Quality work.

There is also your geographic situation, and the funding, genuine parts may have been multiple days away, funds may have been tight or non existent, and the machine had to be running to make money. Also access to certified journeyman mechanics may have been a factor as well, or they couldn't afford to hire certified people so they grabbed anyone with mechanical ability. I apprenticed at an agricultural dealership and some tractors or implements we would only see when the owner could not repair the machine themselves due to lack of tools or knowledge, some of the haywire (literally) fixes we would see are mind boggling, but you have to give the guy credit for the ingenuity to keep the machine going to finish out the harvest. There is a difference between a mechanic and a parts replacer.

with all that, i could be accused of carrying out some cobbled repairs on my equipment, (due to budget or time considerations), but i am the only operator of my machines an know the limitation of my cobbled repair.

one day the tie rod end on the end of my steering cylinder broke and i had to get the machine moving. the right tie rod end was two weeks away, the local parts store had one in stock that had the right taper, and the right threads on the shank end, but it was 6 inches long in the shank instead of two, i installed it so i could continue using the machine, but the cylinder was bottomed in a left hand turn just to drive the machine straight, it would only turn to the right. My father thought he would do me a favour and install tire chains cause it was starting to snow and get icy. he came around the corner and spun out on the little hill up to my "shop". no problem, he was going to back down the hill and take another run. he didn't realize it wouldn't turn left and ended up parking my forklift in the brand new rail fence i had just put up.

i couldn't get mad, it was my fault for the cobbled repair. when the proper part came in, i put it in right away.

every thing we do in life, we can look around at other people and say "i would have done it different" but we don't always know the other persons circumstances, they did what they know how to do, or were told they could do by someone they viewed as more knowledgeable. I try to extend as much grace as I can. " judge not, for ye shall be judged"

Yes it is frustrating when we get a project and it keeps growing as find more and more things that weren't fixed "properly" or sometimes damaged more than they fixed. Many of these machines have a mulit-generational history and we are not aware of half of it, this is part of the hobby, and i think we enjoy it to an extent, it gives a real sense of satisfaction when we finally get it put back together and know we have done a good job.

Looks like the original carburator failed, so a working will fit ???? was adapted to it.

Hi, Folks.
Methinks summa Yooze gyze needta wotch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wspwBcuOZFg

These fellas are EXPERTS at 'gittinerrdunn'.

Now complain about 'quality work'. LOL

BTW, there are a lot more videos than just that one - some more on that same page.

Just my 0.02.

Hi Deas,
priceless Mate! Top bush job there.

Had seen a few other vids. of these fella's, they sure get 'er done.

Seem to recall I read of one bloke who tried to use mulga wood for a differential pinion in a book on "Tom" Kruse's mail trucks as seen in the old movie they showed us in school back in the fifties called "Back Of Beyond" Did not work off course.

http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2014/s4129598.htm

Thanks and Cheers,
Eddie B.

Hi, Edb.
Thanks for that link. Great stuff. Tom Kruse was one helluva man. Likewise, Henry Butler, his offsider for 20 years. They don't make 'em like that much any more.

There is a scale replica of the old Leyland Beaver doing the rounds of some of the vintage shows up here. I thought I had some photos of it at the Biloela show last but I can't find them. C'est la vie.

Just my 0.02.

Hi Deas how are you? the old leyland model i think was built and owned by Doug Clark of Beronia hts .25 years ago i took a road boss and dog loaded with pre mix bitumen from emerald to birdsville for the shire [diamentina shire]. the shire depot [headquarters is in bedourie]. Tipped the dog and unhooked it then took the truck to birdsville only thing was the road was flooded council had a track just outside of bedourie towards wydham well only trucks and 4 wheel drives are allowed on it. At the time they had a heap of the old long nose toyotas that were made in townsville single drives well i had a 8 71 15 speed sp 40s alloy binned truck going down loaded was ok ,never crossed so many sand hills know how swishys 2 strokes will lugg [not ] my hand never shifted so many gears in 250 ks coming back was allright till you hit soft sand had to slip the power divder in quick to get thru , the tojos beung single drive would just walk thru but the no weight on the boogie [alloy] bin just wanted to skip. It was 520 ks down and back took me ten hours with half an hour for a coke in the bar. the overseer gave me 10 hours before he would send the grader it was a real adventure some thing you get to do once in your life kelvin