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Betcha y’all didn’t know 213
peter lena replied to 953 nut's topic in non tractor related discussion
@953 nut , my last years , were split between my actual home shop and the powerhouse , maintenance staff , adapted to anything , needed , what a concept ! most dreaded work area / zone ? FAN LEVEL , ANYTHING ? entire unit was vertically drawn thru s/s floor gratings , foundation to open top discharge , initial walk in impact , 4 floor heat pull, 140 degrees ! had to lay out / plan every related , move / step . before going for breathing / cooling air . did my time , pete -
What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?
953 nut replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
Now it is time to GET RID OF the nine pin. If you repair the nine pin you will have the same problem on down the line. Just connect the appropriate wires with good watertight electrical connectors of your choosing and have a good life. The pins on the 12 volt connector were too small for the load and in many cases have melted down the adjacent wires when they fail. -
Rebuilt Onan Engine Repair Services | Kustom Ive used a couple of their carbs over the years and have had great luck with them but they are a little higher than the run of the mill chinisum carbs.
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I have 25 years to go, and I think about it every day.
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During my working life at the power plant we weren't allowed to have a radio on (except the midnight shift) so I had heard of Rush but had not heard him until I retired. His conservative commentary seems tame by today's standards but he was a true trailblazer for his time.
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If this one looks as good as the 314=8, this is a much better deal. The 312-8 can spin a 42 or 48 inch deck easily. And snow plows and single stage blowers are available often for $200. The plow or single stage blower will be much easier to install and store than the two stage. I have had several single stage and two stage blowers and have sold all of them. I find the plows are much more useful for removing the small wet snows we normally get here in Pa.
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Seems like the majority of the bathroom remodeling advertising you see on TV are removing the tub so us old fogies can walk into a shower rather than trip into a tub. Are you starting a new trend to go back to the tub? Nice job, you did a very nice job.
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I can tell you exactly where I was when I tuned him in for the first time in 1988. 33 years later, I was sitting in my car waiting for my second Covid shot, not 1/2 mile from where I was in 1988, when his wife announced his death in 2021.
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Only thing I would change from Don's suggestion would be to take along some ramps, place the deck at the front of the truck bed standing up against the front of the bed and then back the 314 up the ramps with the blower mounted. The rear tires of the tractor will secure the deck in place and you won't have to man-handle it over the side of the truck bed. If it has been dry enough to do so the rear wheels of the truck could be backed into the swail along the road (if one exists) to place the tailgate a bit lower. There will be a bit of extra weight at the rear of the truck so be prepared for poor handling and slow down for the return trip.
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Happy Birthday I hope you have a great day!
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D you have a link to the video or the product?
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Happy Birthday @JimmyJam, we are all glad you were born.
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August 1, 1988 Rush Limbaugh's first nationally syndicated radio program, "The Rush Limbaugh Show," was launched, out of Sacramento, California, becoming a major conservative voice and pioneering modern talk radio.
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Retired Wrencher replied to JCM's topic in Restorations, Modifications, & Customizations
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Retired Wrencher replied to Rubix's topic in Engines
Richard: Thanks you for this info. This will come in handy. -
I was on you tube a few weeks ago, and I found this page that had a case dealership in Connecticut I believe.. He had this new tool that I’ve never heard about how to safely clean the top end of the engine and the head. It’s nylon attached to steel that you can put in your drill or whatever. You spray it down with like fantastic or some kind of household cleaner, but let it sit for about 10 minutes. These nylon attachments made the whole head and top of the engine clean within a 10 minutes. I was truly impressed on that. The other bonus it doesn’t leave any scratches or gouging of the material which according to this video it’s the first place where carbon will build up. So here’s a couple pics before and after this was about 10 minutes worth of work. The orange is course this kit came with two others gray, which is a medium grit and I believe the blue is a fine grit. I’m sold on this so far much easier. I used to use steel but at left a lot of scratches.
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wh500special replied to 953 nut's topic in non tractor related discussion
I had one. Mine was a 2013 Passat TDI. In the 85000 miles I had the car I averaged an honest 44 mpg. Because I am a weirdo, I keep a spreadsheet on my cars to track costs and maintenance, so this isn’t an approximation. On a long interstate trip, the car would get better than 50 mpg. It had an 18 gallon tank so had a range of 900 miles. I drove it from St Louis to Charlotte, NC on one tank. On another trip it went from STL to northern MN before filling. The car was a bladder buster. it was a largish car but only 140 hp which explains the great fuel economy. But it never felt underpowered. It had a lot of low RPM grunt so got off the line quick which made it feel a lot faster than it really was, but the acceleration really dropped off once the car hit 25 mph. Again, only 140 hp… VW got caught with wildly excessive tailpipe emissions by some researchers at the University of West Virginia who were comparing diesel autos for mpg and emissions. The VW results were so off the charts bad that they assumed their gross data had to be in error so they re-tested and got the same result. Assuming it was a fluke they got another TDI and tested it. Same results. uh oh. They reported to VW who ignored them and blamed their test methods. Others took note and started checking too and all found that VW diesels were clean when tested at the stationary test stations, but incredibly dirty when tested while on the road. Eventually the California Air Resources Board pressed VW on it and were also ignored. Federal EPA too. VW continued to break the emission laws for multiple years despite regulatory scrutiny. Eventually they finally agreed that something was amiss after the EPA notified them they couldn’t sell ANY cars - gas or diesel - in the US if they didn’t cooperate. Talk about motivation. The issue was that VW programmed the car to only operate the exhaust catalyst system when the car was on a treadmill being tested. Steering wheel inputs were used to deduce the car was actually being driven on the road and the emissions system was then shut down. In hindsight, that’s why that little tank of urea in the trunk rarely needed a refill. the net result was VW had to deal with the 385000 (in the US alone) law breaking gross polluters on the road. They applied two software flashes and gave owners some money as bandaids but still were thumbing nose at EPA. Eventually after their initial fixes were little more than window dressing they were forced to offer buybacks or cash payments and real fixes to owners who wanted to keep the car. I don’t remember the warranty terms, but I’m pretty sure the emissions system warranty were actually lengthened for those who kept them. At the time though, VW didn’t have a fix, didn’t know if they would have a fix, and nobody was telling what the trade offs would be. My assumption - given what I know about the complexity of a catalytic cleanup system - was that VW probably knew the chemistry set in the tailpipe was a reliability disaster so they elected to shut it down whenever the car was driving. I didn’t want to deal with that. I sold mine back to them. I seem to remember them not giving back the full purchase price but I think it was pretty close overall when factoring in the payment for the car, the two small payments that came with the intermediate (failed) software flashes, and the payment from Robert Bosch (software company who programmed the cheat in the ECU). In four years and 85000 miles the car cost me just the cost of fuel, insurance, a set of tires, and maintenance. Turned out to be a great deal overall financially, but infuriating when thinking about 85000 miles worth of emissions times 385000 other cars on the road. and there were fines. I think it totaled around $3 billion. Much of the fines were distributed through all 50 states and designated for emissions reductions. School systems upgrades busses, states used it for remediation, etc. VW also had to fund the Electrify America EV charging network. Exacerbating things, the software used to cheat also was applied in other manufacturers’ products across all of Europe and North America. Daimler Benz and Chrysler to name two. They complied much more readily when discovered and at least have plausible deniability. I’ll never purchase another product from VW. I didn’t buy that car to make a statement or be an environmentalist, but I did buy it expecting that it meet specifications or at least made a good faith effort to meet them. It didn’t because they made the decision to be criminals, likely in the name of durability or drivability. None of what they did was subject to interpretation or judgement, it was clearly wrong. I was sad to see my car go. I’m doubly mad that in one deliberate action VW doomed the future for light diesel vehicles in the western world. Diesel emissions are dirty, no doubt, but treatable. The take rate for diesel autos in the US was already low and VW killed the golden goose. On the upside, with diesel currently running $5/gallon and RUG at $4, the break even gas mpg compared to my 44mpg TDi is 36 mpg. That’s somewhat attainable in a similar sedan, so the advantage of diesel has pretty much evaporated. anyway, here endeth the sermon. Steve -
yep. SS in the jungle for under $1 each. Threaded rod with any slack pulled into the back side would work fine IMO but I do like the way carriage bolts sit in the rims.
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Or the numbers on the tach itself are changed. I would guess rpm can be verified with a hand held tach?
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Worked on the wife's Dodge Dart. Installed new headlight connectors and bulbs, and changed out the oil and oil filter.
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I’ve thought of using threaded rod cut to the proper length and then put a nut on either side of the square hole in rim, tightening up to make like a stud. Then sliding the weight on the rod, and tightening a nut on it. Maybe some 1/2” acorn nuts? That would look pretty cool!
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Congrats. Jim and Mike. Best wishes for health and happiness. Enjoy every day, you earned it.
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Yes, it will be a surprise. But there has been sone talk about it a while back by my wife.
