Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild
Happy - (Let's see, what day is it.... Hmmmm, Wednesday, nope, that was yesterday... OK I've got it then it's Thursday!!) Happy Thursday everyone...
I've got a Doctors appointment at the VA today to discuss knees, especially why they no longer like to bend and provide the other functions that knees are supposed to do that we don't even think about, until they no longer do them!
And no Boo, the only 'job' I ever did that required me to spend anytime on my knees was when I first got out of high school and I went to work for a sailmaker. All we did every day was crawl around on a polished hardwood floor and lay out cloth... LOTS of cloth. That year ('63) we made an entire suit of sails for the "Victory Chimes". At the time it was the largest suit of sails made on the East Coast in 100 years. As the youngest (and newest) member of the company I had to go to Castine with the boss to "measure the boat". I remember climbing the ratlines on the mizzen mast and that it was 81-feet tall.. It took us almost all winter to sew up those sails.
Oddly enough, the current owner/Captain's name is "Files", back in '63 it was Captain "Giles" and I can tell you from watching the second video I've attached here, Giles wasn't anywhere near as personable as Files. He was more of a "Rocks and Shoals" sailor, from back in the days of "Wooden ships and Iron Men".
Here is a lengthy video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k43YHZ7qOeA (This video features Tim Samples a Maine comedian. But, he's not being funny.)
Here's a shorter video with a shot of her underway:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GaZ-wC0VSY
I actually ended up with 'water-on-the-knee' by the following summer. Maybe that started my problems, but I think it's genetic, my maternal grandfather had bad knees in his old age. He never had a drivers license and walked everywhere he went. I expect he just wore his knees out.
Roger