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Snapped this cool picture today! 1445 Auto, Allis Chalmers WD45, and 57 Pontiac Star Chief I call it “Generational Wealth”

I dragged this machine home last summer and figured I might as well begin work on it. This is what I am starting with. It had no carb so I got a cheap china carb for it and it will start by jumping the solenoid as the wiring has issues. Hydro seems strong and engine runs quiet and as smooth as a single cylinder can.

Likely just a spare as I have a dedicated mowing 520H (with a 16 Onan on it), my 520HC is the snow plow tractor, and another 520H is set up for the two stage blower. I have 10 tractors now with most of them restored (my wife thinks I'm crazy).

Well, I found out why the tractor needed the solenoid jumped to start it. The battery connection terminal on the ignition switch is corroded completely. Here is the old connector for the ignition switch. New connector installed. The other connectors are in decent shape and will easily clean up. Since the indicator board is completely corroded as well, I decided to simply eliminate it and all it's associated wiring in the harness. I also eliminated the seat switch and associated relays etc. The neutral switch is gone as well since I will be installing a self centering foot control. Here is the harness as pulled. Here is the harness cleaned up and simplified. Here is the harness ready to be installed. I hooked it up to a battery and plugged in a new ignition switch, low oil relay, PTO switch, and 2 new fuses and tested all functions. Everything works perfectly including grounding the magneto for shutdown (yes, I do have the correct magneto ignition switch).

Tractor is mostly torn apart. Frame, engine and rear end have preliminary degreasing done. Don't mind the yellow wheels, they are just for moving the tractor around. Wagon load of parts. These are all cleaned up and ready for bead blasting and/or sanding.

July 22, 1959 Ed Wood's cult classic "Plan 9 from Outer Space," often called one of the worst films ever, premieres starring Gregory Walcott and Bela Lugosi.

My neighbor buddy moved down to north Alabama a few years ago. He’s back in town and posted on FB that they were thinning some of their flower garden and stop in to say hi. 5 hours later, we finished up our quick visit for this time. It was great to see Greg and his abundantly giving family! I hope I made his mother and father proud, planting their prized flowers the way they showed me, and giving them hair cuts to keep the energy into growing roots this year! Oh, and there were some sweet rides there, they are a hot rodding family and their friends are too!

Wide rear of a 1974 C160-8 with OTR Lawn Trac tires and a bonus super old seed spreader. Sneak peak of a @76c12091520h trailer hitch too!

Excellent work on the wiring harness, Cleat. I like the way you do things. I made up a bunch of harnesses in my shop wiring local agency police cars for emergency lights and radios. Later I worked 13 years for Virginia State Police doing the same thing. I must have used miles of electrical tape and nylon conduit. I always used the best grade wire and high temp conduit in my shop, due to the customer use (and abuse).

I miss those old science fiction movies. I remember one that had a rocket re-landing back on its launch pad. I said ' that'll never happen'. Hmm, and then along came Elon.

Nice driving car, my mom had one in blue. The trunk was massive. And the car was so easy to fix. Nothing like we have now.

That Olds, the owner has had for 65 years. It’s got a 455 in it, and he used regularly drive it from Michigan to Kentucky, like monthly or more. He’s built it more than 3 times. It was a delivery sedan, and he’s had it back and forth numerous times, but he likes his seat laid back too much so he took the delivery parts out for good. He had 4.10:1 gears in it for the road trips for many years too, then went to a 2.70:1! He said that big block would sing to the tune of 3,000 rpm’s on the road. Now it has a Holley Dominator EFI setup. He’s widened the frame, built different suspensions, tubbed it 8”, and it gets about 14 mpgs. I don’t recall the transmission, I want to say 4L80E? Now the intake. Years back, WestTech Performance out in southern California was running scuba tank intake charges of sorts and they had these individual runners to streamline the airflow through the carb. This is all on my memory, so I think I’m close. He loved the way it looked, so he built that intake setup because he had the room to do it. It’s a 4 into 1 exhaust collector and has a conical splitter inside to help direct the airflow as well. Behind the grille that he built, you may see the intake pipe split and run to two large air breathers. He said that helped his MPGs greatly and he’s always liked the look.

Just realizing I’m the last one who posted a picture, basically the same.

Fixed it for you.

just a side note don't overdo the grease on that cage bearing, it will bleed out onto you clutch plate and you will have another problem, slipping clutch plate.

love that impala!!! i'm with ebinmaine, what's up with that intake? the sad thing about vehicles today is everything looks the same to me. just plastic jelly beans going down the road. if you lined up 10 suv's, same color, no badges, could you tell the brand?

Big trash night score tonight... Picked up down the street with the A-60 and the trailer... Owner says ran when parked... we'll see. Motor spins freely.

Wiener mobile!!! This is one of the trucks I've piloted recently. We're taking some old scrap metal racks to recycling.

Don't worry, 8" front wheels will be going back on.

I chopped that 9 pin right out of there. Used 2 4 flat trailer plug kits with long pigtails. Marked them "A" and "B" changed 1 wire at a time and documented what circuit when onto what pin in what connector. Move the whole thing to the other side of the tractor away from the heat.

All is well. Patience was the key. Eventually, I wound up putting in just about the same amount of oil as I drained out. Duhh! Makes perfect sense, though it sure went in a lot slower than it came out. Thank you all for your advice and thoughtful replies. ZT

@cleat I and probably a lot of others will be following along and can't wait to see how good it will look after you do your vodoo on it. BTW I really like the 8" fronts, nothing wrong with the 6' inchers, but really like the looks of the 8's better.

@wallfish I love your drawings! They are always so straight to the point. I am sure I’m probably over engineering a small issue. I found out about wet patches for pools. They work under water, and don’t require draining. I’m pretty decent at snorkeling. Here in the next week or two I’ll let the water get low so the bottom is closer to the surface. I’ll try out the wet patch and see if our water level issue slows.

I grew up watching cheezy horror movies with my 3 siblings. It was always a fun time!

The lawn in our back yard has a lot of clover in it. The deer love the blossoms so I don't mow it until they have grazed on the sweet flowers.

Once you start the engine about a half quart of oil will be pumped into the new filter.

on that Impala. My Uncle traded his 57 Belair in for a brand new 65 Impala SS with one of the very first 396 Big Blocks. They switched from the 348/409's mid year. Aqua in color. I loved riding in it watching the in dash vacuum gauge!

Been some years since this has been built . I want to say 13-14 years ago @VinsRJ started this build . Every-time I walk past it in my garage it always amazes me the details on this machine .

Does this apply to yours?

Do we know anything about this intake or engine?? Me Bear 🐻 likes Daylilies. 👍

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Today, I got the 42” RD mowing deck finished up and back on. I also tested it. It’s much quieter and goes great.

Well I went ahead and put a Farmall cub seat on my 10-8. Old seat was trashed and rotted so I had this. And I can put an aftermarket cover on it at some point.

Yup. I like watching the old cheesy movies on Tubi. Been a while since I've watched Plan 9. Last night was 'Dawn of the Mummy'. 1981, I think. Featured was a fashion model photo shoot in a just found toumb, the Mummy coming back to life, courtesy of a curse along with his zombie army. A couple of Jeep CJ 6 were used throughout the movie - they survived.

Yep. The best ways would be to post in the wanted section https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/classifieds/wanted/ or contact one of the vendors on this site https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/forum/92-vendors/ like K&B or A-Z. BTW... to the site fellow North Carolinian!!

Ho ho. Do I detect a need for a water tanker trailer? Around here there are always CL listings for those caged water tanks you see at construction sites but I happen to know you might have access to some “non-heating” (i.e. failed QA) tanks.

Nope, just not shown in that pic.

Missing the air cleaner assembly too?

There was a "local" channel out of Boston that aired their "Creature Double Feature" program on Saturday afternoon. Two super cheesy movies, usually of Japanese origin with the not-so-properly timed English translation. And don't forget the low-budget, no-budget "special" effects. They were special all right!! A couple of years later they switched the theme to Kung Fu Katate movies - just as hokey....

Jayson that is a keeper. I wood not sell that.

This I will try if, I mean next time, I have to do another.

My go-to for these is a tiny dab of hot glue applied to the tip of the arm.

I planted over a HUNDRED day lilies behind our house a few years ago. Turns out the deer find them very tasty. Haven't seen a bloom in a long time, tanks for reminding me how beautiful they are.

604/704. What's not original are the engine, rear tires, throttle and choke controls and the seat

36 deck. Unless consciously abused, the transmission is likely redeemable. Might not be the original engine (I don’t recognize the starter/cooling air intake cowling). The two-spoke steering wheel is a personal favorite. Good rehab candidate in my book!

If Cecil Pond saw that he would say the same thing he said when he saw my C-121 that I restored. “That tractor wasn’t that nice when it left the factory!” He said that with a smile which in turn made me smile for approximately two weeks straight 😁

Picked up the remnants of this 310-8 today. At some point in its life it was repowered with a 12HP kohler that is currently stuck. Transmission is free though which is great. Not sure what direction I’m going to go in with it since the engine is stuck and it’s missing a bunch of stuff like wheels and tires, carb, fuel tank… the important stuff. A part of me kinda wants to piece it back together. We’ll see what’s happens.

Put the hitch on that I got at the Big Show from K&B.

If the Spec Number on your engine is 47812 or 47828 there is no voltage regulator. The engine has two electrical leads, one is a 3 Amp line with a small diode in it that serves as a battery charging system and the other wire is AC and supplies power for the lights. Not the best system in the world but that is what they went to after Cecile Pond sold the company to the bean counters.