Prospecter
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The snow will be mostly gone by the end of the week. I am in The County today, and even here there is much more bare ground than snow!
Above 1200 Sq/FT The Salvage Garage
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
Plastikosmd
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Do u feel like the auctions:
1) Make you money
2) tread water (same $)
3) overall loose $
For me, keeping good records was key. I tended to delude myself into thinking I was making $. Really, the only money made was due to the fact, I had it so long the dollar weakened in value relative to my junk, lol
1) Make you money
2) tread water (same $)
3) overall loose $
For me, keeping good records was key. I tended to delude myself into thinking I was making $. Really, the only money made was due to the fact, I had it so long the dollar weakened in value relative to my junk, lol
I hauled a bunch of stuff to an auction. Stuff that I wouldn't enjoy selling person to person and stuff that would only get less valuable while being an eyesore. I was prepared to take anything that the auction house rejected directly to the landfill. Once the stuff was loaded, it was a fait accomplis. The stuff is officially gone. Any money I may get is just gravy in that i didn't have to pay to get rid of it.
It felt so great to drive away with an empty trailer! I'd like to get that feeling on a monthly schedule...
It felt so great to drive away with an empty trailer! I'd like to get that feeling on a monthly schedule...
Plastikosmd
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^ I completely understand, I get the same feeling leaving the scrapyard.
I’m just referring to the process of buying to only take to auction. Maybe I don’t do it enough. My books said it was a great way to turn 20$ into 10$, lol
I’m just referring to the process of buying to only take to auction. Maybe I don’t do it enough. My books said it was a great way to turn 20$ into 10$, lol
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I usually sell things that I know would be a pain to deal with the tire kickers, or things that consistently do well at the auction. I also believe that as long as you bring enough stuff there, you will make money, but you can’t look at individual items, you have to look at it as a whole. Have I had bad times, yup, but my overall experience has been a win. Plus it is an easy way to get a lot of stuff gone very quickly.
That's very valuable. We give away a lot of things because the time and effort to sell them and make a couple bucks isn't worth it. I'd rather do a big drop off at Goodwill than keep things in my house for 2 months trying to sell them.
Jayman17
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I've come around to the fact that it's even easier to never acquire stuff you won't use in the first place. I realize I may be in the minority in this thread. 
Beautiful day, but slow start for me. I am picking away at things, had to move some things around, unload some stuff from the other day, been reassembling ratchet straps to take to the auction. I should have one load today for sure, going to try to get another bit of stuff ready for tomorrow morning, conflicting schedules may delay things, I have to meet at one of our tower sites, trying to get Verizon to move there.
Going to drop off a small load at the auction on my way to the Salvage Garage, then I will load up again, ready for the morning.
I got Perk out, took less time than I thought, but I do need to get the wood chipper to clear all the pieces of the trees. At least the snow was all melted off the trailer.
I got Perk out, took less time than I thought, but I do need to get the wood chipper to clear all the pieces of the trees. At least the snow was all melted off the trailer.
Spareparts
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Remember to leave your Cash,Checks, and credit Cards at home. LOL
I have a loader bucket that I was going to send to the auction, but I think it is better for me to pull off the brackets that I need and scrap it. I know it is heavy, and I don’t think it will bring much at the auction. I do need to start messing around with equipment again, so many things need to be repaired, probably a full time job for two mechanics.
I only have a few more small things to get prepped to go, then it is just the forklift. I know that the fuel needs to be drained out of the tank and new stuff put in, pretty sure that will take care of the major problems, the gas is really old and smells like varnish. I am not sure if I am even going to mess with the carb, of course I have to reinstall it, but I can already see the writing on the wall if I tear into it tonight. I know it ran really well, but you had to have the choke on to keep it running. Maybe I will tear into the other carb and see if I can make that work, if it turns out ok, then try and tackle the one for the auction. I don’t need that over there until Friday at the latest.
I only have a few more small things to get prepped to go, then it is just the forklift. I know that the fuel needs to be drained out of the tank and new stuff put in, pretty sure that will take care of the major problems, the gas is really old and smells like varnish. I am not sure if I am even going to mess with the carb, of course I have to reinstall it, but I can already see the writing on the wall if I tear into it tonight. I know it ran really well, but you had to have the choke on to keep it running. Maybe I will tear into the other carb and see if I can make that work, if it turns out ok, then try and tackle the one for the auction. I don’t need that over there until Friday at the latest.
kaymccampbell
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Have a spare in your pocket. Some folks are real pricks.
kent_323is
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On the carburetor, since it is off, just opening up the bowl, clean out the gunk, blow out the jets, and call it good? That seems like it would be time well spent. Allocate 1 hour a quicky clean job and pop it back on.
Otherwise, if you just put it back on, it may not run at all if that gunk has jostled around and now completely plugs some of the jets.
Otherwise, if you just put it back on, it may not run at all if that gunk has jostled around and now completely plugs some of the jets.
I grabbed the carb, plus a spare for parts, two rebuild kits, some more auction stuff and put away the military forklift. Also got a bit of office paperwork done, headed to the Auction to drop off what is in the truck, then I will reload the truck, grab the dump trailer and head over again to empty that stuff out. Then I just need to get the forklift going, that should be it for this one.
Prospecter
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You've got a busy day lined up. Must be Spring fever!
They are being super picky, not able to bring any of the tools over, a bit annoying, but I got what I could over there, we are down to just the forklift now. I have until Friday for that. I am gathering the trash, I have missed trash day for almost a month, once the snow clears I am going to have to have them empty my dumpster, no way am I ever going to catch up at this point without doing that.
Trash is out for tomorrow, off to the tower site to meet with Verizon reps. After that I am going to head to the office to get some more paperwork done. Also going to try and cleanup some of my mess, maybe even attempt to setup the new NAS that got delivered before the last storm took out power.
I am glad I had a junk carb to start with, I broke several things trying to get it apart, if it hadn't been full of water for years, I would guess it wouldn't have been as bad. It was good to mess with it, I go most everything freed up and saw what I was up against for the better one.
The one I am rebuilding came apart with ease in comparison, nothing broke.
The carb kits were different as well, they had some different parts and one had more parts than the other. Kind of interesting to see what was in them side by side.
There is one gasket that is not even remotely the same in either kit, I think I am going to reuse it, the thickness isn't even close, then the original gasket has a brass insert to protect things.
Then the shower curtain that we all need...
The one I am rebuilding came apart with ease in comparison, nothing broke.
The carb kits were different as well, they had some different parts and one had more parts than the other. Kind of interesting to see what was in them side by side.
There is one gasket that is not even remotely the same in either kit, I think I am going to reuse it, the thickness isn't even close, then the original gasket has a brass insert to protect things.
Then the shower curtain that we all need...
I setup my ultrasonic cleaner, I just used about a quart of simple green and then plain water. Not going to lie, I have had this machine for years and never really used it, took me a bit to figure out the settings, I ran it for a while and then cleaned up the gunk with a wire brush and put the stuff back in for another 90 minutes, the brass parts looked new, the ports looked clean, I definitely want to setup a dedicated spot for this. I want to do a sump with a filter system, I think that will keep the fluid clean. I also think I will use distilled water next time.
kent_323is
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Pay close attention to the float level setting. Set correctly, and things work well. If it gets tweaked and off, it's a huge headache..... flooding the carb or starving of fuel, only fix is pulling the carb back off to access the bowl to set.
I think you'll be in a good position with the carb rebuild, parts look great!
I think you'll be in a good position with the carb rebuild, parts look great!
Well, not going well so far, one piece has to have a special tool to remove it and the other one, well I destroyed it. The industrial carbs are different than the ones that came from vehicles. Looks like there is a secondary type pump for the vehicle style and it is blocked off on the industrial version. I am trying to figure out the flow of gas, almost seems like the part I messed up has no gas flowing through it. I think I can retrofit the housing from a vehicle style to my industrial carb, not sure if this is going to turn out well. I may have to bring everything over to the Salvage Garage so I have all my parts there and can actually try it out on the forklift. I have another forklift at the Hill, but my temporary fuel system is over at the SG, just can’t win.
I have given up hope on an easy fix for the ultrasonic cleaner. Looks like I either need parts or will have to build a new panel that can do what is needed to do. I have talked to the people that built the units, seems like they could fix it, but my guess is not for a reasonable price.
I am getting back to the carb now that I have wasted a few hours between the parts breaking and investigating the other carbs and the ultrasonic failure, I will be lucky to get the forklift running at all.
I am getting back to the carb now that I have wasted a few hours between the parts breaking and investigating the other carbs and the ultrasonic failure, I will be lucky to get the forklift running at all.
I got the ultrasonic cleaner back together so I could troubleshoot with the repair guy, apparently whatever I did seems to have fixed it, that and maybe a bit of user error. The controls are not very intuitive and no one has a user manual. In the interim I found another one for cheap on eBay, made an offer, seller accepted, come to find out it is the worst possible one to have, the service guy was telling me about how it had all kinds of problems. I just can’t win today, I think I am going to go home and go to bed.
Frankencarb is together, going to try and get it on the forklift using my external tank, then drive it inside so I can drain the gas tank out. I think I can bring it to the auction on Saturday, if so that will make me feel a lot better about this mess, plus it should keep me out of the rain.
I got the carb on the forklift, ran like ***, I tried to change fuel lines around to make sure I had good flow, no help, acted like it was starving for fuel. It would almost idle at full throttle, I hooked up the fuel line using the mechanical pump, confirmed that it works, still no help. Pulled the screen above the float out, little area was full of fuel, split the crab open, almost no fuel in the bowl?? I played with the float (I set it to the prescribed 1 and 61/32" from the edge of the housing), it looks like the new seat is sticking, it goes down sometimes, but not every time and I have to tap or shake it to get it to drop down. I am going to try another setup and see if that helps, if that doesn't work I am not sure what else I am going to be able to do. I confirmed that the accelerator pump works and fuel squirts out like it should, everything else moves freely. I blew through all passages before assembly, and rechecked the important ones just now (my lips don't like gas). Frustration is setting in...
shakenfake
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Do you need it to run so you can load it or what?
Just sell it as is. You just need to get rid of it so you can put your efforts elsewhere, like moving your **** out of your dad’s domain…
Just sell it as is. You just need to get rid of it so you can put your efforts elsewhere, like moving your **** out of your dad’s domain…
The second float does the exact same thing, if you put any air pressure or liquid pressure on it, it opens back up. Probably standard, I am just not used to dealing with carburetors. I am admitting defeat, I am soaked, it is still outside, tomorrow is full on rain all day and the auctioneer said it would need to be there in the morning on Saturday. This is kind of what I was afraid was going to happen, had I been able to get the carb rebuilt two weeks ago I would have had time to troubleshoot things, life just got in the way. I still need to figure things out with the carb, I have a couple more that need to be rebuilt and if this is going to be the end result with those, I should probably just be fired.
Now that the ultrasonic cleaner is working, I guess I can clean the other carb and see if I can make that work, I didn't do any damage to that one, so I don't have to try and mix and match parts.
Now that the ultrasonic cleaner is working, I guess I can clean the other carb and see if I can make that work, I didn't do any damage to that one, so I don't have to try and mix and match parts.
I got another break in the rain, took off the carb, apparently it wasn't starving for fuel, it was flooding immensely. There was a puddle in the intake manifold. At least I have a direction to go, just wish I could have gotten the thing inside, then I could have messed with it tomorrow, it is a bit too heavy to move with clark, I tried the other day, if the BFF was fully functional, I could pick it up and move it where ever I wanted to, someday, just not this someday.