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This entry is for all my Local Circle plow dog buddies who have seen old “Clyde” turning earth. Dad likes this tractor so much that he wanted to plow with it in the winter too... Thanks again. @Shynon for making this gift Tractor a reality for my dad...he really enjoys this machine! @WVHillbilly520H will love the fact that dad gets all the traction he needs with those monster 7.60-15 AG’s and the WW-93 weights to push the wet heavy stuff. He really enjoyed his seat time today. When I stopped by tonight, I’m pretty sure he had the drive wide enough to land a small Boeing😁. When you’re having fun...

I put some new tires front and rear on the 753 and took it out for a ride.

Jim:WHX24 My observation from many years of tractor shows is that the only difference between a Cheesehead and a Redneck is a few centimeters!

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I have yet to have any issues dragging implements behind me with my Eaton 1100s or hurt my shoulder lifting them either ... And the only time I have ever seen the hydro temp light was after 15 years of crud stuffed between the pump, transaxle, and fuel tank... I just need to find my way out the great middle north west.

So sorry to hear of this accident. I wish it would have turned out differently. It brings back memories that I feel I should share. In March 2016, My friend Mike 62 and his friend Jim 72 were about 1/4 mile out on a lake in northern Pa. ice fishing for perch. Mike is the caretaker for the 3,000 acre lease we have in Cameron Co. for hunting deer, turkey, and bear. Mike and Jim both went thru the ice that day and several miracles saved their lives. Mike had an ice spike in each of the cargo pockets of his pants and was able to get one out and reach up and stick it in the ice for a hand hold. His other hand was too numb to find the flap on the other pocket to retrieve the second spike. Mike was not able to pull himself up on the ice with one hand, but was able to hold onto the one spike and wrap his other arm around Jim, holding him against the edge. The first miracle; Mike saw a car passing the lake and was still able to yell for help. There were two bird watchers in the car and because the passenger had her window down to clear her long camera lens, She heard Mike yelling and spotted them in the water and called 911. The second miracle; There was a hovercraft demonstration taking place at a fire company only 5 mile away. Mike does not remember anything after yelling to the car. Mike and Jim are on the ice fishing today. Mike now keeps the spikes attached to his wrists and tucked in his sleeve and wears an inflatable life preserver. Be safe....you may need several miracles to survive.

Installed my riser blocks for the rear attach-a-matic to lift the snow/dozer blade higher on the 520H. Added an extra bit on the left side to "level" out blade from the twisted A frame. Also installed the new angle lever I fabbed up last spring.

I ran the engine about 3 grand and pinned the hydro lever on a couple passes and it laid the furrows over nice! Actually, that was an attempt to make that onan grunt but it never broke a sweat. Work was getting done too fast, had to slow down before the entire property got plowed haha.

Couple of mine here 95 GMC here with only 149 on the clock. Bought brand new special order for a paltry 27k in the day! Sat most winters due to running a work truck. Standard 350 motor for the day but now she can't get out of her own way and I park it on the blacktop when the driveway needs sealcoating with oil. Cab corners rotten along with brake, power steering & tranny cooler lines. All the lines rotted where they were clamped to the body/frame. Relegated to a winter fish truck & alternate horse hauler now so this Dodge diesel sits in the shed and waits for summers & tractor shows! Gets 26 to the gallon empty but hook anything on it and 10-14! Paid over twice what I did for my house!

Points gap seems to be very touchy on K91s compared to other size engines. Don't get stuck on that .020 setting. What Dan @Achto is referring to is the .002 change he made to the gap by doing a static timing procedure and not the initial setting of .020. Very very slight changes to the gap on these K90-91 engines can make a big difference. I've had some which are clearly more sensitive to it than others so it's a good place to start.

The fact that previous owners have made a few modifications doesn't reduce the fun factor one bit. Enjoy the as it is and please feel free to ask any questions that may come up.

Colorado marks the highway edges in the Rocky Mt. This is near Estes Park Hydro plant.

My first reaction was a big giggle followed by a loud “wow!” I know the front end needs to come up quite quite a bit to get my proportions right. I’m not convinced I don’t need the length of this long square hood... I planned to shrink it short originally. This WILL NOT become a 6 wheeler! Big smoothie 15’s up front, or Yamaha 10’s? What say you?

@dells68 sorry buddy. But have I mentioned I love my Milwaukee metal cutting saw? also, my eta was right on. It’s been 3 hrs since I posted!

Would anyone be able to tell me the year and model of this one? Thanks!

Calendar shot!!!!

I’ve got a feeling there won’t be a trailer hooked to my dump box in about 3 hours or so. Momma and Rylee are in TX for a gymnastics meet, Jada’s going to spend the night with my mom and aunt, my niece is about to go to Grandma and Grandpa’s for the weekend. You know where you’ll be able to find me... ... with Jim’s coat hangers and a torch in the shop!

OK, @pullstart how much would it take to keep you from sending that cart to the chop shop? Being that it's a Jacobsen, it would look great behind Dad's Jacobsen built Ford LGT! I know there's no use, but a fella couldn't help but try - right?!Nice score!

I’ve been told by the plow veterans that you only go half as deep as the size of the plow... Normally it’s good to plow in 2nd gear... unless you’re from MN then you go third gear wide open... @wheelhorseman Lowell and Travis!

I did the same thing once. In my case the "Snap Sound" was the hub cracking the entire length of the keyway. Hub came off well after that. A little "V" cut and a few passes with the Mig and the hub is good as new.

With these tractors it's not about how much you can push down on the tongue. It's about how much you can STOP. The brake mechanism is not very large and only intended for stopping the tractor itself. Will it hold it? Will it move it? Probably? Will it stop it?..........

I picked up that little trailer I posted earlier this morning. Got the guy down to $120.

Also set your points gap using the static timing process. .002" took my hard to start K91 and made it into a one pull wonder.

Auto wrecker cats taking care of business.

but not so sure it's been modified. I forgot about the 704 and that appears to me exactly what it is, Garry and Dan nailed it. A 1964 704. The engine spec may confirm this. Either way the the 604, 654, 704 tractors would've basically been the same tractor except with minor differences and different engines

Mowed up the last of the Fall leaves in the front yard today! Going to rain, snow and sleet the next four or five days according to the big storm weather reports so last good day to do this job without being in a muddy mess! plus I got the trailer out for a Saturday trip to round up some more round hoods! More What’s in My Rearview Mirror Pics will come on Saturday !

If the tow valve is in tow position then you should be able to push the tractor IF you push the hydro engagement lever down (engaged). I know it is counter intuitive you would think you want the hydro disengaged...but when you pull the lever up you are setting the parking brake(if it still works) It is one half turn. Long piece forward is drive mode. Back is tow. Note you want the hydro engagement lever down to push.

All right...I feel like I have failed you and I haven’t even met you. Let me explain, I have built a Plow Mule(what we plow dogs call a purpose built furrow turning tractor) that I call GhostRider. It is a 314-8 that I have owned for about 5 years now and I’ve done a bunch of mods to make it a good plowing machine. The only thing left to science out is the hitch lift problem. I have never gotten more than about an inch off the ground with the suck point in full lift if the plow was set for typical depth plowing. Kevin @pullstart built me a great hitch but when I hooked it up, I still had the same problem with lift distance. The only thing that I can think of is the rockshaft in the back of the frame that the cable attaches to...i feel like the geometry isn’t optimal for the lift situation. I have noticed that WH tractors with a direct connection lift arm/ram via cable to the “ear” on the sleeve hitch have no problem with a full travel. Whereas the later rockshaft design doesn’t. I was planning to work on bypassing that on GhostRider last fall but just plain got busy building a large custom home and haven’t had the motivation to work on it. When I finally do, I’ll let you know if it solved my problem... I’m glad you got to do some earth turning...I hope you enjoyed it. Please put a picture of your rig plowing and a little write up about you first experience in our plowing thread in the implements section...

Well, I’ve had a good cry now! Guess I’m over it - maybe. I’m actually digging the look. Personally, I think you should go with the 15” smoothies. They match the scale much better. Take good care of my cart body there buddy!

You probably have a hair line crack in the tank.

Nut and bolt restoration, starting to reassemble. Have 8" front wheels and dropped spindles New tires and restored rims yet to come Every component media blasted, primed and painted

Happy Birthday Dave, and many thanks for all your contributions to this great forum over the years. I know I've learned a lot from reading your posts, and studying your photos and listening to your advice, and I'm sure many others here have too, so thank you!

Like others, I've had good and the bad when it comes to those repop carbs on Kohlers. Flip a coin is the best way to decide! 90% of the time a good thorough cleaning and just a bowl gasket works for me. Then do final needle adjustments. On Tecumseh, I just order a repop.

Thanks for all your replies, both engines have good sparks. one engine fire's and one ran briefly with gas squirted in the carb I was looking to buy rebuild kits and noticed the Chinese carbs half the price of the kits.

I know it's not the best pic but I just added 4 more holes down the drag arm on the hitch now I can vary it with the clevis or the chain or the rockshaft or combination there of...

Thinkin you may be on to something there Jim. Maybe a 604 with a finicky Tecky ….. PO suffered a rotator cuff injury from yanking on a dead Tecky and just told a dealer to put the Kohler in? I forgot about the 654 so maybe that with a sour Tecky hence the 754 custom label?? This is all just speculation Barney but it keeps us occupied! Chances are one may never know the true model but as Richard said fun factor!

Happy Birthday! Thanks for all your knowledge of Sunstrand transmissions, among many other things!

Took yesterday afternoon off and put her to work for the first time. Drag is a home built piece for clearing brush out of the hedge rows, it works but needs more tines. First time ever running a plow on my own, so thats off the bucket list too. I cant get over the torque that big Onan has, my God I couldnt even make her snort a little. The rear tires bit excellent and the front end stayed on the ground, no doubt 18 gallons of washer fluid helped with that. Only thing I can think to whine about is that sleeve hitch design. Sure isnt much travel, is there? I had to adjust it so the plow share point was pretty much scraping the ground in the full 'up' position in order to get the depth I needed, and still didnt quite get down as far as I wanted to. I have a real good understanding of how linkage/mechanical advantage works. Can I punch a new attachment hole in the rock shaft and/or hitch for more travel, and will the lift cable be able to handle that extra strain?

I had a few extra minutes today and decided to take a closer look at my 856 which I have not really done anything with yet. Mostly was working on getting it up on 4 inflated tires so I can move it around. There is a lot of dirt mixed with oil on a lot of the engine. The fuel pump is so caked up you can hardly make it out. I am not even sure if the motor is free so I pulled the plug to put a little light oil in there to let it lube things up before I try and turn it. I noticed that the plug was very sooted up with carbon. I need to get it out and get the motor cleaned up so I can see better what is going on. Next I pulled the air cleaner cover off and was surprised to find a fair amount of oil pooled in the air cleaner cover and in the throat of the carburetor. That is a new one on me. What would have caused that? It has been sitting for more than 10 years without running I know. I was glad to see that the gas tank is bone dry, clean and shiny as new inside. I about have the first C-120 wrapped up with just a few things left to do on it. The rest of the parts I need will be here tomorrow. I will probably start a separate thread for the 856 when I get going on it.

I remember the story going around over here in tioga county when that happened, one of GODS interventions. I have some friends that ice fish , they have spikes on medium duty rope draped around their necks right their at the ready.

Ahem. .. not to take sides here Jenny but he sounds like our kinda guy!

I use this same adapter from Tractor Supply, but I use an old 12 volt water pump i had laying around from an old RV that we scrapped years ago...works great. The tires on my C125 are filled with winter blend windshield washer fluid, the difference is like night and day

So... No flash on your camera? Gotta wait til tomorrow...? Oh all right...

This design was also used on a 704. If it was a 603, some one installed the wrong steering wheel and added fenders. A pic of a 603. A 704

Ya know Billy we don't particularly approve of hydros for plowing but with that rear end setup it would be interesting to drop a 12 on the back of that rig at my plow day just to see where the bear crapped in the buckwheat! Maybe just to see if we could light up the hi temp hydro light! Geez thinkin like a redneck now ...

I've been setting and reading about oils and additives off and on for a couple days. It seems that it's like many other subjects in that you can find info and build your own case on one side or the other very easily. I've found no research that suggests valve spring pressures in an older Kohler can be high enough to warrant extra protection. Cam/crank gear line up point however has potential to be an issue under load at full throttle. I don't know what the high point of zddp would be to create corrosion. It seems commonly accepted that 1200 ppm won't cause corrosion and will offer a decent level of protection. SF, SG, SH, SJ oils as stated above should all have that level. There are many people that offer non scientific evidence that "modern" oils are fine. Seems simply that their own or there father's, or their companies, engines didn't blow up so it CAN'T be a problem. What I don't find is a test that indisputably answers small engine concerns with actual real world numbers.... And likely never will. Would I shy away from using SL, SM, or SN oils? Yes. Why? Because the potential for a lack of protection is a real world possiblity in the newest oil types. And... Because the potential for GOOD from the other/older oils is there. Will I ever know if really matters? Probably not but I'd rather be safe than sorry and it doesn't seem to be a negative to use the SF, SG, SH, SJ oils. Will I try Kinetix? Sure. That's what the dealer of the Ariens snowblower sells..... Most important....... ? I've written it multiple times in multiple threads and here it is again: Change the oil when we should.

Its got dessert gears... should be able to hit 245 mph with enough room! Lmao---towing wont be great but I can run in 3rd at 2800 rpm at 70 mph Tony

This popped up for sale in my area today and made me think of this project. Love those fenders. Ad says it's 43x55.

This is my 2002 Chevy 4X4. 18,000 original miles. Believe it or not it came from a salvage yard. My nieces husbands family own a salvage yard and the previous owners wanted to scrap it. Sat for over 10 years unused. Well it was junked at the same time I was going into the hospital for my cancer surgery. My nieces husband called my mother and asked if she would buy the truck ( for the scrap price) he would do the work it needed and they would give it to me when I got out of the hospital. It needed new brake lines, fuel lines, tranny lines. New brake pads and rotors. New e-brake cable. Tires and wheels. Truck runs and looks brand new. Why they wanted to junk it I have no idea. I sat in a hospital bed 7 weeks and couldnt wait to see and drive it. Pulled me through a very tuff time in my life. Love my family for doing that for me. I have only done one thing to the truck since owning it. I put a " F@#K CANCER" decal on the rear window. Finished my last radiation treatment in late September. So after 2 surgeries, 33 rounds of radiation to head and neck I am feeling better everyday. Guess you can call me and my truck both " survivors" .