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It has been such a long winter, I could care less if I ever again see another snow flake.. After a road trip today with Stevebo, when I got home it was in the mid 60's so I decided to take the blade, chains and weights off of the 314. I then figured what the heck so I woke all of them from their LONG winters nap. I'm sure most guys have seen them.. My son Cole ran all of them up and down the street a few times. Everything fired right up and they all ran perfect, one of em is a little sleeper... I'm ready for the first show.

Some of you may remember I had to scratch build a hitch for my GT14 three years ago. They are rare in Europe and expensive to ship, so I made my own. Fast forward a few years and Bendy needed one (well I wanted one) this time it was a little trickier, as the backend is a Raider 10. Anyway it kinda hangs together and I thought I'd share what I did to make it work. Starting with the lower bracket that clamps to the rear transmission. This is an exact copy of the one used on my GT14. And a top link bracket Which attaches to a C series fender bracket in a similar way to the rock shaft used on the rear clevis hitch. On with the lower arms, these are 2" wide steel cut from an old joist. Here is drilling the 1-1/4" hole for a spherical bearing. And the finished holes For the implement end I decided to make them a bit neater and turned some big discs down to fit the bearing shown at the end. The cranks were done in the press Here are both arms ready for the ends welding on And with the end welded on For the lift arms I used bottle screws/rigging screw/turnbuckle, from a boat shop. In order to make it all fit they were shortened, and then to allow plenty of movement I used M12 rose joints for the top pivot The heavy lifting is courtesy of a 2-1/2" ram which has rose joints at either end. Here's the final assembly And with the rear fender mounted and a piece cut out for the top link. Happy with how it all hooked together - it almost looks factory fit Mark

Putting a Predator 670 cc engine in the 83 C-175 (could not resist the price)

Got the old Electro 12 out today and threw the plow on the back. Just couldn't wait any longer to see if this old sway back could still pull. 90% of the plowed area was grass and pretty tough till I raised the plow a bit. Looks kind of ugly, but you gotta start somewhere.

It's hard to find parts, so sometimes you just have to improvise. Pad gone from your brake band? Here's what you do; With the roughest sanding medium you can find, Clean the inside of the band until the rust is gone. Find an old leather belt as close to the width of the pulley as possible, (hopefully not the one you are wearing), and wipe clean the area that you will use for the new, "pad". Now use Hide Glue, (new name = Gorilla Glue), Cut the leather to the needed length, and coat it moderately with glue. Use several strong clothespins to hold the leather in place while the glue takes hold. (Take Note, that thicker leather is not better. 3/16" of good leather will last a very long time). Simple Effective Fix. My Commando 8 has had this fix on it for well over 30 years and is still holding. It stops dead, on any hill I put it on, even with the garden plow or dozer blade attached. No one will ever know it's on there, except for you!

Got my Christmas present mounted on the plow tractor the last 2 evenings. I just never could figure out the overcharging/undercharging on the 10 horse Kohler. Sometimes when I needed it the most it let me down. I no nothing about electric. So I went with the pull start from HF. About 4 hours invested in the change over and everything went well. Had to raise it 2 inches to put it in the normal crank position. So far, So good.

Been rebuilding a Tecky 12 horse from my 1974 C-120 Auto. I finally have everything completed and reassembled. Just waiting on my Walbro autopulse rebuild kit and my carburetor rebuild kit to arrive, so I can bench test it. I bored the cylinder .20 over and turned the crank .20 under. Found the OEM Tecky piston, rings wrist pin, rod and gasket set so everything is original equipment. The cam gear was worn on each end so I turned them down on the lathe .002 of an inch and made new bronze bushings to be pressed into the block and case for it to rest in. Today, with a little help from Neway I cut the valve seats and ground the valves. The guides were nice and tight so they remained as they were. I gave everything a nice red paint job after bead blasting and ordered a set of Tecumseh decals from Terry. She should be ready to rock and roll for another 41 years and will look good doing it. Fun little project!!! I like my Kohler's but those dang HH Tecumseh's are pretty dang tough too.

Talk about too many projects at once!!! Thats me for sure. I've been MIA on RS because of it. Right now I am having the hall bath and hallway remodeled. Not just repainting and installing anew shower curtain either! Its been a total demolition of everything from the floor joist to the roof rafters. We have moved two walls, replaced the entire subfloor, cut out the old roof trusses, vaulted the ceiling in the bathroom, and raised the flat ceiling in the hallway plus widened the hallway. All the plumbing has been replaced, the toilet relocated, a new one piece shower stall with a seat installed, the new base cabinet is on order, all the ceilings are now tongue and groove beaded board, the walls all have wainscot with chair railing. There is a big piece of slate recessed in the floor in front of the shower and oak hardwood everywhere else in the bathroom and hallway. We built a new linen closet at the end of the hallway. Its a heck of alot of work for the amount of square feet. In the end though I know it will be worth all the effort The other project I'm working on at the same time is hauling logs and racking them up in a staging area to be cut into firewood. Right now I have at least two tractor trailer loads stacked up. These logs are left over from some commercial logging that was done on 40 acres of the property where I live. I'm hoping next Winter will be a cold one so the firewood business will be good. Oh, and I'm working a full time job too so right now I basically have no free time at all. I'm still planning to attend the Big Show this Summer. You'll know me when you see me. I'll be the totally worn out looking guy asleep in the lounge chair sitting next to Jay

Here is what I used to pull that pulley off. It may also help to warm up the pulley with a propane torch. Red

Can't remember ever having a leather belt that was 3/16" thick. But that is an ingenious way to fix your brakes. By the way, Gorilla glue is moisture activated urethane glue. Hide glue was actually made from animal hides, and connective tissue rendered from dead animals at the slaughterhouse. Two entirely different types of glue. I recommend silicone adhesive. Remains flexible forever.

This guy's a new vendor here. http://www.rmaynard.com/index.html

Mike, why don't you just buy another, they sell them at Wally World!

All I'm hearing on almost all of the stations...is about a Duke and Kentucky match-up for the finals. Here we go again...the SEC and the ACC...give me a break. You hear nothing about how Michigan St. (who isn't supposed to be here) has already beat a 2, 3 and 4 seed. Kentucky has beat a 16, 8, 5 and 3 seed...Duke a 16, 8, 5 and 2. Well, the BS stops in a few hours. Let's go Big Ten. :happy-bouncymulticolor: :happy-bouncymulticolor:

Last time I looked Duke and Kentucky were 5 point favorites. That doesn't mean much at this point. I'm thinking the odds for an all Big Ten final are pretty good. Should be great games.

I would first be suspicious of a partially clogged main jet needle valve. The long one on the top. It is hollow and has several tiny holes. All holes must be open, and the inside of the tube must be clean and able to past air between all the holes. After that, the ports inside the body of the carb may be partially clogged (darned ethanol gas). A good overnight soak in carb cleaner or lacquer thinner will help that problem Then the last thing I'd look at is the throttle shaft. I can't tell you how much wear is a problem, but a new kit is a cheap way to find out if the problem goes away. Here is where I get mine. http://www.mowers4u.com/kohler-kohler-carburetor-throttle-shaft-bushing-p-873.html Having said that, I recently had problems with the carburetor on my B-100 doing the same thing. I installed a rebuilt carb that had a throttle bushing kit and still had problems. So I spent $75.00 and bought an imported after-market one off eBay. Bolted it on and without any adjustments it ran perfect.

And if you get confused between projects and the "to do list"..... Its simple. Anything the wife ask you to do, most likely falls under to do list!

Hi Chipwitch, Onan's needs a lot more cooling than the Kohler on your tractor so they have a very high vacuum around the flywheel screen. Not much can be done about it. I seriously would consider using that three-point to your advantage. It has down-pressure so a rear-mounted grader-blade would work just as well off that heavy machine as a mid-mount blade would. Your D-series is more versatile than my 520 with that three-point on the back. A three-point grader-blade can be bought or made for that three-point of yours cheaper than the mid-mount grader blade for the D-series tractor. You can keep the loader on it and grade your driveway with the rear grader off the hitch. Again, you could also buy a finishing mower for the three-point giving it more versatility all the while without having to remove the loader. Give it some thought.

Thanks for comments. Never had a garden this size, but newly acquired electro w/ plow and cultivator gave me a reason to do it. Now if I could just get my wife to do all the weeding.

Nope...I am a one project at a time kind of guy...and sometimes, I forget which project that is. My goal...get to where I can watch paint dry. At the moment, I am refinishing an old oak kitchen table and chairs. Waiting for the Tongue Oil to dry now. Just came down to the Man Cave to check out Red Square and get a glass of Rock & Rye. I know...we love pictures. The last picture is the next project. The next project...

I posted in the thread - what's in your mirror about this tractor. I figured since I am going to be doing some work on it I may as well start a thread on it. This tractor was purchased from Baerpath this past weekend. He bought it was and never got around to doing anything with it. The lower wiring harness caught fire and the PO shut it off and put the fire out. He then sold it and I ended up with it. I have been looking for an xi series tractor for a while but the current owners had them all priced at what they should be (too much for me). Knowing this one needed work Baerpath gave me a good deal on it. I already replaced the burnt wiring with Fireman's help yesterday and I did a nice job soldering all the connections. Jeff looked up the parts that were needed and I ordered them. They will hopefully be here by the end of the week. I had some free time today so I started to pull the sheet metal off to take a look at what the underside looked like and get it cleaned up. Well here is what I found... After a lot of cleaning with the pressure washer I was able to get it nice and clean. I plan on touching up some areas on the frame to stop any rust and while the tins are off I may just have to sand them down and paint them. I think I will really like using this one so it will by no means be a show piece rather a nice clean worker. I was told the decals are NLA so I guess Terry may have to draw these up....

at least it has the right pulley on the engine already

I see HH60 1050 83F SER 7031d

I guess it depends what the engine came off of. If it came off of a SEARS, it would have been white in color. I have a WORK HORSE 700 that has a white engine on it. One of the PO's put a short block H-70 on it and it must be for a tiller, as it has an additional shaft that turns real slow compared to the crankshaft.

Also in the for sale section there's a 520 LXI for $1000 nice thing is it has power steering Just a thought

I can tell someone's getting all excited!

There usually on top of the blower housing by the head bolts stamped in the metal there looks like its rusted up there might have to get sum sandpaper and give it a rub

Where is that universe where Notre Dame wins it all? I want to move there. At least I still have hopes for the Irish ladies. All #1 seeds in the final four!

Just a quick update on the Carly's have done a cleanup to one that I had mounted, so I took pics. Click on image to enlarge.

Remodeled the bathroom, and then relocated the toilet? How's that working out Van?

Horse poo....i wanted to ride around and have it fall out of the trailer. Or be dispersed. Maybe I need a few horses to walk around the garden when they feel the urge.

Jack. As allways. Nice job A+. Glenn

The BS never stops! 6 members have teams in the final 4. Only 2 have their champions still in. The tension is mounting! Who will be he team to cause me the dry heaves like Maryland did in Football? Will Mich St. Be the Rutgers that pushes the Great Dino over the Mighty Squonk. will Duke be on TV more than "Leave it to Bevah" reruns? Will the Badgers erase the memory of the 2nd biggest choke job in the history of sports for the state of Wisconsin? Will the quennies and Bares win more than 4 games this season? ONLY " THE SHADOW" KNOWS!!!!!!!!

Will most likely be so much lighter then the KT17 you will think you have power stearing and that's a good thing.

Excellent sign Mike...and so true. P. S.....That's not my leg.

Glenn ... NO I didn't "LICK" my hood, LOL! I did have some louvers punched however .. looks cool and will help with the heat!!

Thats pretty good sized. Nice job on it to. Glenn

I'd love to have room for a garden that size....very nice!!

I guess you could attach your bidder number to your hat and nod your head to bid! Good luck and

I figured that when I dropped you off and saw you stop at the stogie store that this would happen Looking good as usual !!

Its kinda growin on me.. I myself love Kawasaki engines. 10 yrs. yrs. back I maintained the equipment at the Danbury mall, there was a Scag there that had its original 17 hp Kawiasaki engine with a GAZILLION hrs. on it and it ran FLAWLESS. If the 520 LXI has a 17 hp engine on it why do they call it a 520 and not a 517? Is a 48 inch deck the biggest you can run on it? I would think so. You know me, I ain't bustin balls, just wonderin. Once I saw that it has foot control hydro and cruise control I'm thinkin I might have to have one myself, because we all know pimpin ain't easy...

Hi all. So today I finally was able to get out and cut the grass. I enjoyed it very much but the trouble is I couldn't use my horse. Or well, we all can't get the candy... So here is what I cut. I think the blade on the scissors aren't sharp enough as I missed a few pieces. LOL

I was right! The wind WAS blowing from the North today.

Awesome...that's what mine look like. Do you have an after pic? I'd love to see what they look like in the rims.

Well, anything late model in my trailer is odd, but this 310 was so clean I had to have it. It needs a solid cleaning, wet sand and buff a couple minor scratches etc. but it runs and drives like brand new.

Yeah, I didn't think the mirror shot would ID it. Here's a couple more pics. I'm thinkin ....wash him down and put new shoes on the front hooves, and he'll be ready to go.

Did not have to show him how to drive it more than one time...

Bastages!