edwinsmith

Well, The good news is, I got my reassembled punp back on and everything works fine and no leaks. Because the fenders are still off I can't drive it anywhere to test the new spring.

The bad news is I was only expecting to be there a couple of hours but it turned into six. I had a fan running on my so no sweat (literally) in the heat and humidity. I failed to plan for a longer time so I was out of anything to drink for 2 hours. I was really tired when I got everything buttoned up and put away and started the 5 mile trip to town.

As I was going down the highway my ears started hurting. Then my vision got wonky kind of like it does when I'm going to get a migrane. I figured it would pass but I was getting worse and because the hospital was on the way I stopped at the E-room.

Well, I walked in and I told them I thought I was having a heart attack. After getting wired up and blood tests and x-rays done it turns out I was severely dehydrated. Enough to spend the night in intensive care.

They pumped in about 2 liters of salene into both arms and released me the next afternoon. Now I'm resting at home and feeling real foolish.

I guess I won't be doing THAT again real soon.

Remember... HYDRATE, HYDRATE, HYDRATE!!!

Edwin

CIN'S DODGE

Oh my!!! I would say you were Dehydrated.Glad to hear your okay and didn't have a heat stroke.Time to take it easy for a few days. Glad to hear you are doing good!

wannadiesel

Scary stuff there! Glad you got fixed up - and it's good to hear the pump reseal went well.

It's amazing how much you need to drink when working in the heat.

I was stuck in a non-A/C'ed truck at work on Monday due to "mine" being down for maintenance. 95 degrees and plenty humid, went through 2 quarts of Gatorade and refilled one with water 5 times. After consuming nearly 2 gallons of fluids I still didn't have to pee until I got home from work - so I should have been drinking more!

dieselfuelonly

Glad you're ok!

BC847

That is no way to get out of cutting the grass.

Glad you're feeling better.

JPR Ram

There is actually 3 kinds of heat related illness'. And they are, in this order, Heat cramps, heat exhaustion and then heat stroke. The primary ways to avoid the before mentioned illness' is to gradually adapt your self to the higher heat temps. Take breaks, wear sensible clothing and drink pleanty amounts of water. And not just water. Nutritional drinks are also needed. But none the less WATER, WATER, WATER.







I just held a safety meeting for the guys about this subject. 100 degrees outside, standing on 250 degree asphalt mix.............. Deffinitely an important subject around here...............

edwinsmith

YAeh, It's funny thing to know this can come on you suddenly without much warning. I looked at my hands in the E-room and my fingers were like prunes. All wrinkles. Should have been a clue but my hands were covered with greasy dirt.

I had not peed for six hours either but all I had to drink was a 32 OZ. coke.

Edwin

HOHN

To everyone else:

Keep in mind that just because you aren't dripping sweat doesn't mean you aren't loosing water.

I can't tell you how many times I've had to deal with severe dehydration since I've been in the military.

Also, make sure you drink no more than a quart every half hour. Otherwise, your alkaline balance will be upset, and you're at risk for water intoxication.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication

jh

mikmaze

shoulda asked for a water / meth injection..... good to see you back on your feet !

edwinsmith

LOL Unfortunately methanol is poisonous and ethanol dehydrates you faster. But if I had stayed home with a cold beer I would have been much better off.

BTW, I found a good way to adjust the idle screw even when the boost tube is in place. If your's has a hole in it like mine did, then take a paper clip, a big heavy one that's stiffer works better, and make about a 70 degree bend about 3/16 inch from one end. Make about a 1/2 inch 90 bend in the other. Then by sticking the clip in the hole you can rotate the screw about 1/2 turn before you have to disengage the wire and put it in the other side of the hole.

Otherwise you can put the wire in the slot but that doesn't work as well.

I also got the index of the throttle shaft wrong and I couldn't back off the screw far enough to idle it down to where I wanted it. It's a simple matter to move it a notch by simply removing the big funny nut with an allen wrench.

I set the idle at about 700 rpm which is 300 below where it was set originally. When I get the fenders back on I can start cranking on the fuel screw. The fuel pin diaphram is already rotated to the deepest point so no joy there. I haven't touched the star wheel yet.

I should have lots of fun tweaking it now that I basically know what each screw does and then some. Taking apart a pump gives one an insight that just can't be learned easily any other way.

Although I would not have chosen to do all of this work on the pump It's been good experience. From the looks of some of the o-rings and the front seal I would have had to do it sooner than later anyway.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Edwin

BearKiller

When I get bored and broke, I haul black-top in an old R-Model Mack Tri-Axle with no A/C.

It is breath-taking, to say the least, especially when backed under the plant, right next to that big blaze shooting into the elements, amid the deafening roar, with baby-powder dust clouding the air, getting thirteen two-ton "shots" of hot stuff dumped into the bed.

Once away from the plant, it's like driving through the North Pole, until you stop at a light, then all that heat sweeps in and envelopes you, sort of like being in an oven with the turkey.

It's hot, but not near as hot as those poor guys working the "screws" on the big yellow Blau Knox.


Edwin,

Get well soon.

BearKiller.

TexasHardcore

Glad to hear your'e OK man.

I've been driving old rusty 40-70 year old hot rods in the sweltering Texas heat for years with no AC...and I've put down more gallons of water doing so than the engine can consume fuel with the pedal mashed!

Seriously though, I passed out at a concert a few years ago. We waited in line for about an hour, musta been about 102 that day. My mouth was watering and what did my dumb self do? Well I bought a 32-ounce Miller High Life at the concession stand as soon as we got through the gate. I passed out about an hour later and woke up in the freezing cold ambulance with bags of ice all over me, and two hot EMT chicks telling me that I was going to be ok. They let me 'chill out' (literally) in the meat wagon for about 30 minutes or so then released me back to the wild concert.

To make a long story short...I don't drink beer if I'm sweating anymore.

MikeThomas

Thats scary man. I just moved to AZ about 9 months ago and found i have to be very aware of water intake....It was a mild 111? today. Glad your OK

DeanM

Also don't drink stuff with caffeine with you need to hydrate.

dpuckett

I learned my first summer in CO that you can dehydrate without being soaked in sweat (I grew up in SE MO, where if you go outside you sweat). I got dizzy and light headed feeling, then realized I hadnt had anything to drink in a few hours. I immdiately went inside, drank a big glass of water, and cooled off for a few minutes. Just fine after that. Spent 4 summers out there, and I STILL make sure to drink plenty of water in the heat. No sodas for me til after dark, then it's the 12oz cans.

Glad you didnt pass out in the pickup, Edwin.

DP