Sister coach workday.....

 6:44 am - Thursday - April 17th - TWW  - 46° F, humidity 56%, wind 11 mph out of the south by southeast.....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 64° F, and winds into the 20's later this morning.  On this date in 2014 TLE and I were exploring Natural Bridges National Monument near Blanding, UT.....

Charles and Phyllis arrived around 9:45 am with Matt (handyman who works for Charles) in tow.  His job would be to fix the leaks in the pump room, so we can repressurize the water system here at TWW.  As you know, we've had to turn off the water pump as one of the fittings feeding water out of the pump to the house began to leak profusely, so Matt's arrival to fix that leak was very, very welcome!

While Charles and Phyllis unpacked for their five day stay (they'll be here until after we leave Sunday) TLE watered the our 'crops' (potatoes and onions), and I began to work on the the air leaks in Phyllis' 1982 Newell Classic.  Ever since she bought it back in October it has not been holding air for more than a few hours before the pressure gauges went to zero.  I suspected some of the connections on the leveling valves were leaking air, so I bought a 'leak sniffer'  a while back to use to find out which ones needed tightening......

.....you put on those headphones, and with the help of the sniffer you can locate, and hear even small leaks pretty easily.  Frankly, it worked better than I thought it would.  The big surprise was that virtually every single one of the brass fittings needed tightening......

.....it took me the better part of 90 minutes to go through  tightening all of the brass fittings n the rear, and front six packs (six leveling valves in back, and in front), and then don the 'leak sniffer' again to see if I was successful, and I was.  When we retired for the evening around 6 pm the air pressure gauges on the dashboard of Phyllis' Newell still showing PSI of around 120.  I'll check them again in the morning to see if the air pressure held overnight.

I also installed a Starlink cable which runs from the electrical bay, through the engine compartment and into the driver side bedroom hanging closet so when Charles and Phyllis use the Newell this summer they can bring along their Starlink.  The installation is the same as I did for our Starlink cable, so it didn't take me too long to drill the necessary holes to run the cable, then zip tie it into place.

I'm not sure if I wrote about this previously, but I was under the impression that Phyllis' Newell did not have an oil reservoir like ours, but I was sure it did, sol I did some more investigating.  Apparently some sound deadening material had fallen from the ceiling of the driver side engine bay completely covering the 4 gallon oil reservoir.  Once I discovered that I removed the material, then cleaned up the reservoir, plus replaced the clear site tube as the old one was so old you could not longer see through it.  It appears that the prior owner was not using the reservoir.

By the time I finished with that final task I was very filthy, and it was after 3 pm, so I headed inside to take a hot shower, and relax before dinner.  Charles and Phyllis were gone to the water station for the second time since they arrived Wednesday as it was time to refill the 2,500 gallon tank we use to water the orchard, plus the water tower (two 2,500 gallon tanks, stacked one upon the other) needed refilling, especially the lower tank which we use to refill our IBC water tote, plus watering our crops.  Anyway, we didn't eat until well after 4 pm.

In the interim Matt was able to fix all of the leaks, plus reconnect the water line which runs out to the greenhouse from the pump room, so we will have pressurized water out there, at last.  He'll reconnect the electrical outlet out there, too, on his next visit.  Matt has two dogs at home which do not travel well, so he headed back to Phoenix around 2 pm in the Ford Expedition as we will not need it until next Winter.  

Thursday we will begin to install the 6' fencing around the greenhouse, as well as two wood (redwood) gates Charles bought, so there will be more post hole digging, and fence work in the near future. We'll have to move the two IBC water totes into position before we install the fencing so the water catchment system can finally be installed!  Things are happening quickly at TWW!

Thanks for stopping by!