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as some of you may know ri702bill makes an 'F' plate reinforcement kit with gussets. top notch machining, welding and fitment. pricey? the way i look at it when your 'F' plate cracks and it will eventually if you plow how many hours does it take to strip the tractor and repair? what is your time worth? to me his kit is a bargain because it addresses a flaw in the wheelhorse design. it was easy to install and the 'F' plate will not crack now. by being proactive i headed off a repair that would require lot's of time and money to fix properly. .

Hey folks , I haven't been as active here as I once was ( apologies ) . I have been busy . This happened to me this week and I remembered there are "birders" on this forum . Last Wednesday while at work , myself and two coworkers were just shooting the breeze out in our drop lot when something caught our eyes . It was a seemingly injured bird hopping along the fence line. Birds of prey are very common in the city . They hunt the pigeons that nest nearby. We decided to call the SPCA and they forwarded us to the DEC. About 1/2 hour later a woman from the DEC shows up and she can't catch him. My 2 coworkers had left and I decided to help her as she was about to give up . She threw a blanket to me over the fence and told me what to do . I managed to toss the blanket over him and get ahold of both his feet .I carried the bundled injured little guy over to her Jeep and slid it into a pet carrier. He looked in pretty rough shape to my untrained eye . I gave the woman my info and asked if she would keep me updated. This afternoon I get a call . The bird was taken to our SPCA and is doing "quite well". She sent me a pic . He's about a 1 year old Coopers Hawk. He's gorgeous.

Agreed 100%! Did the same thing on my last tractor! Got mine on the Jungle site.

Yeah, that is a bleeping battery! 51V, 65AH... That's a big fella!

I think they all had it. That was the first model to use the swept axle, heavy duty front end. The 520-H came with it after 1990.

They had a larger air filter and the seat mount went up under the console plate to catch a second screw. The later 520H had the same seat mount. The HC models weren't as fancy using less chrome.

The newest seat's widest pattern looks like 7" across by 6.5" fore n aft. I'll be removing the springs. Don't like em. I'll make a plate to adapt the original fender spacings to the seat base.

All the same reasons why I don't charge for rebuilding a carburetor. By the time I unpack, disassemble, and begin to clean the largest muck off one I'm into it for a solid hour. Sometimes twice that if the shafts have to come out. Then the ultrasonic cleaner is setup and run a LOT. Sometimes 6 to 10 runs at 35 to 40 minutes each. Remove. More cleaning. A little polishing. Reassemble. Ship n it back..... My favorite small engine repair place gets around $90 an hour and they are LOW.

Santa Claus dropped this set off for me, but I haven't had a chance to use it yet. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD2MGBZV/?coliid=I2OHFXC6N18XC2&colid=E9BKT8EPBLKD&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it

I’m not opposed to either the pincer or hammer style, but I’ve gone to the soldered on style of lug for the relatively few times I need to make new heavy cables. And, by the way, keep an eye out at tag and garage sales for jumper cables. A good set (heavy, flexible, stranded copper wire) can yield some great battery/starter cables.

Yup! I can relate to that. Seem most folks love the idea but when it's time to put the cash on the table, it becomes an issue. It's like dealing with Midgets wearing Cargo Pants. The money is in the pocket, but they just can't get the hand deep enough in there to reach it !!

Had I little time to put more pieces on brake band and pulley the transmission drive pulley and the clutch lever assembly on

Thats a fantastic rescue story, well done for showing such care and responsibility by doing the right thing. We have all kinds of problems over here for our birds of prey. From road collisions killing owls as they hunt and gamekeepers poisoning hawks to stop them taking game birds. But we have success stories too with reintroduction of some species that had been extinct in some areas. We are only a tiny country and space is in great demand for housing and other building projects, so our government ignore wildlife at every turn and only pay lip service to nature conservation. Look after your wildlife, while you still have it.