[AT] I guess my sense of humor has timed out...

[Phil Auten]

It must be all the shipping charges from China. :oP

Phil in TX


On 7/9/2020 2:08 PM, k7jdj at aol.com wrote:
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> Speaking of $3 coils anyone bought seals lately. Seals that use to 
> cost $ 3-4 are now $50 or more!
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> Gary
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> Renton, Wa.
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> On Thursday, July 9, 2020 Indiana Robinson 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> wrote:
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> My Ferguson TO-20 has been acting up and I cleaned the carb just in 
> case but it was clean inside. Actually the first thing I did was clean 
> the sediment bowl. Well, I tried but the pot metal housing virtually 
> came apart in my hands so I bought a new one and put it on. I had 
> doubts about the coil maybe breaking down after heating up but thought 
> that I would start with the fuel system and just check everything as I 
> go. The thing needs rewiring all over just from age and PO cobbling 
> but I've been putting it off. I am short a couple of coils anyway so I 
> went to pick one up. This tractor has an old (and and unimpressive) 12 
> volt conversion so I was looking for a 12 volt coil with internal 
> resistor. OK, Rural King had an empty hook that probably held them at 
> one time but no go. Today we stopped at the local O'reillys to pick 
> one up. They are nice folks and always helpful. I told the guy what I 
> wanted and he wrote it down and went to get help... Now I am so old 
> that I tend to forget that most folks behind the counter are used to 
> looking up parts for stuff that is less than 10 years old and my old 
> crap is pretty alien to them.
> When I told him what I wanted I quipped that I wanted one of the $3 
> coils...   :-)   (I remember buying $3 coils)  I just happened to 
> overhear him telling the "crowd" of 3 other people who were helping 
> him look that he could not find a $3 coil...  :-)  I had to explain 
> that I was joking about the price... (Rural King gets about $23 out of 
> coils).
> When the dust settled I had a 12 volt coil that said "Use with 
> external resistor" for about $19 and counted myself lucky... :-)  I 
> have several new external resistors hanging on a hook in the shop and 
> I will use one of those.
> I need to be careful joking with people more than 2 generations away 
> from my age group.
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> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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