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Looking to refurbish an RM-366 mower deck. I've found all the bearings I need, but I can't locate a cross-shaft (4112). Mine is toast on one end where the carrier bearing is. I did find a couple of shafts for the 32", and I have a good 32" shell - so worst-case scenario is I refurb a 32" instead of a 36". It looks like everything else is interchangeable.
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Good to see the attention to these traditional tools! My Dad was always building something and I was constantly drafted to help. Consequently, I got to do a lot of framing work. Wasn’t too keen at the time but I look back and realize what a gift all that training was. But getting back to hammers...I recently tried out both 16 and 20 oz hammers and marveled that I once could use either one productively and accurately for hours. Now my 12oz Dewalt and short sessions are the rule. My days of spending six hours with a splitting maul are probably also behind me. 🫢
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JoeM replied to 953 nut's topic in non tractor related discussion
Maybe something to take your mind away or not? Well a few months back, before the big show, I ended up with a gout attack that turned septic. The infection attacking some tissue that was aggravated by loose metal in my right ankle. Long of the short, lots of antibiotics, two surgeries my foot was saved and 3 months later, I am kind of walking again. My wife in the mean time is taking care of me and the kids chipping in on the yard work etc. Then it gets worse. My wife falls and breaks both legs, one ankle just cracked and the other in a fixator, more surgery and screws and plates. Just perfect timing I still could not walk. Can't drive, can't cook, can't can't can't wow. Through the grace of God, good kids, good friends and neighbors, we got through it. (At least my issue, she is still mending) Something ironic, the Dr. that operated on me also did her surgeries. When she was in the OR he came in and said, you know I been at this over a dozen years and this is the first husband and wife procedures I have done. He said he has done relatives but not a couple. I told him that we are going for the preferred customer tee shirts. He laughed and looked at the nurse and said, maybe we can have buy 4 and get the 5th surgery free? You know like the coffee punch cards! - Today
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I told the Grim Reaper to take a hike
953 nut replied to 953 nut's topic in non tractor related discussion
Some more imaging was done this morning. going to have a pacemaker before I can leave and probably a valve job soon. -
When I framed in the walls for my unfinished basement I did it all with screws. Hammers and i do not do well together.
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rjg854 replied to 953 nut's topic in non tractor related discussion
Continued prayers on your behalf, and for your bride. Richard a pacemaker is probably a good thing, you'll be like the Energizer Bunny, you'll just keep going and going. -
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squonk replied to 953 nut's topic in non tractor related discussion
Reminds me of my trip to Rochester to get the cardiac cath done. My wife is horrible with directions and city driving. Plus she grips the steering wheel with a death grip at 10 and 2 and never budges. She followed the ambulance and out the rear window I could see her "drafting" the ambulance. All the way thru the lane changes, can of worms ect. We get to the hospital and I asked the ambulance driver how fast he was going. He said 80! I laughed. My wife met me at the ER entrance white as a sheet! -
Yes handle as well, sorry I didn't explain that better. I've only ever used Estwing hammers. I have all my dad's hammers, one set of leather grips and a set of the poly type. My preference was the 20 oz for framing and a 16 oz for finish work.
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ri702bill replied to 953 nut's topic in non tractor related discussion
When it rains, it pours. Sometimes in buckets..... -
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pfrederi replied to 953 nut's topic in non tractor related discussion
Stay strong in the face of adversity Richard!!! -
Kind of gets to a fellow knowing some thief was nosing around and trying to steal a fellows things. That's one thing about older vehicles most of them have quirks on start-up I know my '47 and '71 do. I dislike having to lock everything--and didn't use too-but now everything I can get inside is locked. Good to hear the idiots didn't make off with your '72.
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953 nut replied to 953 nut's topic in non tractor related discussion
The plot thickens1 My wife managed to get lost going home the afternoon, pulled into an auto dealership to get directions, stumbled and fell in their parking lot and was transported by ambulance to the same hospital I am in. She has a sprained or strained ankle and bunch oh abrasions and bruising, nothing serious The people at the dealership were kind enough ta let the car stay there and they have the keys in the event someone else was going to pick it up, Sounds like a good plan with one exception, she was lost and doesn't know where she was or the name of the dealership. A few minutes on MapQuest and I had a couple of potential dealerships. Third phone call and I found out where her car is and they will be there until7:00 pm so she will get an Uber to pick up the car. -
Here's mine. I probably posted it's picture before but if a fellow only has one... Bought it new in 1971 for $3,688-still have paperwork. I like to tell folks "Two more payments and this puppy is mine!" Had it restored twenty five or so years ago. Drive it about one thousand miles a year. Just got through replacing the points and condenser. Local auto supply sold me a lifetime warranty set in 2013--good grief the price of points and condensers have went up--$64 if I had to pay for them.
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SylvanLakeWH replied to 953 nut's topic in non tractor related discussion
Continued prayers for you, your family and medical providers... -
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JoeM replied to 953 nut's topic in non tractor related discussion
Hang in there! (get the three angle valve job if they offer, high performance!) -
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ri702bill replied to 953 nut's topic in non tractor related discussion
I was given "options" 2 years ago when I had Afib & Congestive Heart Failure... A Pacemaker would be a lifestyle game changer that I was not wanting to accept. NO more Electric Welding ( MIG, TIG and Stick) for me. .. Luckily, I did not have to go that route. -
That Doyle is a titanium head. Maybe you are saying your boss has a titanium handle as well. In any case, a straight claw hammer pretty much sucks to pull nails. People hook them in and twist to the side to gain leverage and the grain is running the wrong way and she snaps off. The Doyle and even the Pittsburgh hammers can be returned to the store and they give you a new one for life. I probably took ten Craftsman broken hammers back for free ones I have a hundred year old English pattern hammer with a very steep claw angle and the wood tapers to about an inch where the head joins on. Still in the original hickory. Amazing how easily that little thing pulls nails Titanium is s not what it's cracked up to be. If you swing it very fast it will perform well. Fast can lose accuracy as a lot of the online videos prove. Maybe one guy out of ten shown swinging one looks productive with the rest missing and bending nails. Too heavy can mess with your elbow. Sixteen to nineteen ounce fits my body and strength level. The kids with their 400 dollar hammers use a nail gun so much that it's their wrist and not the elbow that suffers IMHO. I have been driving nails since before nail guns showed up . The fun stuff was driving in old oak barn bems or worse yet beech wood horse stables Sorry I wrote a book about hammers again.
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953 nut posted a topic in non tractor related discussion
Some more imaging was done this morning. going to have a pacemaker before I can leave and probably a valve job soon. -
Leather Man, Glen Hughes, was a brother in my fraternity. Genuinely nice guy.
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Short version of long story. Some years ago we had our plain vanilla minivan stolen from in front of our house. Why? The thieves put it to use on a crime spree (using stolen license plates) robbing airbags and catalytic converters all over the NYC Bronx borough. With its nondescript appearance, the sliding door, and no rear seats, they could pull up next to a target vehicle, jump out, get the goods, jump back in, and be off surprisingly quickly. Some months later (after insurance had paid off). it was “recovered” because of bystanders calling police due to the 15 yo driver’s sideswiping several parked cars and crashing!
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Solar Battery Tender Thoughts?
Handy Don replied to 8ntruck's topic in non tractor related discussion
If you hate auto shutoff/restart, skip this post, please. Personally, I’ve experienced this system in two family cars and several rentals--some implementations are better than others. I’ve gotten used to it and I appreciate its value. Here is the Wikipedia assessment. The US Department of Energy has reported that fuel savings range from 3-5% and, in some cases, up to 12%. Argonne Labs has one study that addresses added component wear and so far, no safety issues have been raised (if there were, insurers would be all over this and they are not). IMHO, frustration with this system is similar to that which goes with CVTs and EVs in general--there is a significant impact on previously learned driving habits and sensations rather than on any significant performance, engineering, economic, or environmental issues. My son's 2026 Honda minivan monitors brake pedal pressure to determine whether or not to shut the engine at stop. Restart takes less than a second and faint starter noise can be heard. My 2022 Volvo V90 monitors numerous situations, including outside/inside temp difference to keep heat or AC running and, I strongly suspect, if the battery is needing charging. Restart is extremely smooth, sub-second, and quiet since the S/G is continuously engaged and belt driven. Frankly, having a vehicle with cameras recording and potentially sharing video with unknown entities for unknown reasons without my knowledge is more troubling. -
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My boss bought a hammer that looked much like that Doyle. And he was showing us just how great he thought it was going to be, so he was going to pull a coated nail out out of a stud, and the handle broke off just below the head. We just couldn't stop laughing. He bought a titanium hammer after that fiasco
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A lot of cast pieces will have casting part numbers that identify which mold they came from and have no relation to the finished sizes. "new style" rods as I recall have studs with bronze locator pins (compression fit) and serrated flange lock nuts in the rod cap , while old style rods were precisely located with matching "puzzle piece" indents and used fine thread bolts and hardened flat washers and lock washers through the cap and into the rod . new style came about as the old style was prone to the bolts coming loose and eventually stripping the threads under repeated thermal expansion cycles.. Much like many carburetors might share the same casting part number, but their final part number and specs will vary depending on their jetting and linkages, etc... I'd never rely on a casting part number to identify a part for a specific purpose .. Much like the K301-K321 rods which have the same stroke, they'll have the same casting part number, but the rod part number itself may vary depending on the oil dipper configuration and finished bore diameter...
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I told the Grim Reaper to take a hike
rjg854 replied to 953 nut's topic in non tractor related discussion
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory for ever. Amen
