Things we have learned the hard way
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Heilman181
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Growing up, we had a 8hp go-kart that had a bent tab of sheet metal bolted to the top of the engine. To shut the engine down, you just pushed that tab down on top of the spark plug (open boot) and it would ground out the ignition. Well one day, I went to shut it down after riding and realized that the tab fell off. I walked into the garage and grabbed a wrench and proceeded to walk over and lay it on top of the spark plug to shut the engine off.
Wow! Talk about lighting up!
My corn hole still puckers just thinking about that!
KenJax Tree
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No matter how many people you try to please,someone is still gonna be pissed off
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TheManOfStihl
Half man, half bear, half pig.
Speaking of flywheels... when you find one on the floor by the bench, and you know you didn't put it there, you go ask your kids about it.
They won't know anything about how it got on the floor because they were never in the garage, but if you look close enough and it'll be cracked or missing a fin. Sigh. Back to the bay for parts...
They won't know anything about how it got on the floor because they were never in the garage, but if you look close enough and it'll be cracked or missing a fin. Sigh. Back to the bay for parts...
roosterhog
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Just wrapping bare wire around the spark plug and just thinking I'm ok as long as I wear gloves and don't touch it will keep me from getting shocked is false. The fire will jump a great distance.
Knobby57
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Never tell your girl friend her sister is hot!! Even if identical twins ..
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VA-Sawyer
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I can't believe nobody has said......
" Chainsaws don't cut very well if the chain is backwards!"
" Chainsaws don't cut very well if the chain is backwards!"
mainewoods
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Measure twice- cut once.
VA-Sawyer
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There ain't no such thing as a free lunch!
Yep that's important to I was helping replace a dozer blade liner once and I just checked it once cut it anyway took the overhead crane set liner next to the blade and said ^^#*}*}* that's not gonna work ended up having to use the drop piece to fix it
shutup-n-cut
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.....or beer.
Either one always seems to come after hours of doing work for someone else instead of my own.
guess I'll never learn
What are the chances that a carb spring can land almost exactly where I found the mag release spring for my Mini-14? The good news was that it didn't take ++2hrs to find the carb spring.
Oh, that reminds me of a hint an armorer made about wearing safety glasses and pulling a sheet over himself to catch the "flack" when working on delicate parts. I think its over rated
Oh, that reminds me of a hint an armorer made about wearing safety glasses and pulling a sheet over himself to catch the "flack" when working on delicate parts. I think its over rated
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Do it at night and see the sparks fly as it goes across the driveway and off into the dark. Great memories, I tell you.
cat-face timber
Knot Bumper
A chain that is spun up inside out, does not like going on a Bar.
Also..
Bar oil goes in the fuel tank, very easily....
Also..
Bar oil goes in the fuel tank, very easily....
My Lil Echo makes that even easier. The carb is in the front as well as the gas tank. Oil in the back....
I think the gas started going into the oil reservoir before the OH $#!^ alarm kicked in.
If your 650 BSA motorcycle starts running on one cylinder at a red light, it is O.K. to rev it up to keep it from stalling
but look down to see if a spark plug wire has fallen off and is laying on your leg "Before" reaching for the chrome plated clutch lever with your bare hands.
When you are maintaining a 1500 rpm idle to keep from stalling it is amazing how many times your left elbow tries to explode before you can get your hand off the chrome plated steel lever. Since the light is green and you are holding up traffic you have to grab it again and ease the clutch out to get out of the busy intersection and try to not stall the kick start only bike in heavy traffic.
laughed my ass off at your last few posts. Sounds like you could tell stories for a few hours with a case of beer.
cat-face timber
Knot Bumper
Semper Fi Brother!
and your Kubota
