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Snapped this cool picture today! 1445 Auto, Allis Chalmers WD45, and 57 Pontiac Star Chief I call it “Generational Wealth”

I dragged this machine home last summer and figured I might as well begin work on it. This is what I am starting with. It had no carb so I got a cheap china carb for it and it will start by jumping the solenoid as the wiring has issues. Hydro seems strong and engine runs quiet and as smooth as a single cylinder can.

Likely just a spare as I have a dedicated mowing 520H (with a 16 Onan on it), my 520HC is the snow plow tractor, and another 520H is set up for the two stage blower. I have 10 tractors now with most of them restored (my wife thinks I'm crazy).

Well, I found out why the tractor needed the solenoid jumped to start it. The battery connection terminal on the ignition switch is corroded completely. Here is the old connector for the ignition switch. New connector installed. The other connectors are in decent shape and will easily clean up. Since the indicator board is completely corroded as well, I decided to simply eliminate it and all it's associated wiring in the harness. I also eliminated the seat switch and associated relays etc. The neutral switch is gone as well since I will be installing a self centering foot control. Here is the harness as pulled. Here is the harness cleaned up and simplified. Here is the harness ready to be installed. I hooked it up to a battery and plugged in a new ignition switch, low oil relay, PTO switch, and 2 new fuses and tested all functions. Everything works perfectly including grounding the magneto for shutdown (yes, I do have the correct magneto ignition switch).

July 22, 1959 Ed Wood's cult classic "Plan 9 from Outer Space," often called one of the worst films ever, premieres starring Gregory Walcott and Bela Lugosi.

Tractor is mostly torn apart. Frame, engine and rear end have preliminary degreasing done. Don't mind the yellow wheels, they are just for moving the tractor around. Wagon load of parts. These are all cleaned up and ready for bead blasting and/or sanding.

My neighbor buddy moved down to north Alabama a few years ago. He’s back in town and posted on FB that they were thinning some of their flower garden and stop in to say hi. 5 hours later, we finished up our quick visit for this time. It was great to see Greg and his abundantly giving family! I hope I made his mother and father proud, planting their prized flowers the way they showed me, and giving them hair cuts to keep the energy into growing roots this year! Oh, and there were some sweet rides there, they are a hot rodding family and their friends are too!

Excellent work on the wiring harness, Cleat. I like the way you do things. I made up a bunch of harnesses in my shop wiring local agency police cars for emergency lights and radios. Later I worked 13 years for Virginia State Police doing the same thing. I must have used miles of electrical tape and nylon conduit. I always used the best grade wire and high temp conduit in my shop, due to the customer use (and abuse).

I miss those old science fiction movies. I remember one that had a rocket re-landing back on its launch pad. I said ' that'll never happen'. Hmm, and then along came Elon.

Nice driving car, my mom had one in blue. The trunk was massive. And the car was so easy to fix. Nothing like we have now.

That Olds, the owner has had for 65 years. It’s got a 455 in it, and he used regularly drive it from Michigan to Kentucky, like monthly or more. He’s built it more than 3 times. It was a delivery sedan, and he’s had it back and forth numerous times, but he likes his seat laid back too much so he took the delivery parts out for good. He had 4.10:1 gears in it for the road trips for many years too, then went to a 2.70:1! He said that big block would sing to the tune of 3,000 rpm’s on the road. Now it has a Holley Dominator EFI setup. He’s widened the frame, built different suspensions, tubbed it 8”, and it gets about 14 mpgs. I don’t recall the transmission, I want to say 4L80E? Now the intake. Years back, WestTech Performance out in southern California was running scuba tank intake charges of sorts and they had these individual runners to streamline the airflow through the carb. This is all on my memory, so I think I’m close. He loved the way it looked, so he built that intake setup because he had the room to do it. It’s a 4 into 1 exhaust collector and has a conical splitter inside to help direct the airflow as well. Behind the grille that he built, you may see the intake pipe split and run to two large air breathers. He said that helped his MPGs greatly and he’s always liked the look.

Wide rear of a 1974 C160-8 with OTR Lawn Trac tires and a bonus super old seed spreader. Sneak peak of a @76c12091520h trailer hitch too!

Just realizing I’m the last one who posted a picture, basically the same.

just a side note don't overdo the grease on that cage bearing, it will bleed out onto you clutch plate and you will have another problem, slipping clutch plate.

love that impala!!! i'm with ebinmaine, what's up with that intake? the sad thing about vehicles today is everything looks the same to me. just plastic jelly beans going down the road. if you lined up 10 suv's, same color, no badges, could you tell the brand?

Don't worry, 8" front wheels will be going back on.

All is well. Patience was the key. Eventually, I wound up putting in just about the same amount of oil as I drained out. Duhh! Makes perfect sense, though it sure went in a lot slower than it came out. Thank you all for your advice and thoughtful replies. ZT

@cleat I and probably a lot of others will be following along and can't wait to see how good it will look after you do your vodoo on it. BTW I really like the 8" fronts, nothing wrong with the 6' inchers, but really like the looks of the 8's better.

@wallfish I love your drawings! They are always so straight to the point. I am sure I’m probably over engineering a small issue. I found out about wet patches for pools. They work under water, and don’t require draining. I’m pretty decent at snorkeling. Here in the next week or two I’ll let the water get low so the bottom is closer to the surface. I’ll try out the wet patch and see if our water level issue slows.

I grew up watching cheezy horror movies with my 3 siblings. It was always a fun time!

The lawn in our back yard has a lot of clover in it. The deer love the blossoms so I don't mow it until they have grazed on the sweet flowers.

Once you start the engine about a half quart of oil will be pumped into the new filter.

on that Impala. My Uncle traded his 57 Belair in for a brand new 65 Impala SS with one of the very first 396 Big Blocks. They switched from the 348/409's mid year. Aqua in color. I loved riding in it watching the in dash vacuum gauge!

Been some years since this has been built . I want to say 13-14 years ago @VinsRJ started this build . Every-time I walk past it in my garage it always amazes me the details on this machine .

Does this apply to yours?

Do we know anything about this intake or engine?? Me Bear 🐻 likes Daylilies. 👍

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I am not sure about small engines, but in general I have found it to be exceedingly rare to have the actual part numbers stamped or cast into the part. They are usually stamping numbers that reference the die or mold used to make the part, or an engineering number that can be converted into a part number with the correct reference material.

sorry to hijack this thread. i'm with joeM. cars were sooo much easier to fix years ago. a young foreman at work has a jap hotrod of some sort. his daily driver is an old saturn. (i love saturns, super simple) anyways he asked me about his rear brakes. he said they did not look like anything he has ever seen. i replied "those are drum brakes". i told him he would have to buy a couple simple hand tools to fix. a couple days later he complained how complex they were. GEEEZ! i just helped a neighbor/retired lady who only gets social security. i did a brake job for her for beer money. my friend owns the local parts store. he was telling me that some of the very new cars have electronic brake retraction systems. those electronic brake retractors are HUGE $$$. some brands the retractors are only available thru the stealer. oops i meant dealer. whatever happened to a piece of flat stock and a "C' clamp to retract the brake caliper. just ranting regards mike

Yes, tubi has some of the best old movies and shows that I enjoy. Last movie I watched the other night was “Earth vs the flying saucers.” Why pay for bad new tv when you can watch the good old hits for free .

Wiener mobile!!! This is one of the trucks I've piloted recently. We're taking some old scrap metal racks to recycling.

Fixed it for you.

I chopped that 9 pin right out of there. Used 2 4 flat trailer plug kits with long pigtails. Marked them "A" and "B" changed 1 wire at a time and documented what circuit when onto what pin in what connector. Move the whole thing to the other side of the tractor away from the heat.

I have a lot of stuff, but there’s always a need around the farm!

Ho ho. Do I detect a need for a water tanker trailer? Around here there are always CL listings for those caged water tanks you see at construction sites but I happen to know you might have access to some “non-heating” (i.e. failed QA) tanks.

Can you see where the smoke is Joe. If a belt is burning it has to be slipping in the driving pulley(PTO) or the driven pulley(center deck).

You bring up an excellent point. LOZ makes the news for lots of weird things. It’s a hotspot of activity for the citizenry of MO where drinking, boating, and bad judgement collide. And there is a lot of haphazard DIY work going on. Dock shock incidents seem to happen with grizzly regularity there. Swimmers around docks are fine, then suddenly one (or more of them) perish while in the water. Many times, the victims aren’t even swimming around a dock that has power. It can be a neighbor’s dock or even one across the cove. What’s been found is that all it takes is for an electrical leak to enter the water somewhere in the vicinity. Water itself isn’t electrically conductive, the things ionized into it make it conductive. Heterogeneous concentrations of conductive agents mean that current isn’t conducted predictably between the leaking electrical source and its grounding point and instead can meander around finding the ever changing paths of least resistance on its way to ground. if a swimmer happens to get into one of those meandering paths, it is tragic. Several deaths have occurred when the victim approached or grabbed the ladder to climb back out of the water as the current had been using the ladder as its path back home. It is incredibly unpredictable where it might go. The poor conductivity of freshwater makes the current path for any leakages a wild animal. A properly functioning GFCI on every supply can reduce the tendency for these phantom electrical currents to claim victims, but their placement is critical and they need to be on every supply. In light of how tragic this has been in recent summers it’s a bad idea to swim around any docks that have power routed to them. Steve

Jayson that is a keeper. I wood not sell that.

My go-to for these is a tiny dab of hot glue applied to the tip of the arm.

I'll take that challenge!!

3 1/2 to 4 sounds about right. The system when complete empty with take closer to 5. The hydro pump, deck lift system remains filled when you drain. no need to lift front end, that is on manual transmissions. Fill and recheck the next day, as per the dip stick.

There's your answer... @WHX?? as your pool boy... all summer... in a speedo... oh... no...

My BIL has a fail safe system. Works every time. No electricity involved. Hose in pool. Turn on. Drink adult beverage of your choice. Turn off. Sometimes automatic stuff is way more desirable in a theoretical sense than reality...

I'm the 2nd owner. Original fellow bought it in his 60's and sold it when he could no longer drive. I went to local dealer and they printed out their repair and maintenance history of it. I've had to replace several of the small sensors and the like. Engine and transmission are original and other than the seals we replaced last winter haven't been messed with. It's a rust free truck and I do my best to keep it that way. I've owned it ten or twelve years.

I took an hour drive to the south last Friday and picked up a new back blade for the driveway. The seller had lots of cool toys. Elvis Chompers loves working, but he is more thirsty than a Kohler!

If Cecil Pond saw that he would say the same thing he said when he saw my C-121 that I restored. “That tractor wasn’t that nice when it left the factory!” He said that with a smile which in turn made me smile for approximately two weeks straight 😁

The new regulator you bought was designed to be mounted in the air shroud of KT and magnums fins facing in. It is cooled by all the engine cooling air blowing by it. Yo may not have enough air flow in the raider location and it may over heat.

I definitely use mine enough to justify having it around. Tillers, decks, motors, all the stuff I don't have any interest in manually carrying (most everything!). Bungee cords are a must to keep stuff from swinging out of control. Mine uses the attachment points and a section of an old frame and works pretty well.

I don't know where the regulator is.