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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...

Any bald eagle watchers out there? The Pa Game Commission, HDOn tap, and Comcast business has installed a live stream camera on a local eagle nest here in SC Pa. She has laid two eggs that are due to hatch any time. She has been feeding on fresh trout stocked by the fish commission last week and delivered to the nest by her new mate. Here is the link to the camera. http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=1592549&mode=2

I have bought a few Wheel Horse's lately but haven't been on Red Square in a while. Been on Facebook a lot though, seems like a lot of WH nuts are on there! I picked up a descent one owner 401 with it's original mower deck and original 4 hp. Kohler engine that runs and mows and came with a Bolens front mounted sickle bar mower. The rims were repainted and the old farmer dude painted the tires too, oops! I can strip it off and wire wheel the paint off of the tires, just a lot of work though! Also got a WH Model 701 for cheap at $30.00 delivered to my door, it is mostly a parts machine and missing a lot of parts, been slowly adding parts to it. That is the 2nd 701 I have gotten lately. Just got a nice original condition 1966 Model 856 with a nice mower deck from a member here. It has all 4 wrong tires and rims on it but I have some original types to put on it. It has some nice parts on it and we got it running after a few hours of working on it. I am trying to trade it off for a 1956 RJ35 that a buddy has and don't like. That is about all I have been able to scarf up lately but it will keep me busy for a while! Hope to get the RJ35 in a week or so!

If you can find a h60 sheet metal no one would no the difference

Thanks for the heads-up. I'm looking at it tomorrow!

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.

Have you given Seafoam a try? If not, get a can of the spray carburetor cleaner, remove the air filter, run the engine at half throttle and spray into the air intake. Lots of smoke will come out, but by the time the can is half gone you should notice an improvement. Also, use some in the fuel tank as regular procedure. ​The process I have used to detect a bad throttle shaft is to put a couple of drops of gear oil around the shaft while running, it is thick enough to seal the gap without being sucked in. Let us know how you do, good luck.

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

Nope....the GT series or Work Horse series is basically a 300 (308/310/312) series tractor with gray paint. I have one of the Work Horse's and it will accept all the same attachments that a "red" tractor will. And parts should be just as easy to find. Mike........

What's the HP? I'm going to guess its 8hp maybe . Nice clean install! Mike.......

Here's the model # for it. 01-11B803 1980 C Series Garden Tractor 1100 Special 8-Speed Briggs 252417-0198-01 11 Wheel Horse 5086 Mike..........

Jack. As allways. Nice job A+. Glenn

Looks nice and simple, Jack. I see that you were able to route the throttle cable as well.

Yours might be the first HF twin cylinder repower here on RS! was it in stock at HF?, I have not seen one in person. Is it lining up with the PTO? more pictures! I'm sure a lot of folks might go this route

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

Finally got the grill finished up and shined. Looks weird with the reflections!!! Slow but sure!!!

You are all still cracking me up. In fact, while I was in the hospital a package arrived that a certain individual eluded to earlier in the thread. Mike, you have no idea how close I've been to this while reading here and being strapped to Agnes the IV pole, laughing and trying to get in the bathroom at the same time. This will be placed in my garage where I can see it easily keep you and everyone here close.

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

200-300 imo as it sits. If it was running then 450-550 range

Well ............. Not a wheel horse and not even something with tires! Some of you know that I still own my original 1971 Dodge Dart Swinger. I bought this car when I was 15 and since I restored the car and replaced the 318 with a 360 that was built as a nice strong runner but I have always wanted a 340 CI. I have been talking with a retired guy who bought a 1970 duster and he pulled the motor and tranny that were both rebuilt but never started. After doing some research on the parts in the motor it was a no brainer to purchase for what I paid. It sat in his garage for 20 years on a pallet. My uncle is a very well respected engine builder and he will do whatever is required to make it "proper".... Thanks to Kenb for taking the ride with me this morning to LI to check it out and pick it up. Today was a great day for a road trip...

The secret...don't confuse projects with a "to do list". I think we all have a "to do list" that goes to the 1st star on the right and straight on until morning...Never, Never Land. I don't know...I just get more satisfaction out of finishing the thing I started, then I do having 2 or 3 things going at a time and nothing gets done. "The sun is going to rise...tomorrow. Take the time to watch paint dry." it is as good as going fishing.

I got the 1958 out of the garage yesterday. Changed spark plug, started her up and cleaned her good for the 2015 show hauling season! My red Nestle creamer caps are still going strong after three years!

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

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 Fireman hinted someone was on a haul today. That someone was me. I went up to see Duane (Baerpath) today. Had I known that Tom was going yesterday I may have followed him up there... lol. I have been looking for an XI series tractor for a while now. Duane let me know he had one that needed some work. Those of you who know the story about my survivor barn (it caught fire and almost burned down). Well let's just say I will call this one the survivor tractor.... . Duane picked this up an his plans changed for it. He gave me a very fair deal IMO. My son Brennan and I left early today and went up and back all before 1:30. It was about 6 hours roundtrip. It was the first time I made it up to see Duane's place and I am glad I did. He has lots of big wheel horse stuff. Fireman decided to stop by as he was in the area and helped me figure out what we needed to do to fix this damage and get it running again. I really do not like to waist time so while Jeff was surfing the net finding the parts I needed I started to replace the burnt wiring with the solder gun and got all the wiring replaced that needed replacing. I had to order the igniter (see pic) and was not sure on the coil pack but ordered one for good measure. Once they come in I will install them and get al the wiring in a new wire loom and tie wrap them up nice. We put a jump pack on the starter to make sure the starter worked and it did. I want to thank Duane for a good deal, I will get her running right and I guess this summer she will get some paint too. I washed it up before we worked on it. Here are some pics.

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.

They're chasing me again...

Reminds me of my hometown high atop the Appalachians. When we were expecting and needed another bedroom, we simply sat another old Ford on blocks and hung a curtain across the windshield..... Instant add-a-room.

Gettin' ready for the big 2013 show...don't forget to snap one of these on the way there.

Finally got the tires swapped and the duals mounted. DMI mini-duals... Clamp on style with no wheel centers just like the big boys. Tires are Goodyear Terra Tires - 23x8.50-12. Hard to find sometimes... they don't make these anymore. They were the factory ag tire back in the late 60s.