Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

Brute force is not the answer for sure looking at that picture

 

[m7040]

If it does not come off by tapping with hammer and gentle upward force I would clamp on the tube below the cap a piece of metal with a hose clamp and pry off of that

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

can you twist it first? or does it have locking tabs?

 

[Popgadget]

can you twist it first? or does it have locking tabs?

From my recollection, it just has flat spring steel that puts friction on the tube so it doesn’t blow off. It should pull straight up and off. But I haven’t had that tractor in a while.

 

[m7040]

It looks like this I think

 

[Popgadget]

That is what I recall, which makes me scratch my head about how it can be stuck.

 

[txdon]

If it won’t come off with gentle persuasion (vertical tension and light tapping) . . .

Has your wife tried yet?

 

[KilroyJC]

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This is a picture of my old tractor, look at the tube that the cap is on. Any brute force effort will not end well for the rocker cover.
I will work on getting a picture of the cap.

So THATS what’s under all that tin I guess it would be a lot easier if I took off my hood, it may come to that if I cannot get it off any other way…

 

[KilroyJC]

Has your wife tried yet?

She’s a Jersey Girl - “gentle persuasion” means whacking it with a 2x4 that DOESNT have nails sticking out of it!

 

[KilroyJC]

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This is a picture of my old tractor, look at the tube that the cap is on. Any brute force effort will not end well for the rocker cover.
I will work on getting a picture of the cap.

Is the tube pressed into a rubber grommet in the cover?

 

[KilroyJC]

can you twist it first? or does it have locking tabs?

It does not seem to have any sort of bayonet tabs - it just spins and spins. . . But does not move upward.

 

[m7040]

Is the tube pressed into a rubber grommet in the cover?

I think it is yes. See this used valve cover for Case 430

 

[KilroyJC]

It looks like this I think

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That is what I sortakinda figger, I WONDER if the tabs have worn a groove and locked themselves in?

 

[KilroyJC]

I think it is yes. See this used valve cover for Case 430

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I may end up popping the tube out of the cover and work on it on the bench IWCTW

 

[m7040]

I may end up popping the tone out of the cover and work on it on the bench IWCTW

It may have a flange on the underside that will require removing the valve cover

 

[KilroyJC]

I may end up popping the tone out of the cover and work on it on the bench IWCTW

It may have a flange on the underside that will require removing the valve cover

Well, with my luck, it most assuredly does. . .

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Yes that is a dual 15” ported cab, that has no mid or high drivers, nor crossover. It’s intended use is for bass guitar amplification. The other ones in these recent pictures are 3 way cabinets with a 12” woofer. They are a full range cabinet that could be used for anything, but are less efficient the the large cabinet shown. That will be used with a less powerful tube amplifier.
Modern class D amplifiers with switch mode power supplies are quite good and very light weight.

I am a retired audiophile, all of my efforts these days go towards the performance of music rather than the reproduction. But the difference between entry level gear and stratospherically priced cork sniffer stuff is no where near as great as it was in the past. Especially when you consider the vast majority of program is relatively low resolution streams and MP3’s.

To that said, I sold all my vintage Mac stuff to collectors that valued it far more than I did. Think multiple times what I paid for it new. That brings up a point, if you worked on your amplifier yourself you might seriously devalue it to a collector, regardless of how good of a job you do.

I never thought it'd be worth more, unusable than if I spent a few hundred and repaired it? There's a guy who fixed one "better than new" with supposed better caps and such. Hummm.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 43ºF for the start, 2.7 inch in rain gauge, partly cloudy, windy. Wind backed off during day, sky cleared, and high temp was 62ºF. Putter to start day, Bike ride after lunch, Low water crossing open, 3-4 inch water over road at crossing. We went to dinner late, Subway out of the multigrain bread, Manulito's too long wait, so ordered take out from lodge.
Bill good luck with spacers. Hope dump and town run successful. Hope you get your snow.
Ron 11 inch snow, Sassy will not like. Glad Comcast back up and running.
Kilroy sorry about prying a no go. You had not mentions it so I suggested it. How hard to remove valve cover or whatever breather is mounted on?
Spike glad no hail or tornadoes. Never got to see an Aardvark, nice pic.
Billy hope inside day was good. I thought cleaning roaster was to only get the coffee taste of what you are roasting. I would think if you taste cleaning agents you did something wrong
Mike sorry about dog barking last night. Lack of sleep does make most people irritable. Glad good day with wife, hope she completely recovered.
Kilroy if fence wire does not last, aircraft safety wire should last.
Drew hope you beat the rain doing the errands.
Thomas hope snow does no interfere with date night.
Buppies sorry no sleep again, prayers sent.
NHBX hope you got your storm prep complete.
Ken sorry about truck. A driver tried to drive a concrete truck across 1 ton limit bridge. There was a pic of it in creek bed, wished I save it.
Dave hope you are not getting the same storm Thomas and NHBX are getting.
Kyle sorry you did no get more rain. Glad coffee good.
Paul neat pic. Nice work on speakers, hope you got to play music. Great second pic.
Don glad no tornado damage. Sorry about limb pile. Good to hear list getting shorter. Sorry about AC blower motor. Hope the backyard mods go smoothly.
Ken there were plenty of those bridges in use across Missouri and Mississippi rivers when I still lived there. One bridge(Chain of Rocks) had a kink in it.
Drew have you encountered problems from map errors?
Ted glad light winds, sorry your precip evaporated. Really sorry about your second opinion so far out. Hope puttering was productive
Frits sorry about Iphone issues.
RNG someone is color blind. Good luck with vehicle finding.
Kyle make sure you have good small tip solder wand and desoldering wick before you start. Glad new laptop seems to be working out, hope you have the bandwidth for 4 gig download.
Gale good to hear from you. will be nice to have daylight at later time.
Scaredy good to hear from you. prayers sent.
Lou glad you are in good shape for storm. Front blade way out there. Thanks for pics
RS glad to hear coon flunked. Nice swing arm. Hope you get bathroom done soon.
Thomas glad you had good day.
Paul thanks for explanation. Good point on Kyle's amp.
Frits thanks for link.
David glad you had such good experience.
Kyle collectors put a premium on all original parts.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[Popgadget]

I never thought it'd be worth more, unusable than if I spent a few hundred and repaired it? There's a guy who fixed one "better than new" with supposed better caps and such. Hummm.

It would depend if it was gone over by a cork sniffer approved guru or the previous owner. The quality of the repair notwithstanding. If you keep it, it’s a moot point.

 

[Wagtail]

Good early (Saturday) evening. The overnight low was 9C and it's presently 18.3C, overcast and calm. Rain/thunderstorms predicted overnight.

A lovely day was had with a 'clear run', there & back, to Ross. I even scored 4 Eccles Cakes at the Ross bakery! (which I'll enjoy over the next couple of days) [After all, I do need to watch my 'girlish figure'] The meeting went very well, although I did have to play Devil's advocate on a couple of proposals... <sigh> it simply needs to be done IOT have a healthy debate.

Home by 1530 and Penelope the pussybeast was actually glad to see me.

I spotted the 'Mad Horse Woman' so my early morning Lucerne 'biscuit' feeding of her horse is truly over.

That's about it, take care all.