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Now maybe I can get my daughter to do the handstands for me
I forgot the fountain had been bolted together except for the three foot Cherub that goes on top. When I went to lift the pool part of the fountain the whole shebang came with it with no damage to the bucket! The solid concrete base weighs around 300# by itself, I'm guessing 450-500# altogether. It is heavy enough that I'll have to load the rear tires. With wheel weights and a box scraper on the back 4WD was needed as the rear was spinning. I had to move that fountain for my trail project and just the thought of it hurt my back. I was stressing over the bucket collapsing for nothing. Yee Flippin Ha!
There are Ford switches that will work, I don't know the part numbers. The dealers listed on this site should be able to ship you a factory switch.
I would have the state D.O.J. look into this mess, and look to sue for defamation. As for going in to look at the requested records, while Rich's idea has it's merits I would have my attorney with me. Not so much as a counter to their pressure on you requiring an officer present (which I would also mention to the DOJ), but an attorney might notice patterns, omissions, and legalese gobbledygook you or I would not know to look for.
Bert, right now the project is at $133.28. Add grinder disks and sandpaper, primer/sealer and paint and the total should be around $160.00 or so. Owning a paint store I get a discount
As for weight we'll see. The ZL-20 Chinese loader on the little 284 is only rated at 900# or so, and that's in the bucket not out front. I'm also worried about deflection in the bucket as the Chinese seemed to make it just strong enough to haul rice. This morning after giving the neighbors till 9:00 before making noise I will move a cement fountain and see how that goes. If it lifts 500# I'll be doing handstands, 300# I'll still consider it a success as my back is shot and my buddies are probably getting tired of coming over to help me with the smallest projects.
If you have an ampmeter you can check the wire to the glowplugs. If you knew how many amps each glow plug used you could multiply by three to see if they are all working. Short of that you would need to pull them one at a time and test.
Davoth mentioned his came with a preheater and the glow plugs were not even wired up, mine came the same way. I thought the wire running to the pre heater was a few sizes too small so I ran a wire from the starter to a 40 amp circuit breaker to a starter solonoid out of a junk Honda, energized by the original pre heater wire. Then ran a 12 ga. wire to the glow plug buss bar and the manifold pre heater. Make sure the buss bar is clean where the wire screws to it and not covered with paint.
Well the forks are done and in the “proof of concept” stage. Meaning they aren't cleaned up and painted yet but it was getting dark and I wanted to see how they worked.
Larry is correct, the bucket will need reinforcement at least at the bottom lip, just the chain binders lightly loaded will deflect the bucket.
Tomorrow I'll test them out then clean them up and paint them.
I would take a test light to the starter solenoid to see if you have juice. If not, from there check the clutch safety switch (if it has one), then the key switch in that order.
