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Old Jul 14, 2019 | 07:53 AM
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2100, are those cement mixers? Swear I have seen something like that before.

It rained off and on today, so I played in the house. Trying to get the family room all framed today.... but I fell short. I was a one man band all day. But, this was my trusty sidekick. It packs a mean punch.... I am very impressed with this nailer.

Close! They are hit and miss engines that ran the cement mixers. Well mostly likely that's what these were on. Jaeger made cement mixers and engines for them.
Old Jul 14, 2019 | 10:59 AM
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The old hit and miss engines are cool. They run on almost any liquid fuel. Don't like you wife's perfume? Throw it in and the barn will smell like her.
Old Jul 14, 2019 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by River1
The old hit and miss engines are cool. They run on almost any liquid fuel. Don't like you wife's perfume? Throw it in and the barn will smell like her.
Yep I'm happy I was finally able to get a couple. Really wanted a John Deere to go with my tractor but I can't pay the prices they went for just cz of the green paint lol.

They were running before auction but I'm having trouble getting them to run. I'll post up some videos when I finally do.

If ya got any tidbits I'm all ears lol
Old Jul 14, 2019 | 04:47 PM
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So 97 f150 had the shift indicator plastic broke, fixed it but the other issue (that caused me to fix this) is the truck won't start in P (cable can't reach anyway) truck will crank in N with foot on the brake (battery is dead so don't know if it'll run yet) but also the shift lever doesn't like to sit in any gear and I can just tap on the lever and will push from N to D... what's going on? Broken gear or something? Is that related to the not cranking in P? NSS problem? Idk

Trying to help the father in law while I'm in town,

Check here and see if the torx bolts are loose or missing like in the pic. If that is tight then there is a bushing in the shift tube that goes bad also.

Old Jul 14, 2019 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by kd4gij
Check here and see if the torx bolts are loose or missing like in the pic. If that is tight then there is a bushing in the shift tube that goes bad also.

Thanks, I was reading up on that but no one had any pics lol. I'll crawl up under there tomorrow.
Old Jul 15, 2019 | 10:01 AM
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Alright dudes.... as you know, I am framing my basement right now. Not too far from done, but I uncovered something that I feel needs some attention. My Brother has experience in construction commercially... he says I should wood glue this and "bury it" because it is parked next to a double joist, which are both solid wood. I am thinking of also tying it in with cross braces with the two joists it runs adjacent to.... just to be sure. To let you know, this is is about a 9.5 foot span end to end, and it sits under the kitchen table. So, it's not holding up a fridge, gun safe, etc. LOL. Anyway, will you guys tell me if you have had any experience in repairing these.







Old Jul 15, 2019 | 10:08 AM
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Along with this ^^^, I also uncovered some other BS. I found that the 2 rooms that were already framed/rocked when we moved in were both on the same breaker.... make that a FIFTY amp breaker, with TWO wires in the breaker.

Yeah.... that's right.... FIFTY damn amps, single pole.
Old Jul 15, 2019 | 10:35 AM
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I have no idea about your joist but from "This Old House" wisdom, the plywood I-beam is stronger than the solid wood joist. Additionally, it will "creek" less in the future because it's not subject to the amount of movement the solid wood is.

That breaker can't be legal, is it? It almost sounds like that's all they had available and forgot to swap it out. I think code here is 30 amps max for a single pole without it's own box.

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Old Jul 15, 2019 | 11:42 AM
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Yes, I have heard that as well. I am contemplating whether or not I should glue some support panels to the center of this, or just gluing the frayed part back together and being done with it..... or also adding cross braces between the two adjacent joists.

All in all, this is just to make me sleep better at night.

And that breaker... seriously doubt it is legal for a room.... especially with 2 feeds hooked to it.
Old Jul 15, 2019 | 03:44 PM
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What gauge is the wire coming off that breaker, White? And do you have room for another breaker in the box?

As for that floor joist, jacking it up and scabbing it on either side with a 2x8 (or 2x6 if necessary) might just do the trick.



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