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A few photo's from Rural Past Times. Home for the weekend. Not the luxury caravan. The little green tent. My Sears/Roper flexing it's muscles. Friday afternoon. Saturday. Fergie The Wonder Dog. Mini D and man with BRACES. Suspenders has a different meaning over here. Basil and Courtney on guard duty. Chris testing a towing attachment. Poor Bolens couldn't stand the pace. Various Bolens needed attention over the weekend. Sheepherds Hut with all mod cons. Sunday. Man Cave. Thresher. Fergie with reaper/binder. One way to pull a bird. Arena Parade. A very nice Ford. Finally My C-81 and finger bar got second in the horticultural class.

Found these on the front porch a couple weeks ago, cleaned up well.Still don't know for sure who left them.

Awesome . Sure beats a brown paper bag on fire any day of the week!

Happy Birthday Jeff, we are all glad you were born!

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Here Ya go Eric.

Elf's are known to leave those brown paper bags behind. It's the tire fairy who leaves tires.

It looks like you are only a half hour away. Just go look at it. Start it and run it and then ask the GT experts here about it It better start and run for the asking price. I would not hold my breath, because it has been around for a while If it does not because it "needs battery", then yeah, may be fishy. Sellers often say they have a great tractor, but YOU can fix it easily when it does not run. That is when they are hiding something That is why I bring a battery and jumper cables every time i look at one. Take a ignition key as well Maybe all that is wrong with it is the screw is in the "tow' position, Maybe the drive key is not in the transmission pulley It is possible the seller inherited it and knows nothing about the tractor and if so, you just stole it Good luck.

Sure wish someone would leave something that nice on my porch.

I found a disc at a yard sale. looks good on back of my 701. but it is not a wheel horse disc. i have no idea what brand it is

You better stop now before you break a hub. You need equal pressure around the hub (all 5 lug bolt holes) like this:

Engine mounting plate came today. Unfortunately it did not pan out as planned. Forged forward and mounted engine directly to frame. It turns out I may very well be able to keep the original GT14 look for the hood. I had to do MAJOR surgery on the predator shroud. I'll have to seal it off to keep debris out and allow it to cool properly but i like that the hood stays stock. I tried positioning it towards the back but could not gain enough room to allow for use of GT14 gas tank. So I went with plan B. Moved engine into the nose and will go with a Bseries style tank where the battery would ordinarily go. I will fab up a heat deflector similar rob gt14 set up to protect the Bseries tank. Then I tore it back down to start the process of installing the clutch and brake assembly off the donor. 2 steps forward and 1-2 steps back. Slow going but progress is happening. The whole roll of tape under tank is for rough spacing. First pic the engine is solidly mounted.

I want to thank everyone for the b'day wishes, working a 10 hour shift then heading to night classes (next 2 years) for my new job promotion as tool and fixture designer (apprentice) 3D CAD basically for all the new muffler/pipe/converter (aftermarket) assemblies that will need welding operations, Jeff.

Loaded and ready to roll in the am

Thanks Jim... and I'm sure you're watching... but the forecast is leveling back out....

I got a compressor on board Jason so you will have that luxury ... just had to stuff new tubes in the 520 for the same reason!

Seeing Mike's @ol550 newly refinished tires just reminded me... I have to fix a flat tomorrow too. Been limping my Raider 9 along with daily injections from the air compressor for the last month...but it occurs to me that I won't have the quick luxury for three days in the field.

I thought you were already packed since Portage No more work for me, got to get loading and run a few errands will be there Thursday morning.

You aint kiddin! We had more stuff blow up than you can shake a stick at! (But only 3 days left! )

There was some strange going ons happening yesterday ... you most of appeased the sun god and brought you good fortune .

That is a beauty for sure Jim. We will have to get a picture with it, Dan's 1076, and Dad's 875 in Berlin! You did a great job and I love the history of it with you. Reading it, reminds me much of Dad and his 875! Started out as a potential plow tractor, ended up a really sharp show machine!

I didn't like the way the belt guard met the fender so I did a little cutting and welding to improve the look and fit. Also welded a mounting plate for the front section to bolt to.

sounds like it was a typical mid week birthday as an adult! The excitement can sometimes get misplaced at about 25years old! However, another day breathing is one more on "the right side of the dirt!" Good luck on your classes!

I'm also wondering where the red wire goes. If in fact you had battery power going to the points the magneto ignition coil is likely burnt up. All is not lost though. You can convert to battery ignition using the points by adding a battery ignition coil with internal resistor, proper condenser for battery ignition, bracket to hold the coil and an ignition switch for battery ignition. Garry

While you are wishy/washy ing around, someone is gonna grab this and you'll have your answer. Surely, you've (and I) hasve done much worse things worse with $500 bux...

Why the Muffin Man of course!

Who's leaving them "muffins" in the back yard?

Here, I was expecting to see the tract across the street going up for bid today.

Sure is Jeff. 1900+ hours on the Kohler twin. 48" deck that needs some TLC. A twisted hood/ stand. Hoping that thins out the bidders and gives Ed a chance. 1986...It does have the motion lever on the console where it is easy to install Ed's foot control. Of course the good Eaton 1100 W hyd lift.

There was a lot of misrepresentation of HP by B&S resulting in a legal action against them. https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/04/lawnmower_settlement.html

Loaded up and in the hauler fellas! Gave it a real good bath Dan even armoralled the rubber!

Yes @ol550 ?? is the feature tractor this year. Well maybe not but for us it is!

Nice indeed!! @ol550 are you coming north this weekend?

The Custom is the one I'm keeping. I am going to have a snowblade and a blower painted up to match it for my new endeavor. I'll still be on here watching and reading as I really like these tractors.

Got to get through today here at work.... and then a meeting tonight. Loading and errands tomorrow for me and be over there early Friday.

A hydro rebuild sometimes only means the springs in the acceleration valve. That's not bad at all. $500 seems like a great price. If that photo is accurate, I don't see how you could lose money, even if you find it's a dog, you could part out everything and probably make money.

It's for sale on the "Garden Tractor Junkies" Facebook page. Located in noblesville Indiana. Thanks for your input Dave! And the pulley I got off of you worked perfect! I'm gonna have to think on this one and see. Gotta make some room in the stable if I wanna bring anything else home!

ol550 Very nice find. Need another set on rims?

You guys have fun time and get lots of ... and maybe Steve-on-a-Stick will show up for dinner seems he always hungry.

Thanks guys. I'll get those brackets welded up tomorrow. My my son is pulling in the Jr. Stock class, so the tires need to be turf tires. Every day he gets more excited with the progress of the tractor and that his first pull is coming soon.

Happy birthday Jeff , take a little from your busy schedule and have a black top burning rubber ride in your "BIG BOY TOY".

Paint it red ...

I was thinking that but didn't ask it, glad you found it on your own. One other question we should have asked long ago, have you checked the oil level? That low oil level switch will prevent the starter relay from closing. Does the solenoid have one small terminal or two? If it has two small terminals have you grounded one of them? Be sure the tractor is not in gear; taking a jumper from the battery side of the solenoid to the small terminal that goes to the "S" terminal of the ignition switch should close the solenoid and rotate the starter. As @Rob XC700 said, once you have verified the starter turns over it is easiest to work your way back to the ignition switch. Remove the start relay and touch a 12 volt jumper to the relay base where the purple wire connects, this should crank the starter. Now hook up the lead of your DC meter to the relay base where the dark blue wire comes in, with PTO disengaged and clutch depressed then turn the key to start and see if you read 12 volts. If both of these produce the expected results then move the meter probe to the light blue wire on the base to see if you get 12 volts there with clutch depressed, PTO disengaged and key in start. If all of these give you the expected results the relay is not working. If we don't get the expected results on one or more of these tests let us know and we will continue the diagnostic hunt.

I've looked through the files to find the instruction and parts manual for the rear attach-a-matic hitch and I cannot find it. I have an original instruction sheet and it does show the spacers for the smaller axles, I remember. I'm at work, don't have it here, but I found a couple of pics of my B-100 that you can see the spacers mounted. Basically a flat piece of metal bent in an L shape to take up the space of the small axle housing painted red.

What? You mean it's not?

Have you considered giving one of these a try?

My wife knows how much has been "invested" in her Quilting hobby so I'm safe! That is soooo Nice.

So since the decals are on I can call this done. Some areas of paint did not come out as well as I would have liked but oh well. As they say good enough for the women we hang out with & looks good from Berlin Dan! In a way I'm glad the paint ain't the best as now I can work it a little & welcome kids climbing on it and not fret about getting scratched. Thanks goes out to some who offered parts & advice. Steve @stevasaurus Transmissions thoughts & advice Lowell @wheelhorseman Transmission parts & show tie rods Tom @Shynon headlight bucket & hood latch & advice Dan @Achto custom battery cables & great idea for battery tray bracket & probably something else I forgot about Bob @Racinbob cheese & sausage dash & transmission parts Terry @Vinylguy decals Linc @A-Z Tractor steering wheel Bob @rmaynard lug bolt kit Probably others like the fellow member who sold me the fronts... I can't for the love of God remember who he was! but thank you. Other suppliers McMaster Carr - hardware Ace - paint & hardware Mills Fleet Farm - seat & exhaust.& hardware TSC - Fluids, bearings & hardware Pat's Small Engine Plus - cables & engine parts http://www.psep.biz/index.htm ebay - lots of little crap I was going to list about how much $$ I had into this but though best not to just in case she is looking over my shoulder...lets just call it a labor of love for one's first horse of 30 years and is priceless. Will try and follow up with some what not to dos or things I should have done right the first time!