...And then I woke up. Last night, I had carried my N's dead battery to my neighbors house, which was 3/4 mile away, on our gravel road, because he had offered to charge it for me. This morning, I was walking to get the paper, and his wife stopped me and told me that my battery was charged, whenever I wanted to come get it. Since I had 2 newspapers, the mail, and a dog on a leash, I decided to come back later with out Murray riding mower and cart to get it. Well, later, on the mower with the cart, I set out to get it. I drove up our road, pulled into their driveway, and loaded my battery in the cart. I was just about to crank the mower when I saw the front left tire was flat. Totally and completely flat. No big deal, I'll just air it up. I walked the 3/4 mile home, and got the air compressor. After fighting with the handle and hose for about 15 minutes, I set off, up the road to fix my mower and get my battery.By this time I was mad, because I was walking 3/4 mile, mostly uphill, with a 100 pound gas powered air compressor. Well, I finally made it back to my mower, and cranked up the compressor. The tire had been kind enough to come off the rim, and as it commonly is with tubeless tires, this meant no seal. Now really angry, I set off back home to get a hydraulic jack and tire irons. Thankfully, my mother was leaving for town when I got home and offered to drive me back up there. We got there, and using a 4x4 wood block and a crow bar, I lifted the front of the mower enough to slide the jack under the axle. I then began again with the air compressor and tire irons. After 45 minutes of fighting the tire, it filled and was perfectly fixed. So, I load the air compressor, the wood block, the crowbar, and the battery into my trailer. I then rip the jack out from under the mower and loaded it and came home.It's been an interesting morning, and it's going to be an even more interesting afternoon as I attampt to replave the exhaust manifold gasket on my 8N. Shouldnt be hard, just gotta take off the carb, generator, and manifold. Yeah, and all I had to do this morning was drive up and get the battery... Rambling, 68 Mag
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