The Projects Never End

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Re: The Projects Never End

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Nice looking stove installation! :thumbsup:
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Nice looking fire place you have there .
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Thanks. The fireplace is a monster.

I believe it will take a 4' log without complaint. It has been burned probably 3 or 4 times since my folks built it in the 70's. (we moved in in the 90's when the house was finally done) My uncle informs me that it was the largest steel firebox fireplace available at the time. No idea if that's true, but you get the idea... It's a beautiful piece of scenery, but I'd do it different at this point. It serves as the wood storage for the stove now.
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Frankenvac day...
I mean, there was a ton of other stuff happeneing too, but this, was one of today's goals.

The 444 started. That's nice. Battery was flat the other day. Probably weak and should be changed, but it would be nice to push that off until after leaf season at least. I've got 80# on the bracket up front to counter how far back the hitch is now..
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Hitched hitched the vac up to the new hitch point on the 3 point bracket. This is nice as I was dragging the landing gear of the vac getting in and out of the barn. Now I can just raise it.
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Checked over things, and had to add a little oil to the blower engine. Fueled up, ran a file through the points just because... And nothing...
Pull, pull, pull some more... Starting fluid... Pull, pull, pull... Added a spark check inline. Pull, pull, pull, Ok, we got spark. Pull, and snap goes the starter rope... But it fired off, and ran!
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Well yay!, and crap!...

Haven't had to do a recoil unit on an older Kohler before that I recall. At least just the recoil comes off without having to pull any tin. Took a little futzing to figure out how to get in to everything without loosing a finger, or eye to the spring. I did pull it completely apart to clean everything, and then had to rewind, and latch the spring, which is a real pain on this model. Got it cleaned, and reassembled with new line. Should be good for a while I hope.
Took this to remember which way the cam installed...
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Reinstalled it, and with a couple pulls, it fired off. It was kinda cranky about going to full throttle, so I just crept up on it. It got to WOT eventually, and everything sounded as good as it ever does. It sure ain't pretty, but it does a heck of a good job. There's a hydrovac in the barn to replace this blower/motor, but that isn't on the list for this season, and really, until I kill this one, I likely will not bother.

Among other things, I also unloaded the JD310's extra backhoe buckets to the woodline, and parked the machine a little further out in the field so it can catch sun earlier in the day.
After arguing with myself, I am going to sell the Bucyrus Erie H-3 crane behind the 310.
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It could sure be a handy machine, but I'm not making progress with it, and the main reason I got it, is no longer relevant... Probably wait until spring/summer for that headache.
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