morgan in ar
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My wife is wanting to start keeping dairy goats to help feed the kids. I don't have any dairy equipment, so I asked my grandad who used to milk cows. Grandad said he had a home pasteurizer, but he thought it stopped working at one point. I found it in his attic, with a sears repair tag from 1974. Grandad said "maybe we got it fixed". I got it home and no heat. Got to looking at the repair tag and it said "needs timer, parts NLA". Being an old tractor guy, I knew what "NLA" meant. I took the bottom cover off, plugged it in and no power at cord terminals. I replaced the cord and it worked. I was pretty proud of myself, I just fixed a sixty year old appliance that the appliance repair guy said he couldn't repair thirty eight years ago! The pasteurizer is a "farm master by sears and roebuck". Only info I could find online is that they sold in the '51-'52 winter sears catalog. Sure is a good feeling for me when I repair and put to use Grandad's stuff. I am using Grandma's canner, other Grandma's jars, Grandad's chiansaws, and now Grandad's pasteurizer. Have a great new year- Morgan