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Happy Happy Kev! After a weekend of preaching tractor safety here to a bunch of kids I feel I should say some thing here ... nawww

August 3, 1492 Christopher Columbus, with Juan de la Cosa as second-in-command, sets sail on his first voyage with three ships: Santa María, Pinta, and Niña from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, for the "Indies".

1990 510-8

Put the mid mount grader that I got from @Pullstart on it this evening, I need to get a longer lift link though as it doesn't go all they way to the floor.

@Sparky I would not put those 23x10.50-12 ag tires back on your 520. You have a nice lawn and I’d hate to see you mess it up. Instead of you having to worry about storing those rims and tires I’d be more than happy to come and get them. This way it will help you with storage space. I’m just trying to help you out here Mike!😂 Work with me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I couldn’t decide so, a two fer….for SSS.

Her comment about wire wheel to clean up corrosion??maybe a bad ground somewhere Bad stator would mean battery going dead

Happy Birthday!

It’s good to have friends in this hobby Don! Actually the reason I had to remove the ag’s was because the wheels on the 42” deck wouldn’t clear.

@Darrenw85 We are going to need more, several more pictures of that beautiful 867 that you restored. Outstanding job 👍🏻

Changed hydraulic oil filter on the C161 that seems to have been neglected on anything maintenance related... Found out it was quite past due

Spent the last few days making my tractor more Wisconsin. Now I need to get it some cheese curds. I put the wheelweights I bought from @WHX?? at the show on and went through the RM-425 deck I got from @Achto and put it on too. This deck was the nicest deck I've ever gone though so far. None of the bearings were seized and all of the grease looked good but I still cleaned it up and put some fresh Lucas green in it. The nla double-d blades looked like they had either never been sharpened or sharpened very little.

It's so satisfying to be able to start and drive a project that you put together and have nothing go wrong

Today I finally made a hold down for the battery. It’s a little overkill as I used 3/8 threaded rod and thicker steel for the bracket side, but it’ll do the job. Battery doesn’t bounce around anymore.

Couple a pics of C160 with the new to me rear wheel weights.

Thank you - I'm a body and paint guy, not a mechanic - so I'm educating myself as I go. If that's the case, could it also be a mis-diagnosed rectifier and low voltage? I guess getting my hands on it and some time with the multimeter may tell the story.

Found this while scrolling... https://www.facebook.com/reel/1008069465347807

Brain fart on my part. I was thinking magneto rather than battery ignition. A second cup of coffee is starting to clear the fog.

"I think it's just up a bit to the left...... boy, it's cold this time of year for the Indies!"

Since @cleat gave you my last piece of cake and Jim @WHX?? posted some of your best moments all I have to add is,

Happy Birthday Kevin...Thank you for all you do for this group!!!

Seems as though the 12 HP of many year models was the bread n butter.

Picked this 312-8 up this morning! Might be the nicest original one I ever bought! Has a bagger and a plow thats just as nice. Got it running after a carb clean and new fuel lines. I was just gonna flip it, but I don't know about that now. It works pretty great! 20260801_170738.mp4

'73 Electros did. I have two. Sundstrand.

Whistle pigs1 Pullstart 1

It rained, so nothing.

I'm not too familiar with diesel engines have never personally owned one but it seems that the newer ones are more delicate than the old ones. Our farm bought a ten year old tractor (pre-special fuel additive was desired by my brother who is the main operator). The tractor had only a little over 2,000 hours and after one year's ownership we spent $4.500 replacing the four injectors. Apparently this is not uncommon with the high pressure injection now used. If the engine isn't working hard enough, the motor will idle down and no work can be done until the particulate is burned out of the exhaust. It's a nice tractor and runs great but way too complicated. On the other hand we have a smaller tractor dad bought new in 1983 and it's never had any issues that I'm aware of that required it to be returned to the shop for repair. That's the one I use-nice and simple. It does put out a little diesel smoke a certain times but for the most part there's no telltale exhaust smoke. Maybe there's pollution that not evident visually but it's surely been dependable and cheap to operate. However, my '71 El Camino would have been used up at 100,000 miles. I certainly wouldn't have considered buying a used one at that time with 60K miles. My last vehicle purchase had 180,000 miles and I'm still driving it. Modern materials and machining is amazing.

Today, I mowed the Fire Station and my lawn with the 312. I also heated up and circulated all the oil in the C-141. The local church was painting the inside of the station so I have to go back for some touch up probably tomorrow or Tuesday. The trucks and some stuff were out so it limited where I could mow, I got most of it though.

When I built our house I put in a LOT of blocking in all the shower walls. When it came time to install the grab bars I used foam double stick tape to hold them in place while drilling and mounting.

@8ntruck be careful!!!

We slept in, went over to Crystal Lake Diner for brunch, walked the dog, and finished several small projects that were cluttering up my bench - there is actually a fair sized empty spot on it now. One of the projects was finishing reassembling my Red Ryder. Last fall it quit shooting. When I did get it to shoot once, the barrel plug/sight and shot tube came out and landed about 8 feet away. Total tear down and search for parts. Ended up with a new shot tube, barrel plug (with a 'fiber optic sight'!), new air tube, new plunger seal. Once I figured out how to make a dependable spring compressor, it went together. It did shoot bb's - at a very low velocity. It was not producing an air pulse when fired. Took it back apart and compared the new plunger seal to the old one. Was about 1/16" smaller in diameter. Put the old seal back in and it is working like it should. Needs to be sighted back in, probably due to the new shot tube and front sight.

Tire/wheel swaps on the 520 today…B-80 used to haul it all away.

August 2, 1943, a Japanese destroyer rams an American PT (patrol torpedo) boat, No. 109, slicing it in two. The destruction is so massive other American PT boats in the area assume the crew is dead. Two crewmen were, in fact, killed, but 11 survived, including Lt. John F. Kennedy.

@JCM I’ve had good luck with the one I got on Amazon new in 2022 from Caltric on my 312. Four years later and still going strong.

Bought a rebuilt starter from DB Electrical Thanks for the recommendation @Achto a year ago and it finally decided to quit, of course no where near the shop..So it was time to release the belt and SLOWLY PUSH THE ROUGHLY 800 LB Tractor with SDdeck towards the shop. Can't complain it's been noisy since I bought it around 6 or 7 years ago. The starter is an easy replacement but fortunately I had removed all the bolts and put never seize on them that hold the tins on. Putting the tins back on is a slight pain in the rear. Super quiet now.

Nice score on that 312-8. Mine is my go to mowing machine, so I definitely agree with you,

@Retired Wrencher that fuel, oil related varnish , is the issue , 2 things I changed to years ago , sta bil , enhances fuel cleaning debris , another major cleaner ? zinc, been adding rislone zinc , typically 2 to3 oz to a fresh oil change , also like the valvoline 10-30 VR1 flat tappet oil , no smoke or varnish . repetitive problems , are simply something I have to get after . after EVERY USAGE , I go after a regular check over , for FEED BACK , HOW IS IT DOING ? WHAT IS IT DOING ? need a tweak ? over 40 years , regular maintenance , go to what makes it bombproof , my screaming pto neighbor , has no clue , pete

Looks like this gives excellent results. Remember to hand plane the cylinder head for flatness too.

Just like UFOs. They never existed until people put up pictures of what they might look like down in Roswell, NM. Next thing you know the tourist crowd from outer space shows up to see the photos and then we are overrun with UFOs. Sounds like if Connecticut hadn't posted those pictures the bobcats would have stayed away.

Thanks! I'll be picking it up tonight. Luckily there's a Harbor Freight about 3 miles from me!

I use them in my shed and place broken up skins around entry points and other inconspicuous places. Traps are also set and the catch rate has dropped dramatically since placing the skins.

great minds think alike this is exactly same combo I run on my round hoods, I could get this cheap as I could try and rebuild old one.

Ol snowball was back but “Opie” was putting the hurt on him by the time I got off lawnmower. I pulled him off and hope he/she will be alright. He/she did make it back to shed where Opie couldn’t get to him. I was trying to get dog off of it and dog was swinging snake around and wrapped it around my leg bout lost my religion on that one.

My 867 after a lengthy restoration.

New seal is in along with drum and brake band. Hopefully it doesn’t leak, it does stop very well now. I did scratch up paint doing all this so gonna have to touch it all up at some point.

This is excellent. I have been looking for ways to re-power away from S/G setups at some point, and interference with the battery's stock location is the biggest sticking point I don't have figured out.

Can someone tell me the size of the opening on the hood to accommodate the steering wheel column on an RJ 59. It’s an oval shape so just length and width is good. I don’t have a factory hood to compare it to. P.O. Took a saw to mine and I want to get it back to original .