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Crazy Cold we're having

7 years ago

I hope everyone is staying warm during this cold snap. The rack & pinion on my 90 Bonneville decided to lock up the other day so it's undriveable. I've been having to drive the Polara in these frigid temps. It's -18 right now and last night we got to -32. Luckily the car is from North Dakota and has a block heater. Starts right up and doesn't seem to mind the negatives. I'm running 10W40 oil so things are a bit stiff if it's not plugged in. Going by the stack of oil change reminders which go back to 1980, the original owner used 10W40 in the winter and 20W50 in the summer. Interesting.

Comments (23)

  • 7 years ago

    Thanks Tom, you too. The bonne rolled 130k 2 weeks ago. It looks like the sector has been replaced once before. Last summer I had to replace a pressure switch that was leaking and the car isn't supposed to have one. Everything was fine and it made a grind noise then locked up no manual steering either. I checked the fluid and it was full and the pump wasn't making any noise. Too cold to mess with anything else.

  • 7 years ago
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    -27 F here in the Great White North and more snow . What ever happened to the scenario that it don,t snow when it,s Cold ? Just finished plowing for the 3rd straight day !

  • 7 years ago

    About 50 here. Decided to replace the battery in the wife's car. i still don't think it needed it, but the load was 369 CCA . The original battery since 2004! I wish all batteries would run that long. Ewalk- where did you lay my long 3/8 extension?

  • 7 years ago

    Tom , 50 F i am envious ! P.S. The extension is right beside the empty 12 pack of John Labatts Bud ! lol.

  • 7 years ago

    We were discussing Labatts the other day. Only light beer I ever liked!

  • 7 years ago

    -6 one morning, two days later 66? Been in the 50's since. The only tractor related thing I've done lately was put slime in a front tire on the GT for a slow leak. Couldn't believe how expensive that (and everything else!) has gone to. My criteria is that if it's a slow leak and machine isn't used a lot, Slime. Otherwise, put in a tube.

  • 7 years ago
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    43 Deg . F freezing rain , ugh !

  • 7 years ago

    22F here and has been snowing since yesterday.

  • 7 years ago

    68 and rained all day, 20's tomorrow and through the weekend. Today is Feb 7??

  • 7 years ago

    Snowing again today . Finished bucking up some spring cedar & pine slab wood yesterday just in time !

  • 7 years ago

    The meltdown is finally happening here in NW WI. last week was rain which helped a lot and the 6 foot snow drifts are now 3 feet and can see grass in spots. Just sucks that it's all solid still under the snow. Last month we had 50mph winds that completely buried the bolens up to the steering wheel and the snowblower up to the handlebar. It finally melted enough today that I was able to get the bolens free. The flooding is crazy too, a few people in town have basements that are flooded up to the top of the stairs and some roads are washed over too. Gonna be messy But glad it's spring.

  • 7 years ago
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    Yeah same here Yt 125 . Rained hard fri . Had been melting for 3 days with 50 deg f. for Thur and Friday . Thankfully for our elevation no flooding concerns . Have to finish piling the wood Wed . before the back field gets too soft lol.

    yt125 thanked ssewalk1
  • 7 years ago
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    3" of snow overnight , over 2 ' on the flats . Hell put 60 miles on the Polaris 800 RMK ( snowmobile ) with the Boys last weekend traveling to check out the roads into the camp up North . Had great weather 40 + and Sun , thankful for liquid cooling . Still 3 ' of ice on the lake . Looks like mid May for iceout lol . Firing up the woodstove in the garage today changing our the brake pads on the 660 Grizzly atv for when Spring decides to show up ! Cheers , this Molson,s for you Tom .

  • 7 years ago

    This week had strange weather. 60 and sunny on Monday and by Wednesday 30s and snow. Thursday was a bit of everything rain, sleet, hail, snow with more snow Friday. 45 and sunny today. The snow was also a brownish color which I hear was dust from texas.

  • 7 years ago

    Been warm here. Chilly last night, 45 this morning, now it's 2PM and about 77? Glad there's no climate change.

    yt125 thanked exmar zone 7, SE Ohio
  • 7 years ago

    Dust from Texas? I think they confiscated that last time I was in Wisconsin.... Seriously though, that's incredible. I know you guys get lots of the moisture all the way from the gulf.

    yt125 thanked tomplum
  • 7 years ago
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    Sunny and 48 F . forecasted for today here in Northern Ontario and warmer mid week . Sister-in-law is crossing the Missisippi today on her way to Fort worth , to visit her Son . Lots of flooding down South apparently !

    yt125 thanked ssewalk1
  • 7 years ago

    Hit 68 here yesterday. 50 and storming today.

  • 7 years ago

    77 today and 87 tomorrow? Grass is growing like crazy, already mowed twice and again tomorrow.

  • 7 years ago

    60 F. Party cloudy , front lawn clear and bare . Rear acerage still a foot of snow , perhaps bare over the weekend !

  • 7 years ago

    Hit 70 today. Fired up the Allis 611 and went over the yard with the sweeper. It's really greening up here.



  • 5 years ago

    Hey, another old thread. Darn, I thought it was the one with the cool old Dodge.....Hope this finds all well. What's the situation by you yt? Hopefully surviving the latest plague.

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