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The tale of a tiller

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I drove my CJ-lopy to work friday with my trailer ( which I realised I forgot to renew the registrartion on) so I could borrow a tiller to get started on my garden.
All goes fairly well. I picked up the old tiller at lunch time and got some advise on running it and a warning that it's been dormant for a few years. no problem. back at the shop, I give it an oil change, free up sticky cables, wash out the fuel tank, lines and bowl on the carb. some fresh gas, 3 pulls of the rope and I'm in business!
On the way home is when it all started to fall apart. first off, the skies grew black at 5:00 on the dot, and I got to drive my leaky Jeep home through a torrential dounpour that lasted only 5 minutes longer than my drive home! AND, about 6 miles from home I hit a bump on the highway and my exhaust suddenly got 20X louder than it was. Later inspection shows that the converter broke at the inlet pipe$$$$ drat!
So with the sun back out I thought I'd give the tiller a whirl. Ti fired up, and started digging in, and then the pully just spun without the tines moving! Whadda?!
The rest of the night I spent COMPLETELY tearing the tiller apart to split the transmission case to find that one of the drive chains broke. It had rusted badly and just snapped. SOoooo. thismorning a took a trip to Central Tractor and bought 10 feet of 35 roller chain (only length they had) so I could seperate about a foot worth and fix the tiller. then I cleaned out the transmission reassembled the tiller and filled the trans up with nice fresh 80-90 (as opposed to the sludge, rust and water that came out of it).
Finally I got my garden tilled. Mom and dads house will have to wait now. I ran out of time and my tow vehicle is broke. Guess I shoulda just rented a tiller! jeesh!
Anyone else gotten sick from smelling old Kerosene? It was all I had to use for parts cleaner. never again.... I had to go lie down for a while about halfway through my rebuild.blech!
 
Sounds like time for a spot of tea for the tillerman!! :jester:

If it were me, with my luck, I would have also got stopped and ticketed for the lapsed registration!! :rolleyes:
 
Using harsh chemicals, even in the open air, can make us sick. Especially as we get older, so pay attention out there. If it can happen to Banjo, with all of his experience, it can happen to any of us.
 
Completely agree with Paul on that chemicals warning. We all want to "tough it out", but it ain't always a smart thing to do!

So ... how'd all that tiller work turn out? Pictures! We need pictures of that garden!

Tom
 
Mike.. I was worried about the trailer thing.. especially after the exhaust broke as I have to pass the village police station to get home. I was very concervative on the gas pedal through town.
Now I'm thinking all that trouble was devine intervention. my back started hurting friday at work. I think the big guy was trying to keep me from straining it any further with all the obsticles he put in my way. but pig-headed me kept pushing and now I'm living on Alieve. Gonna take it easy for a while. no heavy lifitng today. Gotta go play some music. I think I can handle the banjo.
I'll get some pics soon. I still gotta do my parents garden.
 
Maybe the local Farmer's Market would be a good idea? Just a thought. :angel:
 
My banjo picker left his ax in the back seat of his car and forgot to lock the car. When he got back a couple of hours later, there were two more banjos in the back seat.

Jim
 
Alieve is goooood stuff.. Got through the whole day pickin with that heavy resonator hangin around me neck. lot's of old folks cheered up as our church did community service projects today. The group I was with went and played some bluegrass gosple at a couple of the seinor apartment centers here in town. I played banjo, my dad on guitar, and another good friend on mandoline along with one of the youths from church playing bass. Maybe not professional grade, but we had a blast.
Jim, I gotta try that trick....
 
Nobody needs 2 banjos except a guy I used to play with who went to put it in his car trunk, got distracted, forgot, and backed over it. Really nice old Mastertone, too.

Jim
 
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