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D200 Resto ... Florida style!!!!

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AMC RULES

God speed on Dads recovery.   :pray:

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JERSEYHAWG /  Glenn

Dad comes first. The tractor is play, fun and games. Thanks for your post, prayers for pop. And we will see you when your back.

Glenn

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fabricator2009

Hope your dad is doing well. Tractor is first class.

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rtfbg

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!    

 

Dad was near death on the ambulance ride to the hospital, but after 2+ weeks, he's BACK!!!  Talkin great, and at rehab working on his strength.  Probably home is a week or so.

 

Tomorrow, Christmas day, my present to myself, is a few hours at the garage working on the beast!!  Have to fab a choke cable bracket, and make a pattern for some exhaust mounting brackets.  YIPPEE!!

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AMC RULES

Have some  :wh: fun, you deserve a break. 

Glad to hear your Dad's back on the mend.     :occasion-xmas:

A very Merry Christmas to you and yours too.   

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JERSEYHAWG /  Glenn

Thank you for the good news and merry christmas to you to.

Glenn

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Molon_Labe

A very Merry Christmas to you and glad that your dad is doing well.

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rtfbg

Hey sports fans ... gee, only 70 and rain today ... hee hee!!

 

Dads still in the rehab joint, making good progress, but still has a ways to go.  Spending lots of time there, so the horse is taking a back seat.  I did finish up the exhaust, so I thought I would share a peek!!

 

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I said a "peek"!!!  lol

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Racinbob

Looks great and I'm glad to hear your Dad is doing well.

 

Don't worry about us and our chilly day today folks, it's suppose to warm back up tomorrow................ :hide:

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rtfbg

Hey ... all younze K532 guys ... here's a little carb tidbit ... that you probably all ready know, but I just found out!!  lol

 

If you look on the parts sheet for the carb, it shows the nut that holds on the float bowl, as part number 25-041-02.  But if you order that, all you get is the gasket!!  It took my local Kohler parts geek 2 weeks to find someone at Kohler with the correct part number ... 47-100-06-S, which as you can see, come as the correct nut, WITH gasket!!  

 

 

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rtfbg

Well, Dad's doing great, going to thecan on his own, feeding himself just fine, dressing himself, the whole ball of wax.  Should be ready to escape the rehab center in a few days!!

 

I hope to have the beast ready for a start up once he gets out.

 

Any way, here are a few sneak peeks at some goodies!!

 

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Getting ready to finish engine wiring ...

 

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Just love this little gem!!

 

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It;s whats up front that counts!!

 

 

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Ken B

I'm really diggin Florida style!

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JERSEYHAWG /  Glenn

We need bigger sneak peek pictures. Those little pics are teasing me. Looks really great.

Glenn

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wrightorchid

Is that a small block chevy 350 in there?

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rtfbg

If I post big pics, when I'm finally done, there will be very little of the "holy crap" factor!!  I want to keep you guys panting!!  Kind of like foreplay!!  LOL

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rtfbg

So I just couldn't bring myself to put that ugly Rural King battery in the horse, so I made a cool decal to cover it ... trouble is, you can't see even an edge of it!!  grrr

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Had to do something with the front of the battery box ... looks cool, if it will stand the heat!!

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rtfbg

Sorry to say that Dad passed this week.  He was a great guy, a Navy vet, making 52 trips across the Pacific, and 16 trips across the Atlantic as a Damage Controlman on the General George Randall, a troop ship hauling Korean War soldiers.  He and Mom were married 61 years.  Dang, thats a long time!!!  He raised two of us rotten kids, which was also a feat!!!  I'm sad for a thousand reasons, one of which is that he will not see this horse finished.  He did visit the construction zone in the beginning of December, and just  shook his head!!  He liked it!!

 

Anyway, I did manage to keep my head clear by working on a little project, the front winch.  Came out pretty cool!!

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Desko

Im so sorry to hear that im sure he'll be proud though lookin down on his son and that beautiful horse.

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JERSEYHAWG /  Glenn

Sorry to hear about pop, condolences.

Glenn

the front winch looks super, A+.

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19richie66

So sorry to hear about your father. Just keep thinking about him when you work on the tractor. He would be proud. Take care, Richie

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JamesBe1

I am very sorry to hear about your dad.  I am sure he is proud of raising such a talented son.

j

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Ken B

So sorry for your loss, your Dad was a great man. Your D-200 is looking wicked!

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Racinbob

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. Our prayers are with you and your family.

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Spareparts

Every time I get on here I check out your thread, nice project you have going on. Sorry to hear about your Dad, thanks to the Veterans like your Dad we have all the freedoms we have today. Projects like yours, mine, and just about every one here is our sanctuary, a place we go when things get tough. We may not get much done but it seems to clear our mine and keeps our sanity. Put one foot in front of the other and keep moving and time will help with your loss, again sorry for your loss.

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