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I found this 1991 Harley Soft-tail that has been parked for years. It was involved in a wild life collision and was repaired but never put back on the road. It has 4700 miles on it. The owner says I can have it for $5000. It needs some work but nothing major.

Someone once told me the happiest time in any man's life is the year following his first divorce. I know it sure was true for me.

Any shop that resurfaces flywheels will be able to do that one. 14" truck flywheels have 4" recess similar to yours.

Remember gas pumps that could not go over $1 a gallon so they adjusted the price to half then doubled the meter reading. This one was take out of service in 2018.

I remember riding on one of these in 1970. It was replaced by a bridge at Kitwanga a few years later. This one is a 20 minute drive from my home.

I have a 3 jaw and 4 jaw mounted on D1-4 back-plates with no problems.

I used to use a similar tool to set the length of the cutter bit for cutting the cylinder liner counterbores on Cummins engines. The square part with the plunger on the right is probably the setting standard.

5C collets are also made that can hold square or hex stock. I bought my first lathe in 1995 a South-Bend 10K. It came with a chuck that was missing one set of jaws. Finding another set for that chuck was not an option. I wrestled for a while with what configuration to get and finally I bought a...

I would get rid of the electric motor and find a top end for the Honda engine and use that to run it!

I found a couple very similar mills on the internet with the same model number built by Aricas. It weighs 1450 LBs http://www.bellmachineryltd.com/new_aricas_gem_500gii.html

If I needed a draw bar I'm pretty sure I have a few various lengths of 7/16" grade eight Redi rod in my metal pile. A couple custom nuts for the end and good to go.

I have sold a lot of things on Kijiji over the past few years and have never been scammed. I had a couple interested buyers that set off alarm bells and I politely refused to deal with them.

I suspect you are correct. My sister is an amazing seamstress and owns several machines. The old singer might be threaded different than her more modern machines. Thanks to a member here she now has the manual for it. Terry

The machine is at my sister's a couple hours drive from me. A member here sent me the user manual for the 99K. I sent the manual to my sister and if she can't resolve the problem I will get her to bring the machine the next time she is here. The take up lever is allowing too much slack in the...

Its been a while since it was serviced although she should have taken it back then. A member here just sent me the 99K user manual. It could be as simple as the machine is not being threaded properly.