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Got my new to me original 401 out for a spin and a few pictures. Put a new fuel bowl on,diamond treads and fairbanks recoil. Runs like a top no smoke or unusual noise.

Front receiver mount is complete. It came together real nice and now my vision for carrying all the yard tools for trail clearing is complete. With the MoJack tool rack mounted Ready for work Scope of work. All that overgrowth needs to be cut out, and this is just one of many projects. Gonna be busy this summer.

The beginnings of a front receiver mount. I saw one on eBay for about $90 shipped and thought I could do it a lot cheaper myself. Personally I like making a cardboard mockup first and this time it really helped. It's 1/4" plate and 5/8" solid bar, in other words way over built but better safe than sorry. I'll post more pics when my 2" receiver tube arrives and I can weld that and some gussets on.

Couldn’t wait to try the plow and the 312 did just beautifully!

Unfortunately as we travel around many times we see nothing but stupidity, insanity and outright bad examples. Today however something different caught my eye and warmed my heart.

That looks like an excuse to buy another tractor. "Honey, I'm going to go pick up a rack to organize the garage like you always are saying I should do. Be back in a couple hours"

After all that digging, he could stockpile the sod for his plow day mistakes!

It's never good when ya have time to burn but cant commit to anything. Step:2

From an email I received yesterday: This actually happened to an Englishman, travelling in France, who was totally drunk. A French policeman stopped the Englishman's car and asks if he has been drinking. With great difficulty, the Englishman admits that he has been drinking all day, that his daughter got married that morning, and that he drank champagne and a few bottles of wine at the reception, and consumed many single malt scotches there-after. Quite upset, the policeman proceeds to breath test the Englishman and verifies that he is indeed completely inebriated, far beyond tolerable standards for public safety. The French Policeman asks the Englishman if he knows why, under French law, he is going to be arrested. The Englishman answers with a bit of humor, "No sir, I do not! But while we're asking questions, do you realize that this is a British car and my wife is driving on the other side?

newbie saying hi. nice site guys.have a trusty 252h been using many years.put up some pics soon.meanwhile had this pic on phone dont know were I got it

Your thinking too small Jim. This would be more like what you need.

A little bit of pizzazzzzz for ole Hiram. Step:1

LOL. To be honest it was semi-inspired by "The Big Tool Rack" which is made for a 3 point hitch. If money was no object I'd have a 25hp diesel subcompact and one of those racks, but the tractor is $18k and the rack is $1800. I get along pretty well with my pair of 312-8's 😁

Really warm spring day here, perfect for some outdoor welding and fabricating on my box trailer. I welded the basic frame on yesterday and went to the wood yard first thing for some timber to line it. Turns out fence palings were perfect, ready cut and treated. Just over a pound each I bought 20 and set about cutting and fitting.So a basic box shaped body made of 4 inch by 5/8 inch timber lengths. That way if one gets broken its easier to repair than sheet material. Its probably not as heavy duty as some would like but its only for tools and such like. I made a slide in tailgate. It didn't need hinges so it used angle iron to make slots on each corner upright into which my rear door slides. I wanted to retain the tipping wheelbarrow body that I had made and so made sure it would work on its current hinge system with the body sides in place. All in all it looks ok and works well. Just a bit of red paint to be splashed around tomorrow and it will look just the part. Next question is should I take off the fixed axle and fit rubber suspension arms so I can used it with my car?

Ahhh yah ..... thats it.... Yep that I already know but you check the price of lumber and steel lately?!?!? I like your idea of land use planning tho Dan we may have to consult this with the Captain! Huh?

Yes, PLEASE! Thank you for your "donation" !

When I bought my 1967 REO Lawn Skiff back in February I was hoping that the engine ran. Previous owner said that it ran last year, but could not get it to start before I picked it up. So I started by rebuilding the carburetor. Then, because the sale included some NOS valves and rings, I decided that I would undertake a refresh. There was a lot of oil in the combustion chamber when I took the head off. So here is why I ask if I am crazy. There are not a lot of parts available for this engine, V60-70066C. This spec number is not even listed in the Tecumseh list of engines. I have cleaned and disassembled the engine, removed all internal components, and found the following: 1. Rings - how do you inspect rings and declare them bad? They looked normal, none broken. 2. Cylinder - glazed, but no scores or scratches. 3. Valves - other than a lot of carbon build-up, they look fine. 4. Crankshaft and connecting rod - journals are not scored. I did not check clearance using Plastigauge. 5. Oil pump and oil passages - pump looks good, all oil ports and passages are open. I ball-honed the cylinder to achieve as nice cross-hatch. The new rings were installed. The valves that were sent with engine were supposedly the right ones, but they were a different style. The old ones used a pin at the bottom if the stem, the new ones had a slotted retainer. The new ones had a .002 smaller diameter stem which allowed a bit more slop in the guides than the old ones, so I am reusing the old valves. They cleaned up nicely. After waiting a month for a set of NOS gaskets to arrive, I'm about to reassemble. Will let you know how it goes and if I am truly crazy after all.

just last week i came up with this! it also doubles as power lift for the hitch i had to remove the hook and use a D shackle to get the full motion on the hitch

If there's anyone who knows about "extra support" it's Waldo!

Warning!! The more we consult, the bigger the building plans will be. Might even go for tile floors & climate control

maybe the 'smoking' variety of pumpkin seed fruit?

Where are the flower pots going? Men's and Womens' restrooms in play? Build to your hearts content. Just keep paying into Social Security!

Do you have a small scalpel, or a very sharp knife? If you lay the decal in place without sticking it down, loosely fit bolts and washers, then mark around washers, remove and trim decal, perhaps with scissors? Loosely re-fit bolts and washers and stick decal in place, then tighten bolts, If you trim carefully, no one will ever know. Doug.

Nope, it is there. Can't you see it looped around the cutter pin on the spindle? I'll bet that Eric put it there so he would not lose it before deciding where he wanted to put it!

My youngest brother died one year ago (April 20, 2020). I suppose any disease that kills you is bad, but ALS is horrible. Mom and I spent the last weeks of his life taking care of him. Watching his body slowly quit functioning was pretty difficult. Death is part of living, but life can certainly be hard. In my mind's eye, I can still see Rodger in his bed, his last night on this earth with two Bibles reading from each. I wanted to ask him the following morning what he was studying but that could never happen. He and I spent a fair amount of time together the past couple of years. Reminiscing, talking about the future, camping, learning about each other. I recommend spending time with siblings, Life is short.

That I have Jimbo... she says go for it as long as my back is involved. She is a pretty good women and no @19richie66 she has no sisters! Apparently all these gems were under cover in their days but unfortunately not gonna stay that way.... But Gonna build!

So I picked this up today for free !! Craftsman DRT 8.5 hp 17 inch tiller. When I picked it up I asked previous owner what was wrong with it. He said he couldn't remember but thought it was something to do with the tiller not spinning, he wasn't sure. Well I took it home and hosed it off while it was still in the back of my truck. After that pulled the air filter off and gave it a squirt and a pull and it fired right up. Have to leave it on half choke or it would stall out but at half choke ran smooth as can be. Then stupidity raised its head when I shifted it gear, reverse, and as soon as I put it in gear it was off to the races. Being that I had it on my tailgate that wasn't a good thing. I was able to stop it and avoided it falling or me getting hurt. Got the ramps out and rolled it down. It has a grab bar that is supposed to engage it when grabbed. I didn't grab it in the truck it just took off. So I seen that on the end of the cable it wasn't moving when grab bar was squeezed. Took the belt cover off and seen that the idler pulley was stuck behind the back side of the belt cover. Removed the pulley to free it up, took a zip tie to hold back the back side of belt cover. Put the front side cover back on and boom everything now works as it should. Going to change the oil and clean the carb. I think it was only used once or twice. Its in great shape. Gonna flip it and get some money for a horse. Wheel Horse of course !!

Slowly but surely, I may end up with a working stator. I started wrapping, with 23 windings on each post. After the 4th post I decided to check everything with my continuity meter. I had a short from the wire to case ground of the stator plate. That's not good..I took all the wire back off, and cleaned the stator plate with a mild solven,t so as not to damage the insulating compound on it. I wound 3 wraps on good 3-M electrical tape around each post, making sure the tape was wound in the direction of the wire on that post. Don't know if it matters, but made me feel good anyway. Now I check with my meter after every post. So far, so good. This is not a job for someone in a hurry to get somewhere. It's meticulous, and takes time. My first inclination was to wind the wire around the post. I find it works better for me, if I place the spool of wire somewhere so it can un-roll, and at the same time, keep slight tension on the wire, and turn the stator around the wire, rather than trying to wrap the wire around the post.. (if that makes any sense) Check back in a few hours. If my fingers hold out that long.

Here's rebel out of the barn now ready to hopefully get rebel for my work tractor since ole red is now not usable

there’s always Uncle Jim’s toy hauler... typically first dibs goes to those the furthest away...

Gonna need a bigger bunkhouse for all the plow dogs.

The spring on my 876 connects to a bolt on one end, and the triangle shaped piece on the other end. If someone removed the bolt, there is nothing to connect it to.I added the locknut BTW.

Just imagine someone digging it up in a few years, having watched “Ghostrider” the night before. 💀👻🙀

@squonk You are going to miss me when I take my dirt nap.

Well that didn't take as long as I thought it might. Once you get a pattern going, it goes pretty quick. In the end I have 18 posts, with 23 windings per post, > <. No short to ground, and a reading of .4 to .7, end to end, on my meter, depending on how I hold my mouth. I will give it a couple of coats of Gorilla glue, and hope it dries within a month. I'm not sure what epoxy would do the the electrical tape I applied.

If the top of the piston was clean, (no carbon on it) or a majority of it was clean. Then you were getting oil past the rings. If the old rings are cast and not chrome moly look at the edge of them. If more than half of the edge of the ring is shiny silver this indicates wear. Chrome moly rings start out life with a silver edge, so they are kind of hard to read in this manner. The top of the piston on a good running engine with good rings should look similar to this when you pull the head.

Yep Dan and Pumpkin Farmer are supposed to come get the fake garage and make a chicken coop out of it... Well maybe farmer wants to make a green house for growing... never mind... Not sure how big yet but big enough to put blackie in, the boat, log splitter and crap like that..... and a passel of tractors. Dan says size it to get the camper out of the sunlight and I like that but might get too $$. It's not the worst The deck on the C161 looks pretty decent too and the tiller tines are in really good shape. The tiller was on the 161 as it has the rear rock shaft and cable. The whole shebang is going on the auction block when I get her running. Somebody is gonna get a heck of a deal if I don't have to stick alot of money in it.

These came off mower deck roller and guide wheel, could have used some grease

All my 42" nd 48" decks have the support bar. They have abut 1/2" clearance at the rea in question. A 42" I am rebuilding. A 48" deck

I mentioned yesterday, the choke cable broke on my 876, 5 minutes after installing it. Today, I am not doing anything but sitting around waiting on parts, so I decided to fix it. When I got the tractor, the throttle cable knob was gone. I replaced that cable with a new one, but wanted to fix the old one anyway. I decided to make a picture archive of how I repair control cables. I have repaired a lot of Lawn Boy, and tractor cables, none have failed me yet. Most of you probably have your own method, but there may be some that have no idea, and the last Wheel Horse cable I bought, was $40. For this demonstration I am going to name the parts. The knob was gone, so I sort-a created one. I buy cheap cables on line, cut them up and use the pieces. I want to be able to keep the stock Wheel Horse receiver, that fits the dash, and looks right C Cut the inner cable off of the barrel, and grind a flat spot in it, about 1/2" A word or 2 about soldering here. Some people just can't seem to do it. These are things I keep in mind, and they work for me. I ALWAYS use soldering paste. Ruby Fluid in my favorite. CLEAN everything. Solder likes heat. It tends to want to go to the hottest spot. It's also a little narcissistic, it likes itself a lot. It wants to go with other solder. "TIN" your pieces before joining them. Put solder on both pieces, and they will join themselves. Don't use big fat rolls of solder. Save that for the plumbers. Solder your inner cable to the barrel. After soldering, file it round. My barrel has no knob of course, but it will do for demo purposes. Clamp your outer cable in the vise. Chances are, the receiver will screw right out of it. You may have to chamfer the end of your new outer cable a bit, to get it in the receiver. It doesn't have to go far. Tin them both, and solder together.REMEMBER CLEAN! Take some stranded wire and wrap around the splice. It will act as re-rod for the solder. Add more solder ever couple of wraps Once you have all the wire on it, load it up with solder. Now you can take it to your bench grinder, and smooth it up a bit. Don't grind away too much! Then it all gets covered in shrink tubing. When I get the correct motor on the 876, and get the cable to just the right length, I will cover the entire thing with shrink tubing. I like the fact that I am able to reuse the stock receiver and knob. They just look right. Like I said, the knob for the throttle cable was gone, so I ordered a new control cable for that.

Couldn't have been too dam good! He would of given you a padded seat.

I've seen them go through our workshop on mid 70s tractors. I may even have one on the shelf. I can check later. If you're ok with aftermarket they're easy enough to find online in a general form. Google these: 2 inch rubber hole plug. 2 inch solid grommet. 2 inch chrome hole plug.

Very neat work! 👍👍 There’s no need to worry about ‘Overbuilding’ on something like this, it could potentially be under a fair amount of stress now and again. The extra weight added by using thicker materials in the fabrication is a bonus, why use lightweight materials building something that you’ll probably use to hang weights on at sometime?

Brought home the 418-C that was in the classified section here. It came with a 42” side discharge deck, Trac Vac vacuum, Brinly tow behind de-thatcher and a Jackson tow behind cart. Drove an hour to the ferry, hour and a half ferry ride to Connecticut, two plus hours to Massachusetts. Picked up a brand new battery on the way in hopes of driving this baby onto the trailer. Nope. Engine seized up tight as a crabs ass. I honestly think that owner didn’t know this. He knew that my son in law and I just spent over $200 bucks for the ferry and were not expecting a tractor with a locked up motor. So we negotiated a new price and brought it home. I’m going to soak it with marvel mystery oil for a few days and hopefully break it free. I really hope it works because the tractor is in really nice shape. 700+ hours on the working hour meter.

Dug finally gettin a bath after a 24 hr soak of wd40! Mrs 3D gettin in on some WH action!

The big question is : Have you talked to the dishwasher about getting pricing on the barn that is needed ?

It is ..... that's how we keep the lazy ones out! It can be somebodies gotta keep his mug filled for him..... This is gonna get real pic heavy. Dan if you see anything you want claim it now before I offer it to these bananas

A little bit closer today. But still more to go