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September 21, 1985, a little-known actor named George Clooney makes his first appearance as a handyman on the popular TV sitcom The Facts of Life. Clooney appeared in 17 episodes of the show, which aired from 1979 to 1988 and chronicled the lives of a group of young women who meet at a fictional boarding school. Years later, he moved on to Hollywood superstardom in the hit TV medical drama ER and such films as The Perfect Storm, Ocean’s Eleven, Michael Clayton, Up in the Air, Gravity and Hail, Caesar!.

I’ve owned this tractor twice. Bought it from the last guy who I sold it to. This time it’s in much better condition than it was when I first bought it the first time. It was a younger fella who really didn’t understand what he had. It was sitting outside and I asked him does it run and he starts it up and must’ve been a couple gallons of water came out of fan shroud. The steering wheel was all bent out of shape. I don’t know what happened here but anyway that’s all done now. I have a lot of spare parts. But it had a bad motor in it so luckily a friend of mine had a spare motor sitting on the shelf. So here’s a couple pics in a short video. I am happy with the way it turned out. IMG_1412.mov IMG_1413.mov

True and we can coach you thru it. @Racinbob says shim the input shaft too. The worse part 'side of cleaning as Randy says is the ouch to buy a replacement gear. Been there done that ... Missus used to bring those pans home by the gross from the hospital before she retired. I'm finally out of them and can't talk her into going back to work.

Two west country yokels were on the train heading homewards through Somerset, England when one of them noticed some cows. 'What a lovely bunch of cows.' he remarked. 'Not a bunch, herd,' his mate replied. 'Heard of what?' 'Herd of cows.' 'Of course I've heard of cows.' 'No, a cow herd.' 'What do I care what a cow heard. I have no secrets to keep from a cow.'

Does it go cleanly into all the gears with the engine off? If so, your problem most likely stems from the drive belt not being stopped with the clutch pedal fully depressed. Easy enough to see (at least on a C series) - while off the tractor, start it in neutral, depressing the clutch fully by hand. Look across the battery area to find the drive belt - it should be stopped. If not, try adjusting the pedal back towards you for more throw. The belt guard MUST be installed, and correctly, for proper belt control. Most guards have tabs inside to aid in stopping the belt....

The good ol' Hospital pan used by HVAC Engineers to catch leaks until we "have time to fix it " There's probably a few hundred in the ceilings at the hospital I worked at! They used to be pink but the vendors decided the gray blends in better with concrete block and ceiling tiles!

My wife says she misses me… but her aim is getting better…😁

So you have a disconnect in the drive train. 1. Belt slipping due to weak tension spring 2. Transmission input pulley slipping on the shaft 3. A hub slipping on an axle 4.The 1/8" roll pin that connects the clutch cross shaft to the lever on the lelt end may be sheared causing belt to slip

Paul, a jogger, is running down a country road and is startled when a horse yells at him, 'Hey-come over here buddy.' Paul is stunned but still runs over to the fence where the horse is standing and asks, 'Were you talking to me?' The horse replies, 'Sure was, man I've got a problem. I won the Kentucky Derby a few years ago and this farmer bought me and now all I do is pull a plough and I'm sick of it. Why don't you run up to the house and offer him $5,000 to buy me. I'll make you some money because I can still run.' Paul thought to himself, 'Wow, a talking horse.' Dollar signs started appearing in his head. So he runs to the house and the old rancher is sitting on the porch. Paul tells the farmer, 'Hey man I'll give you $5,000 for that old broken down nag you've got in the field.' The farmer replies, 'Son you can't believe anything that horse says. He's never even been to Kentucky.'

A priest takes a short sabbatical for some relaxation, prior to an upcoming visit from the Pope. He decides on a short fishing trip. Since he knew very little about fishing, he arranged for a guide to take him out. They spent most of the day without much luck when suddenly the priest's pole doubles over and his drag begins screaming. The guide yells, "Reel it in, Father! Reel it in! Keep the line tight or you'll lose that sonovabitch!" The priest gives the guide a discerning look, but continues to reel in the monster. As he gets the fish closer to the boat, the guide exclaims, "Look at the size of that sonovabitch!", and promptly gets the net and lands it in the boat. The priest calmy says, "My son, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but there's no need to use foul language." Embarrassed and thinking quickly, the guide says, "No Father, that's what kind of fish it is. A Sonovabitch Fish." Priest: "Really? A Sonofabitch?" Guide: "Yeah, that might be the biggest Sonofabitch I've ever seen!" Priest: "What should I do with this Sonovabitch?" Guide: "Oh Father, those are the best tasting fish you'll ever have. You need to cook that Sonovabitch!" Priest: "Excellent! We have a very special visitor coming! Let's get this Sonovabitch on ice!" When the priest returns from his fishing trip, he's met at the drive by Sister Louise. She asks him if he enjoyed his trip. "It was wonderful. Take a look at this Sonovabitch!" he exclaimed as he opened the cooler. Sister Louise <embarrassed>: "Father! Mind your language!" Priest: "It's okay, Sister, That's what type of fish it is - a Sonovabitch fish. We'll have the Bishop prepare a special fish dinner for the Pope's visit tomorrow!" Sister Louise: "I learned to clean fish when I was very young. I'll clean this Sonovabitch and get it to the Bishop right away!" Sister Louise takes the fish to the Bishop and tells him, "Father Adams caught this Sonovabitch and wants you to prepare a special fish dinner for the Pope." The Bishop stares at Sister Louise in disbelief. Sister Louise: "It's okay. That's the type of fish it is. A Sonovabitch fish." Bishop: "Well then, I shall prepare the best Sonovabitch dish ever." On the day of the Pope's visit, they had a grand service. Afterwards they all sat down for lovely dinner. After prayers, they served up the fish dinner with all the trimmings, telling the Pope they had prepared a special meal just for him. The Pope took the first bite. He slowly looked up and said, "This is the best tasting fish I've ever had. Very good indeed!" They were all beaming with pride. Priest: "Thank you! I caught that Sonovabitch myself" Sister Louise: "Yes, and I cleaned the Sonovabitch!" Bishop: "And I cooked that Sonovabitch using a family recipe!" The Pope was silent for a moment. He took a long look at each of them. Then with a big smile, "Ha! You f*ck*rs are alright!"

A Swedish Farming Village in 1265 is facing a crisis. They haven't had any rain in almost 2 months. All of their crops are dead or dying, and many of the citizens are starving. One day, Sven comes bursting into his kitchen, scooping his wife Helda into his arms and dancing with joy. "Sven! What's gotten into you? Why are you so happy?" Helga asks. "My darling. I've just spoken to Rudolph." Sven replies. "You know Rudolph. He's got a great plait of fire red hair and a big, bushy red beard! He says that we'll get 4 inches of glorious rain by tomorrow.. Oh joy, all our problems are solved!" Helga slaps at her husband. "Oh Sven! You've gotten my hopes up. Why are you so confident in this Rudolph fellow?" Sven beams at his wife and says "Because... Rudolph The Red knows rain, dear!"

I am inclined to think the trouble is with your dog-point set screw. A broken point or loose set screw would make for a sloppy shifter and not shifting the 1st gear all the way into 1st gear. Check the set scew and replace that if needed.

I did some more work on the full-flow oil filtration conversion on my Dodge M37's engine. I decided to slightly revise the external filter plumbing---just some minor adjustments to get a better fit. (BTW, just as an explanatory note, the way the original bypass filtration worked in the old MoPar flathead six in my Dodge M37, only a small percentage of the oil was diverted through the filter; the bulk of the oil was delivered to the bearings, etc., with no filtration whatsoever. Eventually, all of the oil would pass through the filter, but if there was any dirt/debris in the oil, it would typically loop through the system many times before it all got filtered out. The later versions of this engine went to a full-flow system, so that all of the oil is filtered before it reaches the bearings. The original bypass filter media was very fine and could trap very small particles, but I think that a modern spin-on oil filter in a full-flow system should do a very adequate job of filtering, while eliminating the possibility of major damage/wear from any larger particles.) First, I bored the NPT end of a male 1/4" NPT-to-JIC AN-8 adapter so that the NPT end has the same ID as the JIC end of the adapter, and also matches the standard (almost 3/8") ID of the 1/4" schedule 40 pipe. This will still allow me to maintain that full inside diameter all the way from the oil pump to the filter and back. I turned down part of the hex area of a 1/4" female NPT-to-JIC AN-8 adapter to provide more clearance from an adjacent adapter: The net effect of the adapter changes will be to lower everything just enough to allow me to pull the valve compartment cover straight out, without having to maneuver it over the tubing, and it will also move the tubing a little farther away from the exhaust manifold. Here's a loose/dry fit-up just to get a general idea of how the fittings should work with each other: I'm about halfway through reassembling the transmission, which I'm totally rebuilding, but I'm waiting for a snap ring to arrive. It can be a little frustrating to get hung up by such a seemingly minor part, but the groove width and diameter are kind of unusual, so 'standard' inch sizes wouldn't work properly. I finally found a metric heavy-duty retaining ring that should be a good fit, both in terms of diameter and thickness. I'm also still in the process of making a couple of upgrades to the engine valves and connecting rods, beyond what the machine shop did for me. More on that later.

If the cookies are for children don't strain out the iron. Babies need iron to build hemoglobin as it carries oxygen to support development of the nervous system To this very day I get nervous if I run low on cookies.

I do that ..... after derusting my tractor parts. Just strain out the big chunks of rust.

Why wouldn't you just use it to make cookies, Ginger snaps, oatmeal cookies, molasses cookies?

Bad Doggie - no Biscuit!

Not too far from the truth ... was picking rust boogers for a week tho ..

Given enough of it, under pressure, it DOES move right along.... Great Molasses Flood - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood

Only if it needs it. With the engine off and put the shifter in 3rd gear. Do not hold the shifter and try to move the input shaft in and out (side to side). You want absolutely zero play. Any play translates to the 3523 gear separating that amount from the 3522 input gear. If there's any play at all slide the appropriate shim on the input shaft before you put in through the case.

Is the wiring to the seat safety switch pinched or worn in the tunnel? The four Safety switches that prevent starting are the seat the clutch/brake pedal and the two PTO.

Is the engine dying? In low range first gear at wide open throttle it is barely crawling and should be unstoppable.

Being a hydro power guy, one of my faves.

Bad Dog-point screw would do that.

A neighbor lady gave my wife a bicycle she no longer wanted so I've been doing a complete resto on it.

Check out this thredad.

No, it was “DUCK” but he was not quick enougjh!

Just remove the fuel line at the petcock. You should see a full 1/4" diameter stream of fuel. I've bought some non running tractors for cheap that had petcocks completely blocked. They had new carbs, fuel pumps, fuel lines, and filters, but the fuel was never leaving the tank.

A farmer moved into town After getting settled in the new town, a farmer went to church for the first time. He found that the people in the church gossiped and shunned him for his poor appearance. After the service, the preacher went to the farmer and told him that "In this town, we get dressed up for church." "But I am but a humble farmer with no better clothes than these. What shall I do?" "Pray to God" the priest replied. "He will tell you what to do." The next week the farmer came back to church wearing different clothes, but they were no better than the other set of clothes he had on before. The priest interrupted the service to berate the farmer. "Didn't I tell you to ask God what to wear to come here?" "Yes sir you did." "And did you do that?" "Yes sir I did." "And what did God tell you to wear?" "Well to be honest father, he didn't know. He said he's never been in this church before."

Hmmm... Gasoline fumes can be dangerous when collected near a sparky-sparky e-lectric motor....

Fuel tank vent clogged ...loosen cap. Screen in tank clogged... OOPs, that Donnie types really fast.

Old 2x4 Old skateboard trucks and wheels Old 10" bolt for steering column Old packing foam Old vinyl from old seat Old paint from previous WH jobs New decals from @Vinylguy Old guy putting it together

More tape and flashlights...I know you gottem Welcome home.

Since flying back home my sleep pattern is all out of whack. Woke up at 4:45 this morning and knew going back to sleep wasnt an option (I usually sleep in til 6:30-7:00 on a Sunday). So I loaded my bike and taped a flashlight to my bike frame and hit the trails! Did 12.XX miles. Came up on a tree across the trail that would have been a painful wreck without the light. It only shone out maybe 12’ ahead of me, just enough I guess.

I hear you can use it as a fertilizer too, but haven’t tried that.

Are the wires that are in my connector that will go to the new switch the right colors? Or do I need to change any of them??

The monster comment was meant to say the Ammeter has a green and black wire connected to it.

Added my custom designed transmission shift boot. 2 pieces of bicycle inner tube, overlapped... works shockingly good for the price... (Free)

That's NOT where those go

Well @c-series donwas close. I did remove the tank, drained it, blew it out with compressed air and then I set my air compressor regulator to about 5#, and let the air tank deplete while running air into the gas tank, the I baked it in the summer sun for hours, blew it out again and then replaced the grommet and shutoff valve, replaced the fuel line to the filter and the filter. Has been running like a top ever since.

But wait! There's more! Also figure on a new shift boot, 2 qts of 90 weight gear oil, and case gasket. IF any of the 4 oil seals are even questionable, that is the time to change them. Ahead of time - see if the hitch pin will come out! It must be removed to be able to split the case. Once the Unidrive is apart, other pieces inside may be worn - particularly bearings - that is where it runs into money...

There’s one more unaccounted for covered up in the back, needs a battery.

Bored, the professor says to the farmer: "I ask you a question, if you can't answer it, you give me $5; then you ask me a question, if I can't answer it, I give you $500, what do you think?" The farmer nods. The professor asks the farmer: "What is the distance between the Earth and the Moon?" The farmer silently takes out $5 and gives it to the professor. The farmer asks the professor: "What animal has three legs when ascending a mountain and four legs when descending a mountain?" The professor thinks hardly but couldn't find an answer, so he reluctantly pulls out $500 for the farmer. The farmer takes the $500 and prepares to nap, the professor asks: "What animal is it!?" The farmer takes out $5 and gives it to the professor, then he falls asleep.

Couple shots from @JCM & @Raven 's Annual North Berwick Meet n Greet.

Trina and her momma moved and rebuilt the fire pit. 🔥 We're testing it out now. This also gives the benefit of making the back patio much larger.

We moved the camper with my 1974 C160-8 Cinnamon Horse.

Had a couple of my favorites out of the shop so I could cut some lumber. Looked too good to not snap a shot. You can see that the weather hasn't been kind to my grass this year.

Had the 1988 312 out today with a newly acquired dump cart (LTD-244). Found the cart at a local (mostly used) tool store.