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The view out my kitchen window this morning.

Jay, did I tell you about the time when my dishwasher quit working? I just slapped her a few times and she started running.

Thanks for the replies. This does look to be a very active forum, I'm quite surprised. I'm on the GSR (the GS Resources) a forum for late 70's to mid 80's Suzuki GS model motorcycles and don't belong to many others. I try to find one whenever I get something new I've never tinkered with to get help from the guys that do this as their hobby. I like to pick the brains of the experts. With some forums, it seems you have to wait days for replies, I'm glad I struck gold on my first try. I don't see any tags anywhere on this WH, either the tractor of the engine. The seller wasn't there and hasn't been much help. He said it was a 50's model, but I didn't think it was that old. I didn't care, as it just has that cool factor going for it and wanted it if i could get it cheap enough. My first thoughts were, "here is my shot at another custom build", so I'm glad to see there is at least one guy here that is accepting of them. On GSR, there are some guys that can be very opinionated whenever someone wants to build a GS into a custom bike. I can see that if it is a pristine example, but if it is being brought back from the dead and isn't an ultra rare model, I say, "do what makes you happy, it's yours". I have stock bikes and modified bikes, it's all good to me. I can take more photos. What would you like to see that will help? I just entered the 21st century last week from my flip phone to a Galaxy 8, but I don't know how to use it to post pics directly. Last night I emailed them from my photo gallery, then saved them to my computer from the email, which I could then grab them and post here with the choose files link. There has to be an easier way? Any help with that would also be appreciated. Here are a couple of pics of that Craftsman I mentioned. It was a discarded rider with a blown 10 horse engine that was sitting next to a dumpster. I wanted it to have a 50's hot rod flavor and I was very happy with how it turned out. Everything was re purposed scrap parts from something else or custom built from scrap, except for the Hiem joints I used to make the redesigned steering system and shifter system, the pulley's needed to change the ratio from a 5 mph rider to about 35 mph and the fuel tank. Everything else was found around the garage or picked up at flea markets or swap meets, like the skull shifter knob and the steering wheel. With the pulley change and an 18 hp engine from a rider I had that the deck was shot, it was required to shift through the gears to prevent stalling it out and yes the wheelie bars were needed if you squeezed the hand throttle to quickly. lol In the pics, the relocated side shifter (from in between your legs) is in neutral, with reverse one forward and all the rest coming backwards. I think I had around $100 total in it and sold it for $777 after having some fun with it. I terrorized the neighborhood with it. It's hard to see, but I made the exhaust run down the side and out under the right foot pad. It was made from a bicycle handle bar and would shoot out a 4-6" blue flame when revved up. It looked awesome at night.

Yeah, but she has a washer and a dryer.

Thinking about another thread going on here right now. I'll bet she doesn't have a dishwasher...

I put this basket ball hoop up about 30 yrs ago. It started to lean a bit and me being 60 with a bad back, son gone to Buffalo it was time to remove it. But how you may ask? Well I was in the shop on a nice cool day and Elvis said he'd give me a hand. Raised the bucket to "catch" the hoop and board. air gun on the clamp bolts and it's off. Hooked up the strap and in first gear and at idle pulled down the pole. Pole is full of concrete all the way to the top. Heavy bugger! No pics of Elvis picking the concrete out of the hole and lugging it to it's resting place by the side of the road. I was too busy working the controls and balancing the load but here it is like a dead water buffalo after the safari!

They get their dishwashers the old fashion way, they give birth to them & wait until they can reach the sink. I received the self propel unit for my push mower in the same way. Was only able to get about 9yrs of use out of him before moved out though.

Mine does not carry or is a martial artist.She is not violent at all. She will just apply the usual mental torture over the period of several months.

And she is safe from being shot in the behind by a knob propelled by the dishwasher. Lucky girl.

Ok you turkeys ... i call my dishwasher Manualette and when she breaks down Manuel has to take over! About the same HP as a Suburban but I doubt a 'Burb could pull that cultivator.

There's more than one of us! Guys here have no problem with it and here's some I've done over the years. BUT, even I don't like it when it's a GOOD example of a rare tractor. There are many trashed tractors out there to work with so save the good one's is my opinion. Little 2 seat cruiser Dozer frame bike build Fish tanked electric powered for a friend of mine daughter There's a hot rod one around to but can't find the pics. So Have Fun with it!

I have made a couple of loaders and the best combination was 4-6 GPM with 2 inch cylinder. Just using it around the house it will have enough speed and plenty of lifting power. I am going from memory, but I think I set my relief on 700 lbs. Of course the frame work will dictate your load ability. On the B80 might want to keep it 300 ish in the bucket because steering will be tough. You will have to have good front tires and plenty of air pressure in the tires. A reservoir of 2 gallons is fine but is more than you need. Once the system is full one gallon works okay. Location of the reservoir is an issue do to space limits on these smaller machines. Some designs use one of the square tube towers for oil. I used one tank in the rear and one tank was mounted to the side of the right hand tower. I use the same cylinder on the bucket as for the lift due to having one kind and spare. Two things of importance, one is the tower supports leading down to the front near the wheels is critical for strength, second is weights mounted in the rear. Weight install behind the rear axle and over hung works the best for lifting stability. I use both rear mounted counter weight and wheel weights. One machine used 1 1/2" cylinders the other 2 inch. These machines are built on 520 hydro machines.

One of my least favorite pastimes is wrestling wheel weighs on and off. The carriage bolts flop around or get pushed out the back of the wheel. Never being very smart my solution was to get more wheel horses so weights would stay on a tractor forever. That idea has worked well until today. Had to pull the wheels and weights off my snow plow Charger. The steel weights weigh 66.5 lbs each and are a bear to wrestle. Put the carriage bolt through the hole and then ran a jam nut on it all the way back to the wheel. It dosen't hold it completely rigid as it hits the carriage bolt shoulder but it holds it almost straight out . Was able to slid the weight on the bolt with no drama and the nut is thin enough it doesn't contact the weight.

You are right.Not a good feeling living in fear all of that time. She is a total pro at it.

I’d rather get shot.... at least it’s over and done quickly

Each year a group of veterans "walk off the wars" by hiking the Appalachian Trail together. Sunday they stopped off in Franklin, NC and were all awarded Quilts of Valor at a luncheon in their honor. Great group and they all were happy to know the quilts will be shipped to their homes!

My female is a second degree black belt. You slap her. Go ahead. Try it. I just ain't doing it. Hahahahahahha.

Thanks, another recent project purchase. It's a '77. The PO was turning it into an autocross car and I'm making it street legal again. Had to mount some light in the grill since the the top of the front clip has an aftermarket piece grafted in place with molded in headlight doors. I have a very understanding wife.

Kyle, if you are not married...$300 to $800 buys a lot of excellent paper plates and plastic utensils. You can boil water in a plastic bag and make pans out of tin foil.

And the guy has got fab skills fer sure... always use a guy like that around here! Ther goes having the market cornered on white walls on red rims Dan @Achto!

Now you just need to figure out how to electrify it... then, you'll be doing things.

That way you could tell which one is walking on the car at night.

I have historically done some pretty intense gardening and put up a lot of food. We got an Avion travel trailer 5-1/2 years ago and I struggled to maintain a garden for 3 of those 5 years... gave up/burnout/camping priorities the past 2 years. Found myself getting the itch again this year (might have something to do with the fact that I got my 1974 C160 + a lot of attachments last Fall!!). So, today I got 3 rows of red potatoes, 12 green and 12 purple cabbage plants, and a row of onions planted. Still need to get 4-5 rows of Roma II flat green beans in the ground...... maybe in the next few days. (I LOVE my Wheel Horse!!)

I noticed the horses had to work harder to pull this cultimulcher than they did to pull the one bottom trip plow. They had to lean into it to keep it moving. I was surprised how well the mulcher wheels broke up the soil. Almost like it was rototilled.

Yes, Frank is loud. Also, he only smokes when he drinks. I think he’s running a bit rich!

Fr@nk’s first family ride!

Mines gotta carry permit, I’m not testing it 😂

It does if you’re married too, but I don’t want 800 dollars worth of “AngryWife” 😂😂 That wouldn’t bother me in the least, but I still have more time as a bachelor under my belt than I do as a Trophy Husband

The running issue you first described can be caused by a bad condenser. The arc issue sounds like there may be a hair line crack in the insolation on the coil. Either one could cause it to run rough at higher RPMs.

The main thing with a dishwasher is the high heat rinse to sanitize the dishes. I work on Commercial (Hobart) machines and even with them the dishes need to be pretty clean before running them thru. Look at it this way. Dirty dishes go into the machine. Any crap that comes off is now in the machine. Get enough crap in a load flying around and now the water that is still washing is full of the crap. Now when it drains the filter (like on my Whirlpool ) catches most of it . What doesn't make it out of the machine or caught by the filter will now be laying in the machine. A few days of this and you have a dirty stinky machine before you even start. Add in some hard water and now you got scale everywhere too. And like Bob's Whirlpool, I have to look at the lights to see if it's running.

We've always been pretty frugal (ummm….cheap) when it comes to buying appliances. We usually go somewhere in the middle of the price range and keep our fingers crossed. We bought a new GE dishwasher for our house in Florida. We never were happy with it. Mainly due to the noise. When we bought this house the previous owners had just replaced all the kitchen appliances. We were pretty shocked at what they paid for them. We laughed and said that we never would have spent that much. All of them are Whirlpool Gold Series. Now that we have lived here 2 years we have been surprised how much we like them and the difference in what level we usually buy and these. Especially the dishwasher. Unless you are right next to it it's nearly impossible to hear it run. You need to look at the lights to confirm that the cycle was started. That being said the msrp was about $1300 but they didn't pay that. Everything was purchased at an authorized Whirlpool dealer and I've got the receipt with the actual prices but danged if I can find it in the file right now. If I remember correctly it was about your max price. I agree with the comments here about the quality today but I also realize now that spending a bit more can be worth it. I'll let you know in a few years about the durability. I'm not knocking GE or promoting Whirlpool. They all have their entry levels and go up from there. I also agree with Ken about the big box stores the 'same' unit......but cheapened up just for them to sell cheaper. Why is the model # always just a fuzz different?

First a little intro. I'm a M/C mechanic in central FL and found this forum trying to ID a Wheel Horse tractor. Now for the good stuff. I picked up a Wheel Horse tractor today from one of our local flea markets. I think it's an early 70-72 model judging by the hood decals. I'm hoping someone here can fill me in with some more info on what I've got. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with it. From some of the gallery pics I looked at, it looks like the engine isn't original, but I'm saying that because I haven't seen another engine like it in the photos available. I could be wrong and hope I am, but either way, it isn't frozen, but is missing some parts. I may restore it, depending on how much is missing and what is available or i might build something custom Hot Rod Rider like I did with a free Craftsman rider about 7 years ago. Well that's all I can say for now, besides thanks in advance, for any information you can share I've got.

We built our new house seven years ago and couldn't be happier with the Bosch dish washer. The only sounds you hear is the water going through the drain. One big plus is that you can put plastic items on the bottom rack because the heater won't melt them like most brands.

We just bought a Bosch 500-series last month using my military discount at Lowes. The promotion at the time was a free install as well. So far we have been extremely pleased with it. One of the features we were looking for was a positive latch on the door. In our previous house, we had remodeled the kitchen and installed GE Profile appliances. Terrible! The only good piece was the refrigerator - that was made by Samsung. The dishwasher had a gasket that was too large for the opening and I literally had to put my knee into it to keep it closed. One time I had to have a GE technician out for the microwave (blew the board just out of warranty!!!) and mentioned the door issue. He took his pocket knife out and cut the edge of the gasket off. That was the factory fix! Junk. The Bosch is very quiet, so much so that they put a red light that shines on the floor to show that it is running. This is handy as our house has an open concept floor plan. It also doesn't use a heating coil to dry, saving energy. The directions mention not having the dishes "washed" first as well. It can sense the soiled dishes and adjusts the length of the cycle. The.screen to clean is very accessible. It is the best one I have ever had in all of the homes I have owned

I'm surprised to be sayin'... Frank don't look half bad topless.

Well i finally got to see the two beauties today and im even more excited seeing them in person. Decks are in good shape, tires hold air and the plow bracket is there. Ill be bringing them home tomorrow. Guy selling them is super nice and had quite the herd of over 30 wheelhorses this time last year. The B and C100s are the last two he has.

L-R I see a Charger 12, C-160, 520H and a 417

@LengerichKA88 I'm sure Kyle would be happy to help her out.

Sweet, I'll post what I find on the compression later and see what my options are from there. I may have access to a Suzuki GS500 twin that I might stick in there.

Here's a quick demo. The guy in this video obviously has his engine tuned very well and is showing off with only half a wrap of rope on the pulley. Feel free to wrap the rope around the pulley a few times.

I think Steve might have been referring to me saying the PO said it was a 50's tractor. Yeah, do have a lot of crap. My neighbors used to have a fit, but I wore them down. Now instead oif calling the city code enforcement, they just shake their head as the walk by. My father passed away last month and we are going to move out to their property and be closer to mom. It's 26 acres on a lake. I get more room for crap and they may get someone that doesn't like to bring home junk. I prefer to say treasure over junk. A win win for everyone.

@WHX22, you’re both right 😂😂

really?

Well, this big hole in the tank dash settles things now, doesn’t it? Open mouth.... insert foot.

Not much luck...? Give me your shipping address and I would be happy to send you all the overweight pre-fed squirrels you want! There are so many “bird” feeders around these parts that serve as buffet lines for the furry buggers that I doubt the birds get in on any food action!

Here is the engine. I want to run it and give the drive train a test before I tear down the rest of the tractor.