[AT] Spam> Re: Fw: IH 350 u TEST ??

[charlie hill]

No Cecil, you are not the only one.  Three years ago my knees never gave me 
a second thought.  Then I blew out my right knee and in trying to keep 
working while it healed up I put so much stress on my left knee that now it 
is giving me more problems than the right one.  Some days, if I take enough 
tylenol, I do ok but I don't want to destroy my liver in the process. 
Squating down to do something is out of the question.

I'm determined to get better but it's gonna take some time, a lot of work 
and maybe some surgery to do it.

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 5:34 PM
Subject: [AT] Spam> Re: Fw: IH 350 u TEST ??


>I picked up a 930 case on LP last year about this time.  I finally got
> around to working on it, it ran well, but needed a battery bracket and
> new hyd couplings, I have a front blade for it so I ran hoses and
> couplings to the front to connect the blade.  I have spent over 2 days
> working on the seat.  I liked the original comfort king seat, and this
> one was worn out.  I bored out the cstings and the rubber spring and
> then inserted bushings that I had to bore also.  My lathe broke a belt
> in the middle of all this too!!  Ithen found a seat that fit into the
> seat pan instead of replacing the high priced cushions.  Now all I have
> to do is mount it...
>
> I got to thinking about these tractors nearly 50 years old.  They still
> have a lot of power, but the small things that need to be repaired would
> cost more than they are worth if you had to take it to a dealer.  It
> takes me a long time to do small projects now, and I am ashamed that it
> takes so long.  I don't know if it is because I spend so long looking
> for the correct part or with my broken back I have to have a lift to
> pick up anything over 30 lbs or my arthritis and carpal tunnel that
> causes me to drop bolts three times when assembling something. When it
> comes to starting threads, I have to look at my hands they go to sleep
> when I grip anything...  It just takes a long time to fix anything
> around here.  Then I have to put up with my 87 years old father telling
> me every move to make and standing between me and whatever I am working
> on.  I have to move him or walk around the tractor to get anything.....
> It is like trying to rebuild a tractor in an  obstacle course.  The 100+
> degree weather does not help a lot either.
>
> I used to install double clutches in Massey Fergusons in 2 hours,
> rebuild hydraulic systems in an afternoon.  Now it takes 2 days to
> change a set of rear tires.  1 tire a day!!!
>
> If I had known that I would have lived this long, I would have taken a
> little better care of my body.
>
> Am I the only one who has this problem?
>
> Cecil in OKla
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