[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by TheComputerGuy

Yeah MK....

I have a lawn mower AND a good Ariens snow blower, both with blown shafts.
Maybe you should move to NH?

What for? your moving to OK..................aren't you?

(orange) Ariens, Very good equipment. Well built. I'll hold on to the snow blower, I can build another engine from the old one.
I'll bet your mower was MTD or Craftsman.
Blown shafts? Crank shafts? ( Brigg's or Tecumseh?)

Another neglective owner, huh? Neeever checks or changes the oil.
What did you do (or should I say didn't do) run it without oil or set the governer too high to where it exceeds the RPM's?
Was the rod thrown through the side of the block?

I brought all of my tools and shop equipment with me.
I've been thinking about starting a Mobile Service across OK., with special deals for CD Okies.(include's Chainsaws,wedeaters,blowers,and more) with free chainsaw sharpening.
I would seriously enjoy doing something like that on the side.

But that still leaves it seasonal

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

What for? your moving to OK..................aren't you?

(orange) Ariens, Very good equipment. Well built. I'll hold on to the snow blower, I can build another engine from the old one.
I'll bet your mower was MTD or Craftsman.
Blown shafts? Crank shafts? ( Brigg's or Tecumseh?)

Another neglective owner, huh? Neeever checks or changes the oil.
What did you do (or should I say didn't do) run it without oil or set the governer too high to where it exceeds the RPM's?
Was the rod thrown through the side of the block?

I brought all of my tools and shop equipment with me.
I've been thinking about starting a Mobile Service across OK., with special deals for CD Okies.(include's Chainsaws,wedeaters,blowers,and more) with free chainsaw sharpening.
I would seriously enjoy doing something like that on the side.

But that still leaves it seasonal

How dare you accuse me of neglect!

The snow blower's shaft got wrecked when I hit a 1.5" jump rope my daughter had left in the driveway... Didn't see it under the snow. And I'll have you know that I had recently changed the sheer pins prior to that. Neglect indeed!

The shaft on the lawn mower was destroyed when my son hit a small stump he didn't see under the grass... It was on the 2nd time we used that NEW lawn mower.
It was a Briggs.

And yes, I did check and maintain the oil in both machines.

Needless to say, neither will be coming to OK.

I can't speak for OK, but you'd do well here in NH with your skills.
Go for it!

[peggydavis]

The mobile service sounds good, mk, if your vehicle is not a fuel hog.

We use chain saws all winter around here in Hughes county, so that cuts down on the seasonal part. Do you fix the larger equipment too, like tractors?

[Synopsis]

I'm sure you could work on just about any type of mechanical equipment MK. I've found that people with high mechanical aptitudes aren't only capable of working on mechanical equipment, but also any type of device that has mechanical properties or even understanding things outside the mechanical realm, such as understanding software applications (to some point, even programming) and the like. It's not surprising, because even things like software follow similar principles of logic.

[mkfarnam]

I wouldn't mind getting into PC repair, but computers are "solid state" (no moving parts). Computer cannot create motion, they only control movment. So they'll never completely take over the mechanical field.
I've taken Computer Programming classes. Once you learn the basics of the language, comlilers, codes, data structures,ect, there's nothing easy about it,but it's fun.
CG... I envy you and your knowlege.

I was into automotive before this(early 80's) and changed fields just as the EFI systems, (Electronic Fuel Injection) started coming out.

CG........ok, so you "bent" the crankshaft, you said "blown", what am I suppose to think? That's 2 different things, just like, "rebuild" and "overhaul" are not the same. It sounds like the "auger" on your SB is the problem, and with the sudden jolt from the rope jamming the auger caused the "shear pin" (aka, flywheel key, timing key) to shear, throwing the timing off on the engine. (minor problem)

Peggy, I've worked on farm equipment, Hydro-seeders, sprayers, Hydralic pumps, arrigation pumps and utility tractors, mostly John Deere.
I would like to get further into that field.

Anyone that does any type of repair knows that, in order fix a problem,you need to know how the system operates(what does what, when, where, how) and when you fix something, you don't fix the problem, you fix the "cause" of the problem which in turn fixes the problem.

Maybe I can talk to some of the shop owners to see if the would like to set up a mobile repair service. There,s a new shop in town and we.ve been talking about it. we knew each other in Ca., our shops werent very far apart.

Lauranita: you can DM me on that, but at this time of the year I doubt that I'd qualify.

Class Over

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

CG... I envy you and your knowlege.

Don't envy me...
You're already in OK and I'm still waiting.

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

CG........ok, so you "bent" the crankshaft, you said "blown", what am I suppose to think? That's 2 different things, just like, "rebuild" and "overhaul" are not the same. It sounds like the "auger" on your SB is the problem, and with the sudden jolt from the rope jamming the auger caused the "shear pin" (aka, flywheel key, timing key) to shear, throwing the timing off on the engine. (minor problem)

No, both shear pins were new (and the correct model).
I learned about those the year before, and they were easy enough
for a clown like me to deal with.

The shaft appears to be bent.
I'm not sure what's involved in repairing that,
but I know it's WAY over my head.

I'm a total Bozo with gas powered things.

[mkfarnam]

TheComputerGuy wrote:

Don't envy me...
You're already in OK and I'm still waiting.

Patients my man, patients.
Now you have that much more time to get aquainted with the OK. Welome Committee and visa-versa.
And believe me, the move won't be that hard,in fact, it will be fun because you'll be prepared for it. Then. everything will fall in place. Wait an see.
I was tensed up for 9 months. Every minute of every waking hour the thought of moving and what I was going to do(without a set date) went through my head and I couldn't turn it off. Finally, I received a notice that the lease on the business property was going up 500.00 on 6/10/07. I had a moving date, 6/01/07.
When the time came I got me a trailer, loaded afew house hold necessities, my tools and my dog and all I had to do was follow the yellow brick road.

It felt good, mainly leaving CA. in my rearview mirror.

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

TheComputerGuy wrote:


Patients my man, patients.
Now you have that much more time to get aquainted with the OK. Welome Committee and visa-versa.
And believe me, the move won't be that hard,in fact, it will be fun because you'll be prepared for it. Then. everything will fall in place. Wait an see.
I was tensed up for 9 months. Every minute of every waking hour the thought of moving and what I was going to do(without a set date) went through my head and I couldn't turn it off. Finally, I received a notice that the lease on the business property was going up 500.00 on 6/10/07. I had a moving date, 6/01/07.
When the time came I got me a trailer, loaded afew house hold necessities, my tools and my dog and all I had to do was follow the yellow brick road.

It felt good, mainly leaving CA. in my rearview mirror.

That's good advice.

It gets a tad more complicated when moving an entire family though.
It took like a year to get over the last move...
(I think it's because of the thinner air in this high of an elevation.)

Maybe I'll recover faster in the Okie flat lands.
(Thicker air?)
We'll also be moving a LOT less stuff this time.

I've already left NH... In my head at least...
Now I'm thinking about the heat, bugs and tornadoes.
I even Googled info about safe-rooms and storm shelters
last week.

And I was more concerned with how OK voted than how NH voted...
Unfortunately both states had the same exact results.

I still haven't learned the song Oklahoma (from the musical)
yet... So much to do!

[mkfarnam]

Well, at least you have some help.
I'm use to doing everything myself.

[karibear]

Originally Posted by peggydavis

The mobile service sounds good, mk, if your vehicle is not a fuel hog.

We use chain saws all winter around here in Hughes county, so that cuts down on the seasonal part. Do you fix the larger equipment too, like tractors?

I have a whole slew of weedeaters I could bring along... DH kept having them given to him to fix, but he never got around to it - spent too much time putting bandaids on the car, then he just couldn't, any more. Most are electric, at least one is gas. I've gotten to where I prefer the electric anythings, it's so much easier to just plug things in.

I don't know about OK, but another big/growing thing around here is bicycle repair. Used to be anyone could replace a chain that jumped off the gear thingie, but now that there are up to 26 gears or some unholy number, it's a whole different story. Never could figure out why anyone would need so many gears, anyway - 3 were enough for me, back in the day. And there are a lot more people in metro areas who commute with bikes, even if they have a car. It's a lot easier to zip around through traffic, there's no gas to pay for, and a person gets lots of fresh air and exercise.