so waht ya doin today?

S Mac

Sept. 10, 2021 Steve left us. You are missed.
Ford wiring manual stripped chassis, which I guess you have, battery junction box fuse 19, 60 amp. Also Central junction box( inside) fuse 2, 15 amp. Also cjb fuse 1, 20 amp, cjb fuse 11, 15 amp.
 
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S Mac,

Thanks much!!!!!

Google said number 17 20 amp. I'll check all of them.
 

Ian

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Wouldn't bet against you but don't think a speed sensor will illuminate the red brake warning light.

Maybe not (I may be thinking Dodge where an ABS fault typically illuminates both warning lights), but a low fluid sensor indication (or sensor failure of the 3-wire sensor) will light them both up on a 2001 E-van, won't it?
 

smokeywolf

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Buyer's home inspector went through the "crackerbox" a couple of days ago and, surprise, surprise; they still want to buy our house. We went through about 30 pages of "seller disclosure" docs today. Sign, initial, initial that you signed.

Met with a rep "estimator" from a moving company today.
 

Pistolero

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The light at the end of the tunnel seems to be getting brighter, smokeywolf.

I hope it all goes smoothly from here. I hope that you have gotten enough from your Cali home to finance
a bigger and nicer place out in more rural parts of Free America, which is a common situation. We
see a surprising number of huge homes being built here, and an inquiry with a real estate agent friend got the
that a LOT of these monsters homes were going to refugees from the Left Coast arriving with pockets stuffed
from the proceeds of their previous home.
 

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The front brakes were completely re-done less than 1000 miles ago (new lines, rotors, pads, entire system flushed, etc.), but will check the fluid level, and the parking brake switch.

First noticed the lights remaining on within the last 300 miles.
 

Kevin Stenberg

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What a Joke. Here in Minnesota. It is getting to be a requirement for the buyer of a house to send a letter to the seller saying how much the new house will upgrade the lifestyle of the family and how wonderful life will be for them once they have moved in. The Ultimate PC
 

JonB

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I had some Good News/Bad News today.

GOOD NEWS:
I bought my old boat back, from the friend, that I sold it to in 2010 (my garden in the background, for those who might care).
Aluma Craft boat buy back in Aug 2019 640px.jpg

The BAD NEWS:
A mouse nest came with it :(
Aluma Craft Motor mouse nest Aug 2019 640px.jpg
 

JonB

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in other activities in Glencoe today...SaurKraut !
10 lbs in the Fermentor bucket, should be ready October 1st.
SaurKraut Cabbage Aug 2019 640px.jpg
 

Ian

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Mmmm, sauerkraut.

I made a few batches of it back when I was really into making wine and meade. Best one had 1/4 wedges of white onion and whole, fresh jalepenos judiciously nestled in the cabbage layers. I bet it's a whole lot better with fresh cabbage from the garden and the extra tlc it looks like you use compared to me just whacking up the heads coarsely with a butcher knife and chunking the wedges into the crock.
 
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Brad

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I don’t ever recall using a baseball bat as a food prep tool.

And yes Bill, Texans put jalapeños in everything. Ian probably smoked his cabbage over mesquite first too.
 

JonB

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When I first started making Kraut, I added several different adjuncts, like coriander seed and Fennel seed and even put some shredded beets in one batch. Then one time, I submitted some in a County Fair competition, I was dinged for adding anything except cabbage and salt.
So I learned to be a purist when it comes to Saurkraut...and I do like it that way. Not to say I would dislike onions and jalapenos in there...but now I just use cabbage and salt...and only the whitest layers of cabbage, yes the Fair judging will ding you if it isn't white as snow.

As to Fresh from the garden.
I started out buying cabbage from the grocery store, and it turned out fine. But when you use fresh picked-same day, you get lots more juice when the baseball bat is introduced to it. More juice means better fermentation and a bit more acidic product in the end.
 
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Best sauerkraut I've ever tasted was made by a German neighbor lady who grew up under the Nazi, then when the French arrived she saw them murder some of the townspeople. She is a typical stubborn German but is nice as can be, and is pushing 90.
 

Pistolero

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Baseball bat......:headscratch: I have never made saurkraut, so no idea about it. Packing it down into the
vessel with the end?

And it is, of course, fine and dandy for Texans to make their foods the way they want them, but a lot of us
like a LOT of food without jalapenos. Not that I don't like them on appropriate foods. :) Like tacos,
enchiladas, tostados, etc.
 
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No, Bill, you throw the cabbage head into the air and whack it with the baseball bat. Just like hitting fungo, only different.

Posted the same time as RB.
 

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Bill,
Sometimes you have to take your engineer hat off, and look at the simpler ways of doing things.
 
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