[AT] quiet

[Henry Miller]

That is an excellent question.  I'm not sure if my wife will let me out to 
play tomorrow or if this will have to wait a couple weeks until the holidays 
are over, but I'll find out.

On Sunday, December 23, 2012 22:00:03 charlie hill wrote:
> Henry can you let enough air out of the tires to make up that 1"?
> Or does it have foam filled tires?
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: henry miller
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2012 4:26 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] quiet
> 
> Busy, we had a blizzard here in Iowa on wednesday/Thursday.  I got worried
> Wednesday cause I didn't want to shovel out.  Saw a John Deere 125 skid
> steer on craigslist for not too much, but I didn't get back in time: lost
> traction going up a hill on the main road and there I sat until a tow truck
> got me (the skid loader couldn't pull me, I tried).  Since I was following a
> plow when I lost it I decided that a night in the hotel was smarter then
> the back roads the 5 remaining miles.
> 
> Thursday I made it home, with the help of a friendly neighbor with 4 wheel
> drive.  (The second neighbor the first couldn't pull me either). Then the
> skid loader didn't start: ice had blocked the shutoff in the off position
> and I couldn't get it pulled out enough.
> 
> got that started Friday, and plowed out.  Now it sits in front of the
> garrage, not starting: for reasons I don't understand yet.  I think if I ran
> the starter long enough it would start.  Assuming the battery has enough
> power and the starter takes that much abuse.
> 
> I know there is one bad glow plug: I have to remove the oil filter to get it
> out though, not a project for today. I can't get enough leverage to budge
> it.  (This is an isuzu c201 engine, not the original - by all reports a
> great engine)
> 
> I found there is a hydrolic leak that didn't show up while test driving it.
> I'll be working on that next I guess.  Probably time for new hoses on a
> machine that old. (If I had money i'd have got a nicer machine - but then
> I'd wouldn't have a 2 wheel drive truck either.)
> 
> Next job is remove the roll cage, then I can get it into the heated garrage
> and take care of all that.  (Just need on more inch to get in as is.
> 
> The over eating and napping can come latter, I got a project now.
> 
> jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> >Too quiet on here, you guys overeating and napping already?
> >
> >John Hall
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