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bush carb. FINISHED gravely
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 |
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bush carb. FINISHED gravely
"Karl Townsend" wrote in message ... 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! |
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Damn, you're industrious! We call that "Puppy Blood" and I WANT some! Na, this is proof i haven't got a real job. Karl |
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"Karl Townsend" wrote in message ... ... Damn, you're industrious! We call that "Puppy Blood" and I WANT some! Na, this is proof i haven't got a real job. Karl If you love what you do, you never go to work! Strawberry season starts for you any day now? I get two quarts a week, they're almost always two-for-one BUT the local farmers have the orgasmic ones. And for a diabetic, they are a wonder-fruit. |
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bush carb. FINISHED gravely
"Karl Townsend" wrote in message ... ... Damn, you're industrious! We call that "Puppy Blood" and I WANT some! Na, this is proof i haven't got a real job. I've been working on an automatic transmission rebuild --FWIW, removing the yellow circlip that retains the tailshaft into the 4l60E lower case is a real bitch.... Common failure point--mine looks almost identical : http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/9...ensunshell.png I'll be picking up a "beefed up" version this afternoon--round trip to Portland...also fertilizer at Simplot, and this weeks anodizing at Electro Chem. |
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bush carb. FINISHED gravely
"PrecisionmachinisT" wrote in message news:sO2dnerF8vTC7zXQnZ2dnUVZ_gOdnZ2d@scnresearch. com... "Karl Townsend" wrote in message ... ... Damn, you're industrious! We call that "Puppy Blood" and I WANT some! Na, this is proof i haven't got a real job. I've been working on an automatic transmission rebuild --FWIW, removing the yellow circlip that retains the tailshaft into the 4l60E lower case is a real bitch.... That's why they are called "Jesus Clips". |
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bush carb. FINISHED gravely
On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:55:32 -0400, "Tom Gardner" w@w wrote:
"PrecisionmachinisT" wrote in message news:sO2dnerF8vTC7zXQnZ2dnUVZ_gOdnZ2d@scnresearch .com... "Karl Townsend" wrote in message ... ... Damn, you're industrious! We call that "Puppy Blood" and I WANT some! Na, this is proof i haven't got a real job. I've been working on an automatic transmission rebuild --FWIW, removing the yellow circlip that retains the tailshaft into the 4l60E lower case is a real bitch.... That's why they are called "Jesus Clips". I bought a Jesus Clip Retainer from MAC tools in another life. Worked like a charm on those teensy carb linkage clips in gawdawful tight places. -- Some people hear voices. Some see invisible people. Others have no imagination whatsoever. |
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bush carb. FINISHED gravely
If you love what you do, you never go to work! Strawberry season starts for you any day now? I get two quarts a week, they're almost always two-for-one BUT the local farmers have the orgasmic ones. And for a diabetic, they are a wonder-fruit. I still love what i do, but it was easier when I was younger. We just pulled the straw off the berries and will get the solid set irrigation running next week. Then plant a new patch. We start a new section every year and keep it for three production years. I'll brag a bit. I have a consultant that goes to nearly all patches in MN. He's done an extensive study of many of these businesses and he tells me we have the best in the state. We show up as an outlier on all the charts of quality, price (we're high), costs, and profit. The secret is Julie - she works double hard and I don't pay her. I must have missed your diabetis. My honey has been a type one for 20 years. The new high tech constant monitoring device and insulin pump has really helped her. |
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bush carb. FINISHED gravely
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:55:32 -0400, "Tom Gardner" w@w wrote: "PrecisionmachinisT" wrote in message news:sO2dnerF8vTC7zXQnZ2dnUVZ_gOdnZ2d@scnresearc h.com... "Karl Townsend" wrote in message ... ... Damn, you're industrious! We call that "Puppy Blood" and I WANT some! Na, this is proof i haven't got a real job. I've been working on an automatic transmission rebuild --FWIW, removing the yellow circlip that retains the tailshaft into the 4l60E lower case is a real bitch.... That's why they are called "Jesus Clips". I bought a Jesus Clip Retainer from MAC tools in another life. Worked like a charm on those teensy carb linkage clips in gawdawful tight places. This one is about an inch in diameter and appx .060 x .090 cross section. Similar to this : http://img.directindustry.fr/images_...lip-130210.jpg And it's in a fairly difficult to reach area, down inside of the planet carrier -- |
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bush carb. FINISHED gravely
"Steve W." wrote in message ... PrecisionmachinisT wrote: "Karl Townsend" wrote in message ... ... Damn, you're industrious! We call that "Puppy Blood" and I WANT some! Na, this is proof i haven't got a real job. I've been working on an automatic transmission rebuild --FWIW, removing the yellow circlip that retains the tailshaft into the 4l60E lower case is a real bitch.... Common failure point--mine looks almost identical : http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/9...ensunshell.png I'll be picking up a "beefed up" version this afternoon--round trip to Portland...also fertilizer at Simplot, and this weeks anodizing at Electro Chem. Take a CLOSE look at the replacement. Check the root of the splines and the root of the stub. You want to see a radius. Some of the "beefed up" versions used straight cut splines and they have nor fillet at the base of the stub, they also like to shear off due to the stress. There is a nice fillet, and the spline appears to have been broached. I have had real good luck with the Heavy Duty Beast sunshell kit. They have a nice heat treated spline and generous fillets on the ground areas. The guy there offered me a used take-out beast shell on the cheap but I opted for a new one--since that failure mode is obviously caused by repetive stress I felt best to go with new... --kicking myself now, because I hadnt noticed till I got home that on the box it says "Made in China".... Now I have to decide whether to go back and get the other one... ( I probably will ) and I dunno if they are open on saturdays, and I had other plans for the weekend etc.... -- |
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Karl Townsend wrote: I must have missed your diabetis. My honey has been a type one for 20 years. The new high tech constant monitoring device and insulin pump has really helped her. Good for her. That's good news. I was put on Insulin a few weeks ago, and I am still not used to it. They changed most of my medications and put me on antibiotics for the damage to my left leg, which screws up my blood sugar levels as well. Now the VA has me seeing one doctor or another every week, after two years of mostly ignoring me. -- You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-Aid™ on it, because it's Teflon coated. |
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:34:02 -0500, Karl Townsend
wrote: If you love what you do, you never go to work! Strawberry season starts for you any day now? I get two quarts a week, they're almost always two-for-one BUT the local farmers have the orgasmic ones. And for a diabetic, they are a wonder-fruit. I still love what i do, but it was easier when I was younger. We just pulled the straw off the berries and will get the solid set irrigation running next week. Then plant a new patch. We start a new section every year and keep it for three production years. I'll brag a bit. I have a consultant that goes to nearly all patches in MN. He's done an extensive study of many of these businesses and he tells me we have the best in the state. We show up as an outlier on all the charts of quality, price (we're high), costs, and profit. The secret is Julie - she works double hard and I don't pay her. When will you have ripe fruit? |
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When will you have ripe fruit? Looks like a late season this year and we always open on a Saturday. So, June 18. We have a "special list" for good customers for that first week when we're not up to full production. Normally for those folks that see us every year. There may be room on that list for old EEs that consistantly help out with all sorts of projects. Karl |
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Hijacked ! Strawberries ...
Karl Townsend wrote:
When will you have ripe fruit? Looks like a late season this year and we always open on a Saturday. So, June 18. We have a "special list" for good customers for that first week when we're not up to full production. Normally for those folks that see us every year. There may be room on that list for old EEs that consistantly help out with all sorts of projects. Karl Hey Karl , got a strawberry question . I bought one of those packages of 10 (June-bearing) plants at wallyworld , planted them in a prepped bed a week ago according to the package instructions . How long should it take before I start seeing green? These are well-rooted (roots 5-6" long) starts . The wife sez she doesn't think we'll get berries this year , but the web sites I've looked at seem to indicate a small crop the first year ... and better in succeeding years depending on how I care for them . I'm on new ground here , haven't a clue what I'm getting into . But we love strawberries , and for a couple of bucks worth of starts and a little work I'm willing to try . -- Snag Learning keeps you young ! |
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