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Well, according to my search, I picked up a Commando 6 yesterday. It’s been repainted and the fender was a little buggered up, but it has potential. It’s non running but has spark, so I’ll start with the fuel system and rid that of the varnish the is within. The P.O. said it was running in the yard, then died and he couldn’t get it running ever again. There are some quirky parts, but it’s got some character! Once running and driving properly, it’ll most likely remain similar to the way I picked it up.

Oh, I’ve got ideas..... bright? You can decide. I couldn’t lift this, so I dragged it home

Why are these so addicting? Pictures are worth a thousand words.... they will explain!

Posilock pullers are awesome but it's a bit whimpy compared to the one I used to use to pull pump impellers off. I do have that Posi's little brother to pull small stuff. On a side note. We had to change bearings on a blower shaft this week. Belt pulley set screw was frozen in the pulley and part of an allen key was snapped off in it. Heat was not an option due to it's location and drilling was impossible. I decided to try pulling off this 13" pulley with one of my HF pullers. I though for sure I'd wreck the puller but It took that pulley off the shaft like nothing.

I dragged this one home from the winter storage area and threw it on the Big Show pile.

So last weekend I picked up a 520xi for $500 with 652 hours. After getting it I mowed some and engine oil temp was getting hot so i shut down. After that I took it and serviced it, pulled what motor covers off i could get to and pressure washed it since it was packed with grass and dirt. Did oil change in both motor any hydro system and went and did my mowing again last night. Temp gauge was on the upper end of the green but not sure what's the typical needle position for these tractors. I'll attach pics if any one has some input that would he great. Thanks! Rob

I stopped by the South Mountain Fair Grounds this afternoon. The fire company was in there cleaning the grounds for the Apple Blossom Festival. They said there was a nest of sqounks in the back corner they were trying to flush out.

What a show of force there...appears it was no small feat eradicating that nest of pesky squonks.

I need to replace a pinion seal for a friend and thought a puller might help. My father inlaw bought a tool lot from a friend who was “moving to the city” and didn’t need his tools anymore? He gave me this puller, I’d say I can find plenty of use for this thing!

Ya better invest in a couple

You'll be like WHX2something

I've seen those notches put into full size car Pistons to indicate the direction in which they are supposed to be installed. As to yours, looks pretty good. Decarbon. Flatten out the head a bit. Put her back together.

When a Kohler engine is at TDC the PTO end key way will be at the top. Based on the comparison to a second flywheel you have probably found TDC. The ignition timing mark on the Kohler engines is twenty degrees before TDC. Doing the math that works out to 1/18 of the circumference of the flywheel. Your flywheel rotates in a clockwise direction so the "S" mark will be to the right of the "T" mark. Measure the circumference of the flywheel, divide by 18 and go that distance to the right to find the "S". Hope this helps. The flywheel in this picture is from an older Starter/generator K-241 and the timing marks are on the back face of the flywheel.

Pick this 1977 C160 auto up a couple of month ago. Its in very nice condition. PO maintained it well. I decided to clean it up and use it. Being the curious ass that I am, I couldn't let it be. I took the head off and this is what I found. It looks pretty good, mostly carbon, but I noticed that the piston has a notch in it that is definitely from when it was made. Never seen one before. What do you guys think about the condition of the head and piston?

Today I played hooky from work and did a few errands which included running to our local Toro dealer to get some new blades for my deck. I then grabbed some pieces and made a solid lift for my 753 not wanting to wait for a cable in the mail. Bud Andrews gave me the idea and it seems to work out great. Dodged some rain drops and went out with my trusty helper (Alex not Aiden this time) and turned over some dirt. Of course I then went to switch to my harrows and the pin for the fan gear musta broke cause I have no steering and that's where it stops turning. Oh well always something.

I heard the the Squonks show up every weekend after Father's day in June. Wonder what is the attraction ?

Went over to my brothers and helped him put a new deck belt on then helped him mow the yard. Vet vs rookie

Here are the long awaited pics... A running C101, a beat to death C121, A plow, (2) 42 rd decks, a 36 rd deck and the 32 " deck for the mystery Suburban... so can anyone tell me what year it is? Im going to start researching the S/N. Thanks Tony

That’s alright , wife would kill me with two more decks laying around. Got 5 stacked up now

It was a good chase and the catch was worth ever minute of it. I would have got the pics out sooner but I had spent most of the day going over everything, changing fluids and greasing. And yes I know there's wood block under the battery. The tractor still has it's original hold down for the battery. I need to find a tall - skinny battery.

Mike, I know you've had some surgery recently, you may need to back off the medication a little, just saying.

Oh yes, a 1940 Special Deluxe, NICE! Here is a little inspiration for you.

Not too late @19richie66! You and Karen load up and come on!

Well good news is that the engine has compression! The fuel system cleaning will be next in line.

If I fill the 40x80 with tractors, someone shoot me and give me a proper burial.... on Putt Putt!

Polish up on your carbitrator cleaning ability. The first thing you do on a Tecky if it doesn't run is clean the carbitrator, then look for other problems if it doesn't start.

Maybe that’s the “it was running and just stopped” problem! I just happened to have bought another Tecky engine on the big show buy/sell thread, without any real purpose as to why. I suppose I should pull the plug and check compression, eh?

Looks good from my house. Watch out for the grease fitting on the front axle pivot pin with that bottle jack. It may already be snapped off. Your steering gear looks like it could use some grease based on the rust on the gear and the grease fitting in the block.

Rubber and metal come out a one piece. Drill a small hole in the metal part and use a bent pick to work it out.

It wasn’t much too far, maybe just over a mile. We averaged about 8 mph on the trip home... but for the wheel weights alone, it was worth the haul! Plus a complete Kohler 12!

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Here is the Main page with all possible info‘s. https://www.hatz-diesel.com/en/products/diesel-engines/b-series/1b40/ if you can‘t reach the sites, i can download it and sent you by mail. Got 2 shots for you https://www.hatz-diesel.com/fileadmin/user_upload/hatz-diesel.com/betriebsanleitung/b/ebook_BA_1B_43380213_EN.pdf https://www.hatz-diesel.com/fileadmin/user_upload/hatz-diesel.com/betriebsanleitung/b/ebook_BA_1B_43381518_EPAIV.pdf https://www.hatz-diesel.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Hatz_data_sheet_B-series_2019-04_en_70252829.pdf cad drawings in pdf https://www.hatz-diesel.com/fileadmin/user_upload/hatz-diesel.com/EBZ/1B/EBZ_1B40.pdf. and as DXF file https://www.hatz-diesel.com/fileadmin/user_upload/hatz-diesel.com/EBZ/1B/EBZ_1B40_2012-07-19_DXF.zip And https://www.hatz-diesel.com/fileadmin/user_upload/hatz-diesel.com/download/Verhaltenskodex/Code_of_Conduct_Verhaltenscodex_EN.pdf Equipped with that info‘s you should probably become in short a professional in Hatz Diesel.😂 they‘re very helpful if toubles occur- they have a top level Service. Good choice👍 By the way, thy’re just about 160km far from me, so theyre nameplate have a small mistake in, it should not be Made in Germany, it shoud be Made in Bavaria...😎😂

I use scrapers all of the time. On the most used ones I have a protective build up of tape to protect from the heat . Tool works great . It only will not work on a concave scraper. For that I use the old burnisher on photo.

BINGO

Every winter I like to crawl into my cave (garage) and work on restoring a tractor. This past winter was no different, other than the fact that this year I decided not to start a post about my build. Why?? IDK , just thought it might be fun to wait & reveal the finished product at the end. Before I show any pictures I have to thank a few people for helping me make this years resto come together. For helping me out with some odds & ends parts, I'd like to thank @WHX22 and @dclarke. Thank you both for setting me up with needed parts for this project. I'd also like to thank @wheelhorseman for providing all the parts to keep our tranny's working properly. Last but definitely not least thank you to @Vinylguy for for the awesome decals that he produces and for putting up with me on all of the alterations and custom work that I wanted on my decals. To open up my introduction to "Radpferd" (and as kind of a teaser) I'd like to show off Terry's work. A reconfigured dash. BTW his 3 piece decals are great & much easier to install. Finishing touches for the engine. I'll leave you with these teasers for a bit. Let me know if you might be interested in some more pictures.

So last Sunday I picked up a 1965 855 sold at "Not running, has electrical problems" to replace my 2011 JD D100. The extent of the electrical issues I have found and/or repaired so far are a 10 year old battery, some oxidized battery cable ends, and the wire to the lights is broken. Heck, even the cig lighter works. It has some apparently rare options that I am looking for info on. I have been in and out of this site all week while I brought her back to life after sitting for 9 years. So far I have cooked/cleaned/soft rebuild on the carb, cleaned out the gas tank, new lines, new belts to the deck and blades, grease, battery, and blade sharpening. I even got to mow a little bit with it today.

More seat time today...and my back is VERY happy! I store my boat in a Shelter Logic portable garage in the winters and have been disassembling it come spring until I setup something more permanent (without violating my deed restrictions...too much ) Hauling the garage bits back to a loft in my garage: Then eventually pulling the boat! (The sides were sanded upto 800g then polished with Zephyr wheels/clays last summer. The top-most faux lap-strake will be tip-n-rolled white once I'm finished with the interior.) If you like watching paint dry, you'll like this video I shot this afternoon pulling the boat in Low-1

Your garden looks fantastic. I'm glad to see you're having so much fun on that machine. My only issue is that you have too many attachments. I'm thinking you should probably go buy a couple more tractors.

Boy, did I have fun today!!!! The forecast rains have held off, so I removed the tiller and used the spike aerator on the yard. When I finished that, I got the cultivator attachment out and installed it on the tractor. After some slight adjustments on the shanks, I stirred up the dirt between the rows and also in the area that I have not planted anything yet. I LOVE that cultivator! I can see that I will keep it on the Wheel Horse for the gardening season.... it will make short work of keeping the weeds in check until I can get everything covered with mulch. This Wheel Horse is worth it’s weight in GOLD!!!

That my friend is a cast iron HH120; 453 cc of Tecumseh Powah! I spy a points cover...that's a good start!

I see the image of Cecil Pond in that piston. You're gonna have to leave it!

OK, this may sound -- "shade tree" but I've had luck several times with it. Pull your plug wire off each side enough to let the spark 'jump' to the plug. If that cyl starts firing then your plugs are either so fouled that they wont fire, or they need changing... Just a couple weeks ago my Onan started acting similar and I tried this "shade tree" diagnosis and sure enough the right cyl wasnt hitting. Pulled the plugs and gave them a cleaning and ran OK for a bit then started missing again. This time I changed to new plugs and been fine since - bout 3-4 hrs now.

953/1054 MOWING DECKS. I am buying this tractor at the show and don't need the decks. Deck on tractor was used recently. Other deck is a parts deck with a good belt cover.Idler assembly Idler assembly will be included. I do not want to have to bring these home. $100 takes the pile!! . These pictures are all that I have.

It's a wet spring, and my yard has tons of underground springs (and above too). Because of that and my 2 dogs, the grass has grown quite intense in the short warm weather streak we've had. The 416 has sat all winter long, and with a little extra cranking fired right up. The 42" RD deck plowed through the wet foliage with ease, but in the thickest patches, the Onan really had to work, but never skipped a beat. The torque of an Onan is amazing, and nothing beats the sound, or rather roar that the beast exerts! Still love my Onan powered 416 on this it's 26th year!

For that Chevy pick-up, if you take the vin number to a dealer, I think they can make a new key for you.

Click on the picture Garry

Looks like the Air Cleaner Sensor.

sweet tractor! the steering & lift-lever were messing with me... thought I was staring at an M.C. Escher for a second

Three? There’s room for seven in the bed alone. That’s a fullsize truck..... he could do some serious damage to a wheel horse population