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We got home Monday evening from the driving tour we took the family of the Finnish exchange student we hosted at the turn of the century. They were here for 2 weeks. We traveled just over 1800 miles with stops in Chicago (Art and Field museums), our lake house here in MI. to celebrate July 4, Dayton, Oh. for the Air Force Museum, Williamstown, Ky. for the Ark Encouter, Bowling Green, Ky. to show his family where he stayed with us, then back to Chicago. Yesterday was a down day. Today, we started picking up and getting ready for more guests we are expecting this weekend. Many loads for the washing machine with bedding and towels. While I was working on our travel trailer, the smoke alarm went off - courtesy of the smoke cloud from forest fires in Canada that has settled on us. Also got my new grease gun assembled and loaded up. When I went to grease the spindles on my 42" SD deck, I discovered I will need a flexible hose to grease the center and LH spindles.
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@76c12091520h Our own vendor.
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snappper joined the community
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When I think of Springers I think of short legged somewhat zealous, energetic & high strung bird dogs but some are fairly relaxed. Especially in their older years. Yours Don gives the impression of a larger mellow house springer. I'll have to do some reading on bench springers. I had a female Chesapeake once that got tangled up with the neighbor's springer. Result was a smaller single female chessispring?? Had the oily coat of a chessie and the body of a springer. Turned out to be a great dog. I eventually gave it to a OTR trucker that fell in love with it and was a great cab companion.
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Recently replaced carburetor on my C-81. Also discovered I needed all new fuel line. Were a few issues w/carb, but finally got set nicely .Decided to replace ignition switch which was a doosey too. Part 130990 was part called for. Ordered off Amazon (mistake). Purchased thru Prime Line, though went thru dash nicely the threaded shaft would not sit correctly, shaft different at top of shaft. Where would someone find the correct switch, w/out trusting part # 103990?????? Also, used old switch + made all new conductors stranded. Runs very smooth! Any help appreciated!
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First time to the BS I dropped coins in the proverbial basket. Tolls with no basket I had the attendant sticking his head out the window and count axles and really took it in the shorts. 2nd tie we borrowed @PeacemakerJack Ipass and the cost/hassle went away. Another toll road score we just ran the damn thing figured pay on line. Well they didn't post my plate and what i owed until AFTER the due date and took it in the shorts with a overdue charge. I took it up with the Ipass Nazis goons to no avail. After that I got my own which was rather painless. It's free but you give them plastic numbers and a amount to charge to it when tolls rack up and its paid automatically. Works pretty good and like Dan said good for the countries of IN, OH, PA and others. $369 to go both ways to the BS for us so we still take it without being kissed. Trick is to know the best routes with low tolls even if it takes a tad longer. Chi town yer on yer own or like Sylvia says one of the many reasons to stay the hell out. We gotta pay 30 just to go have breakfast with @stevasaurus.
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Car AC problem/symptom and question
wh500special replied to wh500special's topic in non tractor related discussion
I didn’t ask for a ton of detail when I spoke with the shop, but what I remember he told me was that they initially ran the car and checked pressures. Was very high on high side with compressor running and very low on low side. And the pressure switch would then shut it down. I saw the same thing at home a while ago but it was much cooler and apparently it was a little less clogged at the time and was still circulating a little. It had gone to nothing since. He suspected either a bad valve ( which I asked him to go ahead and replace since it was cheapish) or something blocking flow in evaporator. talked to him later in day and they had cracked it open and took out old valve. I don’t remember what else. Indicated that they tried to blow compressed air through evaporator and not much was getting through and that some gunk and dye was coming out. They were going to tinker with it a bit and see what happened. later they called and asked if I needed the car back right away. I didn’t. They’d gotten stuff out of the evaporator thought it was probably still clogged at least somewhat and were going to let it hang on vacuum a few hours in the morning then put gas back in it. He didn’t seem optimistic, but they needed to close it up anyway so it didn’t hurt to try. next day they did a what they said, found it still didn’t work (no huge surprise but I was hoping…) and asked if I wanted to go further. I don’t. He said the book says it’s 6 hours to remove the dashboard and thought it probably takes every bit of that at least. I mentioned the dessicant filter rupturing and he said, “yep.” this is a great shop. Full confidence in just dropping off a car and having them do their thing. They mostly work on Mercedes, BMW, Audi, and VW but not exclusively. They spent a lot of extra time dinking around on my air conditioner and only charged me about $300. Plus the axle shaft job ftom one of those speed sensor rings that broke and lit the ABS lamp. I would have ignored it, but the pedal was pulsing on almost every stop so it needed to be done. Now I just wait for the other side to break. There are other takeaways here of course, but a notable one is that @adsm08 is our resident Ford go-to. A while back I recall him commenting about some weird split fuel sender issue on a Ford that had befuddled mechanics. Thanks for all the input! Steve -
Ok lets see those pets!
c-series don replied to Wheel Horse 3D's topic in non tractor related discussion
@WHX?? My dog is an English Springer Spaniel, there are basically two kinds. There’s bench bred, which is what my dog Lucy is and field bred. Field bred is obviously bred for field work. However I had a bench bred Springer named Wallace that was literally outstanding in the field. -
What did you do today?
Brockport Bill replied to Mickwhitt's topic in non tractor related discussion
came across a couple oldies today -- inlcuding an old horse - I have little knowledge of the early era models - What is this Tractor? - - Also found this belly grader under a 416 horse - is grader OEM ? Hopefully, I will get a better view in the future of both the oldie model tractor as well as the grader blade -- but in the mean time, any preliminary info would be appreciated ? Also, hoping to establish their approximate value ? thanks, Bill -
first pick is 520H with Facet metal pump 2nd pick is Facet plastic pump that went on 312-8 in same place as 520h, I cant find pic of 312 pump mounted but you get the idea. Both work great but believe I prefer the metal cube type better just because it takes up a little less space than the plastic pump.
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Ok lets see those pets!
c-series don replied to Wheel Horse 3D's topic in non tractor related discussion
I am a mutt, like most of us! -
At Home sandblasting?
MainelyWheelhorse replied to Natejc_98's topic in Restorations, Modifications, & Customizations
My father has a tank and sandblaster gun like what’s been shown already. He also has a cabinet. Both work well but like others have said the tank and sandblaster gun wastes a lot of sand. For big projects I’d use the tank and sandblaster gun. If it fits in a cabinet do that it’ll come out cleaner. -
What did you do today?
MainelyWheelhorse replied to Mickwhitt's topic in non tractor related discussion
It was a short 5 hr shift at work today that about halfway through, we had a freak rainstorm that was snapping trees off and moving anything that wasn’t bolted down. Then, I mowed the fire station lawn, and my lawn as well. The new lock tited mule drive knob worked like a charm with no issues. Now just relaxing and browsing the internet. The next two days I have off and I have a bathroom that needs to have tile that needs to be finished up being taken out. At least it is supposed to get cooler. -
Are these headlights threaded? What screws or bolts do I need to hold the headlight lens on
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There is no charge for the Illinois I-Pass. Cuts your bill in half. Also works as an EZ Pass in other states. https://agency.illinoistollway.com/about-ipass
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That's funny glad you figured it out. Sounds like sumin I would do .
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U got burnt but being the nice guy I am I will come and haul it and equipment off for ya if you will split fuel bill with me.
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Ive replaced brake drum seal and brake lining on 2 in the past year, and it is night and day difference for me. I liked the fact it helps with braking in the backwards gear .
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That's why I wrote IF. I respectfully disagree with regard to the engine oil. Our off-road engines need just as much protection from air foaming as any on road engine. Maybe more, considering the slap slinging connecting rod oil distribution in an air cooled engine. It's literally trying to cut the pool of oil in half on every rotation. Not pumping through a rotor.
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New seal is in along with drum and brake band. Hopefully it doesn’t leak, it does stop very well now. I did scratch up paint doing all this so gonna have to touch it all up at some point.
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Just saw this, sorry to hear about that @kpinnc. Looks like you made out well relatively speaking as no one was hurt. At least now you can build it back better than it was before.
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Think about it, there are millions of automatic transmissions out there doing just fine with ten year or older ATF. Lake Speed Jr said nothing about ATF and I have serious doubts about the applicability of his video when it comes to our off road vehicles.
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i think I have one if you need it. It came out of, if I remember right another 312 I got from @ebinmaine in the parts haul I got last year. I’ve got the hour meter for the C-141 project’s engine and everything else has a working one or never had one so I don’t need it.
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Sbv355 tecumseh engine coil psrts
953 nut replied to Mikewheelhorse's topic in Wheel Horse Electrical
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We picked up an ezpass in Ohio one time, actually two of them. For the 75 cents per month they cost in rentals, it’s worth having for the few times per year we hit tolls east or west of Michigan. The savings are close to 50% of the advertised rate as well, so it’s money saved to rent them indefinitely.
