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I think I have my inventory for Winter Projects covered.
- Thread starter Downeaster
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Ima redneck, and proud of it! I gots a torch, a welder and a BFH. I can make ANYTHING work!
My Dad wasn't above a little creative engineering, but he was an Idea Man and paid someone else to turn his concepts into reality. Many enjoyable trips to Wolfert's welding shop in Fowler, MI! (Don't look at the arc, boy!)
Now my Uncle Sam (really...) was a redneck. He had a pile of "inactive inventory" roughly the size of a 2 bedroom bungalow between the house and the barn, and his "shop" was a shed on the back of the house, accessible from the kitchen. It didn't hurt that Aunt Omah was in the habit of whipping up a batch of homemade donuts whenever one of us boys (I had 5 brothers at the time) dropped by...
My Dad wasn't above a little creative engineering, but he was an Idea Man and paid someone else to turn his concepts into reality. Many enjoyable trips to Wolfert's welding shop in Fowler, MI! (Don't look at the arc, boy!)
Now my Uncle Sam (really...) was a redneck. He had a pile of "inactive inventory" roughly the size of a 2 bedroom bungalow between the house and the barn, and his "shop" was a shed on the back of the house, accessible from the kitchen. It didn't hurt that Aunt Omah was in the habit of whipping up a batch of homemade donuts whenever one of us boys (I had 5 brothers at the time) dropped by...
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Today's task was to take pieces of 3 carburetors plus a kit to make one good one for the 7116H. I think I have achieved that, but won't know for sure until the ignition is reassembled so I have spark and I mount the carb and test drive it. May be a while.
I ordered the oddball 5/16-32 tap and die to chase the threads on the body and the almost-right parts from the kit. For the moment (until the tap and die come in), I installed a used emulsion tube and needle as the parts from the kit had thread issues, as did two of the three bodies. Boogered threads in the carb body is a common issue, according to my research.
Almost as much fun as a BS-38...
Big day at the mailbox. Wheel bearings came in so I could finish up the front wheels for the 7116H. Pressed the bearing cones into the hubs and then went for the tires.
I had tires, tubes, bead sealer and tubeless valve stems on hand.
Original plan was to mount them tubeless and the first one went slick as a smelt. Popped right on the rim and aired up with no fuss.
Second one made up for it. I could NOT get the bead up on the shoulder far enough for it to take air. After dicking with it for most of an hour (and putting a serious dent in my store of verbal lubrication) I tore it back down and stuffed a tube in it. Take THAT, ya sumbitch!
Also got the 5/16-24 NF hardware so I could bolt the pulley onto the tiller motor. Thanks to McMaster-Carr, I now have a lifetime supply of 5/16-24 x inch-and-a-half bolts and nuts...
So tomorrow - assuming the weather clears on schedule - I'll put the wheels and rebuilt carb on the tractor and mount the motor on the tiller. That should be all that's needed to get the tiller running.
Further to the above post about mounting tires:
I'm aware that on automotive-sized tires, an "air cannon" is used to blast the bead onto the rim.
Got to thinking, there must be an equivalent way to do that on lawn tractor sized tires. It occurred to me that I could make an adapter from air hose to valve thread and just whack the ball valve on the air tank open to pop the bead up over the step.
Then my other brain cell stopped by for a visit and it occurred to me that such an obvious solution must already be out there somewhere.
Milton S-731 M style recapper plug
Doh...On order.
Might be handy for stubborn modersickel tires?
I'm aware that on automotive-sized tires, an "air cannon" is used to blast the bead onto the rim.
Got to thinking, there must be an equivalent way to do that on lawn tractor sized tires. It occurred to me that I could make an adapter from air hose to valve thread and just whack the ball valve on the air tank open to pop the bead up over the step.
Then my other brain cell stopped by for a visit and it occurred to me that such an obvious solution must already be out there somewhere.
Milton S-731 M style recapper plug
Doh...On order.
Might be handy for stubborn modersickel tires?
DE, in my younger days I was a semi trailer mechanic. We used those air rings to set the beads on trailer tires. Sometimes that would not work, or even to try and re-set the bead while still mounted we would remove the valve stem and spray copious amount of starting fluid in the tire around the broken bead with a trail down the sidewall. A quick lighter and a WHOOSH and the tire bead would seat. Just be quick with the air chuck to keep it from deflating.