View of the day-Al trying to get to the bottom of the air filter issues.
The rain finally came during the night...not much, but just enough to put the brakes on combining for the day.
We went out to the farm to do a bit of work on the combine...fuel it up, blow the rads, move the feeder drum up among other things. After Al removed skin off his knuckles a couple of times, we decided to go get the shop trailer from Kim's so we would have the right tools for the job.
The nuts on the feeder drum were in such an awkward position that trying to get them loose with a wrench alone was not going to happen...hence the bleeding hands. We got the socket set out...no 18mm deep socket to be found, but we got the impact wrench out and were able to get things loosened up and the drum raised. Hopefully that will help the canola feed a bit better.
The next order of business was to see what was hiding under our duct tape job on the air filter canister...same $h!t as before...fine dust. We opened up the rads and decided now would be a good time to blow them out, even thought there wasn't that much dust accumulated. We started blowing out the venturi's that feed the air filter and there was a bit of dust that came out, but nothing that would have given us any issue...or so we presume. We will see how it works once we get going again.
Marilyn finally was able to get the camera mounted and the monitor and transformer wired in to the combine. It has to be a temporary mount since we use the same camera/monitor in the General when we move the combine. Industrial Velcro is amazing. Since the Velcro was handy, Marilyn decided to trim up the cab and added some neon wire lighting...it had only been in the buddy box since it was mounted in the 2388.
While she was working on that, Al took the General back to Kim's because he needed to get some welding done on it. Then it was time for the Labor Day Classic...the game between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Regina.
Marilyn got back to the farm, got the shop trailer parked and made it into the house just as the second quarter of the game was starting on the big screen. We watched the Riders win the game then went into town for supper with Kim and Marg. Gordie had been able to go to the game in Regina with his cousin Matthew...full stadium and a great game.
By the time we got back from town, it had started to sprinkle...and then it started to rain...and pour.
Just as forecast...
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