February 8th

It's been raining a lot, so I stopped thinking about actually doing anything, as most of the stuff I wanted to do in the garage would be too cold.  In a sudden burst of wanting to achieve something this weekend, I went and put the motor back together for the hot water pump in the bathroom.  The motor runs just fine, so I put the little gearboxy thing that is actually the pump on, and managed to melt one of the cogs.  I think that's the problem then,the gearbox doesn't spin properly.  I doubt I'll be able to get a new gearbox for it, so I'm probably going to end up having to get a new one, but at least I know what the problem is now :o)