Shop Time w/T.W. Friends

For the doubler id just be using the "front" no front drop out.. so the chain wouldnt be used.

 

Thats the stihl wall...i have an affection for old homelites too particularly the xl's. Have a few mccullochs around too...but i only collect those to make my cousin jelous.

 

I got 2 and they are tanks.

 

So it turns out the one manual that mentions the 445 it mia..thought i had seen it. At any rate check out the np models from up to 74. i dont know how old u guys are, im in my 40s..its nice to talk about this stuff. It doesnt seem to be common knowledge anymore which is a pain for a novice mechanic like myself thats just trying to learn.

 

Ive got stacks of old shop manuals ive collected over the years and they sure have saved me...old man is still around...driving truck at 70 and im thankful i can still call him and argue about stuff like this....gonna suck when hes gone.

 

The models listed there other than the 435 were used in heavier trucks, not very common to find versus the units used in pickups.

 

Very true. But when i started into this stuff, i just didnt realize there were so many models.. and gebus the small and large differences between the big 3...spline count, input/output bearing differences, ford is bacward lol...hard to keep track.

 

The guys that have all this stuff memorized amaze me.. i gotta write stuff down. Admittedly ive divided myself soo many ways i just cant remember everything. Just wait til i tear into the clutches on this dozer...im gonna be on here bitchin and beggin for help lol
The guys on the IH forum are always sick of me lol!

 

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Have almost died numerous times, but never gotten to "needing to be resuscitated" stage.

-Ketoacidosis when I came down with T1D
-Ran out of air 70ft underwater due to a faulty air guage
-came across a cougar kill with the cat still on it and had a staredown from 15ft away with an angry cat
-almost fell off the top of a 125' rock climbing route cuz "I dont need to harness in" doing the toprope setup.

 

We need more options than liking a post. Dang dude..thats some intense stuff. Some of us should be writing auto biographies..

 

So i go out and start the taco after being on the heater for 4 hrs...and upon running a few mins, i could smell fuel. Pop the hood and i can see the back passenger injector is a little wet..cant really get a good look at the ones under the intake..great.
Ive got this problem with the town and country toom...fine if its above zero, leaks like a sieve til its warmed up. Replaced all 6 injectors in the van and it still does it..

 

I almost died once....Shelley Meeks broke my heart.

 

I'm not completely following.

 

honestly these days, i'm slowly converting over to brushless power tools.

when i bought the house, i immediately bought a compressor. i barely use it anymore. mostly just to fill up tires from time to time.

way too noisy, and the brushless electric stuff works just as well without the lag time of waiting for the compressor to fill.

besides, it's way more fun to use my m18 framing nailer than it is to start the compressor, drag out the hose, unwind the hose, connect the hose, drag the framing nailer out, connect to the hose, use it, wind up the hose, dump the tank, and put the compressor, hose, and nailer away...

 

No need, you have a RustyGreen…

 

Yeah, I got one of them stories too.

 

Just a few highlights in an otherwise pretty normal life. Gotta spice it up every once in a while.

 

i might be able to help some with that one. my grandfathers starting to get to the 'purging' point of his life. i know he's got at least 2 full shoeboxes of plates... just need to convince him to give a few up

this is what i grabbed from his collection last time, the top 2 orange plates i'd have to find, i'm not using, better for them to go somewhere someone can appreciate them. both are unique, smaller than normal.


all 3 were grabbed for the purpose, but the yellow one is what i finally selected to make into a key rack to fit a funky little wall by my entry door.


if stories are what you're after, i imagine he probably still remembers what those plates were installed on...

 

I seem to have bad luck with injector leaking below 0 degrees f. Mini van did it, had the injectors replaced and it still does it. This is the first time ive driven the tacoma in below zero and its doin it too.

 

Txt the po and he says it never did it to him..uh huh.. figures