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#111
03-30-2011, 08:23 AM
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It is a small Dutch barn we got from the Amish, they set it down at the bottom of our property and levelled it. It came with two "lofts" at either end so I built the ladder for access. We initially thought the tractor would live there and the golf cart stay in the garage. It turned out that the golf cart is quite a bit longer than the tractor so it has to stay in the barn along with other garden tools etc.
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#112
03-30-2011, 10:11 AM
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I'm green with shed envy!
Pete
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#113
03-30-2011, 10:12 AM
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Btw Hillbilly, no, haven't seen it. But I'll be looking for it now
 Sounds mean!Pete
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#114
03-30-2011, 12:41 PM
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Rob, I'll bet it is hard keeping the little ones out of there, particularly with the lofts for hiding places. On the other hand, I would expect that they take full advantage of the Merrylander Limo Service for their trips around the property.
Regards, D-Ray
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#115
03-30-2011, 01:54 PM
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Quote:
The cart with its "pickup" body is great for when we are gardening and stuff because there is a fifty foot difference between where the house sits and where the barn sits. Run up and down that a couple of times and you are finito.
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Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt Last edited by merrylander; 03-31-2011 at 07:38 AM.
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#116
04-01-2011, 11:34 AM
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Well I dooded it - got the parts for the timing chain for the 85. Severe duty quiet dbl roller set, new harmonic balancer, new fan clutch, new bolt/stud kit, seals and gaskets. I debated a new water pump but finances say HEY! and it's obviously been replaced before. Gonna change the intake gasket and throttlebody to intake gasket too, try to find that vacuum leak.
I'm really just a backyard hack and this one's got me a bit worried. Broken bolts in the front of the engine block - yuck. As mentioned the water pump has been changed before though, so there's hope Hopefully start a week from tomorrow morning weather permitting. Got the stuff to give the 03 Merc a fresh complete set of stoppers, nice looking pair of rear discs (drilled slotted & zinc coated) for $35 del'd NOS & TOTL pads for $20 del'd on ebay, some very good quality Centric powdercoated discs for the front - I've had trouble with cheap front rotors so I forked over $55 ea del'd from Rock. And bless their closeouts' soul, $10 for a pair of cop duty front pads. Add another $15 for new caliper hardware front and back and sha-zam! I can forget about the brakes for a couple years. I enjoy doing brakes. Nothing like the new brake feeling Also picked up tranny filter kits for both cars, less than $3.50! ea, and they had starter solenoids on closeout for the Linc for $2.50 and hood struts for $5.50 so I bought a couple of each. Lastly a new t-stat and gasket for the 03 as I start its' tuneup/onceover. The fun's just beginning!  Pete
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#118
04-01-2011, 02:16 PM
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Agreed! But there's fewer and fewer folks around here who think so
 Cheers! Pete
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#119
04-01-2011, 03:18 PM
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Well I used to work on our cars, that was back when I was younger and when you had the hood up you coulld still see the driveway. Now lying on frozen ground bleeding brake lines does not seem like fun. Or lifting the engine out of a Hillman Minx so it could be rebuilt.
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#120
04-01-2011, 03:46 PM
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Yeah Rob, new cars are a mess. The 85 has electronics but I suspect most folk's wristwatch has more nowadays.
Btw when I said 'around here' I meant my physical location, not this site. Pete
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