And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
When I was a young lad, we had a Willys jeep pickup. In the winter it was my job to feed our small livestock heard. I would set choke so the pickup would crawl over level ground in first gear. Then I'd hop out, climb over the tailgate, and pitch pieces of alfalfa bales over the side with a pitchfork as it rolled along. Never told my mom.
Heh, use isn't a mystery. Pull it all the way out, stomp on the gas 10 or 20 times, crank the starter until either it's blowing black smoke out of both ends or the battery dies.
Then curse and get out the battery charger and the ether. And you'll want to mess with both at the same time.
My 1955 Chevy second series truck has one near the identical looking throttle knob. Both of them make starting & running the engine a breeze. The starter's in the floor- now, THAT'S what isn't recognized
I've choked more than once.
ReplyDeleteChoking's OK, LL. However try not to cough in public currently.
DeleteThe only thing that I can do to get the attention of a pretty lady these days is to cough loudly...
DeleteMy 1995 JOHN DEERE had a choke.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a young lad, we had a Willys jeep pickup. In the winter it was my job to feed our small livestock heard. I would set choke so the pickup would crawl over level ground in first gear. Then I'd hop out, climb over the tailgate, and pitch pieces of alfalfa bales over the side with a pitchfork as it rolled along. Never told my mom.
ReplyDeletehehe...some things that Mom's are better off never knowing. Actually, lots of things. They worry enough as it is.
Delete"Mothers necessitate invention."
DeleteI still use one in my 61 F-100 almost daily.
ReplyDeleteThere was also one that was labeled....throttle if you went a little farther back in auto lineage........
ReplyDeleteBoth of my Jensen Healys (74 convertible and 76 GT) have manual chokes, but unless it’s well below freezing - I rarely need to use them.
ReplyDeletePrevious owner of my '56 Bug put a sticker over it: "Die Warmercougher". Eccentric guy.
ReplyDeleteMy 2014 tractor has one.
ReplyDeleteTeaching my daughters to drive,they could never get the hang of using this
ReplyDeleteUsed in cold weather on both my '67 Sunbeam Alpine and '73 Tr6. The best of carefree times!
ReplyDeleteMy '85 Bronco II, which is now powered by a 600 Holley carbed 302 Mercruiser Ford engine, has one. Yes, my Bronco II is powered by a boat engine.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't know, you ain't a man!
ReplyDeleteno, ma'am. that is not a knob to hand your purse on.
ReplyDeleteSomewhere out there on the Internets is a Navy woman P-3 pilot with a purse hanging from an Emergency Shutdown Handle, but I can't find it right now.
DeleteHeh, use isn't a mystery. Pull it all the way out, stomp on the gas 10 or 20 times, crank the starter until either it's blowing black smoke out of both ends or the battery dies.
ReplyDeleteThen curse and get out the battery charger and the ether. And you'll want to mess with both at the same time.
My 1955 Chevy second series truck has one near the identical looking throttle knob. Both of them make starting & running the engine a breeze. The starter's in the floor- now, THAT'S what isn't recognized
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