Good morning!!!!

[Happy in NC]

It was for a scooter so I need to extend the harness to the cockpit for lights, ignition etc.
Started to search for some seats but they are outrageous for a yard cart.
Last guy that we bought it from butchered it pretty good. He was a worse welder then even me. Will need to do a little more welding on the frame too.

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[WinterDeere]

I plan to use it on some small engine heads and perhaps a 3-cyl Kubota head, if necessary.

I always wondered, how do you hold and dial in amorphos castings like cylinder heads? I always assumed you must bench the face you're cutting against some fixture, but then the fixture would be in the way of the thing you're cutting. If the valve cover lip were always machined parallel to the head gasket face, then I'd guess you could set that on blocks, but I don't think they're parallel on all engines, and angles are never all that controllable.

 

[daugen]

very cool Happy.
Happy Birthday Tinhack

 

[ronjhall]

Happy Birthday Tinhack!!

 

[Buppies]

Happy Birthday Tin Hack

Happy anniversary m7040

Beautiful picture Ron

Mostly do not know yet but if I were to guess some very cold spells for you. The models presently are confused.

Supposed to get some good rain next week hope so pond back down almost a foot and a half

Wagtail hope you feel better soon.

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Tinhack]

I always wondered, how do you hold and dial in amorphos castings like cylinder heads? I always assumed you must bench the face you're cutting against some fixture, but then the fixture would be in the way of the thing you're cutting. If the valve cover lip were always machined parallel to the head gasket face, then I'd guess you could set that on blocks, but I don't think they're parallel on all engines, and angles are never all that controllable.

It's not that hard to get the head indexed. Most heads have threaded holes in the ends or port surfaces. You just set up a cradle jig and sweep the head with a gauge. Only the ends need to match to be flat. A flat edge will tell you if the ends are high or low. Highs get milled off.

Small engine flat heads are a piece of cake. They're bolted down through the spark plug hole with a stops on the sides. This keeps them from spinning. Small engine OHV heads are set up the same as multicylinder heads like above.

 

[FriendwithTractor]

Good Morning to All Who Celebrate! Currently 40° heading to a high of 57° with a fair sky overhead. No rain forecast.

Arm is healing up well, just in the stage where the stitches become itchy which is irritating. Decided not to go up to my friend's Halloween party. Been spending too much time on the road at this rate and the truck needs another oil change. I'll probably square that away on Sunday.

Reached out to a few firewood customers this week, several are interested so I need to put the hurry up on felling those oak trees as well. Might get after them this weekend as Dad's up at the farm hunting. At least Mom is still here if I get into a bind. Otherwise not a whole lot on the agenda this week, just need to take it slow for a weekend or so.

Girlfriend's mother was released from hospital with a clean bill of health, I ordered Permethrin to send in the Christmas Box Exchange. Think that will help them a lot more than the sprays they've been getting.

Happy belated Birthday BEF and Tinhack!
Many More Anniversaries M7040!
Beautiful pictures of all the fall splendor Ken and Ron!
Drew, good luck at the RV place! Here's hoping you get a better deal!
Wag, hope you can fight off your cold quickly!

All not specified, stay safe out there and be well! Enjoy the fall temps!
Prayers for all Ailing and Recovering!

 

[Looking4new]

Belated Happy Birthday, Tinhack!

Happy Anniversary M7040!

 

[ronjhall]

Happy Anniversary Mr and Mrs M7040!

 

[Looking4new]

Bill, it's happening all over
untrained drivers with huge rigs, scary

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I just watched the video and now you know why I don't do any drugs within 24 hours of driving my 4 wheeler or driving the big truck.
Since retiring I just don't do any drugs within 24 hours of driving anything. Not even my tractor.

 

[Thall303]

good morning, 38 going to 55 colder morning

Ice maker stopped working. Ice bin would not come out to get access. Reached in as far as possible to fiddle with it through the ice bin door. Gave it up but surprising wife later reported it was making ice again.

60 year anniversary today

BEF happy birthday.

Phosphate is commonly used in boilers and steam generators to prevent scaling of boiler tubes. Makes sense it would be adapted for use in residential applications

Congratulations. 56 years here and thank God every day for my wonderful wife

 

[B7510HSD]

Good Tractor Morning Steve,


So you’re only driving the amp with 30w, if you increase that there is no appreciable gain in output from the amp ? Not that I’m complaining, 450 watts is better than quadruple the power I’m presently running

Scott I can probably get a little more but why tax the Amp? Wouldn't see much of a signal increase to me not worth it. Better and cheaper option is a Good Antenna IMO

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 40 going to 60 and sunny.
Did not get anything done yesterday after work, too tired.

My particle filter has a pressure relief button on top, or the plastic wrench would never work.

Scotty, we may walk by each other as we are in Downtown NYC tomorrow for family weekend at my Son's college.

Happy anniversary M7040 hope you have a great day together.

Happy birthday Tinhack!

Thall303 - that's a good run

Be well,

 

[Engineer42]

Halloween decorations up for final trip of the year.

 

[sodamo]

69°F and .49 inches rain so far.

Another good day mowing yesterday. Did get the major flat area done but not the special slopes. 26.6 hours on the tractor.

Off to Hilo town this morning for Friday follies. Need to refill 4 diesel cans. Getting about 1.1 hrs/g.

If today’s wx pattern is consistent, should get back to mowing this afternoon. Guessing about another 3 hours to finish.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great tractor day

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy belated birthday, Dennis

Thanks

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Coffee is cooling in cup. 39° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 50° with cloudy skies. Grocery shopping went good. Local Sam's Club changed the direction of all their center isles to a line with outer isles. Not sure this is good. But it was different. Stopped at Menards for some Sassy treats. Even dog food has gone up it price. Spent rest of the day practicing how to conserve energy. Today hope to get yesterday shop and pole barn cleaning done.
Took this photo while getting mail from mailbox.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

Pretty

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good Tractor Morning RS,

RS, yes it was a success in not only the flow rate, GPM, but also in the fact that we now had considerably more reserve with the much deeper well.
BTW, this is the Ct home ,not the Vt home. I have never had an issue with the well in Vermont, although I do sometimes get concerned with that well because it still has the original pump from 1998 when the house was built . And always pray that when it decides to let go it’s not when I have our entire family there for a holiday weekend in the middle of the winter .

In any event I certainly hope that your problems can get rectified as mine did RS

My house has the original well pump from when it was new in 1997, had to pull it twice for holes in the riser pipe.

 

[Looking4new]

David, after you break it in it should get 2 hours/gallon.

Town run all done. To the dump 2 miles down the road and then the back way to the 4 lane, jump on and off at the next exit. Nothing to report. Just the way I like it.

 

[rswyan]

46F and overcast @ 12:45, only heading up to around 50F for the day's high. Slight chance (15%) for a rain shower. Low this morning was 32.1F.

Got housing unscrewed from the pleated filter last evening, had to use a short block of 2 x 4 and hammer on that to get it to break loose.

Think I even applied some silicone plumbing grease to it previously, still pretty tough to get loose. Will grease it up again before it's put back in service.

After that I de-soldered the 3/4" copper pipe that fed it and removed that leg and filter head.

When this was originally installed, the guys who put it in didn't use any unions ... so if it needed replaced the plumbing lines to it had to be completely dismantled. I'll add a pair of unions so that any filters can be easily removed in the future.

After that was done I removed the steel mounting bracket which was lag bolted into the solid concrete walls.

Then took a measurement to see whether there was enough room to put up a 4 x 8 sheet of foamboard on that wall.

Just short of 48" ... so the pressure switch for the well, the wiring box for the power to the well pump, and the board they are mounted on will have to be taken down and moved temporarily. That's likely on the agenda for later today.

Spent some time after that relocating stuff on that end of the utility room so I'd have some room to work.

Another item on the agenda for today will be to get the old water heater moved out of the basement which will free up a little more room to work.

Still figuring out what needs to be beyond that.