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This is my raider 12 I acquired last month I have the original k301 for it it runs good but for now it has a k341 on it till I decide to restore the tractor. Has the original 10 pinion rear axle to. its a 1969 i added the amp gauge

Welcome! That is a rugged old worker that you have there.... Just an observation - AG tires are not the better choice for snow plowing. There are special "X" style chains available, but pricey. regular cross link chains tend to fall into the valleys between the cleats and end up not effective, Turf tires, filled with the proper fluid and full complement chains have worked the best for me. And a set of wheel weights make a difference too...

Killing time to go to the last tractor show so finished up a Onan I got from @Blasterdad at Pullstart's plow day. Should have left the heat shield off 'till after retorque heads run. I have high hopes for this being a decent shelf motor for the 520s. Hope you like the color changes. Just something different.

September 10, 1897, a 25-year-old London taxi driver named George Smith becomes the first person ever arrested for drunk driving after slamming his electric cab into a building. Smith later pleaded guilty and was fined 20 shillings.

Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.

I plan on using atv tires to plow snow as I’ve done in the past and had great luck with

I got a bad feeling ... now I'm gonna get a DWI on Sylvia's A-60 ...

Cool but banana yellow!?!?! I suppose in '98 they were lime green???

Some racehorses are staying in a stable. One of them starts to boast about his track record. “In the last 15 races, I’ve won eight of them!” Another horse breaks in: “Well in the last 27 races, I’ve won 19!” “Oh that’s good, but in the last 36 races, I’ve won 28!” says another. At this point, the horses notice a greyhound, who has been sitting there listening. “I don’t mean to boast,” says the greyhound, “but in my last 90 races, I’ve won 88 of them!” The horses are clearly amazed. “Wow!” says one, after a hushed silence. “A talking dog!”

Why did the man stand behind the horse? He was hoping to get a kick out of it How do you make an appaloosa? Shake the tree

Although this is not a dad joke, it's one of my wife's favorites and it's more of a "got ya" joke: When Pam is around someone with whom she thinks she can pull this joke on she'll talk about her "dog vein". She rubs her neck as if feeling her dog vein and asks if the person, if he/she wants to feel her dog vein. Once the person places their finger on Pam's dog vein, she immediately growls and snaps at the hand like a dog. Catches unsuspecting persons off guard and they pull their hand back rather quickly. So far, I never seen anyone slap Pam for this prank.

Getting ready to mount tires. I did this yesterday but the internet went down due to heavy rain so I could not post pics. Rears are Carlisle turfmasters that I got a great deal on last winter (I don't remember who from). This is the tool I use for all of my Lawn and garden tractor tire mounting and demounting. Rear wheel mounted on tool. New TR413 valve stem ready to be installed. Tool used to pull valve stem into position after giving it a light lube with dish soap. Valve stem installed. Tire bead and outer edge of wheel was lubed with dish soap then the tire was pushed on. These tires seem just slightly small so it is quite a push to get it on. Next step is to put a couple of clamps on the tire to reduce it's width so it is held down into the smaller diameter portion of the wheel for the tire installation to go easier. The tire bead, top edge of the wheel, and the tire installation tool are lubed with dish soap and the tire is popped into place. Tires aired up to 20 PSI to fully seat onto the beads Tires sprayed with Snoop to check for leaks. None found. Front wheel sat on tool. Front wheel clamped into place then the tire was lubed and popped into place. Again, harder than it sounds but it went on. Tube installed and the valve stem tool is screwed on so I don't accidentally knock it down installing the tire. Front tire installed using the same technique as for the rear with the clamps and lube (I know that sounds bad). All four assemblies taken outside and washed to clean up the tires and get rid of any dish soap.

1828–1835 (Models): Ányos Jedlik and Sibrandus Stratingh built small-scale electric model cars using primitive, non-rechargeable batteries. 1832–1839 (First Carriage): Scottish chemist Robert Anderson built a crude electric carriage, known as the first self-powered electric vehicle concept, though it lacked rechargeable cells. 1881 (First Passenger EV): Gustave Trouvé fitted a rechargeable lead-acid battery and a small electric motor to a tricycle, successfully driving it in Paris. 1884 (First Production Car): British inventor Thomas Parker built what is widely considered the first practical, mass-produced four-wheel electric vehicle. 1975 (Wheel Horse goes Electric): with the introduction of the C-185, B-145, A-60, and A-65. Overview of the Bersey Cab Nickname: People called them "hummingbirds" because of the quiet buzzing sound they made and their yellow and black colors. Designer: Engineer Walter Bersey created the vehicles for the London Electrical Cab Company. Fleet size: The company ran up to 75 cabs on the streets at its peak. Speed and range: They reached a top speed of 12 mph (19 km/h) and traveled about 30 miles before needing a battery change. Rise and Fall Advantages: Passengers liked them because they produced no smoke, made very little noise, and did not scare horses. Problems: The heavy lead-acid batteries weighed down the cars. This heavy weight ruined the solid rubber tires and shook the glass battery cells apart on bumpy roads. Closure: High repair costs and frequent breakdowns made the business lose money. The company failed, and the fleet was pulled from service by August 1899. Concurrently in the United States, New York City saw the launch of its own battery-powered electric taxi fleet, the Electrobats, earlier in March 1897

Nice tractor ! Looks like some one up graded your dash to a newer style. Not a bad choice, the lever throttle & choke are much more user friendly than the push/pull style.

Keep in mind, those settings in the manual are the initial settings or preliminary settings to get it started and running. They are not meant to be Gospel for every engine There is no specific amount of turns that will work for every engine. Those factory specs are so it will start and run. Then final adjustments should be made. EVERY engine is different so adjusting the carb afterwards to that particular engine and that particular carb should always be done. Engines and carbs wear over time so adjusting the carb to each particular situation will "dial it in" so it runs efficiently. I know a lot of people will just set those turns of the jets exactly to the manual and call it good but then skip the important part about making the final adjustments because it runs.

Lumber sales guy asks the apprentice carpenter shopping for lumber how long does he want the 2x4’s. Apprentice says “a long time, we’re building a house"

CL find... B-80 $50 - 20 minutes away!!! Cranks over with jumpers. Wiring, tie rods, battery, few other odds and ends will need some love. Oh, and the hand painted patina is to die for...

I had a battery start Onan powered genset. When the Onan died, I added a drive pulley and did some replumbing. Now I park it in front of a WH and drive it off the PTO. The Onan is an air compressor while the generator has 110V AC and 12VDC outputs. This is what happens when you get cabin fever in the winter.

"The Jonathan Deere Cab Company"?

Does that not sound modern day familiar??

Went into service in 1897 and were withdrawn from service in 1899 because they were too expensive to maintain.

I dunno. I work on these things for a living. The ADAS stuff is a giant pain in the butt, until you get way back into the early days of just audible park aides, and even sometimes those throw me. So many of the problems are software driven, and not an actual mechanical issues that I can actually fix, but every day I see more and more people just flat out not paying attention, expecting these systems to take up the slack, with no concept of the limits of the system (most adaptive cruise or collision avoidance systems will not actually bring the car to a full stop). Meanwhile I'm over here still driving my 87 Ranger and 04/05 Explorers with none of those systems, and I've never been in an accident where one of those systems would have made a lick of difference. I have been "at fault" for four accidents in the last 25 years. One may have been prevented by a park aide or backup camera of some sort. I had a cap on the truck, all the windows on it were iced, and I backed into a white car in a snowy field. One other I took off in a merge lane while watching the lane I was merging into. The car in front of me did more of a "staying still" type maneuver. The other two involved sliding through sharp turns in low-traction events. Every other accident I have ever been in the other car, or the deer, hit me, usually because they weren't paying attention.

I have yet to have someone explain to me, in a way that makes sense, how any of those things are preferable to just paying attention to driving while driving. What I have seen in practice is that those systems enable the people who already don't want to pay attention to be even less attentive to the driving part of driving. The only exception might be the wiper de-icing.

Hillbilly Knows Best A hillbilly farmer from back in the hills walked twelve miles, one way, to the general store. 'Heya, Wilbur,' said Ron, the store owner. 'Tell me, are you and Myrtle still making fires up there by rubbing stones and flint together?' 'You betcha, Ron. Ain't no 'tother way. Why?' 'Got something to show you. Something to make fire. It's called a "match". 'Match? Never heard of it.' 'Watch this. If you want a fire you just do this,' Ron says, taking a match and striking it on his trousers. 'Huh. Well, that's something, but that ain't for me, Ron.' 'Well, why not?' 'I can't be walking twelve miles every time I want a fire and borrow your trousers.

Sputtering can occur when the throttle shaft has too much play.

The Carter carbs are usually the better ones. A good starting point is 2 turns on the main jet (top screw) and 1 1/2 turns on the low speed jet (side screw)

A few more pictures, a lot more messing with the steering and getting the right clearance and Ackerman angle. Chain out from front axle Another test run - and a photogenic picture

I don't need the generator and I certainly don't need another project but the price was certainly right, free. It's dirty from sitting but clearly there's not many hours on it. It was locked up tight and I couldn't be sure if it was the engine or generator head so I opened things up. Once I got this far I found that it would rotate just shy of one turn before stopping solidly. It was definitely in the engine. I kept going and found this. Apparently the spring retainer left home and the valve dropped into the cylinder. It completely punctured the head and was jammed tight. The head is toast. The piston wasn't hurt and I think the pushrods are fine but I'll check them better today. I first assumed that a new head would end this project and I'd just salvage the power head but I found a used head complete with the valves, springs and rockers for 40 some bucks so now I'm pondering. It's not worth putting a lot into it, especially for me since I don't need it, but I would a reasonable amount. I figure I'll scrounge up a service manual. I didn't see one here for the overhead valve models What would you guys do? This unit will clean up to near new condition and could be a nice little generator.

Rebuild the old one has been decided. I watch a couple videos last night and it's just as easy as a Carter or Walbro. The best one was done by a guy who starts out with something about one handed and I assumed he meant he had to hold the camera in one hand and work with the other. Nope. He was missing his left hand from below the elbow. It didn't slow him down a bit and his video was great. I thought I found another piece of the valve stem when I discovered the throttle plate was jammed up. Turned out to be a phillips bit. No harm done. I've never been accused of being the sharpest spoon in the drawer but I'm thinking this needs a bit of cleaning.

Of course the "internet" is never wrong. The only PITA with a single stage snowblower is the stupid attachment of the lift tube at the rear. Some attachments are difficult and some are easy, the no tools required sticker is misleading.

Take a look at page 6 of this manual.

An engine may also run fine under no load and then have issues as it's actually "working" and visa versa. All of my big blocks have an intermittent blip with no load but are fine with the hydro engaged or in gear moving.

Thanks for your input! I already did it.

The key is definitely a fuzz off. I'm thinking that slight bit of movement let the flywheel come off easily. The crank is fine but I see what you're seeing there. I just went out to double check but it's just the camera angle.

All good info guys. I will mess with it in the AM. Hopping to run this at Zagray in October. Last show of the year.

at the rate we're going, we may have to start looking at cargo containers

@Vinylguy at redoyourhorse.com comes through again!!!

I’ve have five cars with some sort of wiper sensor/intermittent. This car is the first one with sufficient control to actually wipe only when needed! I’ve had the collision thing go a couple of times. Only once was I not already onto the brake myself--maybe it saved a collision or maybe not, but it was a fair assessment by the car! The one for backing up is a mite sensitive, though. Backing into a steeply pitched driveway, or one with shrubbery hanging over, can set it off. That said, the beep is better than a “crunch” so I’ll not disable it.

I’ve had one for HH60 and one for HH100--good and so-so, respectively.

You will probably want to remove the flywheel & check the key - the sudden stop of rotating parts - at speed - most likely caused an issue with the key, and perhaps the connecting rod.

As I’ve always got so much time free and so many projects, the ideas as usual keep going round in my head. I’ve plans for quite a few designs and here is the next one that’s in design…. The little 400 is waiting for a hood and a paint job, in the meantime it might be getting an upgrade. hot on the heels of Ewan’s 704, I’ve a simpler idea to add 4 wheel drive to yet another Wheel Horse 😂 out comes the parts bucket, and the scrap pile is set to with an angle grinder, a welder and lathe! first stop a peerless transaxle diff with a sprocket added Then making a bearing carrier Shiny axle case Hub bearing and the start of the steering knuckle A finished swivel and UJ carrier, need to crack on with the other side!

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Now driving and steering - a lot of trial and error!

A bit more progress… Breaking out the drive First part of the intermediate drive and 4WD selector First view of the output My awesome son milling me the dog clutches on the gears out of gear in gear Axle with steering added - tie rod on the bottom as need to get the drive out, and a Suburban is a very low frame and pivot point.

Axle just about done - well the hard bit both drive flanges, knuckles and drive shafts in. first offering - its the same track and pivot point as the suburban axle at 16" between centres. what it might look like

A little more progress…. drive flange complete - I made it the same PCD as my sons 4x4. (only tacked at the moment - just in case something needs to change) one side done