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Found online where Steve?

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I found in my stash,2 26-7 fuel tanks. 1 is kinda crappy inside,the other clean as a pin inside but it has a couple rust spots from the outside in that I would need to weld up. I am going to try to send my little camera on a wire down in it this weekend and make sure it is as nice inside out of sigh...

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are these still avaliable?

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Thanks for the info,I will shortcut this thread to my screen so I can come back to it.

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OK that is what I needed to see.Thank you Sir!

Looks like a bit of hammering and bending to make that!

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I had hoped to maby go to that swap meet this year but oh well.I better hush.

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Ok,I think I have the top of the opening a bit to "square" and will have to kinda hammer a curveature into it to make it wrap around the colum a bit nicer but I got some done.A couple days in the electrolsis tub and a wire brush on a grinder made it clean and bare.I cut out a portion and welded in n...

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I have what best I can tell is a Edison Amberola 30 Cylinder Record Phonograph Player that my dad had when he was a kid. I have never had it working,my dad said it was a basket case when given to him. The mechinism appears complete but i think the spring is broke and there is a issue with the pickup...

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maby somoene should buy the molds at scrap price and put them in a barn loft for future copies to be made?

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I am actually rivoting brackets on fenders and what not with some rivots from Tractor Supply. They come in a mulitpack of probably 100 or so for about 5 bucks.All different lengths. I cut the length off to what I need and then stick em in the hole and pound them good with a piece of steel for a buck...

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Being the squirrels ate the gas cap off my Snapper lawnmower and my leaf blowers,I Bet I would go out in the morning to go eat breakfast and all I would have would be the frame of that car! And a bunch of fat squirrels.

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Judgeing from the effects of this lock down on my soon to be 86 year old dad, Depression from being stuck at home and not being able to socialize has damaging affects as well..
Depression is unhealthy.

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Mr Chase,you go and have some fun.Be safe.
I hope I am still able to go on a tour at your age.

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Thanks for the help folks.
I sent off 4 Ford coils to be rebuilt today for the May parts budget.

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Ok,so I will need to make that little bolted on peice,Best I can tell the coiumn is just loose in the hole?

It appears the curved portion of that hole for the column has a lip turned to the inside for strength best I can tell from the pic.

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Just don't get in a hurry in the "Potty Wagon" and someone still be in there!
I am glad to see people are making a effort to continue to enjoy life as best as can be and I hope you folks have a safe trip!

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Well let me toss this in for consideration. Most tours with clubs are under the insurance of MTFCA or MTFCI. IF a problem happens, is the insurance company going to balk on taking care of things? I know at least 1 tractor show I go to canceled because his insurance company would not cover the event ...

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Hours spent to get the cowl useable. Parts of 3 to make 1! most of this cowl I am trying to use is from this chassis. But the others were cut off as in for a short dog tractor or whatever best I can tell. Strange how it was all torn up around where the gas tank comes out,a long crack along the botto...

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I just bought a new fan blade for my project,I think it was 12 bucks?
MOST of the fan blades I pickup in junk piles and out of stashes, are cracked.

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At 91 years old and still able to drive his T and Looking Forward to having fun,sheesh, keep your distance and let the man enjoy his small number of days! We don't have a warrenty.We can go out at any time.

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I bet that wheel barrow has been around for 40 -50 years.Unlike the 50 buck 1's in the store! What was pushing the paint? I had a project "dumped" on me that i will have to paint. A neighbor bought a G Allis Chalmers and we took it apart for restore.It laid around here for 8 years.I finally told him...

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As you know,I love projects like this! You got a good deal on those fenders.You can't ship new 1's for that price,much less buy them!
Post progress pics!
And do check the front axle for bends and holes.The wagon conversion I picked up years back had holes in the axle.

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I fiqured it would be in a container headed overseas to be hid in a collection somewhere. Good that it was found. I also would like to know what was done to find it. Of course that is 1 of the good things about the old car hobby, ALL car folks will pool their knowledge for something like this as it ...

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Alot of it is how you stack the blocks.

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2 more up. I looked around and could not see anything to "flag" it with.

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Forgive me if I sound a bit dumb but what is the cute little green car?

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Must already be gone!

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T or A for a first car? Eh, A truck that can tow a trailer to haul the T would be a better first vehical. A good pickup truck with a trailer hitch. T's are alot of fun,but even with the limited driving I am able to do around here,I find myself having to be very careful of the other drivers out there...

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I had a yellowish orange 1 to fail,I had to reweld something on it,can' t remember what but I guess I need to take a picture and maby look at the numbers. A bad jack stand kinda defeats the purpose of using them. I must admit,depending on what I am working ,I have a stack of old crappy looking 6x6 t...

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Well the post is gone,but the post was in regards to charred wood as a house trim. From what the video showed, lumber was run under a flame,charred,then planed and the wood had a dark look to it,and the char seals the wood making it moisture resistant. Shou sugi Ban Burnt wood The DEGMEDA AMBER SPRU...

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Hotmail did a lot of changing awhile back and I dispise it but it works and it don't cost anything
I had a email address with my old internet provider,and it still works but I am afraid at any minute i will go to it and it not work so I don't use it anymore.I check it once in a while.

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She's got a check book, and she knows how to use it!
Why is it when i read that ZZ Top starts playing in my head??

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Ok,thanks for the update!

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some of those above pics I can't get to zoom. I do know if you waddle over to a 26 frame with a 25 splash apron you will find the rear mounting hole for the apron to be 2 3/4 inchs further back on the 26 chassis. I know this because today I spent the better part of the day cutting the mounting tabs ...

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The vertical scouring bugs me.On a 2 cycle engine if you can even see vertical scouring it will affect a engines running.The ring can't seal that vertical mark. I would be wondering what caused it.

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OH NO!

I was not far from trying to get in touch with you to rebuild 4 coils for my speedster.How much longer will you be doing coils?

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A little slow responding but thanks for telling me more about the light and the better picture.

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I didn't clic on the blue word but I keyed it into a google search. Um, odd way of treating wood but it does look nice when done!

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A old lean to shed would be a big asset for that little T when the heavy snows come.
IT is nearly a 100 years old,it needs a break from the heavy stuff!

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Wow This listing won't last long.
Bargin city!

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That 3rd pic that Frank just posted is the way I would have done mine had I not been iffy about cutting up a T chassis.The way I did things is reversable at whatever point it may be feaseable

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Dang,I wish I had known about that method when I was working on the rear axle of my T. During the assembly that woulda been the time to reverse the houseings.

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Same here sir.

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GoatMoblie? I thought that was the prototype for the New Dodge Ram pickup.

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Your fender left here about 1:20 pm sir . Hope it works out ok for you,and thanks. The trade we made worked out best for both of us.

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Double wish bone? Um, now would be a good time to educatae me on that since it is not finished yet!
5 to 1 steering already fixed for it.To be honest, i wish I had NOT changed to that on the pickup,as with the big steering wheel it seems almost to sensitive in the steering.

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It actually does not have a key,it just has a knob there instead.
It has the pin type back.

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Sounds like a valve lapping ,a cylinder honing,and some new rings might get you going again.

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here is the back of the switch.

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just a progress photo or 2

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I do not like my smart phone.But since i paid for it I am trying to use it until at least my contract runs out.It has a camera on that takes decent pictures. UNTIL i try to post them to this forum. It is a verizon v835 and no matter what size the jpeg file is,I can not get the photo to finish loadin...

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Has this engine overheated at some point? As in take the temper out of the rings? Also,I know this is a LONG shot,but does anyone know if a cam gear on the crank shaft can shear the key and cause timeing to be off just enough that valves are open at the wrong time? This is a odd issue and I feel lik...

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I never had much intrest in Star wars. Had never saw any of the movies until 2015. But I would have been very bored and not have taken any intrest in it, had that been the actual clothing layout!

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Only image of a Maxwell gauge cluster I could find on google image is a 25 and it is different but I will keep looking.Forgot to take a pic of the back of the switch today. DUH my memory is not what it used to be.

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I think alot of folks try to install a fuel filter because the gas tank may have some crud in it and the filter is much easier to swap out than to take a carb apart on the side of the road. I had to look but I found where i got my info about micron size. Here is a clip out of the artical.I Know I kn...

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Paper fuel filters, Kohler had a issue with the Courage series engines, well several, :o but anyway,1 of them was a miss print in the owners and service manuals for the part number of the fuel filter.There are paper filters that will work on gravity feed but the micron rating is different,in other w...

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The "where do you want these" picture reminds me of my buddy Jr. Big fellow, I was under my f350 1 day and needed a couple bolts. I ask him if he could get them for me. They were in bolt bins in the shed where my T chassis was that is now my pickup. He hollared and said," Wildman I kaint git to them...

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Not wanting to hijack,but can someone tell me about that running board mounted spot light on the 3 picture posted
by Dollisdad » Tue May 05, 2020 2:21 pm
It is a red speedster with I think a Livingston radiator.

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I appreciate this thread. 1 thing I do know is going on the dash of my speedster, and that is some turn signal indicator bulbs BIG ENOUGH that I can see them! The little tiny light in my turn signal switch on the T pickup is so tiny,and I don't see them under the steering wheel. If they were on the ...

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I was thinking of this issue while working on my T this evening and I would consider something like JB weld or Liquid steel, rubbed on the area that is to low and then file and sand it flat. Then 10 years from now,if you pull it apart again,the jb weld will be there to reinstall the hog head without...

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I found the old muffler from my TT that califlowered on me a few years back. I beat and twisted and messed and sure enough, the parts fit right on. I put a longer bolt in the flat peice of metal,a carriage bolt just like was in it,and then installed the parts. That old muffler gives me the end cap I...

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Thank you for the input. I aint quite ready for the switchs of course but I need to be looking up parts and figuring out what I will be using.I forgot to take a picture of the backside,I will get that done tommorow. The cowl has a stock 26 dash plate somewhere in my stash but,eh, why not make it a l...

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Ok,does anyone know what this panel may have been for? It has a similar to a T switch that I think should work. But gauges,are mounted with 3 screws and nothing T matches them. I was kinda sorda wanting to use this on the speedster because I want a amp gauge and I want to put a temp gauge on it as w...

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Thanks for the help!.

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Wow 10 bucks got me a original Pipe.
Ok, I am thinking I can buy a repop muffler and use the parts on this pipe correct? ecept for the bolt,which i have the cross peice in the pipe to.

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Had a tire come apart on the interstate on my trailer,tore the fender up,lost my tag, Made it 20 miles further home on just the inside of the tire!. I took my time. Funny thing,I took country roads home and didn't go much over 35. kept a eye on it and headed towards a freinds place I could leave the...

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I want to figure out how a muffler goes on this pipe or whatever,I bought this pipe years ago because it has a cut out on it. The remains of the body work on the 26 I am making a speedster from had the pedal on it so I I need to know it would hook up and what is done to put the muffler on this pipe....

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There was a old fellow rode around here years ago picking up junk to sell. He told me of having tires similar to this and he would deflate them,and put a tire over the 1 mounted to the wheel and pump the tire back up and continue to ride.
Bumpy,but riding not walking.

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I have often wondered what that would look like, thanks for posting this. My last order of parts I got a outside oil line and a filter screen.It has a magnet .I can't help but laugh everytime I see a magnet in a screen in a Model T because,there over a dozen of them spinning around the entire time t...

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Hehehe, In my case Mt Dew,I can't stand alkehaul. I got a stick of 14 gauge 2 inch square tubing today to make the sub frame of the body for the T. I have some of the nice brackets that bolt to wood.But I think since i am making a steel outer frame,I will cut some angle iron for brackets to the chas...

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I must admit,I do not understand the "whack with a hammer" thing on the valves,that would seem to cause more damage than anything else. Lapping them in is simple and makes sure there is a good seal. The other detail I read that bugs me is the "pink spark". A good hot spark should be blueish to almos...

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Well this photo looks to be a 100 years old but I just took it.I had to lighten it up with software. But the chassis is painted, The fenders will also be the dark green,the hood,rad shell,cowl and such will be the color of the coil box. a much lighter greenish.Can't remember the color name. Gota lon...

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You can't buy the wire and brass ends and solder them up for that money folks.I know,I just bought the materials to make mine last week!

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My chassis for my 26 speedster has NO body at all and it was Still a pain to fit the hog head over the trans.Heavy and awkward for me even standing in the chassis.And yes the fit past the manifold is TIGHT.
If you can get some help,it wouldn't be a bad idea.

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No pictures but the transmission hoghead is on,starter is on and it sputtered on a quick squirt of starting fluid after I spun the engine over a good bit with the plugs out. Plenty of compression that is for sure.Also when plugs were out, tried the pedels, got 2 forwards and 1 reverse! I have been a...

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Yea they are nuts. This is a good cliff notes version of everything we have been told the past month or so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hspw7Y1Gc5s

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I like that little Blue thing? Is that a Triumph?

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The lead pipe and muffler and tail pipe I bought for my 91 ford back during the winter was not packed to well. I wound up getting a partial refund on the lead pipe because I had to straighten the flange before it would go on the manifold. 1 thing that folks are doing nowadays is they print shipping ...

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I must admit,I got angry but I remembered that i didn't give but 30 bucks for this 42 inch plasma monitor screen I have because no one knew how to use it for a "tv" at the christain ministry store I bought it at. To replace it would cost me Way to much! So I can't get to mad at the computer!

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How often can a person buy a old Ford out of a shed and it come with it's orignal owner? Slow loading page. https://maternityweek.com/anthropology-and-history/crime-anthropology-and-history/after-man-bought-1968-ford-mustang-discovered-human-remains-inside/6/?utm_source=revcontent&utm_medium=cpc&utm...

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Thanks folks,band and lineing are here! and assembled to each other!

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I looked at pictures for a guide to make all my iron work and I do have a bed from a 26-7 that I looked at to. I used oak for appearance and because I like it. I wouldn't use sweet gum or something of that sort as it would warp. Back in the T days you have to remember there was PLENTY of good timber...

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Wow,now I know what to tell Santa clause what I want for Christmas!

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Got it,finally
I don't know what is going on with my hotmail account but it is so SLOW about working now.
But I got a email that the metal parts are on the way and I sent a reply,and I got the picture of the band Lineing and ask about total cost.

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YES I am needing lineing,BUT the fellow that has offered to help me out has the metal part and may have already mailed it. I will use it and I am sure it is better shape than the 1 I have but was going to use. BUt yes,I needed Lineing. I wish sometimes I could remember to use the right terms,to me t...

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I just got a email and 1 has been arranged for! Thanks folks!
Wow,what a response. Good group of folks
I really didn't mean this as a classified ad, I was really inquirin as to what folks were doing for bands since there is apparently a shortage.

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I made the call this morning to Langs and was going to order a brake band as they were the only vender that I found that sells just the seperate brake band for about 48 bucks.I have 2 new narrow bands so only needed the wide 1. None in stock. Other venders are only showing sets. I remember reading a...

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Joe, uh, if they were only worth scrap price ,why did you price them at 50 bucks? Not quite understanding that.I know it is all to common for folks to ask a price for something but then,suddenly it is only worth 4 cent a pound and it is lost.

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No pics at this time but engine is in the frame.
I got a good repairable radiator shell today in the mail ! Thanks Dale!
Made a good trade on a reverse eye rear spring that will be taken care of as soon as all this stay at home order thing is history.

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A Big thanks to Dale Meyers for sending me a shell,it came in the mail today with a note saying it was in to bad of shape to charge me for. Well, Dale will be getting a money order anyhow to at least cover the shipping cost and then some for his trouble. What he calls bad shape is much better than t...

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Gee,you mean it does not run on gas? Bummer. Wake me up when the V16 is actually running the watch.

Wow,a crankshaft it takes 3 days to program the cnc machine to make it. WOW.

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thanks for the help understanding.I did not realize these were after market fender supports.But still,very informative

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I have a set of these complete with the milk glass lens and such and hope to use them on the speedster.I knew they were chevy but what vintage are they?

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Question, how was the tube removed? is it welded or pressed in? I will be making mine on the speedster a bit longer as I am raising the head lights and having to fab fender brackets to fit and such,but I just didn't realize that tube could be removed. It would make for a nicer job not to have to spl...

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Doesn't look like it held up very well.
I want to get the engine running!

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Someone in the neighborhood may have a 36 or 48 volt golf cart. The 36 volt cart,just put your jumper cables to the 2 post that the charger wires go to and you have 36 volt. If the cart is 48, then just follow your wiring and use 3 of the batterys that should be wired in seris "spelling". Some charg...

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Lets just hope it is not Recycled Toilet paper!

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Wow,
https://www.funtrivia.com/en/Hobbies/To ... B6A93.html

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, I had a typical little repair job come in last week,a Echo SRM-210 straight shaft trimmer. It would start but cut right off. Well the fuel lines were bad,the rubber grommet leaking,air filter missing,So I ordered a kit that had a carb,plug,fuel line kit and all for 11 bucks. Can't get a carb kit f...

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I have used that process alot over the past few years. Saves me money from paying someone to sand blast stuff and is less stressful to metal. BUT don't put aluminum or soft metals in there and don't do springs of any kind.

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