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I've been working on the back 12 feet of my barn. In one corner I'm building a 12x14 paint room. More on that later. [emoji2]. In the other corner we built a 12x14 guest room. We call it the "Bunkhouse". Had to finish these so I could get back to the Wheel Horse projects. Here's a shot from the garage area. With the paint room doors on the left. After carpet. After Mrs. Funengineer was done[emoji2]. Sent from my tractor seat.

My winter projects are coming along nicely. I wanted to get everything done last fall because it was such a tuff winter last year, and I did. So my winter projects are...sleep late in the mornings, go ice fishing when the temp is in the 20's, light the fire place and watch as much football & basketball as I can, eat a lot of comfort food. I can report that the time line is looking good for a successful winter this year.

Probably right either throw it back or use it for chum for full growed ones Couldn't leave it where it was

Don't feel bad. Wives can smell "hobby" when it comes in the house. I was in the garage (detached) cleaning some parts with clear 1-K kerosene the other night. I always wear latex gloves which are disposed of in the garage. I was careful to take my shoes off outside, take my work pants off in the laundry room and put on my pajama pants. I took the pants back out to the garage, washed up in the basement, and came upstairs free of odor, or so I thought. Within 10 seconds of coming into the living room where my wife was reading, she said "I smell gasoline". Whether they are pregnant or not, wives are gonna complain about smelling something. Vent that paint booth and get back to work. I'll be hiding under this chair.

Another one followed me home today.

My winter project so far has been to get my shop organized and ready for some actual work... Electrician finally finished the wiring for my plasma table and air compressor. Ignore the orange thing in the background. It was a gift from my wife's grandfather. Now it looks more like this on the front portion. After a few minor issues, the snow pushing machine has done great the rest of the winter...

I insulated my garage this summer and fall, so with my 45,000 BTU Hot Dawg propane heater I'm staying toasty warm this winter. I am currently working on my 416-H.

I also built this k181 out of extra parts over the last month

I agree I like them all!!!

Just got ready for the snow, lets hope we don't need it! 16hp kohler,48in. deck and a 3-point

If I post big pics, when I'm finally done, there will be very little of the "holy crap" factor!! I want to keep you guys panting!! Kind of like foreplay!! LOL

Moved my paint booth into the heated garage with great intension to finish my economy painting before spring to come to realize it's an attached garage and the fumes and a pregnant wife aren't on the same terms, so have been on a stand still and it's driving me crazy!

Try putting some vaseline grease over the throttle shaft, if its leaking air this should show it up? (Check me out giving advise, I've only been here five minutes, it just goes to show what you can learn here from all these clever people)

Tecumseh's Rule . . . just ask these guys from the the Tecumseh Club. I think that's the president in the center

Yup, I'm officially old. I got them all.

Well, Dad's doing great, going to thecan on his own, feeding himself just fine, dressing himself, the whole ball of wax. Should be ready to escape the rehab center in a few days!! I hope to have the beast ready for a start up once he gets out. Any way, here are a few sneak peeks at some goodies!! Getting ready to finish engine wiring ... Just love this little gem!! It;s whats up front that counts!!

I have one with bad soild state ignition I just love pushing it around from one corner to the other

I'm trying too decide how I want this one to look. First pic is as I bought it, second is the idea stage.. Once I decide on what I really want to do with it I'll tear it all down and put a real nice paint job on it. I might go with the big tires in back with tri ribs on stock front rims painted white? (as the slots are off of my Suburban.) I might go with a different decal idea.,the 855 decals are kinda boring. Oh, and I hope to find something big too stuff under the hood. Maybe an Onan, Kohler twin or a Briggs Vanguard twin. I gotta have at least 18 hp on this one...

The two hyd lines connect to the FACE of the end cap. The two PORTS for the spring, cone, ball, etc are on the SIDES of the end cap. The ball and spring should already be in your end cap, in the rear port. NEXT.....(1) Remove the rear port plug and withdraw the ball and spring. (2) Remove the front port plug and put that ball and LIGHT spring in there. (3) Install the shorter HEAVIER spring and cone in the rear port.

End cap spring, cone, & valve components are shown here:

I SAW THIS WEB SITE,,,,,,,THE ADAPTERS LOOKS ,,,,WELL..... YOU LOOK.... WWW.EXTREMEMOTORWORKS.COM SITE STATES....ANY SIZE...

Be best to ask that question, or search for back posts in the Bolens Forum on: www.GardenTractorTalk.com or on www.MyTractorForum.com , in the Bolens group, or just Google that question.

No heat in the barn equals no projects for me, although I do go into the barn occasionally with a nice cold beverage, look at the tractors and say nice to myself! Except when I get to the xi and then I think, dang can't wait until it gets warm out so I can figure out why it won't start!

No...haha...one ran into the sliding door...it was dazed for about 15 minutes and then it really like being held and petted I guess...it sat on my hand and then on the feeder and back to my hand.....I got my phone and then it flew down behind that heater.....

The ol reliable 212-6!

Ed, you're turning into the Geno of the NE.

You can rebush [you need 2] the throttle shaft. Ace Hardware / Hillman part # 58087-A. I have done 2 and what a difference it makes especially in the starting time. I don't know if this would solve your problem, just wanted to let you know about bushing them. And I learned it here some time ago. These bushings are for the big block carbs. 26/28/30.

When the cast iron Tecky's are running right they are smooth and powerful. Honestly they are a good engine that gets a bad rap,I mean with so many still running around 50 years later they can't be too bad. There are two different kinds of SSI units,one is under the flywheel the other is all above the flywheel. Here is a under the flywheel type in a 68 HH120.

Hey Kevin......no Wheel Horse decal on the derby car???Looks great though.

I'm at a standstill with a k-341 rebuild. I really think its gonna stay put for awhile. Probably drop the cash on a J&E piston and billet rod. Which means it'll go back to the machinist. Ahhh the price of learning on the job! My son's first pinewood derby car is finished. I just hope he's happy with the results on race day. And I'm still trying to get organized in my newly built garage. Undoubtedly once I finally get there I'm sure I'll want to tear something apart and start anew. On a very positive note the 4 or 5kW electric heater is a gift from above. Temps are always in low 50s even on the coldest days.

There is a small company making brand new replacements for the solid state ignitions now.

With emphasis on the suck... By the way Bob , I use a galvanized roofing nail in one of my cans, so far no launch. And if it does some day, I didn't do it man!

Here is a new rj I picked up I put the date codes uo off the transmission and more people say it's a 59 than a 58. date code is either f2-9 or f7-9 tough to tell . how to screenshot on windows free upload photo uploading

that is gonna look pretty nice in my rear view mirror..

Just got the motor swap finished todaystill need to switch out the tins on the motor

only the Tecky... make sure it runs because if the solid state ignition is bad it'll get pretty spendy to fix..

John, wow wow wow. That about sums it up. No, let me throw a SWEET on that to. Good job Terry. Glenn

12 auto. First horse I ever cut grass with, and I hope to find another someday. I really like the 416H though. I like it better than the 520 for most things.

Evening all, a bit more progress today with one of the front wheels almost finished.. Two new wheel centers, can you spot which one is finished? It slots into the wheel like so from the inside. And looks like this from the outside.. A close up for you.. I couldn't be happier with the fit I need to grind a V shape into the two parts of the wheel to give me something to fill full of weld.. Once the weld is cleaned back you won't know it's not original.. Until you look at the inside of course The wheel is a nice tight fit on the wheel hub.. I have also been thinking about the front brakes.. There is just enough room to get a Kwakasaki Gpz 305 caliper and a small brake disc inside the wheel, though I have a feeling I might need to make my own brake discs!! Has anyone ever tried it and did they work?

I'm 95% in, and you're right it gets smaller real quick. My wife felt sorry for me and said I can store my motors and horses in her side of the garage that way my small shop won't become a storage shed.

'61 to '64 "round hoods" for me. I'm quite fond of the pewter WorkHorse models too.

We ran electric over hyd to run the 3pt on a 516 8spd

My Wheel Horse RJ !

Thanks James.. Yep the extra width will help with stability which can only be a good thing Thank you Sir Thanks Jerry, here's the next update to keep you going... I hope to have enough video footage tomorrow to string another video together, so keep ya eyes peeled for the next vid maybe Wednesday.. Not much to report, I have made a rather big washer.. Which will become the new center for this wheel.. Which with some holes drilled will be able to bolt on the new front wheel hubs.. Here's one of them in it's "before being cut up" state.. This wheel won't be fitted, but while I had it to hand I thought it would be too good a photo opportunity to miss It's not a JD wheel, it was just painted the wrong colour at the factory The time had come to cut one of the centers out... The wheel is slightly too large to fit on my lathe, but it will fit on Nigel's lathe with a few tweaks.. A bit of chain drilling and chisel work later.. The inside of the wheel had some extra cutting to make the hole a little larger.. And on the lathe the wheel went. The inside taking shape. A few hours later... And to finish up this small update, a groove being cut in one of the new centers. This will center the new center in the rim

Picked these up on amazon for $12...not bad!

Red Horses! My best friends! "Red is for the blood we shed." Sorry Deere!

I love them all

Thanks Richie.. The second rear wheel is almost done, it just needs the welds tidying up a bit with the grind.. A slight change of design with this wheel center, I made sure I didn't have as much this time to grind out the center

Me... I'd have to put another steering wheel back there... for the Mrs Rules to do her usual back seat driving thing she does.

Thats good stuff Rich!!! :ROTF: :ROTF: Matt :flags-texas: