{"id":5044,"date":"2012-04-07T21:09:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T02:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=5044"},"modified":"2012-04-07T21:09:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T02:09:46","slug":"garagineering-illustrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=5044","title":{"rendered":"Garagineering, illustrated."},"content":{"rendered":"

This is what it looks like on the inside. The plastic baffle was from the original filter, the only thing unmolested.
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I always have the foam around, and the cover pops neatly into place. I got a lot of mowing done so I know it works fine.<\/p>\n

Tilling was another challenge; the old Troy Bilt was recalcitrant so I pulled the filter… to discover the carb and the top of the engine was full of fuel. <\/p>\n

This has happened before, the brass float pinholes and it’s usually a couple minutes work with the torch. Except this time it’s been soldered so many times it may not even float. <\/p>\n

I don’t have high hopes for finding a float; this is a Lauson Engine (A company that later became Tecumseh) and I figure I’m going to have to order it. So I go to the local hardware store and show the counterman my float. <\/p>\n

And he returns in two minutes with a plastic replacement. I pay for the float and head home. A quick oil change and five minutes later, this 45 year old piece of lawn equipment is purring like a kitten, and tills my garden to a consistency approaching flour. <\/p>\n

I have the original paperwork that accompanied this tiller, including a letter indicating the ship date signed by the manager of the company itself, sent to my uncle in September of 1967. he ordered it in August, sending a cashiers check for just over $300. Calvin farmed a 6 acre strawberry farm with this tiller until he died.<\/p>\n

Every season I use this, I think about Calvin opening the crate and assembling it for the very first time. I try to take care of it the way he did.
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This is what it looks like on the inside. The plastic baffle was from the original filter, the only thing unmolested. I always have the foam around, and the cover pops neatly into place. I got a lot of mowing done so I know it works fine. Tilling was another challenge; the old Troy Bilt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5044"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}