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Update on Scottie: It has been a while since I last updated our Red Square Family on how Scott has been doing. As you can see in all of Lowell's other posts, Scott has been more active and involved in more outdoor activities. Scott has been able to get back on our tractors and help with the planting and the cultivating of our garden. In addition to driving the tractors around, Scott has been swimming in our swimming pool daily, working out lifting weights and working on his abdominal muscles, tossing the football around with his friends and brothers, playing corn hole, and tossing the ball around for Maverick (Travis' dog). Due to the increase of activity that Scott is participating in, he was experiencing some bladder spasms and he was having difficulty urinating, so I called Scott''s surgeon and we had to go in and be seen. Our appointment was yesterday and we found out that his kidneys are healing nicely and he is able to empty out his bladder by urinating normally. We were also informed that Scott is scheduled to have surgery on July 13th to have his catheter replaced with a new one and the surgeon wants to see how his urethra is healing. The plan is to keep the catheter in as a back up for Scott in case he forms scar tissue and has difficulty urinating. Scott, Lowell and I would like you to keep our family in your thoughts and prayers for his upcoming surgery on the 13th of July.

I didn’t do anything to Wheel Horses today, but moved a few around and stuck one up in the rack. I did think these two ‘62’s looked pretty awesome next to each other. I need to finish those spindles up and get Poppy the 552 rolling on the big treads!

I got my seat for the C-161 from Agri-Supply. Easy to order, shipped to my house quickly, perfect fit. I got the Universal Tractor Seat. Nice high back and comfy. https://www.agrisupply.com/searchcenter.aspx?keyword=seats&prv=&adv=&hawkb=

Bob, there are only a hand full of people on the planet that are as good as you and I too am honored to have a few of your seats.

So my customer was so excited with this display, his brother who owns another similar store across town has asked for a duplicate! Time for work!

With the tires sticking out beyond the fenders, I wouldn't want to do much spinning in that stuff...

A few more pics of parts and pieces ready for some never seize and assembly for the 420.

As most of you know I make seats. Particularly 1054/953 c160/gt14 And lawn rangers. I'm retiring from them this year. I've made my last c160 seats and I posted in the FOR SALE I posted when I first started making them that the c160 was very challenging and that it was a work of love for these great tractors and the guys that make up Redsquare. But my health says I'm ready to lay it down. I've always tried to make the very best I could. I never scrimp on materials and the quality was as high as I could afford without compromise. The c160 was a beautiful style but I had to invest a lot to make it. I'm not complaining I'm proud to probably be the only one that has ever made a reproduction of this seat. I will continue to make the lawn ranger and the 1054/953 until October this year. Thanks to everyone that purchased from me and if you were not satisfied with my work pm me and I'll make it right.Thank you all

Since this is kinda a catch all thread and we change topics like our underwear.... I taught Cindy's new to her Yorkie how to sit on her 702!

This has been a long journey but Scott's miraculous recovery gives us all renewed faith in the power of prayer.

The seats you make are top notch and I am so happy to have these two and I am sorry life has slowed you down. Thank you Mr. Ellison.

I've camped in about everything tents, back of a truck, slide in camper, class C motor home, Class A motor home, 5th wheel trailer, pop up, etc. All of them served their purpose but I'm um frugal yet I don't like to sleep on the ground. I'm currently on my second Jayco pop up camper. First one was used when I purchased it, the second was new. One of my favorite things about a pop up is that the beds are push away leaving more usable floor space once it is opened up. On our current pop up the table area pushes out to the side to create even more floor space. @squonk mentioned that the lift system can be an issue with a pop up, one perk of a Jayco is that there is a life time warranty on the lift system. Our home away from home.

You know me too well Richie...I’d never buy a part like that😉 I buy a whole engine for less than that an swap it out👏🏻😎. Maybe I’d stay with Daihatsu maybe it would be a Perkins or a Kubota or a Lombardini but I can guarantee that I wouldn’t put $2K in a single head...I’ll leave that nonsense for someone who can afford it like—the Mouse!😁

Was on the 160 for a hydraulic filter. Any ideas how i can clean it up without wrecking what's left of the printing, to display?

Sure you didn’t talk to his wife? Naw.........Kevin is a great guy.

You sure you didn't get the wrong number?!?!

Oops... looks like it is too big for my free subscription. I'll post it once I become a paying member.

I’ll throw in my about these beasts of a truck. There’s one simple way to tell if any vehicle was built before 1968 and that’s side marker lights. All cars and trucks 1968 and newer were mandated to have them . So if we look closely on this W200 they’re absent so we know it’s a 67 or earlier. This truck however is sporting a 68-69 grill which is throwing some peopl off the year . 1970-71 had slightly different design . The hood is also 67 and earlier. Without looking into the interior or the rear of the truck all I can say it’s between 1961-1967 . Going through some images I’ve only seen the big back window on 66 and newer trucks but I’m not 100% about this option. So my best guess is this truck is a 66 or 67 with a face lift. here’s a link to Wikipedia for more info ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_D_series

Found this funnel at Wally World.Works good.

Oh balls..... Bet we'll hear the Kaboom from here?!?!?

What a great update! So awesome to see him out there on a working some soil and planting a garden! The Stertz Gang will be praying for him on the 13th. 🙏🏻

A couple of fun “Horse” things in the works... Judge and Zach helped haul trimmed branches to the brush pile after momma declared that she was sick of having to dodge branches while hanging her clothes on the line. Thanks @Achto for the super cool “gear” hitch pin—we used it to attach the trailer to “Rusty”! Zach was loving the “hard work” of tossing the branches around. Then it was into the shop to work on momma’s Big RED... We need to get to the bottom of why the engine runs in the top section of the green, just shy of the red on the temp gauge all the time. We’ve owned this tractor for five years and so we also are doing an all around maintenance/tune up. Here Zach is removing the thermostat housing. I love these guys to be as hands on as possible and do much of the work themselves! In other news...dad finished the refurbish on Clyde (his 953) and got it into the stable with the old Iron Horse (875)!!! A shout out to @Vinylguy for excellent work once again and getting dad his decals in such a timely fashion. It was fun to be able to give them to him as a Father’s Day present on the day!!! Thanks

Hurts me to do it but I listed the Speedanza up for sale in the classified section. I hope if someone buys it they bring it to some tractor shows so it can be seen. Thanks

A couple things here before I get started. A hillbilly man I worked with many years ago often told me, “All women are beautiful, just some more than others.” I’m gonna one up him right now. All people are beautiful. They just don’t all look the same. Well, Uncle Jim... I’m not gonna go there. I am a fortunate man. We’ve had the opportunity to un-officially adopt a German girl we call our daughter but was just a foreign exchange student wanting to see America. We have chased her all over the world since then. We like to travel. We’ve put ourselves in situations that nobody can communicate via speaking. We ate a 4 course meal at a restaurant once in Germany in pitch black, with blind wait staff and no English used. English, German, Dutch, Mexican, I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU SPEAK. Treat me well, I’ll treat you well too. I’ve learned also a good point over the years. If you can’t understand a person in YOUR language, that does not mean they are dumb. That means that they know what they are trying to say, but are trying to help you understand it. Now, to the point. The part I started this thread for. The beloved Norman our 6 speed gear jamming diesel eating tractor show camping hauling machine has a blown head gasket or maybe cracked head(s) even. He came from Oklahoma. My wife and I started a search from the Virginias to Florida, to Texas. I found in Dallas, TX metro a Norman Jr. It’s an extended cab automatic diesel with a blown transmission. The kicker. The owner doesn’t speak English. I told him that I’ll do my bets to use Google Translate to communicate with him. He didn’t believe I’d come from MI to TX to get a truck that won’t move. I told him I would for the right truck, I’ve gotten one from OK before. HE BELIEVED ME! After some checking around, we figured out we have a 2nd and 3rd cousin in the area. They volunteered to look at it. Here’s another kicker. We’ve met Nik once before at our Great Grandmother’s funeral, some 8-ish years ago. He doesn’t have a bank that will accept wire transfers. He’s recently engaged and his fiancé GAVE US her bank account number, address, all the credentials to her account... so we could transfer a good sum to them to buy this truck. Another trusting leap of faith. Would you send thousands to someone you’ve never met and hope they come through with their end of the deal? They did. THEY ALL DID! Jose could have sold the truck to someone while the money transfer was happening. The cousins could have told us a bogus story that something went wrong and the money didn’t come through. Who knows what bad could’ve happened? Now, I’ve got a car dolly, an awesome wife who is willing to road trip it with me and the girls, and we’re leaving Sunday to TX to pick up a truck I asked someone to buy for me. Norman, Buddy... let’s go see the world!

Spoke to pullstart....what a great person Alot of Ideas on how to make more of a TINK TINK TINK...We all love a tink

I stole the tractor for $200 and put new tires, seat, starter and battery in it. The bucket build itself was roughly 2K. So you all know about the belt slipping issues, I think I have it fixed. I’m going to test it later today. Looks a bit crude but I’ll radius the bracket and paint it if it pans out.

I scanned the 1970 Wheelhorse lineup brochure that the PO of my Raider 12 still had on hand. I made a PDF file out of it. Is there any interest in posting it on the site somewhere? Maybe someone has already done this? Interestingly, there are some notes written by the original owner or the dealer, including some prices. Looks like this Raider 12 with the mowing deck cost $1,175 -- or about $7,700 if you correct for inflation!

Your kidding? What are the odds. I can tell you it’s in good hands. Looking forward to restoring it. And I would greatly appreciate any insight about the hydro and axle if they had issues. They seem to be in good shape. my son and I thanks you! sal

Gotta love amazon. O ordered a new belt idler for my 1075. They never tell you where it's coming from. Only a guess when it will arrive. Well I got it in a week and a half. IT CAME FROM IRELAND!! If I'd known that, I would have ordered a shillelagh to go with it!

Got some more TINK TINK on...

Or remove one of the 3/8 mounting bolts to let the air out of the case when filling.

I might add even a plastic pop bottle cut down with a piece of oily sponge inside will work well - my dad did it on some old Villiers engines for years!

not long if it is sucking up grit, it's going to score the bore and ruin the valve seats, over time compression will drop until it fails to start or run

Auto store...just buy a 2 foot long piece of small vinyl air hose....1/8 - 3/16 ID is fine. Imagine a long plastic SODA STRAW...that's wht you want. In fact, that soda straw might just work....if it is long enough.

I used to be strictly a tent camper, but since my car accident a few years ago it got too hard to get up and down off the ground in the mornings. We own a 27' Tioga motorhome on a Ford E350 chassis. I lived in it for a couple years, and always thought it would be nice for camping. However after moving it a time or two I quickly found out I did not like driving it in the high Oklahoma winds. Had the idea of a popup trailer a few times, and was right on the verge of buying one a year ago, but then lucked into this free popup truck camper while on vacation last July. We love it, Only disadvantage to it I have found is the fact that it ties up your vehicle while at the campsite. Once you get used to the process its pretty easy to load/unload. I haul ours in a 3/4 ton Chevy pickup, but it is plenty lightweight enough to be hauled around in a half ton. Matter of fact I hauled it all the way home from Nebraska a year ago in the bed of our 94 F150. I wasn't too sure about the popup design at first, but after hauling it I prefer it to the hardside versions. Much less wind drag and doesn't fight near as bad in a crosswind. Not sure about up there, but here in NW Oklahoma if we see a 35 MPH wind that's a light breeze for us, so something easy to handle in high winds was a must. Another thing I like is the fact I can pull a trailer behind me with it, whether it be to haul a boat to the lake or a tractor to a tractor show.

Trick is: With the funnel in the fill tube, insert a long thin air vent hose right into the funnel....allows air to excape as the oil fills the crankcase. Just a 1/8" dia vent tube is fine....doesn't take much to allow the air to purge as it fills.

What about rubber tire chains Dan? Nice looking farm operation!

Amazing update! @SylvanLakeWH that’s that crooked grin I was telling you about! Go Scottie Go!

Awesome update! Glad to hear Scott is doing so well! Once he gets past this, any other problems he sees in life will be a piece of cake! He’s a STRONG kid!

I like your OCD on the parts layout Plunger. Makes assembly go quicker.

I need some help from by Dodge buddies...saw this AWESOME Power Wagon when I was out for dinner the other night...what year is this beast and what powerplants would it have likely had stock?

I picked this up today. Even though my garage is jammed pack full of tractors I cant pass up a good deal when I see one. 1930's to mid 40's Coca-Cola Cooler. It isnt refrigerated so it makes refinishing it all the easier. I have done a few antique Ice Boxes in the past, this shouldnt be any different. Someone along the way painted it orange, maybe they liked Sunkist, or Orange Crush. It is in great shape otherwise. Missing the bottle cap catcher. See if I can get one, or have my friend make one. I will keep you all posted on the progress. The lettering is the only thing that worries me. I will have to do some research.

@JCM Absolutely awesome pile-o-parts. Showed that to Trina. She says "Ooh. Let's put it together!" Nice work my friend.

The majority of maintenance parts for are standard hardware/auto parts items. Many other brands of garden tractors made you buy their overpriced parts from their dealer network.

If you doubt your torque wrench, as I did my old SnapOn of 30 years of age, go to 'choke' HF and get their electronic torque device. Sure, you are checking one uncalibrated device against another but you can have the reassurance that, if both are reading near the same value, they are more than likely accurate. My SnapOn is A-OK. It would be fun to do a round robin on torque wrenches at head torque - I bet it would be revealing. I used to stand on mine - was the only way to get that blasted Beetle 36mm nut to ~250 ft.lbs.

i wouldn’t know... I’m Fixin’ for a trip to the longhorn state for another diesel and a good steak!

Up at the farm today. First job was to remove one of the double action rams, that was leaking, from under one of the trailers. We had a heck of a fight to undo the hose connection from the double joint. Took two of us to free the union. I think Goliath must have fitted it. Tied up the end of the ram that attaches to the chassis, then removed the securing bolt and let the end down to the ground. Getting my mates sons, they're younger than me, to support the ram, I removed the bolt holding ram to body. The lads then took it away to clean before it went to have new seals fitted. Rather heavy those rams. 3ft long and about 5" diameter. Next job was more cubical barrier repairs. Getting a couple of broken rawlbolt ends out of the wall took some doing. Had to use a hammer drill with a pointed chisel, to loosen round the broken ends. Eventually got them out then drilled right through the wall and secured the barriers with 12mm threaded bar through the holes. A tiring be satisfying day.

Peas are done and couldn't stand it anymore, @PeacemakerJack I had to see if she would qualify as a plow dog. I mowed them down with the 1277, then turned and disc'd em under. Not sure anymore if she really needs a hopped up K321 but will probably still do it 'just because'. The stock K301 had more than enough grunt to yank through the clay! I love the Jim Kemp muffler tone- rumbly but not offensive.