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Now I didn't start this ... credit goes to Brian @76c12091520h ... This is Busty with the bus seat that Pullstart give me. Replaced it with a home made seat that was a little more comfy and easier on the eyes. A go to tub puller and a ride around at every show. The boys said I shoulda renamed it Horny since I put this on ...

I think someone put Jimmy in "time out".

Hey I do have one, kind of. it was a c120 now it has a mag 10

I have a coworker who jokingly said sometimes, you just have to start the conversation with "look b**ch". So when I told my wife what he said, I slept by myself that night. Somehow, being a joke didn't matter... And I didn't even say it! Sometimes I'm sorta glad that the ladies aren't as physically strong as we are.

Is this engine not equipped with an axial thrust bearing to handle the thrust from a manual PTO. Seems the Manual would exert more thrust than tightening that bolt on the lectric PTO ? But, I guess we never start up with the manual PTO engaged. Might be interesting to bypass the PTO safety switch to see if one would start with it engaged. Still thinking about this. The engaged manual PTO exerts a true axial force at the center of the shaft which the thrust bearing can handle. Tightening the bolt shown exerts a bending force on the electric PTO bearings that may be causing enough friction in the PTO to make the engine difficult to start.

Refresh and a magnum.

I’ll join in. Heres mine bit rough and needs some work though. But definitely not as nice as @76c12091520h!

Here is something for your optical entertainment Sylvia. Maybe I should paint this on the hood for @WHX?? ??

I‘ll join in once again

Did my civic duty today. We are getting new neighbors across the road and I saw them struggling to clear the now packed snow from the driveway with plastic shovels. I asked if I might help and then plowed it down to the tire tracks that I couldn't get under. Turns out the father has a 416-8 ,with many attachments, that he might bring over when he gets the missing parts. I just didn't want them to be unprepared for the possible big snow coming Sunday.

Glad I'm retired. If it gets bad I'll just wait till it melts

January 21, 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter grants an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War. In total, some 100,000 young Americans went abroad in the late 1960s and early '70s to avoid serving in the war. Ninety percent went to Canada, where after some initial controversy they were eventually welcomed as immigrants. Still others hid inside the United States.

The whole fam damly can ride on that one. I couldn't help but notice you look weirdly quiet in that middle pic.

Regular rocket scientist today ther Sparky for figurin that one out .... That's alright I had to go look in my pics to see if I owned a 120 ... Looks like I got a C-121 for tomorrow too ...

We're done with snow for a few days... 3" fresh today, but bottom drops out shortly... Meh... shorts and t-shirt weather...

Finally ready for install. Had to go additional 2” to the right in the front and reduce the overall length by 1/2”. .125 steel Sunrise Red

I'll believe it when I see it, but they are calling for somewhere between 12 and 18 inches of snow and ice here over the weekend. Last "significant" snowfall here was 2007 when we had 6 to 8 inches. Everything since was a light dusting at most. It will be great to see a good snow. ...if it actually happens.

Your too much. Busty and Horny. @WHX??

Rock Auto has the Wix 51410 for $8.69 each.

To early to tell I guess but Ive heard 4 inches up to 12. Maybe in a couple days I/they will know better. Anyway I got plenty of propane and kerosene in case of a power outage. We are just getting out of a deep freeze now and warming but bitter cold coming back again. S.W. Pa.

Only 8 " of snow...but the temperature single digits as it snows???

Remember all the things you said you said you would only do when H**L froze over?...Could be a busy week ahead

So sorry to hear Dan, sending you and Gretel my best…

Fully restored back in the early 90's, new deck at that time, it's been my everyday tractor/grasscutter since 1996.

Wen encountering a new problem it is best to ask yourself what you did just before the problem began.

Can I have that 1045 in the back there?

I found the problem. Had this bolt to tight. It should actually be a Pin and cotter key. It was putting to much pressure on the crankshaft towards the flywheel side And actually turning engine over hard. Causing a voltage drop enough to Cause the intermittent spark.

Intermittent spark ??? Are you losing spark at high RPMs, when it gets warm, or all the time? Cutting out at high RPMs could be the condenser. Cutting out after a short period of time could be wrong coil - "with out an internal resistor". Battery voltage builds up above 13vdc and collapses the coil. Cutting out all the time could be dirty points or a bad plug. After you file or run sand paper through the points, you should follow up with paper or a dollar bill. Could also be a bad wire connection.

120… I like what ya did there.. Beautiful machine!

Old Black Betty has been ready since yr 2023. Looks like we are going to finally get something that’s plowable , hopefully not ice. Even added a little extra weight to the tool box.

Steering column “upgrade”. well, as I had mentioned before, it was impossible to get the old pin out of the steering wheel to be able to pull the column apart… So I found a nice shaft collar, painted it to match and it does a nice job. I slightly drilled a detent into the shaft so that the Alan key bolts would seat into it for a good positive contact. Got the decals on and turning my attention now to electrical and engine tear down. That may take a little while, with those pesky work requirements stealing my time away from the shop.🤓

Its weird using the 318s, 320, WHs for months then hop on that 420 and its like you feel so much smaller.

I sold it years ago. Yes it did have the pump on the PTO side. I bought it with 30 hours on it. The original owner had it on a late model, 96 or 7 520 -H and he passed and I received a call from the dealer that he was buying the complete package back. I would have bought the 520 but already had 2 of them. It mounts on a factory bracket in front of the footrest on the subframe, @AHS

I mentioned that on here. Side to side you are riding on rubber toboggans, I have a short and steep section that I did a 180 on the first time. I learned to do that first by plowing downhill and returning up the other side.

Are these the guys that started the Army ROTC? Run Off To Canada.

Forcast for around here next couple days, hope thae freezing rain does not happen. @cafoose you seeing this.

I never checked Softclaw because it was the Terragrips I needed to modify. My Softclaws are riveted. They could easily be drilled out but again, I didn't need to modify them other than adding 1 Terragrip cross tread. I don't really understand why rubber cost so much more. Since I already had a set of Terragrip 23-8.50's I had to go with the same size tread. If you were to make the entire thing it would be up to you. The 8.50 treads are 1.5" shorter than the 10.50's but I think they ended up fitting fine. You can see how much lower on the sidewall the 'properly' sized 9.50's are. I don't see where it matters. I never calculated completely converting a set of steel to rubber but as you can see it really adds up. My order for 4 12", 2 13.5" and hardware was about $30 shipped so it was cost effective compared to buying a set of rubber 10.50's. @Ed Kennell Thinking back when we first moved back up here that house had a concrete drive. It was short but quite steep. I only had the steel chains at the time and I do recall them not being too good on the slope. I didn't have the rubber to compare them. We only lived there for the 2 years it took for me to finish it then we bought this place and I went with the rubber. The asphalt drive here is long but as flat as...................well................flat.

That’s funny! I have 9 Wheel Horses…but my neighbor has approximately 60 Wheel Horses (no exaggeration!) so I haven’t been labeled the “crazy guy” on my street

I consider rubber a must for me because of a long asphalt driveway. I have used 2 link steel for many years. My experience is pretty much parallel with Mr. Eds but the only category I would give steel any real advantage in on bare ice. I do a lot of dirt and woods pushing and I really like the rubber for that. On hard surfaces they all ride rough. 2 link steel a little smoother than 4 link. I've never seen 2 link rubber but I suspect it would be smoother but it also might compromise traction a bit by wanting to ride the surface due to the width of the crosslinks. I have a set of TerraGrips and one made by Softclaw. 23-9.50 Softclaw on the 2005 used with the blower. 23-10.50 with 23-8.50 chains on the 1976 used year round with the blade. One of the sets came with 'free' chain tensioners but I never even took them out of the bag. The biggest difference between the brands is the Softclaw has riveted crosslinks, The TerraGrips are bolted. The 23-10.50 tires on the 76 actually has the 23-850 TerraGrips. The 'operation' was done a few months ago. I did some tire swapping and liked the 10.50's on the blade tractor but it definitely needs chains. Terragrip sells the crosslinks and clips separate at a very reasonable price. On their chary the 23-8.50 crosslinks are 12" long. The 23-10.50 are 13.5". I wanted to use the 8.50 chains I already had. Because of the added width on the 10.50's that effectively made the required length longer. No problem but the with could be. After pondering a bit I decided to order 4 more 12" crosslinks and the hardware needed. The extra chain links were local. Since this was again like I was installing the chains for the first time it took some fanagling. Fully deflate the tires (remove the valve core). I massaged the chains around and across the tires. Keep doing that until the fit on the deflated tires if tight. Ultimately I added 4 chainlinks to the diameter and 2 cross treads to each tire. Reinflate and go. No tensioners needed. While I was messing with the chains I also added one crosslink to the 9.50 Softclaws (see the 1 bolted at the top). Even though they are sized correctly for the tires the gap at the connector thingy was a bit wide so I added 2 links to the order while I was at it. Now if you can sort all that out good for you. I can't and I wrote it.

I have a " shop account " at the store. I got it years ago when I had my auto AC business. There used to be several pricing structures used for different items. I'm assuming I'm on "Master Installer" pricing for filters. A few years back My price was over $20 for the filter. I complained enough to where they gave be the better rate.

Did it again this year, little early...it was 62 today.

73 12hp-8 figured it was close enough for Guberment work . BTW great looking tractors @76c12091520h and @AlexR, what are those wheel weights @AlexR.

Technically it's not one, but since it's decaled as one.

The shift looks like it bolts in, but can't remember if you can pull it out with out taking side plate off. Might be able to slide down, maybe just loosen some bolts up front Here's so pic's

Unfortunately my services were required at work on Saturday so it was kind of an unproductive weekend for me. A big Thank You to @WHX?? for the nice steering wheel. It cleaned up very nicely. I also painted a few small items for the engine today. Fly wheel, governor arm pieces, & little trinkets & doo dad's. I did get side tracked with another project. I'm helping a friend set up his Simple-city with a Magnum 16 Kohler. This was a yank start engine that we converted to electric start. Fits perfectly in the frame. He carved out an adapter that bolts to the flywheel so that the drive shaft can be connected. A few little kinks to work out on this yet but it is coming along well.

My wife recorded me plowing snow on Dec 11 but I just got the video from her now to post it. The 520HC worked well as always.

Changed out the powered worm gear snowblower chute with a powered chain drive.