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I was gone all afternoon. Got home and headed for the shop. Much to my surprise there was a snowplow sitting in front of the small overhead door. While I was looking it over a neighbor lady came and gave me a description of the person and his truck who was here. Said she knew I wasn’t home but since he was dropping off she wasn’t too concerned. It was from a friend who felt he owed me something. Told me it was a payback. I just sold two with brackets. Now I have to scrounge some or fabricate some.

October 8, 1956, the nation’s first fully enclosed, climate-controlled shopping mall opens in a Minneapolis suburb. Southdale Mall, located in Edina, Minnesota, was created to lure shoppers during frigid winters. Southdale Mall opened with 72 tenants. The $20 million, 80,000-square-foot mall included a skating rink, a giant bird cage and a post office. The complex also included an auto showroom, a playground and a grocery store.

I was buying a big bag of dog food at the store, and the teenage cashier asked, "Is this all for you, sir?" I replied, "No, it's for my dogs."

So I was out having beers with the boys the other day . . . The wife calls and says, "If you're not home in ten minutes I'm feeding the dinner I cooked to the dog!" I was home in five minutes! I'd hate for anything to happen to that dog.

Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet.

Put wheel bearings in front wheels on the 701 today. Didn’t realize there was bushings instead of bearings in these 701 wheels but figured the bearings would be easier on the front spindles. I did notice that the drag link or the shouldered bolt (wheel horse calls it clevis pin part # 3949) in the drag link is wore pretty bad on left side and needs some attention.

Agreed Pete, Ive made a few tie rods up for some of my other tractors but don't believe the Heim joints would look right on the 701. here is a couple/3 pics. The bottom pic is the 701 and they are different design than the later models.

How did a JD 60 get going that fast with it in gear and the clutch engaged?? One brake was hot. Was the driver riding that brake? Obviously mistakes were made, Luckily no one died.

Silly me, I thought that AC would have been the big draw....

All my friends just hit me in arm or pull some stupid prank for a "payback". Maybe time 4 new friends.

Squonk's idea of a magnet in the tank for the fine rust is a good idea. That is what clogged the sediment bowl up.

Yep, Why not have clean fuel in the pump and carb?

Interestingly, a company that runs numerous ferries in NY Harbor, the East River, and the North River (the actual name of the Hudson south of the GW Bridge!) revived our old route this summer for a few weekends where big events were happening in the shore points it used to connect. Passengers and bicycles only, but apparently it was heavily used and likely to be repeated next summer.

If you count the interstates that parallel the original Route 66 roadway, I’ve traveled the entire length of Route 66. But I cheated… Route 66 runs along the town I grew up in (Granite City, IL) and while it was just another road to my generation, nobody ever called it anything other than Route 66 or Old 66 despite all the street signs proclaiming it as a named street or local thoroughfare . My first and second jobs (welder and forklift driver) were both on Old 66. My current office - where I am sitting at work at this very moment - is along one of the previous Route 66 paths through St. Louis. So, I still drive on a portion of it almost every day and see the old Route 66 bridge across the Mississippi that has one heck of a dogleg turn about 2/3 the way across the river (look at satellite images of the Chain of Rocks Bridge). Many places along the route and the route’s position itself changed over the years, both in the road’s heyday and in its retirement. There are several Route 66 pathways through St. Louis alone so in its 100-year history it has both shaped and been shaped by the changing times. I would imagine the meandering path holds true across the country. When I was a kid (in the 80’s) pretty much everything along the old route from St. Louis to Chicago was in some state of disrepair or abandonment. There’s been quite a resurgence of the kitschy stuff in recent years and now there’s a lot of signs helping people navigate the old path. November marks the 100th anniversary of The Mother Road (will we see a bet you’ll didn’t know about this coming up?). I’m not sure I have seen as many antique cars in my lifetime as I have seen just this year. Great numbers of enthusiasts have been retracing the paths of the road and of the mentioned show. My grandpa and his brother left this area in the depression and tried to find better luck than what befell the Joads on their Route 66 travels. They drove out to California in a 1916 Chandler on 66 and ended up finding work building a Borax factory somewhere in the California desert. Eventually grandpa came back home to Illinois, but his brother stayed. They traded letters and a few phone calls but never saw each other again over the next 60 or so years. It’s a shame grandpa didn’t write a book about his adventure out and back. My daughter goes to college outside Los Angeles. While I loosely knew that the western terminus was out in the same area, I was delighted to find that her college is merely a block or two over from Route 66. It’s kind of neat that while she’s over 1800 miles away, she’s really just down the road. Full circle. Steve

yeah, just repurposed old tie rods. Ive used the older ones that were not threaded on either end and some of the later ones that were already threaded on one end. Turn and thread to a left-hand thread so they are easily adjustable. Really helps when you want to center the steering wheel up also.

@kpinnc or @19richie66 ?

@CRF857 those plow blade / frame set ups are a GOLD MINE , FOR FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT , SWING QUADRANT IS HOME BASE , DID THIS YEARS AGO , shoulder bolts at swing areas , washers , elastic Lok nut , lets you DIAL IN , LUBRICATED LUBRICATED MOVEMENT , built this up on jack stands , roller stool , improved , every stage as I went , also graphite sprayed blade face , for easy snow slide off , blade swing is smooth . easy . solid , like a rifle bolt , DO THIS pete

No, that would be the Aventura Mill north of Miami, FL. It has 2.8 million square feet of airconditioned space.

Just south of me. Very hilly in that area. Narrow front end. Where were the adults?

The 36 model has terrific looking cut....works great for small lawn with lots of landscaping and maneuvering

Filter before the pump. Grit can destroy an electric pump.

Getting up an order of 94830A130 flex top lock nuts for the differential. Fall seems like a good time to go into the transmission. Watching the tranny rebuild videos now. Dave

I for one can't stand the peeling varnish that passes for tool handle finishes,so here is a quick how to for an oil like finish very quickly The process starts with a utility knife to scrape off the gunk that is brittle to start with. I just stroke the knife in a scraping fashion and if grain digestion is felt, just peel from the other end and so forth. The before and after is obvious. The black handle has two uses. The first is the singed wood has the color under the finish. I actually turned it black,then hit it again just enough that a bit of flame showed up and sanded it while still very warm with a cheap foam block. If you are in a super hurry you can apply tung oil while still hot to the touch and it will drink on several thin coats. You can hit it after an hour is so with more tung oil wet sanded into the wood. After some time just buff it with a paper towel . The handle will be slick and feel dry. The next day you can start a linseed oil routine by rubbing slight amounts hard into the surface. Linseed a few days and then once a week.The blackened handle shown has some spots sanded thinly enough to make parts of it brown as I enjoy that type of appearance. Blackened wood makes a much better finish of the softer woods and lets you sand off the raised grain . The tung oil soaked in very deeply and actually hardens and lays down the fuzzy grain. Think of tung oil as faster drying primer for the linseed oil. You can skip the burning step if you like, but it will take days and days for the tung oil to sink in fully. A SKS took at least twenty coats before it fully sealed.

I agree the varnish finish on wooden handles lacks being desirable. Good idea and process. Thanks Will probably want to use boiled linseed oil instead of raw linseed oil? We used to coat wooden extension ladders every winter with boiled linseed oil. Boiled will dry in a day or two whereas raw may take as couple of weeks. As I understand, boiled cannot be used on food surfaces whereas raw is safe for food contact surfaces--Or, I suppose, if a fellow wants to gnaw on his hammer handle.

First coat of finished color is on…

After fighting with intermittent spark and power I threw in the towel and did a simple rewire. Problem solved! For now none of the safety switches are wired in, and they were previously jumpered. My new wiring is set up to include them after I remove and clean/test each of them. With a little cranking to get fuel to the carb it fired right up. Did some quick carb adjustments and it runs better that I though it would. I had previously drained the transmission and let it hang with front raised up over night. The oil was gray, but no free water. So I filled it with 1/2 diesel nd 1/2 ATF that I wanted to use up. THE GOOD - it drove around.in 1st and Reverse, Hi & Lo. THE BAD - no 2ND OR 3RD GEAR, NOTHING, not even a scratching when I shift. I ran out of time and will get back to this maybe this weekend.' @stevasaurus @953 nut @WHX?? @Achto give me some hope that maybe I just did something stupid when I put the shifter in. 1st thing I'll check is pull the shifter and make sure the shift rails form a square box hole for the shifter to go into. Could I really have gotten the shifter in if one shift rail was completely to one side? I sure seems it has to be something simple for there to just be nothing there. Then again I guess the shift fork could be broke off the rail.

Last few days was very productive, I made clevis hitch along with rockshaft and other small pieces. I can't take credit of this version completely because I found many ideas on this forum . Unfortunately clevis hitch is not perfect, my tools are basic and mechanical skills too, but everything works well. I don't have any hitch attachements but that will probably change. I think about some kind of rakes and weeder/ cultivator. I don't need plow or tiller. Clevis hitch is slightly bigger, measurements are little bit different (slightly longer and wider at trans shaft) - I adjusted it to my homemade receiver hitch. Receiver hitch had to be improved too. Shaft is not moving (7/8- 22 mm diameter),secured to side plate by nut, washers and spring cotter pin. Other spring cotter pins secure moving arm at one side and shaft itself. That arm is moving freely

@sqrlgtr @Bar Nuthin - you showed some interest before.... @Racinbob , @hcminis , @Ricks 520 , @Indy520H , @Workin_Horses , @puddlejumper , @tractorchick , @rustyedge1 -- tagging some people in the vicinity who might be interested or know someone who is.

I tried a couple $10 pimps. They both died the first season. Now have the $30 Carbole pumps on three tractors for several years with no problems. I mount them as low as possible and have good filters before the pumps. Also remove the in tank screens from the petcocks. Do not let the e-pumps run dry.

Considering the fact that Chevrolet sponsored the show I doubt that a car problem was ever considered.

Farmers earn a meager celery, come home beet and just want to read the pepper, turn-ip the covers, en-dive into bed!

Yes, take your foot off of the pedal and the transmission goes to neutral stop position. I feel this is the safest design as it basically works like a dead man pedal where if you get into an issue or for some reason fall from the tractor, it will just stop moving.

New rear tires for this winters plow rig. I posted a picture above of the tires I’ll be using

A duck walks into a tavern and orders a beer. The bartender thinks "Wow, a talking duck," and pours him a beer. The bartender asks "I don't think I've seen you in here before. Do you live in the neighborhood?" The duck says "No, I live across town. I'm a drywaller, and I'm working the office renovation across the street. I just dropped in for a beer before going home for the day." The bartender, while trying to imagine how a duck handles drywall, asks "Well, how is that drywall job treating you?" The duck says "Well, as you know, this isn't a union town. The pay isn't that great, but it pays the rent and keeps me in duck food. I get along with the other trades, so I guess it's O.K." The bartender says "I have a friend who runs a circus. Would you like to talk to him about a gig with the circus? The duck said "That's ridiculous. What would a circus want with drywall?"

Doesn’t meet the criteria really. Hopefully I can get it out and another tractor to take a new one

My 854 8 speed and Dad's 702...

First picture from left to right. C-111 (Pop Culture) B-80 with a fully built predator 212 (SouthBend Cyclone), B-80 with a built Kohler ch20 v-twin (last minute) Raider 14 with a fully built k321 (lunch money), and a B-60 with a fully built predator 212 (Lewis) The 2 on the left is my friends pulling tractors, and the 2 in the middle our my pulling tractors and the one on the right is my dads pulling tractor. Second picture from left to right. C-145, C-121, and my 1257. Last picture C-121 closest, C-145 in the distance.

Lay em all out and she'll edit as needed.

What aspect ratio does she prefer - 16:9, 5:4 ?? Below left to right 1974 C-160 Automatic, 1973 16 Automatic, 1976 C-120 Automatic

Lots of miscellaneous stuff. Will add more descriptions later, or if you see something specific you're curious about, just ask. Just to reiterate, if someone buys both tractors, you get ALL this stuff with them for no extra charge - EXCEPT maybe the 42" SD deck and 3 spindles directly in front of it. I may still decide to rebuild that deck for my 312-A. The tins indicated belong to the 520-H, regardless of what else happens, as well as one of the mules and PTO bells/mounting hardware. This box has a KT-17 block, 2 cranks, a pair of new pistons, and a bunch of other Kohler gaskets and stuff in it.

Ethanol free makes a huge difference. Don't gripe about the 2 buck a gallon difference. Here in RI, E-free 90+ octane runs about TwentyFive bucks a gallon. That would be at Lowes, Home Depot, the local Outdoor Power Dealer - MORE if I travel 3 towns over to a Motorsports oriented Vendor that dispences VP racing fuel from 5 gallon containers. Around here, $10 a gallon would be welcome.

Mostly non E but during the heavy mowing season those horses may get regular. The 418 and the GT1848 are gas hogs so 5 gallons doesn't last much more than a week. But late September (when Rod Stewart was supposed to be back in school ) they start getting non E so that will set in them over the winter.