Daily Archives: April 9, 2014
Maybe, just maybe . . .
After our long, busy day yesterday, it was nice to sleep in this morning and then enjoy our coffee and a Cranberry Nut muffin from Buc-ee’s. It got down in the 40’s here last night so it was very nice for sleeping, and it looks like it’ll be nice for the next several days.
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One thing we found out at Brandi’s yesterday, was the result of Landon’s recent allergy tests.
Up top you can see some reaction to various grasses and pollens.
But the significant one is the lower left. Brandi and Lowell knew Landon had a peanut allergy, but tests showed he’s allergic to ALL nuts, except almonds. And his nut allergy has the chance to be VERY dangerous. So he’ll have to be careful. He also has an allergic reaction to raw eggs, but cooked eggs are OK.
The other thing I noticed about this photo is how broad-shouldered Landon is. Most kids his age are pretty much straight as a board from waist to shoulders. I see an OU linebacker position in his future.
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Later, I got back on the phone with American Coach to try and track down my missing shear pin. We went between his docs and some of the manuals I have from Power Gear. Finally, after about 45 minutes I think we found it.
Going back and forth between Power Gear’s manuals, I thought I’d tracked it down to being an 18-1034 coil pin, but when I tried American Coach parts, they had no record of that number. But they did list the other Power Gear numbers that I had ordered before, like 18-1038 and 18-1036, but no 18-1034.
But finally following up some info that John at American gave me, I was able to find a cross-listing between the Power Gear 18-1034 number and an American Coach number, which was #535919.
Eureka! Maybe.
So my next call was back to American Coach Parts, and they were able to locate the pin using that number. And under that number it is listed as a coil pin of what seems to be the correct size. But there was no Power Gear number associated with it. Which is why I couldn’t locate it using that number.
The only downside was that they didn’t have any in stock and it would take about two weeks to get them in. So just to be safe, I ordered 3.
Hopefully they will be in before we leave the area.
A little later I was up on the roof installing the new Fantastic Vent fan motor that I picked up yesterday.
Everything went pretty smoothly with no real problems. I won’t rehash the install. You can read about other a couple of weeks ago here. Fantastic Vent Fan motor replacement
I did put a strip of Eternabond tape on the 6 inch crack in the other Maxx Air fan cover that I discovered last time, so that’s done.
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About 6 pm Jan and I headed out for dinner with two couples that are parked near us.
The closest couple is Garland and Valencia Scott. He’s a 30 year veteran cop and Valencia worked for Chevron. The other couple is Gordon and Merlyn Pendergast. He worked for SYSCO Foods, and I missed where his wife worked. They’re originally from Jamaica, and still have some of that lilting accent. The other neat thing is that they’ve only been retired for a week. Real newbies!
Unfortunately, both couples are heading out tomorrow morning, so we’ll have to catch up with them down the road.
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If I’m really lucky tomorrow will be a do-absolutely-nothing day.
I can hope, can’t I.
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Thought for the Day:
From my niece Christina.
Sometimes spacing is everything.
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