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It is extremely important to undercut the mica on the armature, but must be done carefully. It not only removes the brush carbon that can short 2 adjacent contact pads, but gives room for more!

I lost one more of my nine lives back in December when an artery burst in my colon and pumped out 4-5 ozs of fuel every hour. Hemoglobin dropped from 17 to 6.5 in 20 hours. They went up the exhaust pipe with a light, camera, and soldering iron but couldn't find the leak. They pumped in some new blood and it sealed on it's own moments before I cashed in. Glad to hear you guys are still playing.

Sorry but that show ain't what it used to be, haven't cared to watch it no way, no how.

I have several pieces of cardboard that look just like that!

And sending the show HLs to WHX ... oh that's right I don't have one like that ... yet ... but when I do... I have yet to pull one that had a bushing yet still had oiler cups. Very seldom had to replace brushes Richard Doesn't matter you have to perform surgery both are gonna get replaced. I really should do that SG instructional some day ... along with fuel pumps. Pics for motivation Bar. Note the black fingers ... dummy was too dumb to were gloves ...

May as well plan on replacing the brushes while you have it apart, has several vendors selling kits with bearings, bushings, brushes and springs for under $ 30.00.

A little new age AI stuff but but it still explains it well

Installed some of the goodies I picked up at the Portland Swap Meet. Changed out the lug tires for this $50 set I picked up. Popped on the "everyday" set of hubcaps (keeping an NOS set stored for shows or potential restoration). Installed a different ammeter - the original was bouncing around like crazy. Hard to find a 15-amp ammeter. Installed the snowplow bracket that came with an HY-3 kit. Soaked up some beautiful weather putting around the yard and tending to a pile of limbs I was burning. Next on the list is to replace all the seals on the transmission. After that, popping the head off, checking the valves, breather, and repairing or replacing a leaking fuel pump.

October 11, 1975 "Saturday Night Live" created by Lorne Michaels premieres on NBC with George Carlin as host.

I am looking at a 1969 Charger 12 and would like everyone's opinion.

Your ... evidently I have the pics to do that instructional!

I have a new girlfriend. I call her my melancholy baby. Head like a melon. Face like a collie.

Are you kidding? She'd have it decorated with flowers and have pumpkin spice scent coming out of the exhaust! It was torture enough letting her decorate my tractors for Independence Day!

95% blockage of my LAD. Roto Rooter and install a culvert. Sent me out the door today. Ride on !

Me too. Got one now that makes noise on a 855 but starts right up, generates and just keeps on going. I'll change those SG bearings when it finally needs the engine pulled which I thought would've been 2-3 years ago. Sh** like that don't bother me

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Should be the same as a 8 The belt should be pretty skinny and fit down inside of the groove of the pulleys. 3/8" The cog belts grip tighter on the smaller generator pulley than a solid belt does. They should be raw edge too as you don't want any slipping of it A 1/2 belt would cause the issues you have

to both of those posts. Any black powder from any belt is rubbing. Not sure what you mean by "black streak" but assuming it's belt powder. No belt slap on a SG. It's short enough and should be tight enough to be like a guitar string. Tweaking the guard position should solve any rubbing or you have the wrong belt. I prefer the 31.5" x 3/8 raw edge cog belts for the K181s. Something like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/200779063408?

10 pairs of skis dropped off at my house. Pulled this together in a few hours. Enough skis left for another project... more to come!

Cranked out another ski bench. This one is an Adirondack chair... as always, no fiscal expenditures...

I marked each rim where I wanted to cut them. Bolted the rim on to a tractor, spun the rim in high gear full throttle, & cut through it with a 4 1/2" grinder After all 4 rims were cut, I cut the center out of the outside rims and welded them together. Finished product.

Another shot of 701 but I was feeling pretty patriotic after making a new front axle pivot pin and making bushings for the wore drag link. Using my homegrown flag bracket and the bestest flag in the world. A special thanks to my shop fan for helping with the shot.

Finished! Thanks to @Vinylguy for the excellent decals!!!

What's the difference between a man's wallet before and after kids? There are pictures where the money used to be.

The early cast had a vibrant banter between them. They too focused on the weeks Political Events that they deem "noteworthy" Now, 11:30 is waaaay past my bedtime!

That describes a whole bunch of us here.... I'm one too! Chargers are a great tractor, @pfrederi has several of them. Do the test that @Ed Kennell mentioned and ask about the seller's history with the Charger. Hope you have room for more Wheel Horses, they tend to be habit forming.

to the It looks pretty clean. If it runs and mows it would sell for $4-500 in my area, but location and supply means a lot. The Sundstrand hydro transmissions can be a problem if not maintained properly. I test all that I buy by strapping them to a tree and make sure they will spin the tires in forward and reverse.

William: 1st. when it comes to the West Coast is there a lot of dealerships around? Second, do you know of the dealerships that are or were in business or is there still dealerships out there? If not, you can always go to many of our parts vendors that are listed here. 2nd you can always rely on the help of members here to help you out. Even an old fart like me still needs help from time to time. I hope you can pick that tractor up and be happy with it. Best of luck and most of all enjoy the ride if you buy it.

Ah ok ,it is exactly the contrary for my Gutbrod 1300H which is a Colt Case Ingersoll 3016 rebadged Gutbrod !!

Oh Sh#t Me too too. They did 2 stents and I felt ready to go that afternoon. They kept me for a couple days just to cash in on the insurance money. It got obvious when a whole bunch of the different doctors would stop by to say hello and ask stupid questions hours before they were supposed to release me. "Consultations"

Tell her to pull it all apart and do all the work to make it "pretty" , suddenly she'll agree that patina is pretty too! LOL

The house tried to cash in on me again back in May with a heart attack. But I'm still at the table!

32? I don't mind working but the body is just give'n up on me. Makes it so much tougher for the physical job all day. I actually like to work because it's my gym, social event and I get away from the O'lady all day. Yeah, I hear ya Ed. Stay young at heart brother!

I'm sure you'll get there John, but I wish I was your age and still working.....Just Sayin. I am thankful I beat the odds, but It just sucks to be a 32 yo that has to live in an 82 yo body.

F U Ed I worked all day. Hope to retire soon. Wish I could be doin' what you're doin'

Yep bad bearing if whining at all. Sometimes it will go away but then come back or I have had them whine ... go away then not come back. Strange had them that were not noisy when put away for winter but then whine when comes out. Easy enough to replace but be ready for black fingers when you open them up. Or wear gloves. Real common 6302 or ....crs ...6203 bearing. Get them on fleabay then do the Greasy Pete repack. Need any help I done zillions of them. Bulk of my tractors are SGs. Yeah belt guards are notorious for coming loose and rattlin around. Watch for pully burn marks too. Mostly on the SG.

Does the guard get hot at the the area that has the black mark. Belt may rub on the guard can take some work to get the guard away from the belt.Things get bent misaligned over the years

In full disclosure, I took these pictures the other day to post in this thread. I had the 418-8 and 70’s vintage Cyclone spreader out to spread some lime. Last year before putting it away and giving it its usual cleaning, I put tire shine on the tires. Then I started to think? I wonder if anyone else is wacky enough to do that? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

You already have most of the pictures, all you need is a brief explanation of what to do and the pitfalls (like dirty hands) to avoid.

You'll find no shortage of opinions, here! WARNING!!! - This place is full of "enablers" that believe you should own a Wheel Horse for every day of the week! With regards to the one you're asking about, location plays a factor. Make an offer and see where you and the seller come to agreement. Here is Indiana, it's a $400 to $500 find. Once the Wheel Horse bug hits you, be prepared to spend more money on dialing it in and adding attachments.

I actually became the old man in which the 20 year old me said I'd never become. But.... with all the stupid things I've done over the years to my body by partying and having fun I didn't really expect to make it to 50 anyway, so I'm already play'n with house money!

Nice! I like that and the price is right too

Why didn't the toilet paper cross the road? It got stuck in the crack!

I haven't spoken to my wife in four years. I thought it would be rude to interrupt her!

The boss wanted the front porch/deck spruced up since it was getting pretty ratty and she's getting tired of restaining it every year. She wanted composite so we bit the bullet and after much research went with Trex. If the cost of the actual decking doesn't kill you the additional odds and ends will do the job. Started with this. As with most projects preparation is key and often time consuming. Composite requires a minimum of 16" c/c joists and we had 24" so I added a joist in between the existing. Looking in the window you'll see that I was closely supervised along the way. Some (many) of the existing joists were marginal so I replaced them. I should have just torn is all off and started from scratch. I ladder back from each post to the house so I could 'picture frame' the new decking. I'm thinking it was a step that was more work than it was worth. Finally got it done, coated and ready for the new planks. I didn't take many pictures along the way so I just fast forwarded to the final project. Railing, post wraps and redesigned steps. I didn't expect this to take as long as it did between the weather, a host of other projects and the fact that I don't get the mileage that I used to it consumed a large part of the summer. Next summer the rear deck gets the same treatment. It will be even more involved as it is larger and I want to tear down or move that funky structure.

If two vegetarians get in an argument, is it still called a beef?

You must live in a "throw away hood". Lucky you!

Watched the sun rise then fried some scrapple, onions, taters, and eggs.