Been A While - Still Alive
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Topic: Been A While - Still Alive
Posted By: Dick L
Subject: Been A While - Still Alive
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2021 at 10:03am
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Time sopping times With Dixie's health. I peek in once in a while. Bought a new phone above my level of a rotary dial. Old flip died! Took a video to see how it works. About stroked out getting it on Youtube. Of course it was of horses. Still have 14 of them and will try to do short videos as time allows. I hope every one has stayed in good health. Like and subscribe if you will to help me see if I should do more http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO-rJuxyY1M" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO-rJuxyY1M
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Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2021 at 2:00pm
| Go to hear from you Dick L glad to hear your ok |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2021 at 2:56pm
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good to hear you are alive Dick! several on here had been looking for you. Real sorry to hear of your brides difficulties. ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2021 at 3:04pm
GEES DICK !! Several of us have been noticing for a few MONTHS that you were gone !! Looked at your "check in date" and you were absent for 3-4 months. WE were all hoping for the best.. Hope everything is working out for you !
 ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Dick L
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2021 at 3:59pm
| Dixie can't take care of her personal stuff any more. needs help with all bathroom things. I am not complaining by any means. She has to take water pills along with other blood pressure and pain pills. Along with COPD and the five buldging discs in her back and bad knees and a shorter memory than mine she is able to do some book work for the factory. We get the meals on wheels for the main meal and she trys to help with sandwiches for evening. We don't get more than a couple hours sleep between bathroom trips in the night. No 911 calls for almost a year. Close but didn't call. That is all the story I care to tell. It is just what comes with being old people and we make the best of it. |
Posted By: mdm1
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2021 at 4:10pm
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Good to hear you are back. Have always enjoyed your posts and have learned alot. Wish you all the luck with Dixie! ------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK! |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2021 at 4:45pm
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Dick is good people... Old story... 20 years ago i was rebuilding a CE125 motor for a B tractor. One of the liners was cracked. Look on line and could not find much.. I posted this on THIS site ( old one) and Dick jumped in and and said " I got one, whats your mail address"... I said OK, How much?... He said " I dont sell parts, but if you have a mind to, send me something in exchange". HE DID... and i sent him a drill bit and a 5/8 inch tap for final drive repairs.. YEP... GOOD PEOPLE. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2021 at 4:46pm
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Dick, prayers for you both! God Bless! ------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2021 at 5:26pm
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Good to see you on here Dick. I also have a story to share. Last summer we were on a job and broke the gearbox on a digger at work. We were taking it apart and gonna send it to the machine shop for repair. We broke a bolt off flush. Boss insisted we get easyouts. I started poking around and got it center punched close to center. Started drilling. Before you know it I had a nice hole drilled near to perfect center and just under thread size. It then came out easy. A guy asked where I learned that. I told him at the Dick L school of broken stud extraction. |
Posted By: Dick L
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2021 at 6:43pm
| Thad and Steve you made my eyes water! |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2021 at 7:07pm
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Dick, I have used your boiling a carburetor idea several times. It's the only way I will clean/rebuild a carb now. Thank you !!! Thoughts and prayers for you and the Mrs.
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Posted By: Dick L
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2021 at 7:26pm
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Dang WF you guys are way to kind. I love you all. I do have a story from way back on YT. I was trying to help a person on a repair. this person would come on contradict my advice. I would try to explain it in different words to make it more clear. This person was a thorn in my posts for months. On day he posted (wish me a happy birthday, today I am 15) Taught me to tell what I do or would do and let it go.
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Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2021 at 9:51pm
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Dick, good to see you back on here. Prayers for you and Dixie. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2021 at 2:38am
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Dick, it's GREAT seeing you posting again!!! I too have noticed you not being on. We need somebody on here to give phone numbers to so when we aren't on for a while, they can see if we're still breathing or not..... YUP, you taught me how to boil and clean up those old carbs years ago and I'm still doing it that way too. Works better than anything else I've tried. Unlike Thad, I didn't fare so well with the bolt extraction......got too close and couldn't get the stud out, but I got lucky and welded a smaller bolt onto that one and got it turned out. Thanks for being on here and teaching a lot of us some very useful stuff. Prayers going out for you and Dixie. Give her a hug from ALL the Misfits. By the way, Happy 83rd Birthday (I think this year).
------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: mdm1
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2021 at 6:09pm
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I am going to split one of my B's. Never done it before so I will be referencing your webpage to help me along. Really do appreciate all your advice! ------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK! |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2021 at 10:31pm
| me and my old lady.....ooooops....i mean my loving wife, sure have missed you and pics of your babies! prayers for the both of you from us. this getting old SUCKS! i must have missed your "how to" on bolt extractions and carb boiling. glad you are back! |
Posted By: Darrell G (MN)
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2021 at 11:50am
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I missed it before, can someone share the carb boil with me |
Posted By: Dick L
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2021 at 6:14am
Darrell, I just put about half cup or more liquid laundry detergent in a pan of water and boil it for an untimed amount. Always hopefully before it boils dry.  I try the screws and inserts while warm. If still tight! Shake the liquide out and drop it into a basket can or pail of carburetor cleaner before twisting off bolts or inserts. Some times it takes another boil time. Some guys will bake them in an oven to break down and loosen the gunk. |
Darrell G (MN) wrote:Posted By: Darrell G (MN)
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2021 at 11:12am
| Dick I use electrolysis a lot, I am wondering if that would be similar? |
Posted By: Dick L
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2021 at 11:57am
The only way to know is to give it a try!
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Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2021 at 3:57pm
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I have had excellent luck doing it Dick's way. I take the carburetor bowl off and float out (depending on how bad the float is, I have left it floating while boiling) and boil it in two separate pieces.
Before I start, I try to have screwdrivers set aside that fit the screws. I pick the carburetor out while it is still hot (pliers and gloves) and loosen everything as soon as possible. They seem to loosen much better when hot. |