A month ago the starter on our caravan quit working. No big deal, just take it to the local NAPA shop for new contacts, most likely. Trouble was, the bolts holding the starter are not so accessible, especially the top one. No way to use a socket. Use box end wrench. One notch at a time. Bolt seems extra long turning out all the extra threads one box end notch at a time. I'm laying there upside down so long I get nauseated, like motion sickness. Get dry heaves. Going back on was an even better treat. There's a tin shim to keep in place while getting bolts started. Dowell pin one side, bolts from the other. Time you slide starter with dowel on, bolts push back, shim goes awol. Cut wood blocks to put behind bolt heads so they would stay in place. Finally got bolts started. Now the slow process of turning the bolts with the box end wrench. Got a bright idea, have some cheap ratchet wrenches. Took one to the cutoff wheel and made a stubby. At least now I didn't have to put a box end wrench on and off a zillion times. Elapsed time, about a half day. And I was thinkin', some guys do this for a living.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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