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Dwayne, I've got the whole red green collection. I guess I'm close enough to the border that I find it funny and I crave Tim Hortons coffee.  Red Green is like the Canadian Patrick McManus. And yes, big thumbs up for TH coffee, it's stocked here in the grocery stores less than 200Mi S of the 49th..... Edited to add, when new carbs became less than 2x the cost of a carb kit, carb kits became far less desirable. I can have a replacement carb on before someone can get a dirty carb off and apart, let alone clean, back together, and back on.........
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I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.
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Steve Smith signed this for me. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/4NQAeTJ.jpg)
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Steve Smith signed this for me. Niiiiiiiice
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Dwayne, I've got the whole red green collection. I guess I'm close enough to the border that I find it funny and I crave Tim Hortons coffee. Red Green is like the Canadian Patrick McManus. And yes, big thumbs up for TH coffee, it's stocked here in the grocery stores less than 200Mi S of the 49th..... Edited to add, when new carbs became less than 2x the cost of a carb kit, carb kits became far less desirable. I can have a replacement carb on before someone can get a dirty carb off and apart, let alone clean, back together, and back on......... horse1; Good morning to you sir, I trust the day's looking at least okay for you folks and all is as close to as it should be as possible in your part of the world. Thanks for the info on Tim's coffee being sold in grocery stores down south. I want to say that Tim's is now owned by a Brazilian conglomerate that owns or used to own Burger King and Wendy's so it makes sense they're trying to broaden the market and all that. My goodness I hear you on carb kits and new carbs. My young boss at the last place I worked prior to attempting retiring had a Stihl weed whacker that just wouldn't run right. The local saw shop said it wasn't worth their time to even look at it because they'd have to use factory Stihl parts, etc., etc. Even though they'd sold it to him less than 2 years prior. Anyways, I said to him, "Let's let Grandpa take it home and take a quick look at it..." Went online and for $20CDN had a carb, spark plug, fuel filter, fuel line, two primer bulbs and gaskets sent here - from Hong Kong of course. Oh, the cheapest carb kit I could find online was about $35CDN without import duties and freight. While I'm loathe to support the Chinese communists in any way, I wanted to do a favor for a friend who had a limited budget. As you said, I had the new carb on in 10 minutes and it runs fine now. All the best to you in 2021 sir and thanks again. Dwayne
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Fixing a Carb today is becoming a lost art. Hard to find a good carb guy(and most are elderly) and buying a new one is much easier
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Handsome or handy? I am out on both counts, but I'll wreck some plumbing.
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i got wife a new car and she does not deer hunt but wife got a big doe right before deer season with the new car , yep she found my checkbook handy again
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Fixing a Carb today is becoming a lost art. Hard to find a good carb guy(and most are elderly) and buying a new one is much easier All I did was take off the bowl (it was remarkably clean) and spray carb cleaner a few times. ![[Linked Image from u.cubeupload.com]](https://u.cubeupload.com/Weldedwondersmn/IMG20210103121002980.jpg)
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My wife is always amazed by me. My wife is amazed she never killed me 🤷🏻♂️
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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I stumbled over a site that had about 100,000 carb kits for briggs engines, that you look up and buy if you know the engine serial number. That has come in handy a time or two. The last carb I had apart, I implemented the holley carb trick of waxing each gasket with vaseline or chapstick before assembly.
Mixed experience with chinese carbs...the one that I bought for a husky weedeater is garbage. The one on my ancient yamaha beartracker works quite well.
After my father in law tried to scalp my truck with his tractor bucket, I located four doors from another truck, and that other truck happened to have power windows/locks/mirrors which I lacked. I obtained the cab wiring harness from said truck, untaped it and spread it out over my entire garage floor. It stretched about 30' from one end to the other. Then I compared wiring diagrams from 1999 XL model F350 and 2006 lariat model F350, and figured out how to power everything from either the existing 99 harness or a new fuse panel powered by an RV relay. Taped it back up, stripped the 99 interior, swapped the old body harness for new, soldered an a$$load of new to old wires, plugged everything in, and it all worked: lights, locks, windows, mirrors. I think THAT one finally impressed my wife, and the truck has not yet burned down. That one looked harder than it was, but not a project to drop for a month midway!
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I stumbled over a site that had about 100,000 carb kits for briggs engines, that you look up and buy if you know the engine serial number. That has come in handy a time or two. The last carb I had apart, I implemented the holley carb trick of waxing each gasket with vaseline or chapstick before assembly.
Mixed experience with chinese carbs...the one that I bought for a husky weedeater is garbage. The one on my ancient yamaha beartracker works quite well.
After my father in law tried to scalp my truck with his tractor bucket, I located four doors from another truck, and that other truck happened to have power windows/locks/mirrors which I lacked. I obtained the cab wiring harness from said truck, untaped it and spread it out over my entire garage floor. It stretched about 30' from one end to the other. Then I compared wiring diagrams from 1999 XL model F350 and 2006 lariat model F350, and figured out how to power everything from either the existing 99 harness or a new fuse panel powered by an RV relay. Taped it back up, stripped the 99 interior, swapped the old body harness for new, soldered an a$$load of new to old wires, plugged everything in, and it all worked: lights, locks, windows, mirrors. I think THAT one finally impressed my wife, and the truck has not yet burned down. That one looked harder than it was, but not a project to drop for a month midway! I do everything on my vehicles except machine work and electronics, I'll pay someone to do that.
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I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
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Electronics on a vehicle is gonna be a no from me too.
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I used to do most oil and fuel filters on my F250 7.3 diesel. Rotate the tires, belt changes even replaced the starter and alternator. I’m 61 and done with it. Got a brand new Four Runner sitting in the driveway and I’m writing checks from now on.
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Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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That wisdom comes from decades of fugging stuff up......
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My wife is always amazed by me. My wife is amazed she never killed me 🤷🏻♂️ 1/2 the ladies in this town are amazed "The Warden" hasn't put a 38 slug in my forehead, yet. And pretty much ALL want to serve on the jury, when she does! 
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
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Goalie, Three M paid Steve Smith to greet his fans, and sign autographs.
Many bought rolls of duct tape, I took that old canoe paddle.
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Wife thinks doing a carb clean to get the snowblower working again makes me a magician.
Seriously, she should EXPECT me to fix stuff, not think it's impressive that the engine not running except on choke was something I could figure out and fix.
The friggen bar is set waaaaaay too low these days.
At least my son wanted to come out to the shop and "help" more than play video games.
I think you should enjoy the praise and appreciation. I sure would if it ever happened to me.
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Wife thinks doing a carb clean to get the snowblower working again makes me a magician.
Seriously, she should EXPECT me to fix stuff, not think it's impressive that the engine not running except on choke was something I could figure out and fix.
The friggen bar is set waaaaaay too low these days.
At least my son wanted to come out to the shop and "help" more than play video games.
I think you should enjoy the praise and appreciation. I sure would if it ever happened to me. You are correct sir.
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"And it's just that easy". 
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