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Took a little stroll on the 701 and snapped this pic.

Mountain Man breakfast this AM. Eggs, deer scrapple, home fries and onions.

I've almost finished the wife's bicycle. Just waiting on parts for the rear brakes.

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=Capitol+Reef+National+Park+Sunset&mid=E35E92FC3E8498291DDCE35E92FC3E8498291DDC&churl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fchannel%2fUC5WKuKecClO1oedTJhkEmBQ&FORM=VIRE we have done a lot of this , pacific west also , irony is , its difficult to refer to someone that has never traveled , EX arizona / utah border at sunset , mexican hat utah , you literally watch the color transformations . magical , pete / terry

Hosted a teen activity for our church at our home last night. This young lady (a friend of @Edward Teach) had never driven a genuine garden tractor before. What better one than JackRabbit? it was fun to end the night of activity with a time of devotions around the bonfire finishing with S’mores…

September 26, 1905 Physics journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein's paper "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies"; later considered his special theory of relativity.

Got em all out for some air and vitamin D...

During my daily chores, I took out and snapped a pic of the ol 1257.

Have a Great Day Bill And, thanks again for the 420-LSE Project

New axle and brake seal on the C-125. The hub puller I bought from a member here worked like a charm!!! Thanks @Blue Chips!!! Ordering axle seal for the B-80. Had to remove chains from the C-125 plow mule... they were rubbing in a few spots... Ran them all around the hood to give them some exercise...then they posed for a quick pic...

Patched up a couple seats. Used some liquid repair type stuff and some vinyl with sticky on back, both came from the jungle site and seems to work great. IDK how long or tough it will be but at least I aint leaving a trail of foam everywhere they go.

"I thought I made a mistake once...... but I was wrong"

4WD selector fork done. first test IMG_4343.mov IMG_4510.mov

I remove the in tank screens and depend on a good in line filter.

That sucks... Take it easy!!! Make sure BBT gets all your work done...

I never made a mistake, but I eliminated a lot of things that I never did again.

Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love, and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.

Looking into the tank at the screen is misleading. I looked at one that seemed fine. but when I pulled it out there was a thin coating of gunk

Wild stuff! I saw a corvette on the crusher at the local scrap yard a couple months back. They said they process more than you’d think! Most are totaled from a fire.

Have a Great Day

Maybe try taking the gas cap off the next time it does this, some people here have had problems with the vent clogging up and causing it to starve for fuel unless choked.

Swapped the 48” deck from my coaster C160 onto the the 314-8 with a little help from my oldest son. Had to remove the 42” off the 314 first. This was my first time removing the decks off of any WH. Really nice and well thought out. On a side note I did find a nice chunk of motor block from the K341. Found it on top of the 48” deck, still kind of heart broken.

I made some progress on the hydro deck lift retrofit tonight. The shaft is in and the ram is on. The shaft isn’t attached to the bar that lifts the deck as I wanted to go look at how it’s attached before I drill any holes etc…It still might need to be adjusted but I wanted to get things together then figure out where the sticking point is. More progress tomorrow…maybe

Because if you read the service guide it specifically says not to lubricate it.

Found a beautiful remote camping spot along the Green River. Just down the canyon from Dinosaur National Monument in Utah. Picture of the Green River borrowed from the National park Service.

Albert Einstein was a frequent visitor out here to Eastern Long Island. There are many pictures of him boating on Peconic Bay. I think @Ed Kennell may have in fact gone crabbing with him? 🤣🤣🤣🤣😁

Throttle cable is hanging out the side, while I wait on a governor spring.

If your "U" clip is pinned to the PTO hoop, you will need to pull the hairpin clip at the bottom of the hoop and let the hoop drop down till the U clip clears the stub shaft. Then you should be able to swing the hoop to the rear and remove the belt.

Last trip to the scrapper I made the guy hit the magnet and the load and trailer went up, he shook the boom and the trailer came back down, scared the heck out of the wife! She just doesn't know how to enjoy life's little moments.

Things would work better with the rust cleaned off the connections!

And, clean up the fuel system. Clean Carb, replace fuel line, filter, petcock, clean tank. They can all get gunked up...

Really hated to hear about the c-160 but that's a nice looking 314-8

I did but it came out crappy. I should do new plug wires might be the cause of the miss too. Not gonna worry about it for now since it's just a spare motor for a 520 or future build tractor. Will super tune it when the time comes. I have this crazy notion to put it in a plow mule.

I found my no spark problem. Turns out I had spark after all it was just very very dim or dare I say weak. Checking in the dark is the only way I could see it. Just the plugs laying on the block. Screwed it down to the bench with a IV bottle and she ran like a champ. A miss at throttle but most likely dirty carb.

A man walks into a mechanic's shop late at night. Man: "Can you help me? I think I'm a moth." Mechanic: "I'm a mechanic. You need a psychiatrist." Man: "Yeah, I know." Mechanic: "Well, why did you come here then?" Man: "Your light was on."

Spent the day with a friend after he asked me if I could sit with him while his wife went to work. Marty fell 2 1/2 years ago on a construction site pretty much destroying both of his ankles. He had (what seems like his umpteenth surgery) this week and his wife wanted someone to keep an eye on him. He is hoping one more surgery will patch him up as best as he will ever be sometime early next year. Interesting that a fellow learns about another fellow if you have six hours of just sitting and talking.

My work warehouse has been changing all the racks. Large metal pallet racks that hold many many 12.5 foot long siding pallets. Several other types of racks and various other steel items too. We've been making a few trips to the local metal recycling yard. Huge machinery. They have two long armed excavators that have the capacity to lift two cubed cars at once. Those machines also have an operator station "cab" that can raise itself to about 15 feet off the ground so the Loader person can see into a 13' 6" tall trailer. Always wide open throttle busy there. Been very interesting to see all that.

Mowed a couple rounds with the 48"SD on the 312H and on the next round I noticed the right blade was not cutting. Thinking the spindle belt tensioner was jammed with grass, I pulled under the hoist and lifted her up to check it out. The blade was missing. A quick search and I found the blade but not the bolt and washer. I dumped a deck parts bucket and grabbed a new bolt and washer and sharpened the blade while it was off. Put the blade back on but the bolt would not start in the hole. The bolt didn't vibrate out, it broke off. So the deck came off and went on the repair/storage rack. It also needs a hole patched then cleaned and oil soaked. I put the plow on this tractor every fall just a little earlier than usual this year. Got out the 310-8 to finish mowing. The grass was due to be vacuumed up any way. I use the Trac Vac every 3-4 mowings.

New tires and wide rims for the 314H. Waiting on the weather to cooperate so I can paint the rims. Plan on using the 314H as my plow tractor this year.

If you decide to replace, please don’t discard the original--someone here would likely take it to attempt a refurb.

Happy Borned on Day, Bill

Something oddly satisfying about watching this crusher run. they tossed in a small dozer, tracks and all, and it had little trouble cubing it up!