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I'm not far from the fair grounds, and I have AT&T. If I get bored today I'll swing down there and see what my coverage is like. I probably won't be able to get in, but I can drive around the area and see how many bars I have.

Finally got the ole girl out today. She just needs a seat and decals now. She fired right up. I’m very pleased with it!

I could not figure out why the starter would not activate on a B-80 i was working on. The solenoid clicked strongly, so I immediately suspected my wiring skills as I was also working on a forest of not so great previous repairs held on by electrical tape as the splice medium. Finally, I checked the continuity across the lugs and it was apparent that the thing was not making contact. Same thing happened when i robbed a ' last year known working solenoid" taken from a blown engine. That old Solenoid was an original, so i simply drilled a small hole through the metal cap at the end opposite the starting lug connections. I placed the little red straw through the Deep Creep can and fired some of the penetrant through the hole. Five minutes later i had a fully functioning American made factory original good for another forty years. Beats buying a chinese replacement any day. The first solenoid from the B-80 was a former replacement did not respond to the deep creep treatment, so maybe it will get an autopsy. So lesson learned is to not trust a solenoid that clicks because the thing may be stuck internally

Oh yeah! A little fine tuning and we’ll be ready for some paint work!

Got the decals and seat on. Here’s a before and after shot.😁

Bought the tractor not running. Exhaust valve was held open no compression. It was going to get parted out. Sickle bar is a sears that was going to the scrap yard. I'm leaving the original patina i like the look.

Hi all, I've just joined. I have a 212-5. I've had the old boy for about 3 years now and I am amazed at what he has been through and is still running. Anyway time form some TLC and time to bring him back to a better condition.

Here's a thread I threw on last year so others could fabricate one if so desired. It's now mounted on Trina's 867.

Oh you savage ...

I closed my Facebook Acct.. got tired of all the political arguments. looks like I’m going to be trolling the red square pages a lot more often now.. lol I buy, build, & collect custom modified Wheel Horses. I’ve had difficulty in the past navigating this site in my phone. Only choice I have though. No internet for PC or laptop where we live. If I’m slow to reply to anything it’s not because I’m ignoring anyone. It’s probably because I’m trying to figure it how to use this.. thanks all! BG

Musta missed that thread EB .....that 867 is got a nice patina.... guess I didn't realize you had a tractor that wasn't painted some unhorsely color

Not that great an idea Randy, It has been my experience that clear won't stick to unpainted clean steel very long. If you let it flash rust then clear it there will be a little texture to hang onto, but it probably will fail and lift before long. Self-etching Primer bonds to clean steel, paint bonds to primer and clear bonds to the color coat.

"MowBoy": Checking my eMails May 01 – 15, I cannot find any eMails from you (nor via PayPal). Please try again. Glen Pettit Please include your phone, and that may help speed things up, I'll call you. Using a completely different name or handle for eBay, Red Square or PayPal really confuses me. Personal: Health-wise I am doing much better. Two weeks ago I was mowing the pasture where my sheep were (since sold) using my 312, has not been mowed since 03/15 stroke, 2.5 hours of bumpy mowing, I had to stop, thought I was having a heart attack, 3 more days in hospital, everything OK, just a part of the muscles that hold the heart to my chest-wall or rib-cage had tore away, oh that hurt. Had to stay resting a few days, much better now. Guess I'm getting old at just 75. Hope to be at the show in June 2020.

My father wants it Ed so I'll commit

Gotta read the note, you are out of luck on this one.

I thought about it, but I finally convinced her we should paint something!

40" grader blade. Love mine.

At one point in my life I had two, the older front mount shown in the Wiki and a rear mount, sold the rear mount a couple years back.

Yes there is such a blade. I have one and love it.

Poor cell reception at a tractor show doesn’t sound like the worst problem ever. I tried calling you before I bought these, they were a good deal!

Can't say as I blame either one of you there.

I know these are being cared for and later slaughtered for your own consumption later... but ever since I worked a few weeks in a poultry processing plant some 23 years ago I'm just not a fan of poultry products anymore... now the 4 legged varieties I'll help you out with.

Randy and I count as 2. Hope no one thinks it’s a date! Sent from my work van at the Hot Dog Joint

Can't find that app on my phone.

The spike would go into a hole in the work bench top with that handle thing coming down on a piece of wood you wanted to hold, and with a little tap the spike and handle would jam in the hole and on the work piece. Thus freeing up both of your hands to use a plane, saw or chisel.

Don't these look delicious?

Back in the late 90s and early 2000s I had jobs at different auto dealerships.. One of the guys I worked with in Western Massachusetts had a mid to late 80s Dodge 3/4 ton 4 WD that he had built. I don't know what vintage the engine was but it was one of those Cummins straight sixes. He had done some amount of fiddling around with the engine and had tall tires and an overdrive transmission, maybe even a double overdrive via gear reduction. If he was careful he could get 22 MPG with that truck. Special purpose built, mind you, but VERY impressive for a nearly 7,000 lb vehicle.

Love this thread Not to hijack the thread, but one fix for those little plastic straws that you keep losing on those carb spray cans is to tape a coffee stir straw to the side of the can to hold the red straw inside. Just melt the bottom shut so the straw does not drop thru...

@ZXT this is for you... my first personal work truck was a 12V Cummins Powered 1997 Dodge with the NV4500 transmission and 4WD. It had an open exhaust and some fuel pump work but other than that was stock. It averaged an honest 16mpg all the time except when heavy pulling. I rarely ever saw 14mpg and had an empty high of 18mpg on a road trip down south. It was a beautiful truck and I should never have sold it. Hard to keep a body on anything up here in the “salt belt” though...

Damp and rainy for the last few days here in south coast Massachusetts. However over the holiday weekend it was sunny, dry and in the 80's. Took that opportunity to do some tilling in our Community Garden. C-111 ("Beethoven") did an awesome job!!!

With proper maintenance the Wheel Horse will probably outlive its owner. If problems do arise this is the place to find answers.

Thank you for letting me in this group my name is cory,I live in central Wisconsin, Marquette co. It didn't take very long for this group to be of great help to me, a guy that goes by 853 nut found me a set of blades I have been searching 2 weeks for only he found them in 5 min lol. I currently own a 854 a commando 8 and a raider 12. They are all some of my dearest friends....wis I had 20 more lol anyways thanks again for the help!!

I have 4 of then installed on k91s. They work great. Biggest noticeable difference is on starting the engines. All on first pull if there is fuel in bowl. I think the fact that it precisely sets timing automatically it makes them start easily. Also no points or condensers to wear or go out of adjustment. I have two of this type and two by Nova. They all work in the same principle.

If it were mine I would go for a battery ignition system. You have a set of points, all you need is the condenser and ignition coil and a key switch with an "I" rather than a "M" (perhaps some safety switch rewiring) and you will be in business. We can walk you through the change over with no problem.

Greeting, About ten minutes and two left handed drill bits, one small one then a 1/8", and it came right out. YEAH! Thanks again for all of the replies. Never could find a spindle. I called a local mower repair shop and he said he called Toro parts and left a message but as of 4pm he hadn't heard anything back..

No, that is home made. The tines were purchased from Agri-Supply and the rest is just angle iron, channel iron and flat strap. Built it while living in Florida, it works great for hurricane clean-up!

The threaded rod on the rear should be adjusted to set the front of the deck 1/8" lower than the rear when the deck is lowered to the mowing height. As Richard stated, the fork must be engaged on the rod of the mid mount. The lift lever should be in the slot. The two shoulder bolts on the front of the carriage can be raised in the slot to cause the rear of the deck to be lifted. I assume he meant hydraulic lift Jim.

Very good. Operation description is close but not quite there. It is a Holdfast. Generally a traditional Holdfast clamps an object to the bench top by wedging itself diagonally in the opposite interior edges of a hole drilled through a bench top. Depending on thickness of object Holdfast is brought in and out of said hole. One then strikes curved part of it therefor flexing metal and creating tension on that area and at same time driving shaft at an angle into hole creating the wedging effect in there. To release it one taps the back of Holdfast. On a more modern one it is worked with threaded actuator like a clamp. This one as you can see compared to the others shown has little reach capacity, making it not so suitable for woodworking. Also driving it into the workbench would make most woodworkers pass out. It is actually used by stone carvers. They usually work on top of a rough beam or plank. They use various holdfasts around stone being carved to hold blocks of wood wedging stone piece between them to prevent it from moving. In this case spike is driven into beam, and then curved part slides up and down spike according to what wood block's thickness. I use them outdoors many times in a similar manner as a stone carver to hold big chunks of wood when preparing smaller pieces for timber framing such as brackets.

count me in for 2. I could make the phone call a couple of days earlier from the count we get here. It would be for Wednesday night around 6 PM EST. The Wednesday before the show.

Maybe not having enough corn to go around will get it out of the gas tank and back on the table.

They are bad in our area this year too. Read in a hikers blog about using Dryer sheets to repel? He put half in top of each boot, one in each pocket and one under his hat. Claimed it kept ticks off. He also said the lilac scent made him smell a little better.

Or they just move 😂. If they don’t like ya, they’ll find a place they do, my aunt and uncle ended up with a guinea hen because she didn’t like the farm a few miles down the road.... they can’t get her to leave. She does well with the chickens, and I was going to suggest guineas too, the only thing is they “talk” a lot. The make better alarms for the coop than some roosters too.

I would like to find an inexpensive one like that without that hangar on the side. This looks like the one you got Felix. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-Retro-Motorcycle-Cafe-Racer-20-Muffler-Exhaust-Pipe-Silver-Tube-USA/113730985658?hash=item1a7ae51eba:g:ytYAAOSwIA1cxUeN

we had them years ago, guinea hens are dumber then chickens, they like to wander off, and seem to be attracted to the road and cars, loud too. the eggs are great from them!

Isn’t that the case with most road trips? My navigator has a couple different map apps on her phone. It updates with traffic jams, quicker routes, etc on the fly. This past holiday weekend I was reminded that most times, brake lights are the devil. There are 4 lanes of traffic, someone tailgates then taps the brakes instead of letting off... triggering a 4 lane stop and go for 15 minutes. That was one major point our driving instructor drilled into us in school, use brakes on the interstate only if you HAVE TO. Safe travels everyone, increase your fuel efficiency and modulate your right pedal a bit

Just leave sooner... lol

Gees, even my '71 M35A2 gets about 7 mpg!

For my “Blue Oval” buddies... I saw this classic Ford 3/4 ton just down the street from the project that I’m working on. I first glance I thought it was full patina with clear over it. However, as I got closer I could see that it had been “doctored” up to look like this. It still is a sharp looking truck. I don’t know my old Ford trucks real well. What year does this one look to be?

My favorite vintage truck is the 61 F100. cab and box all in one . Soooo coool!