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May 3 of 2020, this 1054 arrived. I knew it would be a special project. I had no clue it would turn out as cool as it did… especially in just 2 weeks of shop time!

Thought that was you on NBC last night…

@83mercedes Just a tip, to help out the other members. When you want to create a new topic about in this case your 518H You better off type in the title '518H problems' (where the red arrow points too) instead of 83mercedes, because we can already see you created that topic. It's easier for us to see what the topic is about, and more people will tune in.

Nothing big, just put a pair of new front tires on my 310-8. It still had the original tires on it. I can’t complain after getting 34 years out the them. Jim

They were in the lady's section I guess I should have got him one.

I just wanted to drop a few lines here and thank Lowell, aka Wheel Horse Parts and More for doing what he does. I received my 2" rear receiver hitch today and I couldn't be more thrilled! Yeah I know, it's just a tractor right? No, It is a big deal to me since I pull some heavy loads around my property in the form of cut up fallen trees, mostly pine. The tongue weight on my 5 x 8 trailer can get quite heavy. What I previously had installed was putting a LOT of stress on the UniDrive and I was worried it may crack or damage it. Without getting to far into it, that ball mount is still bring sold on Ebay. Can't say enough about Made In USA! Quality craftsmanship with quality parts, the way it should be! Thank you Lowell!

Put a primer bulb on my 1994 520H… as highly recommended on Redsquare. Then I took her for a spin… that big ole Onan set off my neighbors Tesla’s car alarm… must not play well with combustion engines… IMG_0457.MOV Then I set up a speed trap…

Would be from a Ford Ferguson. Built before the fall out between Ford and Ferguson and before Ferguson's merger with Massey.

You must be off yer rocker Banjo ...asking us you should buy a tractor!!! Sides when did the banker have any say about buying a tractor??? Opps off my rocker on that one! I'm thinkin 3 frankies ... motor & tranny good but i would start at 2 or maybe even 150. Gotta remind the seller can't get parts anymore but don't mention RS.

Re stocked the wood shed for next winter.

Still, only on page 66? C'mon, you're all slackin'... LET'S GO!

I don't think I've seen so much progress all at once, since Moses was a lad.

and I don't think those plastic/cement weights are worth that much....

C-161 & 416-8 Before and after.

This one… was actually way more work and took MUCH longer to execute! Big block round hood auto with tons of custom sheet metal work for my wife. We call this “1073” model “Frank”

What most people don't know... @AMC RULES and @TJ Salyers is that Snoopy is my real nickname... Don

My ex boss worked as an engineer at a large mining site in, I think he said Gambia?. Anyway, one night they had a ‘Cat’ dozer driver call in request an engineer attend because the engine dipstick would not stay in? He said they asked all the relevant questions, ie “Is the engine smoking excessively, etc?” The operator apparently wouldn’t give a straight answer, just kept asking for them to attend. When they arrived, the reason was obvious, the dozer had run off the track and was now upside down! He used to delight in telling this story regularly!

Seen this at Walmart the other day and thought about @Snoopy11

That's a great rig Kev. You really nailed it on that one.

Seems like it says "Ferguson System" on the top middle? I'm guessing it's of and old Massey Ferguson tractor or early Ford counterpart. Probably TO or TF model.

I could drive it home from where it sits... less than a quarter mile away. He wants me to make him an offer. I need all y'alls help on what it's worth. No mower deck, just the plow. Says that he has new decals for it and was planning on a restoration but if I made him an offer he couldn't refuse... Got them big ole WH wheel weights too! Dig that plywood seat mount! Runs and drives pretty well. Smokes a little (gray/white) on startup but goes away quickly. No knockin' heard... Sorry about the shake on this one, it was a little chilly and I was shibberin'.

You got to love Italian engineering. Had to take of diesel tank, fuel and pressurized injection lines, the oil filled airfilter, engine shrouds, just to get the fuel tank supports off. They have to get reshaped to make the hood fit. The oilfilled airfilter for sure did it's job, lot of dirt trapped inside in the oil.

Surging Onans need the carb cleaned. It took three cleanings to get mine to stop surging.

Emory's Christmas tractor. He was heartbroken that I didn't have room to bring it to the Big Show this year. Next year it's the first one loaded!

Some bozo threw this on my scrap dock today. No kidding! I would be willing to bet a restorer out there somewhere is looking for one of these. Destined to be garage art at JC Stables for now. Any Idea what tractor it belongs to?

1964 Lambert. Sat outside for many many years. Transmission stuck, engine toast. Got it back to running and driving. Cub Cadet 106 after some much needed TLC.

We'd refer to that as a HEFRR. Heel Actuated Full Rapid Reset.

A former fighter jet avionics crew chief, and later my boss, introduced me to the "brogan adjustment" he'd sometimes employed in the AF. He took off his shoe and whacked the side of one of our servers thinking it might restart correctly.

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite threads! Keep 'em coming!

500 Special & 856 pulled from sitting in the weeds for decades. 856 is not finished, but it now rolls again. Hope to finish this summer.

875 before with a blown engine. After with engine replaced, ready to be put to work.

In the military, everything has an acronym. When I was in aviation maintenance, there was a push to simplify trouble reporting in aircraft logbooks. Acronyms were acceptable, and the shorter the entry, the better. Army helicopters have tie down chains nowadays because a microburst once destroyed an entire battalion of helicopters in Texas in the late 90s. Because only certain parts of an aircraft are rugged enough for chains, some use different lengths depending on where they go. So four chains for the Apache have two that are longer in the back. I remember a new pilot listing a problem as "chains do not reach anchors" after a night flight that was signed off by mechanic as "stretching completed". Over time such silliness devolved into reports like "ORT INOP" signed off as "RPR CMPLT". Of course these became hilarious over time, because you often had no idea what was wrong- or what was actally fixed. Not a good thing with $30 million aircraft... Typical guvment work I guess.

just got my 518h a few days ago with a snow blower and mower deck,i am doing some work on it as i knew it needed when i first looked at it .have it jacked up i noticed a cable coming from the rear of the tractor that has a little ball on the end and i did find a place that it would attach what is it for, also rpms go up and down does this mean a rebuild or maybe a simple carb ajustment,thanks more questions later

My dance woulda put that guy to shame... Woulda got a medal just for the spectacular digger I took at the end!

Bet he would really like those. Did you get them for him?

Shoulda got an Olympic gold for skating out to my service truck!

@TJ Salyers I quick search found a video for you to watch. The engine is on a JD but it's a Onan engine just the same.

You folks can go ahead and keep the snow and tornadoes. I've had enough snow for the season even though we still have another 2 months. Tornadoes. Well I just ain't into those at all.

Unfortunately lots of folks do the rattle can paint jobs before trying to sell.And why do they feel the need to paint everything 🤷‍♂️I’d much rather see the original paint even if there’s some rust. If it were me I’d offer 300.Some want way too much for what they have.Deals come along,just have to be quick !

The mount was dry enough to pull out all the pins and remove the ear supports. I still have a few cracks to fill with bees wax around the eyes and nose, but I'll let it dry a little longer first.

That looks like a $150 tractor to me. Maybe $200 if it has a proper wheel horse axle bracket and a sleeve or clevis hitch. That cobbled togethed plow blade and frame is not wheel Horse.

Some parts of a project take longer than others…

Close Eric, Sadly though almost every tractor is worth more in parts than it is in one piece.

I'm gonna offer 200. Hope I don't insult him!