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Dave

10-26-2002 05:25:34

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Hello all, With the many excellent mechanics on the forum, how do you guys keep all the parts, nuts and bolts organized? I'm scraping and wire brushing all the years of goo off my 2N and as I take items off I'm afraid the individual piles in the garage may turn into one big unrecognizable pile! Thank you.

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SteveB(wi)

10-28-2002 05:46:07

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Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to Dave, 10-26-2002 05:25:34

I use all those dry mix baby formula cans and coffee cans from having my children. Lots of boxes of different sizes, plenty of masking tape, and a big marker to label it all. Try to take pictures of an assembly before you disassemble so you have a reference for installation later.

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Dave Smith

10-26-2002 10:07:03

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Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to Dave, 10-26-2002 05:25:34

Those cheap plastic storage boxes from the dollar store work great. You can get them from sandwich size to laundry basket size. I use a lot of the shoe container size.
I also clean out gallon and quart cans that water based paint comes in. Works great for soaking carbs in carb cleaner or lacquer thinner. And it is reusable after filtering the fluid.
Zip lock bags work freat also for small parts. Felt tip pens are indespensible for labeling.
Dave <*)))><

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Scott.ID

10-26-2002 09:42:04

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Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to Dave, 10-26-2002 05:25:34

Dave,
As other folks have mentioned, LOTS of zip-loc bags. Get the freezer kind with the spot on the front so you can write on them with a sharpie.

Disposable cameras. Get the kind with the cardboard outer case. You can write the date, steps or tractor area (engine, rear end, wiring etc.) on the outside and develop them prior to reassembly so you don't lose any pics. Also much easier on the pocket book than developing 10 of them at once.

FO-4 and Parts Manual in a 3 ring binder with lots of extra paper. If bolts are different sizes, draw a quick picture of the part and write down where the different fasteners go.

Get some cheap Rubbermaid tubs, the little ones with lids. Put the different small parts and parts baggies in tubs with similar groups. Makes it much easier to clean bolts and parts in groups and put back in the tubs for reassembly. Tubs will stack nicely in the corner and stay out of the way.

My nickels worth,

Scott

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Ray

10-26-2002 09:33:31

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Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to Dave, 10-26-2002 05:25:34

I used to own a little store so I saved them but if you go down to the local market and look around out back you can pick up coca cola 24 ct plastic cases( the red ones). I line the bottom with cardboard to keep the small stuff from falling out and they interlock together when stacked on a bench or on the floor. Someday I will build shelves on the wall deep enough to set them on then I can slide them like drawers. Works great.

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Willy-N

10-26-2002 08:24:37

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Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to Dave, 10-26-2002 05:25:34

After I remove a part I try to put the bolts back in the holes of the part. Some parts I put in cans or bags. You can punch holes in card board to lay out stuff in the order they came out too. Watch for the longer and shorter bolts that go in different holes!! Mark H.

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Bob- MI

10-26-2002 08:05:54

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Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to Dave, 10-26-2002 05:25:34

I have used containers such as coffee cans, plastic bags, and the cardboard boxes that my replacement parts have come in. I'm pretty lucky to have a pole barn that gives me lots of space to segregate the component groups. After reading the other suggestions that you got however I see I'm way crude in comparison.

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Dave

10-26-2002 07:19:55

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Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to Dave, 10-26-2002 05:25:34

Thanks for the great responses! I'm off to do some retroactive organizing. Thanks again.
Dave

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Larrys8n

10-26-2002 06:13:10

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Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to Dave, 10-26-2002 05:25:34

Dave,The Master Parts Catalog,a camera,and the tubs that your butter comes in were a great help to me.Good luck,Larrys8n

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DaBrow

10-26-2002 05:46:09

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Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to Dave, 10-26-2002 05:25:34

The {MPC} Master Parts Catalog is great for IDing that mystery part after a teardown.

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MikeC

10-26-2002 05:44:34

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Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to Dave, 10-26-2002 05:25:34

I used freezer bags and wrote on the outside of the bag in marker what was in the bag. I also tried to keep "groups" in the same bag such as govenor, oil pan, clutch/flywheel, etc. Then I put the bags in a cardboard box, figuring that I would need them in the reverse order that I put them in there (first in, last out).

I also used the digital camera to take photos of areas that were unclear in the manual so I could get them put back together the same way they came apart.

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Ed Gooding (VA)

10-26-2002 05:34:53

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Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to Dave, 10-26-2002 05:25:34

I use sandwich baggies. I keep a pad of Post'em's in my shop and write a quick note about where they came from and put it in the bag with the parts. Toss em in several boxes to keep them kinda sorta together and dig em out as I reassemble. Works real well for me.

Hope this helps..... ..... Ed
'52 8N475798

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Dave OH

10-26-2002 13:28:36

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Re: Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to Ed Gooding (VA), 10-26-2002 05:34:53

Uh! This is too complicated. Pistons with rods attached go around the neck like a necklace. Long bolts in right front pocket, short bolts in left front pocket, nuts in right rear pocket and washers in left rear pocket. Big parts in the corner of the barn. Anything left over when re-asembling is just parts that were not needed anyway. Then get on the Board and ask why it won't start!
Dave OH

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?.............bg

10-26-2002 07:21:20

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Re: Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to Ed Gooding (VA), 10-26-2002 05:34:53

Are you supposed to take the sandwiches out first? :^)

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Ed Gooding (VA)

10-27-2002 06:41:50

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Re: Re: Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to ?.............bg, 10-26-2002 07:21:20

Well, duhhhhh h, of course you do, or else the critters hiding in the tall grass will eat them for you!!

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Depends

10-26-2002 09:15:37

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Re: Re: Re: keeping organized while teardown? in reply to ?.............bg, 10-26-2002 07:21:20

if you are hungry. But be careful with peanut butter & jelly, it makes the balls in the governor stick.

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