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April 17, 1964 The Ford Mustang officially debuted at the New York World's Fair in New York City.

I just won 2 wheelhorse 312s on a local online auction.... why did I do that? A WH 312-A and an 312 Hydro. I'll pick them up tomorrow. One runs, one doesn't. The hydro has a plow. I hope there are some manuals here for those. Still not sure why I did that.

I planted this Rhubarb two years ago. I thought it froze out with the cold temps this winter. No strawberries yet but I have plenty of frozen blackberries from last year. So my first attempt at a blackberry / rhubarb pie. Mrs K even gave me a

Whenever I got bit I went to the VA and they never tested for it. They said it may show up but probably not. They just gave me pills and sent me packing. I never got the bullseye. My dad got it with a huge bullseye and the doc up north knew right away what it was since it's common up there. They gave him pills where he couldn't have alcohol for a couple of weeks. I'll have none of that ...

I think that @ebinmaine corraled all the remaining East Coast C160's...

obviously through time the remaining inventory will continue to lessen as they age and are parted out, or scrapped - then add in the volume or tractors people are hoarding -- so over coming years will be fewer and fewer "for sale" -- but then there seems to be inevitabilty there will be fewer of us to have interest buying them -- let's hope they live on as great machines that appeal to future generations - we have two younger families in our family tree who have them - let's hope that loyalty continues

And don't touch yer yapper until you wash your hands. Tastes like crap and makes your tongue and lips numb. ...At least that's what I hear.

It's removable John. Wash line is winning 3, Shed truss 2

Don't forget that strobe light Ed ! Jim's will be laying on the ground behind the tractor with a new sunroof hole in the top LOL Those lights can easily be removed or relocated. I'll get a measurement off mine too

The PT Cruiser convertible with the top down always looked to me like it was a poor mans Funeral Flower Car. I was involved with the power top switch cluster where I worked... not the actual switch, but the cluster we assembled.

I have been known to turn off my phone prior to our Wednesday Bible study and not remember it is off until I go to turn it off on Sunday for church.

And I figured @WHX?? would come up with that number before you did. @wallfish He must be down for his mid - afternoon nap.

I saw this disclaimer at the end of their website: Important: Rubber Care may cause slipperiness and should not be used on floors, stairs, controls (such as pedals and grips), and other objects where slipperiness may be hazardous due to loss of control. So, probably not recommended to use on those "Drug Store date nite 3 packs:.... or not!!?? Gotta avoid those hazardous situations, ya know... I have had good success with a product called "Back to Black" Car showroom look that lasts a month or so. For black trim & rubber only.

My '88 measures 70.5 inches. I did raise the seat pan 1.5" so that also raised the cab a bit in the rear.

You don't need no stinkin phone. You wanna yak with 'Fish you ride on over. One of the reasons I go to is to get away from it. Long as the camera works for the thousands of yer gonna take!

I’ve often found mine still quiet on Tuesday or Wednesday after silencing it on Sunday morning!

I have a few I made with my " Poor Mans Lathe!"

What a beast

How did we ever survive before all of this technology? Disconnecting for a couple days isn't necessarily a bad thing.

So I pulled the trigger on the bearings @Achto posted since i have a set to paint. They look pretty good ... fairly tight and only maybe a couple thou of wiggle. Picked a seal and yah very little grease in them so they will get repacked with greasy Pete.

You have to use an older phone there.

As long as you clean up the dishes & the prep mess.....

https://www.overtons.com/aero-cosmetics-rubber-care-rubber-and-plastics-conditioner-and-protectant-16-oz.-158286.html? been detailing cars for years , the recovery rate of this is amazing , read instructions , quickly refreshes , vinyl / plastic , headlights , try a regular issue area , its gone . the effect on plastic lens covers , is simple easy . look around the net for best price , pete

Ed , I read this book s couple years ago. Very informative. After WWII , the United States had lots of research on chemical and biological weapons (mostly as a result of capturing Data and labs of our enemies) . When the Korean War broke out we actually used a number of biological weapons. It too several decades for this author to get the information that substantiates this tick research ( one of several contaminated live critters that we used). One of them was ticks! We had labs on Long Island, New York and in Wisconsin that university scientists under government contracts developed a more toxic strain of ticks that were actually dropped into North Korea. It has long been speculated that some of these ticks did get into our environment.

Welcome to Red Square. Should be in service manual. https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/search/?q=1838&quick=1&type=downloads_file

Also, don't get it on yer fishin' line. It melts Mono.

I've repaired a few brass floats. Dry it off, shake it and the gas will seep a wet spot around the hole to identify it's location, if one is there. Make the hole a little bigger to shake out what liquid you can and use napkin/paper towel to help suck it out. Then light it on fire ( Don't worry it won't blow up) and the little flame will also heat the brass creating pressure inside of it pushing out all of the fumes to burn off. Basically burn the gas out until the flame goes out. Solder the hole. The flame burns like the size of a Bic lighter. Obviously not a technique for plastic floats. It can be done if there's still liquid gas in it too but it takes longer and if you leave it burn too long it can get hot enough to melt the original solder on it. Guess how that was discovered? LOL Do it in steps until it doesn't burn anymore. If you can't hold it with your fingers it's getting too hot. Typically takes about 5-10 minutes from discovery of fuel in it to being repaired and back in the carb good to go. No need to buy and wait for a new one to arrive. Or keep one on the shelf and repair the hole when time allows so it's waiting for the next time. Rinse and repeat. The vent hole. But it's going to be different on a Walbro carb

I was stationed at the Brookline Navy Yard in 1964 and attended the World's Fair several times. I remember looking at the Mustang as it rotated in its display and wanting to own one. On Navy pay at the time it was not something that would happen then. Nearly four decades later Chrysler did the same with it's PT Cruiser using the Dodge Neon platform and running gear. It looked cute and an aggressive marketing campaign (including PT Cruiser events paid for by Chrysler) made this underpowered, underwhelming car a commercial success. Poor timing with the economic downturn of 2008 brought it to a painful death rather than evolving into a legendary success the way the Mustang did.

I do not own this model but based on other Wheel Horses I suspect that the fuse holders are located near the battery. If one of the fuse holders has become corroded due to fumes from the battery over time it will become a poor conductor of electricity and could be your problem.

My experience shows me that if a carb EVER had ethanol or MAY have had ethanol (you don't know) then it just automatically gets a rebuild. That's become no more negotiable than an oil change. A lot of the nut driver sockets that attach to a screwdriver 🪛 handle type driver will work. Not the one piece tool. The little separated bits.

If you are referring to the round hood style rear fenders (32R/ 32E, 33R/ 33E, 34R/34E), they would only fit if you modify the sheetmetal underneath. The original 65-67 fender support runs horizontally front the tower to the rear of the seat pan. The easiest thing to do is find a 62-64 Ranger center column. That wasn't an option for me because they don't turn up here in NC very often. Of course that requires using a different hood as well... I added round fenders on my son's 1967 Ranger but alot of fabrication was involved. The toolbox for round fenders is a couple inches shorter so I not only had to cut the original 67 support to allow for the toolbox to mount on the transmission, but I also had to cut and weld an angle into the center to match the round fender tool box. You could just cut the original fender support to allow the round fender toolbox to fit, but it will be a couple inches higher than the top of the toolbox.

By the time I was finished dialing, I'd have forgotten who I was calling.

Yup AT & T and Consumer Cellular. The double whammy. Randy has Verizon I think so I can borrow his phone unless I need to call him I had a Trac Phone years ago. My B-I-L bought a new shop and had Verizon Installed there. He couldn't call anyone on his phone but I could on my $19.95 special! They have been laying cables for almost a year now in the hospital since University of Rochester moved in. We have 3 Wi fi box gizmo's just in the shop alone. I'm telling everyone they have camera's in them to spy on us so now they are all paranoid!

Thanks to the dimensional info from ebinmaine and the information previously posted by others I've made some progress on fabricating the grader blade components. Other than the block that the lift arm connects to on the main support arm, it's ready to weld together. The blade itself has previously been fabricated. I'm currently waiting on the plate that bolts to the blade, I'm having it bent to shape in a fab shop close by. After that I'll mill the three slots and make the pivot pin. I'm sure the lift arm won't be exactly like an original, but it should be close enough to function.

Shortly after I built the flame it started spewing gas. Yep pin hole in float. I was too stupid to pull the float off and check it just dropped the bowl and checked the valve. I had the bowl off ten times before I got off the recliner and checked the float. A very small hole and just for $hit$ & grins tried to repair it. You know just to see if I could. Enlarged the hole with a dental pick and shook the gas out and set in a warm place to further evaporate it out. Then just soldered it shut. Being brass soldered up easy. Still working to this day. I had pics if I could find them ...

Just a heads up. Ticks are out in my neck of the woods! Time to get out the Permethrin.

If you give it a shove in a manner that you can spin a wheel backwards, it’ll scoot right along. Put your hip into it so that backwards spinning wheel is lighter than the forward spinning wheel.

I've finally put new tires on Big Ugly, the '72 C10. The old ones have a date code of 2006. Great tread depth still, but dismal condition as far as ozone checking goes. Surprisingly, the lug nuts weren't rusted on. It has been about 20 years since I last had them off. The left rear was rusted to the hub, though. Several applications of throttle and brake with the lug nuts loose broke it loose, though. Treated him to new wheels, too. Fresh tires and fresh white paint look as good on a patinaed old truck as they do on a patinaed old tractor.

Deck work. It was in severe need of some work on the tensioner assembly, it had been let go for far too long. New blades, new height/gauge wheels, new belts. I think this is a replacement deck shell for sure. I can't imagine at 2000 hours it's an original shell. It's way too nice.

Zombie thread here but I'm looking for replacement dust boots for a couple 520's. @rmaynard would like to see them pics when you get back from vacation .

Wait, I'm not supposed to eat/drink the acid? I've been using it to make hot wings!

@sqrlgtr like a small flat putty knife / flat pocket screwdriver for careful seal removal , wipe out original lube , spray carb cleaner for flush, then hand repack , reinstall seal , regularly buy bearings with the wide easy to remove seals , been doing this for years , no related failures or noise . the lube and seal combination , swap , has eliminated bearing issues for me , combine that with a pto lever start , detailing , and it has worked issue free for years . pete

Glad to help. I can get that for you sometime tomorrow.

Welcome to Red Square. Have you seen the wiring diagrams where each circuit has it's own diagram? Makes diagnosis easier. Double check the ignition switch with the one in the main diagram. Terminal identities and location are important. Although the tractor has magneto ignition it also uses a battery type of ignition switch to control a kill relay to turn the ignition on and off. Click on the picture of the tractor in this ink to see the diagram and download the 5-page file. We may also have pin-out diagrams for the individual switches to show how they should function. Look through them all as they are in a random order in this link. Also noticed the start and kill relays are the same part so a swap may help with diagnosis. https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/search/?q=72045&quick=1&type=downloads_file Keep us posted on your thoughts.

That is not an overly difficult job. Do a search in the Transmissions section - there have been many postings about what to do & not to do. DO check the condition of the drum or shaft for excessive wobble first before you pull the seal. If there is any up & down or side to side movement, it is a complete waste of time & money to replace just the seal... Looseness means internal wear. In & out movement is OK

Float not full of gas ... hole in it?

What's the exact fuel pump you're using?