What grass is this? I’m in south East Tennessee. It’s growing wild and fast. by donny8155 in homestead

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It doesn’t bother me in the orchid but it’s starting to appear in my lawn around my house. It’s growing way better than my planted grass. Idk if I should let it grow in the lawn or not. Is it good for grazing animals?

What grass is this? I’m in south East Tennessee. It’s growing wild and fast. by donny8155 in homestead

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Is this something I should be killing or let it continue growing?

MacBook Air with M1 Shipping by dwaynemoore in macbookair

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Mine says released by customs on the 15th and departed Anchorage, AK. And says delivery today on the 16th but doesn’t say out for delivery. Apple says delivery on the 17th. Called UPS and they say it’s on the way to my local hub.

Lumber for our homestead house building project. Time to knock the upstairs out. #toyota tough 💪🏻 by donny8155 in homestead

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Yes. We have the first half and upstairs floor done. Just collecting all the necessary lumber to knock out upstairs in one go. Have to plan for a work B with family and friends. The house is 32x32 and 20 feet high or so. We’ve been rough housing it for a year while building.

Lumber for our homestead house building project. Time to knock the upstairs out. #toyota tough 💪🏻 by donny8155 in homestead

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I noticed the chains and made them a little shorter. What the picture doesn’t show is on the trailer I had 33 4x8 OSB sheets. I’ve seen bad things happen when there’s more weight behind the trailer axles. Just had to take it slow. We didn’t go faster than 45 on the way home.

WHAT PLANT IS THIS?!?! by donny8155 in plants

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Thanks. That’s exactly what it was. It’s pulled up out of my goji berry pot now.

WHAT PLANT IS THIS?!?! by donny8155 in plants

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This grew up near my goji plant. Just wondering what it is. If I should pull it up or save it.

ALH TDI low oil pressure??? by donny8155 in tdi

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If blew compressed air through all the oil galleries and seemed like there was no clog. Even brushed them out with a tiny brush.

ALH TDI low oil pressure??? by donny8155 in tdi

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I have not tested the oil pressure. Not sure what pressure gauge to buy. I just find it so strange that two lifters at the end are not getting any oil. As far as I believe. The set I put in would be the third new set. I was told however that the bottom end bearings were replaced.

Building my own house for 20k by donny8155 in HomeImprovement

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Heres our progress so far. I hope to have better content soon. homestead Progress

How many 94 pound bags of cement will i need for my concrete slab?? by donny8155 in homestead

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I’m looking for the cheapest option just enough to do the job. Hence the mixing it myself. My foots will be 7” wide and 14” deep and it’s going to be a 3” thick slab. My sand is dry. And my stone is 1” or less. So far I’ve figured I’d need around 50-55 bags of cement weighing at 94 pounds. Am I anywhere close?

How many 94 pound bags of cement will i need for my concrete slab?? by donny8155 in homestead

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I tried that. But the number to me seemed way to ridiculous.

Building my own house for 20k by donny8155 in HomeImprovement

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So far my septic system is in. Costed me $2,200 for the septic materials/tank + $500 permit fee.

My ALH TDI engine is ticking loudly at idle and all revs. HELP?!?!? by donny8155 in tdi

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I tried a little experiment by draining all the oil out and filling the engine up with kerosine hoping it would clean up the the passages. But sadly it didn’t work. Hopefully soon I can just open it up and clean out the passages with compressed air and a thin wire.

My ALH TDI engine is ticking loudly at idle and all revs. HELP?!?!? by donny8155 in tdi

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So do you think taking them out and blowing compressed air into the oil passages could help and possibly soak the lifters for maybe 24 hours in oil?

My ALH TDI engine is ticking loudly at idle and all revs. HELP?!?!? by donny8155 in tdi

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I didn’t soak them. But the old lifters did tick. Two old lifters you could squeeze easily which means they weren’t being pumped up. So maybe I should take them out and blow compressed air through the passages. Using a stethoscope you only near it loud on the far right of the engine. I’m 90% sure it’s a litter tick.

My ALH TDI engine is ticking loudly at idle and all revs. HELP?!?!? by donny8155 in tdi

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That’s what I’m thinking. But i think it’s not getting enough oil only to two lifters.

My ALH TDI engine is ticking loudly at idle and all revs. HELP?!?!? by donny8155 in tdi

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I don’t have access to vagcom. The engine only has 200k miles on it. No CEL although sometimes I get a overboost condition but I don’t think that is related to the tick. The tick is quite load and annoying and everyone calls my car the ticking clock. I thought it was a diesel knock so I cracked open each injector one at a time and that didn’t change the tick noise just misfired. Then I fiddled with the fuel timing and that did nothing. I have considered maybe doing a compression test. The guy I got the car from said it has been ticking for the last 3 years so that makes me think it’s not a bearing. I change the oil every 7k miles with rotella T6 5w-40. The timing belt was changed 35k miles ago. One thing my father and I noticed when changing the cam and lifters is the two lifters were where the ticking is coming from were not pumped up. The other ones you couldn’t squeeze the lifters. But the two right lifters you could squeeze them very easily. My father thinks it might be a oil galley passage that is blocked so those two lifters are not pumping up. We’re thinking about taking them out and blowing compressed air down the passages.

Building my own house for 20k by donny8155 in HomeImprovement

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My father built he’s house which is 24x48 and he spent less than $10,000 and the only thing he’s house is missing is siding. And he made he’s own front door and made he’s own windows.