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Well I finished this 1067 last week. She is a good worker now. went thru it front to back. I hope you enjoy the picks.

And 12/07/1941

Leaf blower I put together

Rolling the stone pad for the new shed made for some great tire tread pics

That blower fan must run rather fast. Some time back a few people relater the story of their fans blowing apart from spinning too fast. Mine has the same pulley that was used when it was used in the Heat/AC duct and works fine. I need to paint mine so it will look pretty like yours.

Found it. 1-1/2" is correct. https://gardentractorpullingtips.com/a1ign.htm Scroll down the page a bit.

Same here…

I’ll never forget where I was and what I was doing and how that day instantly affected me.

Best save some of that for plow day @Andy N.

I did a few final tweaks on the B-80 Reborn. I had to replace the fuel filter due to a little leak. Then it was time for it's maiden voyage. I have no clue why but it took just shy of 7 hours to download this. It never occurred to me that I could have added a little chit-chat but I think I was just enjoying how well the K-181 sounded. I think it's pretty cool. 48 years ago I loaded this brand new B-80 up at Chandler Sales. It wasn't long before I 'converted' it to a C-160. 40+ years later it's back to being a B-80

i bought a kit from my local auto parts store. you add the dye to whatever you are working on. run the engine, tranny, whatever. then put on these kit supplied yellow glasses then you use the supplied black light and wolla! you can then see the leak. the kit was reasonable $$$ regards mike

I am sorry that I am not there now in the country and the people that I love to remember together. It is however for ever in my heart . Never forget or stop celebrating those who sacrificed so much that day.

I found a seat pan that is getting reinforced with a few welds on the corners and then off to powder coat so I can mount up the great looking setup I got from Matt!

Excellent! I’ve been considering doing the same thing so I don’t have to deal with backing up a trailer. Well done!

This one sitting in a field rotting away. So I rescued it. Tractor heavy and already have a 856 that needs love and I can't seem to give away. Saw it at a show several weeks ago and it was sitting there crying save me save me. I jokingly offered the owner a frankie for it and much to my surprise he took it. Motor was locked up so pulled it back to camp for a look see. @Achto @Wild Bill 633 and I commenced to wrenching to find out the motor is free but the SG is tight. Got it loosened up and messed with the points. Exhaust valve stuck open ... pop the head and free that up. Fired right off and drives. Service motor and seller says he has the original I could have but knowing him doubt I'll see it. Four year old Battery was stone cold dead... not a volt in it. Threw it on a charger and it did take a charge and seems to be holding it. Surprise surprise. Tires are abit needy but nothing serious. Best part everything is there, original cigar lighter woo hoo, and fairly unmolested. On the splash pad ready for a bath... sheet metal really straight. Seat & hitch worth the price of admission...

Same here. I was in the 5th grade and didn’t know until I got home and my stepdad explained what happened. It’s the first horrific event I was ever made aware of in my lifetime. The first time I learned that are really bad people in the world.

Approximate shipping weight 32" is 60 lbs. 36" is 78 lbs.

Now why didn't I think of that? Ummmmm, what did you say? It must have used a bunch of something. Our internet service is surprisingly good but it was toast as this thing downloaded. Don't think my wife was happy about that.

If you have 3 or 4 tractors it is well worth spending a few buck for one of these

We have an expression in Canada goes something like this FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! New Battery. Fired right up. Feel really embarrassed. I've picked up 3 or 4 tractors this year and I guess a bad battery got in the 312. Tested at 13 volts but dropped to 6 volts under load. This is what comes from being a cheap bastard and not getting a new battery immediately for any new-to-me tractor.

Oh, darn.

Two squeezes and she fires right up...

Those 1100's have a habit of burping out the dipstick tube. Tie a cloth around it and check it from time to time to see if it gets soaked.

If you set the exhaust valve while it was on the ACR (Automatic Compression Relief ) pin, then the ACR would no longer be doing it's job. This would cause your engine to turn over hard or stop when it hit the compression stroke. If your engine has points, try static timing them. I have used this method to turn hard to start engines into 1 pull wonders. https://www.mgonitzke.net/cubcadet/tools/static_timing.pdf

@grif63 I forgot to give you a source for transmission kits. https://wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/product-category/manual-transmissions/ You should require kit #1. There are 2 versions of the kit, with or with out the 1533 bearings. Take a look around the rest of this site too. He has many parts for our old 's

I know the pulley get stuck on the mule drive---very tough to get off without damage. Here is my method. I cut a 1" wide slot 6" deep in the top of my workbench made of 3/8" plate steel. (1)Take the mule drive cover off. (2) slide the mule assembly inner pulley into the slot so the pulley lays flat on the surface. (3) thread the big cover retaining nut back on to where it is flat with the end of the shaft. (4) hold a ball peen or brass hammer on the flat of the big nut (5) whack that brass or ball peen with a bigger hammer. This hasn't failed me yet...

my version of the Brinly dump cart

Found them online a couple years back, never been able to find any since. If I do, there will be another set coming!

Frozen slot hitch ...now after weeks of being shot with WD 40, Liquid wrench, and PB blaster( all now empty) I drilled two holes into the slot hitch and sprayed with more PB blaster it broke free!.. I have taped the holes and added grease zerks and a new lift cable and I can use the hitch! The pin doesn't move sideways...but doesn't matter size the slot hitch moves and will not be using a tiller anytime soon.

I went from a flip phone all these years, to an iPhone 14 Pro back in November. I chose it for the apple connections to the rest of the family as well, and for the excellent camera. Other than it consuming a lot of my time, I don’t have regerts on the phone choice.

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

Here’s a few!

Gotta love those little 8 Kohlers as they ALL just want to run.

K & B may have one, send a PM to @76c12091520h, also Lincoln at A-Z could have a good used one, give Lincoln a call https://www.a-ztractor.com/

Use a regular bathroom scale - that will get you really close.......

Buy an 8" wheel and turn it into a 7" with a hammer and chisel!

I'm phone illiterate. My preference is a flip phone with call and text. When my flip phone became obsolete, My family decided that a smart phone was the way to go. For the most part, text and talk are 90% of my phone usage. Reasons I prefer simple phone is: I see my family can't go more than a few minutes before checking their smart phone phones seem to be addictive. Flip phone are small and fit in pocket versus a holster on my side. (Thusly taking place of my Sneaky Pete holster.) I'd rather do my playing on computer of evening and that is not every evening. I think my current phone is Samsung. I'm probably in the minority, in that, I don't have back up camera in my daily driver or use google directions when driving. (No need because my wife does.) Last summer on vacation, our kids depended entirely upon electronic driving directions. They were the lead car and we followed, meanwhile I had paper road atlas. At one point, they had us on gravel roads looking for "Field of Dreams" baseball diamond in Iowa. We made it to all destinations, but I was scratching my head sometimes. I admit, technology has great benefits and I'll just look over the shoulders of those who embrace it meanwhile I'll head out to the shop and let sawdust fly and get grease under my fingernails.

Today was the day for the maiden voyage of my reborn B-80. I had swapped out the carb for a freshly rebuilt Carter Type N, pilfered the coil off the sick K-34. There was actually two issues why I wasn't getting spark. The coil was bad and the new points I installed had been sitting so long the contacts had a film insulating them. Cleaned them up and the spark returns. After sitting for who knows how long (likely years) this thing fired up immediately and ran like a sewing machine. A little carb tweaking and I'm good for a long ride out back. I did a video but I just can't get it to load on You Tube. I get back to the garage and drained the oil. This tractor is going to be dedicated to the front blade year around. I put one of the axle brackets on it as well as one of my receiver hitches from Lowell. Next the blade, wheel weights and chains. I'm a happy camper. Next project..........the Dino C-121. Stay tuned.

Also check the voltage with a hand held meter to confirm the tractor gauge is accurate.

The neighbors a few doors down had some trees taken down a couple there weeks ago. They left the tree trunks as logs. Today, there was a guy with a portable saw mill cutting the logs into beams - about 4 x 6 size. There were some pieces of slab wood that were cut off to square the logs that had interesting live edges. I commented on that, and the owners said to help myself to anything in the pile - in fact, take the whole pile if I wanted. I ended up picking three pieces that had interesting grain pattern and edge shapes. Being white oak, I'm going to let them season, stickered, along the back fence for a while.

Congratulations Ed & Mrs. K

was going through a box of old pictures and found these from 1975. Time trials ai Indianapolis Speedway, May 1975.