GregM and Karen - Cong on the new family member! [tup]
Jim and Don - the layout is coming along, but kinda of slowly with all the other projects at the Museum. The layout is 25’ x 60’ “E” shape. In its final design, it will have 3 main lines.
We also added a yard section this week.
Here is our track plan
Grayson - I don’t see why anyone doesn’t wish to talk with you. I personally just don’t spend much time on the forum. Too many other thinks going on.
Finally got back online and now it sounds like it’s going to rain (PLEASE), bus sun is shining??? Roy, we had a Taurus and never had any problems. That’s weird that it is tied to the temperature and you couldn’t make the fuses fail - could it be that something gets hot, expands and touches a shorted wire somewhere??? RT - I don’t think Lisa has posted for a week or more?
Thx for the track plan Tom - very nice!
Well, thats a good thing!!! Let the past be the past!!! [;)]
WR
Thought it might be a starter relay, sometimes if you smack them they’ll reset or you have a loose wire to your fuse box. As far as heat activating it mite be a bad relay.
Jim
Been raining in Phily all day. Steady drizzle. Ran the trains alot today and the computer. Looks like they’re calling for ran the whole week. Just when I put the old Harley back together it rains.
Might be good it’s quite at work when it rains everyone stays indoors.
Jim,
No news yet… Susan wants to wait till Wednesday… She woke me up at 2:30am yesterday wanting a Cheeseburger with Pickels and Bacon, Saurkraut, and sliced tomatoes… If I ate half of what she does I would be in the toilet puking my innards out… she is eating the world’s worst food combinations…
Oh, bought more fish for the tank on Friday. So it looks like the aquarium is sticking around, but not in the train room. Now have 2 Ciclids, 1 parrot fish (named Jimmy by Susan), 1 speckled catfish (the original tenant), and one plecostomus.
They(the bluegrass musicians) will be playing there on saturdays for awhile will go back again but will not eat there if I can help it. The Blond was 30ish and was there with her mom who also was very attractive…should have talked to her but she was texting about every 5 min[sigh]
I had a thunderbird that did that when the alternator went bad. Good thing it has the service plan. The only problem is they need to recreate the problem before they can diagnose. It always works at the dealer. Ask them to test the alternator.
Kurt
I went to the beach today to visit my wife’s family, and came home with a FREE Marx 1666. It is in excellent cosmetic condition, runs well and smokes like a demon.
Jim
Great score on your part. Marx made some good and then some great as well as some cheapies.
Hi everyone!
RT -just been reading and observing. Still very hot and dry around here. Grass goes crunch - crunch so no mowing. Garden has dried up except for a few pepper plants that I’m keeping watered and the tomatoes are about all gone.
Hubby’s hip is fine, the gout in his foot is greatly improved and he is ready to go back to work - we go back to the Dr on Wednesday and he should release him. The “weekly special” for him last week was a root canal! Don’t think I’m ever going to get him straightened out. However - Deer season is rapidly approaching (about 3 weeks away for Bow season) so he has a big incentive. Told him he could only hunt off the ground - NO CLIMBING TREES this year or he would be the one getting SHOT!!
Working a little on the layout - been too hot in the garage to do much. Also, need to get myself back to work - been slack on the job search since I needed to be at home to look after David and everything around here. Need train money and Christmas is quickly approaching.
Hoping to get a few train items for my special day (Tues).
Hope everyone has a great week!
Lisa
Good evening all,
It was hot and humid again in SE Indiana and still no rain. Up north they are getting some, but not down here. I see where the Michigan NASCAR race was rained out. We spent the weekend with the older daughter, her husband and their two kids at our place. Grandkids are nice, but they do wear you out. I had bacon and biscuits today for breakfast. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
GregM, Congratulations! Glad to hear everyone is doing well. As Chief said, spoil him and when he cries, etc., hand him back.
Roy, A few things, I doubt it is the alternator, but I have seen diodes go bad with heat, I doubt that it would work some times and not others, besides, the battery still shows full charge. Try the battery with a load on to see if the alternator keeps up. From what you have described, I would place my bets on a computer module. Little square thing probably mounted to the firewall on the engine side…I believe up on the drivers side of the car. They are not particularly expensive, but control the whole works and can create havoc when they don’t work right. The other thing would be the connections to the battery leads (or further down the line). If a lead is loose, or gets loose when hot, it could cause the trouble you noticed.
Chief, hope you get home safe and sound. Also hope you got a little bit of the rain.
Spankybird, nice Ahrens Fox on that flat car. I had thought about getting one, but am waiting till they come out with a white one. The fire department I was on had one that they sold to a volunteer department for $1.00. They take great care of it and it can outpump many modern engines.
Great day at church. Wife stayed home with the kids as they were all a little under the weather from travelling, etc. I start call first thing in the morning, so train time may be minimal this week.
God Bless,
Dennis
Thanks Dennis and Kurt - 2 votes for them to check the alternator - I will point that out when I talk to them in the am! I will also make sure they load test the battery.
Lisa - good to hear your husband is doing better.
Greg M - congrats!
Dennis - a friend of mine in Nashville bought a fire pumper truck from his volunteer department (he has served for many many years). He had to get some sort of clearance from Homeland Security (I think) in order to buy the truck. Apparently they do not want someone to be able to cause havoc by masquerading as firemen.
Got about 5 minutes of rain here with lots of thunder, but it’s long gone now. Hope we get more rain through this week!
Lisa - ditto! Glad to hear your hubby is doing well. At the wedding I caught up with my sister and BiL who moved to Charlotte. They really like it – except for the Palmetto Bugs!!! LOL
88 - is this a salt water aquarium? I can’t remember any fresh fish called a parrot fish, but I know there is a whole family of pf’s that are salt water fish… By the time I treated the water here to be able to keep fish it was costing me a fortune in time, effort and that green stuff, so our aquarium went to a friend at work.
John S, when you get off work, there are some frozen strawberry shortcake deserts (weightwatchers) in the freezer – they are actually very good! None for Chewy, but you know where those bacon treats are don’t you? TTFN!
Jim,
No it is fresh water… I’ll see if I can get pic of Jimmy tomorrow, he likes to hide in the fake grass and under the log.
Tired… but can’t sleep… Susan’s allergies are wreeking havoc on her and she is snoring up a storm… and Panther is playing and making a load of noise too…
Chief must be tired, has posted tonight.
Got soundboard cut and shaped for layout. Used 4 sheets, only put a single layer down. Ironically need about 3 more sq feet to finish. I will check and see if they (Lowes) has any partial or broken sheets. Hate to buy a full sheet for such a small area. I don’t like throwing stuff away. But will probably end up doing so. Thanks to the Chiefs handy dandy directions:
My rules for Celetex Soundstop:
Celetex Soundstop is light weight. Is dusty but not bad after it is handled some. Can be cut with utility knife [I have cut it with my lockblade knife]. Saw with fine tooth saw [I used jig saw instead of table saw as saw easy]. Turn sheet upside down from side you want up [due to ragged edges]. Seal with latex paint and it will get harder and no dust. I used the “printed label” side up. Will hold deck screws. Going to use small drywall screws for track. Do not paint as I did before installing. Paint makes it “curl” up some. Unpainted, will flatten [humidity wiil make it curl slightly] and glue down easier [half of my sheets are unpainted and work better]. Put screws into only the sheets of Soundstop [not into the hard wood below]. Paint will make a difference once installed. I highly recommend this product. Solid but not too hard. $9 to $10 a sheet.
Other than working on that all day, nothing goin on here.
Home. Made tomato sandwiches for a bite to eat. Went to sleep in recliner watching TV. Great flights home [got in house at 10:00]. Dennis, good luck on the Church’s project. Don, I’ll send you some Soundstop. [;)] Off to bed for real sleep.
Yawn - up late and these grounds have been “wet down” a few too many times today. Too tired to make new, though. Have to try Captain Binky’s Blend. Watching Thunder Alley with Annette and Fabian (no Frankie!) - it’s a little racy for the kids!
Hey John S - just saw that Megasteam website has videos, including a $5 video of CSX train(s) - make a nice stocking stuffer for You Know Who [swg]
Good morning all,
Either the forum is on the fritz or I am the early bird this morning. Still recovering from the weekend. Was hoping I could sleep in on the way to work, but the carpooler was off sick today. Not much going on today, and hopefully it will be a quiet day at work. Just the regular fare on the dining car for “Points East”. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana