that is cool. I have an elderly neighbor who worries anytime she asks me to help her. She wouldn't ask me if there was anyone else. She feels she has to worry over me when she does, and doesn't want to trouble me. I try to be gentle and confident. It sure does feel really really good to help hese folks; for many reasons!
On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, RJ wrote: > Today a neighbor lady called and said the motor for the fan on her > dehumidifier wasn't working and asked if I would take a look at it. Now that > is some thing to ask a blind guy. But I did go down and tore the unit apart > and found the motor is a throw away, no way to get at the bearing. I sprayed > W D 40 over the motor, figuring I couldn't hurt the motor. any worse than > it was. Sure wasn't turning the way it was, for the bearings and shaft > were froze. Took the fan off the shaft and put my 1/2 inch electric drill on > it. The shaft began to turn, and I had her drop some penetrating oil on the > shaft. After a few minutes and a few more drops of the oil the shaft began > to freely turn. Put the fan back on the shaft and it spin like a new one. > Put every thing back together and the dehumidifier was working like a > charm. Than she told me, her gas fire place wasn't working. This was a > little more tricky, seeing I never felt around one of these. Tore the thing > apart and cleaned up the electric points and moved a few wires around. Don't > have the slightest ideal what I did, but it is also working like a charm. > Guess now and than even a blind squirrel finds a acorn. > > RJ > >
