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26 Nov 12 - 08:07 PM (#3442756) Subject: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert Well, seems like lotta stuff been breakin' of late... Two blown hydraulic lines on the Kabota... I fixed the first one and the second blew an hour later... It's fixed... Go to start my old chipper... Ran if ya' put start fluid to it then quit... Took the engine out... Cleaned carb and put in new diaphragm... Now no fire... Cleaned magnet and coil... Still no fire... Now I gotta pull the flywheel and check the points... Gotta 20 year old Crapsman mower... 16 Kohler... Last summer put in new hydraulic lifters... Now it has developed loud valve noise... Both chucks on my 'lectric drills is tight and sticky and so I gotta pull them and put new chucks on... Thems is just starters... I am under siege... Grrrrrr.... B~ |
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26 Nov 12 - 08:12 PM (#3442759) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Henry Krinkle Don't cry, bobette. It'll get better. boo hoo hoo |
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26 Nov 12 - 08:31 PM (#3442769) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: gnu Kabota Blues tune comin on? |
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26 Nov 12 - 08:36 PM (#3442771) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Ed T "Piece Of Crap" Tried to save the trees Bought a platsic bag The bottom fell out It was a piece of crap Saw it on the tube Bought it on the phone Now you're home alone It's a piece of crap I tried to plug in it I tried to turn it on When I got it home It was a piece of crap Got it from a friend On him you can depend I found out in the end It was a piece of crap I'm trying to save the trees I saw it on TV They cut the forest down To build a piece of crap I went back to the store They gave me four more The guy told me at the door It's a piece of crap Neil Young |
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26 Nov 12 - 08:40 PM (#3442776) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Rapparee Bobert, it's happening because the P-Vine is gonna give you all new stuff for Christmas. |
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26 Nov 12 - 08:48 PM (#3442783) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert Oh, how I wish, Rap... Nah, ain't gonna happen... Her favorite two words are "fix it".... But I can dream... B~ |
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26 Nov 12 - 10:41 PM (#3442829) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Rapparee New Kabota, now chain saw, new chipper, new splitter, new geetar, new car, new weed patch, new debts.... |
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26 Nov 12 - 10:49 PM (#3442834) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Janie Iff'n it makes you feel like yer in good company, Bobert, on top of all the other car dramas I've had the past few months, I got to use my last AAA tow of the year in the last month of my AAA year this past Sunday, and got a new radiator PLUS a new battery in my Subaru yesterday. There is good news to be had. The radiator popped less than 10 minutes after leaving Mom's to head back to NC, and Mom, Annie and I finished the jigsaw puzzle as a result of my 8 hour delayed departure, thus allowing the card table to be stowed away in time to put up Mom's Christmas tree. Somebody needs to have a talk with Sis about bringing these jigsaws puzzles home for the holidays, which we all hate doing, but over which we all obsess over getting done to get them out of the way! |
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26 Nov 12 - 10:59 PM (#3442839) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: number 6 aint no use jivin' aint no use talkin' yup, everything is broken biLL |
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27 Nov 12 - 01:43 AM (#3442887) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Gurney With you, mate! Both my mini-disk and my tape recorder in one day! Spite, that's what it is. I know I'm paranoid, and I know why, too. I borrowed my son's palm-top, but I'm scared to fire it up. Had to put new RAM in this machine. Had to buy a new mower... |
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27 Nov 12 - 01:59 AM (#3442890) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Henry Krinkle Be grateful it's not your knees. Or back. Or heart. Consumer goods are easily replaced. =(:-( )) |
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27 Nov 12 - 12:57 PM (#3443148) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert So, I go out to pull the chuck off my Dewalt drill and guess what??? Ain't no screw down in there... It's a hex bolt and even though I have a complete set of 1/4 sockets the walls of them are too thick for them to get in there and pull the bolt... I reckon Dewalt did this on purpsoe so ya' either have to buy a special thin-walled socket from them or pay someone who has one to swap out the chuck for you... Go the Ryobi one off though... BTW, bILL... I have done that song from time to time (with cheat sheet)... B~ |
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27 Nov 12 - 01:27 PM (#3443165) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Rapparee Try an Allen wrench. |
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27 Nov 12 - 01:39 PM (#3443172) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Jack the Sailor Everything's Broken Like the Kabota Like my old chipper Like my old drills Praise to the tool box Praise to the duct tape Praise to the grease on the elbows I use |
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27 Nov 12 - 01:57 PM (#3443181) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Henry Krinkle Here's your melody bobette's melody |
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27 Nov 12 - 03:57 PM (#3443249) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Jack the Sailor That was awful Krinkle. Thanks for reminding me not to click on your links. |
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27 Nov 12 - 04:06 PM (#3443256) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: gnu Hank! STOP that! |
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27 Nov 12 - 04:58 PM (#3443284) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert Yeah, that was a pretty sucky link, Krinkx... Got the universal chuck (supposed to work on the Ryobi and got it home and the hole for the screw is too small... Normal... Gonna have to go to Home Depot (yuck) and get the Ryobi one So I went to the Briggs & Stratton engine to try to get the flywheel off and ended up breaking of the corner of one of the aluminum cooling fins on the magnito that is mounting in the flywheel... Yeah, they have a couple high priced tools for pulling it... Reckon I'll have to pay someone to pull it for me, stick a set on 0new points and a new condenser in there, and reinstall it... $50 down the drain... But hey!!! Nothin' else broke today!!! B~ |
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28 Nov 12 - 05:30 AM (#3443518) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: scouse Bobert always remeber the old addage "When all else fails..Hit it with a Hammer." Did it once with a hard drive which I thought broken put it back it old PC an it worked again for another six months.. while I was building a new PC. (very slowly!!) As Aye, Phil. |
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28 Nov 12 - 06:55 AM (#3443552) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert The hammer has cost me one busted fin on the on my flywheel already, Phil... Think I'll try Plan C... Pay someone with the correct tools... B~ |
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28 Nov 12 - 07:59 AM (#3443577) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Charmion It's just that ol' black entropy, Bobert. It's what makes us mortal. |
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28 Nov 12 - 08:36 AM (#3443603) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Elmore Thank God my wife is mechanically inclined, or everything around here would be broken. |
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28 Nov 12 - 08:41 AM (#3443609) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert Does your wife have the specialty tool to remove the flywheel from a Briggs & Stratton engine, Elmore??? If so, can I either borrow it or her??? B;~) |
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28 Nov 12 - 08:51 AM (#3443616) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Henry Krinkle A puller shouldn't cost much. =(:-( )) |
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28 Nov 12 - 08:57 AM (#3443625) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert It's not a puller, Krinkx... It's an offset socket that fits over the tabs that the screen bolts to and then tightens over a large odd shaped nut... The only other way to get to it it thru the cooling fins on the flywheel and hope to loosen it with a skinny piece of wood and a hammer... I've gotten them off that way before but this one is tighter... Once you get the nut loose the rest of the job (pulling the flywheel) is a piece of cake... I have pullers, BTW... The specialty tool is prolly around $75 to $100... B~ |
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28 Nov 12 - 09:02 AM (#3443626) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Henry Krinkle If you can't rent it or borrow it, buy it. Then you'll have it for next time. Or a friend will need to borrow it. Or maybe you can fabricate a tool. You have a welder, I suppose. =(:-( )) |
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28 Nov 12 - 12:05 PM (#3443742) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Ed T How not to do it |
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28 Nov 12 - 12:19 PM (#3443748) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Jack the Sailor As usual, conversation with Krinkle proves to be rewarding and productive. He adds so much to the combined knowledge of our little community! We should continue to amuse him lest he finds a more amusing little trivial game. |
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28 Nov 12 - 12:46 PM (#3443770) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Elmore Bobert: Sorry. We don't have any such tool. When I asked my wife if she could help she looked at me funny and went to take a nap. If I could I'd lend you Krinkle on the condition that you wouldn't bring him back. |
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28 Nov 12 - 12:57 PM (#3443773) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert My B & S engine is a 5 hp and different entirely from that one... Heck, I coulda got that guys flywheel off easy... He don't know nuthin' about pullers... Using an impact on that is stupid... All ya' gotta is crank down about 15-18 ft pounds of torque with the puller and tap the side of the flywheel with a ball peen hammer a couple times to agitate the molecules and it would have popped right off... B~ |
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28 Nov 12 - 07:12 PM (#3443981) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Gurney Or if you are ill-equipped: levers stressing the flywheel away from the crankcase (not hard enough to crack either) and thump the crank end with a copper-face hammer. Three levers, not narrow ones. 3 levers + 1 hammer = Two people. Two people with original equipment! Statisticians tell us that the average man has less than two hands. I've always thumped the shaft of the puller anyway, as did my father before me. It's a fairly fast taper. The battery just died in the van. It never ends, does it! |
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28 Nov 12 - 07:29 PM (#3444001) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert Yup, it's all about molecular agitation, Gurney, and not brut force... That's why the guy in the video broke his puller... The puller doesn't provide that little shock that is needed... He's probably broken another 100 of them since... B~ |
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28 Nov 12 - 08:04 PM (#3444027) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bert Gotta 20 year old Crapsman mower. That is something of a miracle, mine died after the first season. |
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28 Nov 12 - 08:07 PM (#3444028) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert That's why it is still good... Well, I hope... They made stuff well back then... I hope I can get this figured out... Hope it's not the cam shaft... B~ |
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28 Nov 12 - 09:59 PM (#3444080) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Henry Krinkle I hit a brick with my crappy 3.5 hp B&S powered mower. It wouldn't start back up. I guess I broke something. I just quit using a mower and just weed whack a little every now and then. What did I break? Crank? =(:-( )) |
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28 Nov 12 - 10:21 PM (#3444088) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert Yer a "bent crank" kinda guy, Krinkx... B~ |
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28 Nov 12 - 10:24 PM (#3444090) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Henry Krinkle Cranky bobette. I knew you'd have the answer. =(:-( )) |
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28 Nov 12 - 10:43 PM (#3444098) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Gurney Henry, there are two things likely to be your problem. Like Bobster says, a bent crank. You are on your own there. On YouTube there is a guy 'straightening' one with brute force. If the mower is old..... Then there is the sheared key. (What a name for a folk group.) Try this first! Strip down the housings and remove the flywheel. there is a little slot in the crankshaft and a matching one in the flywheel. In this slot is an aluminium/aluminum piece. This is the key, and it is supposed to break before anything else, that's why it's there. Replace it. Job done. If you don't understand what I'm talking about, get someone who does to do the job. You need a couple of tools. |
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29 Nov 12 - 04:26 PM (#3444498) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Charmion Or you could do what we did and plant a garden. Just say No to grass. |
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29 Nov 12 - 04:42 PM (#3444504) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Gurney Charmion, would it be YOU we hear about in the international news? Some lady in tight circumstances in the USA has planted her front garden in vegetables, and some local Jack-in-Office has ordered her to replace the grass because local ordinances say that front gardens must be suitable to the area. ;-) We get some whimsical snippets of news, here. |
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29 Nov 12 - 06:17 PM (#3444554) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert The flywheel-in-question is on a 1978 5 hp horizontal shaft engine... I stopped by a small engine repair place today and the guy was so young that he didn't have a clue about my engine not does he own the specialty tool... BTW, nothin' broke today... Okay, I was trying to load some plastic food containers in the cooler and the sharp edge of one cut the back of my hand which bled like a stuck pig but nothing broke... B~ |
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29 Nov 12 - 06:35 PM (#3444559) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert Spoke too soon... Just learned from the P-Vine that the folding door in her office has come off it's track and is stuck yet again... That door is possessed... I fixed it last year, too... Grrrrrr.... B~ |
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29 Nov 12 - 09:39 PM (#3444629) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Henry Krinkle I think I know what you mean. I'll break it down and see. Thanks. =(:-( )) |
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29 Nov 12 - 10:11 PM (#3444641) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Henry Krinkle I have 2 old mowers. Not much to do in Winter. I'll try fixing them and some chainsaws and weedwhackers around here. =(:-( )) |
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29 Nov 12 - 11:29 PM (#3444664) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Jack the Sailor I think Bent Crank would be a much for suitable name for the person calling himself Henry Krinkle. :) |
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29 Nov 12 - 11:39 PM (#3444666) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Henry Krinkle Cranker Jack. Sailor boy with broken toys. =(:-( )) |
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30 Nov 12 - 06:15 AM (#3444725) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Charmion No, Gurney, we're Canadians. My husband would love to plant veg in our front garden, but it's dominated by a jeezly great ash tree that has made me something if an expert in hosta culture. In our neighbourhood, which is basically somewhat ratty, any effort at beautification is a relief. A too-accessible veg garden is frequently raided around here, however. |
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30 Nov 12 - 06:18 AM (#3444727) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Henry Krinkle They steal my tomatoes. =(:-( 0) |
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30 Nov 12 - 08:39 AM (#3444775) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert I'm swearing off saying that "nothing broke today" in the hopes that nothing will actually break today... BTW, the P-Vine has this North Carolina thing where stuff is "fixin' to break"... Huh???? B~ |
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30 Nov 12 - 11:44 AM (#3444850) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Charmion "Fixin' to break" is that stage when the screw is wobbly but not quite stripped, or the washer is just about but not quite done, so you don't actually have to fix the doo-hickey quite yet. Tomorrow, maybe, but not today. |
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30 Nov 12 - 12:08 PM (#3444856) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bill D "Fixin' to break"....like the toilet in the hall bathroom that has a crack down the front of the tank. Water began to seep thru... I drained it, dried it out VERY thoroughly and applied the 'thin' formulation of a professional type of superglue (cyanoacrylate) to the inside of the crack- two coats. That was 4 years ago. About one year ago, I redid it. Yes, I KNOW I need to replace the entire fixture before.... well, you know. |
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30 Nov 12 - 12:14 PM (#3444857) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert Good job, Bill... Anything that works, right??? Well, today is starting off fairly well - knock on wood - as I fixed the P-Vine's closet door without breaking anything new, fixed her garden sprayer without breaking anything new and finally got the flywheel off my engine without breaking anything new... B~ |
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30 Nov 12 - 12:22 PM (#3444862) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Pete Jennings Sod's Law says it'll go over Christmas, Bill, when the DIY store is closed and the plumber'll charge you mucho dinero, not to mention the replacement carpet, so I'd get on with it if I were you! LOL. |
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30 Nov 12 - 01:25 PM (#3444900) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Here, Bobert...cheer up. Cheer up..maybe you can enlist its help! Regards, Ol' Fart! GfS |
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30 Nov 12 - 01:36 PM (#3444903) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Bobert... Better yet...'Lover Come Back To Me' GfS |
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30 Nov 12 - 04:22 PM (#3444985) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bill D "..the plumber'll charge you mucho dinero.." Plumber? You say plumber? HA! I'll pretend *I* know how...until I find out different! I don't HAVE mucho dinero... (I recently pulled up a toilet bowl to clear a clog...and re-seated it ... twice. The wall part is just bolts & fittings & such... I think. New one should be designed to fit, I'd hope.) |
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30 Nov 12 - 05:19 PM (#3445025) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert Yeah, toilets is easy... Thanks, GfinS, fir them clips... Looked to me like that fist guy had a pipe in his diddly bow??? I liked that... Getting ready to debut mine tonight at a joint that I been trying to get my foot in the door for the last year... And I gotta a hot new pickup in it... Oh yeah!!! Let's see... Reckon a couple other things got fixdercated today... I'm within 15 minutes of having my engine back together and hope I have fire... I cleaned the points so hopefully that will work... If not I'll have to buy new points and condenser and maybe the magnito coil... Hope not... B~ |
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01 Dec 12 - 01:09 AM (#3445201) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity You're welcome...you Ol' Fart!,,Now let 'er rip! GfS |
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01 Dec 12 - 05:26 PM (#3445415) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert Let 'er rip and fart in the same sentence??? Never mind... Lousy night last night... No, I played well and Horsefly did, as well, but this crowd was way too rowdy to care if either of us were playing and then... ...the wife of Horsefly's lead geetar player dared me to dance with her and I kinda got passed of to about 3 other womens and came out of the mush with a twisted left knee and can barely walk today... Everything is broken... But... ... seein' as I can stand I spend some time this afternoon putting my B&S engine back together and it does have fire... Hooray... Gonna get the neighbor's kid to come over tomorrow and we'll get it started... B~ |
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01 Dec 12 - 11:11 PM (#3445576) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Gurney The wheel-bearings of the boat-trailer rusted over our winter, so I've replaced them. Poured the boat fuel into the car, -it deteriorates, but mixed with plenty of new, it's OK. refilled the boat tank. Tried to start the boat..... Best backfire in my life. Blew the water earmuffs off. Then it caught and ran perfectly. Think the flap-valves were stuck. 2-stroke. All that's left is to service the reels and check the rest of the tackle. Life isn't ALL sour grapes and little green apples. Just on principle, some things HAVE to go right. |
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01 Dec 12 - 11:34 PM (#3445581) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Bobert: "Let 'er rip and fart in the same sentence???" How long have we been posting to each other?...YOU KNOW, that it was intentional!!..how could I resist??? Now, if I want any shit from you..I'll lift the top of your head off, and scoop it out! Regards Bobert! GfS |
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02 Dec 12 - 08:32 AM (#3445680) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Bobert Guess yer re-living your adolescent days, GfinS... Next thing it will be "pull my finger" or those little buzzer things you hide in yer hand and then shake hands... No, no... Here's one... Rubber cyber-vomit!!! Yeah, I like that one... As for breakin' stuff, seein' as my knee is still half messed up, the chances of me breaking anything today are slim... Plus, it's football Sunday... B~ |
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02 Dec 12 - 01:17 PM (#3445779) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Pete Jennings It's catching. My car wouldn't start yesterday and I had to get a new battery for it. £120! |
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02 Dec 12 - 10:09 PM (#3445981) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Gurney Pete, all you Northern Hemisphere folks ought to be buying a spray-can of Ether (Eezistart) for the Winter about now, and finding the grommet in the intake through which you give the famous one-second puff. Gives the battery a much easier life. The mechanic-in-a-can. |
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03 Dec 12 - 09:01 AM (#3446140) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Pete Jennings Hey Gurney, back in the seventies I used to do all my own car maintenence - even had the engine out of an MG Midget one time, got it reconditioned and put it back in. And the bypass hoses on them A series engines were a real bugger when it came to re-fitting the cylinder head. Managed it no probs. Now, I open up the bonnet (hood) of my car and I don't understand much about what I'm looking at. I had to read the handbook to find out where the battery was (in the boot (trunk)). It doesn't even have a dipstick to check the oil - computer does that. As for finding the grommet in the intake, well... |
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03 Dec 12 - 12:38 PM (#3446218) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Bobert,..Oh go ahead..I'll let you pull my finger...AGAIN!!! GfS |
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03 Dec 12 - 03:20 PM (#3446327) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Gurney Pete, that bypass hose.. was MUCH easier if you abandoned the original equipment concertina hose and just used heater hose. And worm-drive clips. I was buying a new battery (again) for the van, asked the electrician about spark-plugs for my V6 Camry (you have to remove the intake trunking, hence long-life plugs,) and he said " come and look at this, then. 'This' was a beautiful newish Aston-Martin. To change plugs on this is a most-of-the-day job, because ALL the plugs are buried under machinery. Approaching NZ$2000 to change the plugs. Rich man's toy. It really is beautiful, though. |
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03 Dec 12 - 03:55 PM (#3446337) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: Gurney Oh, Pete, that bypass hose thing only worked when you had the head off. Theoretically you could replace the concertina hose without taking the head off. Maybe someone somewhere did. |
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03 Dec 12 - 09:12 PM (#3446473) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: gnu Pete... I wish I had never sold my now 30 year old Ford F-150 truck. Straight six. If I wanted to work on it on a rainy day, no problem. Just set a lawn chair and light in there and close the hood on top of me. Now, my tool box is a credit card. Sigh. I got tools up the ass but I don't have a hoist and all the special tools... ya can't even buy some of the special tools unless ya order them from an auto specialty shop and they cost more than new parts! BASTARDS! TRY to get a shop manual! Unreal! |
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10 Dec 12 - 01:53 PM (#3450196) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: GUEST Hi . Ive noticed You know about derrol Adams on other threads. I own his banjo and was wondering who would want to buy it . I also have rare film footage never been shown . If any ideas my email . Hullmazz@live.co.uk cheers.... |
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10 Dec 12 - 01:57 PM (#3450199) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: gnu Best to start a thread above the line. |
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11 Dec 12 - 12:22 PM (#3450533) Subject: RE: BS: 'Everything is broken'... From: ollaimh i'm glad my most complicated mechanical device is a hurdy gurdy. my wife had a car, but she also has a toyoto dealer to fix it. |