For you mechanics out there

slimjim · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 3:50 am Post subject: Re: For you mechanics out there

BigBlue wrote:

Shade Tree Mechanic?

BB, you got that right! I'm with Elvis on this one. "necessity is the mother of invention"

chambered221 · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:08 am Post subject: Re: For you mechanics out there

Bushy, that switch is actually a stick for a weiner roast. ..... someone please pass the popcorn and a beer out of Vince's cooler !!!

inthedark · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 10:23 am Post subject: Re: For you mechanics out there

Look guys and gals this is obvious to even the untrained eye.
Its a woodie.
All be it the new 2016 version.
Built by someones' child who was give a gold star along with the rest of their class and moved on through the schools system.
As Mark Twain said ' don't let school get in the way of my education'or words to that effect.
a 2016 woodie...who wood ave tought?

Oscar_Meyer · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:28 pm Post subject: Re: For you mechanics out there

this site is always awesome!!!! i just never say much....lolol. chambered 221 got it right..sounds like i will be roasted on that switch!!! good night all t/c

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

There's an old book called the jeepers bible. The author in it wrote several times of dismantling a engine with a thrown rod, repairing it enough to run (minus the dead cylinder) and get back to civilization. Some pretty cool ideas in it.

The wood linkage above would work for a time... odds are though anyone off a real farm would have some misc steel to fabricate something a little heavier duty... but in a pinch, the 2x4 would certainly work.

-DallanC

PaulS · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 10:44 pm Post subject: Re: For you mechanics out there

I was always taught that a temporary repair had to last for at least a year. A temporary fix for an oil leak is to catch the drip in a can so you can pour it back into the engine. A permanent fix is to catch it in a can where a pump pumps it back into the engine. The next step is to overhaul the engine to prevent the leak.

Vince · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 10:58 pm Post subject: Re: For you mechanics out there

The Bossman Dallan wrote:

...The wood linkage above would work for a time... odds are though anyone off a real farm would have some misc steel to fabricate something a little heavier duty...

Rather than a misc piece of steel, a careful and liberal application of #8 fencing wire would almost make that a near permanent fix methinks. Confused