For the frugals of us,,,,,,,

 OK,,,,I got one for all the frugal people in our world,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 I'm betting that ya'll prolly gots some of these things like me and want or need a solution to this problem,,,,,

 I prolly have bought more than a few those small 2 ton floor jacks that wound up in the metal pile cause of the little cheap metal "U" bracket that ties to the pump up  lever and Pushes-pulls the piston up or down to raise or lower the jack. I have 3 of the 2 ton ones that work good except for that little piece,,,,,,GRrrrrr

  Then I have a 3 ton that has same problem too. 

  Sat,,I drove by a yard sale in the Alien City and the lady had Three (3) floor jacks  priced at $10. Thay all looked to be in the 3000# or bigger class so,,I asked how much for the bigger of the three and she says ,The price for the THREE is $10 as they do not work good. I figured they was worth $10 so I bought em and brought em home. After some lookin, one was low on hydraulic fluid and worked GREAT after filling up,,!!  The other two have the small "clip" missing that pushes-pulls the piston in-out to raise or lower the jack. I swapped this piece form one of my other jacks and they work like a charm,,,,,

 After a long search on the web,,,I ain't fount one of them thingies ,,,,!!!!

  Have any of ya'll "engineers" made your own clip or ,,,??? I gots an idea or two to machine a new piece and would like to hear ya'lls, ideas,,,,, Anybody,,,???

 All right guys,,,,I have GOT to get this dang smart phone to start doin what "I" want the sob to do so's I can have proof I really doin what I tell ya'll,,,!! Most people here gots a sayin that,, " It didn't happen,,,'less ya got some pics" and,,,,and,,,I'm a firm believer of that as well,,,,,  I sure did want to share a pic of my good fortune on them floor jacks ,,,,but mostly,,,  the cute little red head that gave em to me,,,,whoops,,,there I went and done it,,,,,,,,  She was so friendly and so small,,you'd have to stretch her a bit for her to reach 5'0",,,, you just wanted to hug her and hug her some more,,,,BUT,!!,,and this is a BIG but right here,,,,her 6'4" husband made you re-consider other plans,,,!!

 Yep,,,she did,,,,,I keep tellin youse guys,,,most new people I meet tell me I have a very "disarming" face ,,,,'course,,,my cute looks and friendly smile do help some in that category.

 Anyways,,I put my young engineerin mind to work and figured me out a "replacement" part to do away with that dinky little U shaped part they use on them floor jacks. I machined the prototype yesterday and that sob works great,,,fact is,,,I'm thinkin,,,I'm gonna contact them Chinese bout buyin my idea for their millions of floor jacks they sell over here every week. That "U" shaped piece of spring steel they use in them jacks is P poor design at best cause after time,, the U opens up and then the piston cannot work. That right there is the only'ist thing wrong with these 3 floor jacks, plus,,I think there are 3 others back in the boat shed,,, My invention is going to reserrect lots of floor jacks that are now in most corners of many shops,,,,, Now ,,if I just had a phone that will transfer pics,,,,,,,

 

If they made a good clip like you did, they would only sell a very few new jacks a year, because they would still work!

Good luck!

Where the pictures!!!!

Regards,

 Chris

 Well,,,see,,,Jay,, there I go needin a dang phone that will work with my PC,,,,,I "kinda" done a little bodgin my own self on my ridin mower . That dang little ole battery they put in em is engineered to only last one year and it such tight quarters where it goes,,,but I tricked em cause I put my engineerin mind to work on thet one too,,,,

 Whenever I go to dump the trash trailer,,I always check out the metal pile and "salvage" any of the bed rails there as them angle iron frames are pretty good steel as they are made to hold up without bendin  them heavy duty peoples ain't they,,??

 Anyway,,I used some of them to make me a battery box for a full sized car battery and bolted the new battery box to the back of the mower and just re-routed the cables to reach new battery,,,,,Presto,,,a battery that will last lots longer than them little bitty ones,,,!!! While I was doin all these modifications,,I "salvaged" (dang,I'm beginin to like thet word) the muffler off thet Geo I "salvaged" the engine out of and shoe horned it under the front of the mower and that quietened that big ole 20 HP down real nice!! OOOPPppsps,,did I mention that the 20 HP engine come out of another "salvaged" mower,,,?? THat mower works many wonderfulls,,,,

 Well,,Chris,,,I'll give it another try today,,I just cannot figure WHY this IPhone 8 just will not transfer the pics. I've tried several different YouTube videos versions and maybe I just need to send the CEO of Apple Corp a FU letter and mention ole Shameless's name...maybe that will work,,,,,

  That normal or is there a follower thats missing off the push rod down on the cam shaft?  Shoulda just grabbed the V-twin Vanguard and tossed it in that little R70....JD. make that ol john sumpthin or ruther run like it never did before... 

Heres some pics... what I found in the 8 horse bs deer... the old con rod just hangin there.

  The little bambie deere... R70... non electric pull start.

Yea, the bolt patterns the same, but the old 8hp engine was short enough to have the spark plug out to the left side, and when tried that with the 12, it was in the tire.   So it got pointed to the rear... at a slight angle to fit one bolt hole. but now need to start this engine to see if it will run, been sitting only about 14 years.

 Been simpler if I coulda just slapped the rope start cover on. 

 But curious as to that momentary valve lift before the major valve lift takes place.  

  Say DJ, that smart phone when you hook it up to your puter, does the computer recognize the phone? My old 'dumb' phone has to be sleeping to get the pics from it's memory both internal and the little card. And Cheryl's "smart" phone has to be awake... before hooking it up. Some even newer 'smart phones' don't have a hookup to download at all, just some WIFI connection does it now... To smart for me, oh well.

 When hooking up, can you click on the start button down in the left corner of your screen and see on the right side of a pop-up and see 'computer' listed? Click on that... and see your phone listed under 'devices' or 'portable devices', or possibly under 'devices with removable storage' ?  And if it does show up, click on it, it may say something like "Internal Storage"... double click on that. and it might bring you into where several folders are at... Now look for a folder like 'DCIM' or something like that, and open it.  On this smart phone, it opens up into two folders, 'Thumbnails' and 'Camera'.  Open camera and hopefully, maybe you might get lucky an find your pics and are able to drag them off to your computer... an the pokers will hafta stop sharpenin their pokie sticks on a certain some-one.   

 Hey JC,,,it good to hear from you,,,you must be terribly busy farmin and all,,,, Well,,,I'm glad to see other frugal types tearin into them small engines...Chit,,,I'da known you needed an 8 HP B&S,,I have one or two,,,chit I may have more'n that scattered around I'da let you have for the freight,,Fact is my neighbor Lady gave me a rider like your picture and I got it runnin after cleanin the flywheel contacts, but her son who fancied himself a shadetree,,,did a number on the wiring on all them osha "safety" switches,,, so I just bypassed all of them to get it runnin. It been in back yard for a while and am fixin to maybe pull the engine and send the frame to the junk metal pile and throw the rngine in the For Sale pile. Sittin here thinkin,,I'm thinkin I got 3-4 8 HP's,,bout that many 12's and 2-3 16 HP and even one 18 in there. All of em ran when parked but sooner or,,,?? I'm gonna have to start my yard sale gatherin up,,,,sheeese,,,,lots of work,,,,Lemme know if you need one of them engines,,and I'll give to you for the shipping,,OK,??

 All your instructions on the pics/smart phone are what I been doin but I think I figured something last night,,,,,,all the pics I have taken with the new phone wound up goin to thet danged,,"ICloud" and I got to figure how to install a path back to my phone. I DID NOT want anything of mine goin to thet "cloud" as I like to keep all my chit strictly on my phone or my external hard drive to keep them hackers from gettin into any of my chit,,,,I'll have to move everything that somehow,,at Microsoft's intent,went to their cloud. 

 Yeah,,,John,,,I distinctly rememebr that very thing,,,,chit you had me stayin up nights thinkin I was finally gonna "see" thet Dude,,,but mostly,,,I wanted to see them pics on the Chevy Allis,,,,Do YOU remember,,,,??? You can send em any time you feel up to it,,,,,

Regards,

 Chris

 Chit,,JC,,ole Shameless gots more things up his sleeve than just hairy arms,,,,,,

  This lady that was behind him at the hardware store check out was commentin at WHY anybody be buyin so many of them kits to pick locks with,,,,?? Chit,,I told her to do her civic duty and just call the Sheriff,,but don't give em her real name,,,,,,,,,just in case,,,,

Yea sometimes I dont work on the right things. 

Now that neighbor of yours is frugal, making windows from scraps! Wow.

Regards,

Chris

 !He's got more 'duchmen' n them than all of Holland !!