Parkers' Prairie Panel Progress
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Lead Driver
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
Just got off the phone with Geoff. I was supposed to bring him a flash drive today so he could transfer what he has onto it, but I was welding and fixing stuff til noon and then went to town for parts and ran into various friends with different agendas and now it's 6:45 and he's eating dinner and so I'm going to drop off the flash drive and he will mail it back to me with the footage. This has been the biggest house of cards I have ever been involved in. Pretty much all the delays are my fault. Too bad my build thread has been muddied up with all this Hollywood stuff. I wish I had never mentioned the filming, but maybe someday we will see some footage of the Parkers Prairie Panel kicking up some dust. Until then I will fill you in on the real progress. No seat covers today. Most likely honey-do stuff tomorrow. All in all I had a blast today working on the panel and then looking up old friends at their shops and I wouldn't change a thing.
Tuned
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From: Webster, NY
Gary, At least you have the wherewithal to overcome your mistake. I watched my panel sail off on a trailer Monday to a mechanic who is going to swap in the spare tranny I got with the truck. I did take it for a short drive with him in the passenger seat before loading it on the trailer so he could listen to the tranny and he said it definitely needs to come out. Probably won't have it back in time to take it to the annual SPAAMFAA muster in Liverpool, NY Aug 1. As long as I get to pump water before the end of summer. Good luck.
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
I got up early and went out and finished up my clutch repairs. The new TO bearing should be here on tomorrows ups truck. Everything is is in order to re-install the transmission after work tomorrow. I have plans to take it to the Puget Sound Antique Tractor and Machinery Association's annual meet at Lynden Wa. on July 27th. I will most likely haul it there on my trailer and drive it locally around Lynden and vicinity. It's about a 2 hour drive after I get off the ferry on the mainland. I plan to set up camp in the back for the 4 day event. Canvas army cot, kerosene lamp, ancient camp cooler, you get the picture. Just not confident enough with it yet to head up the interstate. I guess this makes it a 'Trailer Queen'. 
Haven't missed this event in 27 years. I used to haul my 2250 lb stationary engine there every year behind 'Old Red, my '38 tonner with mechanical brakes. I'm a little bit older and wiser now, but not much.....
Haven't missed this event in 27 years. I used to haul my 2250 lb stationary engine there every year behind 'Old Red, my '38 tonner with mechanical brakes. I'm a little bit older and wiser now, but not much.....
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
Got in in after work. I ended up getting 2 throw out bearings today because I orderd from two places jic. The napa one was from skn and was made in USA and was wrapped in oily brown paper. The one from the mainland auto parts place was in plastic wrap and made in Mexico. It was from Federal Mogul. That one is on a shelf. After I put the shifter back in later in the evening, I found it wobbled all over. Huh? Well the 1/4" dowel pin was missing from the shift tower. Of course it had dropped inside...
I got real lucky because I drained the 90 wt and stuck my pinky finger in the drain hole and just touched the pin laying in the bottom. I was able to coax it toward the hole and remove it. I had pictured it resting in the valley between a couple of square cut gears. Clutch adjustment looks promising and should be firing it up tomorrow afternoon. Still hoping to address my horrible seats while they are out.
I got real lucky because I drained the 90 wt and stuck my pinky finger in the drain hole and just touched the pin laying in the bottom. I was able to coax it toward the hole and remove it. I had pictured it resting in the valley between a couple of square cut gears. Clutch adjustment looks promising and should be firing it up tomorrow afternoon. Still hoping to address my horrible seats while they are out.
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
It took all the McGyver I had in me, but I repaired all the damage from installing the throw out bearing AND it's carrier in backwards. There are 3 tabs on the carrier piece. One each side for the fork and one on the top for the spring. These 3 tabs lodged into the 3 forks and spun with the clutch assembly, while the forks pressed against the hardened face of the throw out bearing, which released the clutch almost as normal. The spring tore off on the first partial revolution and the internal surface of the bearing's carrier was rotating on the tranny's steel snout as a bearing. There waas a huge amount of wear on both pieces. As luck would have it, the snout is a bolt on and I had a good one and a good carrier in the attic. I cut down a nice spring for a new pull back spring. I did have to build up one of the clutch finger bolts with weld and bring it back to specs off the flywheel face with a dremel tool and a homemade jig for accuracy. Clutch action is smooth as can be now. As much as a pain as this was, it's nice to have gotten to the bottom of the constant clutch adjustment issue, and to learn a lesson about being in such a huge rush to get the engine installed......
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
Bust out the Popcorn
Not sure how to post it but I got a 5 1/2 minute video from Hollywood this evening. I have a link to it in my email. It's in HD and I can only watch it in ten second glimpses until I figured out how to turn off the HD mode. Then it played out normal. I gotta say he did an amazing job the truck looks awesome cruising the local roads.
Marmon-Herrington Man
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From: Central Illinois
Thanks for emailing it Gary, it's fantastic! Let's see if I can link it. Stu
https://vimeo.com/135415843
https://vimeo.com/135415843
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
Thanks for emailing it Gary, it's fantastic! Let's see if I can link it. Stu
https://vimeo.com/135415843
https://vimeo.com/135415843
Geekers! Thanks it works great. I notice the HD was still disabled so it streamed in real good here. Stu, you are the man!
