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For those familiar with the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (Da UP), here's a required tool in every tool box:

Made a new lift link for the 1257 with the HY2 unit. Wanted something with a little adjustment to it. Still needs a little paint but works good with dozer blade.

Little 856 really likes its new to it wheels and tires.

Got the C-120 ready for the impending storm they're forecasting. Since it's Thanksgiving weekend, I'm thankful that the hydraulic lift I installed is working great! And I got the last of the leaves picked up, which frees up the C-141 in the unlikely event we get enough snow to hook up the snowblower.

Geeze, I never thought of using a hammer handle. I just use my fingers.

Well getting things prepped for the inevitable snow. Went out and put a battery in my bronco 14 with the 18hp Briggs vanguard v-twin in it. Started right up and ran exceptional after sitting for over a year. Last time i swapped the battery out I ground the positive terminal to the choke cable. It melted through the metal casing but the wire on the inside was still good. So being cheap as I am I redneck fixed it with a stick off the tree outside the garage and some electrical tape. Worked like a charm. The choke works like it should now. Temporary but probably long term fix 😂

I've gotten into the habit of adding a second ground cable to the starter housing. Simple, neat and effective. The fastening points already existed... why not?

It is the 29th of November it is 31 degrees and tomorrow they forecast snow. I am declaring victory over the leaves and quitting...Enough is enough' The GT-1848 Auto did a great job, much faster and easier than the C-175-8 I used to use...

Erics Snow pusher Cleats Snowplow

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Is to early for Christmas carol. Got this from @Pullstart at big show this year and haven’t got to mess with it much….Yet

I think I found my issue. When I traced the wires from the pto switch, I found the wire to the brake safety switch was worn and making contact with the lift cylinder. Replaced the wire and rerouted it so it wouldn’t happen again. Got too cold to try to fire it up, but I’ll verify tomorrow to make sure that solved the problem.

Got this Super Scooper plow all set up!

Maybe next time don't use bushes. Get me some measurements. Likely I've got one or 3.

So when are you dipping your 953's in gold?

It lives! It's too cold now for the grass to grow enough to mow, but I knocked down some tumbleweeds with it. 😁😁

Whatever's handy.

And that's the deluxe model tool kit. The basic kit is just a stick.

Hydraulic cylinder ready to be installed. This frame was missing the spacer so I am just stacking 3 thick washers instead. Tractor ready and waiting for the hydraulic cylinder. Spacer washers slid on and the shaft is greased where the cylinder will sit. Hydraulic cylinder slid onto shaft. Hydraulic cylinder pin greased and ready to be installed. Hydraulic cylinder pin installed. Overview as of today.

I run the battery negative wire directly to a S/G mounting bolt on the older ones and like @ebinmaine go to the starter mounting bolt on the newer ones. Cast iron is a fairly good conductor of electricity, but not as good as copper. Silver is a better conductor than copper and gold is a much better conductor than aluminum but then we have to consider cost, so copper it is.

Same here. I don't have any left thread taps so all my ends are RH. Assemble. Adjust. Reassemble and tighten up. Done.

Great farmer repair... duck tape, binder twine, baler wire, and a stick.

The hood and wheels were actually linen beige (Allis-Chalmers cream) but the photo's made it look more white. Inspiration? Found other pics out of the bright sun

This has been a really interesting post. Don't have much in the way of before/after pictures but one thing I observed is that almost every shop is packed full just like mine. I'd be at home in any of them.

If you have bearings on both ends this is a kit I have used with good results. A raw edge cogged belt is best for a S/G.

My 92 312-8 before… And after. My 78 C-141 before… And after. My 87 308-8 before… And after.

The Low Rider before after

Saved a two piece seat. Before After

spectacular projects ----- great photos -- awesome work -- don't mean to hyjack your before and after tractor thread but thought i would add some before and after of WH mower rehabs -- here is a 37 sd rescue rehab before and after of deck i found

@SylvanLakeWH I recently heard they are not going to make yard sticks any longer……………………they are going to continue to make them 36” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Beats the alternative though...

Not going to plow snow until it slows down - 5+ inches so far. So I decided to engage in the official act of fiddle-farting. When I pulled the lift cylinder off of "Johnny Cash" I decided to send it to @wheelhorseman and have it rebuilt. Today, I decided I might as well put it on my C-120 since the one I bush-fixed still leaves a few drips wherever I park it. May just send it in for rebuild also, since Lowell does such a nice job! While I was in the general vicinity, I remembered that I scored a "small" battery tray (wish I could find another) that needed a back-strap. So I did a little brazing and a shot of paint.

Skid shoes can be made from a piece of angle steel to be used in place of the steel wheels. WH changed to skid shoes on the blowers too

No more short. Fires right up with the key. Now just gotta get her ready to plow.

I don’t think you’ll find an antenna that can retransmit TV signals operating solely on battery power. Just too much energy needed. One technology-phobic friend that I helped had a similar issue with controlling her sorta-smart television. In the end I was able to get and program a universal remote that did what we needed: on/off, favorite channels, channel up/down (favs only), volume up/down, and reset everything! If I were doing it again, I’d consider an Apple TV box using the “remote” iPhone app and create a bunch of shortcuts activated via Siri. This would require good internet access and at least one subscription to a source for streaming local channels so there is a real cost. Additional subscriptions are possible, of course. I’m in the midst of helping another (kamikaze tapper, swiper, button presser) friend migrate from a cheapie Android to an iPhone and do the things she needs using only voice commands. Unlearning decades of futzing with phones has been very hard for her but me having to visit to sort out her muted, locked, shut down, asleep, deleted contact, mis-edited contact, etc. phone two or three times a week has reached its limits for me. Other issues: a) getting her to speak the number responses to automated voice response systems (press or say One to ...) instead of trying to move the phone from ear to keypad viewable and back, b) activate speaker phone when she is alone at home, instead of death-gripping the phone, for long conversations.

Copper.... I used to work for a Company that made Manual and Automated Resistance Welders. I dealt with the assembly end - often had to fabricate Buss Bars made of half-hard copper then apply the silver paste coating. Cutting, bending, and machining the copper flat bars was bad enough - try tapping it. Not easy. The drilled holes often were bell mouthed as the copper "grows" from the heat generated from drilling. We had to use plenty of a fast-evaporating tapping fluid to keep the material cool; other wise the heat makes the copper grab the tap, it either taps oversize or snaps the tap... This shop was in Massachusetts; I learned how to "Cuss like a Kennedy"!!

I like the concept, and it’s terrific as long as it’s a direct pull. For some implements the link needs an offset for clearance.

I was running through some old pic's. Typically I don't take many pics before, mostly during. Both of these machines were 6 month projects working off and on. The surprise was both engines were in real good shape. Anyone else got some before and after pics.

I tried one, but unless you pay for a subscription to the movie channels such as Netflix, Paramount, Apple+, Hulu, etc. you are forced to watch with ads and commercials. Some folks have found ways to "jailbreak" them and get stuff commercial-free, but that's not legal. I have settled on Now Internet from Xfinity for $30/month, and a subscription to Hulu + LiveTV and get everything I need.

Nice - a true turnbuckle type of adjustment, like an old automotive 3 piece tie rod. Being a 20 pitch thread, I would have skipped the LH version & gone with two RH ones. One full rotation of the clevis is .050 inch movement - being symmetrical, a half turn is only .025 inch..... Set it once & forget it. I did just that with my plow angling rod. Heim ends are 1/2-20 RH thread. Adjust once & done.

I had a couple trees in a hedge row fall into the yard. After cutting up the big stuff and hauling it away there was a lot small chunks, twigs, and junk in the grass Would be way to much bending over/raking. Got the sweepster out and swept the stuff back into the hedge row. Worked pretty good and beat raking/picking up!

Good to hear that you found the problem. If the tire pressure wasn't it here's another thing to try that has worked for me a couple times. Remove the belt tension. On a level surface lower the blower so it sits on the ground. Loosen the bolts holding the mounting bracket to the blower body. Place a small spacer under the left side of the blower body (about 3/8"-1/2"). Tighten the mounting bolts securely. Reattach the belt. It does often work. Raising the left side a little compensates for the belt tension pulling on the other slop areas. There's always some slop even if it an itsy-bitsy amount.

Funny. Most of the bearings I've replaced were the non pulley end.

I will have an operational machine in the next 12 hours! 😁😁

The only green Wheel Horse I've ever seen that I like. Not that my opinion matters, but it does look nice. At least it isn't "that" green with yellow wheels!

My eyes Joe. Ya shouda warned us to wear protection.

A trip to Elgin to see the world famous @stevasaurus and we loaded this up. I don't normally name my tractors but Dino just seemed right for this one. Just a quick refresh and put it to work, right? I lost control somewhere along the way. I really haven't done much to it this summer other than rebuild (not restore) a deck for it. Heat up the garage a few times this winter and it will be mowing the weeds come spring. As she sits as of 8:07 this morning.

Browsing Ebay I came across this. I was totally shocked when I saw that it was located in Deland, FL, only about 15 miles from me. The paint was much worse than the picture indicates and the engine was a welded mess but I wanted it. I actually physically looked at it prior to bidding and it was the very same model my Dad brought home brand new when I was 5 years old. My proxy bid wasn't going to be beat but I ended up winning it for $285.00. Down to every nut and bolt then rebuilt. Both the 500 and the 400 are on display in a 4 season porch on one of the main roads out of Mishawaka now.

Trailer Couple tractors (sorry no before for the rat)...