New England B.S. Thread

It's like a game of "Where's Waldo".

 

Yeah sorry man it was quick strike for me cam is on his way north

 

Anyone of you home owners know why this happens?

So last month I had my septic tank emptied. Now every time we have downpours my house smells like sewer. We haven't had any issues until I had the septic pumped out. the smell is coming from my basement where the main pipe going out is and of course we have the central air going so it's just blowing it around the house.
Any ideas ?

 

Not a home owner but I understand the engineering of septics. There is usually multiple fluid traps designed to trap fumes kind of like in your toilet. The more fluid in the system the better it works the less fluid the more reactive what is in the septic will be. So the gasses emitted from the waste will fill the void that usually is filled by a half full septic. A way to help this is run your shower or something for an hour or so but it will likely take longer than that. Also how new is your septic? You could actually have a leeching field/venting issue

 

Moisture soaks into your septic adds pressure it needs to vent or leech somewhere

 

Thanks jack . I just went out and dug up the tank and it's full. I don't think it's even been 30days since getting it pumped. Might have to call a professional on this one.

The septic I'm guessing is original 1986 .

 

Yesterday's dinner from you know where...



BTW, go for ice cream just a smidge up the road toward Chatham (1/2 mile maybe) to the Schoolhouse Ice Cream shop. Same side of the road as Brax. This is a kiddie scoop...

 

Ice-Cream Machine in my area is like that too. Ordered a small and thought it was all going to melt long before I finished it.

 

Driverside done.... Went a bit overkill on the prothane supergrease and never seize again but I'm hoping never to do this again.

 

This place is turning into my second home...

 

A guy I work with just went through something similar. Turns out, the sewer line was broken right after it went through the foundation wall so the smell was backing up into the house. If you're smelling the sewer, you either have a dry trap somewhere or a broken pipe/bad connection somewhere. Is your basement finished? Are you able to trace the pipe from the point it comes through the foundation to where it turns up to the main vent stack? Just wondering if you have some old abandoned pipes somewhere, maybe if the laundry was in the basement and they moved it upstairs but left the trap in the basement wall somewhere and it finally dried up.

Just finally made it home. Nice, week long camping trip! Wholly hell we drove through some pretty nasty storms on the way home. Going through the Berkshires, there were some really strong winds and really, really intense rain storms. Slowed the Pike down to 40 ish.

 

When you 1st posted I thought you meant the "Sundae School" ice cream place. We're going to look for Schoolhouse now

 

I'm thinking it may be the distribution box that is after the tank. if it is clogged or gone as mine was after a lot of years in the ground. there isn't a drain for the tank and then every thing backs up.

 

What an absolutely gorgeous night down the Cape. We had an awesome time! We ate great food, had perfect weather and just had the best time

 

Well 10hrs later I have both control arms in. Had to cut both bushings out on the passengerside and one out on the driverside. Replaced with a rebuilt control arm using whiteline bushing kit, prothane ball joints and oem camber/caster hardware coated in a ton of neversieze. I noticed that the retaining tabs for the cams are bent a little so I'll order the weld on total chaos alignment tabs Monday.

Took it for a test spin before I put it back on the lift to do the tie rods tomorrow. Feels pretty solid, I had a slight clunk when I came to a complete stop and I think I had a bad bushing since it's gone now. Feels a bit stiffer with the solid poly bushings but it's hard to tell on a 75 sidewall. I have poly bushings in my evo and it was night/day from oem.

Driving the evo tonight - I forgot how fast she gets up to speed... And what a pothole feels like.

Got creative trying to lift the hub/spindle up so I could get the lower strut mount in...


Photos of the neversieze covered parts....




And one for the night and my companions...

 

Glad to see I'm not the only one up late wrenching

 

Just got home...

Went through 6 Bosch metal 5inch sawzall blades... Then switched to Dewalt metal blades and they destroyed the Bosch blades. Buying another pack of the Dewalt right now to keep on hand. Add some cutting fluid to them and they cut like butter.

Discovered the difference in capabilities between my 20v Dewalt cordless sawzall and a borrowed Milwaukee corded one... I might have to pick up a corded one now.

 

I'm just getting into bed now... The weather killed us for a couple hours for putting in a new rear lift for @Boston10Taco and then fighting rear brake lines per usual to get them out and swapped for extended length ones

 

I don't like getting up early unless it's because I'm going to the track

 

Noice! Glad to see you got it all done!

What did Tony put in for the rear? Are you putting in the Dr's arms today?