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Mcdonaldcarb closing?
Maintaining an online presence and site upkeep can be a full-time career all by itself. Couple that with sourcing, ordering and stocking, communicating with customers, packing, shipping, invoicing, and mopping the floor, it turns from a hobby into an establishment. Dropping the online upkeep...- Watthour
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- Forum: Tractor & Farm Talk
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Longest pocket tape measure I have ever seen
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Valve spring question ??
Beehive, ovate wire springs are now over 50 years old. Even OEM manufacturers have been using them for 30 years. GM has installed numerous versions, heights, and rates in stock engines since at least 1993, and provided a warranty. Have Iskendarian provide the spring specifications and buy... -
Used oil.
Oil-fired burner with heat exchanger at work. In January it can consume nearly 5G/day. Ignitor requires cleaning at least once a season, and filters last over a year if the waste oil is pre-strained and allowed to gravity clarify (drop suspended solids) before pumping through the filter array...- Watthour
- Post #55
- Forum: Tractor & Farm Talk
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Right to repair
The critical step has been made. Whether someone buys FSMs for their equipment, the OEM must now provide information in some format that is not a subscription, rental, or fee. Once that information is out there, it will be free in a matter of days. GM and AC/Delco never sold manuals on...- Watthour
- Post #4
- Forum: Tractor & Farm Talk
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Milwaukee cordless grease gun.
I have a few cordless grease guns (always have) and I don't recall what brand(s) they are, but none use batteries. Even those will lock on a fitting once pressure is built up and maintains. -
1937 Model D Issues
FWIW, the '38 D I had come with a Edison-Splitdorf mag, which was a steep learning curve for me. Once I wrapped my head around that and got it dialed in, it was almost frightening how hot it was, even at hand-cranking speeds. A quarter-inch jump of cranking spark was not even breaking a sweat...- Watthour
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- Forum: John Deere
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Float Replacement 1938 JD 'D' Marvel Schebler DLTX-16
It IS possible to repair a leaking brass float. The difficulty can be in locating all the points of leakage.- Watthour
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- Forum: John Deere
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1938 allis B with 12 Battery &.Mag. have to pull to start.
I would guess that the mag (Fairbanks?) might need some love, especially in the setup of the impulse coupling. Pull-starting generally creates a higher engine RPM than hand or starter cranking, effectively masking impulse/lag problems. I had a '38 which was crank-start only, and had no...- Watthour
- Post #11
- Forum: Allis-Chalmers
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Seldom used tools nowadays
...Along with the flexible 1/8 Allen wrench with a handle for adjusting Delco ignition dwell. Then there is the large thread chaser for pipes (up to 6") that no one threads any more. -
Clocks or no clocks?
Try four Gilberts, two New Havens, one Ansonia, a Hermle long-case, a West German black forest, and a Waltham regulator - On the first floor. -
Anyone used one of these, Bolthero?
You meant to write "removing the threaded portion of the head along with the plugs on Triton V8" - Right? -
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Does this tool exist ?
You could also grab a General #8071 ratcheting driver and plug any ¼" hex drive bit into it:
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