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For those with a grouch in their lives — which is actually most of us — there is nothing better than Do A Grouch A Favor Day, which is celebrated on February 16 each year. Help a very grumpy person turn their mood around. So how do we help them experience the sweeter side of life? While we cannot pinpoint the origins of this day, we rather think this might be the brainchild of someone who is a grouch and secretly wants to be the recipient of nice gestures from people. That or Big Bird from “Sesame Street” is trying to stop Oscar the Grouch from grumbling again.

I never knew this until today! I had a snowplow/dozer blade drop down off of the plow. I pulled the pins and placed on top of the tractor to look. I have seen these in the past where the spring broke in half and you either need a new one or welded it. But I never knew the top and bottom cast piece was threaded to go on the spring like a hex nut! 🔩 we had about 3 inches of snow early this am and I cleared my drive and two neighbors.

I think I'll just let her sleep ...

Rebuild kit came in on Thursday, engine block went to my machinist on Friday. He says about 2 weeks, hopefully he's on schedule cause that should be about the time I'm ready to make some red paint fly. Busy dealing with snow most of the weekend, but I did find time to spray some primer on the sheet metal. 1 coat of self etching primer & 3 coats of 2K urethane primer.

I don’t know if this idea has been thrown in the ring but here goes - broken wire filament in the plug wire - motor and plug wire heat up - rubber casing expands separates filament - shut it down cools - casing contracts closing break .

My money is on a bad coil. Had one on a 7HP Kohler that you could set your watch by - 7 minutes. Did the inline spark checker - great spark when cold. After it heated up 7 minutes later - no spark.

Cleared around 3-4 inches... of rain throughout the week. No pictures but I'd did it without moving any horses

I'm really surprised at how much snow my 654 will push also. And I guess I'm one of the fortunate ones who's 6hp Tecumseh always starts up easy & runs great. I have 95lbs on hitch along w/my 200lbs on seat. The zig zag tires both good. Paid $450 for my 654 & seller drove 2hrs to deliver it! I like the smaller size for my needs both mowing & plowing. My neighbors across street have a newer John Deere box store tractor. Even w/22hp it struggles to push snow. VID_20241221_140052.mp4

Woke up to 5" of snow on the ground. Got the blower out & cleared it out so I could go about my day. Was gonna scrape the pavement clean with the C145 but it was still snowing so I didn't really see the point. Left home to get some work done, came back home to another 3" on the ground and no snow falling from the sky. Got the blower out to clean up again, then the C145 went to work scrapping all the pavement clean. Got done just in time for it to start snowing again.

I don't plow I blow ... Used to plow, truck, 4 wheeler tried it all, in years of much early snow always ran out of real estate to stack it. Finally got 6-8 of nice fluffy stuff First time the rigs have been out in months. Probably the root of my recent Onan carb problems and one bad thing about having dedicated sno machines. No snow = no seat time = varnish in carbs. I do have a 502 with a fine running 6 hp Tecky for extended seat time and cleaning up the edges. Just amazes me the traction I get with 6-12s and not much for weight. . BTW this was a $100 tractor ... PO didn't think it was suitable for plowing

Out for a walk with Mrs Sylvan and we see our 85 yr old neighbor shoveling the heavy 3" snow we got... he has early dementia and we know his wife would if she caught him shoveling... We cut our walk short and the C-105 made short work of both his driveways... His wife just called to thank me for doing it, but also and more importantly for keeping him from trying... I told her he was now "management "... No pics due to the nature of the situation... All good.

If it popped off once, it will again. Replace the spring.

Since when did that bother you before???

These are from the last couple storms.

Still working on the mower deck. Almost all pulleys with a bearing had to be replaced. Those are now ordered. Now doing a basic paint job to stop the rust. Want all the moving parts working as they should. Takes a long time but by next weekend I should start putting together.

Another 4" last night... Yard art pretty quiet today... 5 driveways and roof raking...

Been doing mostly a repaint on the 1985 312-8. the transmission was leaking every where case and all the seals. Got it sealed up with new gasket and new seals this side. Need to turn it over and put the seal in the other side and finish the paint. It's been too wet or windy to paint out side, didn't plan to used this color (Safety Red) but I'm getting use to it. The 520-H patched the original paint. 71 Raider IH Red, 77 C-120 and the other 312 Regal Red, I'm set on one color when it comes to wheel any white I have will do. Our red clay will make them the color it likes.

Didn't know there was an actual day for me, I'll tell the wife, maybe she won't give me that look, you guys who have been married for more than 25 years know the one , on that day as opposed to every other day.

In the past 35+ years I have gone through the WH 12hp step program twice only to fall off the wagon both times. The wife and I have both decided just to live with it.

Few years ago my 315 8 would just randomly stop - leave it sit a few minutes would start - this went on for months with a lot of frustration and profanity - turned out it was a bad rubbed through wire on the reverse safety switch - you've all but eliminated a fuel issue - to me it sounds like how a bad coil acts after it gets hot - after 20 minutes the magneto under the tin is also getting hot - could the 20 minutes be the time it takes the magneto to reach the temp it's shorting out ?

There are a lot of cheaper knock offs

My FIL's CB handle was "Grouch" (which he was not....) He passed in May of '92. Many good memories there...

I have had the cheap Harbor Freight spark tester flash yet the engine wouldn't run right. Hooked up the B&S tester and you could see the spark was yellow and weak.

Realy does sound like fuel issue but sometimes I have used inline B&S spark tester to verify the spark stays strong &blue not yellow and weak just enough for engine to stay running

I um, never found originals. Decided to just make a funny...

@ TONY TORO Jr , been using walmart taillights , no issues , same physical size , also like the led glowing effect , they really have a lot of taillights , pete

Similar mix here snow yesterday sleet rain over night (40 degrees now high temp for the month) Plowed 4 inches of slush . it was seriously heavy, the big D series blade dragged down the M16. Teens an 20-40 mph wind tonight the slush piles will be solid in the morning. Will not break freezing again until next Sunday. Going to be a tough week...

@8ntruck is correct, any 42-48” deck from a C-series or 300,400,500 series will fit. Except a 60” deck unless you have a forward swept front axle.

We had three or four inches followed by heavy rain. Plowed the slush off the driveway and the street-side sidewalk this morning. Deep freeze starting tomorrow.

You do know Bob when you do find the gremlin it was staring at you the whole time and something stupid. Try turning the gas cock on ...

Put an ad in classifieds- wanted.

I have been here for 7-8 years now still sometimes feel like a newbie because of the long time some of ya all have been on here... But it's still a great community that I am glad to be a part of.

Look thru the Interchange Chart...

Since it ic currently cold weather in In., think it would be worthwhile to run it to see if it quits at 20 minutes, or goes a bit longer? If so, that kind of points to the coil. Might try playing Mike Olfield's Tubular Bells in the background while you work on it - just in case it really is possessed.

Nah! Like I said, my threads can't be hijacked. It's all good stuff. I didn't say Eric wasn't a bad influence though. This thread quickly confirmed some of my ideas, gave me some new ideas and maybe most of all, got me motivated to have another go at that possessed tractor. Only now I gotta wait until I can get it from the barn to the garage. And for some goodies to get here.

At shows Lane when we don't have one and trying to get one running it's called "taking one for the team" Ok now who's Hijacking ... ... yer a bad influence EB ...

Some early model Onans such as B43 used a carburetor like that with a built in fuel pump. Maybe a D180 used an Onan with that carb.

Can you try & run it disconnected from the rest of the kill circuit? Narrows it down to something on the motor.

yes

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e06434e0b22fe8e9&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS866US866&sxsrf=AHTn8zrmgbS9usJKpDOCzO4pyf8tI-zpIg:1739713570432&q=high+stress+grease&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjZqYGLqsiLAxVqrYkEHdqQEwIQBSgAegQICRAB&biw=1024&bih=607&dpr=1 regularly refer to , bearing failure issues , what you have to realise is the ANGULAR pull on those bearings , also check on how easisy a bearing respondes to movement , have made a point of changing out a bearing , to a wider side grease shield , type / style , so you can eliminate original generic lube , and replace with hi temp , polyurea rated lube , also refer to how easily , my belt drives , move implement , BY HAND AT PTO LEVER START POINT , DRIVE BELT START . experiment with a chronic issue , MAKE A CHANGE , from whats there , that super lube in cabeling is amazing , for all temp slide , use a penetrant , to get the rust out , then the super lube , all my bearings have been , cleand out and re lubed , no belt bounnce , just quiet smooth movement , only a suggestion , pete

Bob, did you have a spark tester on at the 20 minute mark. Any difference in the spark when she got ill.. Oops,I see Paul types faster than me.

Thinking coil or... Any chance this tractor has a kill relay? Weak coil in the relay starts to give up the ghost after 20 minutes and tries to ground out the IGN coil?

Another excellent point. I did pull the muffler but all you can really check for is loose baffles and there wasn't. I could just install a pepper can muffler for testing purposes. Ya know, kinda like the old catalytic test tube. For testing purposes only.............but the test never ended.

Jim Darb is a great guy. Docwheelhorse aka Tony and I went to see him this past summer. To look at a few tractors he had. Had a great visit. Have a great day stay safe up there.

I bought a bunch of WH stuff from Darb 4 or 5 years ago ? Met up with him at Kittery Trading Post around 9 pm while he was on his way North on a Hunting trip. Great guy !!

A long time ago in a land far away I went to a store that was similar. I believe it was Cowan Auto in Greenfield MA. They were well out of my normal area at the time but had the capability of replacing a bad bearing in an alternator of an 80s or 90s vehicle I had then. The guy was an excellent tech. The machine shop was old and glorious. He knew exactly what to do and how but that bearing fought him tooth and nail. What should have been a 5 to 10 minute job took him 45 because he eventually had to cut the inner part off. I figured at the hourly rate then I was still money ahead and I was happy to keep using an otherwise good alternator. When I got the invoice he had still charged me for the initial estimate of a few minutes work even though it occupied several times that. To him... it had become personal. That bearing was NOT going to defeat him....

These shelves were removed from the basement workshop space a couple weeks ago. We got them rebuilt out in the new workshop space this afternoon. Also got this door handle rebuilt and modified.

17 for me.