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Have not looked it over well enough to determine if it is a 58 or a 59, but it is pretty complete and original excluding the hood decals. It has all the guards nice original tires that are not weather check, which is remarkable. It even has the, often missing, oil bath air cleaner and sediment bowl. Even has the original muffler. Lucked out on this one.

Here's an update today, didn't get to spend a lot of time on it today, but got the engine back on now, hopefully for the last time and front tires mounted and installed on the tractor, will have to wait until next weekend to get the rears on as I didn't have any tubes. Still need to get the speed selector arm fixed and painted, a friend has had it for a while now, waiting for him to weld in a new piece for me, once I have that painted and back tires mounted its pretty much ready to go together the rest of the way.

Yes it does.....Great seeing ya Craig!!! Still can't believe you fit 2 of my half pound belly buster bacon burgers in you..lol

GOTCHA It's that time again .... out with SAINT VALENTINE In with SAINT PATRICK

Wow what a day! Super busy at work and dinner out. Thanks to all that have wished me a Happy Birthday here on the Greatest Forum in the world Red Square!! From Koen who was the first to ring in at 3:52 A.M. (thanks for staying up all night Koen! ) Probably was having lunch when he typed it. Don, no seizures here unless I get to close to a Tecky recoil rope! . To cousin Brian, who must have spent all day digging up those smilies out of his vast stock pile of Horses.To my older Dino brother who took a selfie and slapped it on a pizza. Now I know what I'm not having for lunch tomorrow! THANKS I see Uncle Jim has dusted the snow off and managed to get back in the house. Jim we need some more of those action shots! John, I didn't see a Gravely with a sno-cannon show up at my door yet. come to think of it Ken the 420 didn't get here either! My younger brother Craig. Awful nice sentiment but I think I may have a few nightmares now. And to everybody on RS thanks for all the wishes and laughs and we will see a bunch of you in a few months in PA. If anyone wants to give me a snow cab, I can pick it up there! What a way to celebrate your 5800th INTELLIGENT POST! BOOM----SHAKA----LAKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heard on the news that you are only 5" from a new record snowfall and another storm is on the way. Wouldn't it be a shame to go through all of this and Not set a record!

I guess this installment should be called great guy in the great room...I super friend came down today to wrangle another one out from under me....but while he was here I used his labor to switch around a set of BF Goodrich Silvertown ags for a set of BF Goodrich All Purpose Garden Tractor tires.... We had a great afternoon my friend and I...I wonder if anyone knows him?

OK...when you push or pull the tractor...or anything else- for that mater...the differential (along with the axles) just all roll in the same direction. If you are going in a straight line, the pinions in the differential aren't doing anything...they are just going with the flow. If you are not going in a straight line, that is when the pinions wake up and either take in the slack or give up some slack, depending on which direction you are going. It is really hard to picture what is going on in the differential, but that is what it amounts to.

Looks great... me too.

Oooooops... I did it again.

OMG...5800 posts...CONGRATULATIONS ON THOSE 580 INTELLIGENT POSTS MIKE.

Looking forward to more of the "whitty" banter.

so i shot a couple pictures of my horse there ya go

Spring is on the way . one way to tell ? New shoots on my prayer plants !

And he is probably praisin the porcelain god right about now!

Thats my 9 year old son Jeb

And yet another one enters the Magic Shed...

We do not have the manuals for 1988 or 1989. Just discovered there was also a 06-37SK02 and the idler setup looks different. The operator manuals are listed in the parts lists. If I have it figured correctly put the belt on the engine pulley, goes back around the two idlers and then to the snowthrower pulley. Sitting on the tractor for left and right the belt goes from the left rear idler to the bottom of the snowthrower pulley. That way it should rotate the auger in the correct direction. Garry

Did I leave out a zero?? That was the temperature here today...that key is frozen on my key-board. Sorry mate. 0000000000

Now that is a very nice find.

You had to get there early so as not to scare anyone out of the pool! SHARK!!!!!!

You got me on that one Ed. I am getting easier in my old age.

I would love some snow where I live......Nothing but cold and warm here....

Whew!!

Had me worried for a second!

Flushing the tranny with kerosene before refilling with 90w gear oil. So I took her for a romp in the snow to wash the bearings and gears.

Come on down. Bring some wheel horse red with you. Shortage down here.

Don't forget the " INTELLIGENT " part Craig! and John one thing you will never be is SHORT!

The biggest deal is breaking the bead, after that some warm soapy water and taking you time to remove the tire off the rim will get the job done.... few years back I got tired of paying the tire shops $25.00 to do this so I made my own bead breaker out of old garage door rail parts and scrap iron, one of the best tools I have ever created and it works like a charm on tractor, wagon, car and truck tires...

Growing up in the Midwest, I can manage the cold; you just put another layer on. The problem here in MD is the sweltering Summer. I gauge the heat by number of T-shirts worn for the day. Reminds me of being back in B2 Engineroom. I better not move any further south!

Day late an a dollar short, Happy Birthday ol' timer!!!! See ya at the show!!! :occasion-cake:

its a dairy farm, the horses are only there in the wintermonths, my grandpa started this farm in '75

Imagine he's even healed yet?

Grandsons love the snow, I hate them! One of their favorites the '85 416-8 does the work! I want to install the mower decks, shorts, sandals, Rolling Rock ponies. http://youtu.be/Ug8cBIbxDaY

I understand the pressure concerns for sure. I do know that everything is working quieter, smoother, and better than it has since I bought it. It is operating like a new machine now. I will make sure I get a pressure check before next season. Thanks

i got this seat for 13$(ish) from bass pro shops

I'm in the mix to do this also and very curious as find both axle gears as same id ?pn?(3908 or 8053 or 7197); also have seen some with both axels same but prob 5073LS only. Then some 1'' axels and some 1 1/8", very confused. I ain't giving up though, it's just too much fun except frustration of trying to get that !@#$% spring to stay put long enough to get caps together! It's Steve's fault for makin it look so easy. And Steve glad you brought up 11/44 diff gear mesh, will eyeball that and Dave...thanks for bringin up

Sorry it took so long. Had other things going on. I really enjoyed the Flywheeler event. Richie, his wife, and Mike are a really great bunch. I have been planning on going to this for a few years, but now that I'm retired I actually have time to do it. It was well worth my 975 mile round trip. I picked up a nice 702 that I have been wanting for a while. After checking it out there is a lot of fresh red paint on everything which is usually not a good sign. However, I found everything to be in good shape and it runs and rides well. The throttle cable to the governor is not right, I think (see bottom pictures). If anyone has pictures of the right way it goes I would like some see them. Chris From Florida

I did check the tag and it said it was a charger 10 I believe its on the side of the dash tower

Got some parts back today, can finally start putting it together a little more.

Richie: Thanks for posting some pics from this year's Flywheeler's ! There are some great and often unusual items with motors on them!

I'll bet you have a broken rockshaft. Have you been trying to bust through deep piles with that blower? We had a rash of broken rock shafts last year.

I have my restored 854 in the finished side of our basement, and 2 more in the unfinished side

Amazing how much the weather varies from year to year and which parts of the country get blasted. I grew up in the Framingham area outside of Boston and i only remember 2 really huge snow storms. One in 68 or 69 and one in 78. I seem to remember the local weatherman ( Don Kent ) telling us during the first storm that we were going to get 4 inches, when we had 6, then he changed it to 8 when we had 12 and more came anyway. That year I think we only had 8 days of school in February. In 78 they shut the state down but I was working as a milkman and they'd let us go out to try and make deliveries. At least I was able to batter through most of the drifts as a fully load Divco milk truck resembled a small tank. Now I live outside of Bel Air in Maryland and made the mistake of rebuilding my snowthrower last spring. As punishment the snow gods have totally forsaken me. So far I've had the beast out ONCE and other than cold air and lots of wind, there's not much snow. Needless to say, it IS a pain when you get tons of it as it's way too easy to run out of room and it will wear both you and your equipment out. Hopefully the weather weanies are wrong and the storm will swerve off the coast and leave you alone. Good luck - Cod

At this point, winter is on the down hill slide, better enjoy it while you still can... pretty soon, we'll all be sweatin' our cahones off at the big show. :happy-bouncyredfire:

We got last year, what you guys are getting this year. So far, it has been a rather average winter here. Cleared a couple inches 3 times, and an 18 incher once. I am liking the 2 to 3 inchers better.

If it keeps coming down like it has this past month, there might be plenty for you to do in July Russ! Old Man Winter is keeping an eye on the situation. Put this chainsaw carving up on my shed in the fall but would like to do a better mount for it later in the year.

Some things to try. First, if you can, use a spare fuel tank and bypass the fuel pump. Hook it directly to the carburetor and gravity feed it. It may surprise you and run. Don't want to do that, remove the fuel line from the fuel pump and turn the engine over. Fuel should spurt out of the pump several feet or more. If it doesn't, the pump is bad. If after testing, you find that it doesn't start, check the timing by removing the flywheel. You are looking for a bent key. It only has to be off a slight bit to cause problems. Or take a spray bottle and put some gas in it. Spray fuel directly down the carburetor throat. Keep spraying it to see if the engine will run longer. If it does, you have a fuel problem. Hard to tell from here if you did a good job on the carburetor. The float needle could be stuck. By the way, starter fluid is not good for these engines, even in small amounts. It is usually ether and is very high in octane. Just use a squirt bottle with regular gas. It will do the same job and not damage your engine.