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.. NATIONAL FLASHLIGHT DAY!!! @953 nut how could you have missed this one . Yeah yeah, maybe it’s because I have 200 or so old flashlights here, many are over 100 years old. “National Flashlight Day is celebrated on December 21, coinciding with the winter solstice, the longest night of the year. This day highlights the importance of flashlights, a simple yet essential tool in our lives. Originating from the invention of the dry cell battery and the mini incandescent light bulb, flashlights have illuminated our paths in darkness and served various practical purposes. National Flashlight Day not only celebrates the utility of the flashlight but also aligns with the winter solstice, emphasizing the significance of light during the darkest times.”

Merry Christmas from the PeacemakerJack family. This is Coulter Caleb’s new house and his fiancée Faith (sitting on her 314H) along with the rest of our family. We started taking these Christmas tractor pictures 11 years ago…a lot has changed since that first picture. I’m so thankful for the many memories made through the years. As Tiny Tim observed, “God bless us…every one!”

We got a few inches of the white stuff today, daytime temps in the 20's. Used all three of the seasoned "Snow Angels" - 1979 C81, 1964 854 8 Speed, and the 1976 Ariens 24" Snow-Thro. The Snow Shovel not shown has only 8 years on the job, gets an "Honorable Mention" ...

I had my doubts this 16(14) Automatic "Johnny Cash" would ever be anything other than a parts donor, but here we are!

I wonder if she ever said “Is that a flashlight in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?” 🤣🤣🤣

Stuck these lights on the 1257 today just to see what they look like. The holes are already there so dont know if I want to fill them in, leave them alone, or run these lights? They would be handy in the dark of night . What is everyone’s opinion?

Pictured below is a gift and card (on nothing less than notebook paper.) my ten year old granddaughter gave me. She told me she bought me a Christmas gift (with her own money her mom said.) a couple of weeks ago. The school had some kind of sale and Gracelia found these pliers and snatched them up. The other side of the card said "TO: You FROM: Cece" These pliers will not likely be put to use on the 520H. They, along with the card, will be hanging on my "wall of memories" in the shop and remain there as long as I'm able to be out there tinkering around.

It’s back in action. Little better than I found it. Enjoy the YouTube video YouTube Video

The other day I picked up a No name 14 from a friend of mine who has been in this hobby a long time. I have been eyeing this machine for the last couple years. I did NOT need another machine by any means but gladly added this one to my collection! Pic right after I got it and once I got it home cleaned up with a new seat!

Sacrilege or not I wanted some new wheels, tires, hubs, and lugs. Put old shoes on my L-156.

Received this much appreciated Tee Shirt today. It also relates to Tractors... enjoy! Percussive Maintenance - Stuck Carb Needle High Impedance Air Gap - Rectifier Connector fell off Cycle Power to the Panel - Battery Charger not working Thermally Reconfigured - The dreaded 9-Pin Connector Kinetic Disassembly - Balance Gear Failures

Team 4x4

Why all the snowmen decorum, and not of me! I've been slighted and disrespected. I think Karl may get some coal in his stockings this year.

Celebrated on December 25th each year, Christmas Day is a holiday that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, who is the central figure of Christianity. It is a time for Christians around the world to come together and celebrate Jesus and the message of love, peace, and redemption that he brings. If you were a devoted viewer of MASH you will remember this one. If not, it is heartwarming and heart-wrenching at the same time and well worth watching. It may put a lump in your through or a tear in your eye, I find it very moving. Merry Christmas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEpkPF_X5UQ

The sickle runs good, minimum shake. However, there is a minor leak from the shaft seal, some Lucas has stemmed it. All in all a good running Horse!

I agree with Achto that too much weight may cause something mechanical to let go, a little tire slip is not a bad thing. I have a 1979 c-101 with (turf tires and 2 link chains) (best combo in my opinion for snow) 80 lbs on each rear wheel and # 40 chain on fronts for steering. A 10" cement block filled with cement, (weight unknown) on rear and have zero problem pushing as much snow as the plow can handle. It has been set up this way for 40 plus years with no mechanical problems, and has moved tons of western Pa snow ( Laurel Highlands). Bob

It’s a warm day here in MA so I brought out the 1993 314-8 and the deck for a last cleaning of the season.

Put a new brake pedal return spring on my '75 B100 Auto a couple weeks ago and when I was done the engine wouldn't crank with the ignition switch. No click, nothing, but I could turn the key to the run position, jump the solenoid and it would start right up and keep running. Switch tested good and I tried another known good one, same for the solenoid. The seat saftey switch was long gone when i got it. I replaced a sketchy looking splice in the lead to the solenoid and also put a new terminal on it. I did find that somewhere in all this the terminal for the battery negative cable had snapped off where it was fastened to the frame so I put a whole new cable on, still nothing. I had continuity across the switch but when I checked from the switch to the solenoid nada. I pulled the rectifier/ammeter mounting plate to take a look at the wiring to the switch from there. Ammeter had been bypassed years ago. I had juice from the switch to the rectifier but nothing to the feed running to the solenoid. I started to suspect the PTO safety switch...... That's when it hit me, I gave the PTO lever a pull and it moved backward, it had gotten bumped forward just enough to break the circuit..... put it all the way back, hit the key and it spun right over. Realizing I'm a moron never felt quite so good LOL. I did however take care of at least 3 future wiring problems so it wasn't a total loss. Thought I'd share that, always make sure everything is in the off position even if you "know" it is. All it took in this case was a few degrees of rotation and my total confidence it was an actual electrical issue..

Merry Christmas to all! Let us remember the greatest gift, and be happier to give than receive!

Weld da hood shut baby. No more trouble wid dis one. Dry as mojave and purring like a kitten..

Finished fuel pump rebuild for C160. Try and install on tractor tomorrow .

This morning a balmy 8 degrees predict 7 inches of snow starting after lunch

My wife had our neighbor (Mifflintown Metal Works) make me this shop sign for Christmas! Love it!!

That old fat guy didn't even bring this miner a lump o coal for ten years. And I got his mug all over the place. Outside Peepin in the kitchen window On the tree Holding the nice list...that I must not be on. Maybe this is why Rudolph makes a U turn when he sees this. Anyway, I filled the stockings for ya. And there won't be any cookies for you. Merry Christmas to All My Wheel Horse Family

Yeah that Karl needs to be taught a lesson! Feel free to drop off all his Christmas loot here at my place if you think it’ll help drive the lesson home @nylyon 🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅

All: The center pivot hole in the C81 Axle had a bit of wear, so I decided to drill & ream it for bushings. Upon closer inspection, I noticed the hole was visibly not centered in the boss; I decided to correct that as the best I could. The 3/4" ID bushing has a 7/8" OD - I could use a Boring Head and safely relocate the center about 2/3rds of the 1/16" bushing wall thickness and still have material left to ream to size. If I had a larger wall bushing & reamer, I could have re-centered it.... First photo shows the new center moved .040 with a light cut. The second shows the interrupted cut as the boring bar is moved outward. Third shows the hole at .840 diameter where it became round again. Last photo is the finished reamed .875 diameter hole.

I run tires from a walk behind snow blower on the front, turf tires with chains on the back and no added weight on either end. Very seldom have any issues pushing snow. Different type of plowing. I have a 50lb wheel weight on the right rear wheel, 120lbs of wheel weights on the left rear wheel, and 50lbs hanging out in front of the tractor. I've pulled this plow many miles with very little issue. Weight is helpful, too much can cause mechanical issues. Some thing has to give, if the tires don't give something else eventually will.

For several thousand years the longest and shortest days of the year have been celebrated. "Midwinter" as today is known, is a celebration of the days beginning to lengthen for the next few months. Look forward to literal and figurative Brighter days. Happy Midwinter!!

Getting ready for first time plow use to turn up some grass to place in rills from recent rains that are cutting up newly laid drive to shop. Didn't get it all setup correctly but got enough to save culvert. All the plowed area was covered by new shop so no loss. Since I reviewed plowing directions in manuals I see my mistakes and not enough wheel weight either.

1986 417-8 Older pic out for a trail ride. Getting a hankering for a Winter trail ride, thanks Mike . Now I may have to put the Kwik-Way weight box back on. Usually don't need chains just need to keep the revs up and stay on the pipe.

Before someone mentions it, yes the 8N came out unofficially in 1947. While most will tell you the 8N was from 1948 through 1952, the first 8Ns were sold in 1947 and there are a few design characteristics that a 1947 has that a 1948 doesn't. They are explained in my youtube video here, and also explains why this is not a 1950-1952 side mount tractor: I got this tractor in the summer of 2021. Since this came out of the factory as a front mount engine, things were done to it to convert it to a side mount engine. Different timing cover, different cam gear, i.e. that allowed the front mount distributor to be thrown away and a side mount distributor to be added. As explain in the video, the front mount engines had the generator (in this case alternator) on the right side, but to convert this to a side mount, the distributor goes on the left side. So the alternator was moved to the left side with a funky looking home made bracket. A true side mount distributor had the oil filler tube moved rearward slightly to make room for the generator, whereas this one being a front mount engine, the oil filler tube was just smashed against the engine block to accommodate the alernator. Being that this was a homemade side mount conversion, when I got it, it didn't run right. So we put it in time and now it runs good. The fan shroud was trashed, so a new fan shroud, as well as a new radiator. Also new steering wheel was added as well as a new grille. After power washing, the first coat of red went on in the spring of 2022. Light grey was added to the wheels and fenders and doglegs, as well as the new grille. But since I don't do body work and my bil does, he took the hood and was supposed to work on it. He had it for 3 and half years, and I finally got it back a couple of weeks ago. So, now the hood can be painted. Along the way, I replaced the pto seal since it was leaking. It still needs the left rear axle seal replaced. And I want to get a new battery door latch. The almost finished product is more of a 50 foot paint job (maybe 50 yards....). It is almost there. Since the red paint was added, it sat in the garage so, it now needs powered washed to get the red to shine again.

This tractor showed up on the forum back in 2022, Unadvertised Special? (B100) Being an enabler, Dave reached out to me and asked if I would be interested in taking ownership of it We worked out a deal and last Wednesday I drove up to Indiana to pick it up. Thanks Dave! The deal included a snow blower attachment in pretty decent shape. I'm not sure yet whether it's going to be a parts machine, or whether I will try and rebuild it. I suppose a lot depends on the condition of the hydro drive in my other B100. If the hydro drive is ok and both B100 engines run then I will likely rebuild this one. If the hydro drive is bad then I would probably rebuild around the 8-speed and make one good machine. Time will tell.

After a year of sweat, tears, and help from the forum. I'm done (enough) for now. After a few dicky electrical gremlins which I thought were solved, its not starting reliably, and ready to be put through it paces. And then in a year, I'll fix all the other stuff I'm not happy with.

Santa stopped by again this evening.

A nice sign. Some tooling for the lathe that I recently purchased and a tool box that will be dedicated to lathe tools.

Weight and traction aids and tires are highly dependent on what you have to plow. Eric has success with loaded big tires. i prefer narrow old 6.00 x 12s with chains and weights. I have never had the same success as others with no weights and just aggressive tires. again depends on your surfaces you have to experiment ...

Father Mike I beg for forgiveness for my shortcoming. Obviously this was an unforgivable oversite and as penitent gesture I will say 100 Uni-Drives and 50 Tach-A-Matics. If I were to confess all my sins it would go like this

Looks like a J.C. Whitney universal bumper add on hitch so you can tow a 10,000lb. trailer with 67 Dodge Dart!

Got only 6.5” and the blower made quick work on clearing most of the driveway, followed it all up with the plow and viola, all clean! Definitely need the sun to come out

85 416-8.

When plowing driveways I'm crossing the state road a lot. I like lights on day and night.

Everything needed to save a New Tee Body hydrate....works better than those hospital IVs.

I put my new stickers, sorry decals, on wonky

From my trail/woods ride a couple days ago…

Look here, Santa, we know you’re the VIP. But the snowmen agreed to work for free as long as we let them sit on the tractors. If I put you in the theme, I’d have to pay you in premium 10W-30 and hay for the reindeer. Besides, my stocking is already full of spindles and spark plugs—there’s no room for coal anyway!

I like my 16 Auto