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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

I thought I'd have to overhaul the lift cylinder on my 522xi, but after cleaning off the muck that was hiding the leak, it turned out to be a slightly loose fitting, which was fine with me, since I have other projects that I'd rather work on than hydraulic cylinders. Considering the time I've spent rebuilding various hydraulic cylinders over the years, I'd seriously consider sending them out as well. However, stubborn as I am, I recently rebuilt the two steering cylinders on my old Case loader/backhoe myself. There were a couple of %&!*$#! moments, but they're both back together again and working perfectly. One of the cylinders after cleaning and painting, and ready to reassemble with some new internal parts and ball joints. Back together again: Back on Mr. Case:

Had the 416-H with 60” deck and 8hp Peco vacuum system out today for the final leaf harvest!

@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...

Make sure the control shaft seal isn't leaking and clinging to the frame making it look like something else.

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.

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.

Take what you had and make it look loke a planter with flowers!!

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 did use right hand Heim joints on my plow but liked the idea of adjusting lift without having to remove link from machine. I can cut LH threads on my lathe but if had no way of cutting left hand I would have used right hand hardware also. I had factory lift links but one was just a tad too short and another was just a tad too long hence the idea of an adjustable one . I can swap it back and forth between different machines also, but will probally build at least one more .

Do you have to use a LH drill bit to tap a LH thread?? No. It's been my experience that left-handed components (drills, taps, hardware) can either be more difficult to locate, or cost more than the common RH counterpart. Or both. One big reason I avoid them is my lathe has no provision to single point cut LH male threads. Tapping LH female threads is fine.

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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.

One on FBMP for $450.

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!

Looks like the big rigs they use to clear shopping mall parking lots...

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.

No, but I'd love to have one! My property gets totally littered with sticks and limbs every time the wind blows. Spring is a nightmare! This past Spring, after picking up the bigger limbs, I threw an old set of blades on and went after them with leaf vac. The bigger stuff went through the MacKissic!

These two tractors were clearly 'parts only' machines. A 657 and a 500 Indy Special. After some mingling and hanky panky they emerged as this.

Did this in a month including replacing the hydro.