Woke to the threats of rain again yesterday morning. It looked like it would do a whole lot more than it actually did during the day.
I got the boys to school then headed north to one of my client's house through the fog to put up a couple boxes to her shed that I had missed earlier in the week. I got it done and was heading back home when I was making the sharp right turn by Nelson when I heard a snap from the truck then the battery light came on and power steering went away. I was about 10 miles from home. It was all I could do to get the truck home as I was NOT going to be stuck on the side of the road.
I went into neutral on any decline and feathered the gas and crept along the road the whole way back to the house. The temp gauge got pegged but neutral allowed it to drop since the water pump wasn't being turned. I managed to get home and pulled the truck right into the carport.
The fan belt had gotten eaten, the one I had just put on... This time I took the fan off to have better access and to be able to check all the pulleys. I had to clean them out of the eaten belt pieces and made sure each one spun easily and looked to be turning true. All the bolts were tight and I used a straight edge to make sure they were flush and not wobbling.
@stryeyz came home from work early for the concert in the afternoon so we went into town and I got the new belt at Napa. Once home I got it installed, sans the fan at first just to test everything out. I ran the motor for a good while to ensure every pulley tracked correctly, they all were spinning with no wobble, and I hit the rider pulleys with lube. I checked with a straight edge and saw no changes in the track of the belt so was able to put it back together. The only thing I can think of is that I might have not got the other one seated properly on a pulley which allowed it to walk off and get eaten. I now have wrenches in the truck to be able to better work on it if something happens again on the road.
It was SUPER nice that the school did split concerts this year, it made parking SO MUCH easier, we had ample seating available, and it was a shorter concert since there was no filing in and out of different grades. It was just 4th and 5th grades. It's like Where's Waldo with R in the lineup...
Around 4pm we took him up to the sleepover at his friend's house that was postponed from a few weeks ago. The nifty thing is today is his birthday so he got his first real sleepover as a bit of a birthday surprise. @stryeyz will go pick him up in a few hours then today we will celebrate his birthday.
I'm going to go fill up my truck with gas soon then stop at the grocery store for some stuff for today, she will go pick him up, then we will make his cake, order his new laptop, and celebrate his birthday here at home.
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| 2026 Y/E Goals | Yr Start | Goal | Current | +/Week | +/Mth | Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hive Posting Streak Days (since 5/25/20) | 2047 | 2,412 | 2,3 | |||
| Duolingo Streak (since 10/23/22) | 1140 | 1505 | 14 | |||
| 2500 Miles Cycled | 0 | 2500 |
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