Rixy, having lost my fair share (MORE than, if you ask me) of beloved critters, I think it's easier on those who lose them, because there IS that sense of relief. No more wondering, no more "caretaking" which can take up a big part of your day. Back in 2009 I lost a horse that I'd had for 22 years. She was my buddy. (She was ornery, but sweet, and we got along famously.) She was old, though, and had lost most of her teeth, so it was hard for her to eat enough to keep a decent weight and I knew it wouldn't be long. She finally twisted her stomach, and it was because of what I had to feed her since she only had a few teeth left. She couldn't manage hay or grass any longer, so I had to feed her a pelleted concentrate, and it was only a matter of time. But the day after she died, I wandered around in circles, wondering what to do with myself. I hadn't realized until that moment that I had been spending a total of four hours every day taking care of her. I was very sad to lose her, and I still miss her to this day (she was such a good listener), but when I didn't have to spend all those hours every day taking care of her, I felt like chains had been lifted off me. I went through it again this last fall with my first cow. She had a lot of problems, too, and I hadn't realized how intensely I had been involved with her care (it needed to be done so I just DID it, you know?) until she was gone. And then there were the slightly less intense, but no less emotional losses of several other horses, and countless dogs and cats over the years. A lot of them are buried right here on this farm.
But since you want to see a redhead rip an RBA apart, here goes:
What in THEEE hell is up with that freaking "L" shaped slot, anyway? I haven't gone back to rewatch the video on this yet, but I'm going to. I do NOT remember the guy bending the wire at 90 degrees and having to use 3 hands to hold the stinking coil in while bending and pressing that wire back and at the same time trying to tease that microscopic screw into half a hole with a screwdriver smaller than a toothpick. And the threads to get the spitback cap on the thing? They don't seem to *quite* match up. I got it on, eventually, but it wants to cross thread and once I finally got it going straight, it was grinding, like the threads didn't quite line up. I'm used to stuff being made better by Innokin.
Also, the coil, once it's finally screwed in there and I take the mandrel out, wants to wonk over at an angle, so it doesn't quite line up with the wick holes anymore. I swear, I spent a good 30 minutes futzing with that thing, and I'm totally not happy with my results, plus I'm nearly blind. I feel like I should go lie down and put cucumber slices on my eyes or something. I did a much better job rebuilding the stock coil heads. If I could just get a bag full of those insulators for the stock heads, I'd keep rebuilding those instead. Those only take a few minutes, this took at least half an hour.
I know I'll get the hang of this eventually, but damn, I was expecting this to be EASIER than doing the stock ones, and it was ten times harder (for me, anyway).
So, in conclusion, if you have any "tips or tricks" you'd like to pass along as far as building on this, I'm listening!
lol. Got mine from smoktek, Aroma and myfreedomsmokes
