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biggie_rat
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 Posted - 01/27/2015 : 23:23:21
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Originally posted by B-16_IC
I have about the same luck staying with a project.
Just wondering, have you ever messed with any 400 series? I'm mulling a somewhat similar changeover on a 416. Just wondering if Vickers sideplates would bolt onto a Sunstrand?
It's a big project with this one. But maybe an entire rear half with BGB might bolt on. The shifter might be a big deal. I've never done anything with a 300 or 400.
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biggie_rat
USA
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Posted - 01/27/2015 : 23:27:24
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Originally posted by skunkhome
Ron, you must really be feeling well.
Can't complain, but I usually do.
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biggie_rat
USA
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Posted - 01/29/2015 : 19:58:00
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It's getting there.
I luckily found the old wiring harness I made, but since I didn't mark the wires it took time to figure things out. The wires must not be routed the same as last time cuz I had to lengthen a couple and a couple are a little too long, but I can live with that. Found the 'old' exhaust pipes, too. I put a spark tester on and jumped it with a spare battery and all 'seems' well. No gas tank yet or throttle/choke lines, but I have the old ones from the original XXX, so that's tomorrow or later.
Colder weather coming back and even though I have heat it takes forever to overwhelm the cold inside. The wife is talking about a new garage with good insulation for a shop. She must be getting tired of listening to my moaning about the weather.
Anyway, these pics taken today may not look much different, because the old XXX was a Simplicity, too. It's still a little rough.
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Edited by - biggie_rat on 01/29/2015 22:08:56 |
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biggie_rat
USA
1235 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2015 : 19:43:41
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It's alive ..............
After a day of -
Lowe's for project lumber
Home, to eat
Nap time
Shuffling the snow blower tractor/walk behind snow blower/wife's Sonoma/the big truck/Grand Caravan/D-A Wrecker around to brace for the 'impending doom' projected by forecasters that demand everyone will suffer from 5" of snow, for the rest of the weekend. I finally got around to putting the rest of XXX II all together for a tryout. After enough cranks to get the gas to the carb and started it for about 2 seconds and shut it off. I was going to quit for the night anyway and wanted to make sure it would run, since the 'impending doom' was getting closer and I don't know when I can get out there again to button things up (and unhook the battery, in case I didn't wire something right), until I can spend more time out there. I know the hydro is okay from using it in XXX.
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skunkhome
USA
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Posted - 02/01/2015 : 15:21:09
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You got more done in a day than I do all week. What is the "impending doom"?
Did I miss something? |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
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olcowhand
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Posted - 02/01/2015 : 16:37:51
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Originally posted by skunkhome
You got more done in a day than I do all week. What is the "impending doom"?
Did I miss something?
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Daniel in Ky -- So much to do, so little time!
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simplelife
USA
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Posted - 02/01/2015 : 18:06:55
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Looks like I am in the middle of the bull's-eye this time. 
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biggie_rat
USA
1235 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2015 : 22:36:14
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Originally posted by skunkhome
You got more done in a day than I do all week. What is the "impending doom"?
Did I miss something?
It's when our local forecasters cry wolf constantly and nothing happens. The predicted we would get anything from 5" to 1000" depending who you listened to ....................... we got 1/2" last night and another 1/2" this afternoon, then rained the rest of the day. They tell you this to get you to tune in, during their little snipet commercials. They bat about .004 for being correct in the last two years. Some day they will give a bad forecast, but now they have made the viewers not believe them, cuz of their track record.
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Edited by - biggie_rat on 02/01/2015 22:40:08 |
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biggie_rat
USA
1235 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2015 : 22:38:13
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[quote]Originally posted by simplelife
Looks like I am in the middle of the bull's-eye this time.
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What did you end up with Mike?
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B112
USA
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Posted - 02/01/2015 : 23:43:19
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| I'll be driving into the white and blue zones above... how will the roads be tomorrow in those areas? Does MO and IL plow the highways well? |
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simplelife
USA
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Posted - 02/02/2015 : 10:04:53
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Originally posted by biggie_rat
[quote]Originally posted by simplelife
Looks like I am in the middle of the bull's-eye this time.
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What did you end up with Mike?
B.R.
The "official" reading was 12.5".
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biggie_rat
USA
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Posted - 02/02/2015 : 11:40:04
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Sorry 'bout that, Mike. We got a total of, at the most total, 2". If it hadn't have warmed up to rain it would have been sorta bad here. It rained all day from morning to night (yesterday), then 13 degrees set in, overnight, with 1/2" of snow again with frozen rain underneath.
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simplelife
USA
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Posted - 02/02/2015 : 12:25:45
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| Ron, I would rather deal with a lot of snow than freezing rain followed by really low temps. I was so confident that we were going to miss it this year that I only had the front blade mounted. Just finished installing the blower and chains on the 7116. Hope the old belt holds up long enough to clear a path. You better order some warmer weather by the weekend. I am supposed to attend a conference in Muncie on Saturday. |
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simplelife
USA
1385 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2015 : 12:30:11
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Hmm .. couldn't find the edit button for the previous message. Did I ever tell you that I would rather try to start a 2 cycle weedeater or chainsaw than install chains, especially when it is in the teen's!!!
Hmm just noticed the edit ICON is now there.. just love Windows 8. |
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biggie_rat
USA
1235 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2015 : 15:05:49
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I'll be around if you want to have a fat chewing session or split a hamburger. Maybe find Zippo, too.
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Deja Vu all over again? XXX
