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Excerpts from "Reflections on Pearl Harbor" by Admiral Chester Nimitz. Sunday, December 7th, 1941--Admiral Chester Nimitz was attending a concert in Washington D.C. He was paged and told there was a phone call for him. When he answered the phone, it was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the phone. He told Admiral Nimitz that he (Nimitz) would now be the Commander of the Pacific Fleet. Admiral Nimitz flew to Hawaii to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. He landed at Pearl Harbor on Christmas Eve, 1941. There was such a spirit of despair, dejection and defeat you would have thought the Japanese had already won the war. On Christmas Day, 1941, Adm. Nimitz was given a boat tour of the destruction wrought on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Big sunken battleships and navy vessels cluttered the waters everywhere you looked. As the tour boat returned to dock, the young helmsman of the boat asked, "Well Admiral, what do you think after seeing all this destruction?" Admiral Nimitz's reply shocked everyone within the sound of his voice. Admiral Nimitz said, "The Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could ever make, or God was taking care of America. Which do you think it was?" Shocked and surprised, the young helmsman asked, "What do mean by saying the Japanese made the three biggest mistakes an attack force ever made?" Nimitz explained: Mistake number one: The Japanese attacked on Sunday morning. Nine out of every ten crewmen of those ships were ashore on leave. If those same ships had been lured to sea and been sunk--we would have lost 38,000 men instead of 3,800. Mistake number two: When the Japanese saw all those battleships lined in a row, they got so carried away sinking those battleships, they never once bombed our dry docks opposite those ships. If they had destroyed our dry docks, we would have had to tow every one of those ships to America to be repaired. As it is now, the ships are in shallow water and can be raised. One tug can pull them over to the dry docks, and we can have them repaired and at sea by the time we could have towed them to America. And I already have crews ashore anxious to man those ships. Mistake number three; Every drop of fuel in the Pacific theater of war is in top of the ground storage tanks five miles away over that hill. One attack plane could have strafed those tanks and destroyed our fuel supply. That's why I say the Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could make, God was taking care of America. Any way you look at it--Admiral Nimitz was able to see a silver lining in a situation and circumstance where everyone else saw only despair and defeatism. President Roosevelt had chosen the right man for the right job. We desperately needed a leader that could see silver linings in the midst of the clouds of dejection, despair and defeat. Our national motto is, IN GOD WE TRUST, he watched over us in 1941 and continues to do so today. CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY

While we rightfully think about those in the military, all made great sacrifices. Back at home many everyday things ie sugar, flour, gas, rubber , etc were rationed to supply those items to the military effort. A group that also deserves recognition is the Merchant Marines. They transported ammunition, equipment and food for the military. They actually lost more ships than the military. We don’t think about farmers being vital to military efforts. But with European soil under fire, American farmers fed the military and much of Europe. Farmers wives and daughters took over for the fathers and sons who were away at war. All Americans truly pitched in to bring peace.

Go figure. A broken John Deere…

RIP

Perhaps there are more important things - like this - that should be highlighted in our media... very few papers / sites indeed will note today, or if they do, it will be to suggest a problem with honoring the anniversary due to some nonsense... Thank you @953 nut... history and truth matter...

I feel like I'm deja vu here. Red tractor, trying to get the keys out My Farmall H decided to spring a significant radiator leak which requires removing it. That requires removing the steering shaft that goes through it. What I love about old equipment is it's pretty basic. Just work at it. I feel like I'm trying to get the key out of a Wheel Horse axle again

Not really, for our European members who's ancestors suffered seven years of battle it was already the seventh at the time this was posted.

May we never forget, the many sacrifices our countrymen and women have made for our freedom..

So I had previously bought a hitch for a larger horse and after trying to fit it to my Suburban like I had seen in another older post I found that it indeed did not fit without modification. So today I finally got time to retrofit the larger heavier duty more gooder better hitch to the Suburban. It's been about a year since I've fired up the welder but she ain't coming loose. Lol.

First you need to find where the oil is coming from and fix it. Then soak the brake band in a mixture of water and Dawn dishwashing liquid for a couple of hours. Scrub with a stiff brittle brush or wire brush. Rinse, and then dry with a hair dryer or put in your wifes oven at about 200 degrees. If that doesn't fix it, there is a vendor on here who sells excellent brake linings.

I use a slight modification of @ri702bill's method. Hammer it down at the front, hammer it down at the back then use a small cold chisel driven under the end to lift the key out of the slot.

When you installed the belt guard did you make sure the belt is above the bottom lip of the guard? If the slack in the belt is not being held by the guard it will not stop turning the transmission.

On the serious side I took Hot Wheels to a local tractor show and a father and son were giving it the once over. The father (about eighty or so years young) was pointing out everything that had been altered and was having a great time doing so. He had been the owner of the Wheel Horse dealership in town from the '70s to the mid '80s. We had a great conversation and when it was time to move on the son thanked me for spending so much time talking with his dad. He said that his dad had Alzheimer's and seeing my had generated the most lucid conversation he had engaged in for several months.

Fun with Woodruff Keys. I found two methods that work . Lightly tap the top of the key at one end, then the other downward to rock the key loose. Leave the end closest to you sticking up. take a pair of sidecutting pliers and lay the open jaws around the key flat on the shaft Close the pliers and pivot the handled down to raise the jaws - with the key. This other "Marriage" of a Vise Grip and an autobody Dent Puller works the best - IF you have enough key exposed to grip... and you do not seem to... Bill

Still my favorite... Isoroku Yamamoto was supposed to have said, “I would never invade America, there is a gun behind every blade of grass.”

Boys are at their moms house for the next few days so I took the opportunity to do a little cleaning and organizing in the garage. Alex decided that the Commando 8 he named “Archie” isn’t going to do anything this winter so I took it and stuffed it under the shelf. Easy enough to get to if we do decide we need it. some of you guys may get a kick out of this. I certainly get a smile every time I see it still. Aiden wrote this on my tractor shelf back when they were little and Alex still couldn’t write for himself. then on the inside of the same board under the shelf where you could only see it if you are under it he wrote this. I always laugh.

That succinctly sums up the entire Internet.

Cabovers....when you want to be the first on the scene of an accident...

C-100 OEM belt is # 7473 at 82" x .625" (5/8). These older tractors (73-74 C-100) have proprietary pulleys and most after-market belts do not have the exact / precise geometry to match the pulleys. A Gates belt of 82" x 5/8" is likely an ill-fit although L and W are the same. . The cheap belts are either too wide, too deep/shallow, or otherwise just don't match the pulley countors right...not making full contact with the 'V' of the pulley exactly. Consioder this pic:

I just soak'm in gasoline The brake shaft seal is leaking

Here's mine in the box.

Okay some of you may heard of My great grandpa Reese the one who brang wheel horse into my familys lives. Reese was shipped out from the U.S on December 5th, Aboard the USAT Etolin. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor the ship turned around and sailed back to the U.S. He related to family members that he only realized the ship was turning around on the 7th, because of the change in the ship's wake. The flags on the sides of the ship were painted over and there were no lights or smoking on deck during the return trip. When reaching the San Francisco harbor on December 10th the pilot said, We didn't expect to see you guys again, we thought you were on the bottom. The pilot raised a newspaper showing the headlines regarding pearl harbor which was the first mention of the attack to the enlisted men. Reese like others who served never liked speaking of his service during WW2. Reese passed away on November 11th 2003 his and all others service will always be remembered and i am grateful for all the service all of the members that helped fight for our country. Kollin

I've rebuilt a couple dozen of these Sundstrand piston-to-piston models 90-1136 and 90-1140... and they are as close to identical twins as you'll find. Should be a no-brainer to swap out. The 'B' and 'C' series use 90-1136,1137,1140 and the 'D' series is model 90-1173. This spreadsheet is a comparison, based on part numbers. The differences are listed in RED at the end. COMPARE SUNDSTRAND B & C& D.xlsx

When I restored my 1984 Work Horse GT-1600 I went out and worked on it even when I really didn’t want to… I had too ! I told my wife, who I apologized to more than once about the days spent in the shop, that once I had it apart, I had to finish it or all I would have is a pile of parts…

Very sobering to visit the memorial, my aunt was living in Manoa Valley and recalled that day.

Point taken on the operator being "above" the little cars. I will say that over 500 miles driven on my recent visit to England and Wales, virtually all the trucks I observed had the heavy side shields between the cab and the rear wheels. It made me feel safer that it's harder for a car to wind up under the truck from the side. Just did a quick search of the encyclonet. Found an interesting report done for NYC on waste hauling vehicles and crashes. COE (cab over engine) trucks killed and injured a LOT fewer people, especially pedestrians and cyclists, due to the increased visibility close to the cab. Found lots of anecdotal stuff on over the road trucks, but nothing authoritative or based on research.

Because of size restrictions. When you're 8 to 10 or more feet off the ground you won't have issues with the smaller vehicles in collisions.

You love that gasoline

I've heard this saying before as well as the German language. The vast majority of the people of Japan and Germany did not want to go to war and suffered needless consequences as a result of a few ruthless power hungry people. The people who caused this have a special place in Hell, not the people who suffered because of them.

Are you fixing the source of the oil leak? There are those that would clean the band with large amounts of brake clean and degreaser. I've done it with mixed results. The last few years I've come to the conclusion that once a brake shoe is oily... It's bad.

That looks tough as [1,357] nails!

Now I suppose by definition I could have actually put this into, What Are You Listening To? I got a camshaft at my house that's going in my truck probably come spring. The one I have ordered is a Schneider custom and it's just a little bit more aggressive than the one in the video here.

Is it a stacker in the trailer Ed?

That is awesome!! My Mom's memory is failing so I can understand his happiness with seeing that!!! Randy

Deere do tend to leave quite the mess.

Day early Richard but we get it... Big memorial at the VFW tomorrow. They wanted us to wear our uniforms. I think I grew abit and have more than fat fingers now ...

With the machine off. Put the tractor in gear Can you push the machine as easily as in neutral? do the same with the belt removed entirely if its the same, your problem is in the transmission If its hard to push while in gear, then its the belt, or lack of travel in the clutch, or weak spring, etc. One other thing to check is the input shaft pulley on the transmission. Its possible the woodruff key is missing and the pulley is just freely spinning on the shaft.

@fjdc100 would look at related linkage and pulleys , for rust or roughness. touching up all related parts for function , pete

yes guys i know diesel pumps are not for newbies , but i have been dealing with cars , motorbikes , or anything with wheels and engine since i was 18....so i´m not afraid about diesel pumps . i have found that all the fuel system on this engines ( DM 850 D) is provided by denso , the pump is VE type and luckily i was able to found a DENSO for VE pumps , that covers service and manteinace .( this manual is in spanish) MANUAL+DE+SERVICIO+BOMBA+VE+DENSO.PDF

And Admiral Halsey was quoted as saying “ when we’re done with them, the Japanese language will only be spoken in Hell!”

I try not to invest in any particular team since it is, after all is said and done, only entertainment. As a result, I enjoy watching pretty much any match/game well-played between well-coached teams of skilled athletes.

Before you go too far into taking the trans apart again, try taking your brake band off, and run it, they can make all types of noises if not adjusted right or worn pad, these turn into tuning forks and really growl

Sorry Evan ... we have a tendency to get a little here. Personnaly I never do but others?!?! Blame this one on Pullstart who is an instigator. Let us know how you come out on your efforts.

A few post ago I shared some pics of the starter/gen mess that was on my 953. Here's a recap. After some scrubbing and some blasting it didn't clean up too bad. After evicting all of the rust, I sprayed a couple of coats of self etching primer on the inside parts to keep them from rusting again. Then installed a new rebuild kit. After bench testing the gen, it got a fresh paint job. All ready to install on the tractor.

This is probably the newest song I listen too. Only 25 years old. LoL Main steam classic rock type of stuff is what we grew up on. First live concert was Lynyrd Skynyrd in June 1977 just a few months before the plane crash and about a month before my 13th birthday. I can't imagine ever letting my grand kids go to something like that at 12-13 years old.

Got the seat put on Wally Digger the backhoe tractor. Messed around with it a little in the yard and then put it in its new home under the left shed overhang of the new barn. Seems to be pretty happy there.