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Haven’t taken new pics in awhile…snapped these today

I like to use the "Shortest Distance" mode on my GPS. Except that trip to a baseball tournament on Kentucky when GPS Charmaine took me down a dirt road that forded a stream a couple times. I backtracked when the third ford was about a 3 ft drop into the creek and a muddy bank on the other side. I think we could have made it, but Mrs. K had all ready jumped out and was giving me a couple new names

I should have went with new tie rods ... lots of slop on trying to use worn out originals. On those drag link bolts with the zerk you can build severely worn ones up with brazing and filing back down to fit. @Lane Ranger had new ones awhile back. The drag link you can bore out the holes and fit trimmed oil lite bushings in.

Cleaned out the bike tour pak and found no less than three road atlases and maps. Until no service or dead batteries...One doesn't have to "subscribe" to a paper map. Heading over to Pullstart's we found a much better route that GPS Karen didn't come up with. On that way back she really made us take it in the shorts thru Chi town.

Haven't had much time to tinker lately, but I did get some parts from Brian at K&B. Got a nice adjustable single tie rod for the 701. Also he has a "newer" shift boot that works very well on the 701. It has a flange on the bottom that fits into the hole in the sheet metal nicely. It is very heavy duty and should last a long time.

This…I installed the 3 dollar Harbor Freight reflectors. They fit where the old ones were perfectly.

Adventure calls, on Read a Road Map Day, April 5, we look back at travel before technology took over. Kids today have never mastered the fine art of refolding a road map or deciphering the road map’s idiosyncrasies. And, who can forget the AAA Trip-Ticket driving directions. Today, technological advancements have made life a lot easier to navigate, both literally and figuratively. If you want to visit a place that you’ve never been to before or you don’t know exactly how to get to a spot in the city, fret not. Pull up your GPS (Global Positioning System) on your smartphone and you are good to go. However, in the days of yore, which in all fairness was not that long ago, people employed a paper road map’s aid to help themselves in understanding their routes. The same goes for the U.S. military, too, until they upgraded to GPS and, thus, recorded the first instance of a GPS being used in the country.

Reassembled the 520-8 (or is it a 510-8 ) The wiring works, just need to take it back apart and connect it up properly without the temporary wire nuts. Hopefully get that done and the battery installed and take it for a test ride tomorrow.

An alternative to GPS/Maps here is the Maine possibly New England way of navigating. @ebinmaine, @JCM, and the other Maine Members feel free to chime in. The Maine way of navigating usually is turning left, right, etc... by a landmark like an old dead tree, rotted out car, or other semi permanent object that may or may not still be physically there. This way is especially fun if you have never been to a place before.

Changed oil in 854 yesterday and did some touch up painting where she had some working wear! 1 1/4 quarts -and I put in 1 1/2 by mistake thinking I remembered how much. Went back to the chart and had to take out some to get it right. I have a chart but apparently have not memorized it! I changed oil in the 314-8 too ! We had 3 3/4 inches of rain yesterday and early this am. o flooding here at home but my sale I installed between my neighbor's house and mine worked great again!

You must have been quite a Swave date back then! The reference I found dates the blue ones back to the Model A & Model T. Sure beats a bouncing bobble head on the rear view mirror!

A friend let his Garmin take us from a perfectly good four lane divided highway onto a two lane that narrowed down to a one lane paved before becoming an unpaved trail headed up a mountainside. A few hundred feet up the mountainside there was a large stone outcropping with a spring running across it which was so slippery that he lost traction and ended up with a front wheel in the left side ditch and a rear wheel in the right side ditch. Had to walk out a half mile or so to get phone service. The tow truck operator who freed the truck from the ditches said he should give out Garmins as Christmas gifts, they are great for business. He said the unpaved road we were on did come out on the other side of that mountain but he didn't know of anyone who had made all the way unless they were riding a mule.

GPS, aka Going Postal Soon, can be wrong. Case in point - in Providence a few years back, they moved Rt 195 from in front of the hurricane barrier to behind it - ramps & all. For a year or so, the GPS would show you in the river!! AND have an audible re-directing fit!!!

About fifty years back I was on my way to pick up a project car in Texas. All I knew was that the guy lived near a small town which I managed to locate on the map. When I arrived in that town and asked for further directions I was told that his road was a ways further down the main road and then turn right three miles before you get to the next town. I feared that I would have to drive to that town and then double back three miles. What he forgot to tell me was that there was a sign at the intersection showing the three mile distance to the next town. After Hurricane Andrew there were no road signs and a lot of "landmarks" in Homestead were gone. The National Guardsmen who were directing traffic were from out of state and had no idea where anything was. Several times I had people pull into my driveway seeking directions while I was making repairs to my house.

This reminded me of an old episode of "F" Troupe. Captain Willten Parmeter had just received a new map of the teritory that was as big as a bed sheet. He spent the entire show trying to fold it back up after opening it. He never figured it out, so he ordered the directions (from the Army) that gave instructions on how to fold up the map. The problem was, once he got the map folded, the instructions were as large as the map...and so, he never got the instruction folded up.

@SylvanLakeWH is correct. Anybody that drove a VW with a car vase surely fits that Senior Member or Ol Geezers Club I mentioned. These have a hole in the back to hang on a screw, so no bracket needed. But what vintage car were these popular for! Can't get much past you guys! Some area of my Mom's house should glow!

Our GPS and I have been known to fight it out several times. There are little two lane roads I've found in various places that have no traffic and parallel congested Interstates.

Trail cam footage... Eb at his last campsite...

The teardown of HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!! has begun!

Well, a few steps forward and one back... Welded and ground the notches out of the front spindles. Turned out great. Got the front axle all done up. Got the clear coat on. But then I did what I always do: I failed to leave well enough alone. The entire frame and tranny and front axle look fantastic. But some idiot put 5 coats of clear on the gas tank, and it lifted the paint. I guess I made that tank too shiny during sanding for the paint to hook up. Oh well, I'll strip the tank down and do it again. At least the rest turned out decent. I'm using a 2K clear coat. It's a two part spray that comes in a rattle can. It has a button on the bottom that releases the hardener. Pretty cool stuff. Downside is you have 48 hours to use it once you mix it, and it's not cheap.

There are two options for giving directions. 1. Route numbers. 2. "Oak Tree directions". I was once told by a Local to "turn where the church was".... WAS!!!! Another Local told me that church had burned..... over 20 years prior!!!

Also kinda partial to PB and Miracle Whip sandwiches.

Model number 32R or 33R. 1962 or 1963 recoil start. Arguably the best looking Rangers.

Was looking at the collection of old cars at a farm many years ago and came across was was called in the day an "Opera Coach" It had a pair of these one on each side of the rear seat. We had made a comment on them and the owner said they were called Bud Vases. Here was this old car in really good condition sitting in the field out behind his barn!

Yup GPS around a city is a hoot. And the first time I went to the Big Show I turned off of Brysonia Rd onto Narrows Rd. and the GPS showed the road ended! Then there was the time it took me down a logging rd. when I was going to look at a tractor. The guy with the tractor said "everybody's GPS does that!

@kpinnc been experimenting with threaded HEIM JOINT DURABILITY , for years , always have a 3/8 threaded rod , and threaded heim in stock , only have to die nut rethread , right over original course thread to 3/8 x 24 fine thread , cutting oil , simple screw on , never had a heim fail , have them on clutch rod ends , steering , rods , paint them red and they all but disappear, like a drop of SUPER LUBE ,in a HEIM , like magic smooth , always durability / experimenting , chronic issues are what you want , lets you improve on every part of failure , only if you want to , pete

Just made of softer "pot" metal that isn't very strong. Particularly in the bore/set screw area. Keep the set screws tight and you won't have any problems in a putt around.

Where we camp up north the nearest electric plug is a good 18 miles. That's a LOT of cords. Generator? Absolutely no. Too loud. Camping 🏕 ⛺️ 🥾 should be quiet 🤫 Ya know what does work though? Clothing. Add more clothes.

The are made in the USA but die-cast pulleys wouldn't be suitable for most drive train applications. Since this will just be a play toy you will probably be OK.

2.5 inch transmission pulley will add a bit of ground speed. Your problem will be the amount of belt contact you get with the smaller pulley. You may have to add an idler back there. Here's an old trick I learned from @TT back around 2008. It forces just a little more belt contact without negative clearance issues on the belt guard. The holes are already in the frame. You can use a bit larger flat idler than I did for additional grip. I just used what I had. Just a 3/8 bolt and standoff. Easy fix...

Not the best Pic. I had to take it before they moved. Bella and Faith guarding the 875

Been working on the 1965 Fireball 8 that came out of my 875. This engine had some vertical scratches on the piston and the valve faces were dished pretty good. So new piston, rings and valves. I need to do a cleaning on the test stand carb a traitor! This is a spark advance/non compression release style engine. I'm going to put it in HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!! my 857. That engine stinks to high heaven when I use the tractor. So this engine will go in and I will rebuild the 857 engine and reinstall it when done. Then this 875 engine will be sold or put on the shelf.

I know that this video mentions direct injection quite a bit, but the basics should pertain to any type of diesel or gas engine.

I used to drive wrecker back in the late 80's early 90's, way before GPS. Directions in Wisconsin were quite interesting as well. "Get on 21, follow that until you get to Krentz's, turn left there and follow that road until you get to where that big yellow barn was, There is a road to the left there but don't turn there, keep going till you find that big oak with a rock in front, turn right there and we're the second house on the right."

With the exception of the 953/1054/GT-14 inside weights my guess would be they didn't make wheel weights in house. Even those did not have Wheel Horse branding on them. 8" and 12" wheel weights were a low demand common item that would have taken up factory space while they were busy building all the tractors they could. They probably outsourced the plastic covered cement ones too though the early front frame weights were likely an in house item. https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/search/?q=weights&quick=1&type=downloads_file&nodes=21

When you install the fender, aligning the bolts holes should draw it together.

@Mickwhitt "I'm getting too old for this sort of stuff lol. " You got that right. I'm working on my replacing the old Trex deck board. Back, knees and legs get tired too quickly these days.

Where did you grow up, Butcher Hollow KY?

Been getting jobs done for the heat pump installation in a weeks time. I had a look under the sub floor and noticed that the piping for the existing boiler is all sitting on top of a ten inch air duct from the old heating system. It was obviously installed with the floor up which we can't do now. So the duct had to come out to make access for the plumbers a lot easier. You can see the copper pipes above the steel sheet ducting. I used a range of saws and tin snips to hack the ducting away and open up access. Hopefully the copper pipes might end up being a bit less of a rats nest when they refit the heat pump. It was a right bugger to cut laid on my back in 24 inches of headroom. I'm getting too old for this sort of stuff lol.

Thanks for the add. Purchased my father-in-law's 1999 314-8 that he bought new, he used it for mowing his 3 acre yard until a couple years ago when he bought a zero turn. It was in pieces when I hauled it home, got it put back together and running. I mowed with it for about a year, and now it has sat for about a year. Need to do a little more work on it, but that's for a different post. Thanks all.

Antique car vase... had a bracket that bolted to interior... Precursor to the VW Bug vase...

>> IF << that chimney is set up right this would be no more harmful than a properly operating woodstove. But man...... that's a mighty big if....

OE was 1.5 quarts. I agree with @Pullstart that adding a little more is beneficial. We put 2 quarts in all our manual transmissions regardless of gear count. ⚙️ @kpinnc has an excellent point on the belt contact area. Use a 1/2" wide belt. That'll make it set deeper thereby adding contact surface. I have other videos that show even more interesting ways to route the belt. @Greentored and his offroading clan have some awesome tricks.

What could possibly go wrong??? Go to bed - wake up dead???

I don’t like Wheel Horse Tractors….😁

You guys were abused as children ! ! ! I got Ice Cream when I was sick. I felt sick lotsa times.

Thems fer breakfast... pancakes

Cleaned up the C81 sluggish starter and got it working good. I did have to put a .010 shim under the front bolt. Brushes were good. Used a drill to turn the armature and cleaned the commutator with a stone.

Got optimistic & took snowplow off then installed mower deck. Lawn service already fertilized last week so grass is starting to grow. Also changed oil & greased all fittings.