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    There's a Corvair Covertible in there.

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    4 hours ago, rocketraider said:

    Random acts of kindness are ALWAYS appropriate.

     

    Dave, I've turned a 21-year-old friend on to your You tubes. Levi loves tractors and machinery and is pretty good at servicing and repairing them. He has a 1952 styled John Deere B and his 19-year-old brother has a 1949 Farmall H. I have really come to think a lot of those boys.

     

    But then it's always a pleasure to work with an intelligent young man who wants to learn and soaks up information willingly. Like most of us here, I've tried to teach my share of lazy dumbasses.

    Thanks. Once I get a few bugs worked out of the video camera I'll try to do better video's. Always good to have young folks that are interested and want to learn.

    There's a Corvair Covertible in there.

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    Posted · Edited by Dandy Dave (see edit history)

    I left the Corvair behind, But, here's an update on my efforts to save the old D6 Cat since I acquired it this past June. I have an old friend that is real sick with Acute Leukemia and basically bed ridden. He is not on the internet so I shot this video yesterday morning and loaded it to my lap top so I could share it with him. I went to visit him yesterday afternoon and it really made his day. Now it is here for the rest of you to enjoy. If any of you are into these old Cats you can see more on the journey to rescue this old Cat on the ACMOC site. (Antique Caterpillar Machinery Owners Club.) Join up if you have one of these old relics you have been thinking of reviving. Here's a link to the rest of the Journey on the ACMOC site.

     https://www.acmoc.org/bb/discussion-d72/30852-1956-d6-9u-rescued?start=0   

     

     

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    Shot in the dark on cordless tool battery repair

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    19 hours ago, rocketraider said:

    As I've gotten old it's become tougher for me to wrangle the Stihl gas weedeater and leaf blower. Then a couple weeks ago the ancient WeedEater brand corded electric blower I used to clean off the lawnmower up and died. Made a growl noise, let out a puff of smoke, stunk up the place and that was all she wrote. You let the smoke out of electric stuff, it ain't gonna work anymore.

     

    So I bit the bullet and bought a Ryobi 18v battery weedeater and blower kit. I've never had really good luck with battery operated stuff, but these weigh a third less than the gas-powered equipment. 

     

    In a few years I'll be the one squawling about what a replacement battery costs. And if things hold true to form, the battery will be obsolete, unavailable, and I'll have something else to send to the landfill.

    Sometimes we are our own worst enemy. 😜

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    Shot in the dark on cordless tool battery repair

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    On 10/10/2023 at 9:24 AM, Matt Harwood said:

    Here's how I fixed my cordless drill when it stopped working just when I needed it most in the middle of a job:

     

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    On the upside, the other tools have been exceptionally well-behaved since then.

    An old hillbilly friend told me once, "Funny thing. You know if you don't use something it don't break."

    I know these things are handy but I have gone back to using power cord tools. ( I had a Maketa cordless drill back when they had the long thin batteries.) No batteries to charge. No quitting in the middle of the job because of a dead one. (Unless it is the tool operator. 😬) I've found it is easier to have a cord handy. I hang mine with long loops. it is easier to handle and does not tangle so bad and often just a few unwraps gets me enough length to get where I'm going. Waiting for a dead battery to charge is like waiting for paint to dry. Batteries are way too expensive for these things, and life's way too short for the extra time it takes messing with them.

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    The Old White made it to Hershey.

    in Hershey Meet

    Posted · Edited by Dandy Dave (see edit history)

    On 10/8/2023 at 5:32 PM, edinmass said:

    An old white guy driving an old White truck..........Dandy Dave.........you are the definition of 'Anti Woke"!

     

    Sorry I missed the show....would have like to seen it in person. I'll stop by next time I visit Mike. 

    Yup, I suppose so. I aint saying here what I think of "Woke". My wife had some explaining to do about it a while ago to fill me in. I was looking for you Ed. Sorry you were not around the show field. There was one Duesenberg at the show. I saw the fellow as he was heading to the show field after unloading the car and said to him, "I see the Duesy. But where's Ed Minnie? He can't be far behind?" I just got a half grin from the remark as he drove off. Lot of folks remarked that my old truck drew a larger crowd than just another shiny Duesy lined up with all the other buffed and glistening vehicles. 🤣😂🙃 Anyone can own one of them cars with enough bread. It takes takes talent to get one out of the hedgerow and make it sing like a White sewing Machine. I let it idle for around 5 hours during the height of the show. 😁Everyone is amazed at how it runs and does not overheat. There's a reason the White was $2,400 when a Ford could be had for $295. You give me a heads up anytime your in the neighborhood Ed. 🙂 

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    Car Show Trailer parking.

    in Hershey Meet

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    On 10/6/2023 at 8:12 AM, MCHinson said:

    Sorry you missed the advanced announcements about where the trailer parking was. Glad you found something that worked. The rain won't hamper the show. Enjoy your day at the show.

    I hooked on the trailer in the morning after someone tipped me off what road the Car Show trailer parking was on and moved the trailer there to be closer to the show field. Those signs must have been real small because I did not see any. Even googling it brought up nothing. If someone had just said, "behind the day parking and to the left." I would have figured it out.

    The Old White made it to Hershey.

    in Hershey Meet

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    6 hours ago, Reynard said:

    A sure fire recipe for adulation:

     

    "Do not restore your old truck!"

     

     

    Not as long as I own it. It is going to stay the way it is. I do notice that most walk past the shiny ones to get over to see this one sit and run. 🙃 I guess anyone can have a shiny one. The new thing is to find an original one still in its working cloths that runs like a White Sewing Machine. 🤠

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    Car Show Trailer parking.

    in Hershey Meet

    Posted · Edited by Dandy Dave (see edit history)

    Sure would have been nice before I got here to know that. Signs??? What Signs??? I spoke with Steve M. yesterday and told him where I parked my trailer. He said I may just as well leave it there. This is my first time showing a vehicle here at Hershey. Bad rain storm came though around 5 AM. I hope that does not put a kink in the car show happening. 

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