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Well guys…this is a head scratcher! Thank you for all your input thus far… I went through and replaced all the fuel line, drained the fuel, checked the fuel pump—everything is working good. Checked the coil—well within spec. Then noticed that I had no power at the yellow wire to the + terminal on the coil. So, I went back through and checked connections. Took some apart and put them back together after cleaning a couple and squirting in some dielectric grease. I turned the key to check something, pushed a bit far, hit the start circuit and it jumped to life😱👏🏻. I turned it off after running it for a couple of minutes and then started it again! I don’t know if I have solved the problem because I didn’t definitely find anything. However, it sure runs good and goes like crazy now that I have everything cleaned and lubed in the hydro system. So…since we are getting a bunch of snow here and I need to get this thing working to clean out Caleb’s driveway…next up—install the Ber-Vac! I need some information that I can’t find and I’m hoping that one of you can help me out. I don’t have the lift arm (push arm), belt size, crank rod and support bracket. Can someone post some sizes for the belt and lift arm? Also any pictures of the lift arm and chute crank would be helpful.

That's how I started with an 89 312-8 and a 93 520-H then things got severely out of hand. Sold 3 over the years.. Very nice WH's you have there.

There are a bunch of parts on my various machines that I'd like to re-plate with zinc, but it's been a while since I used my electroplating equipment, so today I started getting things set up again. Cleaned up the plating bench and all of the tanks and plating accessories. Cut and bent four new zinc sacrificial anodes. Made new anode bags, which I cut from non-woven polypropylene filter material and heat-welded the seams. Made a new filter bag for the circulating pump out of the same polypropylene material. Cleaned up the anode electric clips and checked the wiring. I had posted an earlier picture of my plating bench setup in a different thread, but since that photo was taken I added a second layer of plywood to the bench with cutouts to hold the tanks securely, as you can see in the photo below. Here's a peek inside the plating tank, with heater, circulating pump, pump filter, anodes, anode bags, cathode bar, and temperature sensor. I just have to rejuvenate the plating solution, and the plating bench will be ready to go again. I also need to clear a space for my toaster oven for baking parts after plating (to help avoid hydrogen embrittlement, as I had mentioned before).

In between other tasks today, I managed to get three coats of red paint on my 522xi hood. I decided to go with Rust-Oleum Regal Red instead of the factory color. I think it's a reasonably close match, and it's a lot cheaper. I like the Rust-Oleum aerosol cans with the selectable spray patterns (see below), but the downside is that my clip-on aerosol paint can handle won't fit on them, and I DO like using that handle, as it's less tiring, and I can control the passes and spray angle better with it. I wonder if there's a handle that would fit those cans.

48" plow ready to go. Solid link for downpressure. All @peter lena oiled up. At some point we'll paint the blade red. This is Cinnamon Horse color.

Today, I had this out for a bit to tow a newly acquired used side by side about 10 feet into my fathers garage to charge the battery and look it over. That was after I had to put the right rear tire back on the bead on the tractor and pump it up because of a slow leak. Once it was ready it worked like a charm.

@Bar Nuthin Here's a copy of the lost post with your measurements. Here's a plethora of pics of the ones I have. Not perfect. Usable. Savable. Yours for the freight.