Getting It Done While Fixing Kharen’s Mistakes.

Our Location today is Windsor, Ontario.

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Being Saturday meant that I didn’t start working until 8:00. That did give me an extra Hourto get some badly needed sleep but it also meant that if there was a problem that developed I’d have to stay until it was resolved.

It didn’t take Ivan and I long to remove all the Old Pipingin Section 5. It also made us wonder how long it has been since this Sectionhad any servicing. It also made us wonder if any water from this Sectionwashittingthe Parts. (That’s how plugged the Pipes were.)

Our next job was to get the End Capsoff the Manifoldsbut theBoltswere so covered with a Calcium Coatingthat Wrenchescouldn’t make them budge. Finally we brought out the Oxy-Acetylene Torch. It still took longer then it should but we finished that right before our first break.

Paul led me to a shelf in the Warehousewhere he had Two Drill Bitsthat had been specially made for cleaning out the Manifolds. Using theAngled Drillthe Eighteen Foot Bitmade quick work of breaking the built up residue. Once we got the End Capsreinstalled we used the Water Pumpto finish cleaning the sludge from theManifold.

Waiting for the Waterclear from the area we had an early lunch. We both took the time to call home and talk to our loved ones. As we headed back to our job we were detoured for advice on another which helped them get another Sectionof the Washerready to work.

Being told that we’d have to work Sunday in order to finish Ivan and I were in the process of getting the Thirty-Two Vertical Pipesand Twenty Horizontal Pipeswhen Kharen decided he should help us in order to make the job go quicker. Unfortunately his help caused One Broken Elbowand FourCross Threaded Fittingsthat had to be replaced adding overTwo Hoursto the job. Fortunately he saw we were doing better without his help and went home.

As we were about to leave after completing the Change-OverIvan mentioned that this was the latest we ever worked. I assured him it would never happen again and to enjoy his Sunday.