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November 9, 2007, No Country for Old Men had its limited premiere in the USA on November 9, 2007, opening in select theaters, followed by a wider release a few days later, though it first debuted internationally at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007.

I told my boss that I had a terrible fall. He said, "That's fine, don't come in to work today." Tomorrow I'll tell him I had a horrible summer, too.

Its funny how we all sleep differently. I sleep on my side, my brother sleeps on his back, my ex sleeps with everybody...that sorta thing.

It certainly did @Ed Kennell !! I thank you again for helping me acquire that beautiful tractor! I still think it has probably not but a few hours on it. Paint still on the muffler and nubs on the tires! You can tell when you drive it, it feels like brand new. It will spend the winter in my warm basement with some other C-Series.

That C-101 slept in my barn for a couple months.

Shuffling a few tractors around before winter sets in, the C-101, 418-C and 418-8 were in my enclosed trailer. So I took them out for a quick check up!

Did you hear the one about the roof? Never mind, it's over your head.

They wanted to add to the difficulty of installing that heavy monster by keeping the mule drive attached. Other than that, I believe it was simply belt clearance, there isn't much space to work with.

Air used to be free at the gas station, now it costs $ 2.50. You want to know why? Inflation.

Check with McMaster Carr. You will need to know what series of roller chain (40, 41, etc) you have first. Some of theirs have a ball bearing, others a bronze sleeve. Looks like yours has an "open" design ball bearing - those need a slinger installed to help keep water, snow, & dirt out. A sealed (or shielded) design is better suited for the application.

I'm glad I could take part in getting this gem to the home it deserves.

I figured leaf pickup was a good job for the 502 that I recently got from @WHX??

I'm worried I will fall down the stairs one day... I'd take steps to avoid it, but that's sort of the problem.

Good morning Horse Family! Road trip and storytime! I drove 8 hours round trip for this one. It was advertised as a Charger 12 Automatic but, that's not what is interested me. The seller, Mike, worked at a Wheel Horse dealer in Monee IL when he was 16 until he was 22. He seen a lot of tractors in his time and this one in particular had been traded in and motor overhauled. He went to the owner of the dealership and purchased it for his mother so she could mow the lawn and got the snowblower so she could clear the driveway. Purchased in 1974. She used it up until 2 years ago when it became too difficult to get on and off anymore so it sat. It's not pretty but, it's all there. Yes, it runs, yes it mows. Had a carb fire a few years ago and is charred but relatively unharmed. It will take off forward if you are not sitting on it holding the motion lever. Parking brake, hydrostatic disengagement not working. It has the K241 that runs well for burning oil (don't think it was changed often). Now, did this have headlights? I see there's two silver nubs on the side of the hood and a taillight. Is this a 1076? I can read the tag under the steering wheel. It will be steam cleaned and see how good the paint really is. The snowthrower is not doing so well. It's sat outside under a tree for 20 or more years and was sunk in the dirt. Stuck like a hedge post. Not even the idler pulley moves. But, in all, it's was worth the story to me and Claudia made me promise to take care of her kid. Still attached to it and glad it went to a collector. Please let me know if this had lights at one point and if this is in fact a 1076! Myself, I like the original work clothes but, it could be a candidate for a repaint of it doesn't clean up. By the way, I was sent the picture of the Wheel Horse parade tractor that was assembled in the dealership in Monee. Anyone remember seeing this? Sweet set up. Three were gear and one hydrostatic. The hydro pulled everything

Very cool story. I can add to your stage coach picture with a video. I actually own that stage coach hitch. Got it from Mr. Ron Christianson near Chicago, IL He sold Wheel Horse tractors many years ago. I was able to get the team hitch as well as his remaining inventory. Here is the link to my video showing how the hitch was set up Wheel Horse Stage Coach Hitch Unfortunately I was never able to get this completely set up and functional. Still have it though and maybe some day. Be fun to take to the Wheel Horse Big Show in PA one year. Thanks for sharing.

Half the job is easy and half is hard, right? Hard half: installing a new belt. Easy half: hacksaw to cut and remove old belt.

The parking brake uses a pawl inside the transaxle. Many (most) of them get the teeth shaved off from being engaged while the tractor is rolling and become useless. The parking brake should also disengage the idler pulley, so the drive belt no longer engages the hydrostat. The foot brake only moves the motion lever back to the neutral/stop position. Adjusting the tension of the motion control is done here. Part 6-50 is adjusted to increase tension after loosening the retaining nut. Resistance is created by parts 6-45 & 6-43 and need to be clean, NOT lubricated.

Have to admit @Pullstart that was an enjoyable video. I would have run out of gas after ten whacks.

What kind of milk comes from a pampered cow? Spoiled milk. What's a sea monster's favorite lunch? Fish and ships. What do you call an alligator in a vest? An in-vest-i-gator. Why are pigs so bad at sports? They always hog the ball.

A newcomer looks around a packed church service and whispers to the usher, "Wow, there are a lot of good people here today." The usher chuckles and whispers back, "Oh, don't let the nice clothes fool you. This is just a massive support group for the spiritually clumsy."

According to St. Augustine— "the church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints." The bible verse that this is based on is : Mark 2:17, where Jesus says: "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. Lot C is reserved for people who think their sins aren't bad enough to need God's forgiveness.

We had three channels but changing from one to another required someone going out to turn the pole mounted antenna. somehow that became my job, not too bad in the summer but in the winter I was quite satisfied with the two channels that would work with the same antenna position.

I don't think the 1076 has that tension adjustment. It has the same set up as the 875 and 1075. Clean any lube off of the cam and stud. I replaced the crappy slotted screws with allen type screws and added a washer for a bit more tension.

My 3 Snow horses are all charger electros. Just looked none of them have a detent plate. Not really a big deal if you adjust the tension. Mine are earlier ones maybe that was a product improvement in later models. You need a 1-1/8 " open end wrench to loosen the lock nut then a 5/8" open end to turn the squared end of #6-50

Get the numbers and manufacturer off the side of the sprocket and do a search. I found several suppliers of farm equipment parts that had the exact sprocket for cheap. I don't have it bookmarked on this computer but I should have it available later.

Fairly easy to find & installs like a Master Link. A real problem solver.

I've been making slow but steady progress on the tractor. The front axle from the D160 with 1" spindles has been installed. The left side bushing in the axle has a little more wear than I would like but it's still better than what the original axle had, which was extremely sloppy, so I'm calling that a win. One of the original front wheels was severely damaged so I made the decision to just convert to hubs with tapered roller bearings from a trailer and buy new wheels with tires mounted. The only touchy part was making spacers to position the hubs so they had the correct amount of bearing preload. I left them a little tight on clearance, I want to see if they loosen up any after I can finally drive the tractor. It's easier to shorten a spacer than is to lengthen it I also got the D160 transaxle cleaned up, painted and installed. I'm a little nervous in that I don't know if the axle is any good but I do know the oil was clean with no debris and the axles rotate smoothly with little to no slop. I have made the decision that no matter what, if this transaxle is bad and/or needs rebuilding then I'm going to rebuild it. In order to sort out the parking brake situation I've been doing a ton of research, going over parts lists and diagrams. What I'm attempting to do is incorporate the drum brake with my 18 Auto motion controls on the Sundstrand pump. I've compared the original parking brake linkage with the early and later D series parking brake linkage arrangements and I think I can marry the two systems together. At least that's what I'm going to attempt to do. The D160 came with all of the brake and parking brake system intact so I have all of those components that I am moving over to my 18 Auto. The only area of difference is the motion control apparatus on the side of the pump. However, it seems that the linkage arms that go into and come out of the motion control do the same basic locations. I've got it all installed except the brake band that I have to put new lining on. The one thing missing from the parking brake setup was the knob but I found one on ebay and it will be here this week. The last thing I want to mention is I downloaded the 3D files for the plastic instrument overlay from the site and after some discussion with Greg Wilfong I was able to get them printed. I think they came out pretty good. I would like the top surface to be a little smoother so I'm going to check the 3D printer slicer software to see if there is something I can do to smooth it out. Thanks Greg!

Thank you so much for the diagram. My machine doesn't have the detent for the lever on the pedestal. Have to see if there are bolt holes for one

may want to pop your flywheel off and check the magnets in flywheel first as well.. - I have seen instances where magnets coming loose gave weird voltage readings , replacing flywheel solved the issue and the stator was just fine.... harder to find a good flywheel than to find a good stator....

I would be about the same. That's exactly why I bought more tools for manual labor.

Oh ya!! Some sprockets are shielded some are not. Thank you!

Yessir. You're one of my main influences in that research.

After putting in 50 years in the Plumbing & Heating trade 90% of the work is unfortunately ALL OVERHEAD.

I'll check that out and see what result I get. I have just done the AC voltage test on the 2 leads coming off the stator so far and only got 4 volts (should be 20+). I see where there are shops that refurbish discontinued stators for motorcycles and ATV's. I am going to check and see if they can redo this one. Anyone here gone this route?

And two for the Gipper.

3hour sit this evening. No deer, but this critter stumbled around in the grass field for 10 minutes. He appeared disorientated, stumbling and walking in circles. He either has a medical issue or chugged too much fermented watermelon juice. VID_20261108_164315060~2.mp4

I just did. Thanks. Put it here as well in case any one of our electrical experts know why it might be putting out voltage (not totally dead) but not the 20+ AC volts per spec.

Wonder how the spindle pulleys ended up at the correct height? Could they just be turned over?

I think the question is: Why is the PTO belt on the bottom? The pulley could be inverted to be big on top and small on the bottom to get the same speeds.

Painted the plow and a finished a new one - lawn roller... painted that up too... Bit nippy here today so I had them cooking for a while in front of my garage heater...

Another day another implement, another project. Small one though so that's allright. Bought a grader-blade for the 585, it's about 2m (6.5ft) wide and can be angled both at the tractor and the blade side. This enables me to scrape under the fencing to pull the sand that gets piled up under the wire back inward. Tested it on the riding arena and levelled all of it. Still a WIP here. Then attacked one of the paths and tried to "scalp" it a bit (is that what you call it?).. sides low, middle higher so the water drains to the sides. Worked pretty good for a first try (not pictured). Pretty close to the end result here. Anyway, the blade withstood the first test but I was not pleased the way it had to be parked. There was no leg to park it on and using a car-stand thingy got old fast so I took out the grinder and welder a came up with this.

Another place that has a good deal on knives is tractor supply they have some SOG and Camillus knives for around $15 I picked up this SOG there

I didn't know you had been listening to my wife sleeping.

While Knute Rockne, All American may be one of Ronald Reagan's best known films we would be remiss if we didn't include his radio announcer role in "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" and "Bedtime for Bonzo."

Well, it was actually yesterday... Picked this McLane edger up for $40 on October 27th in Ohio on my way to Cleveland for a business trip. PO said it ran when he bought it in the spring. I didn't try at the time of purchase as I had to keep moving. IT had good compression and oil in the crank case, so I figured I'd take a chance on it. Spent the last week doing cleaning, changed the "oil" if you could call it that, replaced the old gas, cleaned the plug and regapped it (new one in it now). Using the @c-series don method of trying to get a combustion engine running, I sprayed 50:1 gas mix in the carb, and within a few pulls it started, and began running on its own only it I held the governor back, if I let it go it would stall. So not knowing squat about carbs and what to do, I contacted Bob Koch, some of you may know him, he always sets up his tractors right near me and Don at the big show, he has a sweet B-60 that he brings, Bob runs a small engine shop on the side, well in 5 minutes Bob had it running like a top yesterday. Then I had to deal with the broken lever for the throttle cable, ever try to find an exact match of something close to 30 years old... Notta, so I got to looking at the broken plastic lever closer and said to myself, "I can make one", so my new throttle lever made out of 1" x 3/16" steel flatstock will outlast this edger 10 to 1... I brought it home yesterday from Bob's shop and had about 450' lineal feet of sidewalk and curb edging done in 20 minutes! New air cleaner will be here Tuesday and I will drain and replace the crankcase oil again. That's all folks! Have a great day!

Okay, okay I know it’s not Saturday so please forgive me! Yesterday I had to move a few tractors to get my Peco vacuum trailer out, so I figured I’d take a few pictures for you boys!

@Brockport Bill ever use a WONDER BAR ? 2 of them one one either side , of the pulley hub , 90 deg swing on bottom , push them both OUTWARD / AWAY FROM MOUNT POINT , solid swing leverage , makes for easy removal ,also a perfect time to do a related , bearing clean out ? lubrication failure , LUCAS X TRA HD GREEN CHASSIS GREASE , 550 deg flash point , polyurea rated , stays with bearing . all my decks , and mule drives , as well as pto cone , needle bearing , have this , never burned out a clutch disc, that pto lever start , is a gold mine for improvements , pete .q=wonder+bar&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS866US866&oq=wonder+bar+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYjwI

Yeah I have the same blower I use on my 93 520 H it works great. Throws snow 35 to 40 feet no problem. I live in west Michigan and can get some heavy wet snow it handles it easy. I do have the manual for the ber-vac if you need a copy I'll send it.