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Sugarmaker 
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 Posted: 19 Sep 2024 at 8:48pm |
Folks, This small change to allow some actual work area near the lift has been wonderful! We have the front of the Comet apart and it is being reassembled. The work surfaces provide the space for new and old parts and help that antique car project to move along easily. Thanks for checking in on me. Regards, Chris and Cheryl
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D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet.
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GSTROM99
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Posted: 20 Sep 2024 at 7:00am |
What are you doing to the Comet?
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Sugarmaker
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Posted: 21 Sep 2024 at 1:43am |
GSTROM99, Putting new front suspension, steering components, and disc brakes with dual master cylinder on it. 60 years, it's time for a upgrade!. Just set it down on the new coils and the front is 2 inches higher than it was. Car is level with the air shocks in the back now. Still have the master cylinder to install, and a rear brake hose. Then can start to bleed the system. Should be fun! Then to the alignment shop! Regards, Chris and Cheryl
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D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet.
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GSTROM99
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Posted: 21 Sep 2024 at 7:18am |
Disc brakes, and dual master are great upgrades. Power or manual?
Either way, being able to stop when needed is a pretty good plan.
Edited by GSTROM99 - 21 Sep 2024 at 7:19am
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Sugarmaker
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Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 7:26pm |
Gstrom99, Folks, Well as I pulled the rear axles to replace the seals I found the old wheel cylinders were frozen and or really rusty. So new NAPA wheel cylinders were installed on the rear. Bleed the rear brakes again. Checked the vent of the rear end while we were in there. Several test rides: The brakes work really well with good pedal, not power for sure but confident of the stopping ability. Drivability is much better! Maybe 80 % better. Can't wait to see if the alignment makes additional improvements. Now thinking there rear springs may need some help as its now a little soft in the rear. Regards, Chris and Cheryl
Edited by Sugarmaker - 27 Sep 2024 at 7:27pm
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Sugarmaker
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Posted: 06 Oct 2024 at 5:41pm |
Allis folks, Grandson has started his new shop:
My job: pick up tools, get in the way, make comments, consume beverages! Regards, Chris and Cheryl
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D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet.
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Alberta Phil
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Posted: 06 Oct 2024 at 5:44pm |
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Hey Chris. I like the pic of the "job site boss" makin' sure it's done right! LOL
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Sugarmaker
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Posted: 06 Oct 2024 at 6:52pm |
Phil, We are so lucky to have this sweet woman in our lives! She doesn't comment much at this point, but loves to go see what's going on our projects! I am learning things to do to help us get through the day and have fun too. We took the 65 Comet to breakfast, then took the 32 truck to the nearby job site to help on the building. Our lives have changed a lot. I miss Cheryl's cooking!! Regards, Chris and Cheryl
Edited by Sugarmaker - 06 Oct 2024 at 6:54pm
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Sugarmaker
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Posted: 17 Nov 2024 at 9:13pm |
Guys, Update on grandson Nic's shop.
Roof is on. Doors are in place!
Regards, Chris and Cheryl
Edited by Sugarmaker - 17 Nov 2024 at 9:14pm
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 20 Nov 2024 at 12:38pm |
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ac hunter
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Posted: 20 Nov 2024 at 1:21pm |
Hey Chris, Looks like a lot of empty space in there. You could offer to help fill it up with some of your projects. Good looking shop.
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Sugarmaker
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Posted: 22 Nov 2024 at 8:35am |
Guys, I am hoping his WD tractor will go down there. That may leave some room for the CA if it ever gets done. They have the roof on. Now the walls. Regards, Chris and Cheryl
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200Tom1
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Posted: 22 Nov 2024 at 8:17pm |
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I agree with Brian, spray foam it for insulation. It makes the building tighter.
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Sugarmaker
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Posted: 23 Nov 2024 at 7:23pm |
Tom, Folks, I think he is going to stud the inside walls and put vertical batting in them. He plans to have blow in insulation above the steel ceiling. Have been trying to talk him into pex in the floor but he is dead set against it. Boy Cheryl and I are really enjoying the warmth in our shop! Worked with his building crew to put up some steel on the west wall. Rain and wind and mud today!
Regards, Chris and Cheryl
Edited by Sugarmaker - 23 Nov 2024 at 7:26pm
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 23 Nov 2024 at 7:43pm |
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Chris, what is the point of the recessed garage door ? .... Just need an entrance porch / out of the weather ?
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Sugarmaker
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Posted: 25 Nov 2024 at 8:11pm |
Steve, folks, The rear garage overhead will be where the bikes, four wheelers, and side by side will go in and out most of the time. Nic has four boys between 12 and 6! The corner concrete will be a separate pour from the floor. The undercover area will be to sit out of the sun in the evening. Morning coffee there too. Nice place to sight in the guns or bows, into the back yard. Or watch the boys on the dirt track or at the pond in the back field too. Might have a cold frosty adult beverage from there too?
Siding is coming along nicely. I helped a couple hours this weekend. Things like holding the dumb end of the tape or picking up the job site.
Regards, Chris and Cheryl
Edited by Sugarmaker - 25 Nov 2024 at 8:15pm
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Posted: 01 Dec 2024 at 12:32am |
Allis folks, Weather has turned to winter mode in our area. Checked all the tractors and the WD45 needed upgrade in antifreeze, others were all good. The D14 was called on to push snow today. About 2 feet of white stuff, sometimes called pretty by some Allis folks, needed to be shoved this way and that! I was proud of the D14 with its high lift, snow plow and bull chains.
Ruby had fun too.
After the drive was cleared I had the 32 out, just to move it out of the lift bay.
Shop is a comfortable 66 F with the kitchen at 68 for Cheryl and I to sit and drink tea and watch TV. Temps outside are around 25 F. Enjoying the radiant heat system in the shop floor! We had Thanksgiving in the shop for the first time. About 20 family members enjoyed eating and visiting. The kids loved it! We have much to be thankful for! Cheryl and I are now the old folks, not sure how that happened so quickly? Our newest Great granddaughter Cassie was very comfortable in her seat on the floor.
Regards, Chris and Cheryl
Edited by Sugarmaker - 01 Dec 2024 at 12:42am
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plummerscarin
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Posted: 01 Dec 2024 at 6:09am |
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Looks like a very comfortable space indeed!
It's cold enough here but no snow. Tho we've seen some flurries.
The forklift i got a while back will also need an antifreeze service since it now sits in a cold storage room. Yesterday I wanted to use it but it refused to fire. Got spark,no start. Only difference between yesterday and 4 days ago is a 20 degree temperature drop
Edited by plummerscarin - 01 Dec 2024 at 6:11am
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Sugarmaker
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Posted: 01 Dec 2024 at 7:22pm |
Allis folks, The old brain still thinks I am young and can do things! On the way to the house to check on Cheryl I saw a couple deer grazing in the bean field in back of our house. Hunting mode kicked in and I dug out the 30.06 and a couple shells. Walked out behind the house and found a good rest in a ash tree. Humm? Touched one off, holding 6 inches above its back. Saw a deer run in the woods and one continued to eat. Went and got some hunting boots and clothes and trudged back there. I got within 100 yards and finally the grazing deer bounded away. Expecting to track a doe into the woods. I was surprised to see a ear sticking out of the snow. As a lot of you know that's when the work starts! So a tag is filled and the meat will go to my Grandson Mike who has been helping me work on my F250. Our Great Grandson Rhett got a real nice doe last night. He was so happy. He did a really good job. Regards, Chris and Cheryl
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