Alex our regular organ mover helped us lift the old water heater out of the pit under the livingroom and put the new one in. I then spent most of Sunday soldering new pipes in (old pipes had to be cut to make room for the heater to go through the small hatch opening). When I finally turned the water on one of the connectors on the tank turned out to be bad. Had to cut the pipes again and get more fittings from the hardware store. This time around I decided to use flexible connectors for hookup instead of fixed pipe. Much better. Unfortunately there turned out to be another leak - this time further down the crawl space. More pipe cutting and soldering. And finally - as of late last night - we have hot water again. Man, that first shower felt awesome!
I spent the first half of today on the phone and the second half fixing Pedro's B-3. Had to replace the wiring which had gone completely bad. Plastic was cracking all over. Just what you want for a 117V hookup. Also redid his brake accessory hookup and soldered several broken drawbar wires. Now the organ is good to go for his concerts in a week and a half.
After the service gig I went to Fur's studio to rehearse for the Funk Defenders show on Saturday. By the time I got there, however, I was spent. Need a break...
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