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I haven't named any of my tractors, even if I thought of a good name. Nothing against it at all. It's just that I can barely keep all my kid's names in my mind so I'm just trying not to confuse myself...

January 12, 1966 "Batman", starring Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin, and Cesar Romero as The Joker, debuts on ABC.

Forgot to post this one from last month.

I found a good trick for getting the gas out of a float. Seal the float in a container to keep the smell in and put it in a freezer for an hour or so. Remove it from the freezer, position the hole so that it is down, and heat the float up with an electric heat gun or hair drier. The temperature change will force the gas out of the float. It may take few cycles of this but it does work very well.

I may have to reverse that and call the other one Colossus II. Given the time frame you know......

Colossus II

The Facet pumps have an internal circuit breaker None of the pumps draw more than 4-5 amps most less. Fuse size should be based on wire gauge. If you use 16ga i would use 10 amp fuse make your connection to the "+" terminal on the coil

the left handle and the clutch pedal are on and add rubber pieces were your feet set next thing is getting the engine together and on the frame and the fenders and the pan painted gas tank mounted on the hood and both of them painted too a lot of work to go still

I actually made the pin hole a bit bigger with a dental pick. Then just shook the gas out and set it in a warm place to evaporate out. Soldered up good to go. Edit: I thought it was the 702 ... be dammed if I can find those pics ...

That shouldn’t matter..you think your the only Eric? Or me the only Mike? Clyde is still my choice …. Now make it happen

We had names for vehicles in the army.. It was a two part name ending in truck. The first word was dependent on the trucks situation, stuck, or broke down, needing a lot of maintenance, cleanliness, etc. Unfortunately none of the first words are allowed here If the truck was broke down and stuck at the same time additional lead in names would be applied.

We have been having some awesome sunrises and sunsets in Indiana too! But the moons the last three months have also been very bright and beautiful!

29* @ 7:15 this AM

Eric @ebinmaine made me do it... He has another thread adding reduction steering to his C series, and it reminded me that I had all the parts to add reduction steering but didn't when I originally built the 523-H. I have 3 tractors with the 520 front axle, but none had reduction steering. This tractor has 18 inch front wheels, and though it steers pretty easily, it's the best candidate for the upgrade. I also had an issue with my hydro foot pedal. It binds up with about 1/8 inch of the last travel in the cam, which is quite a bit of the top end speed. I thought maybe this transmission was just a little slow, but now I'm not so sure. Regardless, I've got some tweaking to do on the rear end as well. So now I've taken this tractor almost back to the frame. No chance of getting that lower steering shaft swapped without removing the engine. That and the hydro linkage work mean almost a full tear down. It looks sad! First thing I noticed is that although the upper steering shaft is shorter than the original, it is still 1.5 inches taller are the steering wheel. I had planned to add about 3 inches anyway, because the wheel is just too low. I assumed it being shorter meant the wheel would be in the same place... Also, the bellcrank for the belly hitch comes very close the the back of the gear reduction base. It almost touches it at full down. Anybody else seen this with reduction steering 520-H tractors? Anyway. It'll be a few days before I get this back together. I'm gonna add a bearing at the top below the steering wheel and a few other tweaks, but it's nice to be tinkering again!

THE WHEELINATOR

Here are the two. Shorter with reduction steering. Regular steering.

Engine oil used. I added 1.6 liters of oil. I have already installed a Motorcraft FL-400S filter on the engine. This filter seems to meet all the required specs and should be decent quality. Also cheaper than the NAPA gold filter. Ready to add fluid to hydro. There is around 3.5 liters of oil in this jug. Funnel used to add fluid to hydro. Funnel installed into hydro dipstick tube. Note that the filter not installed yet so air can escape to aid in fluid flow into hydro. After I added the 3.5 liters of oil I am now ready to install the filter. Hydro filter ready to install. Hydro filter gasket lightly oiled. Hydro filter installed. I then cranked over the engine with the choke and throttle wide open and spark plugs not installed so it cranks as easy as possible I cranked the engine until the oil light went out indicating oil filter was filled and engine was getting oil pressure. Also while cranking I activated the hydraulic lift up and down to purge air out of that system I then pushed the foot pedal forward and reverse to bleed air out of the hydro motor while cranking. Seems like a lot of cranking but this went quickly and starter never got hot. After this I checked fluid levels and just had to add maybe 1/4 liter of oil to hydro and engine oil is perfect.

↑ Same bat post?

I did that as well on a couple of my 520's Drill out to 1-3/8 then you can use a regular wheel horse front wheel bearing as the steering bearing. Works very smooth with no play.

Yes, the lift bellcrank is slightly shorter on the reduction steering models. I found that out the hard way also.

IT&T International Telegraph and Telephone also owned this company, Mackay Radio. From this location not far from where I live was a major communications station sending many telegraph messages during World War Two and operating until sometime in the late seventies. I remember the many super tall telephone poles that were still standing up until the early nineties on this property that was a couple hundred acres. The buildings were torn down in the early eighties. As kids we would climb up onto the roof of one of the buildings to see the ocean approximately 5 miles away. It was before my time but as a kid I remember the old timers talking about the important roll it played in its heyday. Now because of its high elevation and water views it is mostly high end homes. I’m not sure that date of this photo, it belonged to my cousin and I thought it was so cool that I took a picture of it!

Na na Nana na na na na Batman!

Holy Anniversary Batman!!!

Battery tray and drain tube ready to install. Battery drain tube sat into place and slid into clip under tractor. Battery tray sat into place. Battery drain tube connected to battery tray. I heated it a bit with a hair dryer to help it slide on easier. Battery drain tube clipped into place under tractor. Battery hold down assembly ready to install. Battery hold down rods have rubber sleeves installed so the rods don't slip down out of place when not connected to the battery hold down. These are just pieces of rubber vacuum tubing. Battery hold down rods hooked into place on each side of battery tray. Battery ready to install. Battery clamped into place. Battery terminal hardware ready to install. Battery installed.

Now just wait a bat minute. Same bat time, same bat channel.

The ambulance in the picture is a 1960 Impala wagon, so I would guess 1960 to maybe '65

Pullstart reminds me of a certain girl in HS, he really gets around! I'm already looking forward to the Wed night tailgate of knowledge get together. Those little friendship type things are why the BS is important to many of us.

I don’t know much about the hoods, I would have thought your’s would have had one. I have a ‘51 Economy with the Husco hydraulic lift.

Ya know we really shouldn't talk about Wallfish like that in front of him ...

I have a pile of floats. I could send you one.

Could it be called the first ever “text message”?

Throttle knob ready to install. I like the T style knobs the best. Hair dryer used to heat knob for easier installation and so knob does not crack. This little hair dryer is used a lot in the shop whenever I feel the heat gun might cause damage. Block of wood and dead blow hammer used to tap knob into position. Throttle knob installed.

@Achto or @WHX??

Ship one to @kpinnc.

There around 900 billionaires in the US, and not one of those losers has decided to become...

Joe

Mules are a mix of two breeds so I get the nod to the mixed ancestry. Shire is a single breed of workhorse. Mixed metaphor there. Consider stepping away from straining the “hybrid” motif and just choosing a short name derived from one of the best strong horses? Dutch, Perch, Belge, Dale? Or go further afield... Many consider the Grizzly Bear the most flexible of large mammals--smart, powerful, adaptable. Grizzle indicated a mix of gray and brown/black hair (though Grizzle has also come to mean “whiney”, sigh). Puha is a Cherokee word for strength. Adriel: Navajo name meaning "he is strong” (or derivations Galadriel or Andriel from LOTR) Winyan: Lakota name meaning “she is strong" Robus (short for robust or robustus (Latin)

Uh-oh... As part of my exploration of all things Bob Weir this morning, I discovered this: Grateful Dead : Free Music : Free Live Music : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive I may be out of the RedSquare office for a while. R.I.P. Bobby, and thank you!

We talked about this bearing and bracket, though I would send the picture any way.

PA Farm Show.

I have this Economy Jim Dandy that I bought in 1985 when I was 15 years old. I used to drive it around the neighborhood as it was quite a bit faster than my Work Horse. It has been in my basement now for 29 years. Occasionally I take out the spark plug and drip some Marvel Mystery Oil in the hole, and spin it over by hand. This is the only tractor that I own that is not a Wheel Horse. I’d like to sell it because I realize that I’m not going to restore or even use it. I also have the mower deck for it. I’m not sure of the exact year, but I think it’s early 60’s ?

A "Brass Flotilla??", Mike?

I figured I should get in a ride while the getting is good because of the uncertain weather conditions nowadays. I used the Side x Side to pack roughly 6 '' of snow on the ground. The 418-A is my mowing tractor and it's nice to get behind the wheel with no mower deck and wind it up some. This was on Thursday after lunch.

Added my own tweak on the park brake. Modified a thumb throttle lever from an ATV... Pressed in a steel bushing for a little more strength. Works great. Brake is set in the pic, hence the nose up position.

Found I had a leaky o-ring on the rear lift cylinder hose, spent a few minutes replacing it. Really I just wanted an excuse to put up another picture of this thing because I like it so much... It's a bleeping beast! Forgive the dumb thumb in the corner.

Hose routing will be simple.

Interesting how many people say that. I'm well aware I ain't quite right but I find building a simple tractor harness to be quite relaxing. Mind you we run no safeties in our older machines and there's only about 10 wires... Very nice work so far. I'm sure the wiring will be as well.