time to get some of the body panels bent back into shape then we can dig into the heater fan that was filled with mice, did not look good but after some tinkering it may survive.
Just spent 40 minutes watching someone bash some dents out and trying to get a fan running.... loved every minute of it and was actually hoping it would be longer.
I actually respect the fact that you want to keep it rusty like it is. Most people would do it up perfect and hide what it originally was beneath the paint. Awesome to see you make a cool little thing like that cushman just by replacing and fixing the necessities. Love your vids mustie. 👌🏻
The blower motor is shunt wound like a starter motor. It has no permanent magnets. Both the rotor and stator are wire wound electromagnets. Reversing the polarity reverses it on both the rotor and stator so it ends up spinning the same was no matter how you connect it. BTW did my Mustie1 impression this weekend. Fixed a golf cart then tore apart a bicycle.
I think all the ‘old school’ Mustie fans are smiling to themselves, regarding the negative comments about mustie’s approach to patina, surface rust , original paint , dings and dents.... it’s what mustie does , he brings old derelict non working stuff back to life . If you want shiny paint and big buck resto’s go watch Gas Monkey garage. I know what I’d rather be watching !! 😀
Hahaha its part of youtube the screaming and the screaming over the screamers. I think Mustie knows what he likes and thats what counts, it comes with age ;)
Mustie1 I want to say thank you because I was sick for 3 weeks and could not go in to work and watching your Channel was the only thing that kept me going for those 3 weeks and it also helped me put things into perspective, once again thank you because I am going to start wrenching again. Thanks brother.
Want to thank u .you saved my but with my riding mower it's a 1967 Simplisedy and I had the wrong gas filter on it . it was driven me nuts Thanks a lot
The last days of motel mouseycrustman!!!, Mustie Ye old beatings definitely did magical things!! ,Waking up to Mustie made my day who said Mondays are bad not today!!! Thanks!!! : P
400,000 views on the cushman meter maid !!! Guess I'm not the only person that loves those little gems. It's a treasure and should be treated accordingly. Your viewers have some great ideas for it. Thanks for the videos!!!
I've built DC motors and if the field is also a winding and powered by the same source it will always run the same direction. The front came out nice!!! I had no hope for that fan motor , nice!!
We had a cushman vehicle similar to this a bright yellow one, where I used to work, for transporting parts between 2 factories about 300 yards apart, but it was an electric powered one, we used to call it the 'Noddy truck'.
I love your videos so much. Just reminds me when I was a young girl hanging out in the garage with my dad as he fiddled and fixed things. Please never stop the way you do these videos, I always feel like I am right there with you.
When you work by yourself you are the engineer. Safety man. Boss man..and you pay for any mistakes but you learn a great deal in this situation. Hats off to you sir..
Well, when you mentioned vice, I thought you might have decided to use C-clamps...lol I can honestly say that I was impressed with your desire to produce "over-kill" results with that big ass bench vice!! Out freaking standing!!
I sure love these long videos, Mustie. It's great to see you almost topping 100K Subs...too bad it doesn't mean you get to make a bazillion dollars because you deserve it, man! Thanks for all the great videos you've done over the years and the ones yet to come.
Great job. I'd bet that passenger side door got used most often, and kept getting flung open, moving the hinges. Cool project. But you know someone is watching that worked traffic/checking parking meters in one just like this. Same windsheild, same steering wheel thinking 'oh man I spent three cold winters in one of those handing out tickets.'
Mustie1, I'm addicted to your meter maid videos. Kinda living vicariously through you. Wish I had the time, tools, space and money to do a project like this. Keep it up man. It's coming along great.
I wouldn't put too much effort into that squirrel cage blower, that is/was an off the shelf blower made by Dayton, Dayton makes all kinds of oddball off the shelf stuff. BUT while it is possible that Meter-maid Cart came with the Dayton blower from the factory, it seems to me more likely that the mechanical maintenance people replaced the original blower with the Dayton unit. Where I worked we often did the same, usually Dayton replacements were cheaper than buying original units. Dayton still makes 12VDC squirrel cage fans, some of them are pretty cheap under $50.
Well, as a diesel/heavy equipment mechanic for over 30 years experience, I can tell you that once one of those blower motors seize up they are pretty much right on the verge of seizing up again given a little time to sit and enough humidity. Honestly, that blower is just junk, especially with the rotted case and fin off of the squirrel cage, which will unbalance the blower. It also looked like he might have bent the shaft (or the cage). Trust me, it was working to a degree but it's not ever going to run like it once did. You must have some pretty valuable "bugs" to be able to buy coffee and cookies with 50 of them!
In the sixties in the UK a friend painted up his car in the local police livery ,except for the police sign on the door. His read POLITE instead of POLICE. They tried to get him on numerous occasions . Your site is great.
I could see the Cushman as a fishing vehicle, run to store, Pizza delivery you get idea, put a radio in there somewhere it's a cool little scooter type thing gotta be good for something
That blower definitely looks like an off the shelf unit that could probably be sourced from an industrial supply house (or Ebay) for not too much money. The Dayton brand motor gives it away. Those flex hoses are also likely to be obtainable from the same sources, though the aluminum hose you found should work just as well.
I understand all that quite well, as I am an old tinkerer myself with a lifetime of fixing all kinds of "unfixable" things behind me. I was just trying to be helpful.
I’ve watched almost all of your vids. The instructional nature of the vids is great. I’m a guitar player and have learned tons of songs through the vids. Well, with your vids I’ve learned carb teardowns, cleanings and reconstructs enough to make me feel confident that I could actually do it!! Metal work, wheels, brakes, whole engine rebuilds on everything from Volkswagens to weedwhackers. And you talk to us as if we were in the garage. One complaint I have is that you’ve got every tool you could ever need! Tim “The Toolman” would be jealous! I mean a plasma cutter for God’s sake? Anyway,, you’re fun! Thanks for doing these and keep it up!!!
You're a patient guy! Got the motor running. Gonna patch the body? I just bought a jumper pack on Amazon. the 1000 peak was sold out where there were good deals. I'm proud to say I was patient too. Warm day and finished taking the mower deck off my old front engine snapper. Waaaay too many connections. No wonder they stopped making them. LOL!
rust neutralizer, will stop the rust, so you can leave the body the way it is, or paint it! great job.. I am going to put rust neutralizer on my 1960's Cushman truckster, or haulster, not shear which one it is, but it is a 4 wheel model! I like those classics..
Bet those love taps with the hammer let the ATF get in to the bearing, looks like it'll live for a while longer now! Not sure, but the cage might be wobbling from being bent more than or in addition to being out of balance. But if the cage fails, might be able to replace just that, eh? Probably a good thing the fan didn't run before being removed, there would have been shop-rag puree everywhere! Nice work on the door and nose, it's looking and working better every time!
Having been an auto body and frame repairman for 48 years. When I saw that door sprung the way it was, I was thinking the door was "wind sprung" just take a small solid rubber block and put it between the door and the "A" pillar and gently push the door towards the opening. I believe your hinges are sprung.
Well since your last video I had a 💔 attack they had to Zap me back so could watch your videos hopefully recovery is on its way watching the video in ward in Manchester UK 🇬🇧
The little Meter Maid seems to have struck a chord with a lot of folks. I'm in the renovate camp, just because I think it would pretty cool with new paint, etc, but I can see your point. She's a veteran, eh?
A little trick I learned about blowing out cavities like that safely. Ask the wife for one of her miss matched kneehighs and put it over the most cluttered end and then seal the air hose tip with a towel on the other end and let her rip… There’s very little dust because the shredding‘s actually filter it as they come out. I’ve even gone as far as to use a leaf blower on one end maxed out for pressure and that really seems to help a lot because it sure beats tearing the whole part out especially if you’ve got fins inside... just sharing ;)
My eyes would love to see it painted. Your eyes say no. Can we do it both ways and take a vote? Love the video and the way your bringing us into the garage with you on a cold NE day.
Our Cushman had a door issue, too. Someone had backed into something with the door open and bent the frame of the door slightly. It got man-handled back into place. :D Ours doesn't have any of the blower structure, the defrost hood is missing also. Now we know what the big hole in the dash is for, the defrost! Ours wasn't a meter maid, they said it was used in a factory for getting around, and we had a devil of a time figuring out why there was only a first gear -- we didn't have a lift and the linkage for 2/3 was missing/removed, we presume for factory floor safety reasons...
Paint and chrome don’t get you home! Lol I’d rather see some rust and have run and function like it should. Besides the paint will get all scratched running it through the woods out back. 😬
Interestingly, I saw the seal of the city of Poughkeepsie on the door. Although I have not lived in NY since ‘93, That was a city I worked near and had friends who lived there. My grandfather also worked in the city. Small world.
Far be it for me to offer suggestions, but the best thing for mouse nests is a Shop Vac. Extracted and contained. Based on personal experience. And thanks for the new way to look at my vice!
Darren - your magic hammer has now fixed a motor! What's next? Great video - from body work to door alignment, then off to heater/motor repair. Great job, love this length video. Be safe, enjoy the season. Chuck in Kansas
I just realized this is from the village of Poughkeepsie, this is about 2 hours from the small town in upstate that I reside in, really interesting machine you have mustie! and i remember you said it was from upstate but i never gave attention to the decals on the side, guess i should start looking at these things more often.
I worked for a company that made similar units through the 80's once tightened those set screws on the squirrel were always tough to loosen, if you can manage to get a drop of 3 in 1 household oil on the barring it will do wonders for if you think it, gotta tell you you may want to leave the squirrel cage alone it's fragile and you can access the shaft from the discharge between the housing and the cage with a drop of oil on the end of a zip tie
I see a lot of marine parts. Dayton Blower assembly used in both HVAC and Bilge blower. All flex hoses are common marine. As is that steering gear reduction.
The cops in my hometown used that (retrofit with foam insulation) trunk to store the beer they confiscated from us, while transporting it to their weekly parties at the city reservoir. We got smart, started buying Carling Black Label, "headache beer" to give them, and kept the "Old Dog" for ourselves.
Fair Warning, MAGNETS WILL SEAL TO YOUR PAINT. I thought I could just take them off and replace them, after a year, they were permanent, and removing them not only destroyed them, but they ripped leaving a massive section that you can not remove without damage. Maybe heat would do it, but there are not many options, and the magnet companies are useless.They have no suggestions other than ice scrapers, which were a fail. They told me the signs MUST BE REMOVED FREQUENTLY. I don't recall seeing that warning or disclaimer ANYWHERE.
Hi Ryan! To remove mouse urine smell there is a commercial product called BiOx. It is used for cleaning urine smell from urinals/bathrooms in restaurants/hotels. I used this product successfully on a barn stored car that had been infested with mice. Dave Veitch, Barrie Ontario
When trying to get stuck set screws loose, remember that vibration is your friend. Get a lovely assistant to tap on the end of the blower shaft whilst you apply gentle pressure on the allen wrench. That's my tip.
Don't forget to blur out all those police decals, you dont want any dirt bikers driving by and soon after seeing you blast of into the other direction! Great video.
When you said clamp I was visualizing something smaller and then you took it next level with that lift setup. Yes your wishing for that motor to turn and then you get it working.
Mustie1, The vice on the lift was ingenious! When the first frame shot of you doing that came up, I said to myself “Haha That’s a great idea buddy”! For the front left fender; I didn’t know you did woodworking? Metal bandsaw for wood - why not! You really know how to get the kinks out. Really straight seem! That mouse had a perfect home in the heater box. Nice work on the fan! Glad you tried working on it. It should be fine for awhile then replace if necessary later. Looking forward to the other Cushman videos you said were still in the editing stage and newer ones!
Those door hinges were a little "sprung". The wind maybe caught it at some point in it's life. You need some kind of (removable) stop for the doors. Appreciate watching the progress.
I just spotted a rusty key under the windshield near the dash, about 1.17 in. looks like it's been hiding there a while. wouldn't be the key for the original ignition would it? academic now as it was fubar but wouldn't it be ironic if that had fell out from being tucked under a window rubber or similar!
Ah well, wouldn't have been much use if it did. Would've been sort of cool if it was though. Thanks for getting back, and keep up the good work (on machines and videos both). Cheers
You do so much work you should really get a set of Irwin wire strippers! They are the best. They only take off the coating and you will not lose any wires.
I think the orange hose is Cat or Skeet used in aircraft heater applications. Aircraft Spruce and other home built sources have various sizes by the foot.
Just spent 40 minutes watching someone bash some dents out and trying to get a fan running.... loved every minute of it and was actually hoping it would be longer.
I actually respect the fact that you want to keep it rusty like it is. Most people would do it up perfect and hide what it originally was beneath the paint. Awesome to see you make a cool little thing like that cushman just by replacing and fixing the necessities. Love your vids mustie. 👌🏻
The blower motor is shunt wound like a starter motor. It has no permanent magnets. Both the rotor and stator are wire wound electromagnets. Reversing the polarity reverses it on both the rotor and stator so it ends up spinning the same was no matter how you connect it.
BTW did my Mustie1 impression this weekend. Fixed a golf cart then tore apart a bicycle.
That's good knowledge i had no idea that's how they worked, thanks
I think all the ‘old school’ Mustie fans are smiling to themselves, regarding the negative comments about mustie’s approach to patina, surface rust , original paint , dings and dents.... it’s what mustie does , he brings old derelict non working stuff back to life .
If you want shiny paint and big buck resto’s go watch Gas Monkey garage.
I know what I’d rather be watching !! 😀
thank you sir, you get the big picture,
Hahaha its part of youtube the screaming and the screaming over the screamers. I think Mustie knows what he likes and thats what counts, it comes with age ;)
Armo Volks well said. I just appreciate sharing the experience. Mustie the mouse hunter lol.
Preservation not restoration, some get it must don't
As long as the patina is held in check. Preservation is worthwhile, even if it isn't restoration.
Mustie1 I want to say thank you because I was sick for 3 weeks and could not go in to work and watching your Channel was the only thing that kept me going for those 3 weeks and it also helped me put things into perspective, once again thank you because I am going to start wrenching again. Thanks brother.
glad to here you got through it,,
Want to thank u .you saved my but with my riding mower it's a 1967 Simplisedy and I had the wrong gas filter on it . it was driven me nuts Thanks a lot
Theres something really enjoyable about your videos. Something about it makes me feel like I'm there with you as you work on these things.
The last days of motel mouseycrustman!!!, Mustie Ye old beatings definitely did magical things!! ,Waking up to Mustie made my day who said Mondays are bad not today!!! Thanks!!! : P
400,000 views on the cushman meter maid !!! Guess I'm not the only person that loves those little gems. It's a treasure and should be treated accordingly. Your viewers have some great ideas for it. Thanks for the videos!!!
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I sure am enjoying these video's on this Cushman vehicle. I always wanted one too. Nice job on the door, Front-end body work also. ;)
Yea that was a good trick with the shaped board and the jack!
Percussive maintenance!
You won't want one after you drive these death traps. Terrible handling, worse braking, and an awful suspension.
Great fun to watch. Thanks Mustie.
I've built DC motors and if the field is also a winding and powered by the same source it will always run the same direction. The front came out nice!!! I had no hope for that fan motor , nice!!
MrLangDog That’s why a starter on an old tractor doesn’t care whether it has a positive or negative ground system.
I really thought the blower was junk, 👍👏good job.
We had a cushman vehicle similar to this a bright yellow one, where I used to work, for transporting parts between 2 factories about 300 yards apart, but it was an electric powered one, we used to call it the 'Noddy truck'.
I love your videos so much. Just reminds me when I was a young girl hanging out in the garage with my dad as he fiddled and fixed things. Please never stop the way you do these videos, I always feel like I am right there with you.
anouther great job keep them coming 👍 From the uk .
When you work by yourself you are the engineer. Safety man. Boss man..and you pay for any mistakes but you learn a great deal in this situation. Hats off to you sir..
You always know your in for a good evening viewing when a new Mustie1 Vid is uploaded, thanks for making such fantastic entertainment !
Well, when you mentioned vice, I thought you might have decided to use C-clamps...lol I can honestly say that I was impressed with your desire to produce "over-kill" results with that big ass bench vice!! Out freaking standing!!
I sure love these long videos, Mustie. It's great to see you almost topping 100K Subs...too bad it doesn't mean you get to make a bazillion dollars because you deserve it, man! Thanks for all the great videos you've done over the years and the ones yet to come.
You are the greatest.
I'd paint : THOUGHT above POLICE, and a smiley face on each side, but that's just me.
Great job. I'd bet that passenger side door got used most often, and kept getting flung open, moving the hinges.
Cool project. But you know someone is watching that worked traffic/checking parking meters in one just like this. Same windsheild, same steering wheel thinking 'oh man I spent three cold winters in one of those handing out tickets.'
Mustie1, I'm addicted to your meter maid videos. Kinda living vicariously through you. Wish I had the time, tools, space and money to do a project like this. Keep it up man. It's coming along great.
Brandon Davis same lmao
I really like this project. Interesting.
Of all the things in body work, I hate aligning doors the most. Good job!
i have never done it myself but i have watched my father do it and it looks like an awful job
I wouldn't put too much effort into that squirrel cage blower, that is/was an off the shelf blower made by Dayton, Dayton makes all kinds of oddball off the shelf stuff. BUT while it is possible that Meter-maid Cart came with the Dayton blower from the factory, it seems to me more likely that the mechanical maintenance people replaced the original blower with the Dayton unit. Where I worked we often did the same, usually Dayton replacements were cheaper than buying original units. Dayton still makes 12VDC squirrel cage fans, some of them are pretty cheap under $50.
MISTERComaToes 50 bugs is a lot of coffee and cookies, when this one still works;)
Well, as a diesel/heavy equipment mechanic for over 30 years experience, I can tell you that once one of those blower motors seize up they are pretty much right on the verge of seizing up again given a little time to sit and enough humidity. Honestly, that blower is just junk, especially with the rotted case and fin off of the squirrel cage, which will unbalance the blower. It also looked like he might have bent the shaft (or the cage). Trust me, it was working to a degree but it's not ever going to run like it once did. You must have some pretty valuable "bugs" to be able to buy coffee and cookies with 50 of them!
Such a neat piece/project to follow! Would so much enjoy to take that for a cruse around the block.
me too might drive it to the car wash
Mustie - you are the king of metal - really nice fix - thanks for sharing
Another great video! Cool project!
In the sixties in the UK a friend painted up his car in the local police livery ,except for the police sign on the door. His read POLITE instead of POLICE. They tried to get him on numerous occasions . Your site is great.
havent commented for awhile so just thought i would say still enjoying all your vids and am happy you take the time and effort to make them
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I could see the Cushman as a fishing vehicle, run to store, Pizza delivery you get idea, put a radio in there somewhere it's a cool little scooter type thing gotta be good for something
I love this project!
Thanks for having the patience to let us hang around and watch you work in the garage.
That cavity in the back is where the meter maids threw the bodies of the parking violators.
I can't believe that blower ran ,I'm glad we don't have "smell a vision" Thanks Mustie ! keep them coming
Good stuff Darren...Harvey would be smiling big knowing what you've done to that cart.
That blower definitely looks like an off the shelf unit that could probably be sourced from an industrial supply house (or Ebay) for not too much money. The Dayton brand motor gives it away. Those flex hoses are also likely to be obtainable from the same sources, though the aluminum hose you found should work just as well.
I understand all that quite well, as I am an old tinkerer myself with a lifetime of fixing all kinds of "unfixable" things behind me. I was just trying to be helpful.
NAPA used to stock that flexible defrost duct hose.
I’ve watched almost all of your vids. The instructional nature of the vids is great. I’m a guitar player and have learned tons of songs through the vids. Well, with your vids I’ve learned carb teardowns, cleanings and reconstructs enough to make me feel confident that I could actually do it!! Metal work, wheels, brakes, whole engine rebuilds on everything from Volkswagens to weedwhackers. And you talk to us as if we were in the garage. One complaint I have is that you’ve got every tool you could ever need! Tim “The Toolman” would be jealous! I mean a plasma cutter for God’s sake? Anyway,, you’re fun! Thanks for doing these and keep it up!!!
Getting close to 100k. Awesome!!!
Thanks for the videos.
Love the Maid Muskie, hope you do a full restore, your style!
You're a patient guy! Got the motor running. Gonna patch the body? I just bought a jumper pack on Amazon.
the 1000 peak was sold out where there were good deals. I'm proud to say I was patient too. Warm day and finished taking the mower deck off my old front engine snapper. Waaaay too many connections. No wonder they stopped making them. LOL!
Atta boy, working smaaaahtah not haaaahdah. We’re pretty good at that in the northeast cornaah!
rust neutralizer, will stop the rust, so you can leave the body the way it is, or paint it! great job.. I am going to put rust neutralizer on my 1960's Cushman truckster, or haulster, not shear which one it is, but it is a 4 wheel model! I like those classics..
This guy is awesome! I’ve been wanting to learn more about small engine stuff and I’m learning a lot! Thank you for the videos!!
I think your giving this Cushman a 2nd life/chance is AWESOME...
# you have me as a follower now....
Great video mustie. Glad ugot that heater fan sorted. Those mice must have been real busy! Looking forward to seeing all that fuzz fly!!
You are the Dent and Dings Guy ... Doing good and a great project!
I like the idea of preserving the look in a state of arrested decay, any yayhoo could slap some paint on it. My grandkids would love this rig!
Bet those love taps with the hammer let the ATF get in to the bearing, looks like it'll live for a while longer now! Not sure, but the cage might be wobbling from being bent more than or in addition to being out of balance. But if the cage fails, might be able to replace just that, eh?
Probably a good thing the fan didn't run before being removed, there would have been shop-rag puree everywhere! Nice work on the door and nose, it's looking and working better every time!
Really enjoy watching this project move along.
Enjoyed the tricks of the trade on this video - thanks for posting
Having been an auto body and frame repairman for 48 years. When I saw that door sprung the way it was, I was thinking the door was "wind sprung" just take a small solid rubber block and put it between the door and the "A" pillar and gently push the door towards the opening. I believe your hinges are sprung.
this thing is awesome
thanks for sharing
Well since your last video I had a 💔 attack they had to Zap me back so could watch your videos hopefully recovery is on its way watching the video in ward in Manchester UK 🇬🇧
dude, glad to see you make it , dident want to loose a sub,, lol
Get well, Sean. And stay well.
Sean McCleery a real fan
Sean McCleery get well soon 👍🏻
I am so brave 👼 lol had an angiogram and three stetts today and no new video ? Nearly there for 100k good luck mustie1
Great wrenching Mustie1.
Cool beans Iam enjoying the Cushman ... Warren Tavares Fl
If this were going to be in Florida, I'd be finding a way to add A/C to it..
Another great video I learned something, thanks 👍👍👍👍👍
The little Meter Maid seems to have struck a chord with a lot of folks. I'm in the renovate camp, just because I think it would pretty cool with new paint, etc, but I can see your point. She's a veteran, eh?
A little trick I learned about blowing out cavities like that safely. Ask the wife for one of her miss matched kneehighs and put it over the most cluttered end and then seal the air hose tip with a towel on the other end and let her rip… There’s very little dust because the shredding‘s actually filter it as they come out. I’ve even gone as far as to use a leaf blower on one end maxed out for pressure and that really seems to help a lot because it sure beats tearing the whole part out especially if you’ve got fins inside... just sharing ;)
My eyes would love to see it painted. Your eyes say no. Can we do it both ways and take a vote? Love the video and the way your bringing us into the garage with you on a cold NE day.
If you need that orange silicone flexhose, I use this stuff at work. Let me know what size and I'll see what I have lying around.
Our Cushman had a door issue, too. Someone had backed into something with the door open and bent the frame of the door slightly. It got man-handled back into place. :D Ours doesn't have any of the blower structure, the defrost hood is missing also. Now we know what the big hole in the dash is for, the defrost! Ours wasn't a meter maid, they said it was used in a factory for getting around, and we had a devil of a time figuring out why there was only a first gear -- we didn't have a lift and the linkage for 2/3 was missing/removed, we presume for factory floor safety reasons...
they still run those in Salem Oregon , I see them all the time ! Great progress Darrin ..
Lots of fans out here waiting for the next episode of “What’s Mustie up tp today”,
Paint and chrome don’t get you home! Lol I’d rather see some rust and have run and function like it should. Besides the paint will get all scratched running it through the woods out back. 😬
Interestingly, I saw the seal of the city of Poughkeepsie on the door. Although I have not lived in NY since ‘93, That was a city I worked near and had friends who lived there. My grandfather also worked in the city. Small world.
Far be it for me to offer suggestions, but the best thing for mouse nests is a Shop Vac. Extracted and contained. Based on personal experience.
And thanks for the new way to look at my vice!
Darren - your magic hammer has now fixed a motor! What's next? Great video - from body work to door alignment, then off to heater/motor repair. Great job, love this length video. Be safe, enjoy the season. Chuck in Kansas
I just realized this is from the village of Poughkeepsie, this is about 2 hours from the small town in upstate that I reside in, really interesting machine you have mustie! and i remember you said it was from upstate but i never gave attention to the decals on the side, guess i should start looking at these things more often.
I worked for a company that made similar units through the 80's once tightened those set screws on the squirrel were always tough to loosen, if you can manage to get a drop of 3 in 1 household oil on the barring it will do wonders for if you think it, gotta tell you you may want to leave the squirrel cage alone it's fragile and you can access the shaft from the discharge between the housing and the cage with a drop of oil on the end of a zip tie
I see a lot of marine parts. Dayton Blower assembly used in both HVAC and Bilge blower. All flex hoses are common marine. As is that steering gear reduction.
The cops in my hometown used that (retrofit with foam insulation) trunk to store the beer they confiscated from us, while transporting it to their weekly parties at the city reservoir.
We got smart, started buying Carling Black Label, "headache beer" to give them, and kept the "Old Dog" for ourselves.
Fair Warning, MAGNETS WILL SEAL TO YOUR PAINT. I thought I could just take them off and replace them, after a year, they were permanent, and removing them not only destroyed them, but they ripped leaving a massive section that you can not remove without damage. Maybe heat would do it, but there are not many options, and the magnet companies are useless.They have no suggestions other than ice scrapers, which were a fail. They told me the signs MUST BE REMOVED FREQUENTLY. I don't recall seeing that warning or disclaimer ANYWHERE.
Eric Ek Yep, I had one on the tailgate of my truck for several months. When I removed it, the paint underneath was damaged! 🤬
John Acuff well I have found if you use a penitrating oil it will loosen it. But it won't save the magnet in my case.
A complete respray would not only add to the aesthetics but also the longevity... it would look boss.
Too bad the mouse wasn't in the middle of the cage when you powered it up. - "Welcome to Thunder Dome!"
Duct tape around the fan housing should seal it up....great video
Hi Ryan!
To remove mouse urine smell there is a commercial product called BiOx. It is used for cleaning urine smell from urinals/bathrooms in restaurants/hotels. I used this product successfully on a barn stored car that had been infested with mice.
Dave Veitch, Barrie Ontario
i think there's one to remove cat urine small from furniture too ( and possibly power burns if you catch the cat in the act.)
yey i love the cushman videos cant wait to see it finished ....... oh n happy holidays too.....
When trying to get stuck set screws loose, remember that vibration is your friend. Get a lovely assistant to tap on the end of the blower shaft whilst you apply gentle pressure on the allen wrench. That's my tip.
Don't forget to blur out all those police decals, you dont want any dirt bikers driving by and soon after seeing you blast of into the other direction! Great video.
When you said clamp I was visualizing something smaller and then you took it next level with that lift setup. Yes your wishing for that motor to turn and then you get it working.
Some fine fettling...Thanks Mustie.
As you did with the fan, when something does not work for me, I also resort to the trusty hammer!.
Hammers are great, so few moving parts.
Kevin Dinsdale a bigger hammer always works lol
Kevin Dinsdale gental persuision always works
Welcome back mustie1, hope you had a great thanksgiving!
Mustie1, The vice on the lift was ingenious! When the first frame shot of you doing that came up, I said to myself “Haha That’s a great idea buddy”! For the front left fender; I didn’t know you did woodworking? Metal bandsaw for wood - why not! You really know how to get the kinks out. Really straight seem!
That mouse had a perfect home in the heater box. Nice work on the fan! Glad you tried working on it. It should be fine for awhile then replace if necessary later.
Looking forward to the other Cushman videos you said were still in the editing stage and newer ones!
Those door hinges were a little "sprung". The wind maybe caught it at some point in it's life. You need some kind of (removable) stop for the doors. Appreciate watching the progress.
Water got in, ice popped it apart.
It's like my grandfather used to say when it first you don't succeed hit it with a hammer
A friend of mine in high school had a Cushman (late 60’s or early 70’s model). We took it for a spin up and down the alley a few times.
I just spotted a rusty key under the windshield near the dash, about 1.17 in. looks like it's been hiding there a while. wouldn't be the key for the original ignition would it? academic now as it was fubar but wouldn't it be ironic if that had fell out from being tucked under a window rubber or similar!
does not fit anything
Ah well, wouldn't have been much use if it did. Would've been sort of cool if it was though. Thanks for getting back, and keep up the good work (on machines and videos both). Cheers
Most common Mustie1 phrase: "Just one more try and...Ha!!" 😀 LOL
Sweet ride sir you’ll get all the chicks👍😂👍😂
You do so much work you should really get a set of Irwin wire strippers! They are the best. They only take off the coating and you will not lose any wires.
You could line the inside with 1/2" radiant barrier foam and kept in some of the heat and quiet the cab noise down.
Starts first crank after 1 week 👍.nice work
Cool Stuff....Thanks for Sharing
you are a brave man taking on that meter maid! It looks a little toasty
I think the orange hose is Cat or Skeet used in aircraft heater applications. Aircraft Spruce and other home built sources have various sizes by the foot.
This scooter needs some mounted remote machine guns for pulling over people that should not be driving in the first place.