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Scored a FREE vintage Coke cooler and unloaded it with the 520 FL. It cools but the wiring is pretty scary so replacing.

For years I've let my electrical parts float around a large tool box. Every time I needed something I had to hunt and dig. Used scraps of plywood and 1x4's. Components that require crimping on bottom and wire nuts on top. I suspect I'll never have to purchase some of them ever again.

There was a great story about Enzo and his take on "Customer Satisfaction" years ago. Seems that a Doctor in upstate New York bought his first Ferrari, new, in the summer. All was well until late fall - the car stumbled and drove poorly when it was cold. So..., he wrote a letter to Enzo himself, describing the lack of satisfaction with an otherwise fine car. A few weeks later, Enzo himself responded in a letter. The gist of it was "If you can afford my car, you can afford a heated garage for it!" End of discussion...

Wire from the battery should be on the center terminal of the regulator

#41 off the assembly line

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

Here is my new seat. Some 2X4 to make it level. It was free from stuff i saved and will work for now. The old seat was shot and I think it held about 50 gallons of water in it.

A guy in my town posted this for sale, $100 Not really practical for my yard (not to mention lack of storage) but I thought is was pretty cool!

October 5, 1919, a young Italian car mechanic and engineer named Enzo Ferrari takes part in his first car race, a hill climb in Parma, Italy. He finished fourth. Ferrari was a good driver, but not a great one: In all, he won just 13 of the 47 races he entered. Many people say that this is because he cared too much for the sports cars he drove: He could never bring himself to ruin an engine in order to win a race. In the mid-1920s, Ferrari retired from racing cars in order to pursue his first love: building them. He took over the Alfa Romeo racing department in 1929 and began to turn out cars under his own name. Annoyed with Ferrari’s heavy-handed management style, Alfa Romeo fired him in 1939. After that, he started his own manufacturing firm, but he spent the war years building machine tools, not race cars.

Q: Did you hear about the magic tractor? A: It turned into a field! Q: What do farmers use to make crop circles? A: A pro-tractor. Q: Did you hear about the wooden tractor? A: It had a wooden engine, wooden wheels, wooden transmission, and wooden work! Q: Where do you find a tractor with no wheels? A: In the same place you left it! Being a farmer isn't for everyone, but hay, it's in my jeans

Three blonds are sitting by the side of a river holding fishing poles with lines in the water. A game warden comes up behind them and says, Excuse me, ladies, I'd like to see your fishing license. said the game warden.But officer, replied the second blond, we aren't fishing. We all have magnets at the end of our lines and were collecting debris off the bottom of the river. The game warden lifted up all the lines and, sure enough, there were horseshoe-magnets tied on the end of each line. Well, I know of no law against it. Take all the debris you want. Then he left. As soon as he was out of sight, the three blondes started laughing. What a stupid fish cop! The third blonde said to the others, Doesn’t he know that there are steelhead trout in this river?!

On a drive in the country a city slicker noticed a farmer lifting a pig up to an apple tree and holding the pig there as it ate one apple after another. 'Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about,' said the city slicker 'but if you just shook the tree so the apples fell to the ground, wouldn't it save a lot of time?' Time, answered the farmer. 'What does time matter to a pig?'

Perfect for this topic!

I did put the original rear tires back on and ran a rag of WD40 across it and now I want a set of ag tires. LoL. Going to look into adding hydraulic lift since it's doing so well! Might even go for sending off the motion lever and PTO lever in for chrome. 😁. Got a few pics and a cold start, no choke. VID_20261004_125013.mp4

I had a similar set up on the B80 I had. You can elongate the slots where I circled to get the springs mounted farther back. They also make springs with slots built into them. I have seen them on E bay quite often.

Got sprinklers set up on a timer. They run for 1/2 hour in the morning and in the evening.

The temperatures and my schedule granted the trip to a processor buddy. I’m glad I jumped in the old plow truck, I smoked a little deer on the way home last night. The plow mount took the hit, and there were no marks on the truck. It’s been quite some time since I was involved in a car deer accident.

NOS ? Think I would throw some cash at that.

We've had good luck introducing winter Rye in the past. Grows well in the fall.

That is a 4 wire regulator - 3 are visable, one is under it. Is that one intact? Remove the regulator cover and observe the contact arm area of both relays inside.One is open with the key off, it closes to allow charging. (It MUST open when off so as to not discharge the battery). The other is the one opening & closing rapidly when running. With the engine running, it should spark at the contacts in use. If not, it needs to be cleaned. All that arcing is normal, but burns and erodes the contacts. Disconnect the battery! Lightly file the contacts - do not use sandpaper! Some folks use a crisp new dollar bill instead. Hook the battery up and see if it charges. IMHO - the wiring is old and painted - there may be corrosion where the wire terminals connect to the tabs & the S/G. A good cleaning is in order too.

I mucked out the cab of the truck today. Hasn't been done in a loooong time. Much more pleasant to sit in now. Also worked the lawn restoration a bit. The grass has started to grow, but it is nowhere near a lush covering of grass. The seed I used was a mix of different grasses. One of them is growing well, the others are more like green fuzzy on the ground. I mowed it earlier this week with the deck at transport height, I mowed it again today with the push mower. I got the leaf blower out and blew about 1/2 of the straw off, hoping to get more sunlight on the green fuzzy type of grass. For good measure, I spread some more grass seed around. Got a few weeks of good weather left, hopefully some more grass will get started.

I am in total agreement with you two on keeping a roof over stuff. If it's got wheels and tires, I want it under cover. When our kids had a carport installed. I laid 2x6 treated wood under the runners. I felt this kept the metal runner off the gravel and hopefully last longer. Our camper's carport is bolted down to the cement pad. I park the camper on rubber mats. I hope this is better on the tires than parking on cement for months on end. Great project you've got going on.

A guy heard What's New Pussycat song by Tom Jones on the radio one day. It went earworm and stuck in his head for several days. Out of desperation, the guy goes to his doctor for some relief. The doctor says, 'oh, you are suffering from Tom Jones fixation syndrome'. The guy says, 'wow. Never heard of that. Is it rare?' Doc replies: 'It's Not Unusual'.

I went looking for a decent reversible scoop, and saw this:

Can confirm. I have quite a few.

Steve and his buddies were hanging out and planning an upcoming fishing trip. Unfortunately, he had to tell them that he couldn't go this time because his wife wouldn't let him. After a lot of teasing and name calling, Steve headed home frustrated. The following week when Steve's buddies arrived at the lake to set up camp, they were shocked to see Steve. He was already sitting at the campground with a cold beer, swag rolled out, fishing rod in hand, and a camp fire glowing. "How did you talk your missus into letting you go Steve?" "I didn't have to," Steve replied. "Yesterday, when I left work, I went home and slumped down in my chair with a beer to drown my sorrows because I couldn't go fishing. Then the ol' lady Snuck up behind me and covered my eyes and said, 'Surprise'. When I peeled her hands back, she was standing there in a beautiful see through negligee and she said, 'Carry me into the bedroom, tie me to the bed and you can do whatever you want,' So, Here I am!"

This is my hub puller. Works well. Cheep to make. Plenty of variations have been nade.

My puller is an old one, not the one in the picture. I've used my snap-on impact, I think around 900 ft-lb and can't imagine it breaking the puller.

I recently scrapped out a zero turn. It had three springs under the seat. Did some checking and realized that two of them welded together would fit under the seat of my John Deere 110, which was in need of some assistance.

Throw a picture or two at us--maybe even showing the model number!

Is this a new problem that just started? I think @squonk has spotted the problem for you. Below is a simple wiring diagram that shows how he functions of the wiring system interact. You do not have lights but the lighter is connected to the "L" on the regulator.

How is it attached? Bolted to the front steering axel ?

You will find a wiring diagram here. Click on the tractor to see it. This older Kohler service manual has a good section on the starter/generator and regulator.

No, I didn't bid on it, I wasn't even at the auction when it started. I was looking for a specific item, and I wasn't impressed with the items that might have filled the bill. There were a lot of other things my money would have went for over the Wheel Horse, but I was trying to be picky and was only going to put money down on what I came for. The Ford 640 would have been a nice buy, or the Massey Ferguson 35, but I wasn't in the market for another tractor.

Lots of "stuff" to see. Not any one specific thing. Hit or miss on Wheelhorse tractors and parts. Absolutely an all day trip. Lots of walking or golf cart or whatever you have to ride around in. Ther are three shows per season. A theme tractor for each. Check the Website for that information. I have found parts and engines at this event in past. Mostly Flea Market type atmosphere.

A few WH there and there and some parts, they are not staged together. You have to walk around at least 60+ acres and you might see a few WHs, mostly old big tractor and farm equipment is what it's about, and a HUGE swap meet. If you want to see everything, working tractor display and old stuff working, it will take you all day, wear comfortable shoes and some SPF 50. Would I do it again, sure if I had a golf cart, I'm 72 with a bad hip and knee.

Any pics Dale?

Some old pics i found of the “hay maker”. I don’t normally mow wet grass, but when it rains for days and the forecast doesn’t look any different…

It’s kind of fitting that my niece’s animal horse trailer is behind the mechanical horses. And unintentionally they are in order of year too. Starting from right to left with the 78 and ending with the 92.