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YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT INTERESTED IN USED FARM EQUIPMENT,
BUT YOU MIGHT ENJOY THIS AD TAKEN FROM CRAIG'S LIST.
FIFTY YEAR OLD MANURE SPREADER - $1 (WASHINGTON, DC)
Fifty-year old manure spreader. Not sure of brand. Said to have been produced in Kenya. Used for a few years in Indonesia before being smuggled into the US via Hawaii. Of questionable pedigree. Does not appear to have ever been worked hard. Apparently, it was pampered by various owners over the years. It doesn't work very often, but when it does it can sling crap for amazing distances. I am hoping to retire the manure spreader this November. I really don't want it hanging around getting in the way. I would prefer a foreign buyer to relocate the manure spreader out of the country. I would be willing to trade it for a nicely framed...

Happy Birthday ole man , I'll be up there next monday

Experimenting with different pipes, and tried to readjust the idle mixture. The screw didn't change anything, even all the way seated. So I took the air cleaner off and fired it up to see where it was getting it's fuel from. Couldn't see anything at idle, but just off idle I could see fuel coming up through the main jet. Is there anything besides a high float level that could cause this? I set the float by the book (on my drill press table at the correct angle), so I think it should be ok. It's got a 45 pilot jet, 180 main & the '88 Sportster needle.
The bike runs good, but I think it could be better.
Any ideas before I start tearing into it, so I know what to look for?

Well I did it. As of tomorrow I'll be wearing and orange apron part time. :gah: Gee, I hope I get tons of Merit Badges to stick all over it! uke: Seems the local H Depot likes gray beards, quite a number work there whereas the Lowes has kids that don't know anything.

You may have seen this already but I think it's a good one...