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Hi! Ho! It's off to work we go.

OMG! I was operating the PTO while standing checking out the tiller operation. Was used to my C series tractors and thought the seat switch was for starting. Put my butt in the seat and all works fine! Probably the fastest, easiest fix I will ever experience on my "ponies"....thanks to all the gurus on this site!!

Down here I put that s**t in everything. Actually I use their SAE 40 in any of my old flathead engines, those old L heads are pretty dirty running engines with no filters. If you run a 10w30 in them you'll burn a little more oil than the straight weight. Your 16 hp has a filter and tighter tolerance especially with only 200 hr. I would think any quality 10w30. be it straight, a blend, or synthetic well work just fine all year round, just depends on how much you want to spend. We sometimes tend to over think thing here, it's a 16hp garden tractor designed to do what it's suppose to do with the oil the manufacture recommends, it's not a Bugatti Veyron .

Can't just look pretty, gotta pay your dues.

Assembly is underway. Now is cross breeding tires from John deere snowblowers illegal 🤣.

Figured that I would pipe up... been wanting to join in this thread for a while... Trailer and trash Thursday! Don

Hey @Jeff-C175 no flat tires today!

Hi everybody. I’ll be traveling tomorrow afternoon from southeastern MA (Boston/RI) area up to Bangor Maine. If anybody needs anything hauled up that way or down back this way, please let me know. Thanks. Paul.

Finally made a video of Maxene’s first ride. Happy Thursday!

I avoid oil type discussions because after all we all have opinions (as we all have rectums) but let me comment on the close enough for government work. Back in the early/mid 1800s only the federal government had time and expertise to do quality surveying and making fine measurements. Hence the term close enough for government work was actually a positive thing... Then we got civil service unions etc...

Tires on that trailer look pretty flat.

So I cleaned up the coil sanded all the rust off and re set the gap and installed a new plug and she finally fired IMG_4729.MOV

And check this out! Cousining!

Getting ready here today. Snowmageddon may or may not be coming next week! Here's hoping... these 500 tons will see us through.

Absolutely correct!!

Be careful operating an attachment especially a rotating one while not in the seat , can turn bad real fast. Bob

Notice 20220113_111101.mp4 these frameless dump trailers are soo badass!

Course it all depends on how small you want the resulting bits to be.

A little C4 should help

Update My wife had her staples and temporary stint removed today. The Dr. said she is doing very well. She is slowly gaining her strength back and should be back to energy level before dialysis in about 6 months. Jay

How cute is this?

I haven't checked the roll pin in the clutch lever but everything appears to be moving properly (I think)... the tensioner pulley/shaft/ lever all move together. I will check it in the event it is sheared and maybe just wedged on with the broken pin. My original belt is 5/8" X 82". I tried a new (1 inch smaller) 81" Kevlar belt in the same width of 5/8". It was too tight. I had to slam the shifter into gear to get it moving. (not good) I don't want to damage the transmission. The clutch spring is intact but it's the original spring, going by it's appearance. I'll get another spring asap just in case. The belt cover was NOT put back on when I tried driving it and still wouldn't move. I will try reinstalling that to. I'll also check the running board to see if that may be preventing full motion of the linkages. I appreciate all your help gentleman.... I give your suggestions a try asap.

Most pto's have a safety switch that won't let the engine crank with the pto engaged. I think some also have a pto safety switch that cuts the seat safety switch into the power to the ignition, so when the pto is engaged, you need to stay seated. If the seat safety switch goes bad and does not close, what you are experiencing can happen.

Check your seat safety switch.

You can kind of see how bright they are but are way better when it’s dark. Picture does them no justice. You can find them on ebay sometimes at a good price. Place where I got mine isn’t on there anymore.

Gotta ask, any interest in doubling your money.??? I see a for sale sign...was that just sitting in a yard? I live on the other side of the river from you and it was never on Marketplace or Craigslist or I would own it. to the

Ran into a issue today. One of the original 3 rims is heavily pitted on inside. So I am going to work on that one later this year. Instead I had a pair of miscellaneous rims sitting in shed that I will use temporarily.

Took the C-100 and the Raider 12 out for some fun in the snow and snapped a picture while the lighting was good

I honestly don't know if I like my custom tail lights. Much work remains Continued on post # 14235

thanks for your correction ,just going by what I was told 40 years ago . I apologize for the misinformation thank you again

And here with the throttle up or high.

Try a new plug

Key word there is should.

@19richie66 Then there's this:

Based on scheduling, I only have the big sis a couple days a week. It’s rare to get little sis. Today, another double header starting in an hour with big sis and her 3 month old cousin. We’re anticipating the first tractor ride for baby again!

I filled a stuck 24hp Kohler in every hole I could with used oil and let it sit for a year. Pulled the plugs, rocked the flywheel back and forth gently until it would roll over, and it actually fired up after all that!

I believe these have 11 flash patterns and two solid on settings. One is on @10% and the other is @70%. Mine are at 10% and they are bright to look at. I would like to try their work lights. They look well made.

Now things are getting even sillier. Before the V twins, opposed twins were a hot item with the roundy round racers, but heres the problem- racers spend countless hours trying to squeeze an edge on their competition, and they're not going to share those secrets. Ive even tried to squeeze some info out of folks since its not a common class anymore, with very little help. Time to figure it out myself- I built a flow bench. Yes its simple and crude, and I cant calculate an actual number- but it IS repeatable, and will tell me whether I gained or lost airflow, a rough idea how much, and at what valve lift I see those changes. Starting with an old, bone stock block and a couple hours of tinkering, I've already found some interesting things on the intake side: 1. the stock port 'stalls' at just .200 valve lift (no additional air flow no matter how high I open the valve) 2. some very mild port cleanup helps, but not as much as expected 3. 'laying back' the eyebrow helps very little, but fully relieving the area between the valve and cylinder does- about as much as the light port cleanup 4. Cutting a 45 degree angle on the valve seat below the 30 degree factory seat angle, and back cutting the valve in the same spot makes a BIG difference up to .150 lift- actually three times more gain that either porting or relieving. Low lift gains are what will start that cylinder filling quickly, and that makes torque! 5. Folks talk about NOT milling oppy heads- it squeezes the 'transfer' area between the head and block and the loss of air flow hurts more than the gains in compression. In 100% stock form, removing the head gasket (mimicking a .045 head milling) indeed hurt max lift air flow a bit, but once all the other work was done, it made zero difference. At this point, I am seeing air flow gains across the board, and no more port 'stall' at .200, although the increase in flow beyond .200 are slow, steady climbs. Stay tuned, the next round I will be getting into much more serious work using real porting tools instead of all I had on hand at the time- a round file

Same with Stanly back in the day. He was a mouse terrorizing machine! Mice, lizards, squirrels, and rabbits trembled in fear. He even picked off the occasional snake. But he left the birds alone. The wife loves her cardinals, finches, and blue birds. Stanly just seemed to know better... Bird feeders were off limits!

They look great to me! I think those are the same that were installed on our company trucks and used as strobes. They were very bright!

It's also possible that the PTO linkage is worn and the switch is on the 'hairy edge' of being closed all the way. Try to get a good look at the PTO switch as you are engaging it. You may find that as you engage further the switch is opening again.

I use Rotelle T1 straight 30 with 1 oz of ZDDP per quart. API classifications dictate the amounts of additives included in the blend.

Not much draw at all. Rated at .750 amps each. I don’t think the tractor even realizes they are on plus they are metal housing, sealed and five year warranty. I am very happy with them.

Here is what he is talking about: SAM_2940.MP4

Rebuild kit for the Walk-Aways carburetor finally showed up in the mail today.

These stories sound a lot like airline "lost luggage". Once had bag go missing on Chicago to NYC. Not critical as I was homeward bound. Filed the claim and a couple days later found out my bag was in some Caribbean island. I offered to go get it if they would just give me the tickets for the flights. They didn't bite and the bag got delivered two days later.

Friday afternoons are for tractor rides with Unc! Baby Maxene’s first ride! The WHRat ran flawlessly and helped blaze the trail for the trailer too.