hi lenny
my dad did the same thing with the mower.
infact i think i still have the old socket with a shaft welded to it
around somewhare.
jim
At 10:15 AM 5/3/2008, you wrote:
>When I was a kid my next door neighbor had a great way of keeping his
>digging tools in good shape. He had a ash bucket (a short bushel metal trash
>can, filled with sand and used motor oil. When he used his digging gardening
>tools for cleaning he would thrust them into the sand and oil bucket. The
>sand being abrasive would clean and polish the shovels and claw digging
>tools. The oil coating would prevent rust.
>Each fall after the mowing season was over he would take the mower blade off
>sharpen and then use the sand and oil bucket to clean and protect the blade
>over the winter. His tools always looked in a very good condition. That was
>about 50 years ago. About a year or so ago I saw this on DIY TV as a
>gardening tip.
>Thinking about Mr. Minnick I remembered something else that he did to his
>mower. The pull rope retractor broke. When he priced the part he purchased a
>electric hand drill in place. He then had about a 2 foot rod welded onto a
>socket. He took the pull start mechanism off of the mower and just used the
>drill as a starter. That mower then started every time in less than 30
>seconds.
>Lenny, Please visit my home page http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/
>It is motivational, educational, humorous and has a lot of resources.
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