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Some of you might know that I live in an area of the UK known as gods country… a region called Yorkshire, North Yorkshire specifically. This is the largest county in the UK and the least population density. So those who live there get to enjoy the 3300 sq miles of beautiful scenery. we take the beauty for granted and some of you have often commented on the scenery in my posts rather than the content 🤣 To the point of this post, I’ve heard some of you go crazy on the latest version of All Creatures Great and Small. It’s a good series and we just live amongst those wonderful locations and occasionally get caught in the traffic and filming! Plus we did a wedding in St Oswalds church last Friday and it reminded me of another wedding… anyway here are a few pics of the last five years of me cycling and driving, you might recognise a few locations and characters…. during COVID I followed James car on a trailer up the dale into Arncliffe, where they film the outside of the vet practice Inside of St Oswalds church where james and Helen married Outside of the church Look who I bumped into Skeldale house Yockethwaite bridge and Helens family farm

Here's some pictures of the C101 I found earlier this year on FBMP, a little more than an hour from home too. It came with a 42"RD deck that looks better than the one a rebuilt last fall, so I swapped all the new parts over from one shell to the other and now have VGC spindles to make another serviceable 42"RD, just won't have the old patina, but it's not rotted out. I really have enjoyed going through this machine. I cut some grass with it yesterday and probable cut some more today or tomorrow. I runs smooth and strong, it's weathered and solid I went with penetrol and steel wool finish refurbish and I like the OG survivor look.

My neighbor finally broke out his slot hitch plow and busted through the pack layer - then followed up with the tiller. Here is my new (to me) C-160 Auto leveling things out. A little later, we decided to get the herds together for a group photo. You can tell they're all workers.

Over the past two weeks the 854 got new Firestone Town & Country rear tires. Very pricey but so far they are just what I was hoping for. I took the opportunity to strip and repaint the wheels using the Cottage White (formerly Navajo White). Mounting always leaves marks, so in anticipation of the Big Show, I even did the touchups. Looked so good I got out the can of Regal Red and touched up a bunch of the scratches and scrapes that a worker acquires over time.

Did the first actual working of the 1257 today. Hooked the land plow up and plowed where I will be attempting to grow a 1000lb pumpkin. I couldn’t get as deep as I wanted since I found out really quick that I need a new belt. But ran great otherwise!

June 2, 1962 Ray Charles' cover of Don Gibson's "I Can't Stop Loving You", from his influential crossover album "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music" hits #1 on Billboard.

Replaced the ammeter on my one tractor, the one I replaced was a new one but it was a 30 amp gauge which is a bit high for these tractors and the needle just went everywhere with the vibrations. This one works much better!

Oh don’t be blaming me! Doesn’t your wife drive a Prius??? Fuel it up or plug it in or whatever it is ya do to make those things run and get to the show!! Maybe rip the seats out so that 867 will fit in the back…think outside the box Jim!!

Sure do! Key is to stay humble enough to know you will never know everything, and someone will always know more then you.

Mowed the old cemetery where my great great grandparents are buried

@MainelyWheelhorse brought up today... and someone else I don't recall just recently... That I MAY have a few tractors. A problem? An addiction? No no no of course not. So I commenced to countin'.. Running and usable: 1. 1974 "Cinnamon Horse" C160-8. 2. My own fully restored 1975 C160 Automatic. 3. "The Ugly Bruce" tractor. 1978/9 C121 Automatic. Projects: 4. 1974 C160-8 Tecumseh/ Briggs Vanguard swap tractor. 5. 1977 B80 8 speed that needs an engine repair or swap. 6. "Hollis" 1975 C160-8. So named for the town it came from. 7. Pile o' parts to build a complete new (520-8 based with C series sheet metal) chassis for the Wally Digger Backhoe. 8. COLOSSUS PROJECT. (Thanks @SylvanLakeWH) 9. Enough other parts to build at least one more 8 speed mid 70s C series. Maybe two??? So maybe 10......??? Oh man.....

Started putting the deck on for my first time. The one in backround has always been good to me and me and Buddy's have done lots of beating mudd bogging and cut a lot of land with it but she's just had it. So time to utilize the c100 for the reason I bought it. To work it like a horse

Great point! There is no way the crank got like that because the gears broke. They used the wrong brand of oil, "lack of"

Trina and her momma got the garden area mostly finished this afternoon. More plants will be added soon. The plain areas shown have seeds in. Tomatoes 🍅. Peppers 🫑. Onions 🧅. Potatoes 🥔🍠. Beets. Carrots 🥕🥕. Bush beans🫘🍛. Cucumbers 🥒. Spaghetti squash. Other squash. Diatomaceous (sp?) earth applied for insects.

I pulled the cab off the M37 today. I managed to do it by myself with no issues. Before lifting it, I removed the doors and all of the removable floorboard panels to lighten it and make it easier to set up the lifting straps. I raised the chassis on my lift and set it down on the car dollies so that I could roll it sideways into the empty bay and use my engine hoist to lift the cab. The frame under the cab looked very good. There was practically no rust at all, other than a few very small areas of thin surface rust that should clean up easily by hand with some sandpaper, and there was no flaking paint anywhere, so it should be really easy to prep for priming and painting. After I de-grease and pressure wash the transfer case, I'll have a closer look at it to see what it might need. At a minimum, I would install new seals and gaskets, and change the oil. I'll check the U-joints while I'm at it. While I have the cab off, it will be much easier to remove and replace the rest of the wiring, fuel lines, and brake lines. The engine block is still at the machine shop; I'll give them a call tomorrow to see how things are progressing.

@WHX?? triple up with @Pullstart split the fuel and tolls 3 ways . Hook your trailer to Kevin's Taj Mahal and each bring 1 tractor. It's not like you need to pay for a hotel room also. You'll be kicking yourself and flapping around like a Batam rooster if you don't go.

@meadowfield. are you by chance adopting? I am house trained and everything

Last year my grandpa taught me how to crank start a tractor and he said pretty much that same thing along with don't grip the handle with your thumb to prevent injury from kick back, just make a cup shape with all of your hand and pull up.

Did a little more mowing this evening, really enjoyed operating it for a hour or so. The Toro zero turn seat is turning out to be very comfortable, the thought of an original seat is mighty tempting though.

Took the deck off of the c-165. I just don't need that large of a deck and need to get to work on installing the FEL before fall. Not too much to do since this is in really good shape but I have to get started on some steering upgrades.

Today, I swapped some old rugs under my snowmobile that’s on the bottom of some racks outside to deter grass from growing up and rotting it out. I cleaned out my front garden and took care of the weeds. And I worked on this… It’s a David Bradley walk behind tractor that’s from somewhere in the 40’s or early 50’s. It’s been in the family since I was a child or possibly before that so at least 40 years+. My youngest brother had it and though with my tractor expertise, I could get it working. So far the gas tank has been taken off and as you can see the absolutely shredded tires. There is no motor but it’s not uncommon to Harbor Freight repower these or put another newer engine on them. I’d like to put a Kohler or Honda as both seem to be bulletproof. For being outside for multiple decades it’s in remarkably good shape. A repower, new tires, some brake and throttle cable, with a paint job, and this should be good. I don’t know what I’m going to do with it once it’s done but I’ll figure it out.

Tempting but I’m hearing it’s also meets the drive belt specs for the short frame 3 speed rigs ..which I have one of.

4L 70” is that about what a short frame runs for the drive belt?

That lineup is reminiscint of an ad Wheel Horse did in 1965.

$20 delivered to the Big Show. Oh, Red Square Supporters always get a 50% discount. = $10

Sodium Hydroxide eats aluminum and is not harmful to steel. Years back I had a large heated tank filled with 10% Sodium Hydroxide for rust removal on automotive body parts. Unbeknownst to me one pair of front fenders I put in the tank had aluminum headlight buckets, when I pulled them out there was nothing there.

Use muriatic acid to remove the aluminum from the crank.

Like Dan always says stock headlights are more akin to holding a candle in front of you.

Given the scarcity of original seats i never give fault for deviating from orginal. I do get a charge and draw the line at boat seats tho.

I've never done a bunch of forensics on failures but it looks like the rod was destined to fail regardless of what might have been going on with the balance gears. I'm wondering if the oil had ever been changed or occasionally checked.

Today, I pulled 2 of the 3 usable tractors the 312 and the C-141 out to get to my ATV with a winch to move my Snowmobile around. Frank, The C-141 definitely likes the more constant use even if it is just moving it out of the way. I haven't had a problem starting it for months. Yesterday, I put a new deck belt for the 37"SD on the 308. I got a few years out of the same old one, and it wouldn't keep tension without needing to extend the adjustment screw on the mule drive.

Living on the western face of a mountain we don't see sunsets from the house but coming out of a church meting I was fortunate enough to see a sunset that made me fear the forest was ablaze.

@ebinmaine... Um... Er... Forget one of "Colossus" proportions...???

I got one if you want one

A friend gave me this engine that I assume the balancer gears let loose first and broke the rod. What's interesting is I am finding no damage on the camshaft Or anywhere on the block other then maybe a few scuffs. The bottom apron of the cylinder walls are all good no cracks or broken pieces and the oil pan is good as well. The crank shaft is very galled up with aluminum from the rod, hoping that cleans up good. I was half thinking I could convert the block back to a K series but there is one thing preventing that and that is there is no hole (not even plugged) for the points plunger and no threaded holes for the points or cover either. And I am about 95% sure that the camshaft has a lobe for the point, I can feel a machined surface behind the gear. But honestly the magnums ignition system are way better anyway the only thing is I would like the K series tins better, might be able to work a tin to fit. One other thing I thought I read that the Magnums had 3 balance gears this one had 2, with no place for a 3rd one to even go.

I'm hoping you used new set screws. You'll definitely want to reset the torque on the set screws after a short amount of driving time. I've done quite a few sets of those seals. Some fought me hard. Others flew right in. I have had to hand chamfer the outer edges just a hair.

THANKS! Now I need to go out and buy a 6-9111 snow blower attachment to go with my belt

Yeah they definitely are. Not a fan of it. That's why on the last several tractors I've built you can see where I've switched over to the exterior mounted Gravely Muffler that points down and forward. I don't like the look quite as much but I think it's more practical.

! WI seems to have umpteen shows per weekend to choose from all summer long. You shouldn’t have a hard time finding one, but Portage, WI Garden Tractor Daze is always a favorite for my wife and I to drive to. Plus we get to hang out with cheese royalty like @WHX??, @Achto @Streetrodchev, @PeacemakerJack, @jeremi3210, @Wild Bill 633, @Coulter Caleb, @Edward Teach, @Jacob moll, and more!

Hi, new here. I fell in love with tractors through my mom and dad, big Massey collectors. My mom's favorite was his little red Massey wheelhorse. Now that my dad passed away, I've managed to inherit the Massey 6, and have a Massey S24 Deluxe my dad rebuilt. But i gotta get it running again, it needs a starter. I'm also looking to add the 7E and 8E to have a yellow family. Anyway, here for information, parts, shows, buying. My husband and I are going to start bringing them to shows, I really miss all the people. Nice to meet you all. Added a pic of my S24 D.

Thanks Brother! Let’s see how it shakes out. I am fortunate, I live less than 90 minutes from the show. But 14 hours from the grader blade… I truly appreciate your thoughtfulness! Bests, Dan

Now I’m going to have to find my own fun? Dang I was looking forward to some poop shovel Mac! It’s all the craze these days you know.

Looks like there was a hot time under the hood at one time, if only they could talk ant tell their story.

Hmmm. Pretty sure I wouldn’t give bees any chance at that part of the anatomy!

Starting to reassemble my Electrical repair area. This is the front corner of the barn. Got this cool bag of trinkets from @peter lena a few years ago at Zagray. It has a permanent place.

Should be able to take some measurements and find them in the Hillman Cabinets at ACE, Lowes, or Home Depot.

BOB's BRAKE LININGS As usual, I am bringing a sizeable amount of brake linings with me. I ran out last year. This year's price is $20 each or two for $35. Larger quantity prices can be negotiated at the show.