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Old Mar 20, 2022 | 04:15 PM
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Old Mar 20, 2022 | 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ultimatenoobie


Dam White. It's ~70 and mostly sunny here.
It's supposed to hit 70 next Saturday, lol. So, it won't be around long. I wish I would have put down some fertilizer yesterday. It's time to do the spring step of the stuff that I use.



EDIT: This happened in my neighborhood early this morning. Great.

https://kutv.com/news/local/tooele-m...oises-upstairs

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Old Mar 20, 2022 | 04:21 PM
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Scotts fertilizer program ?
Old Mar 20, 2022 | 04:30 PM
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Careful, you may be labeled as a yard **** if your grass is the greenest in the neighborhood.
Old Mar 20, 2022 | 04:57 PM
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Blew the dang motor in the carpet steamer yesterday. Man did that thing smoke lol.

It's about 10 years old, it been good machine, does a great job.

Looked for a motor last night, most of the replacement parts on that machine have been discontinued.

Lucked out and found one on e bay for 27 bucks with shipping. To good to be true since they're usually 4 times that.

Ordered it regardless, I guess we'll see what happens. It should be here Saturday.
Old Mar 20, 2022 | 05:08 PM
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I test fitted the drivers side Motorsport valve cover today to test for rocker arm clearance. Amazingly, they do not make contact with the baffles. It's been fun trying to find valve cover gaskets to work with these. I didn't realize that Ford changed them ever-so-slightly in 1986. Also... I'm not thrilled with the oil cap. I need to rectify that somehow.

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Scotts fertilizer program ?
It's a fertilizer that is formulated specifically for Utah. It's made by IFA.... I'm not sure if they exist anywhere outside UT, LOL. They are kind of like a Tractor Supply, but with more plants, etc.

https://grow.ifa.coop/lawn-care/four...beautiful-lawn

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Very Nice!
Thank you. I can't believe how dusty it is under the hood. I'm guessing it's Bondo dust from sanding Frankie next to it. Also waiting on some Mother's mag polish to show up so I can polish them up. Somehow I need to get the intake to match better.
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Originally Posted by white89gt
It's a fertilizer that is formulated specifically for Utah. It's made by IFA.... I'm not sure if they exist anywhere outside UT, LOL. They are kind of like a Tractor Supply, but with more plants, etc.

https://grow.ifa.coop/lawn-care/four...beautiful-lawn



Thank you. I can't believe how dusty it is under the hood. I'm guessing it's Bondo dust from sanding Frankie next to it. Also waiting on some Mother's mag polish to show up so I can polish them up. Somehow I need to get the intake to match better.

A sprinkler system takes most of the work out of keeping a nice lawn. You can grow nice thick grass on sand with one..... Well, as long as it's not sugar sand. You're mostly sand and rock out there aren't yuh ?

A Bondo is sandstorm gets in all the cracks. A couple big fans and good cross ventilation in the garage makes a huge difference.
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Yes, I have a pretty decent sprinkler system. I also installed one of the B-Hyve controllers, so that helps with keeping water consumption to a minimum with automatically knowing when there is wind or rain. It doesn't run them in those conditions. We are actually closer to a dirt/clay/rock combo where I am at. Most of Salt Lake is as well. Not too far from here (west) though, there is a lot of desert sand. In this MORR video, it shows a lot of how our terrain is in this valley and in the mountains.

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That red primer is red oxide/zinc chromate....might be a phosphate formulation as well. Top of the line in rust protection. From sky scrapers to automotive, it used pretty much on all steel exposed to the environment.

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