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Got the 418-8 and Brinly plow set up and plowed the garlic patch.

Celebrated what we did 61 years ago. Took the family of 18 to breakfast. Sept 8 1963

After soaking in Berryman's for a week I did a thorough cleansing and added brass throttle bushings...along with a OEM carb kit... Reinstalled and no more running on choke only@

Breaking down the new to me C-101 .Flushed the gear case with diesel twice .Removed break band ,needs to be replaced. Tomorrow the rest comes apart.The fun has just begun

My son turned in the keys to his Audi A4 Cabriolet for a 2024 Rubicon 4xe, this is one NICE jeep! Just Empty Every Pocket!

The wife and I usually go every year and always look forward to seeing folks we haven't seem for awhile IMG_5886.MOV

A Wheel Horse GT-14 is the only information he has offered. That is like asking for a set of spark plugs for a Ford passenger car. If we don't get it right this fellow is in more trouble. There are 9 different GT-14 models and I don't feel like digging up all those wiring diagrams to see what model uses what ignition switch.

Our 18 month old granddaughter and zI took a ride on the C160. We just idle around a little since I didn’t have any ear muffs for her. She loves to crawl up and sit on the tractor.

We picked up a parts tractor for a black hood restoration project for my Son and I. The plastic dash piece was worth the overall price and everything else was a bonus.

So I went to another estate sale today. I picked up this rusty old cleaver for 10 bucks. Watched a few videos on restorations but I wanted to clean it up without using any power tools. Came out pretty good but I'd like to get some more of the stains out of the metal. I used steel wool, vinegar, some emery cloth. Sanded the handle and rubbed linseed oil over all of it. Looked up the brand name... Briddell. I guess it's a pretty good one. Don't really have a use for it but I thought it was pretty cool. Any suggestions on cleaning it up some more without using any power tools?

Congratulations Ed and Mrs. K. There have been 22,282 days from the day you were married up to today. If you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since then you have slept a total of 7,427 days or 20.33 years. You spent 33% of your life sleeping. Since night and day always follow each other, there were precisely 754 full moons after you were born up to this day. On Sunday, September 8th, 1963 77th US Women’s Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court #1 US song: My Boyfriend's Back by The Angels #1 UK song: She Loves You by The Beatles Popular movie: The Executioner of Venice directed by Luigi Capuano. Scottish Lotus driver Jim Clark wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza to clinch his first F1 World Drivers Championship; Clark's 5th GP win of the season. Milwaukee Braves future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn ties Christy Mathewson with 13 x 20-win seasons. The 16 Gemini astronaut candidates began training in parachute landing techniques. The training involved being towed to 400 feet by a parasail, then releasing the towline and gliding to the ground. This training was necessary because in a low-level abort, the pilot would eject from the spacecraft and need to descend by parachute. But your wedding had to be the most enduring of all of these events. All of the sports records have been surpassed, new movies and songs have come and gone but you are still going strong.

This morning I finished removing a few more tins and gas tank to clean and replace bushing. Wile I’m on it I mind as well take care of the axle seals,remove the hubs.I don’t really have a good tool for that yet. Removing hubs is probably my least favorite job,I have a extra one in case I break one. The left side I think maybe was exposed to weather more as the tire was a real pia just to remove the lugs. All in all though this tractor is in pretty good shape for sitting in a corn field for many yrs. Hope I’m not boring 🥱 too many with these post a couple pix

Part 4 Weld them up after tack. Ugly welding but it's solid enough: Test fit works: Painted satin Red Apple as that was what the hardware store had in a darker red. Lever added to Tach-O-Matic and deck installed. It works! : End Part 4. Final Part.

I find adding two 1/8" NPT street ells to my grease gun gives me a lot of options on hard to reach zerk fittings. They are just snug so I can rotate the coupler in both axis.

Working on a little magnetic flag holder for the 414-8 hood. A few more tweaks and I think this will work perfectly!

Have a great day Dave, Thank You for attending the M & G yesterday and hope all your questions regarding your 520 were answered

Excellent Ed, hope you and your bride had a great day 💖

Congratulations Ed & Mrs. K

Thanks for all the help, it's resolved. Have purchased parts from az tractor.com Can really recommend them/him.

@KeatonI have the original manual for the 1972 safari snowmobiles. I’ve attached some pictures for you. I hope it helps.

I have 24 x 9.50 x 12 on my 1989 520 with 7" wide wheels.

857 doing a little work hauling dirt and wood chips from a stump I had ground down to make room for the new shed…where the 857 will reside. See how that works

Today I remover the dozer blade from the 418-C and installed the leaf blower in preparation for the annual deluge of leaves we have. When I built the blower I used an eight inch round air duct elbow to direct the air flow but replaced it with a shorter rectangular sheet metal piece. Works as well and doesn't stick out nearly as far.

I took a couple of the drawings floating around here on RS, and made some 3D models. From that I made 2D drawings. I enjoy making the 3D models, the 2D drawings not so much, but from the 3D models , it isn't too bad to create the 2D drawings. The fun part is creating the 3D models though. These were pretty basic and simple. Below are the Front Blade Lift Link drawing, the second one is of the clevis hitch, and the third is the dual wheel adapter. Keep in mind, these are my drawings, but they're based on what was floating around here on RS for quite some time. Front Blade Lift Links.pdf Clevis Hitch.pdf Dual Wheel Adapter.pdf

Thinking about swapping an 18 HP Briggs Opposed Twin into a C175 with a very tired KT17. I've seen several engines for sale on Facebook. I've also seen several Craftsman II tractors that could serve as engine donors. I'd like to know people's opinions and experiences, good and bad. I have a tired 16 HP twin on my FIL's GT1642. Still runs great, but definitely tired. Would a 16 HP be a better choice than an 18 HP? The biggest issue I've seen with the 18 HP is valve seats. Nothing else major. Thanks again for the advice and opinions.

A $500 60" deck for $300 is a steal....and a free 520H. Just hope the "mechanic" has not worked on the 60"er.

sorry guys for putting this in this topic i think i found the switch i need 103-990 yes its a points and coil system

Well, I have a Briggs 18 twin in my '84 Work Horse which has given me no issues as long as I've owned it. Going on over 25 years. Good stout motor in my opinion.

Worked on it some more with some metal pollish. Looking better. I also put a little edge on it. Calling it done. I sure wouldn't want to be on the business end of this thing.

Happy birthday

He’s using it to commute to work, 35 miles each way. First week of ownership, he’s getting 34.2 mpg in hybrid mode, not too bad for driving a door down the road. Comes home at night, plugs in his level 1 charger, and the next day he’s full of electrons

Happy birthday brother! Love you man!

@Brockport Bill This is what I use on the tires, spray it and leave it on not wiping it. Just wiping whatever may get on the rims. It’ll stay shiny for quite some time, it’s not exactly cheap but it works well. I forgot what I used on the seat? Maybe the same stuff? Whatever I used does make you want to slide off the seat! Reminds me of Armoralling a bench seat so it was super slippery, then making hard right turns so the girl would slide over next to you!!! Kids now will never experience that!!!

Recently I restored my C-175 and used oil base Benjamin Moore Linen White, sprayed it with a gun and honestly couldn’t have been happier. Very little smell, dried fast and nice and glossy. Plus it wasn’t very expensive, I definitely recommend it. A quart was more than enough to spray four deep dish back rims and two front rims.

Not really doing it with an actual Horse but the past week I went through all of the spare parts in my shed Got some plastic totes and threw out a bunch of beat up boxes. Found a few things I forgot I had and a triple pulley I needed in June and couldn't find. Made a lot of room without throwing anything away. Wrote everything down and I am going to put it in a file on the computer. When I use or sell something I can delete it.

Just doing a little work on the newly acquired 1979 C-141 Automatic

For anyone that isn’t reading the wheel paint thread I started …

Mowing is done! 1977 B80-8 speed with a 36” RD for the win!!

Here's a pic of the two that we use. Note that one is female and the other male. I purchased these as I said above from McMaster-Carr for maybe $10 to $12 a piece. If you bought the ones with female Inlet sides and purchased a piece of threaded rod the correct size, you could use the right length threaded rod as your cross piece between the two. The Tie Rod Tube itself. If you are a family member has access to someone with a metal lathe and threading tools you could have them make up your Center tubes. That's what I've done in the past.

Here is a Side Shot of a 108-5 on its side.

550 suburban repowered with predator motor. Still have the original electric start 5.5hp lauson but the block is broke where the exhaust comes out of it, it was still running when swapped it for a 5hp briggs. Wore it for 25+ yrs., now has the predator... I guess it will out last me this time...

I will agree with the Victory Red for use on the late models, it's a great match !

The only and I repeat only country I will listen too is Johnny Cash and maybe a little David Allen Coe or Charlie Daniels. As Hank Williams III says in "Dic in Dixie" "pop country really sucks" But mostly it is Classic Rock, Zeppelin, Floyd.... I also listen to metal like, Iron Maiden, Pantera...