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Look what I found. a friend stopped by a auction and saw it, and called me. 50 bucks

Sounds like you are looking at an ammeter. Hook up a voltmeter so you can watch it at the same time. If the ammeter is showing +1/2 amp of charge and the voltage is up around 14.2 volts you don't have a problem after a few minutes running. If the ammeter is showing +1/2 amp of charge and the voltage is 13.8 volts or less you have a problem after a few minutes running. Problem is you can't easily read +1/2 amp so you don't know it the system is good or not. If you have 14-14.4 volts after a few minutes of running you don't have a problem so don't worry about it. That is why we like voltmeters. Garry

Well I'm in the doghouse, wife said to get my honeydo list done, before I start working on another tractor. I also have to get rid of some other junk, (push mowers, vw parts, tires) . So I'm still aloud in the house, but maybe getting a cot in basement. But if I get another WH I maybe sleeping in the vw. She's not to bad, she's coming around, she can't be mad forever, can she.

At first, I was going to say...tell her to get her shoes off and get back in the kitchen. After hearing what she went through and mowing down the beans, I would say "Yes Dear, and thank you for the tractor."

That little tractor flipped over on me, puncherd a hole in my leg, then got infected, couple weeks in hospital. So she got on to mow lawn, she got to close to the garden fence so she went for reverse and put it in 3rd, slipped the clutch, popped a wheel thru the fence mowed down two rows of green beans. She said that the tractor is possessed. We now call her Christen. I'll clean up this no name and let her use it

Here he is with his little Commando, sure glad he's coming around to the Horses and wanting to do something besides lay around and watch football and play video games all day

Just wanted to invite folks to check out my you tube channel. I am always posting videos on repairs or of item i have and just showing off. Once i get me a go pro i will be shooting more how to repair videos. Check it out tell your friends and click subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRboR0C2UE6bqALxax3_h8A Everyone have a good rest of your week. It is snowing like crazy right now where i am in northeast Indiana. Hopefully i get to finally plow some snow today!

If i would see it for that price, i think i can‘t resist, it where mine. Ok maybe a bit discussion😎, but nothing is without any risk... 😂 i love my Kati, because she know‘s that i’m crazy and she‘s still accepted that.😇

You've been around long enough now GT14 to know tis better to ask for forgiveness that ask for permission... just wished it worked for me!

PS- I plan to attend the Big Show this year and look forward to putting some names with faces!

Put a decal on a dash plate.. might seem small but a huge accomplishment for me in not screwing it up first time around! Used windex method and worked good for old chief ten thumbs here...

Mama wasnt too happy with me about it, but Krystopher got to take his first solo ride on my 753 tonight. Need to find another motor for the Commando V8 so he can ride on his own tractor and give me mine back

Someday when I have money and time to do it I'd love to make a neat old V8 S10. I've known three or four guys over the years that had them. One was even a daily driver.

There are a few... drooling on other tractors comes to mind first. There is a teeter tooter, parades, Friday night ride around the infield, making new acquaintances, catching up with old ones, giving Dells a hard time! Also lots of guys doing some wrenching. Tune ups, minor fixes, putting on parts they found at the flea market & maintenance, helping other guys sort out problems...stuff like that. "Fraid not much in the way of pulling, plowing & trail rides. Since it's a public place we can't disturb the soil too much as the WHCC has to fix any turf that gets turned. Also you can't ride out of the grounds. We are going to try and do some chain piling if we can find a safe place to do it. Bring the equipment John @wallfish just in case....

Thank you for the kind words Mikey! The old C85 is tucked away for the winter...winterized & protected in a dry shed. I do have to finish restoring the old saddle I purchased from a member... Vinyl:Gorgeous!(supple like leather) however the seat-pan: not-so-much. The minute I finished this tractor project last year, I jumped into restoring my old boat ('75 Starcraft SuperSport) which I plan to complete this spring (mid-april). Once that's done I'll probably take a resto-sabbatical but would love another tractor project. I'd like to do an old Sundstrand hydro for mowing (something like a 1276/1277 or even a C161)...tear-down/rebuild/repair but preserve the patina.

Rodney Burger and I working on a third three piece transmission . Pretty dirty and bad bearings and brass bushings in differential and axle housings on side plates!

With the warmer weather doing a little cleaning up on city land. My neighbor has a bobcat he did the heavy work and I did the back dragging. Slowly getting rid of these tubular plants they grow 12' high. I hope you enjoy the picks. Also if any one has a 10 cube W/Horse cart for sale with in an hour form me let me know. Thanks.

My wife’s 2011 Suburban is getting up there in miles and now’s the time to unload it, if we ever will. Years ago, she had this ‘97 Jeep she got from her dad. It was hurting, with the wrong rear ring and pinion, a knock in the 4 banger, the transmission would jump out of gear, etc. She ended up selling it to her mom, as a gift to her step dad who had the time and means to give it some lovin’. It has matching ring and pinions now, a fully rebuilt 5 speed and an engine with about 87k miles on it. He built the front bumper, added some 1.5” or 2” lift springs, etc. It’s been in many of my pictures, because when they sold us the place, the vehicles never followed them home. After a few years of not “jeeping” with buddies, he parked it. Tonight, they agreed to sell it back for her to put around town in for the same $500 she sold it to them for! Now while we hunt for a newer “Burby”, she’ll have some reliable wheels to scoot around in.

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Well it took me 8 or 9 years to finish the bathroom . Now rip off /install sheetrock and insulation in up stairs bedroom .

When you see a Woman with a smile like that, you know that you can at least buy just one more.

Definitely! We can set up on the back road if necessary but I can bring some safety cones and some caution tape, I'll ask if we can do it on the infield. Maybe it'll get more people involved if they see what's going on.

Outta sight outta mind AND no storage fees? That’s a stand up gentleman right there!

We’d love to see a resto thread on that Starcraft in the non-tractor discussion!

We could always lend a hand and provide some good homes for your Wheel Horses. Problem solved and everyone's happy. Less time spent in the doghouse.

I don't really know enough about electronics to offer you an excellent solution. Some things I can tell you. On the tractors that Trina and I have built I've done all the electric work. At the advice of several people on this site and other places on the internet I have started putting the ground from the battery directly to the engine. I've also started running a separate ground from the voltmeter. (I do not use ammeters.) And... use a separate ground from a mount bolt of the regulator rectifier as well. Keep us posted....

I ain’t dead, I’ll be fine. It’s been a labor of love. We have a blast with it and I can’t begin to sum up the totals of what I’ve dumped into it... but the fab work has gotten my shop business and therefore it becomes a write off! The 1641 that was in the car when we picked it up was decent. Maybe 50 hp.. maybe? The EJ25 is rated at 165 I believe and an EJ22 is something like 140. Maybe this summer we’ll pull it down and get it going again, but otherwise I have had so much fun doing tractors, it’s not too missed. Here are some more clips from my YouTube channel about the car. Here are two videos from the last trip to the dunes. That day we ended up with new paddle tires, wheels, adapters and fuel pump. My Buddy was just learning to drive it and didn’t grasp the concept of flooring it

It was fairly easy to copy his example. Not sure when I will have time to work on a karate stick man but i will see what I can do

You saw freaks may interested in what else we do with our saws... cut ice. We'll take a larger power head and fit it with a 36 to 48" bar depending on ice thickness and a modified chain. Basically a wood chain with the teeth cut down to a chisel point. No oil in the chain tank but a grease gun fitted to the side just to keep things happy. Chain oil messes up the hole, white grease does not. Water does the lube when cutting.

I could stand to shed a few.. I only buy things because they're stupid cheap. Only thing I have more than $500 in are my blue Porsche and the V10 truck. Forgot to put my 85 D100, short bed 318/5 speed on the list. That works! Looks great! My dad has a knock-off Manx body and a VW buggy pan with a title. That'll be a project to toss together later this year and make street legal. Whats the procedure for getting that one down?

Well, if I'd ever finish up the swap I might! Lol! It was my first car. Even then, it still needs paint and interior done.. which is typical of all of my cars. My 81 blue 928 is the only car I have with decent paint! Been having a heck of a time getting the hydraulic clutch setup working. After that, I'm left with finishing the fuel system and getting electric fans.

@Stepney Spenser let's me and you take a quick ride to Texas. Jonah's got plenty. He won't miss one or two.

You have a ‘65 LS stick El Camino and you don’t daily that? Huh? What? Why? How? That’s an impressive list array of wheels

Now that sounds fun!

The one that always fascinated me the most was owned by a customer of mine maybe 1995? He raced circle track. Built stuff for other guys. Guy was magic with old school small block Chevys. He had a 355 that was a circle track engine. Gigantic racing heads. 471 roots-type blower with a serpentine belt so you couldn't hear it run and know it was supercharged. 7:1 Pistons so he could run on pump gas. Drag race grade automatic with a medium stall converter so it was sort of almost kind of streetable. He tossed all that into a mid-80s regular cab 2 wheel drive S10. Fresh dark gray paint with black stripe. 2" hood scoop because he had no choice. He wanted to keep the flat hood but even the lowest clearance air cleaner wouldn't quite go in. Specs from the supercharger company for aiming at 450 horsepower but he had calmed down compression and cam a little. He figures he was 375 or so. Ran great. Started great... smooth idle. And it would tow a trailer like no tomorrow.....

There’s a few alright, but we have cut down significantly if you can believe it. There’s almost as many vehicles as there are Wheel Horses! ’69 C10 350/3 on the tree ’73 VW (Subaru powered buggy) ’84 S10 305/700R4 ’84 F-350 Dump truck (purchased solely to move dirt while we some day dig a pond and it’ll be sold) ’96 Subaru Impreza Legacy (need to pull drivetrain and harness/computer and scrap the car out) ’97 Jeep TJ Wrangler ’99 Subaru Forrester (this was purchased, engine swapped and given to a family member in need. She recently gave it back, unexpectedly. Not sure what to do with this for the time being) ‘99 Silverado 1500 5.3 with front plow, only 76k on the ticker (thinking this is a prefect first vehicle for one of the girls in a few years) ’00 K3500 5.7 plow truck ’01 2500HD 4x4 plow truck 6.0 (I’ve decided to sell this in another month and a half) ’01 2500HD 2 wheel drive “Norman” 6.6/ZF6 ’02 Suburban 5.3 (will either become a topless lifted dune truck or drivetrain pulled and scrapped out) ‘11 Suburban 5.3 (once Jeep is fixed up and reliable to drive every day, this’ll be sold) ’20 Silverado 2.7T Countless 4x4 parts for square body Chevy trucks... When I plowed with an ‘82 3/4 ton I wanted to be able to fix anything with available spares. We have debated over and over again whether we should update the Powertrain in the S10 or not. It’s what brought us two together... her and a good smoky burnout catching my eye. Back then, it WAS her daily driver. A shackled up 2 wheel drive V8 S10 in the winter time is good clean fun! A few years back, I practically could have had a rust free body given to me. Once I told Mrs. P about all my plans to swap stuff, she kindly reminded me it wouldn’t be the same truck anymore. We’ve considered doing a solid front axle swap and converting to 4x4 too. That is my dream truck with some 35-37” tires. Problem is, dream vehicles don’t tote families around very well.

Man, how many cars do you have? Doesn't look like there's a shortage around your place! You could pull the engine out of the 02 Burb and LS swap the S-10!

You might, just might, get the mule drive.

@PeacemakerJack Ya know whats funny (not really, but...) aside from hard dirt, every single thing you just noted was a problem Not moving fast enough to roll the furrow, therefore driving on top of it half the time- check. Suck point set WAY too far down, tail in the air, attempting to dig deeper- check. Plow flopping all over the place- check. I am going to go back, read this entire thread, take the advice you and the other plow guru's have given, then start from square one. The farmer up the road has 50+ acres of clear land right behind my house that he has not yet planted this year- if I can get his permission, that will be an excellent place to dial her in, versus a 40x40 plot. Thank you- You guys rock!!!

Your plow was doing something that I like to call “chisel pointing”. If the geometry of the plow is off, everything gets wacky pretty fast. If you start at the first post in this thread and slowly walk down through it, you will see much of this explained. —If your tractor isn’t sitting as deep in the furrow as it needs to be, your plow beam will be tipped to the land side and won’t have correct geometry —If your plow has too much suck, meaning the suck point is tipped too far down and the tail of the Landslide is off the bottom of the furrow more than an inch, you won’t have correct geometry —If your plow is loose and free to move side to side, especially toward the land, you won’t have the correct geometry —If the soil is too hard and you can’t get the plow to suck in, thus riding high and shallow, you won’t have the correct geometry When any or all of these are present, it won’t allow for decent plowing. I have faced these at different times over the years and had to learn from them. My recommendation is that you block up your tractor as mentioned in this thread earlier on and recheck your initial suck point setting. Then as Achto mentioned, tighten up those bolts while eyeballing the main beam of the plow. It should be in a straight line with your tractor not swinging to the left (when viewed from the back, a little movement to the right is acceptable). As far as choosing the correct hole in the plow hitch, check out your Brinly manual for that. They have a whole system of measurement in there based on the spacing of your back wheels. That should help you out... Good to see you playing in the dirt while the ground is frozen and snow covered here. Thanks for the video👍🏻

@stormin I have a brand new WH sleeve hitch with adjusting/stabilizer bolts. @achto Glad to know I can snug those stabilizing bolts even though the manual says no haha, that seems like exactly what this needs, and it would also eliminate the slop I have between hitch, pin, and plow. As far as a 'frog', I have no idea what the heck it is and will go back and read the setup manual now We are not far off from planting beginning here in NC so ill be spending some time getting things ready. Will update with pics and a vid when I do. Thanks guys! Youre a lifesaver for this plow noob!

Wheel weights alone are worth more than that, nice score.

@ebinmaine the tree would have been cut down sooner if I didn’t have my sick addiction of buying wheelhorse parts!! $50 for a 42” deck (in pieces), a set of 4 link v bar chains, wheel weights, a mule drive and a partridge in a pear tree. I could not pass it up!😁

Looks like you got it under control lane ! But l have to say thats an interesting use for a drum throne!

Brinly says to leave the bolts on the hitch loose so that the plow will swing free from side to side. I find that mine works much better if I tighten those bolts up so that the plow will not swing side to side. This keeps the plow strait behind the tractor.

Here's the update, I finished up the reassembly of the pump and reattached it to the transaxle after going through and resurfacing everything. I change the acceleration springs and checked all the others, everything was good. This past weekend was the opportunity to get it in and go for a test run. Excellent!! works prefect. Thanks everyone for the assistance and this great website we have.

I got the tires mounted and tested them out this morning. I'm now able to hop right over downed logs, churn thru mud and snow with ease, and I've got another 1.5" of ground clearance. I never got stuck once and I was really trying. The ride on asphalt is pretty choppy now but I that's a surface I rarely ride on. As an added bonus I didn't have to raise the seat pan at all, the clearance is tight but it's there. The mudlite 2s are very impressive rear tires.

I picked up this Tecky powered Raider last week. She runs and drives, but idles like a Tecky. I gave her a double dose of Sea Foam. Hope it clears up her cough. Got the lights and the cigar lighter working. I took advantage of the 60F temps to clean and paint the front wheels. Old playing cards make great masking. Had to take one tire off and patch the tube. If the stars line up, you may get to know this one at the Big Show.

The things we can’t get rid of... the S10 is V8 powered and the reason we met. She did a burnout at work to scare a kid she worked with and she caught my eye. Yep, another project

K341 engines are sought after in my part of the country because the pullers want them. A good running (no knocks no smoke) complete, not recently rebuilt, with 1 1/8 x 3” crankshaft 12 fin Kohler will sell for 550-600. A 13 fin will sell for 100-150 more.