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Spending my Saturday cleaning out a local collection today, previous owner is deceased. Not too much in the mornings haul, mostly parts tractors / decks , tractor in picture 4 fired right up on starting fluid, maybe something better this afternoon....

TRIP 2 consisted of some NOS parts, buckets of used parts, numerous Kohlers, and some more tractors including some little tractor with some kind of cutting attachment on the front of it. Not sure if that's worth anything or not? Best part is that it was 2 tenths of a mile from my house.

This is how Trina and I expanded our collection quite a lot a few years ago. I rented a 26 ft U-Haul which we filled. Then went back several times with our own utility trailer. I have since sold / given away / traded most of those items to other folks.

I put some paint on the wheels

I would love to find a haul like that to make! Of course it’s sad that someone has to pass to make that happen. Circle of life I guess.

Home and unloaded. She runs really good, mows fantastic. Took it straight to some pretty thick grass and it barely even loaded up going through it and cut very clean. When I got there I was pleasantly surprised that most of the original paint is actually there. All the pics made the hood and fenders look like rusted steel. Don’t get me wrong there’s several places where the paints worn off but I believe I can get the old paint to clean up decent. Seller had very recently done a full service and replaced both rear axle seals not long ago as well.

I usually see them listed for $400-600, not sure if that’s what they sell for but I’ve seen plenty listed in that price range. As @ri702bill stated they are a bear to mount a move around. I have one but I use my C-141 to move and mount/dismount it. Shipping it may cost more than the selling price?

May 30, 1911 1st Indianapolis 500: Ray Harroun, driving a Marmon Wasp for Nordyke & Marmon Company, comes out of retirement and wins the inaugural event with an average speed of 74.6 mph.

AND to retain the inner race sleeve #40.....

We have a bunch of houses in the village that were built in the 50's for the local soldiers. Sampson Naval Base, Air Base and the Seneca Army Depot just a few miles away. They were designed as "Temporary" homes. A single little furnace in a closet, fiberboard sewer lines, all kinds of goodies. Well they are still there. My brother in law bought 2 of them. One to rent and 1 for his stepdaughter. I put electrical services in both of them. I could write a book about what I found. All of the original outlets fell apart when you removed the wall plate!!! His son in law goes nuts with Christmas lights. They called me Christmas Eve one year as half of the House went dark. My brother in law had half of the outlets out of the walls when I got there. Couldn't find a tripped breaker. It had rained hard and I noticed an extension cord on the roof half plugged in. Water got on it and shorted out the cord. I followed it to a sub panel in the garage and found the tripped breaker. I remind them every year to go easy on the spaghetti mess but to no avail!

Anyone who's ever replaced the pesky brake pedal return spring on a sundstrand hydro unit knows that it's in the hood stand and can be an exercise in patience. I've seen some workarounds so that's what I chose to do this morning. I'll swap the angle bracket out for something more appropriate but this was effective for testing purposes. I can't recall what these springs are for but I have a few in the shop so they're likely a common part.

... at The Brickyard. Look at all the oil burners! Back when it took TWO fearless folks to drive & navigate the track... Usually, the mechanic's job was to be constantly aware of the necessary lubrication, watch for tire wear and keep track of the parts that fell off. No Loctite back then!

Clean the bolts and threads up with carb cleaner and put a spot of blue removable locktite on each bolt and reinstall, 8 ft lbs torque.

Did you install the 2 lock plates and bend them to lock the bolts?

Major cleaning of the recently acquired 314H.

A $50 leaf blower zip tied to the front bumper of these $300,000 paint rigs could blow off the trash and road kills. Maybe add a remote switch for the driver.

RJ(?) with a front sickle bar cutter... Gopher Patrol!!!

Yep gas tank was pulled and cleaned out. Fan was removed to make sure all the crud was removed. This was one of the crudest tractors I’ve ever seen. After I was finished with the pressure washer I ended up throwing my shirt and shorts away. They were beyond cleaning.

I too have seen many questionable wiring jobs. I guess it goes under the saying,everything is good till it ain't, and when it ain't thing can go very bad in a hurry.

If they get the bright idea to go with E-lectric Racecars, it may take days to finish (seven hours just to recharge!)... and perhaps firesuits will need to be worn by the spectators...

I have gotten up to 3.5 inches with good quality using 7" deck wheel. Yo have to make sure you relevel the deck fore and aft. Then lower the front by making one turn on the adjuster.

Sure do appreciate the input! That is why we are here to help all members.

That’s what I do also tearing them down to the frame. Check every nut bolt every threaded hole and just enjoy bringing it back to a better state of operation. I am currently doing this to a. B100. Pretty much saving it for the winter time so it will give me something to do every day. Enjoy what you do and mostly enjoy the ride when it’s done.

@Tonytoro416 I think I speak for everyone when I say that we would all enjoy more pictures of your beautiful 953. I keep going back to look at the ones you posted and thinking “Damn, that thing is nice 👍🏻”

Thanks a million for all the helpful input! The plan if it checks out in person is to bring her home and use it as is for a while. I will be on the hunt for a head light assembly and checking out it out mechanically. Then long term goal is to slowly restore it with my boys. I’ll definitely be on the lookout for a correct seat but as comfy as the one on it looks I’ll wager it stays on there for a long while. Will be a good project for them as they are both into things like this and use it to teach them how to take care of things. I much prefer older well made things than all the new garbage that’s made today, not just tractors but pretty much everything. They are both super excited about it and can’t wait.

I have too many low hanging branches in my yard to mow with the umbrella, but is nice to have portable shade at the shows.

Ed, that would have to go out for bid and you know the DOT specifications would drive the price up to several thousand dollars . Next the public employees' union would protest having additional duties put on the employee. To say nothing of the danger posed by those rechargeable batteries. without suitable training the blower could pose a significant hearing and eye hazard.

Sounds like a potential job description upgrade! .

Put the rear weights back on the 312-8. Neighbor wants to aerate everyone's yards tomorrow so I told him I'd provide the tractor and fuel

I agree that you'll probably love it. I just picked up a 1 owner (I believe) c-161 but had to drive to northern VA to get it. Well engineered machines

The oil level should be below the dip stick housing. Should be able to remove it with out leaking oil.

Was debating stripping the hood completely, but I'm glad I did. There were hundreds of little rust bubbles under the paint. All clean now and red oxide primed. Also I have looked for several days for my generator belt brackets. So I just made a set. Once I get them installed I'll probably find the originals. And I'm strongly considering using an electric fuel pump. I have for over a month now played phone and email tag with Newandoldparts. I'll decide tomorrow...

RJ-58 with a CBR-32

Cadillac Northstar says "Hold my beer!"

I had the chance to do the same a couple of times. I didn't have the thousands of dollars to invest that the people thought it was worth. Managed to pick up a tractor, snow blower, deck and grader blade like 3 years ago but that's about it.

Bob - good thing you did not nick the unsecured Romex on the right while cutting to find the Pulling Elbow...

Sounds like time for a new rectifier....

The 312 got a bath today! Interesting story about this tractor is that I never intended to own it but it came non-running in a package deal with a c-165 I was in search of. It eventually got repowered when I swapped one from a 12 Auto. A huge limb fell across its hood so that's been pounded out. No Purple Heart ceremony for that yet but it's got character and surprisingly my "preferred" machine depending on what I'm doing.

The 1919 race took nearly seven hours to run, the 2026 race took less than three hours. High octain racing gas was about 50 or so at the time, today it is about 105.

The mount needs to be a solid top plate per the Briggs manual. Just a stack of washers or a set of 4 spacers won't support the aluminum block well enough.

Those plates were intended to distribute the torque across the disc.

Thanks - here are a couple pics of my machine.

Ejection seat?

@jeremi3210

This is only pic I have at the moment. i remember @ebinmaine posting some much better pics to explain on an older post, i found it but im not smart enough to link it on my phone.. He should be along shortly

My neighbor is retired from DOT road maintenance. One of his early jobs was one of the fellows who rode in a (as I envisioned in my mind's eye) cage and sprayed the stripes. The driver of the truck kind of aligned the sprayer but it was up to the spray operator who tweaked the cage to get paint in right location. As I remember he was side swiped one time by a car while in the cage. He did not like that job. The DOT guys can't paint over a squirrel. That would be inner agency's interference in this case the Conservation department's creatures!

Another C160 in NC? Well done. I hope you can get it! Do NOT let @ebinmaine drive down and beat you to it. He has plenty of C160s!