Winger Ed.
08-13-2019, 03:43 AM
One of my neighbors has several acres sort of down a house, and around the bend in the road.
He runs some cows to get the agriculture break on his property tax,
and to stay occupied between vacation trips, and other 'Honey do,,,,' retirement projects.
He's got a big old 1970's issue Ford Diesel tractor he bought 15 years ago that ran,,, but 'needed a little work'.
It had been crashed and some steering components were bent, and there was 180 degrees of play in the steering wheel.
But that wasn't a problem until he put powering steering fluid in it, and when the steering wheel turned through the play-
and 'caught' so to speak,,,,,,,, it instantly snatched the tires full over.... Totally uncontrollable.
He asked me to look at it, and I took it on as a challenging project.
I heated & straightened the radius and steering rods, etc.
All these components had gotten quite comfortable where they were, and sure didn't want to be taken off much less apart.
When I took off the steering box-- to 'look at it', there was no damage, no worn out parts--- it just didn't work right.
It was the most head scratching project I'd had in years. Four moving parts--(How hard can it be?) but it just wouldn't work right.
I'd taken it apart at least 10 times. About the time I was going to tell him get a fat checkbook ready, it has to be replaced....
It popped into my head that there was two .030" shims in the wrong place.
That did it, I re-arranged them, put it together again,,,,,,,,,,and it works like brand new!
We were both happier than a dog with a new stick!
He spent all the next day dragging a mower deck around. It was a sight to see----
Out in 100 degree heat, and he's grinning.
Making turns all over the place with the power steering that never worked before.
Anyway:
The Mrs. came in a little while ago and told me to check my email.
In it was a thank you note and a Amazon gift card for $500.
That just blew me away.
I'd told him from the get-go, I was glad to do it, and the project would keep me out of crooked Bingo parlors.
Anyway---
Since I've gotten back into reloading, I really really wanted another progressive for doing .45s & .38s.
But, can't really justify it by telling the Mrs. how much money I'll save by getting one,,,, etc. etc.
"Justifying my NEED" for the new single stage Hornady- that hasn't even gotten it's first scratch yet
was like trying to put a flea collar on a bobcat.
Well, the stars came together.
It's what I call 'off budget' and should be here by the end of the week.
Then I can bolt down the new Hornady progressive that replaces my old Pro-Jector.
I can't get over it,,, I've got some of the best neighbors ever.
He runs some cows to get the agriculture break on his property tax,
and to stay occupied between vacation trips, and other 'Honey do,,,,' retirement projects.
He's got a big old 1970's issue Ford Diesel tractor he bought 15 years ago that ran,,, but 'needed a little work'.
It had been crashed and some steering components were bent, and there was 180 degrees of play in the steering wheel.
But that wasn't a problem until he put powering steering fluid in it, and when the steering wheel turned through the play-
and 'caught' so to speak,,,,,,,, it instantly snatched the tires full over.... Totally uncontrollable.
He asked me to look at it, and I took it on as a challenging project.
I heated & straightened the radius and steering rods, etc.
All these components had gotten quite comfortable where they were, and sure didn't want to be taken off much less apart.
When I took off the steering box-- to 'look at it', there was no damage, no worn out parts--- it just didn't work right.
It was the most head scratching project I'd had in years. Four moving parts--(How hard can it be?) but it just wouldn't work right.
I'd taken it apart at least 10 times. About the time I was going to tell him get a fat checkbook ready, it has to be replaced....
It popped into my head that there was two .030" shims in the wrong place.
That did it, I re-arranged them, put it together again,,,,,,,,,,and it works like brand new!
We were both happier than a dog with a new stick!
He spent all the next day dragging a mower deck around. It was a sight to see----
Out in 100 degree heat, and he's grinning.
Making turns all over the place with the power steering that never worked before.
Anyway:
The Mrs. came in a little while ago and told me to check my email.
In it was a thank you note and a Amazon gift card for $500.
That just blew me away.
I'd told him from the get-go, I was glad to do it, and the project would keep me out of crooked Bingo parlors.
Anyway---
Since I've gotten back into reloading, I really really wanted another progressive for doing .45s & .38s.
But, can't really justify it by telling the Mrs. how much money I'll save by getting one,,,, etc. etc.
"Justifying my NEED" for the new single stage Hornady- that hasn't even gotten it's first scratch yet
was like trying to put a flea collar on a bobcat.
Well, the stars came together.
It's what I call 'off budget' and should be here by the end of the week.
Then I can bolt down the new Hornady progressive that replaces my old Pro-Jector.
I can't get over it,,, I've got some of the best neighbors ever.