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Great friends celebrating Rodolfo and Minerva's 30 years together.
We've had four days without rain. It's started again. We had a leak in the roof ridge. It would begin dripping and follow the ridge through the hallway for about six feet. Nothing we could do while it was raining.
Thursday Juan went to the hardware store for materials to attempt the job ourselves. While there he saw a guy loading a few cement bags into his truck. He had a decent truck and was a decent-looking guy. Juan approached him about the roof. The "handyman" arrived at the house two hours later. He removed the ridge tiles, laid the cement, and placed the tiles. We have had rain every day since and some pretty hard ones with winds. No leak. Nothing was damaged but it was the stress of having a roof leak.
I mentioned that the Honda generator after having it repaired on two occasions. It never ran right. We really needed it during the hurricane but it would start and sputter. No way would it power anything. I pass this house on my exercise route and he advertises small engine repair. What the heck. One more try. He had it for two days.
Yesterday, Saturday, we went to a renewal of vows for friends who have been married for 30 years. It was a very nice church wedding or renewal and a fantastic party afterward. I am so glad they didn't have it at night. I don't function well if I stay up after 11 p.m. at the latest. The repairman called and said we could stop by after the party. When we got there he showed he set up the generator and fired it up. He had a vacuum nearby and I asked if I could plug it in. Worked like a charm on normal and eco-mode. I let it idle for a few minutes and was satisfied. He took apart the carburetor and cleaned it, a new spark plug, and fiddled with the idle switch, and an oil change. 600 pesos and a three-month guarantee. I'm happy.
Later today I will hook up the RV to the generator and see how it does.
I didn't read your heading right and read I, for it! Glad you, and the generator are okay😁
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DeleteOh, Chris, not again. But you have had a few days to prepare for Beryl. This coming weekend seems to be the target days for you and Juan. So far weather reports are giving this hurricane a Cat. 2. NOAA planes are going in and out of the storm before it hits Yucatán tonight to get more data; reporting at 4pm today EST. So glad you were able to repair Honda generator. They are the best and have a great reputation. Dee Tillotson
ReplyDeleteHi Dee. Maybe we will be lucky and the storm will diminish. Thank you for caring.
DeleteWell, Chris, you were right. The storm has diminished to hardly a cat. 1. However, its speed has slowed before the eye goes in between Brownsville and Corpus Christi traveling northwest and then west northwest. Some rain is still on your plate, but nothing like what the Texas flat coast is going to get. Hope you and Juan are planning a big upcoming trip!
DeleteIf you get a new gas generator, consider one with fuel injection instead of a carburetor. A generator is something most people use sporadically, and fuel injection tolerates storage intervals better than a carburetor.
ReplyDeleteWe'll be on a month-long trip the end of August and will scope them out. We got lucky with this repair but time for a change. Thanks
DeleteCreigh, you are right about the fuel injection and the Honda brand new costs an arm and a leg,especially around hurricane season . We have to drag ours out every season and make sure all the gas has been run out of it and put new oil in it. And it is noisy as it can be. Mine was purchased as a. “Champ”, not as nice as your Honda but it is huge and runs my entire camper, included A/C.
ReplyDeleteI try to do that every couple of months but we haven't been out in so long I put it off. Thanks for the reminder!
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