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California passes right-to-repair act guaranteeing seven years of parts for your phone::On September 12th, California passed SB 244 to its state Assembly, becoming the third state to pass a right-to-repair bill.

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[–] Atropos 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

'51 truck and '63 tractor here - you'd be surprised! For the majority of standardized things (seals, bolts, bulbs, etc) it's easy enough to find a cross reference table, and just order the part from napa or Grainger.

For more specialized things (like if you break an input shaft), eBay or any number if specialized stores online will have original parts that have just been sitting in a warehouse for the past 70 years. Here's one of my main sources for the truck: https://shop.midwestmilitary.com/product-category/m37/

Occasionally I do have to fabricate a replacement.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, I see you beat me to it. Glad to see a fellow antique tractor enthusiast on lemmy. Here's a pic of mine. Your turn!

[–] Atropos 3 points 1 year ago

Nice, that's in great shape! Love the front loader, all I've got for hydraulics is the 3 point on the rear. I'll snap a pic tomorrow and add it to this comment.