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@Tonytoro416 you have won the mug! Please pm me and we’ll work out the details. Congratulations!

All you need is a plastic garbage can, battery charger, wash soda, chunk of steel and some wire!

Being tilted "on a bank" is probably causing the float or the needle valve to hang up in the carburetor bowl, and he's not getting any fuel.

My 2 cents: squonk is on the right track here. I'm a painter, it's what I do. I have a wall full of PPG certificates ( for whatever that's worth ). It puts me at unfair advantage in that if I want to paint something I just mix it and go. However, that doesn't mean that I never pick up a can of Rust Oleum. Rust oleum never dries , or put in different terms it never gets hard. If you're going to clear it do it right away. There is no reason to wait. When you wait to recoat Rust Oleum after it initially flashes off , you are re-activating the base color which leads to the cracking , lifting mess that we're all too familiar with. And yes you can coat Rust Oleum with a 2K ( hardened clear ) while the base color is still slightly tacky, I do it with some small parts occasionally with no side effects , but never a hood , fenders , etc.

The 417s PTO was slipping a bit when the 48" SD chugged thru the too heavy grass. So, today I took the bell off and "machined" the clutch face. Then scrubbed both the bell and clutch faces with alcohol. Now she locks together like it's welded.

some of you may remember me, I haven’t been around for a while. Sold off my last wheel horse a while back. And I’m down to my last garden tractor. My first. My bolens 1050. I haven’t had too much time for anything tractor related lately. Between starting my own business, and a sudden change in interest. I realized my tractors were being neglected. Since I’ve been spending so much time on axes and saws. Anyways, I just want to thank y’all for having one of the nicest communities online. I hope to one day settle down and have another wheel horse or two, but that time is still far off. Thanks for everything ~Mike

Well I did it again before yesterdays buy I have 2 520H one dedicated blower with cab and the other well I was going to put my loader on it but now I think I will put it on my new 522xi. This is a very clean machine and has 1200hr on it and a two owner unit with me being the third. It included all the manuals and spare keys as well. Seems to need a tune up but maybe it’s just more quite then my 520’s are. I will be doing a full maintenance one it before trying to fix the kwik-way on it as it was for a 520 so will be some fabricating involved. See pictures below. This is the way I picked it up should clean up nicely after a good bath.

Another 5025 going together!

Thank you sir. seems small maybe to some but I’m pretty jacked up about this. I have never won anything and for this to be something a member made it’s super awesome

Couple of 67’s…original 867 and a modified 657.

@jeremi3210 @Shynon Good Morning, Ladies and Gentleman, this is your captain here, preparing for take off. This should be a short flight, cruising at approximately 562 ft. above sea level. We’ll be arriving in WI with a slight tailwind shortly wheels up. Over.

Starting a front tire swap for the 414. The front wheels are not correct and have some sorta spacer to make em fit. So the shot tires on the correct wheels need to come off…out comes the Harbor Freight tire remover/installer. What do you think the crap is that’s in the first tire? Old tire sealant? I scraped out the wheel and it looks like it’ll clean up with some elbow grease.

Worked the charger 12 yesterday Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there too!

Just read this little article about the fact that my own Hiram Maine is the town that gets the most precipitation in the state. Whoooduhthunkitt. https://a-z-animals.com/blog/discover-the-rainiest-place-in-maine/ @OldWorkHorse @Oldskool @AHS @JCM

Serviced my 42" Recycler deck ; this has been in use since 1996. 27 years of weekly use, just common sense maintenance , no oil soak downs, no fancy coatings ,only cut when its dry (mostly) . I replaced one spindle belt about 8 years ago, the front rollers once, and one set of gauge wheels.....best quality of cut deck Toro / Wheel Horse ever offered.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. 💐

1981 C-105 1977 B-80 2002 315-8

The wheels actually cleaned up pretty well. This is after a good ol’ scrubbing with simple green. Next weekend will be sanding and wire wheel work and then get some paint on em!

@Achto / @WHX?? as you probably know by now , I am in the other zone when it comes to a nagging problem , more often than not , the original functional set up was correct , it was the build cost pull back that made it a problem . after correcting the intent , its the detailing to that , that make things work with solid reliability . thats why I suggest on a recent pick up , take advantage of what works , and enhance that function . just my own 2 cents , think I used to work in Wayne's world . pete

So the yellow and white tractor(my grass cutter), was needing her deck blades sharpened, oil and filter change, chassis lube, and the air / pre-cleaner filter serviced. When I backed her out of the stables, proof was left on the floor… Slid the deck out from under her belly, but before I got into the blade sharpening and spindle lubing, I decided to service the tractor first. So in my usual fashion, I went a little past an oil change… I figured now would be a good time to remove some of the grime … I wound up with the air filter back plate off because I couldn’t get to some of the grime. I wound up making a gasket that goes between the backing plate and the carb. Since I was this far along I dropped the carb bowl and emptied that out. I used Lucas Red Tacky grease to grease the wheel bearings, front axle pivot shaft, steering knuckles, and all other grease fittings… Got the grease gun hung up on the grease fitting on the steering gear box and didn’t think I was gonna get it loose… Didn’t finish the tractor service much less the deck…

This weekend was the Scott Air Force Base air show here in O’Fallon, IL. What used to be an almost annual event has been pared down in frequency over time, but it’s always an impressive showing of the men, women, and equipment that makes the US military the mightiest force in the world. The headliners were the US Navy Blue Angels with their locally-manufactured (Boeing- St Louis) F18’s but the other demos were equally impressive. I especially liked the F22 and C17 demos. I didn’t choose to spend much time watching the events through my viewfinder so I didn’t take a lot of pictures, but I did snap a few. My wife and I attended both days since we really wanted to see the Blue Angels perform and Saturday’s performance was cancelled due to an epic storm at showtime. We live close enough to the base that we could have watched from our backyard, but it was worth enduring the 86 degree heat and extreme humidity today to see it up close. Scott Air Force Base turns 106 years old this year. The last show was in 2017 at the 100 year anniversary. I believe it is still the only major military installation named after an enlisted serviceman, Corporal Frank S. Scott. Scott was the first aircraft casualty in the US armed forces, having died in an aircraft crash in 1912. The base is the home of the Air Mobility Command which coordinates and controls just about every logistical movement of materiel for all the armed forces. They are the FedEx of the military. Not many assets are stationed here as the base of 15000 people is largely administrative, but blue and white C-40 congressional delegation planes and a fleet of KC-135 refuellers along with an assortment of small aircraft call the base home. We’ve been fortunate where I work to have had projects run out of Scott through their medical evac wing and KC135 programs. I know these events happen all over the US each year and if you’re given the opportunity to take in such an amazing exhibition I encourage you to go see how some of your tax money is spent. Steve (the last picture is of the F22 flying with a P51)

Being a 314-H, it should have a Magnum 14 on it. Not sure if he's using ethanol-free fuel or not, so it's a good idea to drop and clean the sediment bowl on the carb as well. And though it's more expensive, ethanol-free fuel is worth it. Ethanol wreaks havock in an aluminum carburetor. Over time, it will destroy it. I don't care what some may say, water and bare aluminum do not like one another.

All machines running, one with replacement ivory inserts for this antique lamp.one of course running the last few percent of the gt14 dash.. And the middle one a tray of 50 gargoyle/grotesque pendants for the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Assylum!

Congratulations @Tonytoro416

Front wheel work in progress on the 414.

Mothers put up with all us butt heads, and the rest too! Thank you Moms, have a Happy Day!

For improved steering with the loader on your 16 Auto try a set of tri-ribs up front. I also agree with Eric that the Carlisle Tru-Powers are great rear tires.

Birds of a feather.

Plunge ... I got an itch... scratch my @$$ please...

I put this together for my mom for mother's day. It's an old wagon from the 1940s. The wheels were rotted away from sitting in the dirt for a long time. I took wheels of a new wagon and painted them to look rusty. Filled it with flowers for her. She wanted to put it in her front yard. Happy Mothers Day to all moms.

What's the sharpie for? A Haiku... Measure twice they say But that's what hammers are for Measure once sawz all

The Carlisle Tru Power 23x10.5-12 are about $122 at Walmart. I think I would try just the new rear tires with the Rimguard and weight in the box before replacing the fronts. Thank you everyone, you have again been extremely helpful!

Page 15 in your owners manual.

Very true! I think that Deestone AG’s size 23x8.50x12’s look best on the 60’s short frames. As you know I had a full set on a 656 and now they are on Trina’s military rig and they look great. Put em on a C series and they look wrong

Now to run em until I run out of black filament! Need to put a couple console plates on too!

I have bought from Walmart for my tires and Amazon as well. Happy with both of those. Randy

Kevin, where is the rest of the load? You didn't need the deck on top of Norman for a tiller and a Pond walk-behind.

Small 4mm adjustment of the lower mounting holes.

Wished I woulda known that back then Greasy Pete... he urged me to lube it with Cap'n... not a wonder how our bromance survived...

Eventhough I'm outside of the US still wanted to take my time and write the following; Cool mug! I'll see myself out now. Greetings from the Netherlands, Mark

Some right decent folks on this site ain't they?

That particular idler holds a memory for me. 2015 and I had just joined here. A real green horn. Scored my first Suburban 400 and needed that part. Met @Achto here who was building his rat rod at the time. Since it is a custom he had no use for it and sold it to me... 10 bucks I think. When I first met him I thought man this guy is a real dandy putting together a tractor like this. Never in a million did I figure eight years later we hang out.

Well, obviously it has the forward swept front axle. Don't know much else at this point except what I can tell from this picture. Sounds like I should probably rescue it... I didn't have much time to look it over, and the guy was in a big hurry - he needed to finish mowing and drive 90 minutes up to North Indy for something. I'll probably give him a call to see if I can stop by again soon for a closer look.

I have to respectfully disagree for several reasons. First and foremost it's extremely important to remember that (to the best of my knowledge) you are a he and she is a she. Those circumstances automatically dictate that she wins. But.... In your clear concise inarguably accurate defense you're most assuredly missing at LEAST 4 tractors. You have a plow. (For Morgan). You pulled a cart. You have 3 mowing decks. These poor poor forlorn implements are awaiting a Horse of their own. Feel free to share my infallible incredibly logical arguments with your Other Half. It won't get you anywhere but do feel free.

Got the onan put back together and back into my 520 today and got the 60" put on. It's an awesome set up!

So I wasn’t happy, the fenders were to far back. No idea why things were so far outa whack , so I did a bit more cutting of the transmission tunnel thingy and redrilled the two mounting holes in the toolbox and was able to get it moved forward about an inch. Not perfect but much better.