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Oh, I get it...nobody calked around the ladder.

We want the video of that, don't hold out on us.

You have come to the right place. Decks for the 312-8 are still fairly easy to find, a couple of our vendors offer good used decks or NOS never been used decks. You could call Lincoln at A to Z Tractor https://a-ztractor.com/ or send a Personal Message to Brian @76c12091520h at K&B. Bothe are first rate people.

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I've used all the blowers. Short chute, long chute, and dual stage and they all work well in the dry deep snow but not very well in the wet small snows. The single stage blowers must be kept full to work properly and to prevent the chute from clogging. This means the ground speed needs to be adjusted requiring a hydro transmission. IMO, a cab is also a must when using a blower. I now have 48" and 54' plows on my snow movers that I use to keep five driveways clean. I have no problems pushing and stacking the snow on the lawns.

Cool. Thanks will let you know a little later today how it went. I sure do appreciate all your time with this. Steve

It’ll deliver to WI soon.

I see an A-60 in the background, are you keeping it or just holding it for Uncle Jim?

Sometimes, you don't get that choice. I'm currently working on creating ditches along my future driveway on our Ky property. I'm roughing them out with the backhoe on my MF GC 1720, then want to finish them off with the grader blade and my 8n. I just discovered Saturday that the grader blade for the 8n has a tilt function to go along with angle and offset adjustments. Perfect feature to form ditches. Howaeae, the bolts on the tilt adjustment are rusted solid. Probably have been for several decades. I first met this implement in the mid 90's the first time I owned this tractor. The grader blade was old and rusty then. I sold it in the early 2000's, then bought it back in '19 or '20. The grader blade came back with it. The guy i sold the tractor to used the grader blade to maintain the gravel parking lot around his warehouse. I'm 99.999% sure he never tilted the blade or even knew about the tilt adjustment. He did add some reinforcements to the blade and painted it black. All I had during this trip to work on this was a can of PB Blaster and a propane torch. Its been rusted for a looong time, so it will take time to break it loose.

1. Why can't the bankrupt cowboy complain? He has got no beef.

This is first set of hubs that I have ever had with 2 set screws besides the ones that came on the 2 520's I acquired a few months back. These hubs are a lot beefier than the older star type one set screw type, I figured the dimple would work better than trying to grind a flat on the axle. I got to thinking they needed a dimple or flat on axle for future disassembly. I will tell on myself though; I was so tickled with my hubs I forgot to put brake drum and band back on before driving around the barn . Funny as heck though when I went to stop and no brakes..

Continued to tinker with carb to address surging and today that issue was replaced with a runaway throttle problem...! Had not touched the governor arm / adjustment. When I went to full throttle it went way too high and no governor limits... Governor arm came out of adjustment - loose bolt. Adjusted and bam... running great! I think the governor arm was slipping on the shaft adding to the surge issue... Now runs with only a minor hint of surging when cold... warmed up it runs much better now. Tail lights arrive today. That's next...

My wife says she misses me… but her aim is getting better…😁

Happy Birthday @Bert, we are all glad you were born.

Everything is great. I got that old momentary switch out also.

Hey guess what?? I have a working tractor. It cranked right up. I can’t begin to thank you so much for all your time.

A heavy wet overnight snowfall of six or more inches can be a challenge to clean up. I have two tractors set up for winter use - the C81 with the plow and the 854 8 speed with the 32 inch single stage snowthrower. The plow is best for moving a small amount of snow quickly; the snow thrower can move a large amount of snow rather slowly. I tend to rough out the cleanup starting with the snowthrower and finish with the plow...However, dry fluffly snow is usually dealt with the plow only - If it is windy the snow thrower shoots the snow up into the air and it usually goes everywhere but where you actually want it to go...

This is one of the best.in my opinion.

Just a few progress pictures on the truck…

I’ve owned this tractor twice. Bought it from the last guy who I sold it to. This time it’s in much better condition than it was when I first bought it the first time. It was a younger fella who really didn’t understand what he had. It was sitting outside and I asked him does it run and he starts it up and must’ve been a couple gallons of water came out of fan shroud. The steering wheel was all bent out of shape. I don’t know what happened here but anyway that’s all done now. I have a lot of spare parts. But it had a bad motor in it so luckily a friend of mine had a spare motor sitting on the shelf. So here’s a couple pics in a short video. I am happy with the way it turned out. IMG_1412.mov IMG_1413.mov

Evening progress: Tail lights installed. Yes they are on top of the decal. PO drilled and placed a light there - long gone - so I reused holes to extent possible and covered up the torn decal...

Barry Farmer got into his Toyota 4 by 4 and drove to the neighbouring ranch and knocked at the door. A young boy, Neil, aged about 9, opened the door. 'Is yer Dad home?' Barry demanded. 'No, sir, he ain't,' Neil replied. 'He went into town.' 'Well, then,' inquired Barry, 'is yer Mom here?' 'No, sir, she ain't here neither. She went into town with Dad.' 'How about your brother? Is he here?' 'He went with Mom and Dad,' explained Neil patiently. Barry Farmer stood there for a few seconds, shifting from one foot to the other and muttering to himself. 'Is there anything I can do fer ya?' Neil asked politely. 'I know where all the tools are, if you want to borrow one. Or maybe I could take a message fer Dad.' 'Well, it's difficult,' answered Barry uncomfortably, 'I really wanted to talk to yer Dad. It's about your brother getting my daughter pregnant.' Neil considered for a moment, 'You would have to talk to Pa about that,' he finally conceded. 'If it helps you any, I know that Pa charges $600 for the bull and $60 for the hog, but I really don't know how much he gets fer Howard.'

Any good machine shop should be able to mill slots where the threads need to be. New predrilled cast iron tabs could then be placed in the slots then bolted to the side panel while the tabs are welded into the slots in place of the missing material. It won't be cheap but would make for a great "How I SAVED IT" thread.

Honestly I think I have one! Is this it?

Honestly, it looks like you need a new tranny case.

if you are interested in purchase of a 42 inch deck then as noted in this thread you should post on the Classified Wanted menu tool bar - always helps to post related specific info - your location - how far you are willing to drive to pick one up - $ budget ( or you may to keep that private and limit your pricing communication to the private I.M. thread ) ---- or if you will pay for delivery, or shipping etc -- rarely will someone ship a deck although it is done occassionally? also as an aside -- if you have a deck with age issues sometimes you can buy a damaged deck and pair it with another poor conditon mower and make into a functioning deck -- or like done by many wh owners you can do a deck rehab - which can be simple rehab, or more serious restore to a newer condition. Here are some sample photos if you want to do a rehab of deck you have?

Finally got a chance to put C160 back together today. New brake lining, and painted brake drum and band. Got my new to me late model 1 1/8” two set screw hubs installed thx to @76c12091520h and @richmondred01 for da hubs and @rmaynard for brake lining. Made a drill guide so I could spot drill a place for the 2nd set screw on axle and worked out great. I feel a little better with the xtra set screws since Im running loaded tires and wheel weights now .

Only if it needs it. With the engine off and put the shifter in 3rd gear. Do not hold the shifter and try to move the input shaft in and out (side to side). You want absolutely zero play. Any play translates to the 3523 gear separating that amount from the 3522 input gear. If there's any play at all slide the appropriate shim on the input shaft before you put in through the case.

I do that ..... after derusting my tractor parts. Just strain out the big chunks of rust.

Well @c-series donwas close. I did remove the tank, drained it, blew it out with compressed air and then I set my air compressor regulator to about 5#, and let the air tank deplete while running air into the gas tank, the I baked it in the summer sun for hours, blew it out again and then replaced the grommet and shutoff valve, replaced the fuel line to the filter and the filter. Has been running like a top ever since.

Agree with Eric - I run 30 weight all year. Plow with a C-105 and a C-125. Let them warm up and go...

This picture taken at "interveiw"

Made another set of tie rods and mounted them on th ol 1257 (Vince). With the thrust bearings under the spindles, new tie rods and the larger steering wheel its like having power steering .

Added a receiver hitch to the rear of my RJ-59 to attach a garbage can hauler. I have a very steep driveway and at 66 it is difficult to get the heavy trash cans to the curb. Worked better than expected and I still get joy out of driving my grandfather's tractor he purchased new. BTW this is how I learned to drive!

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Happy Borned on Day, Bert

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Molasses can safely remove rust from iron and steel through a slow chelation process, leaving the underlying metal intact. We have all heard the phrase, "slower than molasses in January," guess this substantiates it. One thing is for sure, if you didn't have an insect problem before, you would after doing this method of rust removal.