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Hello everyone. I have not falling off the face of the earth just yet and have been working on the old C120 that I got from my Grandfather years ago. I didn't really use it much as the old K301 was leaking and very worn out. So, I just let it sit in the barn for a long time. Well I got to thinking lately and I was like it time to get it going again. So I took it to work and stuck it in my work bay to get me working on it. To start we need to do something with the engine. Well, one of my co workers had a good shape K321 from a Cub Cadet. So, they was the first thing to do. (The first two photos of of it mocked up.) Once it was secured, I had to redo the whole wiring harness from scratch. The old one melt at some point and I figured it wouldn't hurt to wire it up correctly. I even used different color wires!!! ( I know right! HAHA) Next was the old 48in mower deck. Yes this deck is used to cut my neighbor's 3 acre horse pasture. So the deck will not need to cut pretty, just handle large tall growth compared to a normal yard. So I welded a rebar for the bottom front to help keep it from loosing its shape. I also replaced the old worn out original blades with some gator G6 blades. (They were a huge bear to drill out the hold from 5/8 to 3/4. That metal is super tough.) I also had some wheels hanging around that I have been wanting to use for a project, so I made them fit for this one. They look and seem to work so much better than the factor rear wheels. After that came the front bumper. I got this sub compact tractor bumper for free 5 years ago that i wanted to mount on the wheel horse. Well it finally happened and now it looks great! It will protect the front of the tractor from the brush and other whatnot in the field I will be mowing, plus it looks cool. What I did was use some scrap metal, welded the bumper to it and then bolts this to the front of a mule drive. The mule drive still works as it should and the hood even opens enough for me to refuel the the mid gas tank and check the oil. Final thing I wanted to do was add a secondary fuel tank to the tractor as the center tank only last about one hour or so in heavy mowing. The field is a 5 min tractor ride from my house and i do not want to keep stopping and walking back over or riding over. I found a scrap fuel tank and welded up a bracket, bolted it under the seat back feet. Then plumbed up some hoses to a valve that is mounted on the dash. Turn it left and it turns on the center tank and turn it right it turns on the rear tank. I think it works pretty well and I was surprised it all fit behind the center tank under the dash. I fixed the oil leak at the PTO input shaft on the transmission with a new seal. I also notice the right wheel hub has a wobble to it. So I got the hub off, and use some JB weld with a key trick in the key hole. The hole was a little worn and the key wasn't sitting in perfectly. Now its all snug as a bug. What's left is the drive pulley to get here and then I can put on the PTO clutch. Then the side cover plate and right foot rest for a test drive. All should be good. Oh, and the drive pulley will be the hydro one sleaved down to 1in so I can still have faster 2nd gear. Overall I'm very please with how this project came out and I hope it will do as I want. Mow the field in heavy growth conditions. Thank you everyone for the inspiration and I hope you all have a great day!

August 20, 1920, seven men, including legendary all-around athlete and football star Jim Thorpe, meet to organize a professional football league at the Jordan and Hupmobile Auto Showroom in Canton, Ohio. The meeting led to the creation of the American Professional Football Conference (APFC), the forerunner to the hugely successful National Football League.

Had to move the last of my house stuff into the garage last night, so the 3 machines that have resided there since resto had to spend the night out under the temp awning. For the next few months they will be spead between the barn and utility building. They didn't seem to mind so far...

More photos. (The field photos are what I have completed so far using this deck before the updates along with my C160 hydro. This grass is about 2-3 feet tall and really worked the tractor. Now, yes a real bush hog would be better however, I do not have one I figured I can use what I got and once its cut down, it will be way easier to maintain. This is after him letting it go for about 3 years due to his house burning down and his health going poor for a while.)

Since we’re sharing muscle cars, here is My father’s 67 Mustang coupe It has a 68 302 with a 4 speed. It’s a transplanted 6 cylinder car that he and I and one of my three brothers helped him swap. It’s eventually going to be a clone of the Mustang he had in high school. he’s about 3/4 of the way now to that, but it still needs work.

Spandex didn't come out until about 1960.

My 1st brand new vehicle was a 1991 S10 Tahoe. I was 18yrs old. Had 4.3 w/3:42 posi rear end. Did a few performance bolt ons to engine, headers, exhaust, shift kit, etc. It ran pretty good after that. Lowered trucks were the trend at that time.

Today I got the replacement PTO belt for the 312 so now I can mow again and interestingly enough it’s the same size as the belt for my 37” SD so I just bought another. I also eventually changed a blown 15A fuse on the C-141 so the lights would work again. While I was I there I made sure the lights had plenty of clean metal for good contact. No pics though.

This is where I routed mine on the 416 I built last year. I know you don't have that hydraulic line but you could fasten it there another way.

He said rounds Dan! LOL

Hmmm... I'm not too sure that adding a yank start to a 7 or 8 HP Kohler with a dead weight S/G as you pull the rope is a great idea. One of the dis-advantages with the pull start style the contortions you do to clutch it as you attempt to start it. (provided you have the rope handle facing to the rear). A lot have the rope handle facing the grille - you best make absolutely sure the Unidrive is not in gear! If what you already have works, charges, doesn't leak or smoke... just run it and criuse the Big Show next year to find what you want....

I put this on my tall chute a while back. Mounted this way the 6" stroke is spot on. The control is mounted in a pvc handy box with a magnet. The directional crank works just fine for me.

It was said that Sparky wants the engine if I can find a yank engine for it. Time will tell thanks for the reply. But on the other hand for the first time, I will be going to the big show next summer. It always interfered with what I do with time with my brother and friends. So My wife and I will be driving down. Maybe I’ll get lucky and find one down there. Thanks for the reply. AChto.

Man do you have courage burning rubber and trusting the long-sitting-and-in-unknown-condition front brakes while pointed into your garage!

Yeah, I noticed that after taking pictures. I think maybe the chain is a little on the short side that comes from bell crank or might be in dozer blade hole instead of mower hole, I know it was harder than usual to hook/unhook deck. The PO didn't have the notch on front of mower that lines up with hitch locked in, might be the reason for lift in wrong position. IDK how it mowed as good as it did.

I wonder how good it would mow if the deck wasn't running uphill.

probably twenty tires per gallon would be a closer call.

True Richard ... don't forget about Seniors either...

Considering the prices paid for a 420-LSE lately I think that RJ should be worth upwards of $ 6,000 considering the fact that it is a 100% original survivor and it is extremely unlikely that another one exists.

You would need the non-ring gear flywheel, magneto and the appropriate sheet metal. There would be no battery, lighting or lighter (smoking is bad for you anyway). In my opinion we are all getting older and pushing a button is better than yanking a rope. K-181S is shown as the proper OME engine for a B-80. That is an electric start eight horse power Kohler, that is the way to go. Most people wouldn't know the deference and you could always say the B-80 decals are on backorder.

https://youtube.com/shorts/J-v7fGaRWxw?si=ICoKZArahKN1pjmV

Are you planning are transferring the engine from the B-60 to your 856? If not, then I would run it like it is.

Starting to look like a engine

If some one gets it for under 3 its a smokin deal. They won't tho I've been offered 3.5 k + for mine. That one will go for just South of 4 I'll guess.

Had an 88 S-10 like this only dark blue. Bought it at the dealer I worked at when I got married. Picked it up after our honeymoon. 4.3 TBI with the 700R4 and 3:53 gears. Snapped your neck leaving the stop light. Towed our travel trailer to Pocono Raceway with the bed full of firewood. Got over 20MPG with the AC on!

Today I got the exhaust cut & removed from just downstream of the catalytic converters. Those will be removed later. The muffler had an interesting surprise. Upon tilting it to remove it from the truck.. I heard rattling rolling noises. There was at least a dozen and a half acorns in the part of the muffler furthest from the open end. I was unaware that was possible given that this is a stock closed type muffler. Maybe it's in the design. Maybe it's got internal holes it wasn't built with. Doesn't matter because I never intended to leave it on. I also got the unused canister vent and air intake pieces removed from under the hood. Also detached the fuel tank side of the unused vent hose. That'll be rerouted and filtered somehow when the bed is built. When the PO assembled the truck, this intake manifold port was hose attached directly to an upper vacuum port of the carburetor. One vacuum source attached by hose to another vacuum source. It was also thoroughly gunkified with the orange sealant you can see. I have no idea what purpose that would serve. In other news. This is Seamus. He VERY rarely makes appearances while human people are in his barn. Today I lucked out and got a pic.

ppffppffftttttt Whatever.... No sense of adventure.

I agree with that Richard. Very easy to make the six into an eight with a black magic marker 5 feet away. You’ll never know the difference. I will keep that in mind. But like I said in my last post, I’m hoping I can find something down at the big show. I’m finally going to make it.

I usually prefer warmer weather, but this year I am so ready for fall and winter. Just had to spend more time outdoors this year, and we've had a long streak of silly hot, humid sticky stuff. We are supposed to get a break beginning Friday for about a week. Cloudy rainy high 80s. I will happily take it!

ahh yes Gavel to Gavel Coverage as they used to say on TV. Not good for a 7 year old...

I agree

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Recoil & cup Fly wheel Magneto Might have to drill holes in the fan shroud for the recoil.

106079 and 106108 blades replaced by106635 3-blade set. Center blade may be a different length. Places like Oregon, Stens and Napa will sell individual blades but Toro does not.

For those who can’t load videos off of RedSquare…

Thank you for the link to the file! The Wheelhorse was bought with the Kohler m14 in it when I bought it a couple of months ago. Who knows what was done to the electrical system besides taking out the key switch and installing a push button switch? Checking the seat switch, it does have an orange wire going to the pto interlock and a black wire. The black wire is routed to the area behind the key switch and has a female terminal so I will connect it to the key switch ground terminal. That seems to conflict with the diagram that shows a grounding point between the key switch and the seat switch. The key switch itself is grounded so that may take care of grounding the seat switch. There are 2 black wires routed next to the key switch combined in a single female connector. 1 wire is bolted to chassis and the other goes to ground the volt meter. There is no place to connect the single female connector in the area that I can see so I suspect it went to the optional hour meter that I don’t have. The orange wire has a blue wire opposite the orange wire at the pto switch. This is possibly another rabbit hole. There is a push pull switch to the left if the head light switch that has nothing connected to it.

I was thinking about something like this

It has gone up again since yesterday, some people have deep pockets!! I’d say that who ever buys it at a price like that, knows exactly what they’re buying and will treat it with respect and care. I hope anyway!

This came up on a FB group this week. He recently purchased it, asked a few questions, and listed it with the details he learned. It’s exciting to watch, but I don’t plan on throwing any bids at it.

Sold for $10 today. No, I didn't buy it.

Just a quick observation, I would add a small piece of white or clear heat shrink tubing or white tape to that control lever on the bottom picture to keep the bracket from chipping the paint.

What, no pick-um-up truck on that list??

That is why I just mentioned it and didn’t want to provide a link. Just wanted the guys to check it out, as they don’t come along like that too often. @953 nut I agree with you, if I were to purchase it I’d just clean it up and save the patina. And as many of you know I like some shiny tractors!

Sounds like your looking for a tractor built for two, some thing like "Big Betty Baloo"

Installed a set of 2” wheel spacers on the other 520h today. I dont know what these rims/tires came off of but they had a lot more back space than Wheel Horse rims. Had to cut a counter bore on lathe to fit the WH hub but turned out pretty good. The way it was set up before the rear end was a lot narrower than the front and looked plumb goofy. It actually was rubbing on the right hand side. The tires or BKT’s and they are a tall 10.50 and I think I like them.

I just did some mowing with my 48" front mount. I use it to mow walking paths and some semi brush hogging... I would not recommend it for regular yard work...The Queen Mary probably has a tighter turning radius. Lincoln at AtoZ is good people

The ebay price 875 for a 48 SD deck only with rust perforations letting light though (no front mount carrier no gauge wheels) is ludicrous.

i use a 42 inch recycling deck with my 314-8. The baffle on a resr discharge holds ghe grass clips in a little longer for recuts! But it also holds wet grass which i mowed over this week (dewy) that clings to the decks. I had it off today to clean!