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Interesting little post card type thingy - all 25 pages. 1917 Ford_Plant_Postcards (1).pdf

I had to use a Slate and an Abacus!

Do you see what I see. Picked up this Junker last night and to my surprise, an electric lift.

I just pulled out my old Windows 98 laptop that I play around with, for the first time in about a year. Surprisingly enough, the 20 year old battery wasn't dead! I was curious how well it might display web pages today, given that things have advanced a lot online, even in the last year or two. I pulled up RS to see how it displayed it. All seems fairly well, except for certain elements that it doesn't know how to process, which display as a rectangle. I'm writing this post with it now. We'll see how RS's emoticons display with this post. It just got me wondering, are there any other nerds on here that toy with old computer technology for fun? I figure probably not but you never know! I've a few desktops that have software as old as Windows 3.1, and a virtual-PC on one of my computers that runs Windows 1.01. I'd like to play with Dos some day. My dad supposedly still has his Tandy TRS-80 (that he bought new) around somewhere, though he hasn't seen it in 25+ years. I did use this computer throughout my first two years of college. You'd be surprised at the looks you get from other millennials! I like most everything old; cars, tractors, computers, music, etc.. I'm a bit of a nut, I know.

You guys are incredible !!! I hope, when I am reading all of this, that Mom is standing over my sharing and sharing. My brother and sister and I have been going through tins of old photos...old black and whites of relatives we have no clue...some clue and actually know clue. I found one of my son, when he was about 5 or 6, on Grandpa's Raider 10...My son is 41 now. I will post that later. Lots of old cars, some steam train engines. I found one of my Dad when he was 2 years old...1930. The pictures of my Mom are mostly from the teen years...1940-1949. I want to thank all of you guys for adding to this thread. I am truly humbled again. Thank You!! I do want to tell you all, that if all of these shows that I have been going to for the last 10+ years were going on back when my Dad was still here. It is very likely that many of you would have met both...my Dad and my Mom. Dad was a Wheel Horse guy...and therefore, Mom was a Wheel Horse Mom.

As indicated in the conversation above, there's at least two ways to repair a worn throttle shaft hole. 1. Drill and ream out the hole and press in a long bushing. 2.Press a brass bushing into the recess on top of the carb that original was for a felt seal as Acto indicated) I've used this method with success on 3 carbs now. I used 2 brass washers available in those gray drawers at the ACe and other hardware stores.

I would say no.

Couple answers to solve most of the questions asked. It's a Verndale built house. Seems that Verndale Custom Homes of the North (who sold/installed this house) was a distributor of what is now Verndale Custom Builders. There was a bankruptcy of some sort and the name was changed to Verndale Custom Builders. They still build houses in the same plant this house was built in, so that's cool. I finally managed to get a hold of the right person at Verndale Custom Builders that has been with the company for 30+ years as one of their drafters. While she didn't have access to my specific plans anymore (I emailed them to her while we were talking) and she was able to confirm that that wall is NOT load bearing. I also learned that this house was built and transported as single unit and set on an ICF basement walls. She was unsure if the venting for the sink runs through that post setup or not but doesn't think it does. Roof is made of scissor trusses with about 1.5ft of attic space and access is from the outside and is a sealed space. I'm going to try and avoid going up there at all costs but I fear it's going to happen in order to put some can lights and such in that my wife (her name is Alex btw) wants installed. The electric in the partial wall doesn't go into the ceiling from there. It goes through an exterior wall on their builds. So I guess that solves this mystery. Not load bearing and will be getting ripped out the end of January. Thanks for all the input and ideas guys, I really do appreciate it.

I don’t have any of that old junk any longer, but..... I have worked in a mainframe (giant business computers.... that have really always been HUGE, bullet-proof “servers”) since 1981. The customer I was at all the time also was an early-ship (a.k.a. “Bleeding edge”) customer for IBM’s first Personal Computers, and through the years I was there they progressed thru the PS/2 line of products in their office environment. Occasionally, I would go and service those, but their were others on the team that focused more on the PC products. Interesting days back then. I remember when a 20MB hard drive was a real monster! Since 1995, I have been pretty much dedicated to the world’s largest retailer, in their mainframe world. As a matter of fact, I am at work now on a service call, typing this out while in a “hurry-up-and-wait” mode. I have tried to NOT accumulate a lot of PC gear, but have acquired a tower-type server and several Lenovo laptops. For personal use, I use the Ubuntu OS..... I have learned to like it a lot, but purposely have NOT gotten into the nuts and bolts of that OS. Over the years, I have gotten more and more low-tech, for the most part. After being in the complicated world I live in for a living, I tend to look for things to do outside...... like play with my C160!!!!

The kohler 12,14,16HP carbs use Hillman #58087 1/4" id x 7/16" od x 1/16" thick.I stack 2 of them to get the 1/8" thickness. I get them at the Ace Hardware store that has all the grey or yellow specialty parts I'. not sure about the K181 carb. take your carb and shaft to the hardware store and see what fits. PS if you have one take a dial or electronic caliper with you. As JCM noted the Kohler bushing is NLA, but can sometimes be found on ebay.

Priorities, man! Carb’s cleaned, oil’s fresh, transmission is next!

purchased my First own Computer young, a Sinclair ZX80 in 1980, Later a C64 what i improved with a lot of Hardwarehacks in 1983 i bought an Osbourne 1 with CPM with my trainee cash. i wrote a lot of programs with, to improve my skills. i had one of the first Apple Laptops must be in Basement.

Maybe, I don't know, I should right? O what's one more. Guess I might. I think you just talked me into keeping it. Something new to tinker with.

Terry: A very interesting history lesson on the Ford Motor Company plant as of 1917. A friend of mine in Greencastle has a 1917 Ford and interestingly that year the company quit using brass in its radiators and other parts as the World War I requirements for brass took precedent. 1917 was the first year Ford made a pickup truck also. Here are a couple pictures of my friend's 1917 Ford.

Well, they don't call me Stevasaurus for nothing. I took some DOS classes in Community College, Windows 3.1...so I am into Dos and Bat files. I have 3 computers that I am playing with. A 485 (is that right?)) that has Windows 97...one with Vista Home...and my Del that I just loaded Windows 10, 64 bit on. I just bought a portable A: drive that I can use to play all of my 3.5 diskettes. I have quite a few books for the different Windows and Dos systems...plus a Q-Basic book that is to die for. Playing Chess in Dos is like playing the first video game...pong. What a riot!!!

At our factory, we still have my father's first ever work computer, a massive old Texas Instruments machine over half the size of my desk at work. From what I understand my grandfather wrote all the coding for the inventory management program that my dad used. Sadly at some point someone threw away the monitor and keyboard so all we have left is the actual computer.

Plans don’t always reflect the reality of what is built. Only way to know what that wall is is to have it inspected by a trusted / respected builder, architect or structural engineer.

Server back plains loaded with gold plated pins, gold fingered ram, keyboard mylars printed with conductive silver ink traces. Gold pins and traces are plated over a protective nickle barrier to keep the gold from migrating into the copper printed circuit, both gold and silver are soft metal which will easily abrade free of its bond. Keyboard mylars the plastic sheet with the printed circiut applied with a special ink jet printer using a conductive silver ink. If you cut gold plated pins off then tumble these in a rock tumbler with a bit of water overnight then filter the water, the filtrate will be your gold. Melt this with a bit of borax for a beautiful gold button. Cut the mylars into strips one inch wide, tumble to abrade the silver free from the plastic sheet, melt the filtrate with a bit of borax. Forgot to mention, incinerate your filter papers to get that last bit of precious metals and that you do not have to add any abrasive media to the tumbler. Been using Linux from day one, then became a Red Hat fan then Fedora, last six years Ubuntu and we use voip.ms as our provider. Here's what we have spent on telephone number and calls from Oct 1/2019 / December 13/2019

Trina and I are both the same way. No old computers around here but I do have 2 late 90s hi powered stereo systems.

Well, I hope. This one should be the easiest to get going out of the 3. This one has sat for almost 10 years not running. The others have been sitting longer than that I believe. This is just a get away place for us closer to some family. 150 year old little log cabin on 127 acres of farm ground and woods. It's 60 miles from Indianapolis with its light pollution and the almost 1,000,000,000 people. A good dark site to use my telescopes. Real dark sky is not easy to come by anywhere in the state. This property has very good skies. I'm looking to buy property down there, but in the mean time, this is perfect.

Having lost a friend or a few to similar things myself, perhaps I'm coldhearted in this regard. Very sorry to hear what happened to the fellow. But a quad is only as dangerous as you make it. I've been driving Elans and 3 wheelers, even a Chrysler SnoRunner for years. Drive it with respect and you'll almost never have an issue. Start running them like an idiot, and you will get hurt or killed. Even if they were close, after the number I've had, I've simply given them my respects, and left. I'm not going to bawl my eyes out because someone wouldn't take advice and got himself killed. Be it wrecking a wheeler, riding a snowmobile across marked private property and being decapitated by a fence wire, car wrecks with no safety and alcohol.. I do whatever I can and often try too hard. It's their choice after that.

As a fatal accident investigator I have seen my fair share of seriously injured and dead riders of all things wheeled. Quad bikes, field bikes, road bikes of all kinds that came to grief when ambition of the rider exceeded their ability. They can ignore the rules of the road but the laws of physics tend to be harder to skirt round. Excess speed, alcohol and drug use all play their part. But irresponsible use is the biggest factor, ignoring safe practices and taking risks is part of the human condition so it will never end. Just take care of yourself and let others make their choices, right or wrong. Mick

The are very good looking cousins. I like the WHrecker.

My C105 takes exception to above references to one of her cousins as “junker”, “parts tractor” or anything other than another outstanding and exemplary member of the Black Hood family... So cheers from my C 105 to yours!!! Additional such references will be addressed by her other cousin “The WHrat WHrecker”...

Go get it.... do it.... oh and I wouldn't call it a junker there's no such thing as a red junker!!

This is a mid 60s 3 speed. Should weigh the same as a later model 4 speed. My scale reads 88 pounds, (mostly drained). So about 39 to 40 kg I think... 6 and 8 speeds will be a touch heavier because of longer axles and an extra gear/lever set up.

Maybe Polk Saaid Annie???

Finished painting the hood, just the decals to fit when its hardened off.

Oh, hehehe i guess we must have the same „Notebook“ dealer in the Past... 😎 😂

There is Air in the tyres, some snow arround and a plowshield aside... Bolt on, fill up, fire up, have Fun... 👍😇

Can we keep it daddy??!! Can, we huh?

You may have installed the wrong ignition switch, even though they might look alike there are different types.

Good to see the mindset of putting use back into an old part. I know not everybody has a well stocked workshop to repair things, and if I recall correctly, the Kohler Manual refers to using a vise to carefully press the shaft bushing into the recess?. It may be possible to carry this job out without having to ream the bushing after it is fitted. If it is the oilite version, it should partially collapse down to size when pressed in. Shaft diameters of the carbs I have checked are/were always a few thousandths under 1/4" on the 'unworn' areas, so it may be that a reamer is not required. Just to offer some contribution to the overall job of refurbishing these carbs, I add a link to an old post that may help as a reference to a Kohler carb refurb in general. Hope you get back to a 'smooth runner' with the reworked carb. Kohler Carb Regards Richard.

One thing about it, wont have to worry about getting hacked, no hackers working now on windows 98 stuff!

no northern lights where I am but you can catch them a couple hours North on occasion.

This is where @stevasaurus comes in and I believe there’s still a complete Commodore 64 all in the original boxes in my parents basement .

I bought a 1985. O6-42ST04 Wheel Horse Snow Blower today from a fellow Red Square 🟥 member in Indiana! This is the nicest. Snowblower I have seen in years. Well stored and taken care of and ready to attach and work!

That's exactly how much we paid for that one. Just added a hitch that would work better on a tractor & the box. Had the box on hand & the hitch was made from scraps that I had laying around so total out of pocket $40. I think we saw some of those sulky's for sale at tractor shows for around 50 to 75 bucks. One thing to consider @JimmyJam, a two seater sulky will not take up much more room that a single seater. Here is a pic of one of the two seaters that my dad built. Complete with cup holders and under seat storage, I want to build another 2 seater this winter, maybe with a built in cooler under the seat. Still working on the plans.

Oh man now they got you doing it .... I say don't name them … that way you wont get attached to it so you won't feel so when I has to come get it ….

Skids were not an option on those blades. If you want skids, you'll need to build and install them yourself. If the ground isn't froze, there will always be peeling. You can decrease the aggressiveness by tilting the blade forward at the top. Remove one of the hitch pin clips from the rod that's installed through the top of the trip springs, remove the rod, tilt the blade forward at the top, and reinsert the rod through a "lower" set of holes.

In a previous post of my Commando 8 redo, I discussed repairing the wallowed out key way in the axle. Instead I replaced the 3 speed with one I had on the shelf. Today while rooting out some potential items for the SHOW, there was that 3 speed. So today I made a stab at the repair. I made a dummy key from a piece of 3/16 brass , welded around it, and ground/filed it down. Only time will tell if the weld will hold up to the torque.

I installed the shower pan liner and tested to see if the water sheds in the right direction. Time ran out to mix up mud and pour the top coat, but I managed to complete the light fixture!

Might've....

What are we doing with this one?

Sorry to hear from the lost of your friend. but just a few Words about the Thema I drove different Vehicles from Bicicle, Scooters, Quadbikes and Motocycles and even Cars in several Race‘s. Did you ever take a jump with a BMX Bike? There is no engine in, but with less skill, you also can be hurt until a broken neck whilst trying a Salti without Safety Gear. A Collegoue of mine has a scar in the Face, because he train a jump on a Ramp with a BMX Bike without helmet, his luck was that he falls lucky, otherwise this could be his last Jump. It was just 5cm, they decided between „just open lips“ and a broken neck... He later realizes how close it was, but all preventive warnings will be ignored from him. What counts harder i found are the other theme you talking about. As long as i drive races, one thing never be happen together, Alcohol or even Drugs and drive, this is prevented itself by a normal peoples mind. If you will be seen while consumpt drugs or Alcohol on the Racetrack, you got a prohibition to Race forever. Later at victory celebration Alcohol was allowed, but the check in unannounced controls if you be „clean“. I had also several Crashes in my active times, but not the machines was the Dangerous, it was my own personality skills, i tend to blast and sometimes missed. I allway’s know about the danger and allway’s i accept them, but just with use of safety gear, i survived 2 horror crashes in my active times. Things can allway’s be happen, but to wear safety Gear is allway‘s a good idea if you try things first times. So you can survive once a double rollover with a quadbike or a jump to hang, i feared shortly by jump begin and this ends up with a total Crash. Sure, it could end a other Way, but the Safety Gear prevents me until now from harder injuries in my life. Not for nothing i build a ROPS shield on my Iseki with FEL. My Tractor is not fast, but there are a lot of death all year, whilst peoples misusing the FEL without a ROPS. it doesn‘t look cool i heard sometimes, but hey it‘s my life and if i smash it, i wanna survive that. So each vehicle, independently wich kind of it was, can be used for Transportation purposes or can be missused even as a Weapon, this just depends on the Driver and his skills or sometimes the circumstances. Everybody is free, to use his mind in case of driving or using a Vehicle. I agree 100% @Mickwhitt and @Stepney just to put a Warning Sticker on a Vehicle, doesn‘t prevent any injuries. A Danger allway's is with you, there is no matter how safe you drive, ride, walk, one idiot in opposite direction and you can have a crash, what be ends up in harmed or dead. There is no insurance for, you also just can look at peoples face, but not in their mind. I compare this similar to Weapons, a Weapon itself is just a mix of Material and not dangerous, but in worng hands, they are. But again sorry for the loss.

It sounds kinda redundant but do a quick look over what you just did. Could very likely be a bad connection on something you've already gone over. Especially what with that @#$&(). Paint on the terminals.... Could also be a touchy ground somewhere. You're Right There.

Having read all the above... I guess after nearly 70 years, I'm lucky to be alive.

Sorry for your loss Steve