Recent content by djkeev

Re: Photobucket Just Screwed Me Real Hard Yep! I'm done with them! No 3rd party photo hosting unless I subscribe to their service! Nope, ain't happening! too bad, a lot of dead links will be in 1000's of forum from 1000's of users everywhere everywhere! Idiots! I wonder if KMart /...

I have an out building with a 200 amp service to it. Went in the other day and the light was dim and flickered. What the heck?!? There is an outlet..... 6 volts! Pulled the breaker panel cover and found 8" of mouse nest in the bottom of the panel. Cleaned it out and found that the mouse...

I too have assembled a collection. There have honestly been times Impulled out a special tool, looked at it and thought...... "What is this for?" I then google it, say ...... "Oh yeah! I remember now!" And promptly get out my P-Touch and label it. Moral of the story....... Don't get old kids...

Peppermint oil...... The real stuff, not imitation. Pour on cotton pads set in plastic cups. Set around and replenish as needed, there will not be any mice. Dave

Final set up........... Old Meyer Snow Plow Cable ferrel attached to new operating cable and a home made push / pull lever using angle iron and a heavily modified mower throttle lever. :) Thanks for the suggestions which led to this solution. Dave

Wow! Never realized how beat up my vise really is until I looked back over these photos! It's an old 1946 Wilton that spent many decades in a Flying A service station. Its worked hard! I Got it from the owner, my Mothers 2nd husband, after he died. Dave

Just pulled the cable out, reverse threaded it, found an E-clip..... Viola'! :) Dave

Well, spent more time thinking than I did working! Dave

Huh!..........I'll just flip the cable, threaded end in the old ferrel at the pump, use the other end at the lever control held in place with an external snap ring or an E-clip!......(as designed !) I Think I'll run in a tap and see how much thread bite I have in the steel ferrel. I could also...

For cooling process like that, long term, I've access to an electric ceramic kiln that you program to slowly back off the heat as the item cools, that would be ideal. Dave

Knowing now what I wish I'd known a few days ago what I know now........... I'd have had them put a threaded ferrel on both ends, then I would have simply tapped the steel ferrel...........heavy sigh..... 5/16-24 (.3125) .... "I" tap drill (.272) ....... .416 nose outer diameter.... Close...

Hmmmmmm......... I've got the beef for National Fine threaded set screws........hmmmmm Also, a 9/16" 3/8 drive deep socket does indeed fit over both and will encapsulate the brass tight against the steel......hmmmmmmmm Dave

Dang! That's a great idea! Simple, effective....... :rocker: I've been thinking filing notches for E-clips, threading the outside of both units for a Barrel Nut....... Haven't been liking any of my ideas! :dunno: Any others? Dave

Sadly, I threw a ceramics kiln away a few years ago, couldn't find a "home" for it. :( Dave

Good Morning! I need some help....... (Insert comments here) I've got a Meyer Snow Plow Pump, U13 This item was made in the 1960's, 70's at the newest. Thus, Meyer no longer supports these with repair parts. I'm running a one piece cable to an operating lever in the cab. The old cables are...