Good morning thread

The dandelions came up in numbahs ( while we were away 🤔🤨) grass is barely standing up 🤷‍♂️🤔🤔Eye was kinda rough on it wif very little snow cover the quad shuttled many loads of farwood to the house stackrs 🤔🤔which could xsplane awl the bald spots n divots 🤷‍♂️🖕. Got out mah trusty weed poker n waste basket and stahted the annual d-lion plucking campaign,,,tossed 3 buckets worth on the brush pile since yestadays kickoft,,,,,gotta getem before they go to puffball seeds and repopulate the whole yahd 🤬. Seems they open as “ flowers “ for 3-5 days then overnite they transform an turn into the puffs jus waiting on a breeze 🤨🖕
 
And the swap is done completely frumunda,,,can’t even see the belt frum topside 🤨,took the R/F wheel oft ,,,8-9 screws to remove the bottom splash shield ,,,then 4 more screws n 3 plastic pushpin retainers to allow the R/F fender liner tobe folded n secured out the way ,,,draining the coolant : rad hasa petcock that drops the coolant down into the lower bumper ext and it can drip pretty much anywheres laterally across the front ( Eye had the r/f abit higher sews it awl ran out the l/f corner ,,keeping the mess minimal) ,,,both the lower rad hose and a smaller heater hose has to be disconnected @ waterpump ,,,,s’more coolant will drip on ya during that step 🤬🖕the 2 squeezy clamps will need the special tool to hold the clamps relaxd while sliding them oft the nipples ( Noway pliers will fit in there ) ,,,,,,Belt snakes around 7 pulleys ,,spring loaded tensioner that the belt has tobe shoehorned behind the pulley because it’s inboard of the arm assy 🤨,,,pretty straight acces to the tensioner ,1/2” drive square hole ,,used. 24”ratchet,,tensioner must be spring over hydraulic because it unloads slowly ,,A/C clutch was the easiest to reach sews that was the last pulley to push the new belt over 🙄🤷‍♂️🤗,,by the time it was awl back together then run and perform the system bleed procedure eye had 2.3 hrs invested 😳granted this was the first juan for me ,,🤔🤔could prolly cut the time by half hr nex time 🤷‍♂️,,,but as stated previously somebody needs an ass kicking for this clusterfck of a routine maint item !!🤬🤦‍♂️
Is a short piece of hose on the petcock to much to ask for?
Draining the rad is always good for a mess
 
Had a few distractions, but the new transmission oil pan (with drain plug) and filter are now installed.

The next service is just a fluid swap so all I will have to is pull the plug, let it drain, then replace the fluid.
 



Greenway in Scottsville - right now

Took the boy to my moms for the night; my runs have been sporadic and less mileage each time due to work demands and more hours and lately the runs are becoming fewer and further between

Had to stop in Scottyville on my way home to get a full 6.5 miles in

58° - beeezy, mostly cloudy, rain has been on and off all day but I’ve got a nice break in the weather to wear the Brooks out a little bit

#letsgo 🏃‍♂️🔥🤙
 
Is a short piece of hose on the petcock to much to ask for?
Draining the rad is always good for a mess
Lookin up from behind the radiator 🙄awl you can see ,,,or reach is that lil yellow plastic drain knob ,,,eye think it might drain straight down through juan of the bottom mount “ pegs “ ,,,which is not visible 🤨,,,eye jus lucked out by having the vehicle jacked up bout 4” higher on the R/F sews the coolant did find its way to the left end of the lower bumper valance and straight into the drain pan 🤗👍
 



Greenway in Scottsville - right now

Took the boy to my moms for the night; my runs have been sporadic and less mileage each time due to work demands and more hours and lately the runs are becoming fewer and further between

Had to stop in Scottyville on my way home to get a full 6.5 miles in

58° - beeezy, mostly cloudy, rain has been on and off all day but I’ve got a nice break in the weather to wear the Brooks out a little bit

#letsgo 🏃‍♂️🔥🤙
Jathun ,,are awl those taller trees dead ?? See some small leaves on the underbrush but the tops look bare ,,,or are y’all that far behind us ,,most of the trees here have the leaves @ 35% developed ,,,Eyem actually getting some shade along the driveway where the splittr is set up from 3pm-on🤔🤔 greenlessway ??🤷‍♂️