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.. NATIONAL FLASHLIGHT DAY!!! @953 nut how could you have missed this one . Yeah yeah, maybe it’s because I have 200 or so old flashlights here, many are over 100 years old. “National Flashlight Day is celebrated on December 21, coinciding with the winter solstice, the longest night of the year. This day highlights the importance of flashlights, a simple yet essential tool in our lives. Originating from the invention of the dry cell battery and the mini incandescent light bulb, flashlights have illuminated our paths in darkness and served various practical purposes. National Flashlight Day not only celebrates the utility of the flashlight but also aligns with the winter solstice, emphasizing the significance of light during the darkest times.”

I wonder if she ever said “Is that a flashlight in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?” 🤣🤣🤣

For several thousand years the longest and shortest days of the year have been celebrated. "Midwinter" as today is known, is a celebration of the days beginning to lengthen for the next few months. Look forward to literal and figurative Brighter days. Happy Midwinter!!

It’s a warm day here in MA so I brought out the 1993 314-8 and the deck for a last cleaning of the season.

Looks like a J.C. Whitney universal bumper add on hitch so you can tow a 10,000lb. trailer with 67 Dodge Dart!

I'm sure your wife is happy you don't have as many snow blades as you do flashlights!

On December twenty-first we pay homage to Phileas Fogg Win a Wager Day. Phileas Fogg Win a Wager Day celebrates the moment Phileas Fogg completed his thrilling adventure around the world. In Jules Verne’s famous novel, Around the World in Eighty Days, Fogg bet £20,000 that he could circle the globe in just 80 days, a challenge that seemed impossible to many. This day captures the excitement and anticipation as he triumphantly returned to London, proving his doubters wrong and securing his place in literary history. The journey is filled with obstacles, surprises, and a race against time, making the conclusion all the more satisfying.

I put my new stickers, sorry decals, on wonky

Father Mike I beg for forgiveness for my shortcoming. Obviously this was an unforgivable oversite and as penitent gesture I will say 100 Uni-Drives and 50 Tach-A-Matics. If I were to confess all my sins it would go like this

Very illuminating!!!

Very very dead. I’m just amazed at the condition of the battery, no leakage and the paper label in intact and legible.

Is that with or without the batteries?

OK all done. Got the ShopSmith disassembled and packed up. Stacked size is 18" x 18" x 58"....

This image of the left-side support for the mid-tractor rock shaft bushing tells me three things: 1. This tractor has seen a LOT of use in its life and was likely left out in the weather when not in use 2. The frame support for that bushing is toast and causing A LOT of the slop in your lift (it’ll need a thoughtful and careful repair) 3. The lack of proper support for the rock shaft may well be preventing the lift lever from correctly locking in its raised position

Those 82yo batteries are probably dead antway.

Way cool Sparky ... that Winchester battery is awesome. The date on it might suggest it was made for the war effort? Many remind me of ones we used to "borrow" from dad to go night crawler hunting.

Is it the longest night or the shortest day? In spite of being the shortest day (or longest night) we will not have the latest sunrise of the year or the earliest sunset of the year today. January 5 was the latest sunrise (7:27 AM) and the earliest sunset took place two weeks ago on December 7 (4:45 PM).

Only you are really going to notice, if someone notices just tell them "It must have been almost quitting time at the factory on Friday". The only problem is, the deck may be more prone to scalping the lawn on the left side.

My father back in the 60s and early 70s had one. Did a lot of work with that.

You can hide the Peloton in the guest room!

I can be done with less, I just used my 50 year old 1/2" drill. [/url I also did the same with the PTO shaft while I working on my C-120.

Got some shop time today. Popped a couple 520H tie rods off for a fellow Redsquare member. Trina got the Military Tribute Tractor "Millie" in for a couple belts. The S/G belt was so worn the unit was barely charging. The drive belt was also well worn. We did some investigating here and found that the universal transmission pulley was too wide and also too deep. 68" belt is far too short. 70" too long... Unfortunately the middle option of 69" belt was also about two hairs too long. This tractor has a 6 speed that had no pulley with it. I believe the best course would be to get a bushing from 3/4" down to 5/8" so she can use the original 3 speed pulley. We do need to figure out how to find that bushing/ adapter. @Achto @kpinnc or others? We also found the belt guard is bent and/or has a broken section near the engine. Trina filed that down.

This is very interesting. I'll look up what ours is. Not sure if or how it varies by region. Those times were from Washington DC. Of course it was an AI generated report so who knows. Being much further north and not impacted by the quantity of hot air being expelled in our nation's capital your weather may not be the same; and your gas mileage may vary.

Because your watching stupid videos instead of insulting the guys here. Bearing collar or wood wedges behind the pulley hub. Put the screwdrivers down and slowly step away. The pulley and woodruff MUST come off first. Don't worry about mangling the woodruff ... common but guard the nut like it is your wedding ring. It puts the rear end back on until the front end is off. Too much wobble can mar the armature. SG rookies like you make idiots like me wonder why I never did that SG instructional.

added teflon and steel washers to pto lever start mount ,along side lower battery tray, this firms up movement and draws in pto lever close to side of dash console, ist and 3 photos. just lucas greased pto bell needle bearings on all 3 of my horses,regular maintenance . battery tender plug in is attached to choke cable , for easy mounted plug in point. just a few changes that make things easier , and insure smooth operation,

The Cub Z-Force, the Altoz, the Toro 800--these are at the highest end of the “commercial grade” models built for intense duty. They were deliberately built to deliver lots of power to the drive train. They do not even remotely compare with consumer-level or even modest landscaper models in construction, capability, or price. To me, this is not unlike WH's decision to field the Eaton 700 as well as the Eaton 1100. The 700 is a perfectly fine unit for grass mowing or snowblowing, but not designed to carry enough power from the engine to the drive wheels to permit snowplowing or dirt busting. As such, it carried a lower price point along with lower expectations. Also, to @sergeant’s comparison, WH tractors were never sold as able to do ANYTHING or EVERYTHING. They aimed at a segment of the market that appreciated the quite-a-bit that they were capable of doing at a price people were willing to pay. I think few owners of ¼, ½, or 1 acre lawns would pony up to buy a top-of-line Z-turn today.

I'm an hour north of you in South Hiram. Our machines here are all older than yours.. but.. If I have any parts you can use I'd be happy to help out.

Richard lasser was his name. He rode his dirt bike away from the ash eruption cloud but bent his forks.. he was air lifted out by a helicopter and later went back to retrieve his dirt bike. Pinto was left to the eruption and ash.

Indicator lens and bushings ready to install. Indicator bushings installed. Indicator lens and bushings installed.

For some reason the bumper tow reminded me of this Mt St Helen picture I saw once.

I ain't scrappin' em. I have several I'd give away if someone else needs them.

draw bar ones EB? Don't scrap them @Achto and I hoard them and put them on all our tractors along with a slot hitch.

Indicator board ready to be installed. Tractor ready for indicator board to be installed. Indicator board installed. Indicator board plugged in. Wire harness will be properly orientated once all connections are made.

Indicator board ready for assembly. Indicator wire harness bolted to bracket. Indicator wire harness socket greased. This is the whit grease I used. Indicator board assembled.

Only if it had a small straight 6!

Excellent movies!

Agreed. But the risk factor for damaging the frame, yourself, and possible misalignment goes up. As I mentioned in the first panel, I too considered this method..... I already had the tractor disassembled, and the ShopSmith.... so, why not? I'd rather post this in the "Customization & Modifications" section than in "Bumps & Bruises".

Last big update, for a while at least: The guys who do our lifts at work are a small business. I wanted to make sure this was done right, and I like supporting small businesses, so I called them up to put mine in. Owner and his kid came out this morning and had it up much faster than I could have. Then I got the wife's car in for an oil change and tire rotation. Made the boy do it.

It’s a 7-8 HP motor

I got one step closer to putting the snowblower on my 522xi. I replaced the flaky old PTO clutch (which slipped intermittently when it was warmed up) with a new aftermarket unit. As far as I can tell, the build/fit/finish looks as good as the old clutch, which I assume is the original, since the machine had very low hours on it when I bought it years ago. The only difference I noticed is that the new clutch hub doesn't extend as far forward as the old one, making it a bit harder to get a good grip on it with a 1-1/2" wrench. The new clutch came with a 1/4-inch-thick washer to make up for it (based, I suppose, on the assumption that the user would install a replacement bolt of the same length as the old one), but instead of using the thick washer, I installed a replacement bolt that is the same as the OEM bolt, but 1/4" shorter and torqued it per the service manual instructions. After installing the clutch, in hindsight it occurred to me that I 'might' have been able to swap the old hub for the new one to make it easier to get a wrench on it, but it's in now and working fine, so it will stay that way.

Yah think Ed Dog? Regardless myself being a Winchester Repeating Arms historian and a WWII military buff it's off the hook. Anything else military Mike?

@Maine Red Horse was just thinking weld in a sleeve or bolt on a flange bearing , also notice the fourth picture ? notice the upper corner of your frame ? good spot to lay in a frame length 5/16 steel brake line , coming out each end , plastic cap covered ? eliminate all that rubber fuel line , break down , just a short run with a filter on each end , to carb and fuel tank . fuel line break down and related debris , is very common with ethanol fuel . minimizing regular hose , will help that .realise this not your problem , but its staring right at you . https://www.google.com/search?q=3%2F4+weld+in+pipe+tube+flange&sca_esv=7665e27beb32286e&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS866US866&sxsrf=AE3TifMhd0JlM9gf6FYs-wiz-serp VVY2Jztm3C8IsKA%3A1766353391039&ei=72lIaZWTAoeqw8cP-MbcqQk&oq=3%2F4"+weld+in+pipe++tube+&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiGDMvNCIgd2VsZCBpbiBwaXBlICB0dWJlICoCCAAyBR, pete

Alright…PB Blaster and some screwdriver/hammer work and she is coming loose!

Make sure the metal is not painted - spark wont go through the paint. One way to do it is find a flat screwdriver that wedges nicely in between cooling fins and ground the plug to the screwdriver shank .. if you have a couple alligator clips big enough you can clip one end to the spark plug threads and the other to bare ground (cooling fin without paint maybe) , but ideally you'd go on amazon and buy a simple spark tester made for small engines that has a terminal that fits in the spark plug boot and has a lead that clips to bare ground - if you get ANY spark (color depends on ambient air, blue or yellow, it don't matter) then your ignition is good, so then I'd suggest a *KNOWN GOOD* spark plug - They (especially CHampion) are notorious for fouling short to ground... and "new" does not mean "good" . I have had spark plugs (of pretty much every brand) that are internally shorted right out of the box.

@FLtractor here is a good manual for you. Free down load. https://resources.kohler.com/power/kohler/enginesUS/pdf/tp_2379.pdf I see that your governor wheel has the extension arm on it. The cable should be run over the top of the muffler and hooked to the extension arm. A pic for reference.

So much wrong. Take picture that shows the governor arm and the disc at its base... that is were the cable goes not the carb.

The foam seal between the engine blower housing and the bulkhead had deteriorated on both my GT18 and my 522xi, so I installed new foam seals today. I managed to do it without removing the bulkheads or pulling the engines, but it was a bit tedious. I thoroughly cleaned the surfaces with a solvent rag wrapped around the end of a rod, cut new foam strips out of oil-resistant, closed-cell foam, brushed 3M 90 adhesive onto the bulkhead surfaces, and pushed the foam strips into place with a rod while the adhesive was still wet. It turned out pretty good, and I was able to get them sealed about 95% of the way around the fan openings. The foam seal should improve the cooling air flow by reducing the amount of hot air around the engine that gets drawn back past the bulkhead and into the engine's fan inlet, so hopefully these engines will run a little cooler.

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another thing is when the pto bell is off the machine i lap it on my surface plate so it is as flat as possible. this way it contacts the clutch friction material evenly. thus you get the best holding power.