Busy Saturday

Saturday saw a lot of things get accomplished. A few of the gang saw a presentation for most of the day. A lot was learned by those that went and the information that was heard will be put to good use. The ones that did not go worked on Engines 161, and 164. The work done on 161 was minimal and entailed mounting a new flashlight. The work done on 164 was substantial and took most of the day. The fan for the compartment vent system had stopped working and needed to be fixed. First access had to be gained to the fan which was mounted in the pump house. This turned out to be relatively easy after a few minutes of wrestling with the aluminum tread plate. After we got in the pump house the fan was quickly removed as you can see in the picture below.

But this was only the beginning of what turned out to be a long project. As it turned out the old PVC piping that was connected to the fan broke off of the pipe going to the other side of the truck. That is what the white tipped pipe on the left hand side is. So it was determined that new pipe had to be installed. That was easier said than done. The pipe that went to the passenger side compartments ended up coming off from its connection and had to be fixed.

In the middle of the picture is where the disconnection occurred. Once this was all done the new PVC could be mounted. Once that was finished the fan was put back into place.

Here you can see the fan being remounted and the hero of the day, Rex. He was the one crawling inside the bowels of 164. The truck was quickly put back together because we had ordered pizza and we were hungry.

After we ate our food we began prepping for the new television in the meeting room by tearing out the shelving that to old one was sitting on and by touch up painting the wall. While this happened a radio was found so that the wash bay could have one. That was the day at Station 1.