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A nice little mod to one of my Wilesco TE's
« on: April 29, 2021, 04:28:18 pm »
I found two of these gauges and standoff's in my P.O.Box today. What a surprise. Well all of other
projects for the day were put on the back burner. The top hole was drilled and tapped for Wilesco's
standard whistle, 5mm. The whistle I was using, with the pull chain, is 6mm. I had been using the
adapter but it's nickel and that silver blob looked bad. also made it taller. So I drilled out the
top and tapped it to 6mm. Walla!  Maybe I should of tried to find out where they came from before I
did that, oh well.



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« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2021, 08:58:52 pm »
An attractive and functional addition Tom.
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« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2021, 07:56:20 am »
An attractive and functional addition Tom.


You know it Bruce, you know it. ;)
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Re: A nice little mod to one of my Wilesco TE's
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2021, 09:02:47 am »
Looks good on there, well done :)
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Re: A nice little mod to one of my Wilesco TE's
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2021, 10:12:03 am »
Hey, I think Bruce made a brass thingy Very similar to this!.... But I think he's retiring now...or maybe jest tired ;)

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Re: A nice little mod to one of my Wilesco TE's
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2021, 12:00:10 pm »
Bruce built one of these. He offered the Old Smoky for sale here. The adapter should cost $ 200.00. The machine was then included for free.😂😂😂
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Re: A nice little mod to one of my Wilesco TE's
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2021, 01:57:24 pm »
Hey, I think Bruce made a brass thingy Very similar to this!.... But I think he's retiring now...or maybe jest tired ;)
Yes , I made these for Tommy (an old friend) and No , I'm not retiring...or even tired. 😊😉👍
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Re: A nice little mod to one of my Wilesco TE's
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2021, 04:20:41 pm »
Hey, I think Bruce made a brass thingy Very similar to this!.... But I think he's retiring now...or maybe jest tired ;)
Yes , I made these for Tommy (an old friend) and No , I'm not retiring...or even tired. 😊😉👍



I wasn't going to say anything. ::)
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Re: A nice little mod to one of my Wilesco TE's
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2021, 05:52:24 pm »
Very nice and very professional mod there Tommy.
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Re: A nice little mod to one of my Wilesco TE's
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2021, 08:37:03 pm »
Very nice and very professional mod there Tommy.



Thanks Jim, but the professional's from Indiana. I'm just the applicator.
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« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2021, 09:07:31 pm »
Very nice and very professional mod there Tommy.



Thanks Jim, but the professional's from Indiana. I'm just the applicator.
A professional applicator... (or is that something in the feminine care aisle 😆 )
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Re: A nice little mod to one of my Wilesco TE's
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A professional applicator... (or is that something in the feminine care aisle 😆 )
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There better not be any strings attached.
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« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2021, 11:48:58 am »
A professional applicator... (or is that something in the feminine care aisle 😆 )
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There better not be any strings attached.
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now that's funny  :D
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