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Bright lights shining in my bedroom window at 5 AM got me up in a hurry. Just lime spreader getting an early start. Oh well, I'm awake and it's raining. Good day to pull out the Christmas decorations. Check some lights and set up the Nativity set that my sister made over 50 years ago.

Winter! New tensioner cog and drive shaft bearing on the blower. Waxed up the shoot and the blades. Decided to fill the rear tires with RV antifreeze and distilled water. 5:2 gallons respectively (7 gallons is capacity). Much easier than anticipated. Takes a bit of time to get it all in there but these wheels really bite now.

You thinking what I'm a-thinkin'??

Does your car have roof racks? And does she have a good grip?

Diesel wheel horse

Loaded the car for weekend visiting. Off early tomorrow. - borrowed tow-behind core aerator - the camp generator I re-engined - a set of kids building blocks I rehabbed - bike rack parts - “go” tool bag (there are always small repairs needed!) - some wheels to drop off with @ri702bill - a stereo to “pass on" - cooler for our Thanksgiving meal contributions My spouse asked if there would be room for her!

You won’t. I ended up “decanting" my penetrant into little 2 oz. bottles like these. I can drip or squirt.

Get it dirty wash it off put it to work.

More cool pictures

The world celebrates Good Grief Day on November 26 every year to honor the life and the legacy of one of America’s most revered, legendary cartoonists Charles M. Schulz. Schulz is best known as the author of the “Peanuts” comic strip, and his stories and characters have brought boundless delight to the globe. The fact that his characters — Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and the rest of the gang — have withstood the test of time demonstrates how influential these legendary characters have had on global pop culture. Named after the iconic Charlie Brown catchphrase, Good Grief Day celebrates the life and work of the immovable Charles M. Schulz. Schulz was born on November 26, 1922, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His interest in the arts was evident during his upbringing, as he would spend his days taking in the works of Pablo Picasso, Edward Hopper, and Andrew Wyeth, while also developing a penchant for cartoons. As a child, he would draw dozens upon dozens of cartoons, inspired by either the cartoons he admired or the world around him. Growing up, he aspired to be a cartoonist, and at the age of 15, he sent one of his drawings to the “Ripley’s Believe it or Not!” weekly column, which became his first published cartoon — he knew from then on that this was his life. After returning from military service in Europe in 1945, he would further develop his career as a cartoonist, scoring his weekly series in 1947. That cartoon was “Li’l Folks,” which would be the predecessor of his magnum opus. “Li’l Folks” would later draw the attention of mega publishers United Features Syndicate in 1950, who asked him to develop a new weekly comic strip. Thus, on October 2, 1950, “Peanuts” was born. The iconic series would later become the longest-running comic strip in history — running until Schulz’s death in 2000.

I'm still amazed that those astronauts could fit in those little capsules. ...Not thier entire bodies mind you, just the large shiny brass balls they were toting with them. Courage? I think it takes courage to go to the store when my wife needs feminine articles. Those early astronauts were on an entirely different plane of existence.

That one looks like a catastrophe fire or a huge explosion. Nice catch!!!!

On my drive to work this morning. Top of the hill near the Worcester airport

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Your sister made them Ed? Very nice.

This one serves double duty as a dual pin hitch for my Cyclone Rake and as a receiver hitch. I just replaced the top plates on my plow bracket.

We're( Mrs. K and me) are now over 80 and attend the Silver Sneakers stretch, balance, and strength classes at our Anytime Fitness gym three days a week. Although they receive many grunts and groans, squats are included in the programs.

I had brake lever that was badly worn, so I used it as a guinea pig and drilled an offset hole to change the angle. I put it as close to the old hole as I felt comfortable with. turns out that was too much adjustment. For now, I just ground down the face and it's working properly. I still don't know if this tractor salvageable or will become a part donor. If it turns out to be a driver, I'll fabricate a proper brake lever.

I got bored this afternoon so I decided to see just how frozen the exhaust nipple was. It had soaked in Kroil for a few hours so I smacked the open end a few times with a large hammer. Next using a 24" pipe wrench I tried tightening it some. I don't think it moved but couldn't be sure. Using a 24" wrench I tried to loosen it. After a bit of leaning on the wrench it actually gave in. I reversed the process and tightened it again and then when I tried to loosen it again it turned about an 1/8 of a turn. From there it was just coming out. The nipple did deform when it first started to loosen but that just made it easier for the pipe wrench to get a grip on it. Exhaust parts are on order so now I wait....

Looks great as well. I've had mixed luck with the digital volt meters, but I agree- they work for years or quit in a couple weeks. The round ones I've been using seem to hold up well for a long time.

It's safe to say the condenser has seen better days. I've got another one on order. Between the condenser, carburetor rebuild and replacing the exhaust system it'll be a week or so before I can start the engine again.

here's a thought for perhaps using the plow on the lawn to move leaves but wanting to avoid the plow edge digging into the lawn -- I have seen You Tubes of guys who want to avoid damage to plowing snow on asphalt cutting a seam in a 48 inch PVC plastic pipe and installing ( sliding ) entire pipe over the plow bottom wear edge blade. It is effective and pipe smoothly slides over driveway for snow -- so thinking maybe it would be solution to install pvc pipe on plow to move large piles of lawn leaves? See photo below

Thanks for the top view. I'm going to soak the pipe nipple in Kroil for a few days and then I'll attempt the extraction. Heck, it's only been screwed into the block for 50 years, what could go wrong

Thanks for the tip. I think I'll just fabricate a whole new lever arm. Shouldn't be to difficult to do. Well...I've got two now, the 656 will have a grader blade and this one will primarily be used to mow areas where my zero turn mower is to big to get into. We normally don't get much snow so the snow blade will likely not be used often.

A couple more - look at the heavy reduction in the primary v belt drive - about 5:1 or so. The oilcup on top of the bearing housing and the split clamp tell me it might Babbitt, not ball bearings like a model T Ford. Same era.... Definitely a low RPM device. But, if that old timer could talk, it would have a distinct Yankee accent..

Found an add from when the last person bought it, 8yrs ago. https://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/old-f-e-reed-14-inch-metal-lathe.55201/ I still think it was for metal. Thread cutting capable or not, I have not seen a wood lathe with power lateral & cross movement.

My son doesn’t come on here anymore, but here is a 704 that he has been making into a 4x4. complete scratch built axle, and a lot of lathe and milling…. I’ll try sort some build pics out!

It's your call, but I hardly ever change the points unless they are really bad. The material that they make the new points out of just does not seem to hold up as well. If you do decide to change them, I suggest Kohler brand.

It's possible that you have the wrong lever. Some have a forward bend or a sideways Z built in. Easy enough to swap out. On the pipe nipple into the engine, can you raise the hood and snap a couple pics of what's there now? As far as switching implements, Wheelhorse had a main selling point of how easy it was to change out certain things. You have two very easy-to-switch pieces with a Long frame plow vs a narrow deck. Personally - I firmly believe that every tractor should have its own job and every implement should have it own tractor. This makes it a necessity to aquire more tractors.

Here's an really cool hot rod Allis idea for ya I saw at the Canton Tractor Show last Spring. Owner said front axle and rear drops swapped over with no changes. Said he only had to modify the side steering rod.

I was able to get the adapter cut on the EDM by a coworker today. It fits like a dream in the SR-64 pulley. Haven't tried it on the transmission side yet, have some more paint to clean off before I get to that. One step closer to getting the 8 speed swap completed with the additional SR-64 swap!