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Gave the Bronco a bath and brought it inside for some much needed maintenance. Installed a new battery, cleaned the carb bowl, and getting ready to replace a couple hydraulic lines. Took the fender off because Mike (Sparky) made me... Gonna install tail lights and seat springs.

Worked on the 701 project. PC- 7 on the steering wheel and starting to sand the excess off. I will be coating it with bed liner once all the cracks and imperfections are filled in and sanded. Colud have took the easy way out and got a replacement wheel like Dan put on his 701 but what fun is that? Thinking may be paint the spokes rim color??

I did these with Dupli-Color bed liner in the blue can, not the black can. Spokes on both are gloss black. It has been very durable and I like the feel.

Going through my old literature while planning the restoration of my Wheel Horse.

Me, no choice on my one driveway.

A Happy New Year to all. I finally got around to modifying the Angling Rod on the 79350 48" plow for the C81. I was able to reuse the existing rod, cut the ends off and thread them 1/2-20 UNF for the PFTE lube-free joints and lock nuts. The assembled length stayed at 31.50 inches, center to center, with +/- 1/8" adjustment at the lever end. Works smoothly, no play. A few things on this modification: Cut and thread only one end at a time - I used the bent angle on the opposite end to help stop rotation while threading. Attach the locknut and joint, repeat on the other end. You WILL need to chase the zinc coating out of the joints to get a decent fit. I chase it first with a tap by hand, then chuck the tap into a cordless drill - applying inward pressure while tapping and outward pressure retracting - this cleans both sides of the Vee thread. The nylon locknuts go on with the unthreaded nylon first - to do this, run the nut threads first on the rod for about 1 inch to "form" threads in the nylon. the remove and install correctly. I chose the thru hole style joints over the stud style because you can make length adjustments every half turn (.025 inch) versus the stud full turn (.050 inch). You NEED to space the joint away from the lever and quadrant by abour 1/8" - I chose to use 1/2 ID x 3/4 OD x 1/16 thick stainless shims - 2 per end. BEST part - NO more fiddling with trying to attach the rod to the quadrant and dropping the cotter pin numerous times. Bill

It happens to us all. Back in September of 2020 before we lost my good friend Rodger we were working to get a bunch of his tractors ready to go to a parade. We took his Farmall H, Farmall BN 2 seater, Farmall Cub, and Farmall Regular. The first three fired right up without any trouble, but the old Regular just flat out wouldn't start. Rodger's grandaughter's husband cranked on it for several minutes until he wore out his arm, afterwards I grabbed the crank and tried for several minutes. When my arm was tired of cranking as well, I fired up the John Deere R and we commenced to dragging it all over the 3 acres at the shop attempting to pull start it. Finally Steven stands up, leans over the steering wheel and removes the gas cap, hollers up to me on the R that he thinks he found the problem. Quick trip to town and 5 gallons of gas later, I grabbed the hand crank and had her running on the first crank of the handle

8 HP ~old school~ engines are more than enough to push snow and pull heavy stuff. As long as you have enough TRACTION you're good to go.

The boys and I are ready. They still think I need to put another snow plow on another tractor and my other 2 stage on. I think we will be fine with what we have here.

Bought the tiller a few years later. A lot of money for it for the time.

Don't forget to remove the allen screws that hold it on. Also if you have a 1/4' tap it's a good idea to clean the threads on the pulley so the bolts go in far enough to get a solid bite on the pulley.

Awesome! Thanks for the advice, fellas! I’ve got it torn apart right now, for a extensive overhaul! Dad would be proud! I’m rebuilding the deck. All new rollers/wheels, new idler pulley, new bearings in all the blade spindles, new blades. Repainting everything I can. Replacing all the belts. Installed new seat cylinder. Replaced fuel line and added an inline filter. Adding all new decals. Thank goodness for the people making reproductions. Several other odds and ends! Taking lots of pictures and labeling everything that comes off. Dad would LOVE IT!! I work offshore, in South America. I work on a 28 day on/ 28 day off rotation. Hopefully have all parts I’m painting, buffed down and ready for paint next time I get home. I really wanted to take it down To the frame, but just won’t have time before next summer. Maybe in another couple of years. Welp, headed down to shop to prop tractor up to get all that fluid out!! Thanks again! I’m sure I’ll have more questions in future

Finally received some snow ,seems like lots of other folks did too as well.Yesterday it was 62 ,today it’s Heavy wet snow. Got to try out my (new to me B-80) A great deal on this one.Changed the Diff oil,tune up and carb cleaned.Adjusted the clutch, break and plow. Couldn't believe the great job it did.I’ve heard people talk about the 181s,it pushed the snow no problem,didn’t even bog down on the heavy stuff.

I repaired a chain saw for a neighbour. It had been left standing fir a couple of years so I drained the tank, cleaned the carb, refilled her and sharpened the chain. Ran like a good un, job done. He used it flawlessly for a few days then called to say it wouldn't run right and that petrol was pouring out if it did fire. Yep, gas in the chain oil tank and oil in the gas tank. Another clean out and a wipe up of his embarrassment charged for lol.

Center console is back in, trimmed to fit around the shifter trim. I heated and bent the shifter and might have to fab a knob. I might just leave it the way it is… Time for seats and finish trim around the carpet!

Yah what ever Sally....

Remember to lube those cabinet hinges too Jimbo. Make it easier to access the appropriate chemical.

Why is I think of him every time I whip out a can of WD-40 ???? Ye be proud me Pete I got a cabinet of every know lubricant known to man.... now if I would remember to use them!

Recent picture. Bulletproof machine.

Lubed up all the moving parts on the front blades of both my plow Horses… @peter lena’s posts were ringing in my ears… move smoother now than a baby’s behind…

I’m actually liking my 6.5 hp predator swap as much as my 10 hp Kohler for snow plow duty … both do a great job with Michigan snow slime slush sleet etc… Plenty if umph to get the job done…

I installed 2 new rear hubs before last winter on my 520 H snow pusher and both are already loose and I replaced both rear axle seals and used new set screws and keys fit real tight in the axles and the hubs at this stage I just (swear word) work the hell out of it and call it normal.

Copy of my receipt when I bought my 312-8 in June of 1989. Been a great machine. And a picture of it's first of many coats of wax going on right after delivery.

We got around 6 inches here. The Bronco 14 did a great job. Had a couple repairs to make while plowing, but it is running.

The great thing about painting is that if you don't like it, paint it again !! I have painted and repainted seats, rims, and decks, but never a steering wheel.

What in the heck? 75 degrees yesterday, and look at this morning... Snowing like crazy! Not gonna be any accumulation, but that is fine with me. NC weather is crazy!

I do believe that Ford had gone to an internal reg/rec by '79. Dodge held out a little longer with an external reg/rec I think till the early '80's. GM switched to internal reg/rec in the early '70's

Will always miss this ol' snaggle tooth.

Sounds like an interesting job & for becoming a supporter. Helps keep the lights on & ad free around here.

Spittin' snow... and that Honda's raring to go!

Deep Water in the oil fer sure. We can help you save the transmission. Fill it per the manual with kerosene or diesel and drive it around a bit. Drain and repeat as required to get all the gunk out. If possible raise the front of the tractor as high as posiible but still remaining safe.... then fill with fresh 80/90. Put some seat time on it and drain and refill with 80/90 again. Others will be along to welcome and offer sound advice. Take care of it and you might be very well passing it to your grand kids. BTW if you been lurking you may already be aware we like

My ole 71 800 grAss cutter&74 12 auto about halfway there.

No snow yet, but finally got around to mounting and installing my triribs on my C101. also picked up a nice 42”SD last week from squonk.

Well it hasnt gone quite as bad as id expected, it took an hour to get the tins off and out of..6 bolts only 1 sheared, ill address that later. But i usually strip these down on the frame as far as possible to shed weight...they are still some kind of heavy. But the good news, muffler came off, cylinder looks pristine, crank pulley came off but that was also too much fun. Got to do some cleanup on what i removed so far and get it in boxes or painted up...then I'll unbolt the engine from the pan and get it on the bench..get the bearing plate off, rod and piston out, cam out...and then do the thing that this was all for...new governor gear...

mhmnp… yum oh… umph… chomp… squeak…. problem is we don’t get ‘em fresh warm and squeaky here in the mitten… they’re older than most ‘s by the time they get to our shelves…

As much as a Kohler?The Kohler must have a dirty carb or something 😂

Why did yer 'puter screen crack?? How could you tell it was Sylvia was he eatin cheese curds? Hey Jimbo in case you don't know they are best when fresh, warm and squeaky.

Didn't you say once Ed you pushed all that out with a blade and rubber chains?!?!

That's not fair. You only pushed down hill...Mr. Gravity added a couple HP.

Yeah they sure did. The company has four sizes of excavators. This is next to largest. We were going to go with the smaller one so the woods path wouldn't need to be so big but that'll just end up being a bonus later. Once things dry up, if I'm really careful I might be able to drive the pickup truck down there... The machine used today gets a LOT of time and usage because of having the thumb and a good heavy capability without quite being too cumbersome. The operator seems to think the weight is somewhere around 35,000, 40,000 lb. There was one rock that was too big to move and there was one rock that was able to be picked up but not fully extended. That one is in the base of the pond now.

Broach a second keyway 90⁰ from that one. Add another set screw. Use NEW set screws. If you REALLY want to feel good about it there's a loctite coating... ((Green??)) For extra hold.

Here is the coil test procedure from the Onan service manual. Wheel horse 520H ignition coil test.pdf

@kpinnc love the detailing look ! those heavy heims joints are the deal , they just make sense , bombproof and silky smooth . don't get me started , pete

Well did!

When I rebuild/make a harness I've gotten into the habit of running the battery ground cable directly to the starter at one of the attaching bolts... Then other smaller ground wires for other circuits. On a DC system it's unlikely to have too many ground wires..... until it starts to look like spaghetti. 😂😂

Correct, and important... You may have to clean out the Allen plug to get a wrench in there nice and tight, but that is the proper place to drain from, you should get about 2 quarts of old fluid out.

Thank you Uncle Jim for the trip down memory lane in pictures—many wonderful times! Hopefully I’ll be able to make another one soon🤞🏻 Steve—we certainly miss you too and hope to connect with you again in the near future. You all are certainly in our thoughts and prayers❤️🙏🏻