Casual coffee 4-14-12

I'm sorry to hear the bad news as well, Glenn.

Today I thought about trying to get another year out of this:

But instead I went for this:

If I could just figure out how to assemble it.

Smitty is selling his coal boiler...
Replacing it with a mini hydro power plant...

The little bolt holding the parking brake clip snapped...
Now I gotta pull the axles on the Sierra...
But I did get all the nice new rear disk parts...
Except for the friggin backing plate because you gotta pull the axle to get it off...
More parts...
The Diff cover is lookin' bad so that will need to be replaced too...
Will let the bolts soak overnight...

No deal goin' down till next Coffee! MMmmmmmm ....... beverage company ........



That sucks Cape - I feel your pain. Been there what seems like a million times. You get the triple whammy down there - salt air, salt water, AND salt roads in the winter! I can only imagine what it looks like ...


Hey John - if it don't fit, weld it!

It was not as bad as I was thinking...
It has almost 180k on it so...
WEATHER WAS NICE...
Ticks are out pulled 6 of them...
Got to get the truck preped for the twins...
Room for baby stuff x2...

SMITTY wrote::
Hey John - if it don't fit, weld it!

Actually I was only kidding, it's already assembled and used it today, swept up lots of crap from the yard. I was going to repair the old sweeper, the section around the axle needed to be welded back on, but the shaft for the driven gear (the brushes) was frozen in the bearing race, after a few whacks with a hammer I had enough.

gaw wrote:

009to090 wrote:Morning all, I typed up a big long coffee-morning post, then hit submit, and got the dreaded "Web page is not Responding". Of course my post was lost.
Looks like we will be in the high 70s today. DVC500 was running for last 2 days, when that cold front came thru.

That is one of the reasons I use Word to type my posts up on first. Other reasons are for spell check and easier editing. It is an extra step but for me it is worth it.

If i'm typing a longer post I will usually highlight the whole thing and click copy before submitting it. If it gets lost I can just paste it again without having to retype it.

theo wrote:How do i get just one part ( or a sentence ) of a thread to quote and not the whole thread ?

After you click the reply, go down to the post you want to quote. Highlight the section you want to quote, then click the quote button on that post.

Smitty, is that the tiller that has the electric start button inside the handle? My BIL had one that was a monster. It was rusted from top to bottom but still ran like it was new. It had the forward/reverse shifter down low between the handle bars.

gaw wrote:I will be starting my tomatoes from seed starting this weekend.

My wife grows large numbers of flowers from seed most years. She hates buying annuals from greenhouses, because they force them and they are blooming almost before you plant them, not healthy. We are attempting to resurrect some flower gardens this year that we have badly neglected for the last three years. Two about 30 X 12 each, one 30 X 8. My job is spading them up and removing weeds as I spade. Lots of work.

ceccil wrote: ....... Smitty, is that the tiller that has the electric start button inside the handle? .........

No - pull start only. I'll have to get some pics of it when I start on the carburetor. Right now it's been buried in the barn amongst motorcycles, atv's, mopeds, & lawn equipment.

ceccil wrote:After you click the reply, go down to the post you want to quote. Highlight the section you want to quote, then click the quote button on that post.

Thank You ceccil !

This appears to be about the same as my BIL had. The start button was inside the handle right at the end.

http://cdn.armslist.com/images/posts/634455573705191628yzcmnhps.jpg

Wow that's it! That's exactly what it looks like.

I'll have to hunt down an electric start system for it. My uncle would be thrilled.



I finally cleaned out my stove yesterday - she's done for the season. Going to count my bag corners in a bit here, once I get some food & drink in me belly. Been at it all day building BW's.

And I FINALLY ran a brush down me chimney! First time ever! I've only been here 9 years .....

Looks to be a 74-76 Troy Built...
Got me one too...

Smitty, all things considered that chimney looks pretty good.