Cooter, Help! Zambo gets Betty too hot

Detroitgator

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You just wait.
You're a man... You don't need no stinkin "red line/zone" on your damn gauges... you know intuitively by feel and sound (and possibly wind in your face) what your RV can and cannot do... you push her, you cajole her... and she delivers... you ARE the mother fukkin "Third Wright Brother!!!!!"

PS You wanna know who ISN'T like you? Fukkin guys who own "meat thermometers." My mother fukkin' meat thermometer comes installed, on my mother fukkin body!
 

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Ribs last Saturday. No meat thermometer. I never checked their internal temp a single time.... I just knew.

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Ribs last Saturday. No meat thermometer. I never checked their internal temp a single time.... I just knew.

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Throttle body showed up today along with the electric fuel pump. Will get busy installing it tomorrow.
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Been a little warm outside, we're having a heat wave out here. Crazy but its like 86 degrees in the middle of January. Freakin nuts! Anyway, a good time to do some work inside the garage rather than outside in the driveway.

Each gauge has two wire bundles that plug in the back. Some of the wires are used and some aren't. Some go to the same power sources, some go to different inputs. So today I got that all sorted out, terminated the wires into a common plug so I can remove the panel when I need to get in the dash and work on something, and also installed the turn signals, high bean indicator, and the programming buttons (to set gauge parameters). The indicator lights have their own separate plug. Also, I got a strip of rubber trim to go around the edge. I'm going to leave it unpainted for now, once I know its working and its time to paint the inside of the RV I'll put a nicer finish on it.

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The retro-style gauges are a great look, good choice. Oil gauge and idiot light? They didn't have any turn signal indicators that were smaller? Panel needs more switches and buttons. You have lots of room how about some more gauges.
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There aren't enough idiot lights in the world to save this thing from certain doom.
 

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Case in point, this morning I'm hooking up the fuel injection. Got most of the wires where they need to go, installed the O2 sensor in the exhaust, and now I'm hooking up the mechanical linkage that actuates the throttle. Unlike most old cars with a cable, because the engine is behind the driver there are a couple of pushrods and a bellcrank to connect the pedal to the arm on the throttle body. I hook it up and notice that I get full throw on the throttle with only an inch of pedal movement.

So I'm thinking wow, this throttle body has a much shorter throw than the old carb. So I get busy adjusting all the linkages and modifying the bell crank so the motion ration between the pedal and the throttle body is acceptable. Even after make a pretty big change, the pedal is still weird. Now, if I had in idiot light hooked to my brain, I would have solved this problem a long time ago, but alas I FINALLY get around to actually looking in the intake as I cycle the throttle and I see the butterflies are only opening about 1/3 of the way.....they are hitting the adapter plate I installed the other day. JFC!

Turns out that the adapter isn't symmetrical, it has a front and a back and of course I installed it backward and the intake barrels didn't line up with the throttle body. So it took about 10 minutes to switch that around, then another 10 minutes to completely undo all the adjustments and mods I spent the last hour on, and of course it worked perfect right out of the box.

Joy.

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So we developed a dripping shower head in the master bath (yeah I know.... racist) about a week ago. Nothing crazy, but a drip about every 5 or 10 seconds. I knew it had to fixed fairly quickly.

This is the first time this has ever happened to me, so off to YouTube I go. Turns out the issue is always a mixing valve/cartridge that’s inside the handle. You can buy just that valve. But the wife wanted the handles switched out, so I bought a whole new setup. Delta did not have the same model from 10 years ago, but I picked up the closest thing at Lowes. Since we have 2 shower head/handles, I will go ahead and swap both sets.

I get a little concerned when I open the box. There is a lot of shiit in there. Since the old one was a Delta, and the new one is a Delta, I am praying that I simply swap the cartridge and handle and can throw away 90% of the box contents.

I disassemble the dripping handle and get to the cartridge. All the water is off of course. That cartridge wont come out. I wonder if it is screwed in somewhere I cant see. The last thing I want to do is damage or break something. When I get a little movement on it, water is going everywhere. I am so confused as to the source. It turns out it’s the water remaining from the shower head to the handle. Very, very carefully and slowly I work the cartridge out. The seals were just tight from being 10 years old.

Place the new one in. Put on new handle. Turn on water. Works perfectly.

With my new found confidence, I turn to the second handle. This one is done in just a few minutes as I know what to expect. Button it all up. And now I have no hot water out of that shower head.

Apparently, you can install the cartridge upside down. Fuch. Take it apart, flip it around, put it back together, done.

I am really thankful Delta makes their internal pieces fixable.
 

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@bradgator2 -good job. Most major American brands like Delta, Kohler, American Standard, Moen will ship replacement parts or a new fixture free if necessary. By the way, as late as two years ago the American Standard vitreous china toilets are made in China.
 

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Well I'm a plumber too...kinda. Yesterday before going to work I hopped in the shower soaped up and washed my hair taking maybe 4 or 5 minutes with the water running and shut it off to get out. I noticed the bottom of the shower had a puddle a couple inches deep which it does from time to time. I think the drain is too small from when we had it remodeled a few years back...No big deal I've made a tool out of a hanger that I keep under the vanity because it seems to happen every 3 or 4 month's.

Works like a charm most of the time and when it doesn't I get the trusty plunger out and then use the hanger tool....never failed before until yesterday....Hmmmm the next logical thing would be the septic backing up. We have a 3 tank system where the water passes through the first 2 tanks and into a third where it is pumped into the drain field. A couple times in the last year when it has backed up the float switch for the pump has gotten stuck near the top of the last tank...easy fix other than removing the 200# concrete lid that goes on top of the tank. l grab my shovel to wedge the lid open enough to stick it in and free the pump switch to start the pump.....the last tank is empty all the way down to the pump....:dunno:

Well wtf...I then proceed to open the lid on the first tank....yeah the turd tank :puke:
to see if any water from the house is flowing into there....nada. I then proceed to go into the house to turn on the sink in the kitchen and flush all the toilets.....run back out front and barely any water is coming out. it was dark down in the tank and hard to tell where the level was compared to the pipe. I was thinking of calling for a pump out when I stuck the end of the shovel in between the pipe and level of water under the "raft" to see if it may be backing up into the pipe. When I did I accidentally hit the end of the pipe and gabooosh....we had major flowage. Returned to the house and shower was now empty and all toilets were refilling...Went back to replace the massive covers and heard water gushing into the 3rd tank with the pump....problem solved without a service call.
 

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Got the fuel injection working.

Installed an electric pump and filter along the frame rail back by the tank. Ran a return line back into the top of the tank by installing a fitting next to the fuel sender. Installed an o2 bung in the exhaust pipe. Hooked up about 4 wires and she fired right up. I only ran it for less than a minute because I have the radiator out of the vehicle but it purrs like a kitten.

There is a little handheld monitor that comes with the FI kit, all I had to do was tell it how many cylinders, displacement, max RPM, electric fan trigger temp, and a few other basic inputs and it does the rest. As you drive the vehicle the system 'learns' how to better control the fuel for better response and efficiency. Being able to just bolt a system like this on an old car in place of a carb is just fantastic.

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Got the fuel injection working.

Installed an electric pump and filter along the frame rail back by the tank. Ran a return line back into the top of the tank by installing a fitting next to the fuel sender. Installed an o2 bung in the exhaust pipe. Hooked up about 4 wires and she fired right up. I only ran it for less than a minute because I have the radiator out of the vehicle but it purrs like a kitten.

There is a little handheld monitor that comes with the FI kit, all I had to do was tell it how many cylinders, displacement, max RPM, electric fan trigger temp, and a few other basic inputs and it does the rest. As you drive the vehicle the system 'learns' how to better control the fuel for better response and efficiency. Being able to just bolt a system like this on an old car in place of a carb is just fantastic.

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Nice. You should've asked. I was gonna help you with all that.
 

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Got the fuel injection working.

Installed an electric pump and filter along the frame rail back by the tank. Ran a return line back into the top of the tank by installing a fitting next to the fuel sender. Installed an o2 bung in the exhaust pipe. Hooked up about 4 wires and she fired right up. I only ran it for less than a minute because I have the radiator out of the vehicle but it purrs like a kitten.

There is a little handheld monitor that comes with the FI kit, all I had to do was tell it how many cylinders, displacement, max RPM, electric fan trigger temp, and a few other basic inputs and it does the rest. As you drive the vehicle the system 'learns' how to better control the fuel for better response and efficiency. Being able to just bolt a system like this on an old car in place of a carb is just fantastic.

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Your mom purrs like a kitten.
 

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