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Ladies and gentlemen. I saw this on the news today... I cannot express my feelings. God bless our veterans. https://www.wfla.com/military/bugler-stands-alone-in-national-cemetery-and-plays-taps-for-memorial-day/ Don

I live in the rust belt and I have a 1994 F250 that still looks brand new underneath and all I’ve ever done is used an open garden hose to rinse the undercarriage and the inside of the sheet-metal clean anytime I’ve had to go in salt or mud. That’s all I’ve ever done. I haven’t even waxed the truck since I bought it when it was one year old. I’ve been fortunate to always have a garage to keep it in and I think that helps a lot. I haven’t reviewed this thread in a while so I apologize if I’ve already posted a picture of this old girl.

This is the continuous if my post from a couple weeks ago of "Picked up a few engines". Makes load #2 from same place and still got a truck bed full of horse parts to get and few tractors but also gotta deal on few other goodies lol

Thank You Veterans! This was from a few years back and don't think the national anthem can be sung much better than this. This kid knocked it out of the park. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRjzBXE0SbA (They limited the link so it can't play on other websites but it goes right to Youtube)

I had this for a while it was Sparky's before that Docwheelhorse. It is ready. Hope it does not rain. I hope you enjoy the picks.

The Bavarian.... after High grass Cut.... grass was 6“ high. I‘m still proud of my Wheelhorse, what performs perfectly at all.

I know my truck isn't vintage or even a classic, but you would be hard pressed to find a nicer one that has spent its whole life in New York. Down south you may see some rust free trucks but up here they are few and far between. The road salt just eats them up. 2004 Chevy Silverado. Standard cab, short box. Don't see many. 34,000 original miles. Just had new rear calipers, rotars, and pads installed Tuesday. Clean inside and out.

Picked up a c-160 auto with a snowblower and 48" deck, the downside is that they hydro pump is shot. When it gets hot it quits moving. Also a nice Electro 12 with deck and hubcaps. Got a B-80 with a 36" rd deck. Then a roached out suburban and a 655. Didn't grab a pic of the 655 before I left. Gotta go back and get the stuff, but I'm excited! The B-80 and suburban will be for sale and the 655 has the engine out and I have an idea for a project. Suburban is ROUGH, probably just a parts machine. The guy also has a cab for a 5xi series and a 417 A and a 312 H that I'm gonna post for sale for him. He also has a snowblower and a tiller that I'm going to post as well.

motor rebuild is done

Always chokes me up...

If you are concerned about shavings, punch a hole with a sharp center punch that has more taper than most, think ice pick.

Leo grows fast. He is now 5 Months and is 60cm high. Even we „ hungh“ him tall in respect of his joints, he grows that fast - real fast. He like it to chew a bunch of grass and give the Day a „relaxing note“. Sometimes he chew Mrs. Tractorheads flowers, she dislike 😂

Some may find it a bit sacrilegious but I have a soft spot for the 1969 Woodstock Jimmy Hendrix version.

Pups love playin in the flower beds!

"Little Miss Muffet, sat on her tuffet"

Secret is that it sat for 12 years. Previous owner called a junk yard to come take it a way. The junk yard was owned by my nieces husband family. My mother paid the junk price on the truck and my niece's husband repaired it while I was in the hospital for months being treated for cancer. He replaced all the brake, tranny, gas lines. Put those wheels on. Changed fluids.. etc. At that time it had 17,000 miles on it. They surprised me with it while I was recovering. Gave me something to look forward to for when I finally went home. I went in the hospital in February and didn't get home until June. Then in July I had 33 rounds of radiation to my neck and face. Every round, every day, I drove there in my new truck. That truck inspired me to get better. I couldn't wait to get out of the hospital to see it. That was back in 2019. I'm still driving that truck to my many doctors visits. I'm still battling cancer for the 3rd time. In November they removed a tumor on one of my kidneys. Never take your heath for granted. It all can change so fast. Love my family for not only giving me the truck but more importantly helping me pull through a nightmare I never would wish on to anyone. So as the window decal says on the back of that truck...... F#CK CANCER

I would forget the amp meter and keep the volt meter. If an amp meter shorts out it can start your wiring on fire. If a volt meter fails it just quite working. I replace all of my amp meters with volt meters. If you are going to keep the amp meter install a fuse on the power "in" side of the meter. Not an uncommon occurrence. If you have good AC voltage but only battery voltage (not charging) then you have one of these issues. 1 - The regulator has a bad ground. 2 - There is no "+" DC power getting to the center or lower DC terminal on the regulator when the switch is in the "ON" position. 3 - You have a bad regulator.

Well I do carry 9mm but he was happy to make the room! He even bought lunch 😂

Wow What size pistol were packing on this load or did you have 2 six shooters?

Here is information from a web site that has trusted information on Kohler engines. Information About the Kohler Engine Models KT17 (First Design), KT19 (First Design), KT21, and KT17 Series II and KT19 Series II Oiling Systems - Kohler engine models KT17 (First Design), KT17 Series II, KT19 (First Design), KT19 Series II and KT21 all have a gear-driven oil pump, and use one of two types of pressurized lubrication systems. The KT17 (first design), KT19 (first design) and KT21 engines use a pressurized SPRAY lubrication system. The oil pump delivers oil to the main bearings and camshaft bearings at approximately 5 PSI. The main bearings are under pressurized oil, but lubrication for the connecting rods/journals is provided by oil sprayed continuously from two small holes drilled in the camshaft in alignment with the connecting rods. On the other hand, the redesigned KT17 Series II and KT19 Series II (including all Magnum opposed twin cylinder engines) have a full pressure lubrication system, much like in a modern-day automobile engine. The Full Pressure Lubrication System delivers oil to the crankshaft bearings, camshaft journals, and connecting rod journals at approximately 25-50 PSI. A spring-loaded pressure relief valve, located in the engine crankcase, behind the closure plate, regulates and limits the maximum oil pressure in the system. These engines have a spring-loaded pressure relief check valve (steel ball) to regulate the oil pressure, and the KT17 (first design), KT19 (first design) and KT21 engines do not. The Series II and Magnum crankshaft is cross-drilled for oil passages from the main journals to the connecting rod journals, and both the main bearings and connecting rod bearing surfaces receive full lubrication from an oil passageway in the block through the crankshaft. Oil does not spray out of the camshaft onto the connecting rods in the KT17 Series II, KT19 Series II and all Magnum opposed twin cylinder engines. If there's no oil filter adapter with no oil filter on a KT17 Series II, KT19 Series II or any Magnum opposed twin cylinder engine (oil filter adapter port blocked-off), it's still important to change the oil on a regular basis with these engines, too. Again, fresh, clean oil is cheaper than another engine or an engine rebuild.

Installed an hour meter on the 867 that I restored over the past winter. I did not want to cut a hole to mount a 2" gauge so I opted for one with an inductive pick up that I could hide inside of the hood. These are great little hour meters that will literally work on any engine that has a spark plug. No battery power required. For anyone that may be interested in one of these hour meters. https://www.amazon.com/Magicalmai-Inductive-Motorcycle-Snowmobile-Waterproof-Hour/dp/B07Y3ZYBLW/ref=sr_1_8?crid=22NAEGQFGZR19&keywords=small+engine+hour+meter+waterproof&qid=1653694140&sprefix=small+engine+hou%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-8

Guys/Gals.. please don’t turn this into a classified. @tractornut86 if you decide to start selling this awesome pile of stuff please use the classified section.., thanks !

I cannot say „good boy“ that could hurt.. 😎

Sold Carl 36 inch mid 70's side discharge mower deck. Refurbished, new bearings in all three spindles. side chute modified to hinge up. No patches or holes Great shape. Solid $300.

Had a killdeer nest on the lot at work and went to place my hat near the nest so we could easily avoid it while shuffling some vehicles around and got some serious attitude from momma! Id seen the "hey dummy! Im injured, and would make an easy meal" act while they flutter and lead you away from the nest but this momma was bowing up at me!

@D_Mac your truck is riding on one of my projects. I was the plant tooling engineer that helped bring those wheels into production.

I cleaned the exterior of chest. The next thing to do with it will be to restore the locking mechanisms of the two lids.That is essential in order to be able to use it safely without damaging lids. The two lids create the problem that the top one must be locked to the second one prior to lifting that one. If not one runs the risk of top one going backwards too much unless chest is up against a wall . I can see by the new screws in top lid’s hinges that it has already happened. Main lock for second lid is actually ok. Missing strike and key. Will have to make those. I wonder how brass on cover was melted?Good thing that lock is not missing since today no half mortise lock is made this large. Will have to find the proper size barrel key blank and file it to fit. Second lock for top lid is actually smaller and available still. Like many others chest had originally some poster glued to bottom of lid remnants of which are still there. Wonder what it was.

Well, I finally got up the steam to get this one done. It was one of those jobs you walk a circle around of about 20 feet for a while as it seems like it was going to be an "ordeal" I am happy to say the cut and cave method worked great. I cut it open up to the block adapter then only a small slice in the hole. I didnt get into the threads of the block adapter. However the nipple was so brittle from age and heat, it collapsed without a fight at all and it pretty much fell right outta there. Its done. Phew. Wasnt the "ordeal" I thought it would be.

Third wheelhorse in their temporary new home. One more joining them tomorrow but the last one will stay for yard maintenance until the day we leave. Off early in the morning to pick up the two Yanmar diesels

Finally got the axle seal replaced on the C-100. Seemed to all go well so hopefully no more puddling oil under it... pressed in pic didn't turn out well but it seated well running the skinny tires for now. Will get tubes for the wide v-tread next!

Well, your parents are supposed to be parents and not just your friend so... When you go through the plans don't just assume there are missing measurements because every little detail isn't written for every little thing. The information is there but some spots you just need to do the math with the given information to get all of the measurements. I remember reading reviews on the hoe plans way back when and was surprised how many people stated the plans were missing measurement information. Not so, all the information is there. Just use the most valuable tool you have, your head.

Ok busy day.. change the oil, tore off all the covers, clean out a mouse nest, changed the fuel lines and filter, cleaned the connectors etc.. put it all back together and this is how it is as of tonight. Question on air filters.. went to the Toro dealer, he pulled up the info on the tractor and then sold me the wrong one.. Also started to surge after maybe 15 min of running.. will pull the fuel petcock tomorrow to make sure that the flow is good. Fuel filter only fills about 1/2 way but not sure if that's normal or not..

They fail & end up shorting out to the body of the gauge. Creating a dead short.

This is highly recommended!! That darn amp gauge on yours couldve very easily caused the whole cascading of your problems. You asked about regs failing, of the 4-5 that I have had fail all were directly tied to the ammeter! One of the first things I rip out of a 'new' tractor is that blankedy blank ammeter!!!

Always something! Ran out of 1/4" spring clamps so had to hit Ace in town and all they had were worm clamps. Hate those things but the bulb is on. Gave it a few squeezes and the .020 K301 puffed to life without its balance gears. @JoeM, there is increased vibration right through to the seat. It's tolerable. I haven't adjusted high idle yet but it's enough to make the hood rattle. I had to add strips of narrow tubing to where the hood mounts to the tower. Quiet now. Mowed a little in the back. Remarkable compression. She'll idle even lower, though I won't keep it there. Needs to spend more time under load to seal those rings. In the end, if I could reinstall the gears on nice new spindles with nice new bearings, I would.

Not only out of the park but the bases were loaded. WOW!!

@OutdoorEnvy how about a PACKING PULLER , as the puller and a needle punch for the hole ? pete

Got everything back together on the tractor today and off the lift. Tractor fired up pretty quickly with a few squirts of fuel into the carb. Not bad after 7 months sitting on the lift. Purred like a kitten. Drove it about the yard and all gears working fine plus hi and low. SWMBO said , "You'll be a happy bunny now". More like a relieved bunny. All that's left is to refit the finger bar.

A short block is a complete engine minus the heads, intake, ignition, fly wheel, tins, oil pan, fuel pump & exhaust. So basically you have a series II engine with series I heads & accessories. The notations on the sticker are to advise you when ordering internal parts. You should have a good engine that will last a long time.

Factory tach too? Really nice.

The truck seems a little bit too small for that application but no matter what vehicle you put in front of a bumper hitch trailer you need to have a weight distributing hitch and it needs to be adjusted until the truck sits level. You may need to jack up the tongue of the trailer while you grab enough links on the hitch to make that happen. That puts as much trailer weight on the front truck axle as it does on the rear and gives any vehicle the best shot at handling well. Air shocks or airbags on the back are fine for weight in the bed. But they do very little to increase the amount of weight on the front axle so the front end will want to float around a bit.

Firstly it is usually wedged under the panel with the gauges, so loosening that will help. Second, it can be wedged under the support bracket under the front of the fender. Lastly, there are are two safety switches screwed to the plate--one for the parking brake (to detect it is off) and one for the motion control (to detect neutral). You can see the four small phillips head screws holding them. You have to get enough slack in the wires to reach in and disconnect them. Unscrewing the screws probably won't work since they have nuts on the other side (and if it does, you'll lose the nuts and be quite upset).

I have been chipping away at the project, put the dash and steering back together. found clearance issues on batteries that are mostly resolved. I fit the batteries onto trays that were fabricated. Very tight fit due to batteries being a bit bulged. I hope to do some electrical and do a drive test soon. The deck needs a little service before it gets put on. charginghorse.blogspot.com