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So I got tired of the wife complaining about the lack of TP in the bathroom so I took it upon myself to make something that will help alleviate the issue. She didn't even complain about the fact that it is pipe fittings.

the Binford 6200 of toilet paper holders His and hers toilet paper included Hers--- infused with lanolin and emollients befitting her delicate nature His-- infused with industrial carbide and a hint of Go-Jo hand cleaner

Sold one of of my green lawn tractors and had enough left over after buying a model train I wanted, that I went out and bought this nice Commando 8, fully loaded with lights, cig lighter, nice rear discharge mower deck(not shown), original WH marked tires and a working slot hitch. He has the moldboard plow for it and he set it aside and I will pick it up once I have some more funds in my wallet. Its been awhile since I had a WH in the stable. I want to do some special autism touches to it. The paint and decals are super nice, except for the top of the hood and fender pan. I hate to loose the original decals and nice dealer decals in a full repaint. Thinking of having a decal made to cover the top of the hood in the autism rainbow jigsaw colors with "Autism Acceptance" in either yellow or white lettering in the middle of the top of the hood. Mike

Sooo. I'm trying to work on a transmission. Son says I'm getting to old to haul mulch by hand come spring. Me. Whatever! Two hours later and scrap laying around, he came up with this. Don't even have to get off tractor to hook up! What a guy!! Thanks buddy!!

Just need the optional shower cap mufflers now.

So this project has been going on since before Christmas... Room before: Been doing some construction inside the house... The basement bedrooms have these stupid corner closets that don't hold anything useful. Like two coats a pair of bibs and a pair of boots and the closet is full. Useless. Plus they had this stupid drywall mud texture. I'm told its super expensive to have done but I'm not a fan and neither is my wife. Talked with the people across the street that built that house and decided that putting the room back to how it was designed to be was the best approach so that's what I did with the help of a bunch of people along the way.So in preparation of things with an estimated arrival date of May, the old closet was ripped out and a new one was constructed like this: Click this bar to view the full image. Even my wife got involved in some demo...more like just for one photo...I scraped all of the walls and most of the floor of all the old texture and glue with a 4" scraper blade. Spent way too many hours doing that, but the end result was worth it. Still have part of the floor to do.In progress: Click this bar to view the full image. Click this bar to view the full image. Had some supervisors stop by to inspect work: Click this bar to view the full image. Click this bar to view the full image. How the room sits now: Click this bar to view the full image. Installed pine paneling on the ceiling (just like the rest of the house), new dim-able LED light fixture, added closet with light, fixed the walls/painted them and my wife added the stenciled birch trees on the wall. My friend installs carpet for a living stopped by and put the new carpet down for me last week.Since carpet went down, trim was up next. Click this bar to view the full image. Decided that the new trim made the door look even worse then it we realized. Hit up Menards for some 11% rebate and picked up a 6 panel solid core door. Got that stained and installed.Alex should be picking up the dresser for the closet so I can get started on building the closet organizer. Click this bar to view the full image. Yes, that's to scale with 1 block being 4"Cat Tax:

You bet, Hobbes (the cat) did the majority of the work. He's pretty good with an air nailer and miter saw

Other than the young lady swinging the hammer, I'm assuming this guy did the rest of the work? That's a lot of work. Been there. Looks like you did a fine job.

Ah, pipe art, standard pipe or PVC, it's Legos for grown people

You open the flapper prior to sitting on the crapper!

You put your flapper... on the crapper... everybody knows that.

Stack with a flapper! GO BIG OR GO HOME!

Alright, he's over thinking this. It only weighs like 30 lbs. Now he wants to build a cradle for it! I'm not that decrepit yet lol!!!

http://www.harborfreight.com/engine-cleaning-gun-68290.html Actually, I think we can take this project one step farther. Add shop air to that pipe manifold and then you can add this Just think of it as a water pic for the nether region. ------OR------- Who needs a bidet when you have one of these? Thanks Harbor Freight!

Something like this (in Green) might look better and give a little more leverage. Again, not to scale just kinda think'n out loud

Manual dump. Hinge the top, weld a lever to the side of bucket, pull with rope. It will separate at the bottom and dump out of the middle. (Drawing not to scale. Probably needs longer lever)

That is really neat!! How many trips to the hardware store? That would have been at least 2 for me...or maybe 2 hardware stores, because they only had 1 end cap in stock.

I'd have to shoot him if you used any of my horse parts!! Jeez,,, I have to keep an eye on tools the way it is!

Mike, That Tractor looks nice just the way it is..so, I would Just polish up the original paint as best you can and then add your special decals ....Then call it done

New to Wheel Horse. Picked up a 1975 D160 with 54 hours in excellent shape and I am looking for a 3 Point PTO tiller and a 5-0901 mower. Any thoughts?

I was looking for my Pawpaws GT-14's I know it's a long shot but they were sold at his estate sale back in 2011 in North Carolina after he passed. I've shown a picture of what they looked like, they're probably restored. Like I said, it's probably nearly impossible to find them but hey I tried

@hermitmanand @wallfish I saw something similar in a article some time a ago . Of course now I can't find it. If I find it I will post a copy. Hermitman your son's creation is a lot nicer. How did he curved sides and what gauge metal did he use. I bet you could sell some at the BIg Show.

it already hinges at top so this would be a real easy fix! should keep him busy for awhile. Thanks for a great idea! Gary

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His buddy has a transmission shop. Steady flow of materials! Daisy dukes was a complete fluke. I was going to do marine vinyl but was too expensive then it hit me! Dump idea is excellent idea but then pump would be needed correct? Thanks everyone for input! Gary and Aaron

Using a dual valve off a D series , and another cylinder mounted to the front pivot pin on that blade - a guy could make it dump too... Sarge

For the high renters go stainless!

Koool! The General Lee has it's own pair of Daisy Dukes.

Kool artwork tables! Looks like a few automatic transmissions and bikes donated some parts.

If I am, be prepared to move over!

Post a want ad in our classified section and also browse through the for sale section here to see if there any currently for sale.

Really like the bucket , if he does any more work on it please send pictures.

I think what Jim's getting at here is that you need to be really careful around those nests, especially when cleaning them out. The droppings and urine can be dangerous/toxic/sickening, and to be completely safe you should probably wear disposable gloves. I can't say that I do, but at the very least you don't want to touch that stuff with your bare hands. I know somebody here on RedSquare posted some more specific information a while back about what's in these nests and how to safely remove and dispose of them. If anybody can find it and post a link, I know I'd personally appreciate it.

Spent some more time cleaning and organizing tonight. Moving everything out when I get ready to run electricity and finish is gonna be a chore. Maybe someday I'll have a nice shop but for now this portable building should work OK.

WOW! IF HE USES ALL PARTS HE SHOULD ASK TO BE A VENDOR ON THIS SITE AND SELL TO ALL THE JUNKIES...

Thanks for posting the added pics with details of the hooks. Nice, clean and simple design. Talented Kid...Lucky Dad!

Thanks Richard, I have a saved craigslist search for a big swath of Wa/Or. I waited about a about a week and a half after this was posted and was the only one who's talked to him. He pulled the add when I went to look. He is the second owner, and has owned it for 16 years, and knows exactly what he has. It's only for sale because he is in the process of moving from a sizable rural home to a smaller city lot. So after here we are: Who Doesn't like a little propaganda? Manuals for everything but the tiller.

Thanks and I'm all for criticism. Helps get better ideas floating around. I know there will be weak links here and there. I do agree that those probly will be the first. There isn't any bushings though. Those are thick wall machinist sleeves with 3/4" solid round going through them. They will be getting grease fittings.

Welcome to @Richard Stoots, This photo should give you the needed information.

I got it!!! Turned out to be a stuck needle valve!!!

Always a work in progress to try and improve things.

I finally bought my first wheel horse tractor. It needs a lot of work but it will run with new gas lines and a battery. It's a Charger 10 with an automatic drive. Techcumseh HH100 motor

Dipstick description is on page 8 of this engine operator manual Garry

All the original Sundstrand engineers around here are long dead as far as I know , as well as most of the factory workers . It seems they had a very low turnover rate and it was pretty much all older folks that worked there . It's a shame that 20yrs ago someone didn't have enough forethought to go ask a lot of questions or possibly get some more detailed info from them - years ago in the gearhead community around here there were several Sundstrand employees and one was an engineer that designed most of their equipment . Odd part is - there is very little of Wheel Horse equipment around here in comparison to areas east of Illinois . Here's a snippet of some general research - " During the early 1960s, a team from the company's Hydraulics division experimented with applications of CSD technology on off-highway equipment. To commercialize these applications, the company merged this team with another from its Aviation division to form a fourth operating unit, Hydro-Transmission. In 1965 Sundstrand built a separate facility in LaSalle, Illinois, especially for this division, and began supplying hydrostatic transmission components to the automotive industry. This operation was subsequently expanded to include yet another facility, located in Ames, Iowa. " Source: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/sundstrand-corporation-history/ As with many of the older businesses that built the high quality machinery like Wheel Horse and Sundstrand - they are no more of what they once were , taken over by the corporate ideal of quick profits...sad . Sarge

I've been using a product called Permatex Rust Treatment (I believe it was once called Extend) for years. Buy it anywhere body work products are sold. With it, you get what rust you can, then apply a coat of this on top, let it dry, then top with filler. I experimented with it ten years ago. I divided a section of a truck bed into two parts. One I just knocked of the loose rust and paint, lightly sanded and wiped with Acetone, then applied a coat of Permatex Rust Treatment only, the next section sanded all the way to metal, wiped with Acetone, and applied just a coat of primer and painted. The place with the PRT still looks like it did right after applying it. The other spot has already chipped and scratched and now has rust spots. I use this product alot. I redid a mower deck using it and glazing putty. It turned out excellent and held up the whole time I owned it which was four years before selling it.

Here is the manual with parts list. Remove the cotter pin and shims from the rear of the lower steering shaft #34. See if you can push the lower shaft forward enough that the gear teeth will clear each other. You may need to loosen or remove the 2 bolts holding the support casting #28 to the frame so the gears will clear. Center the steering wheel and front wheels/tires and then mesh the gears back together. The fan gear should end up straight up so left and right turns are equal. Add enough shims at the rear of the lower shaft to pull it back so the gears are very close to tight through a full left to right turn. You need to end up with a few thousandths clearance between the gear teeth through the full travel so they don't break in use. Reinstal the cotter pin and add grease. Check the bushing #29 in the cast support for excessive wear which may be causing some of your problem. Garry

Take off the oil pan, and the head, disconnect the connecting rod from the crankshaft. Push the piston out the top. Now tap on the end of the crankshaft with a dead blow hammer, sometimes the bearing plate will stick to the crankshaft so the crank will come out with the bearing plate attatched to it.

So Lazarus has been resurrected for good this time. I swapped a spare engine into it to continue using while I repaired the ignition system. Then I got side tracked and temps hit 90's. So with temps reasonable and finally got a good Saturday to work on it I decided it was time to knock this off the list. Not to mention I want to put the snow blade on it and I have procrastinated enough. So I modified the engine first thing the morning removing the old CDI and added points and coil. Tore the tractor down, pulled engine and replaced. Laz ax runs awesome again. in the one pic you can see 3 different engines. The one I pulled out next to the K341 I got from @richie, and 3rd one which you can make out just above the back seat cushion on the bench in the garage and is the one I Modified this morning. The final pics are after the road test.

Well here are some new pictures of what is done. The 25 hp kohler is being built. i just made a manifol for the carb. and still have to make the top of the hood.