check it easily. I’ve read the standard tolerance is +/- 5% of rated value. This is a big one they will soak you for, so it’s a good thing to learn.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

When messing with capacitors, always discharge them by crossing the terminals with a screw driver that has a plastic handle. DON"T TOUCH THE TERMINALS WITHOUT DISCHARGING ANY CAPACITOR! Ask me how I know...

Woody

 

[Lee Beaittie]

Locke carries them or
grainger

Johnstone Supply in Moore as well.

 

[RickN]

Sugar free donut?

Bite your tongue you heathen! If I am going to be bad, I AM GOING TO BE BAD!

Chocolate cake donut, and a bottle of water to wash it down. Little extra insulin when I got home. They offered so accepting it was the Christian thing to do.

 

[O4L]

I thought Locke did not sell to normal people. I know I always had to give them our business number before. I think I will have to let the AC people fix it this time to keep the wife happy, but I will order in one from Amazon to keep on hand.

Locke here in Shawnee is a little weird. Sometimes they won't sell to you unless you are a contractor and other times they don't even ask.