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Named another one This “tag” will go on the tractor in my avatar which is the only one I have pictures of with my dad. It will be restored hopefully soon. I have been gathering parts and have the correct fender pan, hood and muffler.

Ok, this Wheelhorse has really impressed me!! It’s the cash mower, that I mow two lawns every two weeks... 1 of the lawns is good size. It’s been hot out... 85-90 degrees... and it’s still mowed. The Kohler M14😀👍💪It’s had two oil changes and 1 tranny fluid change. I believe it’s time for paint this fall.. and decals!! This winter it’ll see the tall Shute snowblower!!

The other day I picked up a pulling tractor or 2 and a parts Wheelhorse. Lol gtta love those package deals. I haven't yet decided what to do what the puller, I really needed an engine for my cub and lucked up on a deal. I am going to restore/restomod the rusty one for sure. I have a 7hp predator In my shop needing a home and I've really contemplated doing a narrow front conversion. I'm sure I'll have some questions in the process

Added a primer bulb to the 417. Two squeezes of the bulb an the KT starts on the first 1/2 rev. Then mowed some trails and set the trap for a groundhog I saw in the cabbage patch. This will be number 10 when I send him to hog heaven, The cabbage and melons are ready to be picked this week.

Since I always seem to have old garden tools around such as pitch forks without handles repurposed one of them as an organizer for hammers and hatchets. Used miscellaneous other left over metals to complete it.

Hubby got the tombstone weight bracket from Lowell and mounted it yesterday! He was very pleased! Now he is talking of taking it back off and painting it... he should have done that to start with... 🤪.

@DillonZ You've found the friendliest, helpful tractor site around. Your rims probable came from the factory with the calcium in them for weight. 1958,59 RJ's and 1960,61 Suburbans use the same front rims. But good ones are become hard to find due to the exact problem you've found. Post a wanted in the classified section, they show up from time to time. Post some pictures of the rims and rusted areas/holes. Several of us on here have repaired they by welding. if your a good welder, some have even found another rusted rim and cut out the good areas and patched them in. I've repaired some Suburban rims with pin holes with JB weld and used a tube. If you can sand blast them clean, or derust then in an E-tank there's a good chance we can walk you through a repair I've also repaired some David Bradley front rims with fiberglass and JB weld, and then used a tube. Derusted in an E-tank and buffed clean I used Duct tape to make a "form or dam" Used fiberglass cloth and JB weld..You can but large tubes of JB weld at Tractor Supply, etc. After some sanding with a belt sander, and a little more final filling small areas with more JB weld and some final sanding and painting the outside looks perfect. Also the inside is now plenty smooth for a tube

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.

I added a primer bulb on my C105 worker last year... cheap, lowest of tech and they work great!

Yes they really don't cost alot of cabbage! Looks like you had the blades spinning Ed

Heres the ones I found on ePay

Talk to any heat/air conditioning contractor the does commercial work. When units are replaced the belt driven fan is tossed out. A six pack should get it done for you. Mine was on the way to the scrap metal dumpster and the guy was glad to toss a couple into the bed of my truck. Used an old muel drive and some bed frame metal to mount it.

After removing the pressure washer pump, added some fresh fuel and two pulls later its running. The Briggs will find a home on my next gold recovery centrifuge - placer.

One last question.You have a shot of the blower parked in the shop and I am wondering which came first,the wrecking bar or the crutches?

Ok, got an old school charger. 10A for 2 days and it’s good as new. Definitely a pain to wire brush the crevices but I am very happy with the result. 3 more to go.

Been running my C-141 for over 10 years, every season. NEVER let me down.

AHS , great to hear that you actually change oil and trans fluid, what a concept !. rotella 30 wt oil has the extra zinc these engines love . in the mean time you could feed the paint and stop surface rust with a regular rubdown of penetrating oil or mmo, on a clean rag . it will add a patina and a solid base for painting. take the time to regularly drop the deck and clean out any build up, lucas RED nd tacky grease IN THE DECK SPINDLES , does a very good job. pete

No Trailer Queens here!

I could see that. it was a cool looking car.

@ebinmaine when I got home with the tractor I told the wife you said it was ok to get it lol. @Stepney @bottjernat1the sulky is a Jacobson. I believe it was altered but it was done very well. Almost looks factory. As far as the tractor goes it looks fairly complete other than missing the hood and the added shut off switch.

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

OK @tunahead72 When I was looking for an old car to putz around with I saw an ad for a 67 Corvair. This was 1990 so there wasn't much internet sites to use so I bought a swap sheet and found the ad. it was like an hour away. dude wanted $100. I take my B-I-L with me and find the car. Outside isn't horrible interior is mint. Open the engine lid and there is a crapload of empty oil bottles in there. I start it up to drive it around the parking lot. My B-I-L decides to try the heater and starts grabbing the knob. I yell NOOOOO but it's too late. The inside of the car fills up with oil smoke! When we get the car home I counted like 42 empty bottles in the engine bay. Had the 110 HP "Turbo-Air" with Powerglide and 2 carbs. I had to keep a hammer under the seat to beat on the LH carb every once and a while for flooding.

So I am thinking of getting a REALLY rough old WH round hood for yard art... Needs to be visually complete in terms of 4 wheels etc... but I don't want anything that would be a clear restoration candidate... Before I go to far down this road - what do you all have in the way of WH yard art, or have seen out there? I'd like some visual ideas... May use some of your pics to start the conversation with my better half... Post em up please!

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.

Here’s mine...

Spent all morning laying concrete, one slab in the piglet shed and two bases up in the garden for a greenhouse shed complex - there will be another base joining them together. Forgot how hard pouring concrete can be, rakes and wheelbarrows. I never thought to use the tipping trailer and the wheelhorse! Put the plow on the C-125 after lunch and cleans out the pig pens. Busy day followed by a BBQ and a few beers.

The wheels and tires on the puller are identical to my blue tractor. Those have just been cut that far. And also a better pic of the c81. Those wheels are off my finish mower, just what I had laying around

I wouldn't deviate much from the specifications. I did a quick calculation for a 3.5 inch long valve that has an average 500 degree temperature over its length, the result was a growth of .0108". Note that the valve head may hit 1000 degrees while the opposite end will be a few hundred. Also, the engine block will grow as well changing the distance from the cam to the valve seat. There is too much going on to just throw out a figure and trust that a burnt valve won't happen. You can't do a hot adjustment and trust that it will give good results, the valve head will cool considerably in seconds while transferring that heat to the block.

Agreed. Awesome thread idea. Really cool stuff in here.

You guys all have some great repurposed items!!! Keep em comin', I'm sure that I'm not the only one picking up ideas here.

Nice Rig, great to have a solid worker aside. Good decision to keep the fluids changed regulary, regular maintanance give you mostly a Longterm troublefree Seattime. Have longtime Fun with it!

Jim, it kinda "showed" up here. Buddy of mine had an idea and 1 1/2 hours later it was born and operating. Everything to build it and make it operational was repurposed from stuff I had in the shop. Best implement I've ever used because it works perfectly on my property with a huge abundance of leaves.

JAinVA, YES THAT'S WHY I DID IT , made things simple ,also replaced the charging regulator at the same time , ensuring me a solid electrical swap in my engine swap. my 82 frankenhorse is the lead horse on experiments , whatever i change or improve i try out on that . then its easy to duplicate on my 91- 93 , other horses. pete

Giving up potatoes & pasta would be a killer for me. But it does work. My wife went no carbs and lost 900 lbs... well maybe not that much but alot! I joke with her how can you keep your engine running with no carb?!?!? Almond flour pizza crust doesn't quite cut it for me!

Wheel Horse didn't have something made just for them, they just used a commercially available seat. I'm sure those are a match. Randy

Chevettes were pretty tough believe it or not. We had a costumer with a 76. He was a highway engineer and it was his off road vehicle. It went everywhere. Came into the shop at 160,000 miles and he had us replace the entire front suspension, rear suspension, new clutch. He loved that thing.

Ditto that! My 414 runs strong and long! Dont know what l would do with out it!!

All is good. She thinks my tractors sexy lol

Perhaps that would explain the tremors and interesting noises of loud volumes I thought I heard...

Well, this isn't a "new" one to jump in the back of my truck (around 1.5 years ago), but here's one of when I picked up my C-120 and a C-160 for a buddy of mine.

If a Corvair was an attempt at a throw-away car, they failed! They're actually pretty good cars, despite what the idiot (Ralph Nader) might lead people to believe. I'd never heard of the Testudo concept before. Definitely cool looking. Looking at multiple pictures, I see resemblances to later Corvettes in the front fenders, similarities to Porsche 928's in the front end/headlights, and a bit of Jensen Interceptor in the rear end. I wouldn't be surprised if auto makers looked at others' concepts for some ideas. There's usually a Corvair club meet one town over from me about this time every year. I rarely travel over there, but it seems the last 5 or so years I have gone through and saw the meet by mistake and stopped to look. Last year I was coming back from an air show and ran across them. Probably 50-60 Corvairs of every body type. Noticed that a good number of them were sporting factory Datsun 280zx wheels, which look pretty good actually. I have a couple of Datsun Z cars, and an extra set of wheels, so they will likely have a home if I ever get to fixing the Corvair up.

That would only make too much sense, probably an old Jake golf course reel mower sulky.

stainless nuts and bolts without anti-seize should be better than rusted nuts and bolts - correct ? have a small dump cart that has sat for around 20 years outside ... unfortunately ... very poor condition ... some of the fasteners (bolts / nuts) had been replaced with stainless fasteners - they are the only thing on the cart that looks good

Its home

Man...you are too much!

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.

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.

I have noticed as well... Could be as @Pollack Pete says... I think he's right... or... Maybe some thing far more sinister -- our horses are getting wifi somehow and are succumbing to the average attention span of today's social media addicted / educated society... work 10 minutes - check out FB, Instagram, Snapchat or RS...work 10 minutes...check out... repeat...

Today's repurpose project... Eldest daughter has a flock of 9 budgies that live in small cage when not roaming about her room. She needed a bigger cage so they can have a bit more room during lockdown hours. This morning a free wardrobe showed up in Edinburgh, so we jumped in the van and did a quick three hour drive to bring it home. Popped out the door centres and replaced them with welded wire, she now has a cage about four times bigger. Making it more interesting for the budgies is now her project, I have a thousand other things to do!