[AT] Need help no internet connection

Richard Fink Sr rfinksr at verizon.net
Sun Apr 10 05:45:01 PDT 2016 

Dean i have 2 or 3 that came from a brother in law [thin] i thing they 
were designed for valve adjustment, on the older flat head engines where 
you only had 3 in of space down on the side of a engine.
R fink Sr
PA

On 4/9/2016 11:51 PM, Dean VP wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I fully understand.  But please understand my reason for not using them very
> often.  I have a huge fear that one of my Fathers wrenches will get lost so
> they are really there for show not for use. I want to pass on this set to my
> son complete as I received them. So the only time they get used is when I
> run into a situation where nothing else will work.  They just happen to be
> thinner than any other open end or box wrench I own so when I get into a
> tight spot I know these wrenches will solve the problem. And usually I am
> very religious about putting them away after uses.  For some reason the 5/8
> wrench ended up behind the bench and I just flat couldn't find it. I don't
> even remember what I was working on but I was looking for that wrench before
> the job was even completed.  I was very unhappy with myself for over a year
> even after going to several swap meets trying to find a like replacement.
> When I finally found that wrench there was this huge burden off of my
> shoulders. Self-imposed I know but as we get older we have quirks. That is
> one of mine. If my dad could use that wrench set on the farm and not lose
> one I better damn well not lose one either.  I don't know how to explain
> that other than my father was killed in a farm accident in 1962 and I guess
> this is one way I respect his memory.  Sometimes we never forget the way we
> were raised.
>
> Dean VP
> Apache Junction, AZ
>
> It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mike M
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 8:17 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] Need help no internet connection
>
> Dean, forgive me for being so forward, but I would use those wrenches every
> chance I had; your Father didn't buy them to sit on the shelf and neither
> should you. I was given my grandfathers chainsaw when he passed away, not
> exactly the same but close. I use the heck out of that saw and care for it
> like a baby. I was old enough to remember when a link snapped on the chain
> and it wrapped around his bare arm, tore it it up pretty good. I feel like
> I'm carrying a part of him with me when I'm using using it to cut the wood,
> that keeps his great grand daughters warm in the winter.
>
> Mike M
>
>
> On 4/9/2016 9:25 PM, deanvp wrote:
>>       
>> I have a set of combination wrenches that was my farhers. I value them
> very highly. I don't use them unless I have a need that absolutely requires
> them. As I recall they were made by Thorson and they are thinner than the
> tradition combination wrench like a Craftsman.  Well, I used them for a
> specific application and somehow the 5/8"Wrench disappeared.  I was beside
> myself for over a year. I looked and looked, I could not find that stinking
> wrench.  My wife and I became real swap meet hounds trying to find an exact
> replacement.  Never succeeded. Then one day I decided to do a thorough
> cleaning in the shop.  Pulled back the work bench and there it was on the
> foundation ledge 6" above the shop floor.  I no longer was in trouble with
> my father!  And that was really good.
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone being used by a dumb
> operator.
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
>> Date: 04/09/2016  4:10 PM  (GMT-07:00)
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Need help no internet connection
>>
>> Boy you got that right!  I have started putting adapters and parts to
>> different specialty tools in their own box with everything for that
>> purpose in the one box.    I have a lot of Dewalt cordless tools and I
>> do not use those plastic boxes they came in.   However those boxes work
>> great to hold an assortment of snap ring pliers, Piston ring
>> compressors, hydraulic cylinder repair tools, etc....  If I find a
>> good metal box at a garage sale, it comes home with me also....  Then
>> I write what is on them with a felt tip marker on every side!!
>>
>> Cecil in OKla
>>
>>
>> On 4/9/2016 5:55 PM, Mike M wrote:
>>> Lately I've found that a job that takes an hour involves 15 minutes
>>> of work and 45 minutes of looking for stuff.
>>>
>>> Mike M
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/9/2016 6:39 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>>>> Usually they will come out when you bring the new one you bought out
>>>> into the shop.
>>>> Cecil in OKla
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 4/9/2016 9:14 AM, Len Rugen wrote:
>>>>> I needed to take the hitch plate of my IH H drawbar, it has been on for
> years so I got out the 3/4" drive ratchet and 1 1/8 socket.  After I got it
> off, I sat the ratchet with socket on a box while I put the plate under a
> shelf.  I knocked the ratchet off, the socket came off and shot off to parts
> unknown.  That was last week, I found the socket this morning....
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>>> Len Rugen
>>>>>
>>>>> rugenl at yahoo.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>>>           On Saturday, April 9, 2016 8:19 AM, Thomas O Mehrkam
> <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>>>        That is the worse thing about getting old.  I know where all
>>>>> my tools are.  They are in my shop.  That being said I spend 90% of
>>>>> my time looking for them. :-{
>>>>>
>>>>> I did better in my younger days when everything was stored on one
>>>>> big carry around tool box.  I would just dump it on the ground and
>>>>> find my tools right away. Of course I did not need two sets of
>>>>> everything in Metric and English sizes.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4/9/2016 7:29 AM, Richard Fink Sr wrote:
>>>>>> Cecil you may want to be careful if you learn any of that computer
>>>>>> stuff, if you learn more you will ether have a exploded head or
>>>>>> some of what you learned will disappear like where the tools or
>>>>>> tractors are. lol R Fink Sr PA
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/8/2016 10:45 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>>>>>>> I got my computer fixed today.  A good friend's wife does website
>>>>>>> work and recommended an ex federal agency IT person.  It took him
>>>>>>> about 3 hours and $100 later, I had it back..  Only thing wrong
>>>>>>> later was my cordless keyboard and mouse would no longer work.  I
>>>>>>> had an older model that was brand new from a thrift store.  Only
>>>>>>> the mouse would work.  I connected a wired keyboard I used to use....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A web command file was imbedded in the filezilla program from a
>>>>>>> non-official site.  I did not pay a lot of attention when I
>>>>>>> searched on Google for filezilla.  I used the first site on the
>>>>>>> list.  I noticed that this is not the official site on a lot of
>>>>>>> searches.  I will be much more careful next time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I thought I should let you all know what caused all this.  I
>>>>>>> really appreciate all the help.  I wish I was more knowledgeable
>>>>>>> on computers and internet.  However, at this stage in life, I don't
> think I want to
>>>>>>> get confused with more stuff to remember...    I have enough trouble
>>>>>>> remembering where tools and equipment are.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cecil in OKla
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 4/8/2016 5:19 PM, Ken Knierim wrote:
>>>>>>>> For serious viral infections you may want to look at:
>>>>>>>> http://pcsupport.about.com/od/system-security/tp/free-bootable-a
>>>>>>>> ntivirus-software.htm
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've had good luck with the AVG download. Download an ISO image,
>>>>>>>> burn a CD from it, boot the infected computer off the CD and run
>>>>>>>> the linux based virus scan. It clobbers all manner of stupid
>>>>>>>> stuff and since it runs linux remotely, chances are real low that
> any virii will get past the scan alive.
>>>>>>>> It does ask for some connectivity information so it can call
>>>>>>>> home and get the latest virus info, but will work without it and
>>>>>>>> if you've got a virus older than a few months, it'll be in there.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Go here for the actual download:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-arl?ECID=af:cj
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>           It's clobbered several virii for us that looked like
>>>>>>>> bad hardware (drives, motherboards). It also has a memtest (at
>>>>>>>> least on some versions?) in case you want to test the mainboard or
> memory. Poor man's toolbox of sorts.
>>>>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ken in AZ
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Ron Cook <ron at lakeport-1.com>
> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Steve.
>>>>>>>>>               Thanks for that info.  I can try that.  Can't hurt and
> might help.
>>>>>>>>> Ron Cook
>>>>>>>>> Salix, IA
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 4/7/2016 11:22 AM, Steve W. wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Ron Cook wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> A  few months ago I downloaded a file from filezilla and I
>>>>>>>>>>> can no longer use that computer.  Constantly pops up various
>>>>>>>>>>> windows that cannot be closed.  Cecil may have a different
>>>>>>>>>>> thing going on, but you will never find me going to that
>>>>>>>>>>> filezilla site again.  I could not go back to restore as my
>>>>>>>>>>> HD has bad areas.  That hard drive will be replaced.  Most of my
> important files were backed up, thankfully.
>>>>>>>>>>> Ron Cook
>>>>>>>>>>> Salix, IA
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ron, If you have another machine there are a few things you
>>>>>>>>>> might try first.
>>>>>>>>>> Download copies of Spybot and MalwareBytes. Both can be set up
>>>>>>>>>> to run off a bootable USB stick.
>>>>>>>>>> Run them and let them kill the infection. Should enable you to
>>>>>>>>>> run the machine enough to get any other needed files.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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