JustBrandon 🇺🇲

USAF combat veteran. Master Marine Tech. Animal Rescue. Both parties suck. Huge Vols fan. Metal head/guitar player. Dachshund aficionado. Widowed, no DMs.

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Back Home by Cold.

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@TopAlliedAceWW1 @Sall_Goodman Aviation standard parts are expensive for a reason.

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As happy as I am w/the results of my work fixing the house and making it look nice again, I did get some bad news. Found a small oil spot under the washer when we moved it out of the way to do the trim in the utility room. I replaced the seals and shift coupler in it four yrs ago.

Leaking oil is most likely the transmission going out. That's not something I would bother fixing simply because of the cost and time. Just get another damn washing machine at that point.

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@TopAlliedAceWW1 @Sall_Goodman Your industry is much different than mine lol. When we have failures/recalls and all that in the marine industry, it's always because of someone trying to make a cheaper part/cost w/composite metals and shit to save manufacturing cost.

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@TopAlliedAceWW1 @Sall_Goodman I guess it's cool to have WiFi access to all your appliances and tell them what to do while you aren't home. I can see how it would save time, but if those appliances, from a mechanical standpoint are subpar, I'd rather just operate the knobs on a oven for dinner.

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@Sall_Goodman @TopAlliedAceWW1 Samsung appliances have lots of issues across the board. They look fancy and all that but I'd prefer an old school "turn the knobs" manual appliance personally.

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@Sall_Goodman @TopAlliedAceWW1 Cleaning clothes isn't the issue, the unit leaking oil is. My washer is about as basic as it gets.

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@TopAlliedAceWW1 @Sall_Goodman Mine is a basic Maytag w/the bumps on the lower wheel/basket.

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@MelindaH391826 My day started at 0600 walking behind Delilah in the dark and waiting for her to poop so I could collect it to take to the vet later lol.

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@fly_mule As much money as I've spent over the toilet leak and fixing the house, I'm gonna let the damn washer run it's course lol. 10% or not.

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@fly_mule A new transmission for a 2003-2005 era washing machine is super expensive plus Lowes would probably look at me like I was retarded for ordering it, even if they still make it lol.

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@fly_mule Great thing about us country fuckers is I've done several jobs for him on everything from boats, dirtbikes, appliances and basically anything mechanical. Like I have done for most folks up here. We all have our specialties and we trade that off when we hire each other.

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100% done w/the rework of the house. Finished all the caulk, spackling and touch up crap. I ended up doing the entire utility room/behind the washer/dryer, hallway, dining room, kitchen and living room. Also did new door frames and trim for all the doors throughout the house so it all matches..

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@fly_mule To be fair, my buddy down the road deserves most of the credit. He does that shit for a living and has all the tools for it. Fold out table saws and all the nice stuff. All I did was basically act as an apprentice lol.

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@Sall_Goodman I never saw a top load as a kid lol.

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@jeff_swearn5 It's hilarious man. The vets/vet techs absolutely love Delilah because no matter how much they poke/prod, she just loves on them and is a sweet girl. Diesel acts like a bitch and hollers like he's being tortured lol.

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@Sall_Goodman Nice! My setup is both top loads and as you probably know, front and top load washers/dryers are different. I hate working on appliances but it saves me a ton of money usually. I don't think I'm going to get away w/it this time though.

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You got a damn good one no doubt. Ashley was a head chef at one of our local popular southern food restaurants. She could make anything you could imagine. She also had never lived in a rural area. Suburbs/Oak Ridge TN for example. It was a new thing for her knowing that she has a responsibility for keeping up the land/home just as much as I do. Putting up fence and all that shit is part of it.

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Some more final pics of my home renovation I finished today. Started out just doing the hallway and guest bath/guest bedrooms due to a leaking toilet overnight. My OCD ass replaced everything in the house so it all matches lol.

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@CynthiaVan90821 That's pretty fucking awesome in my book man. My wife was def NOT into the blue collar thing so even knocking in t-posts was "a man's job" lol.

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@CynthiaVan90821 Man, ever since I took my wife to the chalets in Gatlinburg, she was hounding me for the same setup at our new place lol. Ironically as a marine mechanic, I'm not the best plumber, and doing a job like that definitely requires some super great guys above my pay grade.

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@CynthiaVan90821 Wait until I cut out the back wall of my dining area for a sliding glass door w/a chainsaw. I'm building a big ass deck w/a flush mounted hot tub and grilling area.

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@Dianasugar7 Luckily the crown molding still looks as good as it did when the house was built mine yrs ago. I think we did a good job matching the new white paint and bottom trim/shoe molding and all that. It looks better than it did new now imo.