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I just brought that 875 home a few hours ago. I even thought about going to look at the Electro as well. I'm pretty amazed that there are forum members everywhere. Not the first time I've seen posts about tractors I wanted to buy

To my knowledge, no. What does matter is that you do not want the entrance of the wire going into the condenser pointing up. The wire acts like a wick when it rains; if the seal fails the condenser shorts out from the trapped water inside.

I don't have a C-160 but I do have a C-120/180. If I subtract the 20 from the 80 does that make it a C-160.

I keep one in the drawer with my dual-purpose screwdriver.

Does buying one count?

January 17, 1984 Supreme Court rules (5-4) that private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright law.

He was released yesterday .

Took the C-145 for its first trail ride. Stuck and spinning more than moving along…back to the garage she went. Scored these used rubber tire chains at last summers WH Show and today they paid off! She went pretty much anywhere I wanted to go. Would have been unstoppable if I added wheel weights I bet!

We call those a 50/50 job where I come from. Looks good from 50 ft or 50 MPH.

Little cleanup and.. you could hang your nanners in the kitchen???

I was thinking that a 'smartwrench' app and attachment for a smartphone might be a good idea, unless the user doesn't take criticism well. (Made today with Photoshop and help from some AI apps.)

All of the above comments, but I see it as an important labor-saving tool that lets you loosen or tighten two different bolts simultaneously. Get the job done in half the time and charge the full hourly rate.

Got back to the PS project. Figured out the drag link, next is the steering cylinder mount.

I've used Rusto Regal Red and Satin Black on all my Black Hoods. I've been satisfied with the results. I like the multi spray tips - if one gets spurty or clogs, you got options... My paint jobs are best admired from a distance though...

Cordless electric chainsaws are very handy. I have several gasoline-powered chainsaws: An Echo, a Poulan, a John Deere, and a pole saw attachment for my Husqvarna strimmer, but my little Milwaukee M18 chainsaw is the one I use most often now. Since we downsized to one property two years ago, we're down to 2-1/2 acres, which is mostly wooded, but I don't need the big saws as much. I've cut down 12-inch-diameter trees with the Milwaukee, and it uses the same batteries as my other Milwaukee tools. It's also very handy for limbing trees once they're down, as well as trimming firewood. Now that I think about it, the pole saw attachment 'might' (I'll have to check) also fit my wife's Milwaukee string trimmer (which I bought for her because she likes to trim around her garden and doesn't like to mess with gas engines very much).

Mystery boxes came today in a big truck: So I unpackered them: and now I am tired. The shop is more, or less, done for now. I still have some outlets to place, and an air line to run, but the major elements are in place. Time to get to work.

they are asking $75 for that thing!!!! Ain't even got a hanging hole

Got out this afternoon. There’s a loggging company working the woods so the trails are pretty much ruined and it’s tough to get around, also downed trees and limbs everywhere, but I still enjoy getting out.

‘84 C-145auto

Yeah man, both the steering (power beyond type) and the left valve have reliefs. The lift valve is defiantly set to high. I have not gauged it yet but will have to fine tune as the we get closer. Steering Valve I did get the steering cylinder in place and tested today, need a little adjusting the stops on the spindels but it was real close.

No idea when it was discontinued. Weren’t they a bit smaller at 22x9.00x12?

Hey folks , I haven't been as active here as I once was ( apologies ) . I have been busy . This happened to me this week and I remembered there are "birders" on this forum . Last Wednesday while at work , myself and two coworkers were just shooting the breeze out in our drop lot when something caught our eyes . It was a seemingly injured bird hopping along the fence line. Birds of prey are very common in the city . They hunt the pigeons that nest nearby. We decided to call the SPCA and they forwarded us to the DEC. About 1/2 hour later a woman from the DEC shows up and she can't catch him. My 2 coworkers had left and I decided to help her as she was about to give up . She threw a blanket to me over the fence and told me what to do . I managed to toss the blanket over him and get ahold of both his feet .I carried the bundled injured little guy over to her Jeep and slid it into a pet carrier. He looked in pretty rough shape to my untrained eye . I gave the woman my info and asked if she would keep me updated. This afternoon I get a call . The bird was taken to our SPCA and is doing "quite well". She sent me a pic . He's about a 1 year old Coopers Hawk. He's gorgeous.

It's so you can still use a wrench side after using the other side as a hammer

Great way to test. The only issue I heard was the steering lugging the engine at the end of it's stroke. The lift valve has a pressure relief valve built in but because your steering is plumbed in first that valve is not going to help. Long story short, make sure you have a pressure relief ahead of the steering control valve to prevent over pressure issues. Just my 2 cents.

I had to check back to see if anyone figured this out yet. I could tell yall exactly what it is ..................but I have no idea either.

Steering wheel and tube ready to be installed. Tractor ready for steering wheel to be installed. Steering tube slid onto steering shaft. Never seize applied to steering shaft. Flat then bowed washers slid onto steering shaft. Spirol pin never seized then partly installed into steering wheel but not blocking shaft hole. Steering wheel slid onto shaft then a 1/4" pin slid in opposite the spirol pin to align holes in the steering wheel and steering shaft. There is just a small amount of tension from the bowed washer to hold the tube in position. Spirol pin ready to be driven in. Spirol pin driven in with this punch that has a locating bump on the end. Spirol pin driven in until the pin protrudes out of each side of steering wheel. Steering wheel installed. Steering wheel and tube installed.

My Dad had one of those! Never saw the sense of it.

Fine just don't let him see any of EB's paint jobs. We could call him skittles. I seldom wash mine either ... well except for maybe the flame and the 701. My only two trailer queens. The rest of my restos get worked and it seems if I wash them they immediately get dusty so I gave up. Now @Achto is a different story. He washes his just to load them up and take them down a dirty road in the rain. 'Course his paint jobs look good under a microscope.

We're going to need a lot more information and some about this ; hopefully it runs and drives like it should.

While on one of my walks in the summer of 2024, I found this feather on the side of the trail. I used Google Lens to determine it was a Coopers Hawk feather. Never saw the bird, but did encounter two bird watchers who were looking for, and tracking the movements of that hawk. Interesting.

During the time I took a second shift job. Three necessary items to "survive" either a 2nd or 3rd shift job: A bedroom air conditioner. A VCR to tape network shows and watch them later. A telephone / answering machine located away from the bedroom. Been there, done that.

Absolutely!!

Around Boston you'd be tie-idd. Up here in Maine you'd be tie-udd. And say it slower.

Mule drive belt no.102742 super seeded to no. 94-2501 ( 1/2" x 103" ) 48" deck belt no. 1594 ( 1/2" x 107" )

I fit it today for the bolt holes, then same color as the sickle

Wanted to clean the new to me C-145auto but the garage was 28 degrees and it was even colder outside. So just a scraping, shop-vac and rag cleaning today. Also installed a belt engage/disengage lever (completely missing!)

Lefty loosey....Righty tighty No need to turn it over. On your way Joe?

Well that doesn't seem right either. Now it's a negative number?? I've never seen a bolt that small.

It says 8-10in., no way you could use it for metric.

'Course not to far off there EB. When I first succumbed to the addiction I had to look for them. Now they seem to fall out the sky. Some for free and many $100 rollers with a motor that fired right up. Some really nice ones for short money. People would see my junk yard and line ups from the road and just stop and see if I ran a tractor repair shop and ask if I was interested in another horse. She has since made me move them to unseen quarters Alice the C-120 came from a drive by for very very short money ... 200 ... ... with a magnum, a deck and a show tiller!!! Widowed PO just wanted to see it a good home.

Whatsaa mattah wit' you... That's not metric & american. That's so you can use it on bolts that face each direction.

First look it reminded me of a belt keeper on er/guard for a early RJ ... thinking now a spring tooth. Tell ya what it really is ... a part to build an entire custom franken horse around... You start out with that one piece and end up with a running driving tractor.

Thats a fantastic rescue story, well done for showing such care and responsibility by doing the right thing. We have all kinds of problems over here for our birds of prey. From road collisions killing owls as they hunt and gamekeepers poisoning hawks to stop them taking game birds. But we have success stories too with reintroduction of some species that had been extinct in some areas. We are only a tiny country and space is in great demand for housing and other building projects, so our government ignore wildlife at every turn and only pay lip service to nature conservation. Look after your wildlife, while you still have it.

I built a hub puller a couple of weeks ago, which worked great (see below), but I thought I could improve upon it, so I fabbed up a new version, which has two advantages over the first one: It has a cavity for the hub spigot, so it can be bolted flat against the hub flange, which can add some rigidity to the flange, and it can be used with hubs that have been retrofitted with studs, as well as those that are still using lug bolts. Mine still has lug bolts, but I used a separate set of bolts and washers with the puller, rather than the lug bolts, in order to prevent any damage to the puller plate or to the tapered part of the lug bolts. The center bolt is longer than it needs to be, but that's what I had on hand. I put a dab of anti-seize on the center bolt threads. Previous version of hub puller: New version: Back of puller (I dressed the weld a bit, just for the heck of it): Front of puller:

Seen this for sale on FBMP Metric and American??

Everyone has their own preference, so with that in mind do what you want to just don't paint it JD green.

This is listed for the D-250 10-speed - similar and reversible https://www.partstree.com/models/67-42cr01-toro-42-cultivator-attachment-1976

Direct drive is by far better, but converting a deck will not be easy nowadays. (Not to mention the custom spindle you would need to make) Its hard to find the old motor specs, but i've looked for a low-profile high-torque motor that would be capable of fitting on the deck (pancake style) and its hard to find. I was considering using an HTD style belt (less friction than a v-belt) and one larger deck motor.

I was thinking the same but don't know enough really to comment. The old Wheel Horse Elec-Trac models just used electrically powered mower decks, as do many new electric mowers. They have a seperate motor for each blade. One thing about it, they don't loose torque due to pulley and belt systems. Much simpler design...