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June 3, 1956, Santa Cruz, California captured national attention when city authorities announced a total ban on rock 'n' roll at public gatherings. Officials called the music “detrimental to both the health and morals of our youth and community.”

I bought aftermarket wheels for RD deck, $7 a piece, and I installed zerks . Slightly narrower than original but color is right.

Elvis, Elvis leave me be...! Keep that pelvis far from me...! Rizzo (Grease)

Always looking at equipment for unusual engineering, found this chain drive steering on a Steiner 3 wheel tractor on FBM today. I seen others having a similar setup but found it interesting how it was under the hood and between the engine. Heavy Duty

I mowed my elderly parents lawn for them a few weeks ago. I did it with the 312-8 after their 20 year old Cub Cadet's PTO decided it wanted to stop engaging. It was past due, but the tractor kept chugging along. My parent's, specifically my mother was happy was taken care of.

So That's my problem! If it's too loud your too old!

Still waiting on the 30 fence panels, but my neighbor graciously lent me a temporary fence system for the pool to be opened! I started wiring the lights too. The new pool light is no longer line voltage to the pool, I’m excited about that. I did however run wiring through a GFCI breaker.

I used my 864 to pull my dad's 1257 that I forgot to check the oil level in and snapped the rod on a 6 by 12 trailer to the garage with me room to hopefully get the tractor out back together soon. I had the gasket balanced so that my tractor was just pulling and not dealing with the tongue weight and bouncing of everything.

Today, I pulled 2 of the 3 usable tractors the 312 and the C-141 out to get to my ATV with a winch to move my Snowmobile around. Frank, The C-141 definitely likes the more constant use even if it is just moving it out of the way. I haven't had a problem starting it for months. Yesterday, I put a new deck belt for the 37"SD on the 308. I got a few years out of the same old one, and it wouldn't keep tension without needing to extend the adjustment screw on the mule drive.

Nyla Trinity & Mowgli Quinn; high energy, non-stop. What a handful! No, they aren't related.

And here we are 70 years later.

@MainelyWheelhorse brought up today... and someone else I don't recall just recently... That I MAY have a few tractors. A problem? An addiction? No no no of course not. So I commenced to countin'.. Running and usable: 1. 1974 "Cinnamon Horse" C160-8. 2. My own fully restored 1975 C160 Automatic. 3. "The Ugly Bruce" tractor. 1978/9 C121 Automatic. Projects: 4. 1974 C160-8 Tecumseh/ Briggs Vanguard swap tractor. 5. 1977 B80 8 speed that needs an engine repair or swap. 6. "Hollis" 1975 C160-8. So named for the town it came from. 7. Pile o' parts to build a complete new (520-8 based with C series sheet metal) chassis for the Wally Digger Backhoe. 8. COLOSSUS PROJECT. (Thanks @SylvanLakeWH) 9. Enough other parts to build at least one more 8 speed mid 70s C series. Maybe two??? So maybe 10......??? Oh man.....

@sqrlgtr I don't have much choice here in Poland, I had only 1 original (pretty new) and another one was worn out so a few months earlier I temporarily put even cheaper wheel,but now that red one fits perfectly.

There are times that I have to turn the music down in the car so that I can see what I'm doing.

Not actually, it was just another day that politicians got it wrong, VERY WRONG, but the people overruled them.

I blew the leaves out of the black raspberry patch today. Created enough of a mess on the lawn that it required Morgan, the 14-8, to pull the lawn sweeper around for a bit. As long as he was out, I hooked the garden cart up to him and moved the new section of dock from winter storage to the front yard of the lake house. Set the dock section on saw horses to slop a couple coats of stain on it before putting it in the lake. As long as the tractor was hooked out and hooked up to the cart, I went over to the neighbor's house and picked up 2 snow blades of unknown vintage and origin. He had a project planned for them, but it died - he was planning on scrapping them. There are trip spring assemblies that I can adapt to the plow that came with Pack Rat, the AC B-110, and frames that look like a good starting point to build a belly blade for the Wheel Horse. I got the first coat of stain on the top side of the new dock section after dinner. New gallon of stain. When I took the color tag from the gallon I got 3 years ago Menardsfor another gallon, the guy at the paint counter informed me that the same stain was NLA. Seems VOC regulations have tightened, forcing oil base stain out of Menards inventory. He apologized, then grumped a bit about how times are changing. When asked if they still sell lacquer thinner, he replied 'not the good stuff".

yeah it is....

After a little over a month Sooki is finally starting to get over her ugly puppy stage of life. She sure is a ball of energy, all go all the time. She's getting her basic commands down pretty good, food is a great motivator of course.

Don't turn it too sharp! We had a 3 wheel Cushman Truckster at the golf course. It would do close to 40 and if you turned the wheel too sharp on wet grass you went for quite a ride!

My C160's safety circuit is simple compared to your newer Horse, but when I first encountered my C160 it didn't want to start reliably. It boiled down to the safety switch at the PTO lever not getting engaged when the lever was in the OFF position. After getting awesome help from this site's participants along with a wiring diagram for my tractor, it was just a process of elimination going through the safety circuit using a multimeter. If you don't have one of those, I would highly suggest you get one and learn to use it. A simple continuity test will get you on the correct path. Keep at it...... you'll get it!

No. By jumping the solenoid terminals you circumvented ALL of the safety switches. It tells you only that once the starting circuit is correct, there is power at the solenoid to crank the engine. Note that getting the engine to crank and having the ignition to keep it running are two different circuits.

Still mid-spring there. We’re approaching full summer leaf-out here.

Happy Happy Mike

Here's some pictures of the C101 I found earlier this year on FBMP, a little more than an hour from home too. It came with a 42"RD deck that looks better than the one a rebuilt last fall, so I swapped all the new parts over from one shell to the other and now have VGC spindles to make another serviceable 42"RD, just won't have the old patina, but it's not rotted out. I really have enjoyed going through this machine. I cut some grass with it yesterday and probable cut some more today or tomorrow. I runs smooth and strong, it's weathered and solid I went with penetrol and steel wool finish refurbish and I like the OG survivor look.

Yeah but you won’t sell me anything! I’m a cash buyer

As always Garry we thank you for what you do. This site would not be the same without your diligent work ethic..

It won't work on anything but a 856 which I just so happen to have one for sale ...

My last two nights have been spent working on my truck. I've been chasing an exhaust leak since this time last year. I'll fix one thing, it will seem OK for a day or two, then it starts getting worse again. Sunday I found a hole in one of the header tubes and the brazing rods I've repaired everything else with would not stick to that metal. I couldn't get the flange bolts in the head to budge, so last night off came the cab. Tonight I actually go the headers out, with only two broken bolts. Thankfully those two are in flanges and I can just drill them out over-sized and re-tap without worrying about damaging over things. I've already done it to the same engine in another of my vehicles.

Perfect I"ll bring it to the Scantic Valley show and put it in your truck!

@ebinmaine... Um... Er... Forget one of "Colossus" proportions...???

Mowed the old cemetery where my great great grandparents are buried

I have used saran wrap and a little oil over the ends of the axle to get seal started, but always deburrrrr everything good first.

Tempting but I’m hearing it’s also meets the drive belt specs for the short frame 3 speed rigs ..which I have one of.

! WI seems to have umpteen shows per weekend to choose from all summer long. You shouldn’t have a hard time finding one, but Portage, WI Garden Tractor Daze is always a favorite for my wife and I to drive to. Plus we get to hang out with cheese royalty like @WHX??, @Achto @Streetrodchev, @PeacemakerJack, @jeremi3210, @Wild Bill 633, @Coulter Caleb, @Edward Teach, @Jacob moll, and more!

Over the past two weeks the 854 got new Firestone Town & Country rear tires. Very pricey but so far they are just what I was hoping for. I took the opportunity to strip and repaint the wheels using the Cottage White (formerly Navajo White). Mounting always leaves marks, so in anticipation of the Big Show, I even did the touchups. Looked so good I got out the can of Regal Red and touched up a bunch of the scratches and scrapes that a worker acquires over time.

Supposed to be GOOD VIBRFATIONS, not bad.

I did it a few weeks ago but I got the belt guard put on

Happy Birthday @prondzy, we are glad you were born.

That has potential, I'm not sure I have the requisite skills to make something that would need to be that precise. But, your mention of the word collar got me to thinking about a 1-1/8" ID split collar that could be clamped over the seal and then tightened just enough to get it to start into the bore. I'm going to think on this one a while.... Thanks!!!

This! I destroyed 2 seals on one axle, until I chamfered it some more with a small file.

I’ve seen it and experienced it…..I built an entire working tractor from parts I got from @ebinmaine and still have some left over… That reminds me, @ebinmaine.I didn’t forget about the 520 hydraulic lift setup that you’ve been storing for me either😁 I’ll be in touch. I’d say that’s like me and @ebinmaine, but I’m pretty sure he has more of both parts and tractors so it may be the reverse😄 @BradKahler could a little grease lube it up to slip into place? Tap it in with something softer like a rubber hammer etc…It might slip enough greased so nothing catches like what happened before.

1986 Click on the fuzzy tractor 1987 1988 1989

Our non spoiled dog made her own double height pillow the other day.

Let's face it these are old pieces of equipment. Old wiring, electronics, leaky fuel at times etc- a perfect recipe. I do have fire extinguishers on every tractor. Also have them on my carts for my hit/miss engines. Theres plenty mounting options without needing to drill xtra holes on body panels. On the round hoods I typically mount with the back top bolt of the belt guard. On the RJ & Suburban either use bottom bolts of seat spring or I've used big heavy duty zip ties to secure extinguisher to bottom of seat spring under seat. The 953 I used existing seat back screws. Fire extinguishers in the garage & sheds (have plenty) dont do me any good out in yard or if I'm cruising the neighborhood. Even have one attached to propane grill. Last fall was mowing at my moms & leaves got under heat shield of exhaust of her 1 tractor. As soon as I opened hood to inspect "burning smell" it ignited. Not close to house, buildings or water & my beer was empty I reacted as quick as I could & had to take a pee on exhaust! It worked. Fire extinguishers are cheap insurance.

The point is that the OE style switch sees all the current go thru its internal contacts when starting. Not a good long term design at all. I added a solenoid (a device designed to pass high current on one loop when the smaller low current internal coil - that click sound - is activated from the keyswitch) on my 854 when I got it. I made a plate that stands off the back of the S/G to mount the solenoid out of the way and keep the wiring as short in length as possible.

Spent some time on the B-100 this weekend. Parts came in for the tranny so I was able to reassemble that. I discovered that the idle pulley for the drive belt was locked up so that got replaced. The plastic handle for the parking brake was missing so I spun some new ones out of aluminum on the lathe. Back together and ready for duty.

Have you attempted to rotate the engine backwards? Could be one of the magnets from the flywheel came loose and is jammed against the stator.

Got the dock in the lake today. Morgan, the 14-8, got tapped to do the cart work needed to haul the dock sections to the lake from their winter storage area. The job went scary smoothly. No tractor issues, didn't drop a wrench in the lake, didn't get hurt. Good thing I bought a Powerball ticket this morning - maybe I'll get lucky.

Put my Wheel Horse canopy on my 314-8 mowing tractor today. I bought this canopy several years ago from Heritage Farm Power. They are the full size and garden tractor size umbrella or canopy people. I was surprised to see they are going out of business soon so i bought a new replacement canvas canopy with the Wheel Horse logo to have a nice spare. I recommend these as they do keep you cooler in the hot summer sun when mowing a big yard or field. They are well made not cheap and do a great job. https://tractorumbrellas.com

Unfortunately that seems to be the standard. Owner sharpening is required.