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Found this nice 1972 cart on Marketplace yesterday. Picked it up this morning. Not that I need another cart, but I couldn't pass it up for $40.00. Even the back end is in decent shape.

I am in recovery and surgery went well Kevin. I have been going to the shop to get a little walking in and I can piddle around with some small light stuff. My recovery orders are to not lift over 10 lbs for three weeks and no driving for 2 weeks.

My holiday week end project. About a month er so ago I took my Saturn SL2 in for tires and was informed that there was an issue that had to be addressed before they would put new tires on. I was asked to come into the shop & check things out. I walked under the lift to see this treasure. The rest of the underbody of the car was in great shape so I set out to find a new/used K-frame for my work buggy. This turned out to be a bit difficult in Wisconsin. A salvage yard answered my search with what they said was a "good" frame. I stopped in to see what they had & well it wasn't good but it was better than what I had to work with. The hard to reproduce U shape of the frame was good but the bottom not so much. Price was agreed on & I took it home. My "new" K-frame, and my holiday weekend project. You can see that there is some rust issues. You can also see in the pic above that I have already made 2 cuts in the bottom of this "new" frame. This is the section that I planed to cut out & replace. The factory used 16ga metal to construct this whole frame. I opted to used 14ga metal for my replacement part. Removed the bad section, cut the new piece, & welded it in place. A little paint to make it look good as new. With that much out of the way it was time to remove the old K-frame & discover just how badly rusted it was. Scary to think that I was driving this car. Glad it didn't fall apart while goin down the road. Took around 8hrs. to do the frame swap. Should be safe to drive for another 100k miles. Hope you all had a good Labor Day weekend. I know I had enough labor for one weekend.

yesterday afternoon I went to get a tractor I guess you could call it off Facebook market, and I got there and went to take a look at it and it was a lot smaller than I thought, it is a 1965 toro professional 58 in cut reel mower, it has 2 bat wing reels in the front, it runs ok, carb leaks and needs rebuild and tank has crap in it, but pretty simple, I had it running for a good 2 minutes playing with the choke. its neat looking and I got pictures of the manual because he had the toro dealer book, he only had one horse a suburban that he would not let go of and a few springfeild type toros, he had over 100 tractors in a barn down the road I have not seen them yet but I want to buy a reel mower a push one he has also. but enough of that I'll get a few pics of it and it has a big crack in the hood. its plastic so we can plastic weld it. and the back wheel folds in for a storage mode I guess, I will add pics after I get home I just have 3 now.

I wasn't necessarily looking for another project, but one found me anyway. Shed kept for its whole life, I'm the 3rd owner. 2nd owner never fired it up and kept the Workhorse that came with it as well as a Poulan. He gave $20 for all three. He said the original owner just wanted everything to go somewhere it would be appreciated. Going to go over it tomorrow and hook up a battery, we will see. Tractor Data says the Commandos came with a Kohler, this one has a Tecumseh. Did they do that on some of them? It also came with piece of RR track on the back for weight. So now I have a free, very small anvil as well.

Hood clear coat done. 4 coats.

Added a new seat, grab handles and headlight bezels onto the 418-8.

I notice more rust on the drivers side on most cars. I think it is because the salt trucks spread near the center of the road so that side of the car gets it more. Also oncoming traffic will splash that side of the car more. Just a guess, maybe I am full of BS.

604 mowing the yard circ. 1969 Reddi movin some dirt Marvin before the make over staining the fence Howard on tree trimming duty C-160 mowing the fake chicken yard!

Niiiiice. Trina's Military Tribute Tractor "Millie" is hiding in the forest just off to the right of my own Cinnamon Horse C160-8 which is waiting for duty.

Older Fords are like that too. The driver's side of the frame will be super clean/rust free, and the passenger side will rust out. After a bit of research I have determined that it's because the power steering doesn't leak all over the passenger side.

There’s the pics I promised , there was almost too many garden tractors but only 2 horses you may have to zoom in a bit

So far we are only up to five pages and it has been nearly a year.........Lets get to work boys and girls, @Sparky wants thirty seven more pages of posts and we only have three months to do it!

Filling in Koi Ponds

1970 was the year that they came with the Tecumseh " VH80" engines. The tractors were called " Commando V8's " even though they are badged Commando 8, The V8 means Vertical shaft 8 Horsepower. The VH80 Stands for Vertical shaft , Heavy duty (cast iron block) , The model number "should" be 1-4852 , it is located on a tag below the steering wheel and below the voltage regulator. I have one of them, It was the first Wheel Horse I ever bought roughly over 30 years ago and I still mow with her today.

It’s Monday Jay. I hope the surgery went well, and you’re in recovery just as planned!

Wasn't quite sure what object you wanted us to identify here.

Its about time you took a bath.........................................OH...............the Wheel Horses, not you..........................

Thanks Peter I got a few more pics and a few of it in “storage mode” and the mower ID and the engine ID

Remember this??!!?? Trina's first restoration! Pony. We washed her up for @JCM Jim's Meet n Greet coming up this weekend.

The Ugly Bruce got a good scrubbin today in preparation for being shown at @JCM Jim's Meet n Greet this weekend.

Bath time!!

That's a Texas size walking stick. He musta hitched a ride.

That's easy Cleat. It's the routine maintenance....blade sharpening.

Agreed!! Makes me wanna box up my 701 sheetmetal and send it to you! The color choice is awesome as well!

Had an opportunity to trade about 5hrs of my life for this absolute unit, had to go out and buy a trailer to get it home. 27hp Command, 72" deck Had a blown head gasket, blown rear main seal, 2 blown exhaust gaskets and needed about 30 minutes of welding on the muffler. While i had the muffler off I was able to see how evenly it ran on both lungs.

I have the right town , Regensburg, I just spelled it wrong. we are in Passau today

Had some fun this weekend. A buddy and I cruised the Steve Oh Two and Putt Putt to a local watering hole. It was maybe a mile from his house on rural roads. We had one quick one and headed back to camp.

You bet it does!! You'll be happy to know that my thought processes about processing thoughts are still in play on that Beast.

That will be a colossal task... involving feats of literary endurance that only Colossus could perform...

There is a job in Ford's design division to put "rot pockets" into designs. They literally design spaces for crap to collect in the underside to rot it out on purpose.

My parents were visiting in St Louis when the last piece of the arch was placed. Dad took lots of pictures. There was temporarily bracing between the two legs of the arch as it was built. The final piece was lifted with two cranes, one on each leg. They had to have the fire department pump water onto one of the legs to equalize the temperature so the final piece would fit into place. We hosted a Finnish exchange student for a year. Since The Arch was designed by a Finnish architect, he was very interested in it, so we made sure to visit it. That team ride to the top is memorable.

Quick update: Mowed a reasonably large area of long lush grass this weekend, the longest grass I have cut to date. The mower performed faultlessly, but as I put it back on the trailer I could see through the wheel arch that my rimmed fan was badly clogged.....and I think the rim is the cause as the usual centripetal force now doesn't clear the cuttings. Perhaps I should rethink and make the same fan but without the rim....I'll report back if I make progress.

I have the axle and spindles here with me. Also was able to compare the ‘96 spindle with a ‘79 spindle that I have and it looks like the only difference is ride height by 1/2 inch. By putting the ‘96 axle and spindles on the ‘78 and using the ‘78 wheels and tires, the front on the tractor will sit 1/2 inch lower. The only other difference I see is the newer spindle uses a cotter pin and the older spindle uses an E-clip to hold the wheel on the spindle. So I think the problem is solved.

Now we understand why your asking questions about using the tank type blaster.

It’s a touch faster than the stock 702. It’s almost negligible, honestly. It likely doesn’t matter too much, but Putt Putt is also considerably heavier than stock as well.

With the up-sized tires, what’s Putt Putt’s speed with the “road gear” engaged?!

Looks excellent Cleat!

Eric, having looked over the photos in your post it appears you used the wiring from the C-121 so the PTO switch may be there already. Any single pole normally open momentary pushbutton switch that will be activated by the seat pushing down on its springs will be fine for the seat switch. Without weight in the seat the two springs will hold the seat up far enough to keep the switch open and cut off power to the coil. https://www.google.com/search?q=single+pole+normally+open+momentary+push+button+switch&rlz=1C1JZAP_enUS981US981&oq=single+pole+normally+open+momentary+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgFECEYqwIyCQgAEEUYORifBTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigATIHCAUQIRirAtIBCTQyNzEzajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 A very similar switch could be mounted to a shop built bracket where the switch would be compressed when the brake pedal is depressed all the way. The wire from the "S" terminal of the ignition switch that goes to the solenoid would go through this switch. With the brake pedal pushed down the switch would close allowing power to go from the ignition switch to the solenoid, if the pedal is not pushed down the key switch will not be able to close the solenoid. Hope this helps you.

I've always been told by sales reps and technician training that once a brake shoe is soaked it is no longer usable.. But I can't honestly tell you if that's because they want to sell you brake shoes more than they want to sell you brake cleaner. I've used brake cleaner with success in the past but I wouldn't do it on somebody else's vehicle.

Thanks Tony ! In fact , I would buy a complete rear transmission of a C160 with commands, shifting and the hydraulic lift for 50€ ! However ,I can fit an Onan 16 hp or a K320 ..I only would know if the frames are same My dream would be to find a GT14 !! I have a C101 8 Speed in perfect condition

Nice job on the dash Bob

Somehow I can relate to that statement! Love to see a job well done. You can be proud of the craftsmanship you have shown on the throttle linkage, I will have to remember that one.

Looks good Bob!

The 1515 bearing changes to the 101480 bearing which is a 1630 2RS

Kids and Tractors....as American as baseball and apple pie!! Have a great Labor Day!

For several years I took some Wheel Horses to the county fair and encouraged the kids to get on, lots of parents and grandparents took photos of them and I just enjoy seeing happy youngsters.

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 -