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CTuckerNWIL 
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 Topic: Early B question
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 at 10:55pm |
After seeing Gary's great looking 38 B I have a question. What is the hole in the right front of the toolbox for? If they hadn't made a B with electric start, you wouldn't need a place to run the battery cable out to the starter. I never noticed if my 38 has that hole. Maybe it's just to make sure mice can get in the toolbox to pee on your tools. 
Edited by CTuckerNWIL - 10 Feb 2011 at 10:56pm
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john2189
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Posted: 10 Feb 2011 at 11:24pm |
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isnt that hole used to adjust the steering box ? isnt there another hole below that for the battery cable?
Edited by john2189 - 10 Feb 2011 at 11:25pm
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wjohn
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Posted: 13 Feb 2011 at 2:27pm |
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I've got a '39, and that hole lines up perfectly with an adjustment screw in the steering gearbox. Agree with above; I think that's what it's for.
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 13 Feb 2011 at 2:46pm |
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Well that makes sense then. I guess I never tried to adjust my B's steering gear or I might have known that.
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Bill Long
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Posted: 13 Feb 2011 at 4:43pm |
Charlie, Don't be in a rush to adjust the B steering gear. Getting those three eccentric bolts in place gave me a pain.
Good Luck!
Bill Long
ps: Could the hole be from a later model B with the hole for the starter wire?
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GA-IN-TEXAS
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Posted: 13 Feb 2011 at 6:44pm |
THE HOLE IS FOR STEERING BOX ADJUSTMENT, AND BILL YOU ARE RIGHT IT IS A PAIN TO GET IT ALL SET BACK RIGHT, BUT IT IS WORTH IT TO NOT HAVE A LOT OF SLACK IN STEERING WHEEL. (--NOT A HOLE FOR THE STARTER WIRE--)
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