Weekends were made for ?
Last weekend I got up early on Saturday morning because my body was used to getting up early to go to school. I thought I would take advantage of it and try to get some work done around the house. The lawnmower and then broke down for about a week because I had to order a carburetor kit. The grass was tall and my wife was anxious to get it cut. The pressure was really on to get that lawnmower running. Just as I finished breakfast the phone rang, it was my neighbor he said the needed some help putting a dead bolt lock in his front door. I had promised to give them a hand and I couldn't back down now. He's about 70 years old and I wasn't alone do it by himself. So I grabbed my tools and headed up the street. There hadn't been a lock on the door before so I needed to bore a 2 3/8 inch hole. I had bought a jig to do this job and was still in the package so when I pulled it out in this and clamp it on the door he was quite surprised. This part of the job went fairly fast, and I followed that up by boring the lock mortise. The job was half done and we've barely gotten started. Soon we set up and bored the lock latch plate and and screwed it in place. It was too easy it was done so fast so you just know that means things had to go wrong. And wrong they did the minute he put the key in the lock, it wouldn't come out. Soon he was tugging on it with pliers I urged them to stop before he snapped it off and the brand-new lock. I said go back to the store and get a new one before you break it and have to keep it for yourself. He went to the store, and I began fixing lawnmower.
I started by disassembling the hood and the engine cowl and removing the carburetor and linkages. I thoroughly cleaned the carburetor and began replacing parts only to find out the store sold me the wrong kit. If I said this was typical you'd have to believe me because it happens every time you turn around. I use the parts I was able and put it back together and carefully hooked up the linkage. I didn't have a lot of choice so I cut my losses and went on about my business. I changed the oil and the filter. And put it all back together. It was a slow process, but when I got it finished it ran like a champ. So I decided I would go back down to the neighbors and see how he managed with a new lock.
In install the new lock away put the long screws in the latch plate it couldn't get them tightened up enough so he pounded them in with a hammer. The door wasn't closing properly so I had to remove the screws and replace them. The door swings like a champ and locks perfectly. So he's very happy.
It seems funny how everyone else's jobs always come before my own.
Friday, April 30, 2010
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