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    Anyone try starter that engages from front, not back?

    Hobo, your comment reflects my concern -- getting a shim that covers the whole mounting surface. I don't have the facilities (other than drill press, band saw and files!) to create such a shim, and I don't think any factory-made ones exist. I wouldn't want to bust the block around the starter by...
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    Anybody else still drive stuff from the 70's and 80's

    Still drive a low-mileage "79 Chevette in the summer. Also a really rusty 1980 shortbed Chevy Scottsdale "Sport" for dirty jobs; I have lots of new body parts to return it to respectability, but I don't know if it will ever happen.
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    best choices

    Sad for girl, girl's family and instructor's family. But maybe the lessons started at the graduate-student level when they should have been at a freshman level. An automatic Uzi? A small number of 9-year-olds might be ready for that. For most, graduating from a BB gun to a singleshot .22 might...
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    HF Tire Changer on Sale

    I've had the HF tire changer for maybe 15 years (got it when it was $29.99 on sale), but I've found it's as quick and easy to mount and dismount tires with my homemade bead breaker, a couple of spoons, a large rubber mallet and some dish soap. (That's not to say the HF unit doesn't work.)
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    It must be spring (chain-saw lament)

    Dug out my old 14-inch chain saw two days ago. Put in fresh gas mix and fired it up on the fifth pull. I uneventfully cut some logs and shut it off. Yesterday, with one day of fresh gas left in it overnight, it wouldn't even try to start. No pop, no grunt, nothing. Spark is good, plug is...
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    OT....'NUF' IS E-'NUF'.....PIX

    So many couples today don't even make it to one-fourth of 54 years. Congratulations and best wishes to you both.
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    410 vs. 20 Gauge

    Not exactly relevant, but related: .410 shotguns always cost more than larger-gauge guns. Compare a clean .410 with an equally clean 12-gauge and the smaller bore is usually at least half again higher in the used-gun market. Less metal but higher cost. As I said, perhaps not apropos to the ammo...
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    What do you think of these headlights for an 8N?

    I agree: Cool-looking. I wonder if you could attach a flat plate to the bottom of the mounting bracket, then drill the plate to use the original mounting-hole location in the hood.
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    Regulations - Poof?

    I still have my '57 Chevy coupe with a 283 Carter four-barrel. Back when I used to drive it more, I could consistently get around 22 mpg on the highway if I avoided opening up the secondary barrels.
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    Winter Storm

    As a fellow Minnesotan, I have no fear she'll come through just fine. I bought my first 8N from a neighbor who had let it sit outside in his back yard, unused, for at least six years. I remember looking over at it and barely being able to see the tractor under the drifts. But I've had it since...
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    OT - Free tires

    Still have a '38 two-door with painted rings like that. They are kind of nostalgically (is that a word?) cool. As others have said, I put 6-lug 15s on my '37 coupe back in the '60s -- wider tires and meaner looking.
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    band saw

    I agree that slow is generally good. I run my metal-cutting bandsaw at its slowest speed for just about all cuts. I lube the cut occasionally with WD40 or equivalent and rarely have to change blades. The blade never even gets warm to the touch.
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    Found it..........

    Tools have a magical life of their own and can disappear and reappear at will. Back in 1986 I moved out of Minnesota for a couple of years to get some schooling in Wisconsin. I took along a brand-new Craftsman hammer. Couldn't find it when I unpacked and had to buy a replacement. Found it again...
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    Making my own sway bars

    I agree that buying (they're fairly inexpensive) may be the better way to go in most cases. I've built a couple of pairs for my 8Ns because I had the metal and the time (and enjoy doing such work), but it took some tinkering to get the angles and holes just right.
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    Way better than a wheelbarrow (Pics)

    I built a reversible rear scopp for my 8N many years ago for about $25 in scrap steel and find it's one of the most useful implements I have. I have two front-end loaders, but they are a PITA to put on and take off compared with the rear scoop. I move tons (literally -- almost a 14-ton load in...
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