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Thank you all for taking the time to send me the Birthday Greetings. Mrs.K had my day planned, and I thought I would share some of it with you guys. I got up late this morning and spent some time by the fire answering e-mail and bantering a bit on Red Square. Then Mrs.K called me for a late breakfast of apple fritters and venison scrapple smothered in genuine maple syrup from my home town in Somerset Co. Then we headed to the movies to see Clint Eastwood's new release "THE MULE". I recommend this movie to members suffering from WHA. You may get some ideas on how to finance your addiction. Love those recliner seats. Then off to the local Olive Garden for a early dinner. Sorry, no pic. Then off to Eastern High School to meet with my family to watch my Grandson play a basketball game. Back home for desert....She made a berry pie while I was sitting by the fire this morning. No seat time, but it was a great day. Thanks again, For sharing the day with me.

Look Ma, no clamps!

This rj was my first Rj. My best friend bought it when I first got into them. He tossed the correct engine and put on a 7hp kohler. It came with duels and also a snow plow. After a while he tired of it and traded it to me for some box tubing I had in my driveway. I kept it the way it came but finally decided to restore it. He hates it now that it's restored but it's not his anymore lol. It took a while to find the correct k91 but i finally found 1 and scored it for 15 bucks. It had over half a inch of bondo on the hood when i stripped it. Its far from perfect and I know it still needs a few things like decals, belt guard and a heat shield but I'm pretty happy how it came out. I like putting it with my original rj (that's another story for another day) at shows. A lot of people like seeing 1 in its work clothes and 1 all dolled up. I do think I'm gonna switch it back to ag tires and put those tires on my suburban I'm restoring.

Finished the upper half of my Onan BF MS yesterday and was surprised that it fired right up after just a few cranks. Had it sitting on the bench so couldn't do to much tuning. To busy holding it still. Took it over and put it on the 416-8. Originally the got had a Kohler single 16 but used it on my D-160 so it would be factory. This will have all my horses back in action. Just need to build the exhaust, do the wiring and bolt everything down tight. Around 50 outside yesterday so got a lot done. No heat in my garage and temps dropping hard today so going to be a while before I get back at it.

Remember Mad Max. He started as a walk be hind tiller and ended up mounted on a plow frame

Spindles are longer height wise for the 6" wheels to keep the tractor level.

No cream or yogurt in my fridge, so I used Coors Lite mixed with moss in a blender to start moss on my brick walk.

Well, at least you found a good use for that Coors.

Playing around with fender placement.... I currently have about 1” clearance between the tire and fender. A couple of my filthy Putt Putt for my only reference... initial placement... current standings...

WOW All I can say is keep a guard on those diamond treads... there's a unscrupulous character running around here...goes by the name of @wallfish that wants one for some cockamamie project!

Well, I got my latest horse home tonight, it's the 3rd 520 I've got in the last 2 months. I didn't post pics of the 1st one as it was kind of a turd. The 2nd one is THE nicest original horse I've ever owned. It's a 96 model with 800 hours on it but looks like it's got 80 hours on it. You can kinda see it in the background of one of these pics. It's absolutely gorgeous...it's staying with me for a long long time (hopefully). Tonight's is a 90 model. Has the swept front axle but no steering reduction. Hour meter shows 1,100+ but does not work so who knows what the real hours are. The engine doesn't have the air cleaner cover OR top on it. Don't know how long he's ran it like that, but that's never good!!! The Sweepster (see different thread in attachments) is in better condition than I originally thought. It is just dirty, and in very good condition. The cab is just a tad faded but in really solid condition. I didn't steal it, but I think I got a good deal on it, especially since it was less than 20 miles from my house (not many horses around here) Can't wait to play with it this weekend. https://pix.sfly.com/n9XEhJ https://pix.sfly.com/yKFRNb https://pix.sfly.com/odK5QJ

Mine wasn't broke, I would have welded it if it had been. That was some one else that bolted there's It in the same tread.. I did brace my 312-8 that I use for dirt work. I got the idea form some one on the board. I wanted to make it stronger to keep it from breaking. I added a plate in front the transmission mount and braced it with 1 1/2" x 1/4" flat on each side. I didn't have a plate larger enough to cover the hold transmission mount. There is also a spacer behind the plate shown as there are ridges stamped in to the transmission plate. The picture below was taken before I tacked it together , I took it back off to weld it.

Eric I did the same thing on my 855 when I pulled it apart and found cracks around that area supposedly that was a problem then. I welded up the cracks and then put a plate redrilled the holes put longer bolts and fixed that problem .

Jim I can't search that one either but what I do is use a large 3 jaw puller and remove the Jaws and put 5 bolts between two Wheelhorse hubs. One on the tractor. One off the tractor. Still takes a fair amount of patience and it doesn't work 100% of the time because I do not always have that fair amount of patience.

Here is the fix that I come up with for this frame on the 1067 added a collar in front and back and made a new pin which ended up being a little longer but it sure took out the slop!

Don't know what his puller was, but I just built one like this one and it is great.

I did buy that schnacke from Jake Kuhn. Great kid. It didn't have one when I got it. Needed something to help pull it all together.

Hmm, I do sometimes work in the Deerfield area. Thanks for the tip Jim. Don't leave those tires sitting out front of your garage!

Here’s the link to the manual I was searching through. http://www.wfmfiles.com/download/Kohler_Owner's_Manual_Twin_Cylinder_K17_K19.pdf

Thanks Fellas! I think this is much more tractor (and build) than I had anticipated, bringing home the 753 back in October. It wasn’t as much thought out, but thinking “what parts do I have on hand to make Momma a round hood of her own?” I’d love to say that everything else just fell into place, but I’m forcing it into submission 👍

No time for such foolishness, got ideas to get down on paper & then try to turn some of them into reality.

Here is a drawing to help you make part 155 / Wheel Horse part #6133.

I started making a gasket out of some Fel-Pro gasket material that I had I'm going to put a product called high-tech on both sides of the gasket that is saposed to be gas resistant and I think just because I've gone this far I have some extra red kote product that I used on a tank repair sometime ago and I think I'll put that in the tank as well just for added insurance

I like your/my thinking, if you check out those ATV blowers you'll notice they attach like their snow plows so in loose terms like a snow thrower, then have those rear Caster wheels so it makes turning around so much easier as they don't lift much off the ground, Eric the single stage thrower mount is the easiest to fabricate even the lift rod, a sawsall a drill and "stick" welder is about all you need for tools then most of the steel can be had from Lowe's TSC or ACE hardware.

i plead innocent @Racinbob i looked at another member horse that had a round seat. The IPL parts list does only show the square seat for all three 502, 552, 702 models, so I agree 552. Jason B. don't let these guys horse wrangle that little filly out of Texas! There some sketchy villains out there. But honestly @dells68 is a really great guy!

You serious Richard or you pulling our leg??? Is ther a certain species of moss or does it have to be Ed's organic free range hybrid? Anything on the north side of trees work? Does the base coat of sour cream change the original patina? Does it grow that fast you have to it? I got a 604 hood that...never mind your

I like to put the seals in as the very very last item. After I've got it assembled, shifted it through the gears rolled the input shaft, brake shaft and axles to be sure everything is smooth/good. That way if something doesn't feel right, I'm not sliding the seals over the shaft key ways several times. ...Yea I learned the hard way!.

I'm not trying to be contrary to that piece of information but the fact of the matter is I run short on front end loaders right now Soon, I hope. as a matter of fact, Trina and I have been talking about making that one of our projects in the coming year.

I hooked up the wagon to the 312-8 went over to the farm and cut some fire wood from a downed tree. I didn't take any pictures so I know it didn't happen, but a load of fire wood appeared out side the basement door.

My friend did some great work on the hood. He filled in seven "extra" holes and fixed a few cracks. I then used a DA with 40 grit and a wire brush on the lettering - I need to find something not too aggressive to clean up the rest.

Those of you following my shop thread have already seen my workbench. Its nothing fancy but serves its purpose very well. The frame for the top and shelf is built out of 2x4s and is screwed to the wall at each stud with 3 1/2" deck screws, and the front is supported by 3 4x4 posts that are secured to the floor by screws and L-brackets on the backside. Top is covered with one solid piece of 3/4" plywood, and the shelf is covered with pieces of 7/16" OSB I had left over from finishing two of my walls. The shelf as well as the floor space underneath really helped clean up around the shop, all the parts to Ray's C141 are tucked away nicely under there.

that would probably work okay for an inch or two of Southern snow but I don't think it would do well up here Now you see Jeff. That right there is what I'm talking about.

If your engine is an original Spec# 49146 it is a series 1. Manual says it only makes about 5 psi. Not even clear if you have the tap mentioned above that is on SeriesII engines. Keep it topped off stay off hills for xtended periods and don't worry about it.

I found this on a google search, then found the manual. do you have a pressure tap above the filter like the picture here?

For that cylinder mount, you could use a flat plate on one side of the axle housing and a set of 3/8 bolts to attach, effectively making a U-bolt By the way that’s a crazy deal, you stole the pump and got the rest for free!

The diodes are directional as you found out when you tested them for continuity. The solid end goes towards the side where wires from magneto come into board. The notched end goes towards where fuse is. Current flows through them in that direction only.Refer to the link Garry provided on the other post you have. All information regarding those is on there.

You will get it done and be dreaming up something you can build for yourself. These things taken time.

That's okay brother man. Doing the buildwork on these is a lot of the fun of having them around.

Thanks Craig. He was insistent that was the tractor he wanted to spend his money on at last year’s show. I have to admit, it’s cleaning up a lot better than I expected. Yup, Emory is insistent that he wants to keep this one original. Right now he’s talking about having me paint the wheels black to match the black seat cover and recoil I had to buy for it. Looks great on my rj, might give it a try.

Well I tore the ole girl down tonight and scrubbed the frame, engine, and trans with lacquer thinner to remove as much grease as I could. I was shocked at how much red was still there. Emory even got in on the scraping. Only problems I’ve found are the trans appears to have been full of motor oil😱 and there was this weird green thing hugging the engine! Oh and if you’ll notice I pulled down my sheets I use for curtains to wash them and you’ll see why I have to put them up - my wife’s washer and dryer share one end of the little garage.

That's funny. What's even funnier is 1 day when I was at work he stopped here and left a note interested in a few things here.

Yah ther is... pull up a lawn chair, crack a cold one and watch her burn...oh and make sure you got some extra cold ones for the fire dept....

In life. they say there are only two thing for sure, death and taxes. Over the years I've come to believe taxes may not be for sure. But there are a couple of thing that are for sure, whoever comes to you with this Barzini meeting, he's the traitor, and if Buckrancher, and Shynon, say it's a 552, it's a 552 .

A light coating of sour cream or yogurt, sprinkle some fine moss shavings over it followed by a several days in the shade will do the trick. At least that worked on some new stones added to an old moss covered stone fence. So long as a bear or other critter doesn't lick it off you will have moss.

I keep some used 3/4", 1" and 1 1/8" bearings on hand for seal installation. Once the transmission is assembled and tested I put masking tape over all snap ring grooves and key-ways then slide the lubricated seal over the shaft. Remove the tape and slide the bearings over the shaft as a driver and use the break drum/ hub/pulley as a slide hammer to tap the seal into place. The bearing will be square to the shaft so the seal will not go in wonky.

Lowell, Joette, Scottie sendings more prayers your way. Don’t want to make this about me but for the last 8yrs (I celebrated my lifeday yesterday) I’ve been dealing with U.T.I’s , cathedrals , spasms and pain from head to toe . The wife (my 24hr caregiver) and I know what your dealing with so please don’t hesitate to send a PM . Maybe some of our experiences could help in some way .

Road time isn't big concern on my dirt road. However I plow down the center of the drive to the road but turn off to one side just before i get to the plow pile. Back up and turn off to the other side. work the back of the pile. then a few pushes from the road side. I plow a wide entrance probably 50 feet or so. Garbage pick up the next township and paper guy all use my driveway to turn around...

Now, if you want the original organic free range moss Jim, here's the recipe. Just drag it out to Western Maryland and place it in a drainage ditch. I have the GPS lat. and long. Then return 21 years later and pluck it out of the ditch with an excavator.

If you look at the higher priced or higher quality air chisels or needle scalers you'll see either a forward exhaust or a shield to push the exhaust away from the operator. Nothing worse than having any flying scale accelerated by the exhaust out of the tool. Not all that hard to fabricate a shield to divert the exhaust away from your face - I've done it on a few of my air die grinders here. Overall, getting a good quality air hammer is the best investment versus a dedicated needle scaler - it can be used for a whole slew of jobs to knock things back into shape or move frozen parts. Plus, the add-on type of scalers are a lot cheaper in the long run and just screw onto almost any air hammer brand out there - that outside threaded portion is a standard across the industry as is the .401 shank size. Barrel size is up to you - think of it this way, shorter the barrel, the faster/lighter the impact force. Long barrel units can easily break things if you feed them the correct cfm with the proper sized air fittings/hoses. A medium barrel is an overall good balance of knocking/cutting power and control, without destroying what you're working on. Be aware, almost all needle scalers will leave some serious marks, so test an area that isn't visually important to looks first. But, for heavy rust scale - a tool you can't beat to own. Sarge