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Can't say enough about then ICON magnetic mat from my favorite haunt Horror Fright! Super handy when tearing down a tractor. Bolts, parts, tools stick to it so things don't go bye bye and won't harm the paint on @WHX?? and @Achto's trailer queens! Not cheap at 25 clams but worth it in my book! https://www.harborfreight.com/large-magnetic-tool-pad-attaches-to-toolboxes-fenders-and-doors-11-in-x-9-in-mat-holds-ratchets-wrenches-and-sockets-70077.html

August 25, 1962, a diminutive, 17-year-old singer named Eva Narcissus Boyd scored her first and only #1 pop hit with “The Loco-Motion.” Her success certainly came from her abundant talent and a great capacity for hard work, but it was helped along by being in the right place at the right time. Eva Boyd was newly arrived in New York City from her native North Carolina and looking for work when a neighbor in Brooklyn pointed her toward the job that would end up changing her life: working as a nanny for a young, professional Manhattan couple. It just so happened that the couple looking for a new babysitter were Gerry Goffin and Carole King, future members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 2, a diminutive, 17-year-old singer named Eva Narcissus Boyd, Little Eva, scored her first and only #1 pop hit with “The Loco-Motion.” Her success certainly came from her abundant talent and a great capacity for hard work, but it was helped along by being in the right place at the right time. Eva Boyd was newly arrived in New York City from her native North Carolina and looking for work when a neighbor in Brooklyn pointed her toward the job that would end up changing her life: working as a nanny for a young, professional Manhattan couple. It just so happened that the couple looking for a new babysitter were Gerry Goffin and Carole King, future members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Me and the neighbor loaded a few of them up and took them to Portland, IN antique engine and tractor show. Spent the better part of the day riding around the swap meet area and picking up a few things along the way. Only managed to cover about half of the swap meet area and one pass through the antique engine area. Huge event and it doesn't even officially open until Wednesday.

About 9:20 tonight Mrs. P and I finished the mud work! She helped a ton!

Nothing special, but I moved a couple out to the barn until the house is done. It was nice to drive them around for a bit. You can see some of the debris pile behind the 523H. The contractor has removed over a dozen tandem dump truck loads so far.

He's been on several watch lists for years related to his unnatural accumulation of tractor parts... something about manipulating the market...

The long flight (United Airlines) came in just a bit quicker at 15 hours and 35 minutes in the air…set my stopwatch on my phone . The next and final leg across Australia is with Quantas and is just over 4 hours.

Flat or semi gloss black on the tower parts. Flat is more forgiving later if you have to touch up here and there from scratches too. The more gloss, the more blemishes will show up. Personally, flat looks better to me.

I'd like to have Glen Miller and the Army Air Force Band's version of Flyin' Home played at my funeral - LOUDLY.

That’s some serious mileage you’re covering.

I'm happy to report that the Meeha Mirror is doing exceptionally well. She's healing faster and better than the E/R doc expected. Trina's been experimenting with taking two of the three meds away. There was some on n off there because of obvious pain & discomfort but the dog 🐕 is now off meds except prednisone. That'll be a few more weeks in the downgrading process. She's still severely restricted in allowable movement. No jumping. No running. Indoors she's kept quiet and in limited space so she can't run. Outdoors she's always leashed. This routine keeps up until the end of September at minimum.

Another ski bench finished up... Trash picked skis and bench sides / back...

Just to give you an idea of the matte look, this black hood was done in matte. I think the 520 hoods had a bit more shine, like the guys said semi gloss or even gloss. Most of the old 520 hoods I have had, the paint job from the factory was chincy and rubbed though and faded.

Hello everyone. I have not falling off the face of the earth just yet and have been working on the old C120 that I got from my Grandfather years ago. I didn't really use it much as the old K301 was leaking and very worn out. So, I just let it sit in the barn for a long time. Well I got to thinking lately and I was like it time to get it going again. So I took it to work and stuck it in my work bay to get me working on it. To start we need to do something with the engine. Well, one of my co workers had a good shape K321 from a Cub Cadet. So, they was the first thing to do. (The first two photos of of it mocked up.) Once it was secured, I had to redo the whole wiring harness from scratch. The old one melt at some point and I figured it wouldn't hurt to wire it up correctly. I even used different color wires!!! ( I know right! HAHA) Next was the old 48in mower deck. Yes this deck is used to cut my neighbor's 3 acre horse pasture. So the deck will not need to cut pretty, just handle large tall growth compared to a normal yard. So I welded a rebar for the bottom front to help keep it from loosing its shape. I also replaced the old worn out original blades with some gator G6 blades. (They were a huge bear to drill out the hold from 5/8 to 3/4. That metal is super tough.) I also had some wheels hanging around that I have been wanting to use for a project, so I made them fit for this one. They look and seem to work so much better than the factor rear wheels. After that came the front bumper. I got this sub compact tractor bumper for free 5 years ago that i wanted to mount on the wheel horse. Well it finally happened and now it looks great! It will protect the front of the tractor from the brush and other whatnot in the field I will be mowing, plus it looks cool. What I did was use some scrap metal, welded the bumper to it and then bolts this to the front of a mule drive. The mule drive still works as it should and the hood even opens enough for me to refuel the the mid gas tank and check the oil. Final thing I wanted to do was add a secondary fuel tank to the tractor as the center tank only last about one hour or so in heavy mowing. The field is a 5 min tractor ride from my house and i do not want to keep stopping and walking back over or riding over. I found a scrap fuel tank and welded up a bracket, bolted it under the seat back feet. Then plumbed up some hoses to a valve that is mounted on the dash. Turn it left and it turns on the center tank and turn it right it turns on the rear tank. I think it works pretty well and I was surprised it all fit behind the center tank under the dash. I fixed the oil leak at the PTO input shaft on the transmission with a new seal. I also notice the right wheel hub has a wobble to it. So I got the hub off, and use some JB weld with a key trick in the key hole. The hole was a little worn and the key wasn't sitting in perfectly. Now its all snug as a bug. What's left is the drive pulley to get here and then I can put on the PTO clutch. Then the side cover plate and right foot rest for a test drive. All should be good. Oh, and the drive pulley will be the hydro one sleaved down to 1in so I can still have faster 2nd gear. Overall I'm very please with how this project came out and I hope it will do as I want. Mow the field in heavy growth conditions. Thank you everyone for the inspiration and I hope you all have a great day!

Send the jet to pick me up, please. I’ll be waiting...

That looks nicer than the magnetic trays I have scattered all over my garage and can't find half of

@Stan50 here you go , this is what I do .combined that with , total related bearing , clean out and re grease , LUCAS ,XTRA HD , GREEN CHASSIS GREASE , 550 deg flash point , polyurea rated , stays with it , spindle bearings , all belt pulley bearings / nuel drive set up , pto lever start , improvement , ERADICATE REPEDITIVE ISSUES , PETE

Convinced by @peter lena, I cut the baffles out, and did some minor repairs. I hope that will extend life of the deck and shorten cleaning time for sure.

My baffles removed themselves one day while mowing. One side fell down, dug into the ground and stopped me dead in my tracks. Had to back it up all the way to the shop to remove the rest. Those big clods of grass that built up at the baffle intersections would have rotted the deck out.

Thanks every one for there comments. Dockwheelhorse had an 8 hp yank engine i put in for now. This will be a winter project.

You have a gift of turning junk into workable and functional parts. I wish I had half your talent.

Fellow approached me at the Steam Pageant. Said he has a B-80 sitting in a barn that needs a home. Hadn't used it in years Well it's crusty, dusty and poopy. Shot tires but I have spares in the parts dept. Can't believe the seat is nice! Gonna get that off and hit the tractor with Dawn Power Wash and let it get rained on. Got to de- mouse the engine before going inside. Center spindle on deck needs work but the shell looks solid!

That is good news Eric. I hope you can find a good engine to put in there or have that one rebuilt. Keep me in the loop.

Mike I would do what Mike said. These parts are easley to get. And if you can I would find ethanol, free gas. Just go online and type in ethanol free gas stations in my area. I believe there’s a few sites that has with phone numbers that you can call. You’ll be much better off. It doesn’t eat way at the rubber of the fuel line. I hope all goes well. Keep us in the loop.

thanks guys, nice looking tractors.

I got all the piping complete, then it was time to backfill!

Glad to hear that Eric!👍🏻

Taking 4 flights tomorrow to get to the other side of the world. The longest trip I’ve ever taken, one flight is 16 hours in the air. And this came in the mail today, great timing! Some good reading material! Wish it had a WH on the cover but that’s fine.

Morbidly, I’ve started a folder to blunt the “He would’ve liked...” hypotheses. If it’s in there, I liked it. On the other hand, I won’t be there to hear or see whatever goes on so maybe I don’t care!?

@ebinmaine That’s great news. Glad to hear it!

I will give you this @WHX?? famous quote "good enough for the girls we go out with"

Why did the cabbage win the race? Because it was ahead!

Decided to exercise my Elec-Trak this morning. Needed to remove the deck from its storage cart, and used the Roper with the front mount boom. After installing the deck I mowed about half the back yard. The grass was still wet with dew but I had a narrow window of opportunity. The wife has a doctors appointment this morning. Which is where I am going now. Not bad for 53 years old.

One of the valves is loose in the engine. The keepers were sitting right below it. Also, the cylinder bore looks extremely rough. I have several other options for engines on that tractor. A couple different Kohler 8 HP engines. And yesterday evening I was thinking about the possibilities of installing a Briggs & Stratton 8 HP that was originally on my grandfather's snowblower and now sits on one of Trina's tractors. That will be coming off, because she has the correct engine for that one now.

Had a couple of my favorites out of the shop so I could cut some lumber. Looked too good to not snap a shot. You can see that the weather hasn't been kind to my grass this year.

A useless tractor. Personally I would avoid it, but that’s just me.

Pulled the shroud. Can't believe there is no mouse nest! There is some creative wiring with a push pull switch feeding the coil. ( Did I mention this came from a farm?) Got it to spin over. The clutch switch still works! It has compression and spark and tried to fire on carb cleaner.

I have a 1/4" diamond steel plate 42" x 48" that you could used for a ramp. You just have to come get it.

I’d start hitting that seat with some vinyl conditioner massaging it in with latex gloves on. I did that with the barn find C-101 I bought last year and it worked well.

It's a 76 which matches the year of my C160

Update: so I corrected the mower deck and now it seems to have a blade height of 4.25in at slot 5. So I’m pleased. Slot ; is about 3.75 or so. I also removed the second set of blades and are just running the gator g6 blades as I felt with the x blade setup the rpm would only go to about 3200rom with the mow deck on and without the second set it will go to about 3460rpm. So clearly the engine was just about maxed out with spinning the dual set of blades and that’s even with it not driving the hydro. I do think there is a difference in power with this deck on my c160 hydro. Which I figured I would t notice due to one being an 8speed and the other a hydro. It’s interesting. well thank you all for reading about my latest project. It was fun sharing.

Nope completely original!

I put this on my tall chute a while back. Mounted this way the 6" stroke is spot on. The control is mounted in a pvc handy box with a magnet. The directional crank works just fine for me.

Looks like a nicely done transplant besides the voltage regulator proximity to fuel tank spring. I would leave it the way it is if it where me unless I was needing the little 8 fer some other project and had the proper Kohler to slide back in its place. No way would I replace a Kohler with a horror freight motor, tecky maybe but not a Kohler.

Oh! Yes I definitely would like to see that S/G stay in. I love the sound of those.

I should clarify "proper type". I mean get the S/G out and use a later model smaller starter. That said, I'd really rather see it left as is and insulated.

Well Here is my fully gutted motor and transmission rj58. Got it when i was a kid and i got it done in 2015. Slow progress. LOL She is super perdy! I dont get her out much. I have pushed snow 1 time to say i have! I also have a deck and plow. but the deck and plow need restored.