Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good morning guys. Went in this morning and held mom's hand while she passed from this world and went to heaven. Very peaceful. Ed

Ed, I'm so glad that you got to spend so much time with her in the recent past. You all have our prayers. Now is the best time to be strong in the faith. Very sad to read this. God be with you all.

According to the manufacturer of the solid state system I installed, it does not work on machines like mine that have altered, lightened, flywheels. This wasn't disclosed to me when I talked to their US rep prior to the sale, and even if it was, I'm not sure I'd have recalled the previous owner telling me about him lightening the flywheel. I found out when a google search turned up a page on the manufacturer's web site. When I went through the receipts that came with the bike, I found one from a reputable shop that listed lots of R69S parts along with "lighten flywheel", so I think I've found the source of the problem. Apparently the electronics make an estimate of crankshaft speed based on the time it takes for a raised portion of the magnetic alternator rotor to pass under a sensor. From that measurement it calculates the amount of advance or ****** for firing the spark plug. Since the flywheel doesn't accelerate or decelerate at the same rate as the factory flywheel they used to calibrate the calculation, the amount of advance/****** is off, especially during kick starting. The calculation isn't adjustable (I think it's done with discrete analog components, capacitors, inductors, and resistors). So I'm working with another fella that says he'll swap me his factory flywheel for mine, straight across. The wrinkle there is that two weights of flywheel were used in the R69S, and his is the lighter one. That means it may not be as heavy as the one upon which the calculation is based, and I'll still have problems. But maybe they won't be bad enough to worry about; I'll just have to try it and see. Regardless, I'll need to make up some tooling to prevent the flywheel from moving while I apply approximately 200 lb. ft. of torque to break the bolt that holds it in place loose, and another tool that will actually pull the flywheel off the crank taper. That 3/4" impact wrench is gonna get a workout on this job!

Glad that you have a 3/4" ! It just seems crazy that there isn't a kit for those bikes that allows you to adjust and such the timing. I might would forego the lightened flywheel for the time being. I have an old Tecumseh 6hp horizontal shaft that I can't get a new flywheel for. I only need the flywheel to get the type where the magnets are recessed and not just glued to the ID. I tried everything to get spark, but the 35 year old flywheel just doesn't have enough magnet strength to make a spark. It is a special tiller engine that has a countershaft which is extended thru the cases and provides reverse.

Ok now the rest of the story. My wife’s parents took her out of school when she was 16. Sent her to Italy with her Aunt to marry a man in an arranged marriage. A civil marriage was done in Italy. But an Italian marriage does not happen until it is celebrated in the Catholic Church. She returned to USA waiting for Groom to arrive for the wedding. He never arrived. Something about be a undesirable. Could not get a visa. After she left home we had to hire a lawyer to get the civil marriage annulled. That took about 6 months. Otherwise we would have been married within weeks after she left home.
There are more stories about us getting married in the Catholic Church and our honeymoon. Today they are Good memories.

Guys, I've said it before and repeating myself, Betty is so pretty, you ALL would have done the same things Ron had to do to marry her.

Don, I was wondering the same. Had a treadmill cardiac stress test (passed it well) at Austin Heart in La Grange today. The St. Marks flags (US and Texas) were at half staff there.

Rick, my doc is about to prescribe either a treadmill stress test, or the same with thallium, or an Echo type of test. I need to find out which one gives the best info for the price. I hope you aren't having major problems.

Don, I'm still going to Austin to get the CT heart scan. My doc said he won't look at the pictures, but only the score....He also said if my score is zero (which I'm fairly certain it is not), he would not prescribe anything... (I thought you had given up caffeine???) I try to limit mine to avoid "weirdness".

Prayers for my peeps.

 

[farmer2009]

Made it to 73 today. Currently 66. Lots of rain expected over night and tomorrow and Thursday.

Ed. Sorry to hear about your mother. Condolences.

Rng. I have one but it’s simple and definitely not Don approved. Both. Sometimes I’ll gather the birds from the fat samples if I’m down there when they do that. That’s 8 chickens. Other times I’ll harvest my own. But if we run out I buy chicken.

1.5-2 lbs. cooked chicken. Shredded. I use chicken breast for easy shredding.
8oz. Sour cream
1-can cream of chicken soup(10.5 oz can is what we can buy) the great value brand is onion free for those with food allergies or sensitivity.
1/4 cup of milk
6-8 slices of bread toasted.
1/2 stick of butter or margarine. Melted.

Fully cook chicken. Season to taste. We use crockpot and let it cook all day while at work. Tear up enough toast to cover bottom of 2 1/2 quart casserole dish. About half. Shred chicken and place in dish. Mix sour cream, cream of chicken soup and milk together. Pour mixture on top. Top with remaining toast. Pour on butter. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or till hot all the way through.

Window guys have about 1/4 of windows installed. And are working on prepping for the next 1/4. Definitely going to add light to the barns. My fear is flightiness. I already struggle with that. Company says it’s because I’m about the only one in the barn and I wear the same clothes everyday. Basically a uniform. Jeans and a light gray T-shirt with pocket. I say it’s because I walk the birds relaxed and they walk them in a hurry. They can supposedly walk 4 barns faster than I can do 2.

 

[txdon]

Don, I'm still going to Austin to get the CT heart scan. My doc said he won't look at the pictures, but only the score....He also said if my score is zero (which I'm fairly certain it is not), he would not prescribe anything... (I thought you had given up caffeine???) I try to limit mine to avoid "weirdness".

I mostly have. Sometimes I have iced tea in the afternoon. What is your Dr. thinking of prescribing, if you don't have zero? Dosen't that test have a score of 0-700?

 

[txdon]

. . .definitely not Don approved . .

:laughing:
Oh my!!! One meal like that and I'd be back on statins.

 

[lostcreekranch]

PJS thanks for the music selection specializing in tubers? Couldn't find a good tuba song so I went with the next base tube, trombones to get those taters going. 76 to be exact.
Seventy-Six Trombones, from The Music Man - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir with Laura Osnes - YouTube
They seem to be enjoying it, more are popping up to investigate.

Speaking of investigation, I cannot believe Buckeye let me down. The internet searches came up with nothing so I had to hit the pavement.
I found the answer of where to search for the information with three key search words Firefighter, Death, Ellinger.

Fayette County had their first firefighter ever to die in the line of duty from burns he suffered at a grass fire in Ellinger Texas.
That is why just the fire station in Lee county also had their flag at half mast and the other business did not. It was ordered by a Fayette County judge.

Sorry to hear about the loss of a Volunteer Fire Fighter Don. Very sad.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Rick, my doc is about to prescribe either a treadmill stress test, or the same with thallium, or an Echo type of test. I need to find out which one gives the best info for the price. I hope you aren't having major problems.

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Kyle, I had some PVCs back in 2016. They were caught on Spring 2016 annual physical EKG but didn’t show up on 2015 EKG.

Took beta blockers for 60 days and no change. Checked into Austin Heart Hospital for a day in August 2016. The arrhythmia Doc zapped the area of my left ventricle that was causing the little extra hear beat on first try. Went home next morning.

Now I get an annual treadmill Stress Test. EZPZ. My cardiac doc said all was great yesterday. It’s pretty simple. They hook up cardio sensors and BP cuff. You get on treadmill and they keep speeding it up and increasing slope until you get to a target heart rate, in my case 128 BPM. Took about 15 minutes to get there.

They did do an Echo Cardiogram and 24 hour EKG prior to doing the Ablation procedure back in 2016.

I had no symptoms whatsoever.

If you’re concerned you should ask for a hear calcium test as well?

I think I had the Thallium stress test during one or more of my USAF Annual Flight Physicals. I know I didn’t care for it. I’ll take the treadmill stress test any day.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

She also got 90 day supply of ibuprofen in mail. That痴 270 tablets of 800mg.

Let her know she should be very careful with ibuprofen at that dosage level, Jay. Back when I was having chronic pain from a neck injury, all Kaiser would do is prescribe Ibuprofen, three of those 800mg monsters a day. Helped with the pain, but didn't fix it, and eventually led to chronic acid reflux (GERD). That kicked off a whole train of additional prescriptions, each of which had side effects that led to other problems. Took several years to kick them all, but the GERD is still a daily issue.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I have an old Tecumseh 6hp horizontal shaft that I can't get a new flywheel for. I only need the flywheel to get the type where the magnets are recessed and not just glued to the ID. I tried everything to get spark, but the 35 year old flywheel just doesn't have enough magnet strength to make a spark. It is a special tiller engine that has a countershaft which is extended thru the cases and provides reverse.

I know that old time starter/alternator shops still service magnetos, and one of the things they can do is re-magnetize the flywheels in them. Maybe they can do the same thing for the one on your tiller? Failing that, and I have no idea of the configuration of your flywheel, but would it be possible to glue some of those tiny but very powerful rare earth magnets to it? Or counterbore holes in which the magnets could rest?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

They can supposedly walk 4 barns faster than I can do 2.

That's what they call a "stretch goal". Management used to give me that BS all the time. I'd ask them what *their* stretch goals were, and they'd just give me a funny look...:confused2:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Oh my!!! One meal like that and I'd be back on statins.

I was thinkin' the same thing myself, and I'm ALREADY on statins!:confused2:

That casserole does sound good though, don't it?:licking: