Easy DIY change your Fuel filter? Not on our truck!

A month or so ago we started having chugging in our 2000 Ford Excursion. We thought we had put some bad gas in it and were experiencing water in fuel related issues. So we did all the normal things you might do when you start having vehicle problems. We changes the Air filter, added dry gas, changed the oil and bought a new fuel filter to change. We took a Sunday afternoon and figured we would have enough time to do these few minor fixes to our truck. Art started by changing the air filter, and draining the oil. These things after we had put in dry gas earlier that morning. Then while the oil was draining he decided to change the in line fuel filter. Not so fast! Did anyone know you need a special tool for this? Not us. Do you think the guys at Advanced Auto would have told us? Nope. So I searched the internet for some information. Any information to help us change the filter without the use of the tool. No such luck. I found a picture of it online and Art and I got to work fashioning our own tool. We really didn't want to take a trip to Cobleskill for a 20$ tool that we might never use again (not that 20$ is much but with the trip and all it would have been a pain). We made a tool, I got under the truck to help ( I HATE BEING UNDER A LOW LIEING TRUCK!!! DO I NEED TO SAY IT AGAIN?). Well the tool we made might have worked but it was too cold to keep trying it and of course it was not perfect being as we had never seen this tool in real life. So we had to buy it. It was less then 20$ but it did the job. Actually, Art changed the fuel filter in the church parking lot, after church, in the dark while the kids were in play practice. So yes it is an easy DIY job as long as you have the right tools. Break it down... Make sure you have the tool to change your Ford In line Fuel Gas Filter. It will save you hours of frustration and frostbite, lol
Here is a great link and a picture of the "special tool" Don't ask me what its called. I have no clue and I really don't care, just thought someone might need this someday when you are stuck trying to change your fuel filter.
Our tool looks slightly different but it is basically the same.

http://www.fordf150.net/howto/fuelfilter.php

Homegrown or storebought? Homegrown baby!

I sent Jr to our neighbors house today to give them a Christmas gift. I made Hot Chocolate and Homemade cake mix for there gift. When he came back he was carrying a dozen of fresh laid eggs, mmmm. I love fresh eggs! When I was a kid we had Rhode Island Red Hens and we got lots of eggs! We loved to search for them. Kind of like Easter everyday ;) Just to give you an idea of how much different homegrown eggs are from store bought here is a picture. Mind you my hands are very large and the egg on the left is very BIG, then next is a store bought egg and finally a small home grown egg! I feel bad for the hen that laid that very large egg, OUCH. One more thing, did you know that when a hen lays an egg she announces it! Yup, that is what all that racket is, lol.

Don't ever buy Walmart Tealights!!!!!!!

My wonderful Secret Santa from TWW sent me a Yankee Candle warmer with 4 tarts for my Christmas preset! I love it. I wanted to try it out but the only tealights I had was partylite and I didn't want to mess up the scent of the warmer but I found one that was vanilla. I figured that couldn't mess with the scent of the tart too much so I used it. What a wonderful smell! I went to walmart and bought there tealights. They are Mainstays Unscented Tealight candles. Well the first one burned ok, didn't really melt the tart very well. I took a closer look and the tealight doesn't even look like wax 8/ I figured that it must have been faulty and so I tried another one. It didn't even soften the bottom of the tart, not to mention that the flame was TINY! Well I thought maybe I need special warmer tealights so I was just going to use these to put in my partylite nativity scene. These burn so crappy that they only burn a little hole in the what is supposed to be wax ??? Needless to say I am very unhappy with these candles and will NEVER buy them again. I hope someone can read this and not waste there money on this junk. Pics anyone???