[AT] winter projects?

[Cecil R Bearden]

I hope everyone had a good thanksgiving.  Here, in OK, we had a great 
thanksgiving day and then yesterday it started turning colder for us, 
now it is raining with 40mph winds, down from the normal 20mph winds.....

  I might suggest a way to determine the source of the fuel problem is 
to get a good small engine fuel tank and hook up to your carburetor to 
determine if the problem is in the tank.  Or make one out of a metal 
gallon can if you can find one...  I have had spark plugs do this same 
thing also.  I had a good friend who ran a golf course tell me that 
Champion were the worst brand to use.  He said that Champion plugs would 
last for less than 18 holes of golf while an NGK plug would wear out the 
cart.   I changed my Gator plugs to Bosch from Champion and stopped the 
"cold natured" problem.  I am going to try a hotter plug in my little 
Clark forklift as It has to have new plugs every 60 days...   ( been 
using Champion also)

I need to get the Generator from hell out of the barn so I can get some 
work done while the weather is bad.  I overhauled this Hercules engine 
and while it was torn down a Dirt Dauber built a nest in the intake 
manifold.  The dirt got sucked into one cylinder and caused a rod to go 
through a piston scar the bore and break a hole in the block.  I got the 
block fixed, bored and sleeved the engine, now I need to get it outside 
and pressure wash the cuttings out of the block.  It is still mounted in 
the generator frame, so I will put it on the big forklift and raise it 
up high enough to get the pressure washer underneath and wash the bottom 
end out.  However the big forklift has the engine out waiting for a 
transplant to a 6 cyl ford with a 2 spd torque convertor trans out of a 
Bros Pneumatic roller.  It had a v-8flathead Mercury w/ a 4 spd trans.

I had to put batteries in my Ford powerstroke truck yesterday.  
Batteries have really taken a jump in price.  $85 each at Sams Club, I 
remember when I put the present batteries in that truck, they were only 
$55 each.  But when I looked at thed ate on the batteries, they were 8 
years old!!!   Guess they were pretty good ones at that.

Tires have really taken a jump in price in the last year,  I have to put 
tires on the Belarus 825 4wd.   The front tires are almost as expensive 
as the back.  I lost my tire supplier, and cannot find one that has a 
decent price...  Truck tires have doubles within the last 18 months..  I 
would sell a lot of the tractors I used to farm with before I bought my 
cab tractors, but they won't bring much more than the set of tires that 
are on them....  The tractor market has gone down and everything has 
gone up......

This year we were bless with good prices for hay, and even though we are 
in a drought, the rain just happened to fall to make a hay crop.  I sold 
everything left from last year and this year's crop also.  I sold it too 
cheap, but it went to an old friend who rents from me.  If I ever need 
anything I just have to ask and he will help out...

If I were to say what I am thankful for, it is good friends here and on 
the tractor list, my health, family, my toys and a place to play with 
them, and the ability to figure out how to make it all work.

Hope you all had  a good thanksgiving weekend, and have a great holiday 
season.

Cecil in OKla



On 11/24/2011 10:40 AM, David Bruce wrote:
> The only tractor related project is replacing the starter on the JD 2010
> diesel wheeled tractor.  Starter was worn and there could also be a
> switch issue.  Repair is on a time available basis right now.
>
> The big project has been clearing about half an acre from the saplings
> (mostly poplar) and brambles that have grown since logging about 4 years
> ago.  The gas trimmer with a saw blade has done well but even so it is a
> slow job when only working a couple hours a couple days a week.
>
> David
> NW NC
>
> On 11/24/2011 8:15 AM, john hall wrote:
>>
>> So, what's on your to do list?
>>
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