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What have I done to my Wheel Horse today??? Nuttin!! It’s 98 degrees in the garage

Lots cooler here, its 92

Nuther cousin of mine....Drac Horse.

There is a 1” difference in height from the base to the center of exhaust between the two engines, the h55 being taller.

It’s been a while since Poppy ran. I gave him a bath, cleaned the points and spark plug, and he fired right up.

And here I was crying about it being too far away from me.

Well it was still hot in the sun but a slight breeze rolled through, I got the seat I picked up from big show 2023, finally mounted on the diesel. I used FASS diesel fuel pump brackets the rest of the GT14 tins and whatever hardware i had laying around.. Seat is not completely centered but itll work for the LIAPA show and pulls

Polished up Frank a bit today.

Worked on getting that tiny brake shaft seal out of the 551 trans. Poor eyesight and the heat didn't help. Decided to check out the new HEP Sales showroom and got a new sharp cobalt 1/16" drill bit. A couple of precision holes and then used the smallest wood screw I had. Grabbed it with my vise grip pliers and out it came.

Bearings and pulley from a rotary deck

Have a closeup of some shift linkage.

I mentioned in this thread how I wanted to move my water hole. It’s been 24 hours since I filled it up. I’d say it’s 40 yards from my tree. The orange bucket is where it used to be, flush with the ground. Now, it’s about 2’ below the ground surface and has a little embankment feature. The amount of tracks around already surprised me!

Gas grills can be an easy fix too. The grill at church sits outside under a cooking shelter, had only one burner working and they were talking about replacing it. I removed the burners, ran a bottle brush through each to remove the insect nests and now it is good as new.

Hi Bro, sorry to say but i call that Karma.. 😎

I have some family and friends that live in NW Houston/Cypress area. They lost power about 6am and said the eye of the hurricane passed over them about 10am. Thankfully they just had tree limb damage. Their power was restored about 8pm. The US Outage Tracker reports there are still 2.4 million people in Texas with out power this evening. It fortunate that many utilities across the US have an agreed upon Mutual Aid Contract. The utility I retired from had a number of trucks staged and crews ready to go as soon as it was safe to travel.

Try lifting your a$$ off the seat with the mower engaged. The engine should shut off and the seat light comes on to tell you what you did or that the pto is engaged.

I twant so tractor heavy i would buy it just to keep it from popping up in my CL mail....

Back country cousin? .

Unc got to give William and Rosaleigh a tractor ride this weekend! It’s hard to believe, but he is 2 and she is 4!

112° in the boiler room with both Cleaver Brooks boilers running non stop to maintain 65 PSI. Steam valve at 75% And my chiller was struggling. Another service call on the horizon for tomorrow. So 99° will feel like a cool breeze!

Agreed, I think they give these older tractors just the right look. It isn’t hard to cut a new gasket that’ll last at least a few years out of sheet goods using a sharp scissor. Remember cutting circles out of folded paper in grade school? Same process.

I have been waiting on high heat spray paint to go on sale then I realized that I have a can I bought for my pellet stove. I bought this little spray gun a year or two ago and have never used one before so I thought this would be a good learning experience. Paint seems fairly thin so I used it as is. Lower and upper heat shields painted. I was going to paint the muffler a silver colour but since I already have this paint and a silver deflector will be going onto it I sprayed it the same satin black as the heat shields. Spray gun worked well. The manual said to use 40-60 PSI but my little parts were getting blown all over so I reduced pressure to 30.

Here in SC Pa. farming country where they have a good food source, twins are the norm. Unfortunately many do not survive. Coyotes and vehicles take out many fawns. Yesterday I picked up my third road killed fawn this summer within a mile of the house. Triplets are rare. Having spent thousands of hours in the woods, can't say I have ever seen trips.

Had a chance to get back to this project. Got the 341 pulled. I haven't decided if I'm going to open up the top or not. For now I want to get the reborn B-80 done. Got it down to a rolling chassis. The electrical was showing it's age so I removed all of it. I'll do a complete rewire. I'll degrease and pressure wash it real good. I'm still pondering how far I want to go. You guys talked me out of a full resto due to this tractors history. Now I'm thinking about Flood Penetrol. Do the frame first and see if I like it. The hood is another thing. The repaint someone did just isn't good but it looks OK from 10'. Patina isn't there but the surface wasn't properly prepped prior to the paint. It looks like it was coursed sanded then painted. You can get the idea here. Now, short of a total repaint how do you think the Flood would do on it? Should I just go over it or lighting sand with a fine grit first? Or should I simply leave it as is?

Approximately 15% are triplets so it is pretty rare. Even more so to get a video. I'm surprised mama stayed there as long as she did. I caught these a year ago. Unfortunately the screen doesn't allow a good picture.

I bought these From @Darb1964 when I picked up the 1067. He had one and half sets. So I thought It is a nice day let’s put them on. This my Garage Queen never sees rain snow or anything else. This is what started me on Start/Gen tractors. All was my favorite model to have a close second was the TEN because at one time I had a few. I hope you enjoy the picks.

@Handy Don and @cleat That's perfect. Tells us exactly what we thought. I'll see if I can get a better cotter pin or maybe a piece of 1/16 wire. We couldn't get a hair pin in due to lack of space. The cheap garbage bulbs I bought were prone leaking. I've replaced a couple already and trashed the other one I had on the shelf. I bought better quality ones. The reason for not reinstalling any primer bulb on this tractor is that being a Briggs engine with a good Mikuni vacuum fuel pump it just does not need to be primed. Ever. Even when we empty the fuel system it turns just a few times and roars right to work. I still highly recommend primer bulbs and/ or electric fuel pumps for other engines.

The block and crank have been dropped off at the machine shop and I’ve had some time to get a few more parts on. There’s also a box of parts that came off the engine that need to be inspected, cleaned and painted.

Those are “J” bolts to anchor the engine to the frame. The pans on the larger blocks have the feet outside the frame and not all of them have bolt sockets into the pan from below that line up with the frame.

You take that EB? Triplets are very rare what say you @Ed Kennell I have seen at least four different sets of twins both at home and up north. Thinking the very mild winter is the reason.

That's probably a Magneto engine and it requires a ground to shut off. You've probably lost ground connection to the ignition switch or, you have a bad ignition switch. Does the backfiring occur at any other time?

The temptation is to go deeper than ~½” when control becomes very difficult. I inherited three of these in different sizes. After one use that nearly cost me broken bones, I decided I could afford good hole saws more than the inconvenience, pain, and medical bills. So far, so good.

Flat right front tyre yesterday. Mowing must be interrupted with the suicidal Mowerdeck. Heck the Grass is now still 80cm high... 🤪 ordered new one.

I have those and use them from time to time. Drill press only. Probably one of the most dangerous tools. BE CAREFUL.

The Federal Railroad Administration - Railroad Safety Board stopped by for an unannounced inspection today at the Sylvan Lake & Wheel Horse Northern RR... Apparently, there are millions of new regulations to accompany the new Green Deal for electrification of our nation's railways and they are picking on the small pathfinders - on the tip of the spear so to speak... You know, regulations to guide and assist... Well the SL&WHN RR passed with flying colors after i explained to the inspector that there was a Bourbon named after the RR... He was very impressed - with the bourbon - and he had me assist him in filling out the inspection form after he "tested" the bourbon a few times... All i needed to do was post this sign, and promise to keep a bottle on hand for future visits...

Looking on CL this morning I saw this add for free grill that needs repair. So I went and picked it up. Spent all morning cleaning it. It was so dirty. Took 2 bottles of simple green and a lot of elbow grease to get it so I could even touch it without getting greasy dirty. Needs a new grease bucket and a heating rod. It's a Trager Tailgater Wood Pellet Smoker / Grill. They go for like 450. Hot Rod cost me 12 bucks. Elbow grease was free. I can't wait to get the heating rod in and smoke me some meat !!!

Wow, as far as weather goes we're not that far apart and my garage thermometer said 68 degrees. .....probably because it's mounted on the same wall as the ac unit. 🤣

But we always have plenty to eat

Leaky leaky

Cool Lane. But I'm thinking just the Flood. I've been watching some videos and the results look good. Much like a linseed oil rub down but with benefits. It seems to work great on patina. I would think somebody here has tried it. Doing the frame should give me a good idea how it looks without committing the sheetmetal to it.

Asking appropriate questions is proof you're NOT an idiot. 1. DO NOT twist that with an impact of any type. Reason being is it's not a very hard metal. 2. I realize everyone has preferred methods... but PB is just not a good penetrating oil. There are several brands that work substantially better and a home shop mix of ATF and acetone. You CAN heat that tow valve but plan on replacing the soft parts inside once you have it out. When you get GOOD access to it like wheel removed and a strong vise grip set, try TIGHTENING it first.

I'm a big fan of the ultrasonic cleaner. I've put everything in it from hot water, degreaser, carb cleaner, brake cleaner, mineral spirits, alcohol.....it all depends on what i'm cleaning, but the I'm a huge fan of the ultrasonic cleaner in general. For cleaning carbs, I usually just use the concentrated heavy duty simple green but mix it on the strong side. It has never let me down

Got the 401 up and running and gave it a bath , first time it's been cleaned since we've owned it and the first time it's moved under it's own power in at least 35 years.

Working on my sickle project today and I got a visitor

My . If I was going to go hog wild and redo a tractor with Regal Red, First buy an extra HVLP Gun. Spray the red without hardener and immediately after the last color coat when it's still wet with the other gun spray on a coat of Rustoleum Chrystal Clear. Then a 2nd coat of clear in like 15 minutes. I bet it will dry faster than the red with hardener and you'll like the results better. That's how I paint everything now only with spray cans.

Little late but… the 1257

I have ben using low pressure electric fuel pumps for several years and have had no failures, The thing that makes me prefer electric over Vacuum or mechanical fuel pumps is the fact that there is no potential for a diaphragm leak to cause gas to contaminate the engine oil. Mount the pump low on the frame so it has a "flooded suction" and wire it to an accessory circuit like the hour meter or directly to the ignition switch "A" terminal. Use a 10 amp inline fuse to protect the wiring.

Bob, I am glad that you are still around. Let's all hope that each day you get stronger. Keep up the good fight.

Great finds!! Either one of those would go to good use here. The bike would get a good go over and go to a grand daughter and the saw would go to my son ! Glad you picked those up, people just dont appreciate what they have, at least drop at a Goodwill or Salvation Army store.