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I lost one more of my nine lives back in December when an artery burst in my colon and pumped out 4-5 ozs of fuel every hour. Hemoglobin dropped from 17 to 6.5 in 20 hours. They went up the exhaust pipe with a light, camera, and soldering iron but couldn't find the leak. They pumped in some new blood and it sealed on it's own moments before I cashed in. Glad to hear you guys are still playing.

It is extremely important to undercut the mica on the armature, but must be done carefully. It not only removes the brush carbon that can short 2 adjacent contact pads, but gives room for more!

May as well plan on replacing the brushes while you have it apart, has several vendors selling kits with bearings, bushings, brushes and springs for under $ 30.00.

October 11, 1975 "Saturday Night Live" created by Lorne Michaels premieres on NBC with George Carlin as host.

I am looking at a 1969 Charger 12 and would like everyone's opinion.

Sorry but that show ain't what it used to be, haven't cared to watch it no way, no how.

A little new age AI stuff but but it still explains it well

I have a new girlfriend. I call her my melancholy baby. Head like a melon. Face like a collie.

Should be the same as a 8 The belt should be pretty skinny and fit down inside of the groove of the pulleys. 3/8" The cog belts grip tighter on the smaller generator pulley than a solid belt does. They should be raw edge too as you don't want any slipping of it A 1/2 belt would cause the issues you have

to both of those posts. Any black powder from any belt is rubbing. Not sure what you mean by "black streak" but assuming it's belt powder. No belt slap on a SG. It's short enough and should be tight enough to be like a guitar string. Tweaking the guard position should solve any rubbing or you have the wrong belt. I prefer the 31.5" x 3/8 raw edge cog belts for the K181s. Something like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/200779063408?

10 pairs of skis dropped off at my house. Pulled this together in a few hours. Enough skis left for another project... more to come!

Installed some of the goodies I picked up at the Portland Swap Meet. Changed out the lug tires for this $50 set I picked up. Popped on the "everyday" set of hubcaps (keeping an NOS set stored for shows or potential restoration). Installed a different ammeter - the original was bouncing around like crazy. Hard to find a 15-amp ammeter. Installed the snowplow bracket that came with an HY-3 kit. Soaked up some beautiful weather putting around the yard and tending to a pile of limbs I was burning. Next on the list is to replace all the seals on the transmission. After that, popping the head off, checking the valves, breather, and repairing or replacing a leaking fuel pump.

I marked each rim where I wanted to cut them. Bolted the rim on to a tractor, spun the rim in high gear full throttle, & cut through it with a 4 1/2" grinder After all 4 rims were cut, I cut the center out of the outside rims and welded them together. Finished product.

Another shot of 701 but I was feeling pretty patriotic after making a new front axle pivot pin and making bushings for the wore drag link. Using my homegrown flag bracket and the bestest flag in the world. A special thanks to my shop fan for helping with the shot.

Your ... evidently I have the pics to do that instructional!

That describes a whole bunch of us here.... I'm one too! Chargers are a great tractor, @pfrederi has several of them. Do the test that @Ed Kennell mentioned and ask about the seller's history with the Charger. Hope you have room for more Wheel Horses, they tend to be habit forming.

to the It looks pretty clean. If it runs and mows it would sell for $4-500 in my area, but location and supply means a lot. The Sundstrand hydro transmissions can be a problem if not maintained properly. I test all that I buy by strapping them to a tree and make sure they will spin the tires in forward and reverse.

William: 1st. when it comes to the West Coast is there a lot of dealerships around? Second, do you know of the dealerships that are or were in business or is there still dealerships out there? If not, you can always go to many of our parts vendors that are listed here. 2nd you can always rely on the help of members here to help you out. Even an old fart like me still needs help from time to time. I hope you can pick that tractor up and be happy with it. Best of luck and most of all enjoy the ride if you buy it.

Are you kidding? She'd have it decorated with flowers and have pumpkin spice scent coming out of the exhaust! It was torture enough letting her decorate my tractors for Independence Day!

95% blockage of my LAD. Roto Rooter and install a culvert. Sent me out the door today. Ride on !

Tell her to pull it all apart and do all the work to make it "pretty" , suddenly she'll agree that patina is pretty too! LOL

Me too. Got one now that makes noise on a 855 but starts right up, generates and just keeps on going. I'll change those SG bearings when it finally needs the engine pulled which I thought would've been 2-3 years ago. Sh** like that don't bother me

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Cranked out another ski bench. This one is an Adirondack chair... as always, no fiscal expenditures...

Does the guard get hot at the the area that has the black mark. Belt may rub on the guard can take some work to get the guard away from the belt.Things get bent misaligned over the years

In full disclosure, I took these pictures the other day to post in this thread. I had the 418-8 and 70’s vintage Cyclone spreader out to spread some lime. Last year before putting it away and giving it its usual cleaning, I put tire shine on the tires. Then I started to think? I wonder if anyone else is wacky enough to do that? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

And sending the show HLs to WHX ... oh that's right I don't have one like that ... yet ... but when I do... I have yet to pull one that had a bushing yet still had oiler cups. Very seldom had to replace brushes Richard Doesn't matter you have to perform surgery both are gonna get replaced. I really should do that SG instructional some day ... along with fuel pumps. Pics for motivation Bar. Note the black fingers ... dummy was too dumb to were gloves ...

There was a manual lift kit available.

Very true Bill. Happily going through life with no brain. Lol.

That certainly looks solid. Battery and seat are no cause for concern other than a few bucks. If operates as good as it looks it's a decent deal.........but he did say OBO. Aren't Wheel Horses pretty darn rare out there? to

Well, at least she'd be busy doing that instead of telling you how to do other stuff

Oh Sh#t Me too too. They did 2 stents and I felt ready to go that afternoon. They kept me for a couple days just to cash in on the insurance money. It got obvious when a whole bunch of the different doctors would stop by to say hello and ask stupid questions hours before they were supposed to release me. "Consultations"

32? I don't mind working but the body is just give'n up on me. Makes it so much tougher for the physical job all day. I actually like to work because it's my gym, social event and I get away from the O'lady all day. Yeah, I hear ya Ed. Stay young at heart brother!

I'm sure you'll get there John, but I wish I was your age and still working.....Just Sayin. I am thankful I beat the odds, but It just sucks to be a 32 yo that has to live in an 82 yo body.

F U Ed I worked all day. Hope to retire soon. Wish I could be doin' what you're doin'

Nice! I like that and the price is right too

Yep bad bearing if whining at all. Sometimes it will go away but then come back or I have had them whine ... go away then not come back. Strange had them that were not noisy when put away for winter but then whine when comes out. Easy enough to replace but be ready for black fingers when you open them up. Or wear gloves. Real common 6302 or ....crs ...6203 bearing. Get them on fleabay then do the Greasy Pete repack. Need any help I done zillions of them. Bulk of my tractors are SGs. Yeah belt guards are notorious for coming loose and rattlin around. Watch for pully burn marks too. Mostly on the SG.

I haven't spoken to my wife in four years. I thought it would be rude to interrupt her!

I rode to the liquor store yesterday on my bicycle... I bought a bottle of Rum and put it in the bicycle basket. As I was about to leave I thought for a moment. If I fall off the bicycle, the bottle might break. To avoid that, I drank all of the rum before I left the store. It turned out to be a very good decision, because I fell off the bike seven times on my way home

Both!! The D-160, 180 and 200 were made by Wheel Horse in Indiana (USA) The D250 is actually a re-badged Gotbrod tractor made on Belgium.

Update time. Because my better half has horses the one of the first things we had to do is get the fencing up around the pastures. We put up around hundred fence posts in one day with a couple of people. Simultaneously we had someone come in with an excavator to "rotate" some soil for making a riding arena. Not bad for a day of work. The following day the piles of dirt got flattened spread out and compacted to get a nice base for the riding arena. After that, in the following week(s) we could also put up the fencing around this part of the horse accomodation. First ride in the new riding arena. And in Dutch we have a saying that translates to something like "after hard work it's more enjoyable to rest"... Next update: working on a roof or two.. Greetings from the Netherlands, Mark

Since we are on the topic, and I now have one to contribute.. This is Sondra: Vet says she is pretty healthy, and about 7 weeks old. She seems to be adjusting well to indoor life. She likes it better than the wood pile, because in the wood pile she was cornered. In the house she can fit through the gates we use to control the dogs' movements and just go to her room where her food and toys are, without the dogs.

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Now this is definitely a “side shot”!! I posted this elsewhere on the forum but just realized how perfect it is for this topic

Less expensive, more reliable and gets the high amperage wires out from behind the gas tank. This drawing uses the 103991 ignition switch which can be found at any auto parts store.

It is always better to use a solenoid in the ignition circuit - it removes the heavy amperage load from the key switch and gives it to the better suited device. High amperage thru the key switch generates arcing & excess heat - both shorten its lifespan.