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I picked up a plow that I found on CL last July. We shall see how well the TSC Majic spray bomb paint holds up. Before After Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Everytime I restore a tractor I say this is the last time because of all the work, but as you can see here we go again!!! a Hawkins WILDCAT in progress..to be continued...

As a last resort, can you make split rims from your chrome wheels. I cut a pair apart so I could mount solid 4X16 tires.

Here is my 314, my Son's pedal tractor and RJ's. Thanks, Darren

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Got it at my house yesterday. Here are some pictures. Hobbs meter only shows 269.

Some of the 16 Auto,,,, http:// http:// http://

Alright, this separates the men from the boys, if you know what this is your a real top gun of the hobby.

You're correct Jason! They made only 3. Far as I remember 1 was destroyed, another was on Ebay a few years ago and the seller wanted $20,000. Third one is in a museum.

I BOUGHT THIS TONIGHT FOR $100 AND 2 MILES FROM MY HOUSE. 16HP KOHLER AND IT GOT REPLACEMENT SHORTBLOCK IN 1993. NO MOWER DECK AND BAD PAINT. STARTS RIGHT UP AND RUNS GOOD,NICE SEAT, REAR AXLE PLOW/TILLER ATTACHMENT AND FRONT MULE. THIS TRACTOR WILL BE SOLD ONCE I TAKE WHAT I NEED. JUST ANOTHER PROJECT. BOWTIE IN CENTRAL OHIO

Both of the 520h I've had have been broken off. I removed the hose from the air cleaner assembly and put a small hose cap on the barb.

Never knew that. I should actually look at the gear oil I have used in my 8 Speeds. As I wrote above, I don't change mine often. Only if I notice any discoloring. Now I just picked up a 50 dollar 310-8 circa mid 80's with a K series motor today. I pulled the rear dipstick and sniffed it. I think I may have found where they put Jimmy Hoffa's remains! I'll be changing this oil real soon!

getting closer

I got the handlebars and wheels painted then sent the wheels to "Rideable Bicycle Replicas" in California to have the solid tires installed. These tires are cut to length, the rubber has a hole in it that a wire is inserted into. It's then installed, the rubber is pulled back and the wire is either twisted tight or pulled tight and brazed to hold the tire on. It took a lot of searching to find someone to do this, I'm glad I had this done by someone that knows what he's doing rather than try it myself.

Some winter pictures to consider fella's.

A couple of these never hurts...

I found these needle bearings at my local parts store they look like they have a seal made into them I'm going to use in place of the B-1212 needle bearing Car quest sce-1211

Bob, Back in 1975 when I got out of x-ray school I worked midnights at St. E's in GC for a couple years as an x-ray tech. Then I worked as a tech at the hospitals in Belleville til the late 80's. That's why all my friends call me DOC. I moved away from the area in 1988 and have sold X-ray equipment for the past 25+ years. Cancer is not a death sentence today by any means. Treatments have greatly improved and its not unheard of to live many good years after diagnosis. My best advice is go with your gut, if you don't like what you hear, by all means get a second opinion. I do know one of the best treatments is a strong positive attitude. Like anything in life you will have good days and bad days. Fortunately with treatment regimes now days the good will out way the bad. Above all you have to keep an attitude of you can and will kick this thing. Keep the faith and may God bless you and yours!!! STAY POSITIVE!!!

As seen here, opposite Dave's "Wildfire"... which were both featured in Wild Bill's first annual, 2014 Crackle fest.

Seems I just can't stop myself. I have a 4 car garage I built about 12 years ago that has filled up with stuff. I took the 1 car spot at the end with no door (far right in 1st pic in background) and put in more racks for more stuff. The floor under the racks held 15 of the 26 decks that are stacked for now. Still stuff out in the floor but once I CL all these tires I should be a little more organized, I hope. Took all day to move everything out, put up the racks, and move it all back in, got done about midnight on Monday.

As promised in my introduction thread i've made some pics of the newly bought 42" deck and mule drive. So I thought it be best to post them in a new topic so i can post my future updates in the right place. Busy mowing Apparently there's a "rod" that holds the mule drive in place and makes sure that you actually can put tension the belt, well I didn't know that. So instead of ordering the rod from toro and having to wait for it (i hate waiting) i thought id give it a go, making one myselve, nothing ventured nothing gained i believe is the proper saying. It came out like this (yup its the rusty bit) Thoughts and C&C much welcomed

Thanks for the advice all. I'll go get the genuine Toro part. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk

Had a small group for club tonight as some were sick and others were at basketball practice. That didn't stop us though. We spent the first few minutes collecting food for our school canned food drive and then off to the barn we went. The first order of business was to break in to that new tool kit and get it organized. Everything was packaged in small bags so we took everything out and placed it in the proper locations. Here is a photo of the finished product. After that huge task was complete it was time to focus on the tractors. More was disassembled from the raffle tractor and sanding was started on a few parts. It is slow going, but we are still moving forward. Here is a photo of some of the kids working on removing the left running board. Of course my son spent time with my dad buttoning up some loose ends on the tractor that was donated by Clyde Potts out of Wooster, OH. Boy do we really need to get those first two tractors done! Slow and steady wins the race they say. Be sure to tune back in next week as wrenches will be turning yet again. I can't believe we have such a nice warm place to work this year as things are getting cold outside. We are blessed!

Cap is pricy but still available from Parts Tree. http://www.partstree.com/parts/?pn=106945+

She goes on the block @4:30 today JR

Man, Geno! You got some stuff?

Is there enough meat in the hub to have the bore increased to 3/4" at a machine shop? If you do this you should take the spindle with the pulley so they can get a good slip fit. This is one application that can use Never-seize to eliminate future frustrations. Garry

I wish they still sold new 36" and 32" gear drive rotary decks that would be worth sum green

I put one of these decks on my C161 after I restored the tractor. I figured that by the time I got a deck cleaned up enough to last a while I would be half way to a new one and the new one are built better any way. The new decks are one of the few things that were made stronger that the older versions. I guess that was Toro's contribution.

Yes! That is great! Instead of mulching, I could just blow all the leaves into my neighbors yard!

When you really want it... there is no competition.

My daughters 2000 jeep has 230,000 on it. No smoke but does leak oil. It has a leaking valve cover and hopefully thats the last I have to do to it for a while. I just put a fuel pump in it, radiator, hi flo water pump I had left from mine I never used, and a crank sensor, oh and a new coil pack, ecm, injector o-rings and fuel rail supply pipe, belt, headliner. Lol. Not much left to replace. She went to a friends to stay for a week and was supposed to leave her jeep at home so i could do the valve cover gasket but no..... She left it at her friends in thier barn. Rat decided to chew on her wiring harness at the #4 injector. Wires touched when she got back and drove it home. Shorted the ecm injector driver for that cylinder. Bought one used that was plug and play, HA HA. She has the security key option. Put old ecm back into the jeep and off to the dealer we go. $142 later it was programmed. While it was sitting in the mechanics bay(which was a friend of mine), the coil pack shorted. Off to napa for a coil I could afford. Drives it for a week and dies in school parking lot. Replaced the crank sensor while all her friends watch. 3 days later it starts leaking at the radiator tank seam. New radiator in and 2 days later, stalls at the gas station. I get it going and drive it home. Shuts off twice. Get it going and haul butt down the road and the hood flies up. Bends the bottom edge. But I did find the missing plastic piece for the injector wires i was looking for. It was jammed in the bottom of the hood lip. They are both black so you couldnt see it. Stalls 1/2 mile from the house and wouldnt do nothing. Towed it home with the C-81. Fought it for three days. Found a broken wire going to the coil pack behind the head. And I wonder why I dont get any tractor stuff done?

I like the new shack!

Here are a few of my pics for you to consider

Wow, great looking workshop Ian , bet ya can't wait to get in there., That looks propper

Here is a few of my Wheel Horse's for your consideration for the calendar this year! Thank You Martin!

Good News. The surgeon just came out and reports all went well. It was a long 7 hour repair. Mike is in recovery now.

Here is some of mine for consideration........... 1045 417-A Commando 8 308-8

What's the big deal?.... see Nick's answer. That's it, in a nutshell, right there. If someone volunteers to share that information, it's up to them. It's SEVERELY IMPOLITE to ask. If you're sincerely curious and feel you must ask, at least have the decency to preface the question with, "may I ask...." and do it in a PM... not on the open forum.

Well maybe you bought something from a person known to the rest of us and it was a good deal. So the next guy comes up and says you stole that thing, I just bought one in bad condition and paid twice that. Or the deal was good and the other guy sold it because he was in a distressed situation and all you got it because that's all the money you could afford. Really, unless the buyer wants to tell you, which he will if it is what he wants to do, it is no one of anybody's business. A sale is between two or more folks and is usually private, especially when made between folks who are members of a group like this. Or maybe you bought it to do some minor repairs and then re-sell it. Say you found a 416-H for $200 and it had been sitting in a barn for the last five years. It not start and was covered with dirt. Of course the guy said it started and ran when it was last parked there. You bring it home, clean the carb, change the fuel line, put a battery in it and it runs great. Clean and polish and find a really beautiful machine. Now it's time to sell it. You already told everyone you only paid $200 for it. Human nature is such that most of us do not want to let a seller make a very large percentage profit, when we buy something. Why do most of us hate car dealers. Don't you feel like you have been raped when you buy a car from a dealer. Now If you bought something from persons unknown and got a great deal, and really want to brag about it, that's OK. No one knows the other guy and no harm. Or maybe you just don't care about the sellers feelings. I have bought things at a great price. When I want to I will put the price up there and brag a bit. But if I know or even think that someone might be embarrassed I keep my mouth shut. Common decency. I do believe it is not good form to ask someone what they paid for anything they buy. Of course I come from an age when these things were drummed into your head by your parents or in my case my Grandmother.

Ok now it's safe. In order 59 RJ. 64 704, 76 C-160, 73 12 8spd

Did this yesterday. Gonna do some mods but should blow a Prius off the highway when done.

He just posts his "new to the shed's" then turns around and sells them on CL or the forum. Just a flipper.

This is a photo of my progress so far. No major problems yet.

Denny: Let me know the gauge or OD of those handlebars. I'm in the process of making some 3" long by 1/2" black hand grips, they are the same ones used on the Bolens 'Garden Master' riding tractors from the 40's, but they were originally used on small tricycles, like your picture. The Bolens restorers just can't find them anywhere, all the original ones have broken down/apart. I'm going from some old photos I blew up to try and reconstruct them to match the original Bolens ones. Will try and add a photo asap, if they'll fit, I'ld be glad to send you a pair as a gift for your restoration. Glen Either of these pairs should work and be a match. FYI: I'm in the process of make them now, the home-made jig on the left lets me control the depth, straightness and centering of the core (where metal handle is it slips on to), the molds are in the center and the grey rigid casing for support during casting. The mold & core are soft Silicone and grips will be epoxy rubber. I'm still in the process of sanding and carving, and will probably have to make 3-4 generations of casts before they are reasonably correct to use as a "Master Mother", sure wish I had a lathe for these. Will probably be December before they are ready. I'm still having fun doing (or trying to do) 'what can't be done' in making restoration parts. GP

looking good. looks like you've got quite a lot of it worked on already...... that price on the wheels is reasonable for powder coating.

Well, as you can tell, I won't be bringing my tractor to the show this year. Definitely next year!!! Progress has slowed and I am trying not to rush anything. I have just about all of the parts primed that I could fit in my blasting cabinet. A friend is going to strip and paint the major parts for me, such as the hood (which needs a little body work), the seat pan, foot rests, etc.. I will be painting the smaller items myself with Rustoleum Regal Red spray cans. I bought two quarts of Regal Red for the painting of the larger items by my friend the expert. I have been using Rustoleum Stainless Steel paint on some of the control rods and pins. Looks pretty nice. Hard to tell they have been painted. My goal is to have it in service before winter so I will be able to plow snow. Keep your fingers crossed!!!

Finally got the wheels back from the powder coating! Ended up costing $115, does that sound reasonable? They turned out great! They look like new. I don't remember what the color was called, but it sure looks like the original color.

Here's a couple of photos after I cleaned the cylinder up a little bit. Reseated the valves with a little valve grinding compound and will check the clearances before I button it up. I used a trick I found on here for cleaning up the aluminum head, using the flattest surface I have, a table saw, and some wet sandpaper. It worked great! I forgot to take a photo of it though.