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My wife's is a good cook and loves to bakes. For the last three months my wife's "shelter at home" project has been learning to make Sour Dough bread. I've toughed it out and eaten several loafs that didn't rise very much, but in the end it's been worth it! She's finally got it down and this is probable her best loaf yet and probable the firth excellent one in a row. Interestingly there are a lot of steps that have to be done and the timing of those steps is critical....Its far different that making regular yeast bread. she bakes them in an open top cast iron dutch oven, which gives then the round pillow top shape With her determination and and working through the details I should have her overhauling a bunch of Kohler engines for me next. Did I say she loves to Bake! It's great with some honey flavored butter.

Simple upgrade with striking results. Replaced original GE lights with LED's. Purchased on Amazon for $26. LED's fit existing lamp holder brackets by simply bending tabs 90 degrees and used simple aluminum angle bracket with spacers to install . Distance to garage is a good 80'. Not only is the light much brighter and sharper, the pattern is much wider.

Jim @WHX24 & I took a trip to IL to visit Terry @Vinylguy & Lola at their summer home. We took them a few goodies from WI, threw a few corn hole bags and had a great visit. Then loaded up the main purpose of our trip & headed back home. Thanks Terry & Lola for the hospitality.

I gotta admit that mafia life is a lot easier now that wearing a mask in public is normal.

Who's next!!!

You stole Terry’s tractor? Say it isn’t so! Mafia guys have no limits

Looks like a human size mouse trap. Put a cooler full of beer under there and someone is bound to take a chance!

You just can't turn your back when the Garden Tractor Mafia is around, never know what they will do.

What a great morning visit from Dan @achto and Jim @WHX24 Wish we would have had time to take you on a full golf cart tour. Wisconsin cheese and Dan's heavenly pulled pork. What a treat!! Best we've ever eaten. Seriously

Pulled the Super C into the AIR CONDITIONED shop for some love. Decided the wiring was POed and not up to my standards. Cut it all out and start from scratch. Got a switch pig tail and start from there. Sides wiring is about the only dang thing I am good at!

That photo attempts to illustrate, strengthening of the gene pool, to us non P-C.

No sandals please!

@Achto, @WHX24, @Vinylguy - If you are going to do a full restoration on that - who's gonna do the graphics? You know anyone good?

Terry sure does have a little slice of heaven there.

I captured this OSHA approved practice in progress just a mile or two North of Jim's @WHX24 house. Or was this at Kevin's @pullstart house??? JK Kevin. The car is being held on it's side by one lonely bumper jack. Who wants to be the first one to climb on in and work under it?? Don't worry, I'm sure that they have a piece of plywood or maybe a beer can under the base of the jack so that it won't sink into the lawn.

This was the '62 Lawn Ranger that jumped into the back of my Ford Escape. If it wasn't for the plow mounted on it, I could have safetly put it into the back and closed the hatch with room to spare. With the plow, it was about 6" too long. Luckily I had some ratchet straps on me, and just tied the hatch down after securing the tractor in the back.

If the clutch is out (engaged) in that picture i would say your belt is the wrong size looks too short.

We used those all the time in the Falklands, invaluable for getting out of a tricky situation which happened often enough on the boggy ground. Your right though, dangerous thngs and quite unstable when at full elevation - we often would raise the rover up and then push it sideways off the jack to clear whatever we were stuck in/on young and stupid I guess!

I think everybody here is a nut, but he is just proud enough to put it in his handle!! Randy

We don't have a garden this year, but did stop by the local produce stand and picked up some pickling cucumbers. I'm posting here 'cause it has to do with garden produce. We ran a batch of sweet pickle relish today. Got 8 1/2 pints. They are currently on the cooling rack going 'pop' as they cool. Used the cast iron grinder of extreme age to grind them. I think it dates back to the early 1900's.

Ney Ney Sylvia, this girl needs no restoing and already has some really neat custom one of a kind decals that would be sin to take off!

Always disconnect the negative cable first and the positive cable second or last. Always connect the positive cable first and the negative cable second or last. You won't see any sparks unless you deliberately lay a wrench across the posts. Garry

On amazon, BUNKER INDUST 4 Inch LED Work Lights, 2Pcs Round Cree LED Light Pods 15000LM Spot Flood Combo Light Bar Waterproof for Truck Tractor Jeep UTV ATV Marine Boat Golf Cart

Here's one to start- this one hopped in the truck yesterday afternoon

Been working on this back side of my house for a while now. Started on it around Christmas then tore up my finger and had to have stitches. So it was halted until I healed. Well then along came Covid and put the brakes on completely. So I got all my materials delivered on Friday and had to work through all the heat to get started. I will end up putting green tin over it all.

Even the picture makes me hurt!

Happy Birthday @JPWH, we are all glad you were born!

If that's a Hi Lift Jack or Farm Jack, I wouldn't go near it. I've a Hi lift Jack I used when I was off roading in my Land Rover days. Handy to have but could be lethal in the wrong hands.

Our plan for Blackbeard was to do the same thing, fabricate one out of metal, paint it black, purchase new HD toggle switches, and then have Terry @Vinylguy make us a custom decal for it that looked like a factory setup... I forgot ☺️ how sharp yours looks on Skittles. Well done Richie👍🏻

What a Saturday it was !!! Hot, Humid, down right sticky A while back, I rescued a 12 HP K301S from the scrap pile. It was sitting dormant for 25 years or so, until a gentleman passed away. Three years after his passing, a nice lady posted some stuff in a local ad stating that she needs to get back to normal, and was ready to begin her life again. He was a hoarder in every right....BUY, never Sell. I met this fine lady at her home and she began showing me all of the Wheel Horse things he had collected. Most things I already had, but why not buy another soild 48" Mower deck...sure I will take it !! We left the garage area after she said she had a shed out back with her wheel Horse tractor she mows with. It was a well worn, 310-8 with a 42" deck.Solid as all get out, but needed a good cleaning...oh well I looked around and found an engine in the corner on a milk crate...it was complete. It had fuel line, PTO,and Chrome air filter, and nice stainless Nelson muffler. I asked her if she wanted that...She said what is it ? and what is it for ?. I told her it was a Kohler engine, for a number of smaller Garden tractors. It was at that time I had to ask, do you want it? She said that all of the stuff was in her way and that she needed room for her tractor. Everything you see, other than the tractor is going to the dump this Saturday. I asked her if she knew where it came from??? Nope... Have you ever seen your husband messing with it?? Nope.. How much do you want for it I asked...Is 20.00 too much she asked ? NOPE.. I used a hand cart to get it to my truck, then her son and I slid it up a 2X10 ramp into the Chevy along with my 220.00 48" Mower deck . So yesterday, what a Saturday it was I drained the oil, set the points, gapped the plug....the rest of the story.........I gambled and......well.....just click the MOV file and see...... MVI_0212.MOV

Why not a dedicated thread for those days when a new horse somehow jumps into your truck bed, onto a trailer or roof of the family car, and you have no choice but to bring it home. (Moderator, is this 'pin to top' worthy? Please delete if there's a similar buried thread im not aware of.)

What did I do? Watered some plants and filled the bird bath, then got back inside. My thermostat reports outside temperature is 102.

Unlike American Reliants! The good ol US of A's answer to Renault! Top Gear's Reliant episode was the first one of their shows that I saw!

It is possible the spirol pin item #17 has sheared off. Item #17 is part number 933190 and is a 3/16" x 1-1/4" spiral pin. Similar to a roll pin but multiple layers of spring steel rolled to form the pin. A roll pin is a single layer of metal. https://www.partstree.com/models/31-16k804-416-8-toro-garden-tractor-1988/clutch-brake-and-speed-control-linkage-5/ Garry

Your serial number indicates 1982. ( probably series I) Spec number is the key. 24300 or higher is Series II It does if you have a ditch or embankment... I am hesitant to buy a Series 1. I have a series 1 transplanted from a JD 317 with well over 2000 hours still runs but smokes on start up can't knock that...but I know its its history, relatively flat land and well maintained....

Thanks for starting this thread @squonk... I know some wise guy here on the forum pushed you to get it going, hope there's no hard feelings. I've liked Corvairs for a very long time. My first up close and personal encounter with one came during my childhood one summer when my family went to visit my mom's family in Massachusetts. My favorite aunt had just bought an early model Corvair that was fascinating to me (all her cars were fascinating to me, she had a Peugeot and a Studebaker with venetian blinds before the Corvair, and I ended up with her VW Bug after she and her mom passed away). I can't believe I'm saying this, but I honestly can't remember if her Corvair was a hardtop or a convertible. I do remember that it was a cool looking car, and a lot of fun to ride in, and it never felt unsafe, at any speed, just fun. I wish I had photos, but I'm almost certain I don't. I also remember that my aunt did most of her own maintenance on this car, and taught me many lessons about maintaining a vehicle that stick with me to this day ("change the oil often" and "keep it lubed" come to mind right away). She also taught me how to properly wax her car, which was a lot of work but more fun than I ever imagined it could be. -------- The only Corvair I actually owned came much later, in my early 30's. I'll tell you about that one later, and I should be able to find some photos to go along with the story. If I get my courage up, I may also tell you about a slightly wild period of my teenage years, part of which involved a Corvair.

You need to remove those black parts and the red one. That needs to be clear so you have space to lift the blade.

Try replacing the condensor. If that is bad it can cause the points to arc more than they should.

Would like to invite everyone to this one day show in west central Indiana. Very nice show that has small and large tractors as well as a few trucks and chainsaws. The show is still a GO as of last Sunday from the board meeting. This year they have allowed me to incorporate the Wheel Horse Meet & Greet as well. Was also told we can have a swap meet area. Please mark your calendars and try to come. Thank you D. J.

Is that the BEFORE or the AFTER picture?

His name is Jim Simpkins. He has done this for years . Hes known thru out the High perform circle and Hot Rod magazine for his work. He is up there in the years and still going strong.

I'm tellin' ya the smell of diesel drives women wild.

I just took my 16 horse to my machinist which is about 25 minutes away from here. I had the block bored out to 30 over he's pressing in new valve guides and reaming them out to fit the valves and also grind the valve seats. All this for 70 bucks cash

Getting close to getting it all back together. Could have had it done if I had remembered to bring home the wrench I made at work for the big az nut on the new shaft.

I have a 63 Corvair, Monza 900 Spyder Turbo 4 speed. Been parked since '68. It belonged to the mother of the guy I bought it from. She was a school teacher and bought it new. After Unsafe at Any Speed came out in '65, she rarely drove it and finally parked it for good in '68. It has just under 50k miles on it. The turbo has been robbed off of it, and I really haven't done much to it at all since I brought it home. Obviously needs a full resto. It was the first car I bought with my own money. This was in 2006; I was 9 y/o at the time. I was walking around at a swap meet a few rows over from where we set up every year and I had $300 in my pocket. I saw the car for $275, offered $150 and got it for $200. Paid the man and then went and told my dad LOL.

What are those tires and wheels!? 😮 Chose that color for mine. Can't wait to see them mounted on a tractor. Today I have been working on spraying simple green on the parts I need to get a 704 roller going with an 8 speed so I can wash them tommorow.

Took it for a ride and had to get a couple of sun shots.

He means we'll egg you on to buy more tractors.