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When you run out of money and storage space, you sometimes have to collect smaller things. One of my passions is collecting oilers. Thumb oilers specifically. This is a small sample of what I'm talking about. Anyone else collect these little guys?

That is true. I have a couple of very interesting ones. Young people today think that WD40 is the only thing they need. These are all sewing machine oilers. This is a British bicycle oiler This one is from 1898

I learned how to not to unload

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Glass oil jars are hard to find. Most were dropped and broken. This survivor still has it's original lead spout.

Looks like the Auction Can contained Snake Oil....

I put a knot in a wire and ran it through the tip up to a nail to hang my Ford cans up for display. It kinda makes it look like they are floating in the air! All the cans I have were given to me over time. I have different fluids for different applications in each of the cans not hanging up.

Today after mowing my yard and my parents yard again(old pictures same yard) I worked on my new project I got from @ebinmaine. A 1978 C141 Automatic that I retrofitted a mid 90’s 312-8 wiring harness into. As of now I’m an engine side drive pulley, swapping the engine plug on the K321 and a bit of welding on the frame away from using it.

The Tin Man's best buddy....

or how to get the oil out of them.

@rmaynard @Ed Kennell How funny that you post this! Probably about the same time you were posting, I was on the phone with Ed and I was telling him that I use one of those for squirting Marvel Mystery Oil in the cylinders of my small engines for long term storage. I honestly did not know that is what they were called! I have a few of them, I’ll have to take some pictures and post them. My guess is that most of the younger generation would have no idea what they were!!!

Our area has plenty of walnut trees and I usually try to gather a few. Cracking them has been a bit of a chore until I started using a 1 1/2" boxed end wrench. Not only does this save fingers it speeds up the process. I had a five gallon bucket full of walnuts (still in the hulls) and ended up with two gallon of cracked nuts. Mom, who is in assisted living, picks them for me. Just place a walnut inside the boxed end wrench, give the nut a whack with a hammer and the result is a nut ready for mom and her pick. The wrench keeps the nuts from flying all over the shop. Wish I had thought of this nearly 50 years ago when I cracked nuts for my mother-in-law. She picked walnuts and sold them to help pay for Christmas presents. I think Mildred sold a 1 lb coffee can full of walnut meats for maybe three dollars.

Well, since my truck was stuck axle deep, I pulled one ramp out from the tractor, then managed to pull the rear of the tractor off the remaining ramp. We then pulled the truck out of the yard, and waited for the yard to dry out to get the tractor recovered from the impromptu mud hole.

My old house, the driveway was ever so sloped to the road. We had a 16’ trailer on my truck. Grandpa’s? I don’t recall. We borrowed a Tecuchi track loader from the farm he worked at for the weekend to do some digging for a retaining wall project. My brother was the equipment operator, so he was driving it the most. When it came time to load, he inched his way onto the trailer, and it lifted my truck’s rear axle off the ground. They started zooming towards the street. It was not a state highway, but for all intents and purposes might just ad we’ll be. He froze. I screamed at him to drive forward, and fast! Tongue weight matters.

You wouldn't BELIEVE the wisdom I could spread!!!!

I've been procrastinating to have an axle repaired for a spare gearbox because the machine shop is a bit of a trek and always backed up with work. Out of the blue yesterday I was like, hey, don't we have a milling machine out in the warehouse? Duh.

Only if you consider "failure" like Thomas Edison did... a positive thing... Will I agree with your statement... Every failure adds knowledge and improves future outcomes...

Here’s mine… starting at left- Golden Rod, with an index finger trigger. Eagle, Eagle(small), no name, Craftsman. Not a collection. I just could not get rid of them…

Nothing to sell… wondering, is anyone bringing a C-81 that’s going up for sale? Kinda like the 8hp stuff. Thinking if I scored a nice C-81 I would sell off my 308-8. Picture just for attention:

¾” bearings came in the mail yesterday so this morning I replaced the spindle bearings on the 36” RD deck. Pretty easy to do when that’s the only thing you’re changing. I had an idler pulley which I was going to use, but it was too big, so I will fine a new one just so it’s all replaced at the same time. It is much quieter now!

Save Old Iron had a thread on how to mod those for a better charger. Yeah that was old school I think that myth has been debunked. Disagree Richard ... I've got cheapies on tenders and going on 10 years old now. Yeah ones not on tenders go about 5 tops. 2016 Kubota SxS always on a tender and still load checks good. Same with boat batteries.

We harvested many when I was a youngster a few years 70 years ago. My job every fall was to peel off the green shell. I did this by pounding them thru the hole on a railroad plate. Then spread them on the flat chicken house roof to dry. My hands were stained brown for a month. The stain usually wore off by Christmas. My Great Grandma Rizer then picked the nuts all winter. Great idea using the box end to hold the nut for cracking. Thanks for the memory.

Managed to get all of the parts list except a page or two around item 60. Got to give up on it after many tries. Rev (revised) is in the file name.

Possibly a R-26 rear engine rider? We have a 1973 parts list

I would replace it. 25 years it don't owe ya nothing. I would also go through the wiring behind it and check connections. Make sure everything is wired as should. Check neutrals GFIs like bad neutrals.

Nice looking job you got there Bob! Agree, the paint with hardener is way better! Figure you might want to hide the pump in the back but I mounted one next to the engine and piped the outlet, worked good and picked up power at the the coil connection. Just sharing.

5th Annual Hershaull Park Antique Engine & Tractor Show – Farm Collector Show Directory Anyone coming? I'll be there Saturday only.

The koozie is a nice touch too. Gotta have'm if you wanna keep the red straw for next time.

Practiced a rite of passage ...

In the vein of gaining knowledge by mistakes have you ever loaded a tractor on a trailer not attached to a truck…..I did and I rode it a across a low spot in the driveway for about 8 feet …. No damage to me or the tractor but thats not ever happening again. 😬

I have a couple of these. Neat idea to have a way to seal the can. No labels. They weren't necessarily for oil. I have seen them with glue, cleaners, and furniture polish labels.

Nice collection Bob. Here are a few of mine. The Eagle trigger finger pumpers work great for squirting fuel down the throat of a lazy starting engine. Can you ID this one with the dual cap. It does have a thumb popping bottom.

? From the information posted about the modification --- "The second scenario mod will change the 1 cent "close enough" resistor back to the 20 cent potentiometer design. This mod will allow the float charger output to vary between 12 to 15 volts. You as the user will have the final say in what the output voltage is" Since it's a potentiometer design (adjustable output) mod, it can be adjusted from the earlier suggested 13.2v up to the 13.5 -13.8v from the manufacturer info just posted. So it can actually meet the exact standards of the manufacturer. I didn't read the entire thread so maybe I'm missing something

Noera has been around for a long time.

Interesting that one popped up in my FB marketplace today.

My Grandfather had quite a few. Wish I had grabbed them.

Nice collection !! I have a couple old ones that I use but no collection per say.

Fixed! Pay at the show

Try the simplest thing first. Replace the old GFCI. When my house was built in 1978, it was common practice for the bathroom GFCI to power not only the bathroom, but the kitchen counter outlets within arms reach of the sink, the outlet on the deck, the front and back porch lights, and for some reason the outlet in the master bedroom that shares a wall with the bathroom. I have replaced it twice in 47 years.

Yep. Can also depend on HOW it is wired - I installed Combo (Top is a light switch, bottom is a GFCI Outlet) - came with instructions how to wire it so that the light switch works independently of the GFCI protection (With a jumper wire) GFCI works based on detecting any power surges, and sudden loss of load can cause voltage spike enough to trip the GFCI. (GFCI is also a problem in shops/garages where a VFD powered device is used - VFD and GFCI do not like each other.... Oh yeah, VFD = Variable Frequency Drive for variable speed electric motor powered stuff like lathes, drill presses, end mills, etc.)

@953 nut there was no wiring in the C141 except for the wires to the headlights. There was no engine either. I figured I could use the 312 harness and take out what I didn’t need. I’m not too worried about the safety switches as the my 312’s seat switch is bypassed and my 308 is missing some switches or they are bypassed and I’ve had no issues. I’d like to get it running and moving then maybe put some in.

Perzackly what I did. Actually 1/4" x 2. It's what I had lying around.

If the light is wired through the GFCI outlet then it will also be protected by the outlet.

Not the preferred way to get grilled venison.

Yup old GFCI's will cause issues. Working in an OLD school kitchen. Cloth wiring , the works. Got a call that a steam cooker wasn't working. I get there and it's fine. Can't find anything wrong. Get called several times over the year. Same thing. Turned out they had an old Bunn Coffee pot that apparently had a small internal leakage to ground. One of the later arriving lunch ladies would make coffee everyday with it and it would trip a GFCI, so she would move it to another plug until it tripped again. She never told anybody and we would get calls that another piece of equipment wasn't working. She or someone else would reset the outlet before we got there. Turned out several non GFCI outlets were connected to GFCI outlets including this steam cooker that haunted me for a year!

Before you replace the GFCI check for loose wires on the device and the connections in the box. If the wires or terminals have any corrosion then moisture is not helping the situation so when you replace the device install a w.p. device(real pricey) or at least a gasket behind the plate.

Getting the show ponies gassed up and running for this upcoming show weekend! Few more ready to go hiding in the garage 89017F67-1216-4D19-8E01-CF3C986A8876.mov IMG_0558.mov IMG_0561.mov