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Here’s a few of my herd, I’ve collected and sold them for the past few years, very early 78’ C-141 A, 76’ B-80, 71’ Bronco 14, 73’ No name 14, I actually have two but the other one is a Frankenstein. And I’ve owned an 800, 416-H, and a charger and a few others which have been parted out sadly or sold. I started this whole thing with my c-141 given to me by one of my dads friends, back in 2022, since then I’ve been through over 12 different garden tractors and now I’m sitting at 5 trying to keep them and take them to shows. Thanks

August 12, 1908 Ford Motor Company builds its first Model T car, which Henry Ford himself tests on a hunting trip to Wisconsin and northern Michigan.

Today I became a grandpa for the second time! My granddaughter is four and my grandson was born at 2:03 today. 10lbs 6oz ! Praise god everyone is doing great ❤️ We are going to meet him in the morning ❤️

Hands on Proof of Concept. I wonder if he encountered any long steep hills on the way?? My Dad told me years ago when he was 18 and just graduated from High School, that he & 3 friends took a similar Model T camping. A 200 mile or so trip each way, from RI to northern New Hampshire. The Model T was like a lot of early 1960's Wheel Horse tractors in that the carburetor was gravity fed from the fuel tank mounted Higher than the Carburetor.... That was fine until they got to the White Mountains - they had to travel up in reverse to keep the carb bowl full....

You can tap them in and out with a socket. Pay attention to how dep it sets into the case.

Same! Never even heard of WH before I bought one. Then I found this place way back in 08 just looking for some info on that tractor I bought and these clowns turned it into a full blown obsession. I learned quite A LOT over the years and this was basically my go to source for that info.

I wasn't at their high level meeting either... too busy keeping track of Pullstart doling out ice cream. Word on the street is it's a free for all and run what ya brung. Really ?? Does it matter? Long as it's a ...

We have always heard the phrase attributed to Henry Ford that “you can buy a Model T in any color as long as its BLACK” well not at the beginning. In the first years of production from 1908 to 1913, the Model T was not available in black, but rather only in gray, green, blue, and red. Green was available for the touring cars, town cars, coupes, and Landaulets. Gray was available for the town cars only and red only for the touring cars. By 1912, all cars were being painted midnight blue with black fenders. In 1914 the "any color so long as it is black" policy was implemented. Also, Henry Ford was an early environmentalist (or tightwad). To save space and lower shipping costs—especially for international destinations like Australia and New Zealand—Ford shipped Model T cars disassembled inside large wooden packing cases. According to historical lore, Henry Ford instructed his component suppliers to build these shipping crates using exact dimensions, specific wood types, and pre-spaced measurements so the boards could double as Model T floorboards once unpacked.

@ri702bill my c-141 acts like a prom queen sometimes but I use her to mow too!

Henry Ford and family had an amazing estate here in Southampton called Fordune, it was right on the ocean, behind the dunes comprising approximately 250 acres. He was also a member of Shinnecock Golf Club, where the US Open was just played in June. Years ago an old timer named Gene in my fire department told me a story. As I kid he was a caddy at Shinnecock and was walking home when a gentleman stopped his car and asked if he needed a ride. Gene said yes and hopped in. The gentleman drove him right to his house, and when Gene thanked him, he asked his name. The guy said my name is Henry Ford!! I can still see the smile on ole Gene’s face when he told me that story!

I had a problem with the motion control lever on one of mine being hard to push forward, turned out a family of chipmunks had been building a nest in there that interfered with full movement.

Good eye Cleat!! She now has a Kohler 14 Magnum single under the hood!

No problem our work here is done and since @prondzy may be looking for them as well. They are not repros but close enough for the women we go out with. Yes made for Jeep restos. There have been many links to them here in the past and you can find them on fleabay and other places. @Achto found some super nice ones for his 701 and they were high test locking but they are NLA now and yet to find them elsewhere. Most are non locking and don't come with the plastic outer covering but shrink wrap makes them look orginal. You may often have to paint them black and white letter them. Search keywords are jeep cables throttle choke ... try Note these are out of stock https://www.ebay.com/itm/276726990312

Thanks Don. 😊 Meeha is doing well. She's been improving her ability to stand for several days .. a little wobbly at first. Trina says "drunken monkey". Yesterday she was able to lay back down for the first time. That's a big step in the right direction. Today we're experimenting with removing one of the meds, on vet recommendations of course.

Finally made time for a few days of work on our Ky property this week. 1st order of business was to wake EJ the 8N up from his extended hibernation. Suprise, suprise all 4 tires held air over the winter. He needed some antifreeze to top up the radiator. Poured the remaining couple gallons of last year's gas in the tank, reinstalled the battery, flipped the switch to on, bumped the starter button, and he started right up. Scary, really. That electronic ignition I installed last year sure is wonderful. Brakes still work, too. Good sign that it got the axle leak fixed last year. Bush hogged the roadside and the 'driveway' before things got weird. Sputter, sputter, stall. Got gas in the tank, seems to be spark. What the heck? Tools a couple hundred yards up hill - 90+ degrees. Get back with proper wrench, loosen the fuel line as carb, fuel comes out. Switch on, bump the starter button, starts right up. Drive him back up the hill and trade the bush hog for a box blade. He runs the box blade for a while, but does the sputter, sputter, stall routine a couple more times. Same fix. I've come up with 3 possibilities: Vapor lock. The fuel line does pass right over the engine. It was a hot day. Loosening the fuel line at the carb 'burped' the vapor out? Faulty shutoff valve at the tank? The fuel level was approaching the 'reserve' level. Completely opening the valve does not open the 'reserve'? Overheated coil? Again, a hot day. The coil feels about like a cup of coffee. Wasn't much cooler when the tractor restarted. I'm pretty sure thus isn't the issue. Short term fix - 5 more gallons of gas in the tank tomorrow. Long term fix - electric fuel pump?

While searching something else I came across this old thread from 2011. This is both a sad and interesting thread from the past. Gary Pond, Cecil's son, was part of it. Sure wish he stayed hanging around, but I get it. Many of the members that posted on it were a big part of this forum back in the day. It's very nostalgic to see some of those names and remember those early days of RS. This thread may have been hosted on the old Forumer site before Karl made this place permanent. I can't remember what year that was but thank you Karl ( @nylyon) for saving it if it was. The Forumer site owned ALL of the content before Karl made it ours. That's a whole story just on it's own and interesting RS history. Plenty of those old threads back in the day had tons of interesting subjects and very knowledgeable people the providing that info so it's sad to see they either passed or simply moved on. If you happen come across any interesting threads from the past or know of one please post them.

Hey! I Know that one!

416-8 with the Ark front end loader. A pretty good first WH Then I picked up a RJ58 and went out of control for a while buying round hoods. Have since sold all of the attachments and most of the tractors. Still have 2 RJs, a 400, a 401, a 654, an 855, a 520-HC with 2 stage blower, 418-C and only 2 customs

Yes a vertical one is going on solid blocking. I will show the complete thing when finished as ordering parts for the various plumbing fixtures and stuff has stalled the completion. Here is some eye candy with many coats of Danish oil finally sealing down the wood of an enemy battle implement. What three coats will do on some fine grain walnut takes twenty on this stuff.

I have a Choremaster Post Hole Digger, believe it to be early 50s.

I have a Choremaster Post Hole Digger. Reckon they were only in the early 50s.

VW rear-engine Beetles

...and... if you had one of those (now banned) accessory add-on gasoline heaters, the burning fuel was even closer!

Well, I finally tore into the transmission for my M37. Here it is after the first round of degreasing and pressure washing: It looked good when I first opened it up, but after disassembling it, I experienced a sudden pain in my wallet. I'm guessing that a snap ring must have come loose and got wedged between two components, which broke the ends off all but one spline where it formed the groove to contain the snap ring. At least that's my take on it. I found most of the broken pieces of the spline and snap ring at the bottom of the case, but it looks like one or two broken bits managed to circulate with the oil and do some damage to several components. There were also some rust pits on some of the bearing surfaces. The upshot of all this is that I'll be replacing almost every moving part of the transmission. I've ordered a ton of NOS parts, which are starting to arrive now. It will be a pricey repair, but should be like new when I'm done. On the plus side, it looks like all of the parts are still available, either NOS or new manufacture. More pictures coming as the work progresses.

An empty spot on a workbench is an open invitation to buy more tools. In my workshop a bare spot on a bench is a rare enough event that I take a photo of it to show my friends before covering it with more stuff. Otherwise they might not believe it happened.

My grandfather had many stories of him and his brothers repairing and tweaking and driving their Model T. He backed them up by showing me his grease-smudged full set of illustrated technical books with their notes. The leather-surfaced, “press down to go” cone clutch was the biggest surprise.

Funny, I rebuilt a GT1600 and converted it to hydro a couple of years ago and am now in the process of rebuilding a 314 that has a Kohler M14.

Nice! I see all "Workin' Girls", no "Prom Queens". Just like Cecil & Elmer intended then..... Same here - they all have to pull their own weight to get a spot in the garage.

That Twin cylinder Briggs looks a lot like a single cylinder Kohler......JK looks great.

That's an EXCELLENT price.

The 67 towed the 83 from the back shed up to the garage for a drive belt swap. Thought I was saving a few $$ using the belt I just removed from a junk C-81..but it ended up being a little shorter and she just doesn’t declutch like it should. Grinds the gears a bit. Crud!! I guess I’ll be using a brand new belt I picked up at this years WH Show. The idler pulley was shot on the 83 (GT-1600) so the C-81 did donate a nice smooth one so there’s that

Not really a "done to" but got my RS 20th anniversary banner hung up after moving a bunch of other stuff around.

Making good progress on the 420. A LOT of hours into it at this point removing the paint on the sheet metal. If WH had used primer it may have come off a little easier ? on this series tractors.Letting things set up before reassembly. Hoping to have it somewhat ready for the September Meet & Greet. Those chrome mylar decals take some patience to remove.Some before and after pics.

I was prepping for scooping ice cream, didn’t go to the meeting.

The cowl mounted gas tank continued on the Model A, 1928 to 1931. For over two decades Ford and many other automobile manufacturers put the gas tank inches away from your lap.

Good to see another Indiana member! Thanks for joining!

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I like the horse trailer pic too, it was tempting for a while to get one for hauling!

no problem, we all make them from time to time

Agree. I think I'll take 5 gallons back to Michigan later this week.

Welcome Push or screw the dipstick all the way in. Motion control lever action is not relat4ed to fluid level Is it also hard to move to reverse

Picked up a GT-1848 last year for cheap at auction as she didn't run...Turns out those B&S engines actually require fuel mixture to run. After going over the flue system she worked great. The hydro engagement lever shook around and rattled a lot. Part of problem was drive belt was missing a couple chunks...but even with a new belt lots more rattle and noise than my 418A. My older Sustrands also rattle and I have replaced the wave washers with not much improvement. (Use a small bungee cord on one to quiet it down) So why is the 418 quiet but not the GT same system right??? Wrong...WH made a change in the later hydros and added an anti rattle spring instead of using wave washers. Looked at the spring on my 418 and went to my box of springs found one that was actually for some WH snow blower that looked close. Shortened and bent the end loops put it on the GT and voila quieter. As the other Sunstrands come in for maintenance going to fix them up as well. First diagram GT 2nd 418 note #29 WH part 107938 First pic 418 2nd GT

Old posts are awesome. I run into them on a very regular basis while searching for information. Some great stuff back then. Some great stuff today too. This website has been an amazing resource for dozens of reasons.

New & larger coffee storage space?

Finished up this shed today. Still need to get a ramp setup for it but no rush on that. Yes it’s plastic and yes it was a kit (one million pieces!!) But it all fit together well and I already had the pressure treated base built and leveled, so that’s how the size was determined. It’s 10’9” x 7’xx” with a door plenty wide enough to get a tractor in if need be.

We slept in, went over to Crystal Lake Diner for brunch, walked the dog, and finished several small projects that were cluttering up my bench - there is actually a fair sized empty spot on it now. One of the projects was finishing reassembling my Red Ryder. Last fall it quit shooting. When I did get it to shoot once, the barrel plug/sight and shot tube came out and landed about 8 feet away. Total tear down and search for parts. Ended up with a new shot tube, barrel plug (with a 'fiber optic sight'!), new air tube, new plunger seal. Once I figured out how to make a dependable spring compressor, it went together. It did shoot bb's - at a very low velocity. It was not producing an air pulse when fired. Took it back apart and compared the new plunger seal to the old one. Was about 1/16" smaller in diameter. Put the old seal back in and it is working like it should. Needs to be sighted back in, probably due to the new shot tube and front sight.

Absolutely.We bought three grab bars and will install at least two. The wall I was dealing with is an outside wall so i left it intact as possible and used hardwood for maximum hold. Drilling an undersize hole so the threads grab without splitting. The other walls will get solid blocking and a block for a third grab bar in case there is need for a caretaker within the shower. this house was bought in case we would have to take care of a parent, but its only two miles from here and the need for an easier property for us is a possibility. It is a step in shower that fits a five foot opening. Its nice and rigid and solid Vickerel where the cplor goes all the way through

@pfrederi made a jig for part #47, then made my own. Put brass bushing in

I don't see # 70. Are you talking about # 47?