Seems like we can go for months with nothing other than routine maintenance like oil changes, and maybe a flat tire or something. When stuff breaks, it seems like it all happens at the same time.
1. F450 dump truck. Been leaking oil. Keeping it checked and was scheduled to drop off first of the week. Haven't been able to find the leak. Well, it showed up today and boy did it. Hole in the oil pan was seeping, but is now pouring. Ouch! Pull the engine to replace oil pan is not a cheap fix. Dang.
2. 2005 Chevy Colorado which pulls parking lot sweeper. Washed it and it decided not to start afterwords. Figured I got some moisture in somewhere/somehow. Nope. Got towed last night. Fuel pump just happened to go out when I shut it off. Should be done tomorrow. Dang.
3. Bobcat 773- Bobcats are a bit notorious for the safety switches getting buggered up. One for the lap bar, one for the parking brake, and one for the seat (newer ones have one for the door too if they have enclosed cab). Well, one of the switches decided to act up today. Had to load up and haul the S220 down to the retail shop to finish up today. Dang.
4. 2005 GMC parking lot sweeper with 20HP Honda rear engine. Rear engine has intermittently been acting up and not firing on both cylinders. Obvious spuradic coil problem. Well, yesterday was the final straw. Thought we had it fixed and actually did for a minute. Fired it up with new coil and she ran like a scalded dog. Decided to tighten drive belt for fan and apparently pinched a wire thus grounding out like a kill switch. That had me scrambling last night and to bed at 3am. Got the other truck to finish the route. Worked on it tonight from roughly 7pm until 11pm. Found grounded out wire and repaired. Now have spark. Still not running. No fuel. Tested wires and found no hot wire to fuel pump. Fixed it. Ooops. . . traced wrong wire. Ended up sending 2 hot wires to coil and fried another coil. Dang. Replaced with last spare and got power to fuel pump again. Now running. Crossing my fingers on this one. Dang.
5. Hooked tow behind sweeper to my Jeep since the Colorado is down for now. Found out the trailer lights aren't working on the Jeep. Rolling the dice on this one and repairing later. Shhhh. . . Dang.
Like I said, when it rains it pours. Glad I am not afraid to get some grease under these fingernails. I would be out of business otherwise. Never would have made it this far. lol
Wish me luck fellas. I need things to turn around. Last two days have flat out sucked. Lots of hours put in, down time, and money out of my pocket. On the bright side, we persevered and overcame each issue so far. Got to have a backup plan and a backup for each backup to make it anymore. Dang.
1. F450 dump truck. Been leaking oil. Keeping it checked and was scheduled to drop off first of the week. Haven't been able to find the leak. Well, it showed up today and boy did it. Hole in the oil pan was seeping, but is now pouring. Ouch! Pull the engine to replace oil pan is not a cheap fix. Dang.
2. 2005 Chevy Colorado which pulls parking lot sweeper. Washed it and it decided not to start afterwords. Figured I got some moisture in somewhere/somehow. Nope. Got towed last night. Fuel pump just happened to go out when I shut it off. Should be done tomorrow. Dang.
3. Bobcat 773- Bobcats are a bit notorious for the safety switches getting buggered up. One for the lap bar, one for the parking brake, and one for the seat (newer ones have one for the door too if they have enclosed cab). Well, one of the switches decided to act up today. Had to load up and haul the S220 down to the retail shop to finish up today. Dang.
4. 2005 GMC parking lot sweeper with 20HP Honda rear engine. Rear engine has intermittently been acting up and not firing on both cylinders. Obvious spuradic coil problem. Well, yesterday was the final straw. Thought we had it fixed and actually did for a minute. Fired it up with new coil and she ran like a scalded dog. Decided to tighten drive belt for fan and apparently pinched a wire thus grounding out like a kill switch. That had me scrambling last night and to bed at 3am. Got the other truck to finish the route. Worked on it tonight from roughly 7pm until 11pm. Found grounded out wire and repaired. Now have spark. Still not running. No fuel. Tested wires and found no hot wire to fuel pump. Fixed it. Ooops. . . traced wrong wire. Ended up sending 2 hot wires to coil and fried another coil. Dang. Replaced with last spare and got power to fuel pump again. Now running. Crossing my fingers on this one. Dang.
5. Hooked tow behind sweeper to my Jeep since the Colorado is down for now. Found out the trailer lights aren't working on the Jeep. Rolling the dice on this one and repairing later. Shhhh. . . Dang.
Like I said, when it rains it pours. Glad I am not afraid to get some grease under these fingernails. I would be out of business otherwise. Never would have made it this far. lol
Wish me luck fellas. I need things to turn around. Last two days have flat out sucked. Lots of hours put in, down time, and money out of my pocket. On the bright side, we persevered and overcame each issue so far. Got to have a backup plan and a backup for each backup to make it anymore. Dang.