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Cleaned the shop this after noon and pulled the DeSoto in for some much needed attention. The U-joints are binding and the E brake doesn't want to stay on. As dirty as the oil is I'm thinking it's still got Non-Detergent oil in it. If working on the creeper goes well I might pull the pan and clean it and check the rod tolerances. I'd like to get it on Detergent oil. Oil pressure is a good 45 lbs at idle so I don't think they are too loose. Here it is in the shop a little bit ago.

Just took her out for the cerimonial run and found that I’m going to have to move or adjust my belt stop. Runs good, looks odd, and drives just as odd! Those front wheels lean with the flipped axle and spindles when you turn and boy are they a long way out! I’m going to adjust the belt stops now and I’ll post my results later.

My first car was a 1930 Dodge 6 four door w/ 19" wooden spoke wheels, hydraulic brakes, flat head six and three on the floor. I paid $100 for it in 1957 when I was 13 years. It had 37K on the working odometer. The exterior was good with the original paint, but I did reupholster the entire interior and added a heater and a radio. The picture is from July 4, 1961. One of my first dates with Mrs.K.

My family threw a surprise party for me last Saturday to celebrate me turning the big 50. It was a great time with friends & family. One really cool gift that I got was from @WHX24. I want to thank Jim & Cindy once again for this super cool granite plaque.

This one starts the same as it did when I picked it up from the dealer in 1986, just pump the accelerator 3 times or 5 if it's really cold and the Quadrajet and LT9 small block comes to life even after 34 years without any lights or messages on the dash.

I am ready for the State liquor store closure....

Tool Crib you read my mind.

Just got done adjusting the belt stop and now she stops, shifts, and drives great! Here’s a video I took on my first drive out. I’ve toured with the idea of making a roadster windshield and cycle fenders for the front. After getting her out, I noticed that the spindles allow the wheels to tilt in a little when sitting straight. One of the spindles has been welded on before, so I don’t mind to cut and straighten them. What do you guys think?

Looking sick Dells...... in a good way 👍 I would even be tempted to name it the “Corona Cruiser”

Tuesday 3/17 update: Happy St. Patty's Day! Concrete guys and the concrete arrived on schedule. Now waiting for the concrete to set up so it can be finished. More pictures later.

By the way, I had to sell my shoes and mortgage my home to pay for the high cost of the engine machine shop work and rebuild. As you can see in the pictures of the before and after, the original K341 was found buried in a junkyard. I had to literally dig it up. It was like finding gold. Final rebuild looks pretty darn good.

Happy St. Patty’s day! I won’t be partaking in these, but I bet my wife might have a sip!

I feel like we need a few shots from a couple feet back Dell! You’re starting to make these pics into Uncle Jim Special teasers!

Aaron go braless

Guys I’m loving the power kings I got one myself about 2 months ago 1959 I’m interested in a plow if anyone knows of one. C50EDD9F-B310-48E2-975B-E8E3CC700A09.MOV

Looks like I’m going to have a little more time to mess around thanks to ole corona. I did manage to wrap the exhaust with heat wrap and fabbed up a guard for the fuel tank from old Ford 501 mower sections. And @pullstart I had to pay a little honor to you with only one headlight. Got that one off of the Cyclops 857 when I bought it.

I’ll give this ‘cracker a chance, he’s always done me well. A few years back, he taught me that method too. When I can get to the point of bringing my knee to my chest, I’ll stretch that way. For now, I’m alternating heat and ice and having a tv night with the fam!

Old rules !!

And this is why my daily is an '85 Ford with a pig-iron inline 6, my washer is a wringer type Maytag, and my mower is a WH..

Only if the bottles are empty! The rest is emergency hand sanitizer.

Nice looking ride you have there. Really digging the color. I love those 30's cars. I have a 30 Essex sedan waiting for me to do something with it. Maybe someday

Just put the rear wheels and lights on. Here’s a rear view. Nice fat meats!

Pennsylvania is closing all the liquor stores as of this evening...even the state didn't want to mess with the Irish....

Did a damn fine job with the whole tractor! Those were supposed to get shot black but I thought they would pop in red once the rims went the color they did. Got that right! These don't get to see the end result till the unveiling... wonder where I got that from! Maybe I should just say you wanna see it you gotta come to the BS! Lol ..I told Cindy to start taking them off since it's her tractor. She said no I want to wear them off. I says that would take you more years than the tractor is old! She wasn't lookin off they came I didn't like the newbie look. She realizes I took them off she is gonna make me shave my beard off!

I got it from the original owners grandson 10hp Briggs all original

No I don't know any history other than the previous owner. I've seen one of his photos and the car had Texas plates on it. I have to believe that the car did spend it's life in a dry environment. I spent quite a bit of time under it today and can find no signs of rust at all. I can't believe how clean it is underneath. Thankfully someone put in all new brake lines and fuel lines. Yes it did originally come with hydraulic brakes and they seem to work just fine. I can't blame you about the 32 Plymouth, sharp looking car. Ford was trying to make an extremely competitive and easy to maintain vehicle. He was also set in his ways. If it wasn't for his Son they might still be making Model T's. I pulled the drive shaft today and found the rear universal joint is bad. I was hoping that was the source of the noise I was hearing. Unfortunately that was not the case. After removing the fill plug on the differential and inserting my little finger inside it was found that the oil level was very low. So I stuck my finger in as far as I could and found large pieces laying in the bottom. By turning the pinion it would seem the ring and pinion are fine so at this point I'm guessing that at least one of the spider gears is broken and parts of it are dragging on the bottom of the ring gear. Tomorrow complete disassembly of the differential will be attempted but I may need a special puller to get the rear wheels off so the axles can be removed. Thanks for your interest. If you have any experience with these vehicle I'd love to have you post here.

I have only one tractor in my collection that’s not a Wheel Horse, and it’s an Economy Jim Dandy. I bought it when I was 16(34years ago!) I’m the third owner, it came with a mower deck and if I remember correctly I paid 200 bucks for it! It’s been cozy and warm in my basement for about twenty years now. Every now and then I turn the motor over a couple of turns and give it a shot of marvel mystery oil in the cylinder.

Hey Richie @19richie66... check out what I did to my horse...

This is a follow up to a post from a few days ago, but I didn't want to contaminate his post with green paint. I stumbled on this video a while back and wanted to post it, but couldn't find it. Then today it popped back up in recommended videos so I'm posting it now. We seem to talk about this pretty frequently on here and I know it is also an issue with garden tractors and mowers. My mom has a Snapper ZTR that's probably 6-8 years old and you can't work on it without some electronics background. The seat broke last season and she had it held together with bungee cords because a new seat was about $400. The brackets use a bastard bolt pattern that doesn't match anything else, so I made some adapters to mount a $100 seat from the local farm store on it that's nicer than OEM. But it also has a safety switch built into the seat that can't be easily and reliably bypassed, so I had to modify it to fit in the new seat as well. Big pain in the rear, but it should last her as long as she needs it. Anyway, back to the video. You'll have to look past all of the green tractors, but this exemplifies why we all love our old tractors. If you don't want to watch the entire 11 minute video, just fast forward to about 10:45 to hear the guy say what we've all said a million times.

I purchased this GT-14 last year and it came with a few attachments, including this 36" Tiller. So I figured why not lets see if it works. It's awesome and has inspired me. I am going to put in a garden plot. The unit itself is a bit overkill for the job but what the heck. I like overkill.

Concrete is finished.

He's on crack Dells don't listen to him ... but don't listen to me ... I never done an original ... or finnished a custom or did anything other than ride the crap out of them and collect more horse $hit.... what you laughing at Kev?!?

That's kind of what I remember hearing too. Thanks for posting it. Depending on what I find when I look the engine over I'll probably stay with non detergent for now. By the way this engine does not have an oil filter.

Here is an article I copied and filed away a couple years back. Seems logical to me. This would apply to our older engines on too. When early engines (prior to 1954) were new, oil filters were an accessory item and non-detergent oil was the type of oil used. Original, unrestored engines have most likely been run on non-detergent oil. If you are running an early unrestored engine that is not spotlessly clean internally, it is imperative to continue to run it on non-detergent oil. Otherwise there is the risk of damage to the engine. Non-detergent oil was used before oil filters became standard equipment. This type of oil would "stick" contaminants to the sidewalls and valleys of the engine to prevent dirty oil from damaging bearing surfaces. Engines that have been run on non-detergent oil for many years will have a thick "sludge" buildup. Sludge will appear to be oil that has turned to gelatin except that it will be very black with contaminants. Using detergent oil in an engine that had been running non-detergent oil would allow these contaminants to be released to flow through the engine. This could result in serious damage to the rod, main and cam bearings as well as other engine components such as lifters and plugging of oil lines. After an engine has been rebuilt or thoroughly cleaned, use straight grade 30 WT or multi-grade 10-30 or 10-40 WT detergent oil to keep the engine clean. Early oil filters only filtered a small portion of the oil flowing through the engine. Unlike modern, full flow filters, these add-on filters are more of a decoration than real protection for the engine. Even if your engine does not have an oil filter, the number of miles a vintage car is driven is much less than when these cars were new. The simple solution is to change your oil more often. Every 500 miles or a minimum of once per year is a good rule of thumb.

Good pictures. Some of your rear wheel nuts are loose and one missing. Garry

Yes Depending on Spec # may have oil pressure port.

Here it is setting in the driveway. The damage to the rear fender is the reason I was able to acquire it. Hit and run driver.

Amazon has the skf 6105

Afraid so Norm. We were teenagers. The 1930s costumes were for a parade.

Hi Jim, Balance gears were left out when the rebuild was done.

I plowed the driveway today, before the rain! I can’t believe how wonderful a job the old power king does.. slow.. but it does it!! Here’s some pics! 65 power king 10hp kohler. @ebinmaine

Happy St. Patrick's Day every one.

Happy Saint Patty's day everyone! Drink all the green beer you want just don't hang out at the bars.

Herder, You got the look. I'm going with that. thanks for all your help everyone.

Red with a clean cylinder head, fuel pump, carb is my preference. It keeps a somewhat stock look. Cylinder heads and carburetors are air cooled and paint takes away from that.

I'd like to thank every one very much for the Birthday wishes. Most of my day was spent as any other. Get up head to work & burn some diesel. When I got home my wonderful wife had this cool gift for me. Soon we'll be headed to a local fav for some AUCE baby back ribs. Seems my b-day was so close to the weekend I decided to take a vacation day tomorrow & make it a 3 day weekend. Thanks again everyone.

Yup. Elvis comes out for the big jobs.

They are great little tractor.