"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
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Cold rainy day today. I started by putting batteries in the big
backhoe and forklift. I'd rebuilt both machines last year and both
units fired right up.


You may remember my asking about repair of a worn throttle on the
gravely carb. This is a piece of cake job. After stripping the carb.
I
noticed the throttle shaft was 1/4" so I mounted a 1/4 drill rod in
a
collet and slid the carb up so the drill rod went the entire length
of
the throttle shaft. Then moved the vice and tightened the carb in
place so the drill rod easily slid up and down. Then the part was
located.

I drilled out to 5/16 with an end mill. Then turned a 5/16 by 1/4
bushing in the lathe. I was able to have a 1/8 in. shoulder at .400"
for above the carb. Put on a dab of JB weld after the carb spent a
hour in the ultrasonic cleaner and reassembled throttle shaft. Its
just like new with a rebuild kit.

I also did the finishing touches on the complete rebuild of my
commercial gravely lawn tractor. The 40 year old Gravely has spent
about 200 labor hours in the shop this winter and went from a bone
yard candidate to a like new machine.


I also rebuilt an 8N ford this winter. Its still in a pile waiting
for
warm weather to get a complete paint job. All the body metal has
already been powder coated so just the castings are left.

Winter is almost over.

Karl

Damn, you're industrious! We call that "Puppy Blood" and I WANT some!