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I’m converting my 314-8 to electric

There was a fair amount of wear on the ends of the C81 Clutch Shaft where it goes thru the frame. Metal on metal, no bearings & not easily lubricated. I installed the bronze bushings on the 502 frame a while back, using the milling machine. The C Series has two sets of welded 3/4" diameter rods to hold the foot rests, the rear ones were in the way - could not do this in the milling machine. There were 3 choices - cut the rear rods off & reweld them later, do the work by hand, or - break out the 1950's ShopSmith 10E and use it. I went with option #3 - while the assembly & setup are extensive, it gives the best results. Pictures are for the RH bearing: the setup needs to come apart and be reassembled opposite hand to do the left.

December nineteenth is the day to go Look for an Evergreen. Taking time to notice the vibrant colors and unique shapes of plants in your neighborhood, a simple way to connect with nature. Every year one thing remains the same around the holidays, people everywhere have to decide at what point before the big day they’re going to go out and hunt down a Christmas tree. Look for an Evergreen Day is about the last opportunity you have if you haven’t already gotten yours to ensure you have a tree for the Holidays. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPWjK04cDWw

Yes - only after about 1/2 hour or so... seems related to amount of gas in tank. I am not a wiring guy... keeps it isolated and simple for the dumbbell that uses it... There is zero start up hesitation now and it runs / idles way better...

At our house we have three rambunctious cats that would be climbing anything, natural or man made, so we just have a ceramic table top tree made by my mother-in-law sixty or more years ago.

At least you know how much torque it can handle. Guudensnuggen....

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Fake here. Dawn got it from her store a few years back complete with LED's with 3 light modes. If we put a real tree up, we have to constantly move the presents to water it and if there is a train running around it that's in the way too. Plus if any critters had been in the tree my foxhound would probably destroy it. She doesn't bother the fake one.

My last two restorations are done in Sunrise Red. I think the C-175 is a little more orangee (if that’s a word!) than I would have liked. I’ve yet to park them side by side. The wheels on the C-175 are actually Benjamin Moore oil base Linen white, which I must say I was extremely pleased with. It layed down beautifully, dried nicely and didn’t stink up my garage. Plus it was only around $30 for a quart. I’ll definitely use that again.

Spirol pin partly installed into the control rod bracket after a light coat of never seize was applied. Make sure pin is installed just almost to the point of entering the center hole but not quite. Towels placed down to protect paint. Hydraulic valve control handle slid through top nyliner then control arm slid on. Control arm aligned to hole in control handle then a screw of proper diameter was installed to locate proper location. Control arm spirol pin pushed in using vice grips. Do not hammer pin in because that may damage the nyliner bushing. Lift bar and pin ready to install. Lift bar and pin installed. Control rod bracket ready to install. Control rod bracket installed. Make sure it is in correct position to hold handle down when installed. I also put a little grease on the control rod where it passes through the control arm. Control rod spring ready to install. Control rod spring installed after a light coat of never size applied to control rod threads. Spring nut tightened just enough to eliminate free play but ensure spring does not bottom out when control handle pushed fully forward. Hydraulic valve assembly fully installed.

Hydraulic valve control handle assembly ready to install. Tractor ready for Hydraulic valve control handle assembly to be installed. Hydraulic valve control handle 5983 nyliner bushings installed.

Had the hood off today and got some of the clutch linkage freezer up by soaking it with Kroil last week. Here some pictures of the clutch assembly. I think the throw out bearing on the left side of the picture is still frozen keeping it from sliding on the shaft Does any one recognize this clutch. I don’t understand the ring with the teeth engaging into the flywheel. It’s almost like it’s a steel teethed clutch instead of a flat clutch disc. @oldiron @kpinnc @Pullstart @953 nut

Used that on my 867. Looks really nice!

Well, in between house projects for the wife, I’ve managed to get pretty deep into the disassembly on the C160. It’s crazy… I have not come across one single frozen bolt yet! Gotta love that. I sanded down the front of the frame, primer’d it and painted a little section to see what my paint choice looked like for once the other components all get ready for paint. I think I’m going to go with Sunrise Red Rustoleum. I painted the mower deck and fenders and seat pan that color back when I was just tinkering with the beginning of the restoration and I like the look of it. For the rims, I am thinking about Rustoleum Antique White. From what I’ve read here on the forummany of you guys have used it and it looks pretty good… That nice creamy off-white look almost like Ford Wimbledon white. lol, even though I’m a pretty confident Mechanic after all my experience with the case tractors, I have been videotaping the important segments of disassembly and labeling a lot of parts just to be safe. Best, Jason

He appears to be one well fed bear! Looks like me on my tractors! I hope all of you and your families have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Fake. We haven't done a real tree in decades. Wife likes to get tree and all the trimmings up early--this year the first of November and it will come down before New Year's Day. These pre-lit trees sure make my job easier. I do enjoy the soothing ambiance of this year's tree.

Yes, I do believe that is where this thread went off the rails.

It was a wedding present my Grandfather gave to my Grandmother about 100 yrs. ago. The insides deteriorated over the years. About 15 yrs. ago my wife took out it's innards, refinished the outside and installed an electric keyboard in place. You almost can't tell by looking at it. Raymond Piano Co.

One show many years ago, everyone kept saying to me: "Butch is looking for you!" I had never met Butch but I helped him with some problem with his tractor a while before here on the Forum. He finally found me and just wanted to say how much he appreciated the help. RIP Butch

It is amazing how good we can make something work for us when we have TIME !

Thank You! I’m using a Motenergy ME1118 motor and Alltrax AC2 controller. I don’t have a battery yet, that will be next months purchase

Progress! I see that the spring hasn’t got a lot of tension--the arm is tilted rearward pretty far. The pulley (on the other end) is likely nearly at the top of its arm’s swing. Plus belt slipping under load. I don’t see anything mechanically damaged. Correct new belt ought to solve all. The mocha coloring is likely mostly from water/moisture. Not surprising. All but impossible to completely eliminate without opening the transaxle. Once filled with the appropriate gear oil, trace residual amounts in the transaxle are inconsequential. Please be environmentally conscious when disposing the drained diesel. Hooray that you won’t need a new VR. When the stator’s output voltage at low RPM (going into the VR) is close to the same as the battery’s already stored voltage, the VR can “flutter” back and forth between trying and not trying to continue sending charging current to the battery. Normal. As @pfrederi noted, the recommended idle speed (check the manual for your engine) is often higher than many folks realize. I set my K181 to 1100 RPM using a free optical tachometer app on my phone (it’ll idle as low as 500 RPM, and sound cool doing it, but NOT recommended).

Idle speed for a Kohler single is 1250...

I have one very similar with a Honda engine. I use square section cutting line, bought a huge drum of it which will outlast me lol.

The only tractor that was designed and built in Texas is this Jacques Mighty Mite model MM and the subsequent model 10. They were built between 1946-49 in Denison Tx. I believe @oldiron has a model Jaques model 10. I've had one of these on my someday list for quite a while. A special thanks to @Chrishar for finding and helping me haul it to the farm for short term storage. Since it was built in Texas, it's kind of on the level of a Pond RS83 to me. I think it is roughly the size of a Pond, and some what similar in design. They don't have the following that a Pond has, so thankfully they are not in that price range. I've read somewhere between 35500 to 5000 were built under a couple of different names/owners The angled bracket on the rear hitch was a plow mounting bracket. The front wheels are a 2 piece split rim, the same as on a David Bradley 2 wheel tractor or an early Sears/David Bradley The front axle has Jaques Mighty Mite cast into it. The original engine would have been a Briggs 23 or some later ones had twin cylinder Wisconsin's. Someone did a nice job of retrofitting an electric start Kohler K301 into it some wherein the past. The clutch linkage is stuck, but looks complete. I need to learn if this is the original "Twin-Disc" clutch o that was done when the Kohler was installed. It has the original foot and hand clutch, but the hand clutch handle has been modified I need to figure out was transmission this is. it is a 3 speed with reverse and a top access gearbox. The rear axle is a shortened Ford Model T "Banjo" axle. The rear axle has drop boxes on it made by Jaques, then looks like it uses the Ford Brakes and Hubs. Lots to do to get it working.

Wow Jim, that is a cool machine! I have never seen a clutch like that, but the mechanicals of it kind of make me love it! Congrats on the score, and lots to look at, reverse engineer, and marvel at!

When the toilet paper shortage was at it's peak, I worked for a landlord whose renters began using paper towels--cheaper and available but not sewer pipe friendly. He added a clause to the rental contracts that sewer line blockage removal may be added to the renter's charges. In our subdivision of nine houses, two of us have expensive septic systems because for some reason our soil didn't perk however our neighbors could utilize the typical single tank systems. Ours had two tanks, one the black water that flows into a gray water tank that has an electric pump that pumps the water into two inch lines that the installer drilled small holes at pre-determined distances in. We've had no significant problems in the past twenty years and have had the black water pumped only once five or six years ago. One of the disadvantages of the pump in tank, is that occasionally the float will hang up and the alarm will let the neighbors know that I'll soon be popping the top off of the tank to dislodge the float. Below is a filter that I clean twice a year that goes between the two tanks. I prefer to clean, which I did a couple of minutes ago, during the cold season over the middle of summer due to insects (some kind of nasty little flies) that seem to thrive in the hold I have to reach down into to unscrew the filter.

You should have the cylinder jugs and crank measured at a machine shop to see what needs to be done before buying any parts. No need to spend a lot of money on rods, rings and gaskets only to find out that the engine has other problems.

Added a fuel pump to the C-105 snow plow tractor... wow what a difference... Primer bulb worked great for a few years but this year I was doing the "on the fly prime" to many times while plowing snow... so Game changer. Separate switch to operate...

It is now officially in two halves🤣 next step is going to be some serious cleaning and sanding/media blasting. I’m not going gangbusters on the sanding on this one… My hands took a real beating when I redid my CASE 444, so there’s going to be a lot of media blasting work done on this one. J

Transmission dipstick tube ready to be installed. Transmission dipstick tube liquid Teflon applied. Transmission ready for tube to be installed. Transmission tube screwed in then tightened using a 7/8" crowfoot wrench, extension, and ratchet. Transmission dipstick and silicone grease ready to be applied. Transmission dipstick silicone grease applied to rubber seal. Transmission dipstick installed.

New throttle cable installed, way better performance. Thanks to Forum I've been able to remove that knob with ease....

wow, I didn't see that 8 ball yet. So much to look at at figure out, especially the clutch and rear brake linkage and assemblies. For now I want to get it running. I'll start out keeping it original. If I end up with a lot of disassemble for repairs it might end up going the restoration route.

I don't know how much I would change on that machine, just a time capsule right down to the 8 ball shift knob.

Here is the information I was able to put together a couple of years ago. Jaques power Saw Company was located in Austin, Texas.

Mrs. P. And I took a walk across Grampa’s field last week and found about 1/4 mile long berry patch 20-30’ deep! I’m so glad for that FEL, I plan to drive it around the field and fill ‘er up! We use our maple sugar to make jam. Talk about amazing stuff!

i read the thread -- yes, Don -- I wonder what happened to it Especially looking at photos i wonder if there was an meter showing hours? Even the rims look show room condition?

Very good advice here, remember thes are aircooled and need the rpms at idle to stay cool .

That’s pretty cool!

Don't recall ever seeing a clutch like that. The teeth engaging the flywheel could have been to lock out the device being driven don't know. looks like the two gear halves could only be engaged at one portion of the flywheel, once again, why? I've worked on combine and hay baler clutches and tractor clutches but none like that. Of course that clutch isn't heavy enough for those applications anyway. Perhaps a winch would have an in-out clutch to allow free wheeling to extend a cable then lock the two clutch halves together for pulling. Just a guess. The tab under one of the socket-head bolts seems to be latching the two pieces together, guess that was a retrofit to allow it to work in its new configuration.

You mean you had to work the bulb on the fly when running? Why not just wire to the ig switch?

Cataract removal ...another modern medical miracle. When they removed my patched eye and I left the office, I could not find my wife's gray dodge mini van. Finally I heard a horn blow and saw my wife in a tan van that we had been driving for over ten years. I just got home from a 4 day vacation in the York Wellspan Hospital where I experienced another medical miracle. Seems an artery in my upper sigmoid colon ruptured on Monday causing immediate massive blood loss. Got me in the tube for a CT scan that was able to locate the exact artery. Then got me stable enough to go in with the endoscope, find and cauterize the leak with the laser. Enjoy every day guys. Ya never know when a hydraulic line may rupture.

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Nice score !!! Keep us updated on your progress please.

Ditto. My metric Grizzly knockoff has a 20 mm (.787) pass thru diameter. I also have about 3X the cost of the lathe, used, in tooling and DRO. The problem with previously owned equipment is that they are similar to used cars and WH tractors. You are looking for one that is used, not used up. A bargain priced lathe or mill with worn-out ways can be very expensive and time consuming to repair. NOT a project you can do at home. The ways get worn with use; they wear on a lathe mostly near the headstock, a milling machine near the middle where the vise is. The leadscrews also wear resulting in inaccurate positioning due to excessive backlash.

@Ed Kennell Sorry for the delay, my wife had a busy week and I finally got the recipe, which was pasted down from her Mother. I'll post this in the recipe thread as well. (My Wife's Mom’s) Blackberry Pie Place blackberries (fresh or frozen) into an unbaked pie shell - should have approximately 2-3 layers of berries in the shell (about 2-3 cups). 1/2 c. flour 1 ½ c. sugar 1/8 t. salt 2 eggs, beaten ½ to ¾ cup evaporated milk or cream (I use evaporated milk – mixture should be thick and creamy) Mix above ingredients thoroughly and pour over berries. Let stand 10-15 minutes while preparing the following topping: 6 T. flour 6 T. sugar 3 T. butter Work these with a fork until the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle over the top of the pie. Cover the crust edge with foil to prevent it from over browning. Bake 1 hour (or longer) at 325 degrees – the center usually rises slightly when baking is complete.

I just got back from purchasing this snow/dozer blade, basically in like new condition, I will be removing moldboard and putting it on my 520s blade frame, tossing the idea around of using this frame to convert into a mid grader. I'll post pics tomorrow.

I was at a friends of my wife's her husband came home with a load of bent 10 gage trailer boxes. I ask about buying one he said that if I helped him to unload them he would give me one. He was also a Wheel Horse owner, had a C-160 auto. The 10 gage box is 3' x 5' with 6" sides. I took it home and built this: I welded a 3/4"x3/4"x 1/8" angle to the top of the sides, the front is a 6" Jr. I beam. The frame is 1"x1"x 1/8" angle. The axle support is 2" channel with 3/4" x3/4" x 1/8" angle bracing. It's heavy don't know how much it weights.