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Hung the new winter/plow tires on the rear of the C-145 Auto today. Can’t push snow without weights, really going to bother me to scuff up the new wheel paint but that’s life

Turning the dirt!

One question: Will it run a 60" mower deck without bogging down?

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Brings back memories of opening day in the '70s in Pa.

Opening day of Pheasant season in MA.

First thing I would do is try starting it with starter fluid sprayed directly onto the carb. If it fires then you don't have spark or compression problems, just a gummed up fuel system from ethanol gas sitting in the carb, fuel pump, etc

After a week and a half of parts gathering, and tons of research I got the last piece to the hydro lift. It was the 36” 3/8 JIC hoses for the main supply hoses. I had a small leak in the system and after two weeks+ of sitting I had to boost the battery to prime the tractor to test the system. I think I still need to do some tweaking and build some small parts. It was a promising first test as the ram moves.

I have come to accept that is just how it is with leaves blowing around in the fall. I made up a holder from a bagger bracket to hold a regular car snow brush You can use anything to hold the brush. But the main point is that I can use this brush to knock leaves and debris off of the screen while running the tractor.

October 18, 1931, Al Capone was convicted of 22 counts of tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in federal prison, fined $50,000, and ordered to pay back taxes and court costs totaling over $200,000. He was never convicted of any other crimes.

Hard to check compression on these old Kohlers because of the ACR (automatic compression release} design. If it where me and especially since you have head gaskets on hand I would remove head and clean everything up (decarb) good and adjust valves while I was at it. Even if it is wore pretty bad, they will run if you've got fuel, fire and compression. More than lik;y will require a carb cleaning/rebuild and I reccomend replacing all fuel line and filters. The last time I went through this the fuel pump was full of trash also. If your not worried about keeping absolutely original an electric fuel pump is a great upgrade.

It's that time of year again - the semi annual migration of the house plants. We had our first frost threat last night so all t. he plants came back into the house. Since window space is limited in this old house, we end up grouping several in prime spots. Long story short , I built a plant stand. It's dry fitted for now, still needs a bit more work before it's ready to be put into service.

Just fluid fill them. Same amount of weight without scratching the paint.

I have four blades staring at me. I can mount two onto a 520, and a C141. Also onto a Cub Cadet and an Elec-Trak. Thinking if I mount all four it won’t snow this winter.🥶 If I do push snow the 520 with a 48” blade is my first choice.

The fronts on the C-145 are severely cracked and leak down…in stock here I had a pair of 18x6.50x8’s on WH correct wheels that look great! And the extra inch of height over the stock 16x6.5’s will work well to get the plow up a bit more.

Mowing just grass I hardly ever need to clean it. Grinding leaves in the fall using the 48" deck, I might need to brush it as often as once a minute but with the brush in your left hand it just takes a second and you don't need to stop. The kohler screen spins so that is likely why you don't need to clear those as often. The Onan engine also has a spinning metal screen just below the stationary plastic one so I have considered removing the plastic one and run it like a Kohler to see what happens.

We've had the same imprint from a big robin--nearly scared my wife to an early grave. The birder I consulted says they are extremely territorial and likely this was a male trying to chase off what was really his own reflection!

Yesterday I ran the weed wacker for an hour and a half (2 tankfuls and a line refill). An hour with the backpack blower and 2 hours mowing/bagging leaves.

Looked for the bird that left this imprint on our window... No sign of it so it must have survived impact... Or, it's a ghost a bit early for Halloween...

Hmmm. even with a slower reaction time, that thing hauls. I've made a few passes years ago down "The Asphalt Aisle" in the high 12 second range, but had an old Chevy 210 around me for safety. Going 11 or 12 seconds on such an open platform with a short wheelbase rocket is borderline insane.

Reminds me of my trip to Rochester to get the cardiac cath done. My wife is horrible with directions and city driving. Plus she grips the steering wheel with a death grip at 10 and 2 and never budges. She followed the ambulance and out the rear window I could see her "drafting" the ambulance. All the way thru the lane changes, can of worms ect. We get to the hospital and I asked the ambulance driver how fast he was going. He said 80! I laughed. My wife met me at the ER entrance white as a sheet!

Stay strong in the face of adversity Richard!!!

Aside from the cancel button the whole system is software. Nothing to replace.

Good afternoon. All WH sickle bars are basically the same design, except with the mounting as there are different models for different tractors. I’ve made quite a few posts about my sickle bar in the past and the one I recently got at the big show this past year. There are also a few members on here who are sickle bar pros and can tell you what models fit which tractors. Anyways, here are a couple pictures of what it should basically look like.

Looks like a PowerKing my uncle bought last year, but with better paint.

I got a plow frame out of the shed and it's leaning on a wall in the back shop. Still to nice out to be moutin snow eq.!

Never seen balance marks like that. Clean up the journal. Check it good for run out. I would see if a local shop could magnaflux it. I have my doubts it's still usable. I have a couple 321 cranks from broken engines that looked better I saved.

The volume of air pushed through by the Onans is, frankly, impressive. Consider also that two cylinders already need twice the air of a single!

The grinding marks facing us in this picture may be from initial production and balancing. IF the bearing surfaces clean up OK- it could be just fine.

Check with @Jake Kuhn - I purchased a NOS cross shaft from him for a similar deck a while back.. Another thought - that area can either be welded up & turned or cut for a sleeve... done right it should be good as new...

agreed. FWIW, Honda’s logic also looks at a long list of criteria when it’s deciding whether or not to shut off the engine. Brake pressure is one of them and I use that to game the system when I want the engines in my Hondas to stay on at a light I know is turning, I’m in traffic, etc. The Honda system isn’t particularly smooth, but it’s not too bad compared to the dozens of other cars I’ve had as rentals. Some of them feel like you’ve been rear ended when the engine wakes up. I think (not completely sure) that it also looks at the rate of change of the brake pressure when the pedal is being released to predict if the driver intends to allow the car to move. Very slowly ease off the brake and the engine stays shut down until threshold pressure is hit, back off fast and it lights up the engine even if I don’t release the brake all the way. They also look at demand for steering, battery charge, climate control settings, and if the engine is warmed up. I sometimes vacillate about whether I like the feature or not. I track my fuel economy fastidiously and it’s quite clear it makes a difference. I bought the same make and model vehicle two times in a row with essentially the only difference being this one has a different transmission that accommodates Start/stop and the last one didn’t. This one is getting 1 mpg better overall on the same driving loop as before. In 80000 miles, that’s 144 gallons better. I also appreciate the quiet when sitting at a light. The starters are rated for over 40000 cycles and I don’t keep a car forever, so this is worthwhile to me. Your mileage may vary Steve

Yea everything was clean - the tractor is in a barn a lot of stuff needs to come off to get to and into the blower shroud - checked as far back on the wires as I could - zero . 30 miles from home took everything I needed to get a points ignition back up - I had points and a plunger in my tool bag . Not near enough to tear the front of a tractor down . This is unchartered territory for me on a K series - do you know off the top of your head are those holes for the points and cap are tapped - checked the block had them - didn’t think to look for threads assumed they were … after I got home it hit me I may have thought wrong I have ignition wiring diagrams here for my 416 and C101 I’ll use those a reference and for the ignition switch # .

You are headed the right direction. Remove the dust plug and add points. You'll need a pushrod (likely can make one if you google it) for the cam lobe to activate the points. Then add a coil (internal resistor) and condenser. Then you'll need to rewire for coil ignition. That usually means a new key switch to work with coil ignition. Sounds like alot, but it isn't difficult. It's also usually cheaper than another magneto module if you can find it, and whether it's a good one or not is a gamble. Just an afterthought: on the bottom of the module, there is a single tab and connector. Did you clean it to see if it made a difference?

Good to see the attention to these traditional tools! My Dad was always building something and I was constantly drafted to help. Consequently, I got to do a lot of framing work. Wasn’t too keen at the time but I look back and realize what a gift all that training was. But getting back to hammers...I recently tried out both 16 and 20 oz hammers and marveled that I once could use either one productively and accurately for hours. Now my 12oz Dewalt and short sessions are the rule. My days of spending six hours with a splitting maul are probably also behind me. 🫢

Maybe something to take your mind away or not? Well a few months back, before the big show, I ended up with a gout attack that turned septic. The infection attacking some tissue that was aggravated by loose metal in my right ankle. Long of the short, lots of antibiotics, two surgeries my foot was saved and 3 months later, I am kind of walking again. My wife in the mean time is taking care of me and the kids chipping in on the yard work etc. Then it gets worse. My wife falls and breaks both legs, one ankle just cracked and the other in a fixator, more surgery and screws and plates. Just perfect timing I still could not walk. Can't drive, can't cook, can't can't can't wow. Through the grace of God, good kids, good friends and neighbors, we got through it. (At least my issue, she is still mending) Something ironic, the Dr. that operated on me also did her surgeries. When she was in the OR he came in and said, you know I been at this over a dozen years and this is the first husband and wife procedures I have done. He said he has done relatives but not a couple. I told him that we are going for the preferred customer tee shirts. He laughed and looked at the nurse and said, maybe we can have buy 4 and get the 5th surgery free? You know like the coffee punch cards!

Todays operation was a total success, pulse this morning was around 110 -125 and not very strong, now it is 60 +/- and very strong.

When I framed in the walls for my unfinished basement I did it all with screws. Hammers and i do not do well together.

Continued prayers on your behalf, and for your bride. Richard a pacemaker is probably a good thing, you'll be like the Energizer Bunny, you'll just keep going and going.

Continued prayers for you, your family and medical providers...

Praise the Lord for bringing you through the procedure in such great fashion. Who says prayer doesn't work!! When are you able to get back home? I'm so happy to hear this news.

I went looking for a decent reversible scoop, and saw this:

Mine does, too. The 48v “starter" battery’s only jobs are: a) spinning the engine at startup, 2) adding some noticeable torque at launch and acceleration, and 3) spinning the supercharger (when needed 😉). Charging is via brake-triggered regeneration. (I’ve wondered if there was ever any value in kicking a Kohler S/G to “starter” mode for a horsepower boost 🤣.) Everything else, e.g. ignition, electrics, and electronics, is off the 12v AGM.

Finished my front weight set today.

Mowed and chopped leaves with the 510-8 this afternoon.

In full disclosure, I took these pictures the other day to post in this thread. I had the 418-8 and 70’s vintage Cyclone spreader out to spread some lime. Last year before putting it away and giving it its usual cleaning, I put tire shine on the tires. Then I started to think? I wonder if anyone else is wacky enough to do that? 🤣🤣🤣🤣