[AT] [External] Re: '49 A and '51 A Updates and a New Start: the '47 B (deanvp)
Cecil Bearden
crbearden at copper.net
Fri May 1 07:11:51 PDT 2020
My sentiments exactly. Now that I have to use the 4 wheeler as a wheel
chair, Any limb that can hit the end of my 14in Stihl top handle
chainsaw gets cut. I also have some of those ratcheting loppers that
have 36in handles. It doesn't take long for those handles to get hard
to squeeze though..
Cecil
On 5/1/2020 8:34 AM, Gunnells, Brad R wrote:
> "if it can knock my hat off it needs to be removed". Hahaha
>
> Brad
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> *Subject:* [External] Re: [AT] '49 A and '51 A Updates and a New
> Start: the '47 B (deanvp)
> I’ve used to have the problem of tree branches grabbing the throttle
> of pan the H when I would be mowing along the tall brush and trees on
> the front of our property. Installed a small C clamp to keep the level
> from being pulled into low idle.
>
> Carl
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Johnson <markjohnson100 at centurylink.net>
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Sent: Fri, 01 May 2020 08:12:11 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [AT] '49 A and '51 A Updates and a New Start: the '47 B
> (deanvp)
>
> I've had the throttle yanked closed on my gas (push) lawnmower, by trees
> and brush, more times than I can count. Most of the time, it's just a
> momentary blip; occasionally if I'm in heavy cutting at the same time,
> it'll kill it.
>
> Have also had tree limbs and brush pull the throttle lever back on JD A
> & H more than once. I *did* learn to duck and keep my head out of
> trouble when mowing fencerows along the woods.
>
> I think I'd actually PAY to have a chance to run that
> annoying-to-turn-corners JD 9W sickle-bar mower for a day. For some
> reason, I always enjoyed mowing hay & pasture. Other than dodging
> groundhog holes and rocks, I could let my mind wander and enjoy the
> outdoors.
>
> Mark J
>
> On 5/1/2020 6:41 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> > As an offroad cyclist, I can add two stories to this. (1) sticks
> > love to catch in the lower loop of the chain, travel from there into
> > the spokes, and then get pulled with the whole momentum of the rider
> > into the derailleur, which snaps, or mangles, or shears various
> > special mechanisms provided for that purpose, and usually some
> > combination of all of the above which complicates trailside repairs.
> > (2) tree branches, brush, or small saplings trailside can sometimes
> > reach over and actuate your front brake, resulting in a remarkably
> > sudden encounter with the ground in front of you.
> >
> > SO
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 6:24 PM Chuck Bealke <chuck.tractor at gmail.com
> > <mailto:chuck.tractor at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Spencer, you lucked out on that one - should be a much easier fix
> > than transmission work. Sticks do like to get between chain and
> > sprocket off road. Had more fun on tractors with tree limbs
> > grabbing throttle or gov. linkage when you brushed up against
> > them. Have also come too close to being been removed from high
> > Farmall seats by a limb or two. At least there was the bar between
> > lights to hang onto IF you were quick and lucky.
> >
> > > On Apr 29, 2020, at 4:33 PM, Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com
> > <mailto:spencer at rdfarms.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Also if you filled the tank all the way you might have had
> > enough head pressure.
> > >
> > > As I mentioned previously, my COVID-19 motorcycle project has
> > been going very well. I’ve been taking it on test runs in big
> > circles that are never far from the house. Been running great.
> > However I felt vindicated today on that conservative strategy.
> > Shortly into the run I couldn’t down shift :-(
> > >
> > > I managed to get down shifted to third after a lot of attempts
> > and trying. With third I was able to get rolling again without
> > smoking the clutch. Came back home after rolling through stop
> > signs since there was no way I could get this thing down shifted
> > further.
> > >
> > > Pulled into the garage to give it a quick inspection and found
> > the root cause:
> > >
> > > That stick went all the way over a bracket, Between the shift
> > linkage crankcase/transmission housing and out another bracket and
> > wedged tight. You can see the other end near the muffler. I
> > never saw the stick on the road and don’t remember hitting one. I
> > don’t think I could have drove that stick in by hand. I had to
> > break the stick to get it out.
> > >
> > > <image0.jpeg>
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > >> On Apr 27, 2020, at 8:08 PM, Jim Becker <mr.jebecker at gmail.com
> > <mailto:mr.jebecker at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> The problem was the loop. If the tank had been several feet
> > above the loop, there would have been enough head pressure to
> > overcome the loop. Gas just isn't that good at flowing uphill.
> > >>
> > >> Jim Becker
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message----- From: STEVE ALLEN
> > >> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 3:09 PM
> > >> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > <mailto:at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > >> Subject: Re: [AT] '49 A and '51 A Updates and a New Start: the
> > '47 B (deanvp)
> > >>
> > >> Thanks to all for the heat tip. We'll try it. the only one
> > still in is the one on the side of the stem inside the float bowl.
> > >>
> > >> The loop doesn't make sense to me, either, unless the gas just
> > couldn't make it's way uphill for part of the loop. There are two
> > variables in the equation--the loop and the sediment bowl--that
> > were changed. I am not going to bother going backward to try to
> > figure it out though ;-)
> > >>
> > >> The "original" Steve Allen
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> Message: 4
> > >> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 19:25:59 -0700
> > >> From: deanvp <deanvp at att.net <mailto:deanvp at att.net>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> The loop problem does not compute with previous data but it now
> > works.? To get brass screws out just heat them until they start
> > charging colors. Let them cool and you will be able to remove them
> > with your fingers.Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy Tablet
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