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Anyone ever heard of this? Mrs. P. signed me up a while back and I got these stickers, but never knew why. Today, Mrs. P. got a call, there is a family about 30 minutes away, she’s disabled and he is deployed through the end of next summer. He’s a prior Marine, now National Guard. They’ll be receiving from us, pro-Bono lawn care until he returns. That likely means I’ll be mowing my own lawn more often, if I’ll be blocking out time to do other’s out of the goodness of my heart

I'm trying to make it look as stock as possible.

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Picked up a 314H yesterday dirt cheap as it wouldn't start. Came with deck also. Replaced ignition, voltage regulator, repaired 3 broken wires, oil change. Cleaned it all up. 22 original hours on the clock. Owners were from overseas and visited their summer home for a month each year.

It floats!

This is exactly how I built mine. Flipped the frame over, cut out the middle, and added another frame underneath. Built a cross shaft clutch right behind the engine. Flipped the axle over and mover the tie rods to the front.

Landed a pretty good deal on some Ag tires and rims for my B80 Im semi-restoring. Got the set for $100 rims and tires. tires look to have never seen use. Sure beats about around 100 each for new tires only. now I gotta find some fronts.

Well I believe it's a 953 sticker worn off the engine cover and the serial plate is buried is crap and rust... she's a little ruff and hurt. Gear shifter is extremely sloppy but most of the panels are there.. engine is SIEZED. But I have plenty I have a 12hp sitting in Elizabethtown PA at my parents a d I have the 12 horse off the c160 that is getting parted out. I'm currently making custom front hubs to adapt rear atv rims 🤪🤪( that'll be another thread.) I'll use the front tires off rhe 1277 to easily move the frame around until I have the time to really dig into her. I found her in staten island bit of an odd place to find but shes got a large plow on er.

She is home - does not start so the "100% works" statement on the auction listing was not correct (SMH). Purchased for $29.66 so not super concerned. I turn the key and abs. nothing (click or anything) so I think its the battery. I will hook it up to a tender/starter later.

If you don't have a lathe to make your own center drilling rig just go to your favorite hardware store and look in the Hillman cabinets. Get a 3/4" ID bushing that will slip over the spindle and a 3/8' ID by 3/4" OD bushing. The smaller bushing will be a press fit into the larger one and guarantee a centered starter hole using a 3/8" bit. Once the 3/8" hole has been drilled follow up with a 25/64" bit and tap the hole for a 7/16 X 20 bolt.

Not much Seat time actually, but better than nothing....

So I did some more detailing on the 856 " FORSAKEN " engine. I know the colors aren't for the purest but the orange matches the pinstripes and flames. Also not for the purest.

Power washed the undercarriage....degreased....sanded and painted. Saved a little on the disassembly work but not making show perfect. Top side with a spray bomb as well. On to the engine rebuild and then paint.

Most of us put more time on the clock in one year of mowing, that is fantastic!

Still reminds me of looking at an old Corvair engine... how the horizontal lower pulley drove the vertical upper fan pulley ... Fixed alternator and adjustable tensioner canted at oposing angles...

A little more eye candy for the followers.

Hi Everyone - New owner to a 1940(?) C-141 Wheel Horse I picked up at auction. Opinions? Tips? Things I should know? Thanks!

Well worth the money. It will sell quickly.

After a day of logging, both the worker 416-8 and the "ATV" 800 Special got parked up at the house. Turkeys and chickens performed the usual inspection... with Mr. Turkey getting ready for a test drive. Don

Ready for parade laps!

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Tim Your mule drive is part of the mower package - down load your mower manual. Easy to change - back off the tensioner knob, remove the PTO pullpin and swing it out of the way - if needed. Revove the large nut on the mule drive, remove the guard. Remove belt - note the center pulley on the deck - belt goes on top pulley. Assembly is the reverse... You May wish to pull the 2 mule drive pulleys and spacers to inspect them . note the location of the 4 parts - all are different (and the manual does NOT tell you which is the long or short spacer). I

What the Olde Time Machinists referred to as a "Honeymoon" fit....

@CRAZYFROG could I borrow the face mask you were wearing when you made this deal ? sounds like the best deal on the site ! that paint is just begging for an aerosol lubricant soak down ! soak all metal , sit in sun to warm up and soak in , wipe down next day with clean soft cloth , till dry . you just saved that paint ! wasn't that easy ? retained patina , if you buffed it with a cleaner wax , it would look fresh . 22 hours for a baseline service issue , go get some lotto tickets , wow, pete

Two things come to mind - if you make up a tap drill guide slipover tool out of aluminum or steel, it will allow you to drill the ends centered and straight - a piece of round or hex stock, perhaps 1 incn across by 1-1/2 long.In a lathe, drill thru with the tap drill, then counterbore one end 3/4" slightly oversize by 1/2" deep. You will need to remove the spindles to do this Drill both, go back to the lathe and tap it thru - it now becomes your tap guide.. Did this on the snout of a 6HP Tecumseh to accept a centrifugal clutch years ago - worked well. Use blue loctite on the bolts at assembly.

The first set of spindles had snap rings and pulled thru. The axle on my donor had cotter pins. For now I’ve just put a heavy flat washer under the cotter pin. Once I get all of the major stuff done I’ll go back and prolly drill and tap the spindles and add thrust washers and bolts to prevent them pulling thru. I’m still in mock up stage so things change as I go along. Lol

In my barn

The hitch is complete on the Trail-er-Sled and I built an angle iron draw bar for the Senior too. It should ride pretty level now!

I mentioned that this tractor will be in a parade in town on Saturday. I found out the nieces will be in the parade with us. Well, I built a wheel kit for the snow sled! I need to make the hitch a little more solid and it’ll be in tow behind the Senior this weekend! THE KIDS WILL NOT BE RIDING IN THE SLEIGH ON THE WAY TO TOWN! PNLY DURING THE PARADE!

310-8 is a great mowing used mine this afternoon. It can also be used for a leaf blower (home built).

Imagine running a custom disc plow at that speed with that

Fast enough that a brain bucket would probably be advisable

If you turn the nail over to hit the pointy end and blunt it to prevent splitting, put the HEAD of the nail where you intend to drive the nail. This helps also. Creates a little 'divot' to place the blunted nail. If it's pointy, it acts like a wedge. If it's blunted, it shatters the fibers as it's driven and not as likely to split. Doesn't always work! But does often enough to make it worthwhile. ESPECIALLY when doing trim work! It's one thing when you split a 2x lumber, but you really don't wanna split a fancy casing.

If you were planning to use a turning plow or a tiller you probably wouldn't want to leave the deck on too.

Love it! What a great find.

@fitz agree with others , very solid piece , take advantage of what works , and enhance it , lots of lubrication opportunities , speaking of lubrication , do you have a favorite? this is easy , aerosol spray down every painted surface , so its wet , let it sit a day in the sun , to heat up and suck in the lubricant to paint . next day wipe it down till dry with a clean cloth , I would do it again , that paint will be patina saved , and have a nice oil slick finish , done that for years . the neglected look will go away , it will look just right , for your thorough baseline service , @stegs was spot on with service ideas , look over everything , make the rust run out ! like rotella #30, for oil , lucas red or green grease , for stay with it lubrication , walmart has tubes . would love to bring that back myself ! glad to have you on board , pete

Im sorry,I forgot to Chuck back here. Thankyou Oliver i will Try that today and let you know how it went

The antique white and the tires separate the reds… I think your pennies were worth it!

I haven’t broken it yet… most things I build don’t break and that’s engineered enough for me

Small base blocks as used for shaker mounts will not directly accept the bigger oil pans. No heed to change anything just get some spacers and you may have to drill two new holes in the frame. Put a Shaker mount K341 with the small oil pan on an Electro12 frame. No drive pulley Belt guard mods needed. PTO worked also

Looks to have been abused Great pickup

I flipped the front axle and added stops for the steering and temporary plates to hold the front axle from moving. The reverse camber makes steering twitchy but manageable. I used spindles with a cotter pin to retain the spindles for now. I cut the backend off my donor frame. I drilled out the 4 threaded holes on the donor frame and bolted it to the top of the tractor frame. This raised the trans up to level it with the front. I cut the stock trans mount off flush with the bottom of the frame.

I have used a glue stick on the four corners of the gasket to hold it in place. Check over both halves of the case to be sure the mating surfaces aren't scratched or have any dings in them but no sealer on the gasket surface. As for the head gasket no sealer there also but after a five minute break in run you should let it cool and retorque the head bolts.

It is always a good idea to test and unwrap/inspect a 40+ year old harness. Here is what I found with mine! Literally hanging on by a few strands. How it worked all these years is beyond me. After a quick re-wire/repair/restoration I'm good to go!

It went absolutely wonderful. Many tons of hard work by bunches of people including even the bride and groom. They made a HUGE volume of the food for the event. We get to "try out" a smoker here for awhile. The groom's late step dad was big into food prep and get togethers. He had 2 small smokers and 2 larger ones. They're leaving one of the large ones here for Trina to experiment with. Everyone has since left (some stayed overnight) and most of the cleanup is done. ********* Now to get packed up for a trip North ⬆️

Finally back to getting some work done after recovering (50%) from a nasty knee injury. Hood bumped out...decals removed. Will blast next, bondo/prime/paint. Will start removing more parts.....