1939 Model A Radiator Muffler Replacement how-to. This video shows the installation of the radiator, muffler, air stack, and re-assembly of the tractor. As a note–I should have filled the radiator after I re-attached the hoses on the cooling system. I had a leak in one of the hoses, and having the hood off would have made it much easier to adjust. Know that I am not a professional, and you may do things differently or in a different order. I only provided this video for people like myself, as this video would have made it easier for me back when I knew nothing about how to get the hood off and work on the tractor. Click “read more” for more information.
John Deere BW Muffler Replacement Preview–incomplete. This is a section of a video I’m putting together of a muffler replacement on a 1949 John Deere Model B. It’s the first time I’ve had this hood off, so I ran into a few snags. I’ll have to finish it another day. When I do, I’ll make up a better video with commentary of how to get the hood off to replace a muffler. Unfortunately Deere made something that should be very simple far too complicated. Keep a close eye out for my pup–he makes a few quick appearances.
Here are my photos from the 2012 Thayne Wyoming Snow Days. If you’d like to check out the video that I compiled at the event, please do so by going here. Snow Days is a fun filled day of various snowmobile family-oriented activities. If you desire to contact me you can do so by sending an email to kylew01@gmail.com or use the comments field at the bottom of the post. If you are not seeing the photos, please click “Read More” to see the remainder of this post.
Here’s a video that summarizes the events from the 2012 Thayne Snow Days, held on February 4th, 2012 at Thayne Wyoming. If you’re looking for photos, keep checking this site as I will post them within the next few days.
Today we had the 2012 Thayne Snow Days in Thayne, Wyoming. It’s a Star Valley community event where people come and do such things as drag races and children sled races. Here’s a clip of a video I took that shown someone getting dumped off the back of their sled (snowmobile).
This year I’ve decided to once again do a photo journal. However, unlike previous attempts, I am only going to take one photo a day, and upload the entire month as a single post, instead of a post every day. These photos are just that–a journal. They are not meant to be glamourous or overly beautiful. They are meant to show aspects of my day. Every day.
It’s hard to believe that we are coming up on one year since we burned down the “Old House”. This house was on our farm from about 1914 to March 16th, 2011. The home was built by my grat-grandfather Lawrence Weber and his siblings for their mother, my great-great grandmother Verena Weber, whom was born in Switzerland and came and settled as an LDS immigrant. She lived in the house for only 2-3 years before she died (according to the information I have received). I suppose it was about that time that Lawrence Weber took over what is currently the Weber Farm, where he ended up raising his family and living until his death in January of 1949. My grandfather, Rex, lived in this house until marrying my grandmother and building their own home, which was built next to this house.
This house was a very beautiful building in its time. It had some lavishing woodwork on the outer trim and other parts of the exterior. I’d even go as far as to say that it was one of the most beautiful homes in the valley at the time it was built. Unfortunately though, it fell into disrepair as it became a storage place for old car junk and other items. After this started happening it became clear that no one was ever going to fix it up, and in the past few years it had started to become a dangerous place to be around.
After the house finished burning down, it left some interesting traces of how it was constructed. It was built on a rock foundation, which was capped in the early 40s. It also had two brick chimneys and one cinderblock chimney, which I believe was added later when they made the edition to the kitchen. We have since collected all of the bricks and rocks.
Although this video and photos probably doesn’t seem very interesting to random people, to those that have a connection to it (especially us that still live on the farm), watching it burn was a very emotional time and experience. If the video seems a little overly dramatic for you, I apologize. I tried to capture it how it felt to us.
These are some photos I took and a video that I compiled while shooting at Fall Creek Falls in Swan Valley, Idaho. Swan Valley is next to Star Valley, which borders it on the North Side of our valley. It’s a very pretty waterfall that few people know about. It is very easy to get to, and is well worth your time to drive over and take a look. I’ll provide a google map showing the location of the waterfall.
Earlier I posted a video that shown how the grain (barley) was harvested. This video shows how we unload the grain from the dump trucks and put it into the grain bins.