[AT] Rubber boots

[Dean VP]

Ralph:

Necessity is the mother of invention. 

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
storeroom door 


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-----Original Message-----
From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of r.goff
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 8:26 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] Rubber boots

No, not the kind you wear. In fact it was a beautiful sunny warm day for a 
change here.
Some of you may recall the problem I had last fall with trying to install a 
new rubber shift boot on the gear shift of the 730 Case. After trying 
unsuccessfully to remove the shift knob several times through the winter I 
had pretty well given up on it.
I came across the new shift boot this aft. out in the work shop and decided 
to give it one last try even if I had to break the plastic shift knob in the

process.
I decided to try an old trick that I have used on stubborn spin on oil 
filters that won't fit the filter wrench. A short length of used #40 roller 
chain wrapped around the fattest part of the shift knob and I used a spike 
to fit through the rollers and applied a bit of leverage to it. Amazingly 
the knob turned and I was able to spin it off with no damage to the plastic.
I thought I'd relate the story on here in hopes it might help someone else.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/ 

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