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Cleaned up the snow blade on my 857. Regal Red painted with a 3" roller and the help of a brush. No snow sticking this year.

There's a place called Evan's Notch about an hour north of home. It runs along the Maine/ New Hampshire border following route 113 through a beautiful area of the White Mountains. This past weekend we went a little to the east of that for a night of unplanned but absolutely excellent wilderness camping. In the great desire to get away from the general crowds on the more well known trails we try to find lesser known/visited locals. Normally that area would be sparsely or uninhabited. Unfortunately there was a group of 8 or more very nice but very loud folks camping. They also had a pair of lovely but loose dogs roaming around. That's NOT an option for our own Meeha Mirror because of her issues. Sooooo, we decided to grab some supplies and head into the forest a ways.... The area was likely settled by European folks in the late 1700s. There are several families that sent soldiers to the Revolution and the Civil War. The Butters family is one of the older names there. The gravestone pictured below is that of two Butters children that passed in 1819. That home's cellar hole is the first pic. One of the mountain peaks is named Butters. There are other peaks honoring local families as well. Mt Meader. Durgin. Likely others. In the above mentioned effort to be away from folks and their dogs while hiking Trina and I have been spending more and more time "bushwhacking" hikes. Typically we'll start out on a trail but veer off when/where we see something worth exploring or staring at. Because the campground was occupied and because we wanted to wander the back country we found some pretty awesome stuff including the site we chose to set up camp. Butters family cellar hole Trina's title for this pic is: Not to bee messed with... And the rest....

Starting another 8 Horsie.

Knew this was buried in the barn someplace...

Just picked up my first "No Name" with a nice solid wagon with no rot and hardly a ding in it.

Ready for the party…! Post party post: Perfect day!!! Great train ride through the neighborhood to the lake… Kids had a blast as well as the adults - including my 94 1/2 year old Dad who had his first ride on the SL&WHN RR…! IMG_0826.MOV

Cleaned the old girl up... Don

Today we're installing the breather and carb. We had to rob the air cleaner from her Pony tractor to use on Millie. I've placed an ad looking for one. Here's The Paint Department's redecoration of said air cleaner:

Just trying to get somewhat of a value on this 702. I am redoing, I'm redoing a d-160 with kohler engine. Thinking about selling the 702. Thanks for any info. Located in mid Michigan.

Picked up a couple snowblowers a couple weeks ago. 2 for $100. Not in great shape. In fact the auger was thrashed. Using some tips from here set to work. Not show quality but hopefully flings snow.

Fishing isn't great but a pretty morning anyway. Tip When taking two 12 yo girls fishing, don't take a pole for yourself. You won't have time for it anyway.

I finished up the porch ceiling I was doing for a friend- with pay...the house was so out of square we ended up using 2x4's to trim around the perimeter. Then we used 11/16ths quarter round at the top of the 2x4's. Not perfect by far, but he was well pleased, and the 2 foot round hole where it had rotted is gone...he'll be hiring someone else to paint it.

500 ft from the shop $10 pump failure... Facet posiflo made in USA is all I use now Some i made block offs some i left...

One that gets less photo time. My low hr 312-8 on cart duty. Only needs a seat, I’ve owned it 20 yrs.

Thanks Don. This year.... Almost none. Some years are better/worse than others of course. Lots of folks around here won't even venture out the door if there's any bugs out. Really though it wouldn't make a bit of difference to us. More repellent is all. Sometime in April or May every year we have about 3 weeks of black fly season. Black flies like running water. We live on a mountain side and have a stream every few hundred feet. It's sheer utter madness. And... we have head nets. When the skeeters n ticks are out we use whatever repellent works best. Ya CAN'T keep a Trina under a roof for long!

Going to clear up a few statements from above... 1. if you have 1" axles, you have 4 pinions...period !! 2. they do make an 8 speed with 1" axles and it has 4 pinions...period 3. if you have 1 1/8" axles, you either have 8 or 10 pinions...except for the "heavy duty trans" which has the bevel gear differential. There are no 1 1/8" axles with 4 pinion differentials. 4. The best test for 10 pinion Limited Slip is to count the bolts in the differential...5 bolts = 10 pinion LS 4 bolts = 8 pinions 5. 2nd best test...put horse up against a tree, put into 1st gear and let out the clutch...if both wheels turn = 10 pinion if only one wheel turns = 8 pinion or weak or bad spring in a 10 pinion LS.

Welcome to the Forum! Yes, this is the right place to post for general questions. If you had specific engine or transmission or electrical, they'd go to the other places (see the list under "Browse" on the home page. Yes, also, an Onan P216 engine. Sounds to me like it's being starved for fuel. If you have a clear fuel filter on the engine, can you see fuel moving into it in "squirts" (the filter usually doesn't fill up). Check items: - fuel valve open fully - cap venting (test by leaving the cap loose or off for a few minutes) - fuel line not pinched, or cut, and no loose connections that could be letting in air - fuel filter in the the tank not clogged - fuel filter on the engine not clogged A simple-ish test is to close the fuel petcock at the tank and then carefully remove the fuel line coming into the fuel pump (mounted on the side of the blower housing). Place the hose in a suitable container then open the fuel petcock to see that fuel flows smoothly out of that hose when held below the level of the fuel tank. CAREFULLY because: a) the nipples on the fuel pump are plastic and if you break one, it means a new pump!, and b) this is gasoline you are handling! If good flow, then likely not clogged or pinched fuel line. If it isn't one of the above, then the next thought is a bad fuel pump. You can test the fuel pump by disconnecting the hose from the pump to the engine filter, stick it in a container, then with the fuel petcock open crank the engine and see if the pump puts out fuel in spurts. Lastly, a sticking needle valve or a sunken float in the carb. Much more effort to get to. Good luck

Some light house cleaning here today. 20210904_132907.mp4

Good day all. I've been into Garden tractors for a long time and have always wanted a Wheel Horse, but they were always elusive, too much money, or rusted away. Went to an estate sale Saturday and picked up two garden tractors including a WH Raider 12. The other is an '83 Allis Chalmers 917H with belly mower. I'm stoked. Lots of parts in a cardboard box, but so far the only thing I can positively identify as missing is the coil and the retaining brackets and bolts for the PTO friction disk. Starter was removed and didn't work, but after taking it apart it was obvious why. The lead wire was separated from the lug that the battery cable hooks to from the solenoid. It also came with a belly mower, snow plow, snow blower, and a WH branded leaf rake. Still sorting out if I have all the extra stuff needed to run the implements. The only thing I really wanted was the belly mower but the rest was part of the deal. Spent today cleaning parts and waiting impatiently for the ignition coil to arrive tomorrow. Anyway, I appreciate all I've read so far and am looking forward to getting this thing going. Take care. Brannon

Ive talked with Dennis Thornton about mini crawlers before on here and usually see Struck crawlers for sale when a min pops up but when has anyone ever seen one of these Lennox Kitty Kats for sale? Ive seen them in photos and old advertisements but never for sale. This would make a fun rest project. I believe one of our members in HVAC is familiar being that its related to Lennox furnaces.

Come on Eric!!! I'm tired of hearing the clicks of the camera. Take 5 will ya??

I think I ate too many squirrels

I'm running my usual mix of 5 gallons of rec gas with 1/2 can of Sea Foam.

All packed up for the ride home . I’m lucky I can see out the mirror today after drinking the whole quart last night but no hangover

Always found that interesting as well. I can only assume this happened because the Wheel-Horse was in my mirror and not in my title.

This thread is listed under "non tractor related discussion". Thought maybe I'd throw some thing new out there.

I always put gas, and a little SeaFoam in, keeps everything clean and running smooth. I usually just put some in the gas can and forget about it.

Try some Sea Foam gas treatment, works well for me.

Doubling up roll pins is done to increase strength. My roll pin kit even came with a chart showing how to properly nest them and the sizes required.

Got my C-195 back together today. Drove it around my property parameter a couple of times. The hydro linkage is working fine, the electric fuel pump seems to keep up, but something is off with the carb. The idle is too rich, the choke linkage is weird, and it is not starting as easily as it was before I started working on it. Looks like there might be some trailer work for it tomorrow.

We had some seat time today… but Rylee broke my knee!

The plates were not the issue. The pinions in the limited slip are tiny, and they shatter under heavy load. Might have been better when new, but wear allows for more and more misalignment. What would be considered normal use, they hold up fine. But they can't handle the abuse that an 8 pinion can.

Have you been using ethanol gas, if so that could be the cause. The ethanol will gum up a carburetor. Carburetor will need a good cleaning. Most of us here use nonethanol gas.

Some pics of Buddy and Rebel

We saw 4 or 5 home sites. We had our friend's metal detector at one near to camp. We did find some pieces of an old stove and small sections of tin roofing. We'd love to get a detector up to the more remote sites!!

A cute one! @Stormin this is our new one, Zoey

Glad to finally hear this confirmed. The hobby needs Glens stuff.

Shhhh...

You probably need some "STEP KEYSTOCK" for this application.

Let's keep the topic on track gang.

The question was " What did you do to day" I took a few pictures. The Eddleman mower was finished a couple weeks back. Ran out of black paint, I used some old paint I had on the tank and it came off when I filled the tank. I can't used the cart as I don't have any lawn level enough as It doesn't have brakes, but I painted it anyway.

What's in my mirror did not really concern me too much. It's what ended up in my face that was a bit of a concern. Went to a local drive through zoo today. You are allowed to feed the animals through the window of your vehical, some of the critters don't have the patients to wait for you to get the food out side of the window.

Welded a piece of steel on the bottom of the plow blade (it was all worn down by the p.o. finally now getting around to fixing it up!) and installed a piece of 3/4" rubber from "RubberCal" so I don't tear up my new asphalt. I didn't paint the whole front of it, Just the part that was 'scarred' by the repair work. That piece of steel on the bottom is 1/8" thick. The p.o. kept using it after the wear edge was ground to nothing, and kept using it until the blade itself was worn to the bolt holes. I also started disassembling the old snow thrower that was donated generously by Dennis @DCwom in preparation for hopefully using this winter. It's got a few 'battle wounds' but nothing a little welding, hammering, and Regal Red won't cure. Putting together a shopping list of parts I need.

Rehabbed 2 Delco gennys and tested them on the test stand. Need a new pulley. Think I got one stashed somewhere.

Well I said I would finish it up and try it on today ..... well here it is. My Big Block, Short Frame, Tall Stack,, Custom Decals, Baby Moon, Mowing Machine. I kinda like how it turned out.

Now it’s was long time to replace belts and blades. Of course in the time I waited for the belt Order to get here it rained twice and grass was now deeper than normal. So those new blades got a work out