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Dave(inMA) 
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 Topic: Tragedy Strikes!
Posted: 04 Dec 2009 at 5:16pm |
Yesterday morning we had a massive wind gust around 7:30 a.m. Neighbor knocked on the door to tell me that his tree had blown down and fallen across one of my tractors - and that "your tractor looks okay." Would that it were so.....here's what happened to my C:
Ah well. So I spent an hour cutting up his pine tree and decided to move the C. It started with the hand crank and ran beautifully for about 30 seconds......then was missing and puffing black smoke. Ah......water in the gas! Sed bowl was half water, half gas. Drained the tank and checked clutch to find it had rusted closed. Chain, D14 and spouse (to steer C) cured that. Now I think it's time to get the little one into the shop and square it away. Lesson: don't park tractors in New England where we have trees that can fall on them!!
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FloydKS
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Posted: 04 Dec 2009 at 5:20pm |
It only looks like a little ding....ding, ding, ding, ding, no it is not, it is something not so easy to fix.
Good news I suppose is it could have been worse.
Didn't you want to repaint it anyway. :)
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Posted: 04 Dec 2009 at 5:43pm |
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Hope he's got good insurance!
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Posted: 04 Dec 2009 at 5:57pm |
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Dave, take the tank off and put an air fitting on the gas outlet and put the vented gas cap on and if you have a tank with a regulator slowly turn the pressure up. I did this on a gas tank once and it took out almost all of the dent. I did put in on about 100' of hose and outside down the driveway just incase it let loose. It was kind of funny hearing the hissing sound come from the gas cap. I figured the gas tank was junk anyways so I figured I would give it a try.
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Al in WMA
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Posted: 04 Dec 2009 at 6:12pm |
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Education is what you get when you don't get what you wanted.
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Dave(inMA)
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Posted: 04 Dec 2009 at 6:12pm |
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StanOhio
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Posted: 04 Dec 2009 at 6:15pm |
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On the good side, most of the time, its cheaper to fix an old tractor than to fix a people. As long as nobody got hurt, that's good.
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TMiller/NC
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Posted: 04 Dec 2009 at 6:21pm |
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During Hugo in 89 a tree on my property blew over on my neighbors house, his homeowners insurance covered the damage. Might check with your homeowners.
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Dave(inMA)
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Posted: 04 Dec 2009 at 6:55pm |
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Al, new shop is fine. Thanks for asking. HO insurance might be an option except my deductible is probably more than the cost of repairs - certainly more than the parts. And Stan is right - neighbor's son was about a minute away from coming out of the house to leave for school.......thanks for letting me vent, guys.......mostly about the cost of procrastination!
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John H
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Posted: 04 Dec 2009 at 7:15pm |
I have been aiming to put grease zerks in the spindle caps on my trailer. Been putting it off all summer. Going quite a ways to a sale tomorrow, Sooooo - I'm out there in the cold wind doing it today. You are not the only procrastinator!! Gjood luck with the fix!
John
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Posted: 04 Dec 2009 at 9:53pm |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2009 at 8:04am |
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Dave,
Bummer! But could've been worst. You should be able to pickup a tank somewhere. Still sucks. Glad the new building is okay. We had a couple big branches come down behind our new shop also from the last wicked wind storm that just ripped through. Of coarse, it was the neighbor's and they're in FL. till around April. Missed the building luckily. I had trimmed all the trees that were even near the building before the building was built just for that reason, but those 65 mph wind gusts were a bear! Hang in there buddy! We got snow headin' our way....
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Posted: 05 Dec 2009 at 9:39am |
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Had a large tree branch land on top of my covered snowmobile trailer. Basicly junk now and insurance co., both HO and car, said not covered. Act of nature. if it was somebodys elses trailer, then its covered.??????
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Posted: 05 Dec 2009 at 11:15am |
Well, the C is in the new barn now. Having let it sit all summer, the carb needs a good cleaning. I've got an original gas cap I bought - part of the gasket is missing but it'll be a lot better than duct tape!
Steve, sure glad that your new shop is okay, too. I've got one huge oak tree beside mine.....it's got branches a foot in diameter! It's my bride's favorite tree, so it didn't come down when the barn went up! You guys know how those things work....
Herb, I'm sure that you're correct about the law. But if it had been my tree and his tractor, I'd have offered to make it good.....seems like the right thing to do.
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Kip[NY]
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Posted: 05 Dec 2009 at 7:47pm |
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Too bad it happened but lucky it wasn't worse, Dave. Just getting the northern edge of the snow over here and no wind. Good luck with your repair/replacement. It'll be fine.
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Posted: 05 Dec 2009 at 10:23pm |
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Dave - BTW The tank doesn't look that bad. Get a stud welder(Harbor Freight) and you will be surprised how good they work. Finish off with a little Bondo and your good to go. - AL
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Dave(inMA)
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Posted: 06 Dec 2009 at 7:29pm |
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Kip, Al - thanks for the encouragement! Al, what's a stud welder?
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Joe/NC
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Posted: 06 Dec 2009 at 7:33pm |
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I sent one like that Moyers. Pricey, but an excellent job. Coated inside so it will never rust.
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Posted: 06 Dec 2009 at 7:43pm |
Dave, this is what Al was suggesting. You weld a stud to the dent then use a slide hammer to pull it out. I am familiar with the process, but I am not a bodyman by any means.
Edited by RyanTN - 06 Dec 2009 at 7:44pm
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Kip[NY]
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Posted: 06 Dec 2009 at 7:43pm |
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My son in law works in a machine shop and they've got a couple of "stud welders" over there...or THEY think they are anyway! (Sorry - couldn't resist)
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Posted: 08 Dec 2009 at 2:17am |
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HEY, DON'T FORGET TO FILL THE TANK WITH WATER BEFORE WELDING..... DRAIN GAS AND WASH OUT THEN FILL WITH WATER.... I HAVE HAD A GUY BEFORE WELD A TANK IN OUR SHOP WHILE FULL OF GAS.... HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OK IF TANK WAS FULL OF GAS.... 3 DOORS, SEVEN WINDOWS AND THREE MECHANICS IN HOSPITAL WITH SEVERE BURNS LATER HE CHANGED HIS THINKING.... LIQUID DOESN'T BURN ITS THE FUMES THAT BURNS...
Edited by ac crazy - 08 Dec 2009 at 2:19am
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Dave(inMA)
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Posted: 08 Dec 2009 at 5:43am |
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Hmmmm - welding of gas tanks doesn't sound like my favorite thing to do! I know it can be done safely, but it's one of those tasks ya want to get right the first time. Thanks for the explanation.
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John_SWPA
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Posted: 08 Dec 2009 at 2:24pm |
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I would avoid stud welders on teh tank, if you are a novice user with them.
It is easy to overweld the studs, and with the old thicker tank metal, you over pull, and actually rip holes in the tank. I have owned a stud welder for 12 years, use it at least once a week, and still have reservations about this kind of stuff. Although, you could tig weld or mig weld any holes shut.
but I don't reccomend the route.
Saw some nice tanks for sale local for $40-50.
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