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Finally finished Miss Daisy. Parts came under the cover of darkness. New key switch, fuel lines, fuel shutoff and grommet, used ammeter, changed the fluids 3 used tires and the patina treatment. Runs flawless. Didn't have to touch the carb at all, Belt rattles at low engine speed. Thinking of a new belt even though the old one looks ok and an idler pulley. On to the deck to see if I can salvage it and sell it as a unit.

When I first saw Dusty in the barn the first thing I did was to see if the engine would turn by hand. Barely!! Upon closer inspection the PTO pulley was stuck, the mule drive pulleys were stuck and the spindles were stuck. Yanking the deck off freed up all but the spindles. Using my old pitman arm puller and some spacers I was able to remove the blocks that the blades mount on I was able to dig out the farm Caa Caa that was binding things up. Got the tension slider working, So now it's off to Billy Bob the Welder for some patch work.

Here are some photos from the show. On our third day there and still probably only made it through half of the displays, vendors and swap meet area. Picked up a really straight hood for $5.00 in the consignment barn!

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother.

August 27, 1940, Bugs Bunny Debuts: The iconic character makes his official debut in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare.

One of my favorite Buggs Bunny episodes. https://www.supercartoons.net/cartoon/hillbilly-hare/

Elmer Fudd has not changed that much over the years, but the Wabbit has. Different facial featyres, different voice. But always the same Smartaleck Attitude!

What kind of things does a farmer talk about when he is milking cows? Udder nonsense!

None. The only thing I touched on the carb was look at the air filter.

Might have went through a couple tanks of gas trying to take in the Portland Tri-State show. More pictures in a separate post.

I used penetrol on a C101 I did a few months ago, I was very impressed with the result. What was left of the original paint was to the point it was turning loose in little chips, so I ended up using steel wool to apply the penetrol and smooth it out some, it was pretty messy

Again I mowed the Fire Stationwith the 312, ran it out of gas 3/4 of the way through. Then had to walk back to get my ATV and a gas can. My parents and I didn’t have any gas so I borrowed some from my brother. It's just far enough away to not want to drag a significantly full gas can that far. I finished up the Fire Station, and took my tractor home, then got the ATV, and saw a co worker who saw me go there with the tractor but not back Then he got the short version of events. just for the record, I thought, and still think it was kind of funny how it played out.

The solenoid is a switch. That switch is activated by electricity flowing from one of the small terminals to the other small terminal through a coil of wire inside the solenoid producing a magnetic field that pulls the switch closed. If the solenoid clicks that is because not enough electrical current is flowing through the magnet coil. This can be caused by bad battery or a loose or corroded connection from either of the small terminals which acts as a resistor thus reducing the voltage at the coil inside the solenoid. A pair of small jumper wires can be used for testing with one connected to each of the small terminals of the solenoid and one connected to the battery + and the other connected to the battery -. It doesn't matter which one connects to which terminal.

So close to being full, but having the bottom sump is great for circulation!

What did the groom say after he spent $500 to rent a limousine, then realized he had to hire the driver separately? “I spent all that money, and I have nothing to chauffeur it.”

Sounds like it could be an issue with the governor to me. I could be missing something here though.

Is yours also cable steer? Years back VinsRJ and his brother Matt found a cable steer RJ35 at the Zagray show. Think they paid something like $250 for it. Vin made a fiberglass hood like the prototype was and did an incredible job restoring it, pretty sure he did a Youtube video of it.

Or NAPA 257315

Tomorrow, I'll see if I can get some pictures that show the massive scale of the event. Garden tractors are only a small segment. Acres and acres of swap meet vendors, antique tractors, hit and miss engines, food vendors, consignment barn...

My "Shelf of Shame."

I’ve seen two B&S engines with oil pumps fail from low oil. Years apart, but both were mowing sideways on sloped lawns so probably the oil intakes lost contact with the low oil in the sump. My guess in both cases is that from the point where the oil level stopped providing adequate lubrication until part seizure was a minute or so. In both cases I saw, the engines had been running around 10 minutes from startup but had transitioned from level to slope only a minute or so before seizing.

That might be pushing height extremes a little bit That would explain why I see a lot of fiberglass antennas that say they have a copper coil wrapped around them

My 416-H has almost 1800 hours. No engine problems other than the normal carburetor stuff. That 16hp Onan is more reliable in the valve seat department than the 20hp in my opinion. As far as the muffler, keep an eye on eBay, or contact Lincoln at A to Z, or some of our other vendors. You could also place a want ad in the classified section.

I've always wanted to show a before and after comparison with Penetrol. So I gave Dusty the B-80 the business. Before: After:

I mowed and weed wacked the Fire Station again and helped My brother Nat the third oldest of my three brothers, move some of his stuff to store in my parents house. I did run out of gas with the tractor though so at least it wasn't that monotonous.

Something doesn't make sense to me. Is the battery fully charged? You can also verify grounds by checking for continuity between those ground contacts and the negative terminal on the battery.

You can call me anything you want, just don't call me late for dinner...

Farmers earn a meager celery, come home beet and just want to read the pepper, turn-ip the covers, en-dive into bed!

Back in my Chevy garage days our shop foreman had this long honkin CB antenna on the roof of his pick up. He thought he was better than us so he ate his lunch at 1:00. He would sit in his truck and talk on the CB. We always played jokes on each other so one day me and another guy came back from lunch and I had a banana peel to toss out. I climbed into the back of the truck pulled his antenna down and stuck the peel on the end and gently let it straighten out. Then waited for him to see that peel on his antenna.

PA Folks, let's get some horses at the Nittany Antique Machinery show this year! There is usually only a handful of horses there and they belong to me! This years feature is IH so show out and bring a different kind of red! Dry camping is available on site on a first come first served basis. See the link for more details. https://www.nittanyantique.org/

We're waiting for them

The tree guys were highly impressed. My cart is rated up to 700 lbs and we got close on a couple of loads but the 854 seemed to be asking “Is that all? Let’s use 3rd gear!”

Or else to the most unreachable spot in the shop. Yep.

3/8" X 32" Cogged Rubber Edge Gates 7315

Smoke em if you got em.

Every married man should forget his mistakes, there's no use in two people remembering the same thing.

Farm or no farm Mike that is a keeper. I have had a few 4 and 8 speeds. Liked every one.

A little off topic, but I started this thread anyway

Added some liquid ballast and installed some new front wheel bearings on “Vince” the 1257. Installed some thrust bearings on front spindles also. Did improve ease of steering.

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.

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.

Thinking this may be a topic that a lot of us can relate to. I myself had a few friends that had both but myself only cars. I have a few pics here of the 70 Chevelle SS installing the 402/ 396 back into where it belongs. The 2 friends that are looking at the engine are 2 very good friends, the one on the left at that time owned an original 1971 Nova SS 350 4 speed 3.73 rear that I found for him in a local add from the original owner and the other friend has a 1967 Chevelle SS with a 427 Aluminum head engine 4 speed 4.88 rear. Unfortunately both are no longer with us and the 67 still sits in his garage with no future. I think of them every day and remember the fun we had with all 3 cars lined up. I have pics of both just need to locate them . My brother in law is the one to the far right and the one bent over taking care of the engine mount bolts and has owned my baby since 1999. Enjoy.

I have not said a word to my wife in over a year. I figure it would be rude to interrupt.

Built an offbrand Lego set of the 4014 that I got off of Amazon the other day. Even in Lego this thing is huge. Putting it next to the Lego '59 Chevy I got for Easter, its about the same scale factor as in real life so that's a pretty cool coincidence

This is the 36” on my Raider. It’s even quieter than the 32” on my Suburban. You can just make out the sound from the gears with my phone next to them. I hardly notice a difference when i engage the PTO when I’m sitting on the seat. IMG_2165.mov

Figure out how you can measure 12 volts DC (Direct Current). Your meter may show 100VDC which just means it will measure up to 100 volts. Ground the negative wire to a good chassis ground or battery negative. Now with the red test lead follow the power from the battery to the solenoid checking for battery voltage into each switch and out of each switch. There are notes in the schematic showing the state of the switches - operator in seat, pto off as examples. You are testing the start circuit so you may need a helping hand to hold the ignition switch in the start position. Notice the start relay gets it's power directly from battery + on a purple wire. The rest of the circuit controls what the start relay does. Wired like this so the start relay gets maximum power via a short cut without going through all the safety switches. Keep us posted on what you find and help will walk you through it.

I love bringing my great niece and nephew to Cruise Nights in my custom built Hot Rods. These beauties gather more attention then any other cars at the shows. Sadly they have out grown them and now sit around collecting dust now.

YES!!!!!!!!!! Way to go @JCM not sure why I didn’t start a thread like this a few years back but I’ll gladly participate. These are a few that are currently in our family... My ‘69 GTO that most on here are familiar with. Dad’s ‘67 GTO. Both of these cars we restored as father/son projects years ago. My Cousins 1980 Bandit T/A with 454 BBC and Tremec TKO600 I’ll add some of the cars that we’ve let slip through our fingers later on when I have time to dig out the pics... can’t wait to see what the other guys post...

I built this '48 Ford F1 street rod in 1987 and have put a little over 100,000 miles on it since, still going strong.