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All: Yesterday, I got a call from my son asking if he could stop by to change the oil in his & the girlfriends cars, after he took her 3 boys to get haircuts. I had finished cutting the grass with the 854 & parked it to wash out the underside of the deck. All 3 boys showed interest in it, so...... Why not fire up the C81 too?? Good times.

Yesterday I spent the day at the Dacusville SC Farm Show, Wheel Horse was the featured tractor and Jacky @turnnleft and his family had an outstanding display. As I drove around the grounds I snapped a few more photos to share with you. Camping has changed a bit since the 1920s Lots of horses other than Whee4l Horses

I loaded one of the 953s onto my trailer, drove a couple hours to Dacusville, SC for a nice little show, drove it all day, took a bunch of pictures I've posted and enjoyed the day. First time in over a year that I have been able to do that.

Although some people (cough, cough) don't want me to activate the Horse Whinnie horn I inherited from roadapples at the WH show, I like to turn it on when young children come up to the tractors. I had a great time at our local steam show with the kids and the horn. The best are the ones that are real quizzical at they get near one. They tentatively touch a tractor and I make the horn sound. There eyes light up like it's Christmas morning.

always great to see the kids interested in the tractors --- bought the 312 in 1989 -- my son was on it immediately - - as well as helping underneath to install the plow -- my grandson began mowing with my 312 when he was about 6 --- it's 35 yrs later and my 17 yr old grandson has a 520hc and C165 -- and has done numerous rehabs with me -

I loosened the trans from the frame and we were able to jack it up enough to get the post in place. After pulling the plug and letting the engine rotate the transmission pulley with the starter for a bit, we pulled enough fluid down the fill tube to fire it up!

After a couple trips to the shop sitting and thinking I decided to see if i could remove the drive pulley so I could get the larger pulley closer to the motor. After a couple days tension with a puller and a shot of rust weld dissolver I finally got it off.

We started on Lawrence rd in Pownal. Walked about a mile and a half around Tryon Mt. Explored a feldspar mine that we didn't know about. VERY interesting place. Video below and some pics mixed in. We walked over to Bradbury mountain State Park along the border trail and others. Then back to the parking lot. Total mileage just under 6. Elevation gain almost 900 feet. The humidity was high and doing its best to snot beat me. Nearly succeeded bit eventually I won. I wanted to make sure I called out this Pic first. Note the ring around this tree about 3 feet up. There was a cable tied to/around it in the distant past that was part of the mining operation. It was pointed directly at the tall post/crane/derrick in the video. More mine pics. This is a Pound for loose large animals from a couple hundred years ago. Super cool van in the State Park lot. And the rest.....

Not today, but I finally remembered to take pictures, and we all know if you don't have pictures it didn't happen. Following my stroke I have been using a walker and don't have good balance, so lowering and raising the heavy ramp on my trailer was going to present a problem. I bought a pair of garage door springs, ten feet of PVC and a couple of pulleys and solved that problem for about $ 60.00. Works so well I don't know why I didn't do it years ago.

Found a key to happiness

Unloaded a bunch of cr#p at the manure pile at our friendly neighbour farmer. So I got to drive a tractor and the weather is perfect at 23°C/73°F, no clouds, bit of wind. Good day in my book.

Remember.... After we "Assume Room Temperature".... These are the folks that get to carry on our WH vision... or choose not to.....

The troublesome NINE PIN CONNECTOR was an Onan connector and is unnecessary unless you plan to swap engines on a regular basis. The diagram below shows the wiring at the nine pin and many people have eliminated the connector and soldered their wires color for color with good results. The white wire begins at a 30 Amp fuse and terminates at the voltage regulator. It handles a great deal of current (amps) and results in the meltdown you have experienced. Hope this is helpful to you.

Worked on making some personalized Key Chains for a friend. I think they turned out well! 3D printed in 3 colors. The one I made for mine is not personalized. Always fun to be making something unique and useful. It is a small thing to do on a WH, but an easy way to finding the key on the key rack! Steve

Pressure washed the new to me C-101.It had been sitting for many yrs and was way over due. The hood is off to the side.

The Paint Department did more work on the yard ornament deer.

Thanks guys. I know I haven't been on here for quite some time now, but thank you for thinking of me. I'm still a Wheel Horse guy. Don't you worry. Still have 6 of em lol.

Good to hear Jay is still making people smile.

These are the spindle bearings and seals that @Handy Don told me to get earlier this summer, and they worked great: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006KT1DKQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BZ6XDW?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title These should be the bearings for the cross shaft: https://wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/?s=1515&post_type=product&dgwt_wcas=1 They sit steaked into the aluminum stands behind the cross-shaft gears. The shafts are NLA as far as I know. If you need the spindle shafts (the short vertical ones) I believe I have a set that is still good I'd be willing to set you up with. I just have to find them. If you need a cross shaft contact A-Z tractors. IIRC he had a few of them at the show. This is the manual for the 32-inch decks built between 61 and 67.

I got tired of laying / sitting around so I walked down to the shop and sat there for a little while,

Why it's a nice solid WH Dump Cart! Just needs a little cleaning. Even the back is straight!

Happy birthday! @buckeyes

Any idea what the mineral was used for?

I use straight 30 wt rotella.

The axle seals for a 1" axle are SKF-9815. Jack up the rear end and try to move the axle up-down and forward-backward. If the bearings are good there will be no movement. If they move then seals won't fix it. @stevasaurus types faster than me.

@BurtB Here's some measurements of a bare k341 block. The CL's would be the same on a K321 block. Just a slight difference in bore diameter which doesn't matter since these are CL measurements. 12-3/8" Block Height Overall 3-3/4" from bottom of block to Centerline of crankshaft 2-15/16 - 3" roughly from bearing plate side of block to centerline of bore (I didn't have a great way to establish C.L. I measured a36" Atlas lathe I have access to and from the top of the Cross Slide Ways to the CL of chuck was 3-3/8" But from the top of the Cross Slide to CL of chuck was 3-0" So if you completely removed the cross slide and mounted your mounting plate to the cross slide ways you would have 3/8" to work with.

HAPPPPY BIRTHDAY

You can almost call the one with the chipper a " Saw Horse "

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I have no experience with your model, but download the section of the manual shown below. It has the procedure for adjusting steering backlash.

#4206 Battery clamps as found on the early 60's models, often missing , brand new , shiny, red, correct, and bolt on ready ! $10.00 each plus shipping

The amount of chips that get into the bearing by drilling & tapping will do more harm than good.......

The formula for deriving the metric ugga dugga is different. You multiply the pitch by the diameter and round the product to the integer.

Not really a coaster, though it could be used for that purpose. This item is going to be used to cover a hole at the center of the flywheel screen. It is a work in progress and this is the first iteration so please ignore the hole on the edge of the hub. This was made using Libracad, a 2D CAD program which allowed me to load it into Estlcam, a simplie CAM program. Estlcam created the G-code file that the CNC router used to create the part.

Here’s a few!

Our good friend that does truck fabrication for a living was telling us all about the amazing qualities of anaerobic sealer and how they've pretty much switched over to using that almost exclusively. I bought some so they could use it on my truck when we rebuild the rear axle. I got thinking that might be good in the application here for trying to seal up the valve cover. I didn't realize that it can't be laid down on top of paint so I scraped the painted surface under the gasket for the breather off with a razor and then some sandpaper and then cleaned it with brake clean on a rag. Put the new base gasket in. All installed and setting to dry.

I recently bought a new Carlisle (or so I thought) turf saver tire. I didn't realize it when I ordered it but when it came (an Amazon purchase) I thought it was the wrong tire because it had a different name. I didn't realize it, but Carlisle has changed their name. The tread is the same, so I guess this is okay, but it was a surprise. Carlisle has been around as long as I can remember, so I'll miss the good old original brand! I guess this comes under the 'same, but different' category! C-85

Did some research and ordered a new breather, tube and an NOS valve cover. I don't necessarily need the valve cover but I have 3 of these engines I'd like to see running and one's rough looking. I got these parts all cleaned up and rust removed. The Paint Department is putting a coat of Rust-Oleum 2X Satin Canyon Black on them.

How big is your dog?!?!?!

I want to thank @Vinylguy Terry for yet another absolutely stellar performance. I present to you all: The "UGLY BRUCE".

Should have changed the oil on this Mag 10 right before I pulled it so I could have warned it up. Oh well, drained it “cold” and she now has fresh Rotella.

Next task on the C175 is to replace the hoses and rebuild the lift valve. Valve is leaking like a faucet. Parts from WheelHorsePartsandMore. I’m sure this is going to be a fun task.

Dash mounted and seat frame built. One seat back almost finished. Looks like a good battery location between the dash support and motor.

I'd rather deal with the holly bushes than the wrath of my wife. Much healthier.

I was going to suggest snow plow fuses that 'Fish posted but like Dan's suggestion better. It trips go looking for further issues and reset it. Fuses usually don't blow for no reason.