South Carolina BS thread under new MANAGEMENT and lives in SC

I love that sink!

 

We are switching to a gas cooktop. New floors will start 5/20 and will take their crew 7 days! Counters to be installed just before or just after floors.

At first, we were just going to get a normal sink- then we saw this cast iron enamel Kohler sink.
Initially thought it would be too "farm"- but it is not at all!
We think it will all work well with the counters we chose "Nevaska":

 

Yes, right before I got back down to long rock I saw a guy mountain biking up

 

You chose white and a dark wood? Love the farmhouse style sinks great choice. I talked my aunt and uncle into one when I GC'd their Reno, couldn't talk my mom into one now she wants one.

That granite is beautiful. Love how it flows kinda like a river. Nice media center. It's good to add things to other rooms to bring some cohesiveness especially in open floor plans. Looks really good so far. Can't wait to see what the backsplash and finished product will look like.

 

Basically, you have one side of your burp cloth that's more abrasive for soaking up extra mess. The other side of the burp cloth can be made of another material like either an old sheet/t-shirt or fleece blanket. The towel helps hold it on your shoulder when your burping the little one and you can usually make about 4 rectangular burp cloths per towel. The reason the edges get turned inside out basically hides the frayed edges where the towel/sheet was cut and sewed up. Makes it cleaner looking, if that doesn't bother you then you can skip that step. Plus, having multiple textures on the burp cloths acts as a sensory thing for baby. Depending on how crafty you are, you can get pretty creative with it. We kept it simple, just bought a few different colored towels and a twin top sheet made out of t-shirt fabric and cut them into about 2ft by 8in rectangles and stitched them together on a sewing machine. The burp cloths that you can get from the box stores are thin and about 7 bucks for 4. You can get a bath towel for about 4 bucks and a cheap twin jersey sheet set for about 20 bucks and make a boat load of burp cloths. Yeah, it takes a bit of prep to make them but like I said before, you can never have enough burp cloths. Especially with multiples.

Edit: Its not so much a pillow case as its just the edges sewn up but you turn the thing inside out before you close the burp cloth all the way. I hope that makes sense.

-J

 

Ugh! Rear diff leak from fill plug! fml!

 

At least its from the fill plug. That's an easy fix, dont even have to drain the diff. Swap out a new plug/seal and you're good to go.

-J

 

That’s the problem I just did 2 weeks ago! New crush and torqued 36

 

Assuming I may have overfilled and/or my diff breather wasn’t releasing. Just saw it today leaving work, nothing in the driveway at home.

Driveway is angled and I filled angled. Work is level.

 

I might be able to get out this weekend or next. Leaf pack is still wonky, but I am keeping a c-clamp with me for quick fixes.

Haha, my wife for both of my son's infancies consistently walked around with burp cloths over her shoulder in layers. In retrospect this is a great idea!

 

What's up with the leaf pack?

Also this weekend is mothers day

 

When I did mine last time, I used an abrasive cloth like a brillo pad and cleaned up around both the drain and fill holes. There might be some gunk preventing on getting a good seal.

-J

 

I’m about to pull and do a double check, haven’t yet but I’ll do that!

 

My wife might go wheeling for mother's day. lol She might also get pissed at me for going wheeling on mother's day. Or at least the weekend of.

The bolt/pin that holds one of the leaf shackles in place sheared off. I have a replacement for it, but @ovrlndkull at least thinks I need to break the pack apart to get the pin in there.

I dunno, I'm not mechanically inclined at all. Give me a computer and I'll make it purr, give me a wrench and I'll beat a computer with it until it purrs.

 

Re-torque or just do what I do and have a calibrated elbow so not to strip the bolt. Goodntight is always a good spec.

 

I know a mother that wants to go wheeling this sun.
@Sammie

 

Yeah, you'll have to separate for the center pin. It's above the axle inside the ubolts.

 

Possibly take some pics of where it is I have forgotten what it looks like

 

Genius. I have some family that is Handy with a needle.