[AT] Help--sickle grinders

[carl gogol]

Just a reminder for those of you that contemplate the bolt-on sickle blade 
replacement route - many of the older mowers use hold down clips that do not 
have enough clearance for bolts, the new style are available for about a 
gallon of gas apiece.
Carl Gogol
Manlius, NY
(2) AC D-14, AC 914H
Simplicity 3112 & 7116
Kubota F-2400


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 3:58 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Help--sickle grinders


> I've got those too, Ralph.  I use them on my every day mower that I keep
> mounted year around on one of my tractors.   But for restoration work, I
> like to see the old riveted sections.  I also prefer seeing riveted
> straps on the ends of pitman bars.  Some pitmans use 1/4" rivets, but a
> lot of the older models (the one's we're interested in restoring) use
> 5/16" rivets in 2" and 2 1/2" lengths.  Those are becoming very hard to
>