Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Drew, get well soon.

 

[rswyan]

A chilly 41F and cloudy @ 13:30, only heading up to 43F for the high. Hear winds howling, calling for occasional gusts over 40 mph. Some rain headed in.

Having first cup of coffee, tasting mighty good.

Woman just headed over to take care of neighbor's dogs for the morning.

She commented yesterday that the oldest Red Bud tree was starting to bloom, indeed it is ... I hadn't even noticed:

Got remainder of electric motor painted yesterday.

Tore down arbor for close inspection and deep cleaning, including more removal of contact cement (of course ... ):

Pulley set screws were seriously over-torqued, couldn't break them loose with a T-handle wrench even after penetrating oil overnight and heating.

HF hex bit didn't have enough reach to engage the set screws so I took a punch and beat out the bit portion a little from the drive end which gave me enough reach to to engage the screws. B & D electric impact made short work of removal after that.

Both the pulley for the arbor shaft and the one for electric motor were a little scruffy:

... so they got the clean up treatment with the jitterbug sander and a couple of wire wheels in a die grinder, after scraping the heavy crud off them with a razor blade:

Both bearings seemed good so I reassembled after that:

There may be an issue with some wear on the shaft where the blade rides. If that turns out to the case, I do have a "spare" used arbor I got with the parts I picked up the other day that is in better shape on that portion of the shaft. It needs new bearings ... but those came with the arbor ...

After that I got the arbor assembly reinstalled on the saw:

Also got almost all the parts for the tilt shaft assembly installed but was missing a 3/16 x 1 1/8 roll pin that apparently got lost in the process. So will have to run down to the corner hardware store and pick one up so I can finish that up ... after I get a fire going up in the shop to warm things up.

Beyond that the agenda for today is:

1. Get electric motor mounted in the cabinet and pulley and fan reinstalled, along with the fan cover.

2. Get new belts installed. I have a new set sequentially-numbered 1/2" x 25" Goodyear belts that came with the parts I got the other day. Supposedly, the spec for the belts is a matched set of 1/2" x 25.5" belts, at least according to VintageMachinery.org ... so hopefully these will work.

3. Get the cord cut for the motor and get it wired up to the VFD.

4. Get Run/Stop switch wired up to the VFD.

5. Wire up an outlet on my 220v extension cord.

6. Test saw and motor ... after checking to make sure all the bolts that need tightened up are secure.

7. Take measurements to fab a mobile base.

Have not heard anything from the lawnmower shop about picking up the Cub which is very disappointing to say the least ...

Hope everyone has a good day ...

Drew hope everything is alright and you feel better very soon.

 

[Looking4new]

Drew, what did you eat for supper? It sure sounds like food poisoning.

Kilroy, if you want your dog to sleep all night and crash without any theatrics, keep it up all day. Don't let it sleep/snooze/power nap at all during the daytime.
We do this with new cats after they have left the kitten stage. Works good, they learn soon enough that if they don't want to be woke up in the daytime, to let us sleep ALL night.

Z-turn fired right up no problem at all. It was 1/3 full, filled it up to the top with fresher high test. Got the summer tires put in the back of the Dodge in preparation for Wednesdays visit to the shop. Along with the empty jerry can.
The rest of the day is mine.

 

[sodamo]

Scaredy, maybe you can get enough mortgage to pay for attorney.

 

[sodamo]

Quick recovery, Drew

 

[daugen]

thanks guys
a miserable morning followed up by a better afternoon
tylenol and some coffee got rid of most of my headache
oncologist trying to rush schedule a CT scan to rule out the bad stuff.
But I feel better, didn't eat anything weird last night so ?
It really did come on fast, so food poisoning is a definite issue.
And the pain in my gut is going away.
sunny and nice out, but will wait til tomorrow to mow the lawn

rescheduled the rv for Friday, now to just chill. I am really getting sick of trips to the bathroom...though after one "fruitful" session earlier today I felt much
better. Trying to drink a lot so I don't get dehydrated.

a waste of a day but so be it

 

[Thomas]

Gas has gotten expensive again one station still $3.99 for diesel rest $4.29. Grocery store even worse. What happens when too much money in the market

There is more greed than need now days.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Cool this morning, wasted it on YouTube.

Took valve covers off the mower

Everything looks ok.
Removed deck belt and turned with a wrench, and valves all went in and out like they should. At least cam gears still intact. Pretty sure I saw the bump from compression release, but not 100% sure.
Hooked everything back up and the engine started. Had to give it a shot of carb cleaner like I have for years. Wonder if broken compression release could be cause? So not sure what was stopping it from turning, maybe there is a compression release broken, or maybe hung on starter motor gear.
Mower deck is messed up. Left side lifts much higher than right. I adjusted right side way up but still too low.
But I mowed a little bit to try it. With deck all way up, it’s scalped the ground. I think the lift arm from left to right got twisted, will have to check that out more.

But it ran and mowed.

Need new sealant on valve cover lid.

 

[Thomas]

Fingers cross it will all come together for you Scaredychicken...just be careful.

 

[Thomas]

I would say but how many doctors would call you after 9:00PM on Sunday evening

that would surly catch me off guard.