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May 9, 1964, the great Louis Armstrong, age 63, broke the Beatles’ stranglehold on the U.S. pop charts with the #1 hit “Hello Dolly.” Following the ascension of “I Want to Hold Your Hand” to #1 in early February, the Beatles held the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for three and a half solid months—longer than any popular artist before or since. But just when it seemed that no homegrown act would ever stand up to the British invaders, one of the least likely American stars imaginable proved himself equal to the task: jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong.

I already have a wife

Today was our local clean up day and they take tires so I took up all of our tires that we nolonger needed. The trailer is a 6 by 12 to give scale to how many tires we had

Made another blackberry / rhubarb pie. Much better than the strawberry / rhubarb.

Headlights from the approaching patrol car will illuminate it.

Added a little bling to the fan shroud on the 520H. Wheel Horse head insert looks more at home than the Toro one.

My flight outa Guam headed to Hawaii this morning didn’t go well and we had to do a u-turn out over the ocean for an electrical burning smell. Stuck in the Guam airport now for awhile (maybe another whole day ) Looking out the window of the United Airlines lounge and I’m staring at this airport tug and thinking how cool would it be to own one of these. Who’s got one?? Imagine it shot red with linen beige wheels @wallfish…and it’s got TWO seats !!

New to me c-100 came with mower deck in pretty good shape.runs a little choppy but fired right up. Paid 400 bucks. Met a guy threw here and once I heal up from surgery I do believe she'll have a plow for her too.

Sounds to me like someone is really bored ...

I wonder if one could fab up a suitable hitch on one for a plow and take it to a plow day?

Stator disconnected, mounting bolts out and oil draining. I'm going to pull the filler tube and turn it over for balance gear removal...new one for me but I trust this is the time to git'er done.

Get one! You could cruise me around at the shows while I bark out backseat driver commands at ya! LOL

Sometimes you luck out. I got this one from @RJ Hamner I think there was a tree growing in there too. Put a sip of gas in it and a new battery and fired right up and sounded great. The 8 speed needed taken apart and cleaned up but it turned out good. Turned out good but a ton of work.

Interesting to see how Wheel Horse tried to adapt to the changing times. 1968 Charger 9 model 1-7931 1968 Charger 9 model 1-7932 1968 Charger 12 model 1-7231 1968 Commando 6 model 1-4631 1968 Commando 7 model 1-3731 - Export model made in USA with horizontal shaft 1968 Commando 8 model 1-4831 Not obvious until you see them in a list like this. In 1969 the 4th digit changed from a 3 to a 4. (Add 5 to the 4th digit to get the model year) (A bit later they subtracted 5 from the added -6th digit to get the model year.

I neve did understand "NEW MATH", now I know where it started.

Wasn’t really sure what I would end up with on this 125.00 314H and 48” Blade. First was a good scrubbing after installing a temporary spindle and front tires. Then some fresh gas and battery. With fingers crossed and a few shots of carb cleaner it came to life. Motor sounds good and the hydro seems strong. Next up will be new filters, fluids, belt, spark plug. Still need to find the correct right front spindle. I’m a happy camper with this one.

I guess my question is why was it disassembled? internal issues? Might want to post some pics of the wear parts and see if the boys can spot some issues. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out which axle goes in which case by how the differential sits in the cases.

Mike, are you still in Guam time?

Another small win. The drive pulley came off with little fight.

Pic of 520H with the new led head lights on that I finally got a chance to install .

Worked on my trailer yesterday. Bought it in 2019 and the powder coat immediately started peeling off just the fenders. So I scraped all the coating off, sanded primed and painted each one. checked bearings today and had to snug them up some. Aired up the tires and lubed the moving parts of the hitch, jack, and gate. Had to relocate the license plate because I stepped on the back of the trailer and the front came up, back went down and snapped my license plate holder off the taillight. 😡. Now it’s mounted to the ramp sans light. Today I had to mow, waited a bit for grass to dry. While I waited I changed the mower drive belt on my Timecutter HD. There were 3 cracks in the old one that I noticed on spring maintenance. Very easy to do, just needed my spring hook to release the tension spring. Now I don’t have a belt squeak when turning the pto on. Tension spring has more tension on it too.

The D series had the notch in them for the valve stem, because the stem was on the outside of the wheel, whereas the C series it is on the inside.

I figured I’d kill two stones with one bird. Front end Friday and Side shot Saturday, and seat time. But I did it just in time to have it start raining.

Drive her to the mailbox. So long as she gets occasionally exercise she will be happy.

953 nut, thank you!!! It was the purple wire that was bad. We made a bypass wire with a new diode and it works perfectly. For anyone with the same issue, Kohler makes a kit, part number, 25 755 31-S. Thanks again to all of you for helping me troubleshoot and resolve the issue.

The WW-93 weights for a 953 / 1054 / GT-14 go for $ 300 a set or more, a bit over $ 1.60 a pound.

In 8th grade, as “New Math” was being introduced, our math teacher was pragmatic--she taught the full-year “old” curriculum for the first term and the full-year “new” curriculum for the second. Acknowledging my eccentricity, I enjoyed it all!

I split the first gear to see how that would go and it didn't split all the way through so I ended up driving the pins. I think that's the better way to do it.

Sounds like the "Logic" the kids brought home from school, that they wanted help with. I never figured it out

Excellent, the weights off a D-series is 1/2 the price you paid

He ran out of potato chips!

Mike, you had the prefect foundation to create a tug from about a year and a half ago and got rid of it. That C-185 ELEC-TRAK with two seats would be the same look and it would be a .

Just keep in mind that's technically incorrect, at least here in Maine & Massachusetts. The plate must be illuminated.

Don. That is a great worker. Nice job on the cleanup. With 14 hp you can do a lot of work. It. I say just enjoy it. Keep it clean around the engine work it every day that you can.

Not at all confusing!

I got a seat from @76c12091520h a couple years ago at the Big Show and it was easy to modify to fit. Here's the link:

Moved some stuff out of the garage and took a sneak peak picture of a soon to be completed project:

Spent the weekend doing a little fishing. Managed to limit out on trout Fri, Sat, & Sun. Mostly Brown trout & a couple Rainbow's. After this mornings catch they all took an 8hr bath in some brine in preparation for the smoker. I keep one smoker just for fish. Built this one several years ago out of a small electric water heater. Steam pan inside helps keep the meat moist. After 2.5hrs at 185 degrees.

'73. 16 Auto 76. C-160

Had that trouble before myself. On the last one I did, I also just drove to top pin until the hole was plugged and ground the excess off flush as you did. Pounding on that cast iron just doesn't do any good for these engines. You did it right!

I've seen cast iron C series weights sell for $300

A very impressive project. Enjoyed reading and double your thank you to @ebinmaine. He provide me with some much need measurements when I did an engine swap.

Garry very interesting info. They made models for the working man that he could afford and pass it down to his grandkids. Nice post stay safe everyone.

I have those seats listed in my ( K & B Horse Parts ) vendor section of the classifieds.....check your bolt pattern

The Roof was sold to Ben last fall at the Zag show. Now I need to depend on @Sparky so I'm expecting to be disappointed. LOL That is until the new to me truck project gets moving.

That has sat outside for a while. Unless you have to have it I'd spend the Franklin on a nice steak instead!

Ok, trailer is ready. Practically I used 90% old or stashed material, except a few steel pieces or paint. I have regular 4x8 trailer,but I had to add more character to my tractor. Smaller dump trailer add some flavor to it 😁and I'm sure it could handle ~ 800-900 pounds easy. I look forward to it, however trailer tires are weak spot for that weight

I still have my certificate for completion of the Peterson Penmanship Test. I used the classic over the top left hand to draw the cursive letters. Later when it became necessary to take notes during lectures, I had to switch to a faster method moving the left hand below the line and using a combination of cursive and print letters in Ed Dogs shorthand. Still use this today.

Looks like several here are ambidextrous and I fit into that catagory. I eat with my left (or right as needed) Write with my right. (School teacher made sure that happened--to which my writing is awful thus I print most everything.) Was last to be chosen on sandlot baseball. I throw left handed and only gloves available went on that hand. Team leaders didn't like me to catch a ball, take off glove then throw. Drive a nail with hammer in either hand Took banjo lessons-only mediocre player -later decided I should have had left handed banjo. Now with dupuytren's contracture, the banjo just sits in the closet. I'd say 60% right and 40% left. I know one thing, I had a terrible time when someone said "turn right" or "turn left" for years. I had to remind myself "I write with my right and eat with my left." I also wear watch on right hand.