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Had to do some reconstruction on our IH 4700 today.. The floor in this truck was getting pretty soft. Here is a pic of the right side of the truck after I cut the rusted floor panels out. Rocker panels were also in bad shape. After a little tin knocking I was able make some new rockers out of some 16ga. New floors in & welded in place.

Electric fuel pump on the 953.

1925 Renault. Now in the ownership of a friend of mine.

While looking up on the Renault I came across this photo'. It's the very same one my friend now owns.

Probably worn pivot pin for the front axle. Pull the pin and see if it has grooves worn in it. I redid a Charger. Made a new pivot pin out of 3/4 stock. Drilled out the center hole in the front axle to 7/8" and pressed in to sleeve bearings (7/8 OD 3/4 ID) now nice and tight

Saw this beaut’ at the Orange Box Store today...

As far as firing once in a while, when you're done they need to be completely disassembled, washed with hot soapy water, dried, and reoiled. Black powder is very corrosive....

Today I decided it was time, as the pond has dried up, to de-reed the edges before they encroached any further. Hot work pulling the things out and after four hours as the sun came round, decided to call it a day. The Sears and Saxon trailer were brought into play, transporting seven full loads down the bridleway for disposal. I'll tackle the rest on Wednesday, as up at the farm tomorrow.

And finally, Don

What an afternoon. We went to visit the lovely widow we've been helping out and from whom we have received some things, and also purchased some things. Today we picked up the lathe, a slew of it's tools, and a few other odds and ends. Trina had a particular space already in mind for the lathe to set. Took a few hours this evening to clear the area and rebuild the table a bit. Here's the results:

Here's a link to the one from 2 years ago.

Been working on a complete engine rebuild. Moving slow but moving ahead.

Trina and I have been given the opportunity to be the owners/caretakers/stewards of a few hobby type handmade firearms. We do know that they are not super valuable but we'd like to give a fair amount for them. Age is unknown but I believe maybe 15 to 25 years. All of them were bought as kits from the Kittery Trading Post here in Maine. The firing ability of the three guns is unknown but I would have to assume that they work knowing the owner. The Cannon below does fire. We would appreciate whatever thoughts, questions, values, you can give us.

I'll throw one more caution out there. Before loading any muzzle loader, MAKE SURE it isn't allready loaded. Way too many front stuffers get put away loaded. I always file two marks on my ram rods to measore the barrel length. One for loaded and one for unloaded.

Ceiling is done in the barn Working on the walls now. 1 1/2" foam board between the purlins and then cover that with plywood underlayment.

That's one of the good things about living in Maine. It's pretty free state when it comes to that kind of stuff.

@ebinmaineGonna be hard to tow a wheel horse towing one of these behind that truck

Well sir, that's my version of a new horse hauler. The drivetrain and the nose is 86 Ford F250 HD. 300-6, 4 on the floor, 4WD, 4:10 gears. It has 43,000 original miles and I'm the third owner. It was originally purchased by a mason in central New Hampshire. Owned it for just a few years and retired. It sat for a long time and then the fellow I got it from bought it around 20 years ago and did a full frame off restoration somewhere around 2003. You'll note that the bed is of much newer vintage. Frame, running gear, nose, 1985 or 86. Cab is a 1995 but has the 1985 firewall grafted into it so as to be able to use the older style components. The bed is of 1997 vintage. That will actually be coming off and being sold in favor of a wooden flatbed. The last owner drove it as little as 300 miles per year over the last 20. When I bought it I knew it needed a few things. Nothing major. Finishing up type stuff. After we got it home I found out that it had a worn-out pinion bearing race and small chips in several teeth of the rear ring gear, likely due to the yoke being loose. The rear end will be completely rebuilt because I'd like to treat this truck the way things should be done. As some of you know, for quite a while now I've wanted to get a hold of a 300-6 and wake it up a bit, so to speak. This one is going to end up with the above intake and carb, later model EFI split exhaust manifolds, y-pipe going into single exhaust. Some sort of electronic ignition change and complete removal of all computer controlled engine components. Because this truck sat for so long there's a lot of oil seals and gaskets that need attention. If one of those turns out to be the rear main seal or transmission front seal then I'll have to pull the engine and at that point I would also put in an RV/Torque cam. She's a good old solid beast in overall excellent condition particularly for the area we live. It'll be a great cruiser that can also work. Fun yet practical.

I wanted to get some ags and ribs, so i called a friend up that restores Wheel Horses (what-up Ric!). He had some tires that were perfect. Some mounted Carlisles with tubes and brand new Deestone Air Locs with tubes. I had a local place mount the fronts to the original wheels. The rear tires were bigger than the originals I got it with, and the size was about perfect. You can see in some of the pics the difference. After getting it all mounted up, it turned out great! Up next is some deep cleaning and getting the mower deck up the snuff.

Hey everyone. I snagged my third Horse last week, which also happens to be my first "real" non-Toro produced Horse (my others being a 1990 312-H and a 2002 314-8)- a 1974 B-80. I always monitor local Horse selling activity around my area here in St. Louis, but given i didn't "need" to take on a project, I always have just been sitting on the sidelines. I noticed a B-80 went up for sale local for only $200, with a blade and wheel weights (!), that also appeared to be in sound mechanical condition. I messaged them right away and I was the first to say I'd pick it up sight un-seen, so it was mine. I went with a trailer and bam. Even better, it ran great! The only issue I could see was that the PTO was stuck on. Heck of a deal!

Gotta be stamped on the barrels..50 cal. is real close to a half inch. Or bust out your calipers and measure. Dueling pistols probaly around 30 cal.... ther ya go EB we got a new handle fer ya and the better half..... The Pistoleros ... or hey..... The Cannon Ballers......

Buy the cannon! Tow behind military tractor haha

I had a '67 Chev P.U. with a Stove Bolt strait 6 and a granny low 4speed. It had dual 2" exhaust with glass packs that made some beautiful music. (Just a suggestion)

I'd love a truck like that. Unfortunately the running costs over here would be prohibitive.

Spent some more time detailing the 500 this morning. Looking a little better. I did use a little touch up paint in some areas but I am trying to keep the patina. Still looking for a seat. I also will me working on the mower deck.

Care package from @oldredrider came today!

Nous pensons que vous avez assez de mal avec l'anglais!

after watching that I need a horn too

Hello from another Wheel Horse fan in Pace, Fl. I'm an old follower of this forum, but I just created an account. I bought a 1987 312-8 from the Hendrix boneyard back in 2004 after hurricane Ivan and restored it. Needed something for storm cleanup work. Still using it to this day! Between my neighbor and I, we now have 3 restored Wheel Horses.

Phew its hot here. Did a litter pick and collected 30 bags of rubbish thrown out of cars onto the road side. Also finished a project for a lady who has an old dog who she takes out in a stroller. The handlebar needed replacing so I fabricated a new one for her. I did it pro bono and she got me some beer to say thanks.

Check out this beauty of a survivor!

New driveway started today!

As long as they are clean, keep on painting.

That could work..

I hate the ethanol welfare for farmers program as much as anyone, but I will say that I have used 10% ethanol since they started pushing it on us over 40 years ago. My Wheel Horse tractors never had ethanol free and I never had fuel related problems. I did have a few problems with pressure washers that sat too long. I also had issues with my snowmobiles in the very northern part of Maine where they were able to avoid ethanol for many years but then it was pushed on them causing the water and filth in the fuel station tanks to be picked up and dumped in the customers tanks the first winter. I don't think there is any additive that will do anything worthwhile to that gallon of ethanol mixed with nine gallons of gasoline. I do use a fuel stabilizer in fuel that will stored for a long time, but that is to keep it fresher. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s3EdDB150E

I neglected to to clean a front stuffer once and after only three days I had some nasties going on. I have no clue how they kept them in decent shape in the old days and the black powder we have nowadays is much better. Cleaner guns through better chemistry I guess. Gotta be more than a few you tubes out ther or better yet network with a local rod & gun club. Check down the barrel might be signs of having been fired once or twice EB. Make sure you keep them oiled and wipe them down after every fondling. Any Idea what calibers? Guessing the long gun is .50??? Second amendment here Norm. Please do keep reminding us on how good we have it. Not a bad idea anyway to keep the youngun's mitts off them. Since I am an empty nester my not so valuable pieces go on the wall for eye candy. I should make glass front cases for them to keep the dust off tho.

Search ethanol on this site and you'll find more people than you can possibly comprehend that are against it. Simply put, you should never ever put ethanol in any small engine. Ever.

Perhaps someone else will chime in here with a different experience, but in my 46 years on this planet, I truly do not think Ive EVER left a factory stock exhaust on anything for long. Ok, maybe a couple push mowers. Much of the 'off road' and racing stuff was running some form of pipe with no muffler, and I have never, EVER had an issue or even heard of it hurting anything except maybe eardrums. In most cases, a less restrictive exhaust (in other words higher flowing/no muffler) is actually better for the engine, as the gases can get out easier and the engine will run cooler. As for back pressure or some mild form of restriction, that is much more critical on a 2 stroke than a 4 stroke, but still, as a general blanket statement, many 4 strokes do seem to run a little better with a little bit of back pressure, for whatever reason......

In the end I opted for 2 mufflers. I think it sounds nice, and I don't have to lay awake nights wondering if one of my grand kids is gonna start stuffing rocks down those pipes, cause it looks like fun.

That front pivot has one grease fitting that's usually over looked on tractors.Like anything with a grease fitting.....keep them greased and they'll never wear out.

Finished the gt14 dash print, still needs tweaking, top holes a little off and still need to refine text and layers for the big printer. And can still go a little thinner. Put Dug to work moving brush with some improvised 2x4 forks, and loaded a stack of roofing tin to move over to the new house from the old using the same forks.

Old Carter carb. New Clifford intake.

I was kidding in post # 19 above @953 nut...

I then gave it a wash-down and got it off the trailer (when the points were dried out!). It even had the original manual, still! The owner said he had been using it the last 30 years mainly to plow snow or haul logs in a cart around his property. The motor started and ran strong, but as I mentioned the PTO was stuck on, so the motor did NOT like starting with that kind of load. I took the pulley off and it looks like the reason it was stuck was because the shaft had some rust on it. The pulley itself did too, causing the friction plate to hang. After removing the rust and giving a nice wipedown and oiling, the PTO functioned perfectly. The engine was MUCH happier. The tractor even cut grass very well, although it's pretty clear the blades need sharpened.

Not exactly a truck, but here is my 42 year old van. Original paint, 8 passenger Beauville complete with in dash AM, FM, CB and 8 track player.