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    955 Bucket Repair

    There are downsides of having a full economy...
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    Where are the Mechanics?

    Pics will come when the floor is done, repaired areas are currently curing Here is a pic from when we were laying the top deck
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    Where are the Mechanics?

    How about to each their abilities, to each their own needs? Socialism does not mean we all get paid the same, it means that the means of production are owned by all.
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    Where are the Mechanics?

    MLK was murdered as he tried to assist in a garbage workers strike in Memphis 50 years ago, last month. And I would like to add, that we can redesign many jobs to increase human dignity and we should. I am up at four, I haul my own garbage, and if the local landfill/transfer...
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    Where are the Mechanics?

    I don't think you can blame this just on the college boy managers...I would follow the money and blame the company owners, senior managers and STOCKHOLDERS.
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    Where are the Mechanics?

    Great...I took off a few days to paint my new 30x34 shop bay...so far, 25 gallons of primer, the OSB of the walls and ceiling really suck it up, next, 5 gallons of ultra high gloss white for the walls. Finishing the concrete floor is next!.
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    Where are the Mechanics?

    Not poor planning, intentional cost cutting. Training guys to be the next generation of workers pays off in ten years, not this quarter. We need to bring back apprentaneship programs is the skilled trades, tool and die, mechanics, linesmen, heavy equipment operation and the like.
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    Where are the Mechanics?

    No one works out of my shop but me...and the wife, from time to time. And folks who do work out of my shop, are working on my personal projects.
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    Where are the Mechanics?

    That was back in the days where the work was much less complex and the railroads paid a top wage compared to other industries. Now, people don't want to be away from home, on a rotating schedule. With working spouses, child care duties and additional household tasks for both spouses, traveling...
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    Where are the Mechanics?

    I started earlier than you, in 1979 got hired as a school bus mechanic, but later went back to college, completed a BS in Mechanical Engineering, later, a MS in Industrial Engineering, and still working as a senior level engineer, with mechanic work on the side. I just expanded my personal shop...
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    JD 9300 backhoe control rework

    We had a break in the weather, and the controls came out, into the wash tank and then dissemble. I think Deere failed on the design of this one, steel pins in cast iron housings with no bushings and no easy way to lubricate. However, new pins, bushings, grips from McMaster-Carr should get this...
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    JD 9300 backhoe control rework

    I have thought about this option also...however, I can get the bronze, self lubricating bushings, ID 5/16 with OD 3/8 or 9/16 or 1/2 at basically a dollar an inch. This turns the repair from a field repair to a long term machine shop rework, and in a future date, easily replaceable pins and...
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    JD 9300 backhoe control rework

    Thanks for the response...I was thinking of drilling slightly undersized and using a long straight fluted reamer, then pressing the bushings in. This should help the wallow, and provide easy change bushing in the future.
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    JD 9300 backhoe control rework

    I am looking to rework the control levers of my JD 9300 backhoe attachment, currently mounted on a JD 450B shovel dozer. Hydraulic pump, main boom cylinder control valve and main boom cylinder have all been rebuilt or replaced with good components. I think I might not be getting full valve...
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    Holley Carb Wizards?

    My book on Holley carbs is on the shop shelf. I am running a two barrel on both 62 Town Wagon and 68 Utiline...the 7448 350 CFM. I like the smaller venturies since they improve bottom end torque. What info do you need?
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