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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Farmer,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> It is right where you would expect it. Behind the gauges in the dash. But to get to it you have to take the steering shaft out, the hood off and then you can get to it. Only to find that it a dropping resistor for the 6v distributer and you are using a 12v Battery. The errors codes available are often unprintable words that are uttered by the owner when tractor won’t start <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dean VP<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Snohomish, WA 98290<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> AT <at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Indiana Robinson<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 25, 2019 7:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at@lists.antique-tractor.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] 1970's farm equipment<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Speaking of beeps... Does anyone know where the OBD2 code reader plug is located on a 1948 John Deere A ? :-)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 9:39 AM Brian Lesh <<a href="mailto:lesh@kci.net">lesh@kci.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p>I've been running newer combine lately. The computer beeps at me, tells me there's things wrong that aren't and freeze's up once in awhile. It's time to get the old Ih W9 out and drag the yard.<o:p></o:p></p><p>I know how to start it and the old girl never beeps at me. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 10/22/2019 8:36 AM, Moe Fretz wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'>Tractor related?????????<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'>Some how we've gone from Antique Tractors.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'>To discussing (bragging) about all<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'>the engineering courses we've taken or should have.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'>To offshore manufacturing quality.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'>To the help line accents.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'>And now we are into computer IT stuff we know about.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'>Could have, would have installed. up grading, what have you.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'>Not much tractor related stuff in the last few days.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'>My 1936 John Deere AO qualifies as an antique.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'>It does have any software needing to be upgraded.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'>No help line available or needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'>And you don't need to be an engineer to figure how it works.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>$-------&<br>Moe F<span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A64D79'>.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>Ontario, Canada<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 9:55 AM ustonThomas Mehrkam <<a href="mailto:tmehrkam@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">tmehrkam@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>In the 70s we all had to take corporate value engineering classes. "How to engineer all the value out." Some people did not have enough sense it ignore the BS.<o:p></o:p></p><div id="gmail-m_-6417322253189039149gmail-m_8200918532328447902ymail_android_signature"><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature" target="_blank">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#6D00F6'>On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 7:08 AM, Thomas Mehrkam<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#6D00F6'><<a href="mailto:tmehrkam@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">tmehrkam@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div style='border:none;border-left:solid #6D00F6 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 15.0pt;margin-top:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Windows 10 convinced me it was time to retire.<br><br>I developed software mainly for Unix and Linux with some Vax VMS?? DX10 <br>one of T.Is systems and many real time OS for Motorola 68000, TI 9900, <br>Power PC etc.?? Much of the early work in machine language. With some <br>Windoze thrown in. XP and 7 was ok.?? Almost great compared to XP.<br><br>XP convinced me it was time to retire. The worse of Microsoft's crap <br>OS's. Even worse than writing assembly and Cobal for Univac 1108 <br>systems. :-{?? We built a Seismic Acquisition system that could record <br>data from 40,000 stations at a 2MS sample rate.?? XP brought that to a <br>stand still. The network stack sucked we went down to maybe 5,000 <br>stations. :-{<br><br><br>On 10/21/2019 11:45 AM, Phil Auten wrote:<br>> I usually need to write stuff like that down, and I am/was a <br>> computer/IT tech. Now, where'd I put my pencil?<br>><br>> I've been out of the computer biz,except for fixing my own, since 2011 <br>> and I am amazed how much it has changed since then. I have two working <br>> computers, both laptops. The one I am on now is the newest and it is <br>> running Vista (yuck). The other one is about a 2006 model and runs XP. <br>> That one I need to redo and load Linux so it will keep up.<br>><br>> Phil in TX<br>><br>><br>> On 10/20/2019 11:39 PM, <a href="mailto:deanvp@att.net" target="_blank">deanvp@att.net</a> wrote:<br>>> James,<br>>><br>>> ?? Every time I go shopping at the local Costco I marvel at how many<br>>> foreigners we have here in WA?? I'm sure driven by the High Tech <br>>> industries<br>>> like Microsoft and Amazon. It used to be the Oriental's that were<br>>> predominate. Now it seems to be East Indians. I'm sure much of our <br>>> technical<br>>> knowledge is eventually ending up back in India.?? However, that <br>>> doesn't seem<br>>> to apply to those who work in the technical support groups we call <br>>> for help.<br>>> I have completely given up on calling any kind of help line for <br>>> anything.<br>>> First because they really don't know very much and secondly their accent<br>>> combined with my loss of hearing makes understanding them almost <br>>> impossible.<br>>> I will work Google search until I find the answer I'm looking for. I <br>>> just<br>>> went through that recently.?? Some time in the past I changed from double<br>>> click to single click file opening on my mouse. Long enough ago I had<br>>> forgotten how I did it.?? For me the obvious place to look was on the <br>>> setup<br>>> of the mouse. Wrong.?? I put up with the change far too long and <br>>> finally I<br>>> had enough.?? But couldn't remember how to fix it. Google came to the <br>>> rescue.<br>>> In Win 10. one has to get into File Explorer, view, options, change <br>>> options<br>>> to get to that setting.?? How in the hell I found that the first time is<br>>> beyond me?? But all is now cool again.???? Simple but frustrating.<br>>><br>>> Dean VP<br>>> Snohomish, WA 98290<br>>><br>>> -----Original Message-----<br>>> From: AT <<a href="mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>> On Behalf Of James Peck<br>>> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:18 AM<br>>> To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <br>>> <<a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>><br>>> Subject: Re: [AT] 1970's farm equipment<br>>><br>>> I worked for a GM division a little in the late sixties. The focus <br>>> then was<br>>> on making all components so they ended their life at 10 years. The items<br>>> that lasted longer were made too well.<br>>><br>>> [Henry Miller] The 1970s when efficiency experts ruled every thing <br>>> with the<br>>> bean counters. Cut cost and quality were number one. The auto world <br>>> had it<br>>> worse than most because they suddenly had to meet emissions rules <br>>> that they<br>>> didn't really know how to do and so rube Goldberg contraptions were <br>>> designed<br>>> to that standard with predictable results.<br>>><br>>> Modern just in time is often very inefficient, but the cost savings<br>>> elsewhere make it vastly more cost effective. Consumers have also <br>>> caught on<br>>> to the idea that quality is sometimes worth paying for. Where the above<br>>> doesn't apply is a race to the bottom that we can't win. China, like <br>>> Taiwan<br>>> and Japan before them is starting to drop out of the game. Africa is<br>>> probably next in my opinion: Vietnam and Pakistan play a bit but they <br>>> are<br>>> not large enough and to beat China and they are not far behind China <br>>> into<br>>> getting out of that hole. India could win for a while, but they have <br>>> a lot<br>>> of smart people who know how to make quality (training on the job in <br>>> the US<br>>> or Europe) and would rather skip the cheap junk period.<br>>><br>>> .<br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> AT mailing list<br>>> <a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br>>> <a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p><div id="gmail-m_-6417322253189039149gmail-m_8200918532328447902yqtfd22869"><p class=MsoNormal><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> AT mailing list<br>>> <a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br>>> <a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><br>>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> AT mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><br>><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>AT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>AT mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>AT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>-- <br><br>Francis Robinson<br>aka "farmer"<br>Central Indiana USA<br><a href="mailto:robinson46176@gmail.com" target="_blank">robinson46176@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>