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Gave bendy a workout today, got bogged to the axles a few times and if it wasn't for lots of lock to lock on the steering it wouldn't have made the slope. Gave me a good excuse to hose her down

Every January I make my Big Show res. for the Comfort Inn Chambersburg. I use the website and have had no issues. I have enjoyed my stay there the last 2 years. So last week I make my reservation. Somehow I got put on some kind of special savings plan program, SAPR2. I didn't realize this. I go to pay my monthly credit card bill and I see it's higher than expected. I check into it and the hotel room is on there. Every other year I get billed after I stay there. I call the Hotel and he says that's a requirement to be on this plan. Payment is up front. Ok so the room is paid for now, not really a problem. But here's the problem. The room is NON-REFUNDABLE! If for some reason I cannot go I am screwed! I have the time off from work already scheduled, but I have been trying to change jobs for over a year now and if I do get something I have to ask for time off right away and that usually doesn't set to well with a new employer. Bottom line if making resi's over the internets, Check everything carefully, look for check boxes ect. before hitting that submit button.

I was 11 years old during The Blizzard of 77 . I remember being able to walk up snowdrifts onto the top of my childhood home & to be eye level with the streetlights . My father worked for Bethlehem Steel & didn't come home for 7 days . 29 souls perished in this blizzard . A sobering reminder of Mother Nature's power :

Scored a C-141 with 2 mower decks, a tiller and a lawn vac. Tractor runs but smokes so it is in for a rebuild.

As you can see, I don't need much of a reason to take the RJ for a spin!

My wife came home to this I'll just leave it there in the living room

I went right to the hotel website which I have done every other year. Still don't know how I got enrolled in some plan. As long as nothing happens between now and June all is well. You just never know. I kind of doubt anything will change on the job front. I've been up for 2 jobs and a third is pending. I have a "Great resume " and more experience than the folks that have been beating me out for positions, but I'm afraid being 5-10 yrs from retirement age has got something to do with me not getting picked.

I built this paint booth for about $100.00 Used material I had laying around. Lumber, bed frame, paint screen,shower curtain, velcro, casters, foam insulation, etc. All I bought was the range hood, venting, and lights. It's 3' by 3' close to 6' total height. Uses a furnace filter to filter incoming air when closed up with fan running. I made a insulated panel that fits into the sliding door and has vent door installed. With this setup I can paint any time of year. Very little fumage too. The clear shower curtain seals shut with velcro. I use various methods to hang the parts to be painted. I used it to paint the wheels on the 68 Charger. Worked great!

So I recently made a post called new to me 1960 suburban 400. I had cleaned the I'd plate and the serial number read as 42388 atleast it appeared. Well I was sitting on the tractor yesterday the light got the I'd plate enough to were it made me question the last digit in the serial number. So I took it off and did some more cleaning and pulled a little magnification device out that my grandad had always had in his toolbox. Never understood why but it worked great for me today. So the update to that serial number is 42383. Please check out photos and let me know what ya think. I'd like to make sure the list on here has the proper number.

Joe, you have a couple things going on. Can you put a picture of the top of your piston, now that you have the head off. If it kind of looks like this...that clean area from 12 to 4 o'clock shows oil blow by, and you need to rebuild the engine first. That is the blue smoke...does not matter if it start up or under load. The other thing you have going on, is the governor. Your engine is never going to run under load if that cross shaft is not locked with that lock nut. If it still turns when that net is tight, it is not doing what it is supposed to do. Rebuild the engine first (I just tore down my K181 on my 876...taking it to the machine shop Monday). When you get it back, let's put it back together. Check out Mike Prondzy's thread in the "Reference" Section/Engines...K181 rebuild. The manual, if you do not have it, is in the manual section under engines. Check out the manual and read it...everything you want to know...and we are here to walk you through it. I hope you know that you can not just change the rings and put it back together, you need good measurements and either bored and/or cross hatching. Checking the valves, tolerances, etc. It is not a huge project, but you are just wasting your money if you do not do it right. I used a ratchet strap to hold the fly wheel to get the castle nut loose, and then to use the puller to get the fly wheel off. I did not take the engine off the horse until I got all the pulling stuff off the engine.

My 1996 416-H, with an Onan P-216 has 1600 hours on it. Other then puffing a small amount of smoke on startup, the engine is strong. I too am a fan of Kohler, but love the sound of the Onan twin. As far as things with the name Toro, I must say that if not for Toro, Wheel Horse may have become MTD . At least Toro kept the Wheel Horse name for a couple decades, and still maintain a stock of some parts for us.

I had already moved to Florida by then, but my cousin shared a photo of the road to the family farm near Syracuse NY from her scrap book.

If you need any references, Mike, I would be willing to testify that SQUONKS don't really smell bad.

A slight in and out movement is normal, up & down is not. Up and down (or side to side) would indicate a bad bearing which is not common on the brake shaft. The seal is simple to replace and does not require opening up the case. A seal should be available at your local Toro dealer or Napa auto parts store. There are many threads here on RedSqure that will help you understand how to do it. I recommend a seal from your local Napa auto parts store SKF 7410 or CR7410. I find them to be better made than the Toro part 100441. Here is the link to the seal/bearing cross reference page. Use #3 in the list for your transmission which is probably a 5091 or 103907.

Here are some quick pics I grabbed of my custom Autism Horse I am building up. To cold to to many of the projects, but I did take the hood and fender pan in the house, buffed them out and installed the decals that Vinylguy donated to the cause. I managed to get the big hood decal on with only a couple minor wrinkles. I am pleased and I have more decals on order from other sources to add to the tractor. I need to wire up the strobe beacon to the lights, find me a single original style(good used) red front wheel cap and pick up a new shifter boot. Debating on putting the embossed hub caps on or not. Not in the budget for awhile anyways. I will repaint the muffler with heat proof silver paint. Look for a full story and how being on the spectrum affects my life and what garden tractors, along with my trains, mean to me in Lawn & Garden Collector magazine in the future. Mike

Post a few pics of the knots on your head if it left tire marks on the floor.

AMCs rule! The forgotten American car. Id love to have a Rebel.

That happened to me in 2015 when we stayed there. It saves a few bucks on the room but non-refundable. Good luck on the job search. I think most employers wouldn't have an issue with your plans as long as you were very upfront with them.

Like Bob said. I made a reservation at an Econolodge through Expedia recently and my card was charged two weeks before the stay. I stayed at six other hotels in the last two weeks without reservations and the deals I made in person with the hotels were all within a couple bucks of the early special deal with Expedia.

My wife says I have expensive hobbies. Another that's not in a pic is guns, but have turned more into a collector as opposed to using them for I just haven't made time to get to the range that's 1 mile from my house For some reason I cannot upload any more pics

Yes it is red. And Craig all of your dibs tractors are still safe lol. It's not another gt14. It is from the 70s though.

Bob nice pick up. But I think the cub has to go to make more room for RED. Just my Enjoy the project.

Or just take a screen - shot of the pic in the ad , post it here without the text . Like so ...

Like everyone says , stay moving ! Listen to your doc and therapist...good luck and prayers sent .

According to a world renowned expert they are!

My prayers will be going your way Tuesday; as always, do exactly what they tell you! From past experience I can tell you that Ice Cream is good for what ales you! FOR MEDISONAL PURPOSES OF COURSE!

My prayers with you. God Speed.

Wish you the best - I had back surgery in 1971 - they have come a long way since then - I think with modern medicine you will be fine - one thing - as with any surgery - KEEP MOVING - the more you keep active, the faster you will heal - I have had both hips replaced and can tell you that getting up and moving around will really shorten the recovery time...had the last one at 73 and didn't have any problems--modern medicine miracles!!..keep your chin up..

I have been sharing my back problem dilemma in my suburban project thread. I went to doctor today to find out I will need back surgery this coming Tuesday. It is an in and out procedure which will keep me off work up to 2 weeks depending how fast I recover. Supposedly I will be able to move around and walk but no weightlifting, heavy lifting or ant kind of excercise like situps or crunches. I guess I will just have to go out in garage and work on that damn tractor! I have some other little projects around the house I can do/finish. I would like to thank all of you who have shared their experiences with back problems. God knows Ive been dealing with this long enough. I cant walk on my left leg without dragging my foot , very far or stand long. The doctor asked me to raise my foot off the heel on my left foot and I couldnt move it. There is no alternative at this point and I dont want to have nerve damage like 953 nut is having to live with.

Last year I never setup my 523Dxi with it's snowthrower and cab because of the lack of snow - and then on January 23, 2016 we were socked in for five days with close to 40" of snow from a blizzard. I never used that tractor! With this turning into another "Winter That Wasn't," I have been refining the installation of my "new/used" cab for the 518xi and the lighting controls compared to the cab on the 523Dxi. Two years ago on my 523Dxi, I had put 27W LED floods on the front and an 18W LED flood on the rear. I had also motorized the chute deflector on the single stage snowthrower. The wiper was manual. This year I have used the cab roof from the 523Dxi's cab for the 518xi. The reason is I have a motorized wiper and it is just easier to start fresh with the other roof. It will again get 27W floods on the front and an 18W flood on the rear. It will also receive copies of the new items I have mounted on the 518xi. The 518xi has received roof mounted taillights, and an amber LED lightbar. The tailights give me piece of mind due to the 518xi not having tailights like the other four 5xi models. Maybe this summer I will pull the seat pan off and finally add them! There is a master fuse at the battery and individual fuses inside the control box. All wire to wire connections were soldered and heat shrunk. I also used a trailer junction box, mounted at the roof, to make removal at the end of the season easier. For the wiring I used 12 gauge stranded to the control box. There is a Weatherpack connector at the firewall. I used 14 gauge stranded to the lights with one 12 gauge ground to the junction box to lessen the number of wires in the loom to the roof. This way all the wiring and boxes can be stored with the roof piece of the cab. Space was left on the face of the box for motion controls of the snowthrower and snow blade. My plan is to have common controls and connections for the attachments to each tractor. That way I can swap duties between tractors. Latest weather says snow next Sunday/Monday!!! Notice the fuse block cover from Glen Pettit. The red switch is a momentary switch for changing the amber lightbar pattern.

More picture when it's nice out tomorrow

I agree I love old tools and when they were someone you new it's always cool to have them around. And for me my grandpa got me into wrenching on just about anything. So it's always fun when ya get to pull them out and share a story!

I agree also on it being a three . Always had a magnifying glass behind the parts counter . Someone would bring in a bearing , race , or seal and couldn't read anything , but with then my young eyes and the magnifying glass I could make out the numbers to cross reference . Same here it was grandpa's ...I didn't get that though. I did get his Starrett 0-1" micrometers even though I had a set of Swiss made Etalon ($$$) and a pair of Mitutoyo Digamatics , nothing can replace grandpa's antique Starrett's ! Old school tools rule.

Which is the little shaft you mention is it the cross shaft that spins and spins??????

Guess you can say it's the redheaded step child of a wheel horse

If you can't go Mike...I think I have a Squonk costume in the closet. Let me know if something happens.

http://www.magnifier.com/products-printers-loupes.htm?gclid=COHM65m75dECFdgKgQodRlgMQQ I'm sure they have many uses but was introduced to them by a press operator. I think you discovered even a better use.

I'd agree on the 3 too. That looks like a printers loupe there. Printing press operators use them.

Oval hole is intended to give the blade a bit of float and limit down pressure - helps avoid damaging parts . Just remember , any time you are forcing the blade to the ground be prepared for it to grab something , hard...I've seen people launched over the hood when being too aggressive and using too much speed . The trip springs will help , but the faster you go the less chance they can work to prevent a damaging sudden stop when hitting something solid , like concrete and such.. Sarge

I keep a deep record of parts manuals , service records and such on everything I own , especially vehicles which is a big selling point when the time comes . My wife and I have had that "talk" lately about where to go , who to contact should anything happen to me first . She's had some shocks to find out that some things are worth far more than she would ever believe , and others that have lost a lot of value due to age/wear . I put a small list of various contacts in a book to help her out in the future , especially how to deal with my welding equipment which can get a bit complicated in dealing with tanks and such . I keep digital and paper copies of nearly everything including service parts receipts for everything I have , it does help later in tracking down this stuff .... And yes , I sleep with one eye open and the hand iron nearby...lol . Sarge

Mike, you really have to be careful with reservations these days. I've stopped using services like Travelocity, Kayak, and Trivago for making the reservations. I only use them to find the best price, then go directly to the hotel website to finalize the deal. I find that I can usually get them to match any deal that I find. If the hotel tells me that I have to pay up front to get the deal, I tell them I will find another hotel. That usually changes things. I have never been billed until after the stay ends.

Now that's how you make America Great Again!! sir.

I C it could B A D ; who Knows?

Best of luck to you Slim.

LOL how about donuts?

I guess it will be RED!

That's her tractor now........... Better start looking for another one for you!!!

Rod Stewart is your son? I'm just kidding. My dad still has the dump cart. I think it's the same era, early sixties. Here is the 552. I think this was the first my dad bought. He discovered WH tractors when his boss, the Chevy dealer owner bought one. From his description I think it was an RJ from late 50s. It had a pull start. Dad went to the local dealer and bought one with a starter. The boss man was jealous so he went and traded tractors! Oh, that kid is me again. I was born in July of '63. So these pics would be probably within a year of that.