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I've sold a rent trailer house and have to trim some limbs on my driveway to move it out w/o damage. I pulled the front porch deck off with my forks on my hoe. When I climbed up on it to check my stabilizer chain, I realized how stable the porch was. I got my chain saw and a little ladder and went to work on some limbs. Soon I was comfy enough I was getting limbs 10 or 15 feet up. Excellent!

Today we begin. Replacing the flywheel side seal and decided to powder coat a few things. Also removed the dash and are going to try out a different tactic. Was going to put one of my dash decals but decided to powder coat it chrome and just use the bottom section decal And try to cut the very tiny letters from black vinyl for the dreaded rib. Will post pics when done. Gary is blasting air cleaner cover, dash and flywheel screen in preparation for powder coating while I am bagging and marking bolts and taking pics. Also going to replace the ignition switch. Discovered the lighter was not wired so it probably does not work. We will find out soon enough on that. Cleaning a ton of oil and grime off the case. This steering cap decal is a bit larger than the ones I make. Will be making both sizes from now on.

I finally got the aluminum cut for the fuel tank. I got the tacked together and needed to trial fit it before final welding. I had to cut out the angled portion in the bottom of the tool bin so the tank would drop straight down. Fits like a glove. I drilled the filler neck hole and the vent/feed holes and took it back to my son’s for final welding. Think I am going to do this to the 953 I have also. 👍

Happy Birthday Brian Here;s To Wishin You Many More To Come

Got done cleaning up the rims for my 855 Then putting on the original color of almond from Rustoleum. Sweet!! Sprayed two coats of clear on top.

Sucess, it pumps up a storm with all the Crud cleaned out of it.

Thanks @whx21 thats exactly what I needed. Here I looked all over the Internet and it was in the manual right where I should have looked. Yes I soaked it in Berrymans and polished things up with a Dremel. Headed to go reassemble it now.

Got the tower, pto lever, fuel tank and some of the smaller bits fitted today. Also got most of the remaining small parts painted. Below is a shot of the boat engine primer bulb I fitted to help starting when left idle for a while. It's accessed through a hole in the fender under the seat. And yes. I need a new gaiter for the gear lever.

I would say that welded end to the blower is causing the issue, I have a similar blower on my 312, and the lift tube has to " work " or move to lift the blower. probably the side thrust on the flag mounting point is causing it to shear the pin. I have never sheared a pin , and use the slide in spring type pins. do you have picture of the welding point? if possible you might be able to save that mounting area, pete

I'm definitely late to the party here, but just saw this thread. Thanks everyone for the support and once again Dan, your rat tractor is just awesome. Every issue I have dedicated space for a WH exclusive article. Typically I try to stock up on tractors and stories at the big show. That gives me a chance to write articles from people outside of just New England. I plan to do the same this June. I have enough material to get me thru the winter and to the next show. I think you'll really like the upcoming Nov/Dec issue as well - another fellow RS member!

Some may have seen my C-121 aka The Black Horse on here. I purchased the tractor off my Southern mate Chris Sutton, sight unseen and he brought it up to the Newby Hall show 5-6 years ago. It ran, drove and entered the line up in the Wheel Horse Round up. And then home hoping swmbo wouldn't notice there was an extra tractor on the trailer. Unloaded and in the workshop, the intended restoration began. This will be a condensed version. It took me a year to complete. Until a pile of bits lay on the workshop floor. One thing I did find, that neither Chris or I had noticed, was a lot of play in the left side rear axle. The needle bearing was shot. After separating chassis and trans, the box was stripped and rebuilt. That job deserves a thread of it's own. So it may get one at some future date. After the trans was back together, the tractor rebuild could continue. First the chassis got a lick of paint after the trans was rebuilt. Agricultural tractor enamel brush painted. BTW. All parts were grey primed first. Some by brush and some by rattle can. The tower was next. Getting a good prep first. To be continued. Photo's seem to have got a bit mixed up. But never mind.

Got in a bit of a hurry so I will redo this one and make some adjustments in the template while at it. Was able to cut the red wheel horse lettering ok and the black words on the rib are printed on a strip of clear. The bottom is cut from one of my current dash decals.

Research and development. Write those expenses off 😎

Been working at tighten up a very sloppy front axle pivot. Drilled out the pivot hole in the axle to 7/8" then pressed in two sleeves to get back down to 3/4". Had to do a bit of reaming as I think the sleeves ID shrank a bit when pressed in. But now the pivot pin slides in and out nicely and is wobble free. Have to work on the front of the frame hole as it is a bit sloppy. You can see how worn the existing pin was, lying on top of axle.

Tada! 😂

This is what should be at the bottom. A lighter cotter pin will shear so perhaps welding was a bad solution. Flat washer at the bottom on the snowthrower pin 920013 - 5/8" SAE flat washer replaced by 3256-27 (.62625" ID x 1.3125" OD or 21/32" ID x 1-5/16" OD) 932034 - 3/16" x 1" cotter pin replaced by 3272-21 (Later models use a 9335064 hair pin but not sure that is a good idea. May get pushed out.) Garry

Somemore info on it in the manual. May want to try and soak that in some Berrymans Oliie, that one looks bad. Kohler 4-72 SM Section 04.1-5.4 Fuel Governor HR.pdf

When you are taking pictures as it comes apart you will want to transfer those photos to a flash drive that ONLY has pictures of that job. I use portable parts storage cases to keep track of replacement parts. Bolts, nuts and washers have storage bins by size (when I take the time to sort them).

That's pretty awesome Jonathan. It looks like you're a wicked happy little kid on his new Fast Tractor. I love it.

Hello. One year ago I came across this abused but cheap Gutbrod 2500..... but immediately saw the potential for a vonversion to a D250. Much time and money has gone in to it, and I`m still not done. But I`l get there All the eigth bolts that holds the diff together was broken , but like a miracle the brass planetery gear was in one piece and no broke gears....some ugly wear, problaby from little and gunky oil, but it works. The ignition distributor was missing. Bought one from france....mounted it and it fired up. But after running it for a while, it was oil in the water and water in the oil Off with the cylinder head. It was bent like a banana, and previous owner had used the gasket over again Had the head milled down 0,4mm Back together with new gasket. Running fine, but now the oil was raising and smelled gas......gaspump was shot too. Engine was running nice, but there was something strange. The rpm got to high (Tractor was yet to be driven). Dismantled the gouvernor.....or whats left of it. Also the steering was pretty bad... First drive this summer with new rear wheels. Stripping some old paint to get ready for new I`m keeping the Gutbrod dash-style with the turnsignal and hazzard switch. Also gonna keep the turnsignal, cause I find them a bit cool. This is how it looks today. Painted hood and new tires in the front. Rear fenders where a mess. Built them up again so I could make a plug, to make a mold so I can cast a new one in fiberglas. this is how far I got, present time. I`ll have to rebuild the front Pto from a 6 splined to a axle with a keyway?? Cause I`m missing the the pulley mounted to the 6splined axle. Also the yokes in front I`m missing. found out that these are mouch easier to get with a standard 25mm bore and a keyway. If anyone know or can measure the outer diameter of the pulley mounted on the Pto axle I`ll appreciate that!!! I`m in the forum from time to time reading and watching all the nice tractors you have, and all the good work you are doing to them. My Suburban in weekly use. Here operated by my daugther. Love this little tractor Hope you enjoyed this reading. Best regards Christer

Oddly enough, I never made a video of this tractor "in motion". It was nice today, so I asked Mrs. R. to follow me around with the camera.

Have a great day @slammer302!

Gonna save this 754 tomorrow. Needs a carb and some deck work, new cables push button start. Worth saving I think!!!!!

Are you telling me that I need to get another tractor and restore it so I can get another set of decals?? Lol. Terry is the best and I have purchased I don't know how many sets from him. Thanks again Terry !!

Thanks Eric. I really like the powder coating and it does make application much easier The mild pitting does not bother me. Pretty sure the powder coating would not work if we filled the pits anyway. If there is a really good looking chrome paint then I would repair it first. Will prepare a post on each step once I get the artwork perfected.

OK guys, I finally got around to spraying carb cleaner on the carb and gasket. Absolutely no change when spraying around the gasket, but the engine stumbles when spraying the throttle shaft. Not a huge stumble, but noticeable. I guess that is to be expected of a 44 year old carb! One day I might see if I can insert bushings in the carb body and replace the shaft, but for now, I will live with it. Or maybe replace the carb with one of the Chinese versions. Thanks again for all the responses and setting me straight on choking a hot engine! Danny

that's for basic operational check on shifter boot, wire routing and view points to look for problems . you can see the drive belt area the clutch linkage . I use it regularly to keep an eye on things. just a good access point , between that and the lower dash plate ,and shifter gate ,you can look inside at service areas. pete

Tuc Tuc .... Belts are inserted and all works as expected, did a short try, to play a bit with FEL. for some purposes i made a larger Aluminum Circle with 100mm with a circular bend edge. so if Belt hops off from Pulley, it is arrested near Pulley in Position. if cluth releases it will be automatically feed thru pulley. the Clutch works as a dream, absolutely smooth coupling. I love it, if a Plan works. Funny - then i reworked the mount- issue for the Snowblade.😎 I made from an U- Steel an carrier for a Catesian mountingplate, bolted with M12 to Snowblade and do a first testdrive with it. A Nut in M12 was reworked on Minilathe, to be a bulled with hole. this was captured in the ring of the Arms, what will be screwed with M12 longthread together. the function was working as a bearing - Finally on Top i set a selflock nut. don't know if my description is clearly formulated, but it works as hoped... Because lack of snow, my first test was Plowing some dirt, the Blade works as expected. Actually the Snowblade will be lifted thru FEL by a chain because of cartesian, but i think about. The Coilspring on the Snowblade was from a Garagedoor, and pushes still hard, but with a good feedback if something harder will be hit. We will see, how it works in Snow, in dirt it worked pretty good without extrem slip on Reartyres. Yes, i know a rainy floor by plowing dirt is not same as snowplow on ice ....😇 Another issue is, i like to exchange the Shovelcylinder self, while i want more expanding way. I purcased this cylinder, because it was very cheap and for a proof of concept it was absolutely good enough. Now i have another deal in mind. Change the Shovelcylinder to anotherone with 200mm lift. Reuse the short 100mm maybe for the Snowblade, added a Valve and Tadaaaaaa. another options will also be tested. We will see, where the Travel goes.. Tuc Tuc Tuc

just backtracked and found this , looks like your issue and answer, Pete

I don't think we could raise enough donations for a face lift.

Hey Ed! That's the Potter County I remember. For many years in the 1990s and into the early 2000s so many doe permits were issued by the PA Game Commission that the big woods in God's Country were devoid of ANY deer. We came home from many a hunt up there empty handed when just a few years earlier the meat poles were all full. I miss those days. Nice deer you got and so were the rest of them. We haven't found a recipe to eat the antlers yet but I know you will make some nice mounts for them and cherish them on your wall, anyway. Congratulations...! Cheers! Dave

Garry

Can't do that. We're closed for three winter. Only way in is by dog sled and all the igloo's have been booked for months now. Off to get it now...... muuuush, muuuush

Other one??? what other one??? Might have to commit an international rustle...

There's something screwy going on but like @pullstart said, the idler arm would have to be in that position to take the slack out of the belt. What's going on with the other side wouldn't matter. I'll be looking for the pictures. I've never swapped a 6-speed for an 8 or vice versa but it shouldn't be difficult to get it right.

Awwww @Chris G I ain’t such a bad guy....

Now I am all confused and stuff. Are we talking about ugly tractor seats or our own seats with butt crack included???? Carry on --i will continue to persevere.

If you guys want me to get a face lift, cut loose with the cash!

Haven't been able to do anything to my red stuff for a while, been busy helping my "Bride" get ready for a triple by-pass (11-27). Dr. emailed a list of things to be done each day, (house-hold, physical, & others) to make it easier, & safer at home & hospital, so you know why I am behind on MY schedule in everything. God has His own schedule, & that's the important one! I recently purchased a tired 417A & working toward putting a 12 h.p. K series on it (hopefully) and use it for a "utility" unit, and set it up so I can take it to storm/disaster sites for emergency lighting/power for tools etc. My quick mount generator/air compressor & hopefully (soon) high pressure pump I think could be a valuable short-term asset in many situations, & I have a two wheel trailer for on site portability if ever needed for emergency & personal use. If PO bought this new, I don't think he ever blew any of the dirt/debris out of it, as every cavity that was capable of holding anything was full. I don't see how the directional control could work. Too many visitors are wanting to see my wife tomorrow, so rather than get run out of the hospital tomorrow I plan on playing until the coast is clear & I get clearance. One good thing is I FINALLY got money for RS support & a few parts. Wife home 11-10, doing well, Dr. appt. 11-15, Dr. very pleased, she's doing excellently, ("do anything you want to & feel like, but heavy lifting, but STAY ACTIVE") & push yourself a little to build yourself up. Result of GODs love & prayer from all over U.S., & places & people we do not even know about. Thanks to the prayer warriors in this group.

Lol.. Kev... he does his own and is quite good at it ...did you not see the pics of his man cave!?!? Have to see if we can find that thread on how he does them. Good caliber Ed for longer pokes at white tails.... In the meantime these Elk are in my neck of the woods...

Thanks for thinking of me! The key you need is a #RX Woodruff Key. It is 1/4" wide and 2 3/4" long.

Wait till we have another ungly seat contest Cris... that one beats @Achtos where it was infested with ants and crawling up his a$$

ebinmaine, Only in your dreams, will I send them to you. My super-sized Suburban luvs the snow

The last few days I've been working on getting the running boards cut to size and mounted. I got the mounting brackets for those tacked in place, made some modifications to the belt guard then took things back apart to finish welding the brackets to the frame. On this project I decided not to use the original foot rests so I cut out the original mounting bar, moved the clutch pedal mounting rod back about 2-1/2" to the front of the running board and filled in the holes in the frame where the original bar was. I also wanted to be able to remove the 2nd clutch pedal and it's mounting bar as the kids get bigger so I had a bar made that is threaded and held in place with a nut. While I had the welder out I welded a few nuts in place under the frame to run wire loom thru when I get to that point. I still need to shorten the clutch pedal rod and make a rod to connect the two pedals.

Very happy to say that I do not have a $400 roller. Got the battery in today and the little Kohler came to life. Runs and sounds great and was not blowing smoke. Next step will be replacing the crank seal. Also discovered a leaky fuel shut off valve. Wont get to these repairs till after Thanksgiving but to say I am excited about this is an understatement. Where should I look to find another petcock for the tank?

Thanks guys it really helps since this will be my first completed rebuild I'm trying to get information and do the research. Then along with making a list of parts or any items I need to replace all in order I can then concentrate on the rebuild without stopping to research and get info and delay the rebuild or do it wrong. I wanna make this as close to correct as possible and try my best to be as accurate as possible not to mention as not having to take a few steps back and redo something that could have been done right the first time.

I just read the other thread where you wrote about this That would be a very good thing to be able to make parts they no longer make. Thanks so much for your efforts helping keep this hobby alive and running smoothly.