This winter was just as challangeing as others here in OTZ Alaska
First was the backed up drains on the second floor or one the residences Im responsible for maintaining.....everything up stairs was very slow at first, so dumped a Draino foamer in ther which dident improve performance, drains were initally draining after a hour of sitting, couple more treatments of drano wasnt helping, found out current resident had flushed a lady's hygene product which exaserbated the situation to its current state...aka. locked up tight tite as a drum, not even a seep/drip or slow drain, long story short the previouse resident the year before had kids.....diaper wipes got flushed and hung up somewhere in the DWV 3" some where before the down stairs clean out the Tampon pretty much slowed it all to the 1 hour drain off, the Draino knocked all the pipe sludge up stream of clog and stoped off everthing. I tried a 15 foot drain snake but no dice was way too short, ended up borrowing a 100 foot mustang hydrojetter and trying from the down stairs end and managed to get the clog blasted loose. seen wierd stuff in drain lines before but this one was challangeing! City guys said they found a piece 2x6 lumber and a three foot long piece of angle iron in one ther main line clogs??
The other involved a work suburban that wouldent start (-28F) no fuel pump sound when turning key, as the truck been here for 12 years it wa sgoing to be a booger, the auto shop in town was closed (family death) so boss said go for it, a suburban that's been on coastal gravel for 12 years one can expect some corrosion.....allooot of corrosion! every fastener and clamp was coated in frozzen mud and rust and dripping snow... with 3/4 full tank of gas....
once I'd siphoned off almost 30 gallons of gas I pretty much cut or snapped off every fastener on that thing (skid plate and tank straps)not intentionally was lots of PB Blaster and WD 40 involved with some cussing, I dropped the tank I found a 3/4 inch layer of jellied road dust (just like coating tank with 3/4" of chocolate pudding) squeegee'd off most and used air gun to blast gunk out the line connecters and retainer ring area (I'd never been able to have done this out doors)
Then I found my NAPA universal fuel line tool wouldent fit the connecters (drilled the scissors rivet and slipped in each 1/2) had to cut off the existing wire connecter as new pump only is only one way had wire schmatic for 5 variations of surburban, my variation was #4 so spliced in new pump wires I used liquid electricans tape on all splices and rewrapped with tape & wire loom.
Since it was the work truck they (2 bosses) wanted the tank dropped they were not interested in me cutting a hole through the floor of the cargo bed.
Drilld and tapped the holes and new set of antiseize coated bolts from hardware store she was reassembled and is still with us.
Week later she made a squeeling noise.....found one the surpentine idler pully bearings had caged
new belt and two new idler pulleys she's running again.
Early April the suburban's powersteering hose blew (had changed this 3 times before)
we have a 2003 Dodge Durango that's had 6 pressure hoses and 1 return hose replaced on power steering.
