Recent content by PHPaul

I have an electric Toro with a bag. Sucks 'em up, shreds 'em and blows 'em in the bag. Works fine for me and I dump the bag in the compost bin. Does have a metal impeller which I recommend as well. Toro Electric Leaf Vac

Good shop day today (tho a bad one is better than a good day at work...) Did a little fine-tuning on the 7116. Got the throttle linkage lubed, re-routed and hooked up properly so I have a full range of speed. Confirmed that the charging system is working as well. Did have to replace the 10...

Nice! Down here in da Knew-Knighted Estates, we call that "stained glass". Very precise plasma work. Did you have to clean up the edges with a flap wheel or anything? Many years ago, I had a custom piece done and the original plan for it never went anywhere. When I changed from a PO Box...

Got the motor on the tiller yesterday and immediately discovered that I needed to make a spacer for the motor pulley to line it up with the transmission pulley. This morning I yanked the motor back off and wasted a couple of hours on the lathe making one completely wrong spacer - bored it to...

^^^Ima hafta see his Green Card... :ROFLMAO:

Today's task was to take pieces of 3 carburetors plus a kit to make one good one for the 7116H. I think I have achieved that, but won't know for sure until the ignition is reassembled so I have spark and I mount the carb and test drive it. May be a while. I ordered the oddball 5/16-32 tap and...

I wondered about that. Thanks for the tip.

One of the machines on that trailer load of ...stuff... is a Troy Bilt Horse rototiller. A REAL Troy Bilt, not the cheapened up MTD version. Looks like somebody tried to repower it, but the engine they used wasn't going to work as the throttle/governor linkages were all wrong and would have...

You know those radar speed signs? The ones that show your speed and chide you if you're one mile over the posted limit? I actually hope those things include cameras because I salute every one of them I see. I can't explain why, but they really grind my gears.

@Runs With Scissors I REALLY want a shear, but fortunately the price tag and lack of space keeps me from getting froggy.

The 3416 tractor runs and drives. Made up a new set of cables and put a good battery in it. After ensuring that it would start and run, changed the oil and drove it up to the shop. The "shuttle shift" is actually kinda neat. If I run into too much trouble with the 7116 Hydro, I can certainly...

Pretty fair batting average so far. Snow blower starts/runs/operates without issue. On Craigslist. Engine on pressure washer started second pull (Honda GVC160) Guy said he thought pump was trashed. Debating, but probably yank the engine and trash the rest. Tiller is a 1968 Model Troy Bilt...

Damn Craigslist... Two Simplicity tractors, both 16 hp Briggs, one with motor-generator and gear shift, the other with an automotive-style starter and hydro. Two mowers, a 5' sickle and a midmount. Spare bar and sickle. 3 snow blowers, one tractor mounted, one walk behind, one corded POS...

Same here on the cell. On the landline, I either let it ring until the machine picks up or (if I'm feeling generous or expecting a call) I pick up and say "Hello" once. If the entity (I was going to say person, but that's often not the case) doesn't say something within 5 seconds, I hang up...