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[houseisland]

Guess where I just got back from:

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Arrived back to snow and a dead furnance. Spent the morning pulling the guts out of the furnace and carting them off to a repair shop. If I don't wear gloves my fingers will stick to the keyboard.

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[slgrieb]

Tralfamadore is just exquisite at this season!

[houseisland]

Tralfamadore is just exquisite at this season!

Good guess, but wrong.

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And it's not planet of the pizza wedges, either.

Just put the re-built guts back into the furnance. Things are starting to warm up a little.

:) :) :) :) :)


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[NooNoo]

Shame about the furnace...especially after the lovely weather you must have encountered. My sister wants to go there and has booked tickets for April 08, it all seems very reasonable :).

[houseisland]

Shame about the furnace...especially after the lovely weather you must have encountered.

Well for a Canadian the weather was like mid to late spring. T-Shirts, shorts and sandals for me. But some of the locals were wearing ski jackets. T'was unseasonably cold.

My sister wants to go there and has booked tickets for April 08, it all seems very reasonable :).

Reasonable, yes. And fun. The bus rides were an adventure.

:)


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[Guts3d]

Glad to hear that the furnace is now working!

[xpuser357]

Curious what parts did you rebuild, Blower assembly? Ignition system?etc.
You forgot to mention Pellet stove,forced air furnace, convection furnace,
Electric furnace, oil furnace. the list goes on and on:wave:

[houseisland]

Curious what parts did you rebuild, Blower assembly?

Yes, but not rebuild, rather have rebuilt -- I lost my gear puller some time ago so I wouldn't have been able to get the pulley off. Bushing on the pulley side was completely gone. Disintegrated on the evening of my departure, so I was able to turn the furnace off. It was not a surprise. Shut the water off to the house so that there would be no surprises.

Forced air furnace

Yes. Natural gas.

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[xpuser357]

just a 2 cent tip, Do not tighten belt till you have a tight string for a tune:)
like a guitar. You should be able to push on center of belt and move it about 1/2 an inch. Belt too tight will erode bearings, sounds like you got lucky enough to catch it before it tore up your shaft.

[houseisland]

just a 2 cent tip, Do not tighten belt till you have a tight string for a tune:)
like a guitar. You should be able to push on center of belt and move it about 1/2 an inch. Belt too tight will erode bearings, sounds like you got lucky enough to catch it before it tore up your shaft.

Yeah.... I learned this lesson a long time ago, the hard way, thinking "Hmmm... it must be like a fan or alternator belt in a car..."

:o :o :o :o :o
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[houseisland]

Glad to hear that the furnace is now working!

Thanks. It was an interesting night and morning. The inside of the house was only a few degrees above freezing. I could see my breath in the air.

Warm is good.....

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[houseisland]

Tralfamadore is just exquisite at this season!

And now from our HVAC side excursion....
we shift back to the main focus of the thread:

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And it's not planet of the samosa heads, either.

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[clauded]

all right i give up,where in the world did you go?pity on a poor old guy lol,

[houseisland]

all right i give up,where in the world did you go?pity on a poor old guy lol,


Well... there were lots of Québécois there.

And some more of these brazen folks.... looking like escapees from a prehistoric planet in another thread somewhere.

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Could it be a valeur rat plot?

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[Pinnacle]

Puerto Vallarta - Mexico

Ladder sculpture is called, "In Search of Reason".

http://z.about.com/d/studenttravel/1/7/n/E/wrinkle-malecon-puerto-vallarta.jpg

[houseisland]

Puerto Vallarta - Mexico

Ladder sculpture is called, "In Search of Reason".

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[slgrieb]

Cool, House! Outside of a single visit to Acapulco about 50 years ago, I've never been to the Pacific side of Mexico. Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Taxco, Monterrey, Saltillo, Cozumel, and others, but never PV. In fact, it strikes me that most Texans visit the interior and Eastern seaboard of Mexico, while Puerto Vallarta is a big draw for Canadians and Northerners. Why is that do you suppose?

[houseisland]

Cool, House!

Yes it was, unseasonably so. Most of the Mexicans working in the resort were wearing heavy clothing. Some were even wearing ski jackets.

:flames:


Outside of a single visit to Acapulco about 50 years ago, I've never been to the Pacific side of Mexico. Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Taxco, Monterrey, Saltillo, Cozumel, and others, but never PV.

This was my first real visit to Mexico, apart from the better part of day spent many years ago imprisoned in an airport holding lounge in Guadalajara, while Air Canada tried to figure why their plane wouldn't start.

In fact, it strikes me that most Texans visit the interior and Eastern seaboard of Mexico, while Puerto Vallarta is a big draw for Canadians and Northerners. Why is that do you suppose?

I have no clue. But your observation would seem to be correct. PV was full of Canadians, mostly from BC, Alberta, and Quebec.

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