[AT] BOOO! anyone awake in there?

Larry Goss rlgoss at insightbb.com
Sat Dec 5 11:50:17 PST 2009


Charley, I read the posts from you and Mike, and thought that what you need is a steel workers wrench.  It's a spanner (around 1 1/4") on one end and has a tapered solid steel handle on it about 18 inches long.  I see them fairly often in antique shops.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: CEE VILL <cvee60 at hotmail.com>
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009 10:11
Subject: Re: [AT] BOOO!  anyone awake in there?
To: new atislist <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> 
> Long winters disability is more like it in my case.  The 
> last month has not been very friendly to me.  I put new 
> rear wheels and tires on the JD L in early November and painted 
> them JD yellow.  At that time the old work Cushman golf 
> cart decided to die.  A bunch of checking and testing 
> revealed that the only thing that would give spark was another 
> coil so I changed it out with one that I borrowed from a 12 HP 
> cub cadet which I have  (Same engine).  At that point 
> my knee and hip were very angry which pretty much put me off of 
> my feet.  Along came the bronchitis!  Fifteen days on 
> an antibiotic.  One of the side effects of that 
> was     JOINT PAIN.     
> Now I really was hurting.  
> 
> When I finished the pills, I went to the orthopedic surgeon 
> looking for a cortizone shot in my knee.  He suggested 
> holding off a little while and trying pills first, so that is 
> where it is at.  They may be helping a little, but not much 
> so far.  I took advantage of the shut in time to pull the 
> trigger on a whole house bypass humidifier I have been looking 
> at.  Bit by bit, that is now installed and working (I 
> think).  I can never catch it on, but the humidity in the 
> house seems to be staying where it should be.  It does run 
> a successful test cycle.
> 
> Yesterday I went outside and installed the snowplow on my 
> truck.  Mike Sloan can tell you that the Western Pro Plow 
> is not an easy install.  Western assumes you will have a 
> smooth concrete floor and have the plow on a dolly for easy 
> alignment.  It is not that way in my world.  After 
> jockeying the truck to as good as possible, it came down to a 
> pry bar to get exact enough to install the pins and links. It 
> would be a fairly simple two man job, but it is hard for one 
> person to be in two places at once.  After an hour, it was 
> on and working and I managed not to let the light/pump 
> frame  drop on top fo me. When I finished, I thought I 
> might have to carry myself into the house.  Walking was 
> pretty painful, but when I get the 480 lbs. of ballast in the 
> back of the truck, let it snow..
> 
> 
> Other than the above, it is pretty quiet here in WNY.
> 
> Charlie V.
> 
> > From: charliehill at embarqmail.com
> > To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:50:30 -0500
> > Subject: [AT] BOOO!  anyone awake in there?
> > 
> > Or is everyone tucked in for a long winters nap?
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