[AT] Thanks for your help!

Tue Jul 15 11:55:07 PDT 2008

Hey. I got a new name for a stool softener. "Tuff Shit".
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> Wow!  What a great response to my request for information.  Thanks to
> everyone here for your helpful and sometimes quite humorous
> responses.  Please allow me to elaborate on my situation and answer
> some specific questions and comments:
>
> Thanks, Warren, for your helpful warning about 'Farmer' -- I'll watch
> out for him -- he sounds dangerous!  ; > )
>
> Thanks, too, to DBigdog for your kind and helpful comments.  I have
> visited some forums already and have attended some local tractor
> shows.  These are all very helpful, indeed.  I'll keep this up and
> also keep asking questions of the pros.
>
> In answer to Charlie's question: I have a Case VAC14 that I'm
> currently trying to restore.  I also have a Farmall H that I did
> mostly cosmetic work on last Fall.  About eight years ago I purchased
> a Ford 2000 that I consider my working tractor, since I use it to mow
> my lawn, etc.
>
> In reaction to Charlie's reaction to Big Dog's comment about hammers,
> I do have many small hammers for my work on violins, but I also have a
> large sledge hammer and an anvil that a neighbor donated to my shop.
> These come in handy for metal work, but I agree that my customers in
> the violin shop wouldn't be very happy to see me using these tools on
> their precious violins.
>
> As for Larry's suggestions regarding reading material, I thank you for
> the recommendations and wanted to mention that I have already read a
> few of the books you listed.  They were very helpful, but not exactly
> what I needed in order to understand how to completely dismantle and
> fine tune a tractor engine.  I agree that some of my acquired
> listening skills will likely come in handy as I put the final touches
> on the old Case, if I ever get to that point.
>
> Now, as far as barter is concerned, I think Ed C. and I could work out
> a deal.  I'll teach you how to play the violin and you can teach me
> how to fix my tractors.  What to you think, Ed. -- is it a deal?
>
> Carl, you were correct when you predicted a large interest in my
> professional experiences.  I'll likely disappoint many, however, when
> I confess that the only 'fiddle' music I ever memorized was the Orange
> Blossom Special, which was President Ford's favorite tune.  I think I
> played that at every State Dinner he hosted in the White House during
> his administration.
>
> Hey, Ivan, I have been to the Portland show.  It was amazing!  Too big
> to see in one day, that's for sure.  I purchased a wonderful hit and
> miss engine there and enjoy firing it up at least two or three times
> each week, year 'round.  I just love the sound of those old gas engines.
>
> Glad to see that you decided to defend yourself, farmer.  I enjoyed
> reading about your old tractors.  In answer to your question about my
> favorite color:
> I hinted at the answer in an earlier paragraph, but I must say that
> the old Case was sitting so long out in the weather that I can't
> really tell what color she was originally.  Some sort of yellow or
> orange, I'd guess.
>
> Thanks, Phil, for the links to your favorite web sites.  I previously
> discovered Yesterdaystractors but will check out the others.  No need
> to look up your links for manuals, since I have already purchased shop
> manuals for all my toys.
>
> Hey, Mike Sloane, your extensive post was extremely helpful.  Lots of
> good books to hunt down and read and some great tips on safety, too.
> You are so right.  It's so much easier to get hurt while tinkering
> with tractors than it is while fixing violins.  The worst I ever
> suffered in the latter profession was a small cut on my thumb.  I'm
> being very careful with the heavy pieces of metal currently in my
> tractor shop.
>
> Just one more comment before I wrap this up.  As per one of your
> helpful recommendations, I have searched for some auto repair classes
> in our locality, but we have nothing like that here.  There is a fine
> welding class, however, at Ivy Tech Community College, which I have
> taken and thoroughly enjoyed.  If only there were such a thing as a
> tractor restoration class, too.  I'd be signing up for that one in a
> heartbeat!
>
> Thanks again for all of your helpful comments here.  What a list!!!
>
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