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| | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 120 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 120 | When replacing the front head lights this is what I found holding the mounting bezel. here | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | A nice piece of farmer engineering. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 863 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 863 | A marked improvement over the Bobby pin.....  | | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,082 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,082 | wow. amazing what some people will use to hold things. LOL.
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | That's funny. It's probably the only thing the previous owner could think of at the time and it seems to have worked OK.
Save a life, adopt a senior shelter pet.
The three main causes of blindness: Cataracts, Politics, Religion.
Name your dog Naked so you can walk Naked in the park.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 157 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 157 | And he probably had it handy holding his coveralls up. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | Hey Neccesity is teh Mother of Invention ...lol | | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 382 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 382 | Hey Neccesity is teh Mother of Invention ...lol Yup!  | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 428 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 428 | Sorry, not original. A farmer would have used a piece of baleing wire. Cheap, handy, and strong. Fredstev how would he keep up his overalls useing both hands to steer? 8-) Jim. | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 334 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 334 | But the neat thing is though, that in a pinch one can always come up with some simple way to hold these trucks together and keep them running! It's not something that can be done with today's cars and trucks!
Samantha | | | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,028 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,028 | How true Samatha. I don't even opne the hood on my new truck. I don't recognize anything under there anyway.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | Hey Tango,
Did you know a AD could be completely put together with 1/4X20 bolts ???...when I tore mine down ...guess what ? that is what was holdn 90% of it together !..no fitment issues there !..lol
Tim | | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 223 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 223 | Seeing how this fix was associated with lighting, I think it was totally appropriate to go with a "safety" pin. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | WHAT no bailing or barbed wire??????????
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Jim & Caroline
The highway is for gamblers, better use your good sense."
Gooday-that's my 1¢ answer due to the lousy economy ~ cause I ain't got - no . mo . doe
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,987 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,987 | I recently got hold of one of my Dad's tractors. I had not been around it for maybe 30 years. My brother had it. You would not BELIEVE the things that were held together with little pieces of wire---including one side of the distributor cap! (Spring clip was missing!) | | |
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