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Here I just wanted to show all the tractors I've recently bought, but haven't posted about. I just didn't think it would be very interesting as most were simple carb cleans or fuel pumps. The first two images are of my Commando 6 originally purchased in Des Moines, Iowa. I bought this in October of last year for $250, it had been sitting in a semi van for 20+ years. You might be wondering why you see a Kohler? This was one of 10 or 11 sitting around the show room a few years after this tractors model year, so to make it more appealing to buyers, the dealer installed a K-181. All I really did to it was clean the carb and rebuild the fuel pump. The second tractor is my '73 no name 8hp. I acquired this in August of last year for $200. This one already ran and functioned fine. I've been using it to feed cattle with. The third tractor is my '69 Raider 10 that I spoke of a couple weeks ago. This tractor is from my recent hall, but I haven't messed with it quite yet. It sports the HH100 Techy that does turn over. This one will be for sale soon, PM me if you're interested. The next three are of my 3 D Series that are either being built or being used. The D-160 single was also part of my recent haul along with the Raider. This tractor sat for a couple of years, but fired up after I installed a rebuilt fuel pump on it. The '73 18 Auto ran and fully functioned when I bought it, nothing much on it. The basket case is this D-200 that imwe have been building out of buckets of parts. This one will have a full repaint done on it. The last pictures are of my attachments that I have been collecting. The first is this D Series tiller that hadn't been used until I bought it. The next are my 3pt mower and tub cart, nothing much on them except replacing a belt and airing up tires. I think this is my longest post EVER! This is the herd update for now!

Marketplace had an ad for a K321 14 hp, turned out to be a 12 hp. $50 so that’s Ok. Guy said he was rebuilding if for a Ford LGT145 but lost interest. I suspect he realized this is a wide base block and the Ford requires a narrow base block. It has been setting partially built for 3 years with no covering over cylinder. As a minimum I’ll pull oil pan and valve cover to clean it. I’ll also measure crank and plastic age it. He said new piston and rod. He sure made some marks on the top of the piston driving it in if that’s a new piston. I can just make out the o.020 mark on the piston in the middle of those marks. The bore measures 3.397-3.398 top and bottom and 90 degrees (snap gages and mic). That’s about right for a block bored 0.020 over. I’m surprised that I can barely turn it by hand on crankshaft. This makes me want to pull piston and measure ring end clearance and piston clearance. I can’t tell if anything was done to valves so I need to look closer at them. But for a price that was less the cost of a machine shop bore job, it’s a good one to disassemble and know that I did it correctly. Got some other parts. Thad a Waldorf carb, and its shafts are nice with no worn out wobble. No head, flywheel or tins, but I have them from several worn out kohler I have for parts. Also picked these weights for $80. I need to weight them. Their heavy. Stay tuned for a slow exploring and rebuild.

Some 50 years ago I replaced the wood around the back door of my sedan delivery. It's been getting progressively harder to close due to sagging and a loose hinge. The suspect was the wooden door frame. Once I got into it, I found that some insect had bored holes and weakened the frame. Looks like I have a project on my hands. Of course I'm in to it deeper than I had planned.

I'm home!

The other night I decided to make a pixel art style crochet square of the horse head logo. This is how it turned out. If there is an interest in them I could make more to sell. It is about 12 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches.

Well, that was before we found Wheelhorse tractors. That would have been a game changer!

Years back I came home and handed her a snow shovel Her "What's this for?" Me "You wanted me to get rid of the tractors so I sold a couple. Now WE need to do the snow by hand" She doesn't really pay too much attention to my tractor hobby anymore! Maybe flowers would've better but...

The other day I was purchasing flowers to bring to my wife at work and ran into a friend. First thing the guy says is “What did you do wrong?! Then on the way to her office her coworker said the same thing to me!! I in fact didn’t do anything wrong, I just bring her flowers randomly a few times a year so when I do something stupid I’m ahead of the game. Seems to be helping 🤣🤣

I was able to get them out of the 14hp that is in my pulling tractor without pulling the crank. Had to have it positioned just right.

I had a 604 when I was in school. Didn't help a bit. Probably because of the Tecky!

I've seen piston dents a lot like that in engines that swallowed foreign objects. Definitely a good buy and Definitely needs disassembly and more measurements.

' least" being the key word. In my school, all the girls went after the same 2 guys!

After machining the C series Axle for bushings, the worn spots at the outer ends of the spindles needed to be addressed. My son TIG welded the worn areas up using a Silicon Bronze filler rod while I had to figure out the fixturing to allow cutting using the Boring Head in the Milling Machine. Rough alignment was done using a square collet block in the vise & a split sleeve in my 1" endmill holder. Final tweaking using the dial indicator. Cut the weld to within .002 of the finished size & hand filed the remainder to get a snug bearing race fit.... A tedious setup, but beats hand filing the whole thing...

I became curious this evening about this tractor and ran across this site whilst googling. I actually have this same tractor. My dad got it new as a birthday present when he was a kid (sometime in the early 1950's when he was 10 or so) and I inherited it after he died. He took great care of it and used it now and then to haul stuff around the yard when I was a kid but mostly got it out now and then to take us kids for a rides. My dad was fastidious and kept all of his things in great working and physical condition. Unfortunately, it just sits out in my shed. Mine has a metal tag riveted on the side (pic attached) Anyway, I just thought I would weigh in here for posterity. Apologies for the pictures, I ran out into the shed this evening to take them so the tractor is quite dirty and the lighting is bad. I'd be happy to get it out and take better pictures if it would be helpful for anyone.

My favorite part about 4-H. Most every activity was at least 2 girls for every guy. The odds were ever in your favor.

Several years ago I accidently cut the end of a finger off. ER was able to reattach it and gave me a prescription for pane relievers. The pharmacist told me anyone stupid enough to do that had better stop and buy some flowers for the wife to soften the blow. When my wife got home and saw flowers on the dining room table she said, "what did you do wrong this time". Guess she knows me too well.

I would for sure not relying on someone else's work.

While you have the tins off, Please replace the gasket on the oil filter base plate. I have found several of these seeping a small amount of oil that gets blown across the rear cooling fins causing the grass to stick and clog the fins. I use a spray contact cement to glue the new gasket to the base plate to insure it remains in position on the very narrow sealing surface. Don't forget the rubber grommet that seals the oil filter to the tins.

Finally got a chance to look at the 520H I brought home a week or so ago. Took breather off and safe to say PO probably hadn’t done to much preventative matainence. Taped throat up on carb and got rid of the big chuncks. Threw battery on and fired right up but has to have just a hint of choke on to not have a surge. All gauges and idiot lights seem to work but voltmeter shows just a little under 12 volts and when you unhook ground on battery it dies? Thought I would try some B12 in fuel before getting to serious on carb rebuild, might get lucky might but doubt it. Did drive around for a little while and man does that twin flat head hum no smoke knocks or weird nosies and has plenty of power. Trans seems good and stout but wants to creep backwards.

hard to see in the pic but I raised the tank and moved it back ward with some new brackets. It was pretty tight with my billy bass belly

you might want to ventilate the belt guard too. in the wh application the belt guard blocks a LOT of hot air from escaping.

I do too. We still have them on our TV…no cable or satellite and, best of all, no monthly bill. Steve

The seat on my D series is kinda like a big comfy couch. Oh wait, you said stock seat. I'm sorry.

Lynn, you've given me an idea for some more clubs! Stuck Hub Stuck Steering Wheel Stuck Hitch Pin No Balance Gears Patina and many more...

On non-magneto tractors, the battery powers the coil for ignition. The current goes out of the battery via the “red” wires and to the coil. If you disconnect the battery ground, those poor little volts cannot find their way home to complete the circuit!

I've talked about having a black hood for years, and periodically picked up parts for just such a thing over a long while. Also, I just don't know how to have one project at a time. This will be tinkered on along side my long-lived 701 project. I have enough to get started, and the tire/ wheel combination was one part of the puzzle that I've at least solved. I'll be using another brand front axle with 1 inch spindles and 4 bolt trailer hubs with very wide front tires because I likes em wide... The engine choice is still not confirmed but I am of course leaning towards another Vanguard 14. I have a Magnum 20 that was disassembled by the PO for a completely wrong reason but I'm just not sure if I want to dive into that rabbit hole yet or not. I have options either way. I still have a few parts to pick up, and as always my stuff changes faster than my 3 daughters change outfits... The first wheel and tire got painted, so 3 more to go in the next week or so. My frame, transmission and sheetmetal are pretty typical for tractors in the south, meaning they have a generous coat of rust and faded paint to work through. But anyway, this thread might last a long time but it's finally started.

On the two I've done I drove the gear's shaft right in to the block.

I can picture Uncle Jim stretched out under the stars on that after Cindaay kicked him out of the camper for hot rodding around on her tractor!

I can't remove the upper balancer gear without pulling the crank at least not in this block. With the crank out of the way I have a nub in the block in the way if I rotate it enough to possibly clear that the crank is in the way and I even rotated the engine several times just to see if there is any position it can come out. But it's fine I was going to replace seals anyway and it's going to be easier to replace seals with the crank out.

It is just like buying an old house, you want to find one that has never been molested.

The more ya look, the more you find......

Worse than “checked”, the stator would drain power from the battery while the engine was running! Yes, likely a 3 amp stator and also likely designed to max at about 14-14.5 VAC when running at 3600 rpm to help lower the risk of overcharging. Another reason to keep the revs up when in use--at low RPM, the stator doesn’t generate enough voltage to charge the battery!

Sounds like you ordered a cheap Chinese carb kit, I would use only the bowl gasket and the rest may be junk. Before disassembly check the compression, if it is higher than normal pull the heads and decarbon, if too low you might want to refresh the valve and seat surfaces. If you pull the valves, replace the intake valve seals. Use only genuine Onan gaskets, I have had cheap intake gaskets turn to mush in a year. You will need intake, carb mount, exhaust and valve cover gaskets. Possibly need head gaskets, oil filter mount gasket and of course the oil filter grommet that the last owner tossed. The exhaust is expensive to replace, so glass bead it and paint with Rustoleum High Temperature spray paint. The valve covers often rust so paint them with engine paint. I use satin black engine paint on heat shields and all other engine tins. The intake manifold needs to be checked for leaks and if that needs repaired check back. You can test by clamping a plate with gasket over the carb mount area and fill the manifold with diesel fuel. Look for notches worn in the edges of the manifold where the heat shields might have been contacting, correct by grinding some clearance in the shields. You will need a 1/4" and 3/8" drive torque wrenches. All bolts should have a drop of engine oil on the threads, do not over-tighten any of them. Download the Operators Manual and the Onan Service Manual.

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If the rings weren't gapped that would explain the need to drive the piston into the cylionder.

Good one Achto!

Nice score- 2 OE fuel pumps. He was just signing his name on top of the piston - "Hackman" Folks forget that you use the handle end of the hammer for that - I suspect that the rings may very well be damaged....

Hadn't had a chance to try it yet fish. Spent couple hours trying to find my extra diodes , but sure enough ruined the ones in it. One want flow either way and the other flows both ways . I'm going to try and check it out tomorrow though.

There isn't a 1077 pic in the picture gallery if you could add one

Many moon ago I was in 4-H. Along with electrical wiring (lamps and extension cords) I took a knitting class. I even made myself a sweater. Part of my rational was if I was to get laid up or in the hospital I'd have something to do. This was before game boys and all of the time killing activities we have now a days. I doubt that I could even cast on or cast off a stitch now. I don't think there were any interesting girls in the knitting class-well not that I remember.

I work on transmissions, I don't stick to much of anything, but I am well lubricated.

No worries - it just has its winter coat on...!!

Oh boy !!!! New information for me to work with. Just wait until TSC gets their baby chicks in. Guess who's gonna end up with some dropped off at their house.

Yes that's the man, I've done some business with him. All of his tractors are meticulously maintained. The 418-A was Eddie Murphy's tractor, yes that Eddie Murphy. He met Eddie and bought the tractor from him. He has more than one 418-A, I'm not sure if he's interested in selling them. Darb.

My wife loves critters of all kinds. Because of that, I decided years ago to preemptively make a plan for all my toys: I told her for every tractor I get, she gets another pet. Seemed great until I realized that feeding and housing animals is typically far more expensive than tractors... Clearly I failed to think this through. We now live on a farm with a donkey, 5 pygmie goats, 4 dogs, and 3 cats. Of course this is a fluid list that changes regularly. Usually increasing more than not. I have 8 Wheel Horses. I'm thinking that somehow my original "deal" has been incorrectly applied here... I know, just get more tractors. We'll see I guess.

Let me be perfectly clear. My wife is going to want to kill me if/when I buy another tractor! 🤣

Soft start clutch controller works well for this issue. I've used one for 8 years and it works great. I didn't use hydraulics on this one but it can be done! Not a C-series but has alot of those parts in it.