Never throw anything away!

Postby **Peter Person** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:25 pm

When I bought my '57 F-Cub two years ago it needed new headlights. At $40 each I swallowed hard and sent the order. Ever so gingerly I installed them, making sure not to drop them or bend anything in the process. This winter one of them started flickering. I finally got around to taking the headlight apart only to find the tab broken off inside at the bend.
Fortunately I had saved the burned out headlights. With a little help from the Dremel Tool I was able to put a 50 year old tab on a relatively new headlamp. All is well again.
I did notice that on the old tab assembly, the tab itself is brass and the piece that slides onto the lamp is steel. Very well made, unlike the new one piece assembly.

Now onto the next project.

Peter

kinelbor · Postby **kinelbor** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:33 pm

Nice work, always feels good to be able to fix it yourself!

Pony Master · Postby **Pony Master** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:20 pm

Yeah, I have a hard time parting with almost anything. So does my wife. It makes our house very..................................INTERESTING.

beaconlight · Postby **beaconlight** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:08 pm

Pony Master as long as the wife doesn't part with you, count your blessings.

KETCHAM · Postby **KETCHAM** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:04 am

I usally keep things 2 years.If I don't use it,its gone or find someone who can use it.I pack-rat a lot but I also don't let it get out of hand.Kevin ps congrats on the lamp.I hate it when thry flicker!!!!

John(videodoc) · Postby **John(videodoc)** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:36 am

i guess i would say i am the polar opposite. I was raised by a pack rat. what a mess. Its still there and he has been gone for 3 yrs. So i decided i wouldnt hold on to things like i was raised and toss just about everything that is not used and buy new to replace. Its expensive, but i dont have to deal with the mess, storage, etc. Maybe i should start saving some things.

Good fix though!

Postby **redfin** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:42 am

If you are like me you can keep something 20 years :shock:

, but shortly after you throw it away you are looking for it because you need it. Happens quite often around here~ :evil:

Jim

flyawa · Postby **flyawa** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:04 am

I seem to save everything. I guess it's in my genes. My grandad saved everything he ever had and it made for a magical place for a kid to be.

I did however have two auctions when we left Ohio a few years ago and got rid of a lot of the inventory. It made the move easier but I still need some of the things that I sold now and then.

The inventory is beginning to increase here now :lol:

All of the outbuildings are nearing capacity and I'm building a pole barn.

The example piece to hold up to the wife was a 3/4 by 6" by 20 foot long piece of stainless steel. I got it in the early 70's in south Texas. Moved it from Texas to PA, to MI, to OH. After living in OH for several years I built a hot tub in the basement and needed the stainless to cap the poured concrete sides. It turned out beautiful and the wife had to admit that piece was just what the project needed.

Postby **John *.?-!.* cub owner** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:22 am

Having been raised poor, I tend to never throw anything away that has a possible use. , and usually when I do I need it within a week. About 6 months ago I cleaned up a bunch of scrap steel and iron I had piled up and took it to a neighbor's that is a scrap dealer. The next day I was up there needing some pieces out of it. :oops:

Postby **Bill Hudson** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 1:06 pm

Peter,

Good job on the repair.

Bill

Postby **Lurker Carl** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 1:38 pm

Talk to Harold Roberts about not throwing anything away. He built an entire Cub from his scrap pile, sweet running to boot!

nitro · Postby **nitro** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 1:51 pm

Pony , would that make you a collector of all??

Postby **John *.?-!.* cub owner** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:29 pm

Lurker Carl wrote:Talk to Harold Roberts about not throwing anything away. He built an entire Cub from his scrap pile, sweet running to boot!

I could have come close to that a few years ago, but when I developed health problems I started giving the parts away.

Corky's Cub · Postby **Corky's Cub** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:13 pm

Great work! It's always cool when you fix something new with something old!

I never throw anything away, and you can tell when you try to walk through my shop!

Corky :oops:

Former Member · Postby **Former Member** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:40 am

I am going to step into it here. I keep everything too. Just yesterday my wife came down to the barn

And I knew it was coming.

I have the barn, an equipment shed and a tool shed---and the barnyard(not you Bill) is littered with "stuff". I function best in "confused chaos". I can find anything I need in minutes. I also am cheap, tight, frugal, stingy---and would rather "engineer" something than buy it.

So I agree, never throw anything away--Just hide it so the wife can't see it and we are both happy :!:

P.S. She don't care if I have it, as long as she can't see it. I too have come up with things that were just right, to make her life better.

Farmall Cub

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