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As I said previously... the logical thing to do was buy another one, right? A few miles down the road, I found this one. It only made sense to bring it home. It came with a pile of spare parts, some of them I dunno what they are. Plus a packet of several original manuals and papers for it. Plus spare tire chains. It has a few minor issues... for one its out of line, I don't know how to adjust it, there are no adjusters. And it didn't run, but I got it running, I think it has a few dirty grounds. All of it seems to work just fine. The brakes and the clutch are super sloppy and need adjusted. Its covered with dust from being in a corner of a garage, and needs a bath. $300. I need to remove the deck and sharpen the blades and pressure washer it all clean. Then I'll set it loose on a lot full of weeds.

Trying to sort out which tractors will pull different responsibilities/tasks, but decided the heavy weights belonged on the C-160. Thing runs sweet after putting the carb back together today! Actually, all three are running excellent! I've pretty much designated the No Name to lawn duty. Guessing the 160 will be my go-to for the MacKissic chipper. Then this winter one of these two will be sporting a 48" snowplow and the other will be on standby with the snowblower.

A Haiku... Lorena Bobbitt Severed relations with him Yes yes pigs do fly

Whole other can of worms, but many of us are very much pro "ethanol free" on fuel. Personally, I put the first gallon in a vehicle to ensure no ethanol gets in the gas can. I don't care what anyone says, ethanol is not good for carburetor equipped anything.

The arm on the steering spindle is likely twisted. That is what happens when the tire runs into something it can't climb. A closed up adjustable wrench on the flat bar can be used to twist it back into alignment. And it does not take much for a large improvement. I have broke the weld doing this.

I got some cool sunset photos of my tractor and our 1983 Winnebago Brave powered by a Chevy 454

Well that narrows it down to 99% of the guys ...

Agreed. Plus the K181 has ball bearings at both ends of the crank. No comparison whatsoever.

Just stick with your K181 The shaft on your linked engine is to small and too short. I know you are trying to learn but stay focused on what you have.

You have to remove the 4 bolts and 2 small plates then number 40 will come off To me looks like seal 39 is there the rubber part may be worn away

Try running a jumper from the battery positive to the coil positive. If the stumble goes away then you have a bad key switch or safety switch that's causing problems. Also, check and clean your grounds. This is a powered ignition system so dirty electrical connections can cause problems. Just some thoughts.

it’s not great! At first I thought it was the inside of a Unidrive

Rolling out early in the morning. See you all at the parking lot party and show. Rain suit is packed and I’ll be there rain or shine.

No Unfortunately he can't make the show as it turns out he's been a busy guy. Lets just say prayers for his wife.

Ok, so problem sorted. I had the back wheels already off the ground in anticipation of the bleed process but I noticed when I lowered them that an air bubble rose up in the resevoir. Inspired by this I raised the front and this instantly drained the resevoir. It was then just a case of feeding in 3.5 litres or so of oil a resevoir at a time until it took no more and then the bleed process went through without a hitch. A new lease of life ....

Last year I purchased a 58RJ from Mike @ML3 who had gotten it from Kevin @Pullstart who got it at the big Show 2 years ago. This was it then . I will be bringing it to my first Big Show this week and it has been reborn. This is now.

June 23, 1993 Lorena Bobbitt chops off the Johnson of her sleeping husband, John Wayne Bobbitt, with a kitchen knife. She flees their home, tossing the severed organ from her car window as she drives away.

Looks like things are changing a bit. Thursday looks good and Friday & Saturday are only threats of storms. Nothing new for South Mountain Fairgrounds.

Perfect! Thank you for the information. I will look for a serial # to see what I have. I’m sure I will have plenty more questions as the build moves forward.

Can't really top that!! As my Asian friends at work would have said... "She no happy".

Boy did that get some jokes flying around at work!!

Call this guy for parts if you need them. Top quality

I think it’s all dependent on which transmission your 312 has. The frames and steeeing is generally all the same. If the trans has 1-1/8” axles then it’s the most stout of the 8 speeds and that’s the one the pullers want.

Yeah somebody whacked something pretty good, or it fell off a set of ramps or similar. If you can't bend the spindle back, they are fairly common from similar year model machines. And adjustable tie rods are always a nice upgrade!

The neighbor boys picked the first cantaloupes today. 10 yo Danny picks while 4 yo Amos drives Barney.

If he stands on a bucket next to me no one will notice he's ugly!

How does that fix ugly?

Stand on a bucket!

I'm short, skinny, bald, and really ugly.

I did the same on a Briggs 7HP that came with my Mighty Mac. It's in one my Mighty Mac videos.

If the cable still moves freely I suppose you could keep using it but REROUTE it

Well, i’m the ugly one, so that should narrow it down a little more…i hope. i’d have posted a picture of my face but i figured I’d probably get banned from the site.

Thanks. I’m looking forward to meeting everyone and putting some names and faces together. And thanks to the site admin and the WHCC for making all of this possible. And Mr Pond of course. Such a great community.

Perfect. Thank you. This being my first show and not knowing any names or faces, if ya’ll keep an eye out for me on Thursday, i’d greatly appreciate it. I’ll be the old bald guy with a ponytail in the Bahama Blue 54 F100. I’ll be wearing my matching “show shirt”.

I believe i have the size you need

I have 3 Large and 4 X-L shirts packed. Any takers?

@Blaine @Achto and I used to shop here https://www.psep.biz/ and they had all the stuff for what you are looking for including the push rod. Haven't shopped there in awhile but was a good source for stuff.

Eric I believe Lowell https://wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/ has replacement parts as well. Those are totally rebuildable and many threads here on doing it including replacing the clutch lining.

The black hoods have an inline fuse in the harness that powers everything. It isn't sealed to the weather. Check that for corrosion and cooties.

Nah, but she's definitely been used beyond the wear limit of clutch material. I would say a new clutch plate is a good idea (not that it can't be fixed), and that PTO bell needs about 5 minutes in a lathe as a minimum. But just FYI- that style PTO was used on the majority of machines from the early 1980s onward. Finding a decent replacement won't be hard.

I have a set of wheel spindles that came with the 314A I just sold. Are they the same?

@BlaineUpdate: The push rod I have is 1 1/2 inches long. If that will work for you you can have all of the stuff in the picture. If the push rod won't work you can still have everything else if you want it.

That tractor looks awful familiar. '74 A-90 I believe.

One other often overlooked item: check your points gap and timing. Of course an "iffy" condenser can make an otherwise good engine not run so good. That being said, on any of my Kohler machines I dump the carb bowl every couple months. You might be surprised how often they get alot of goop in them.

Trina made some calls to a couple places about assistance and ideas for health checks and spay/neuter. Still waiting for information there. We were able to move momma cat in with her babies. Got some litter and more food variety. Trina ordered a very large cat cage too. Hopefully it'll be here Thursday.

I got my clothes all picked out for the show last night. Now I just need to decide if I'm bringing the 855 or not, and load the trailer.