[AT] tractor restoration lessons wanted

[carl gogol]

Harold
See how many replied to your request when you mentioned that you played and 
made violins?  A lot right?  Well - if you really want to "git some halp" - 
just let em know that you can play a fiddle too!
What a list!

Carl Gogol - Manlius, NY
Tasty grazing in the Oran valley of Central NY
AC D14, 914H
JD 5320 MFWD
Kubota F-2400, B7300HST
Simplicity 7116H, 3112H
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] tractor restoration lessons wanted


> Agreed Larry and I'm pretty sure a 10 lb hammer is overkill for a Power 
> King
> but on some big farm tractors there are things that actually need to be 
> hit
> with a big hammer.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 6:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] tractor restoration lessons wanted
>
>
>> LOL!  But you don't "tune" a tractor with a sledge hammer either, 
>> Charlie.
>> I tell the guys on another group that's devoted to MY tractors (Power
>> King's) that if they have to use a hammer for operations. they're 
>> probably
>> not using the right technique.
>>
>> But having said that, I have a riding lawn mower hanging from my engine
>> hoist like a piece of dead meat while I try to remove the engine pulley.
>> Removing the pulley has to happen so the drive belts can be changed. 
>> It's
>> too bad the original assembly did not make use of any anti-seize grease.
>> As a result, a ten-minute job will now take four to five days and cost 
>> $30
>> in new parts that should not have been needed.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: charlie hill <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
>> Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008 16:03
>> Subject: Re: [AT] tractor restoration lessons wanted
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>
>>>
>>> > 'Nuff said.  Good luck.  You will find that tuning
>>> an engine makes use of
>>> > exactly the same critical listening skills as tuning a
>>> stringed
>>> > instrument.
>>> >
>>> > Larry
>>>
>>> But Larry you can't hit a violin with a 10 lb hammer and then
>>> keep playing
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
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