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Shall we get a " Poll" started? Chicken or Egg? Bed or Colossus?

Poor uncle Jim gets no respect.

I gotta start writing down what I do with crap.

Then don't I'll send you a orginal. Signed The Purist.

A rubdown with Penetrol. It was thirsty and will get another...

Well this hood has been primer coated about 5 times, each after finding another ding to tap out and fix. Actually got another coat today. But it looks pretty good right now. I'll go over it tomorrow with 800 grit and scope it over once more. And I've made up my mind on the fuel pump. Now I have to figure out where to put the thing. Not alot of room on a 701 to hide an electric pump...

I used to work with a quirky Process Engineer that was a Statistics Nut. He could tell you where every SuperBowl was played, who the Teams were, & the final score.... by memory. I just referred to him as "The StoreHouse of Worthless Knowledge". He was also narcoleptic - could, and did, fall asleep at the drop of a hat. Meetings, Lunch, it did not matter. In those moments, I referred to him as "Professor Haim Gonnanodoff"!! We left him at the Lunch table after eating many times...

I’ll be there, flying solo this year. Hoping to see my friends and Uncle Jim too!

ask K & B -- they are vendor here on RSq - i have purchased spindle parts from them

What kind is the orginal? Vacuum? The style with the off set lever? I hoard them i can look see what I have.

I would stick with original if I could get a rebuild kit. My luck must be bad and I got tired of waiting.

Y'all... ain't... right... I mean, yeah about that marriage thing but...

And Collosus takes a trip to the back burner - again! Truck frame looks excellent for its age....

FIFY

The whole idea is to keep moisture and contaminants OUT of the connection. Dielectric grease will do the job just fine and I see no problem with having it IN the connection, the metal will be able to make a good contact with or without the grease. If the connection isn't tight enough to displace some grease it is going to overheat and fail anyway. Though it was made for Aluminum connections the Zink works well to protect connections of dissimilar metals and seals out the contaminants and moisture from any connection.

It also appears like it's rubbing the PTO hoop. I think a 1/2" belt will slip on the PTO pulleys because they are designed for a wider 5/8 belt and not variable like many aftermarket pulleys are designed. Maybe that's why it's so tight but IDK. If the pump pulley will handle a wider belt then go with a wider belt. The suction hose doesn't have any pressure on it. But use a stiff hose because stronger suction pressure could collapse a flimsy hose. The reason for asking about the color is to see if it's ATF or motor oil. It possible it could've been changed to hydraulic fluid too.

You make sure @WHX?? comes in. I'll send him gas money if I have to!

As @953 nut said, he's almost at that age where he needs to transition to 2-gallon buckets. Almost at the age? Well I'm not quite as old as you Dick, and I'm there already. I'm just bringing my brake linings. They are fairly easy to handle.

New to me. 314-H FEL. The loader works great, but some housekeeping to do to it. 1; the belt 32”? 2; the bottom suction hose 3/4” x 40’ 3; Hydraulic fluid The belt is cracked and way too tight. The slide bolts are at their tightest position and the belt is already tight! I hear it’s supposed to be 32”. (Must have had a 30” belt on there?) the bottom suction hose is cracked, and i want to replace it. It doesn’t look like too high a pressure hose with the two band clamps? Hydraulic fluid…. Which kind do i use?

June 8, 1966, the rival National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) announce that they will merge. The first “Super Bowl” between the two leagues took place at the end of the 1966 season, though it took until the 1970 season for the leagues to unite their operations and integrate their regular-season schedules.

White oak is well worth the extra money because white oak is significantly more rot-resistant than red oak. Red oak is porous open grained wood and will warp and rot as a result. It is fine for interior use like cabinets but not for outdoor use.

All this belt and hose and loader talk, makes me think about my 90% loader project… I need to rebuild the cylinders and paint the thing. Another few years and it’ll be done

Where to buy these tires? The tires are on my F-I-L's wheel horse 607. 'Tanks

My boss bought a 76 250 that the bed was trashed and had a oak bed on it. I moved the bumper back 16 or 18" and down maybe 8", also cut the ends bumper off just past the frame and mounted the tail lights there. Goodman Lumber Co. built the bed to match the ones on there trucks. Don't have any pictures, left there in 1998.

Not really a truck guy. Torn between oak's great retro look (and my personal attraction to wood carpentry) on one hand and what metal can offer on the other. I can heartily appreciate the “stake” sides becoming ramps although the transition from a straight ramp onto the flatbed can challenge the clearance of a tractor with an under-hung implement, e.g. a grader or mower deck. Depending on construction, the sides could help constrain small stuff like lumber. Being able to secure the sides flat on the bed when unused might help aerodynamics (only a highway speed issue). Sturdy enough to support side loading as well as rear loading would be cool. Numerous strongpoints for load tiedowns Hold downs within the flatbed, as opposed to only at the edges, will make both full and LTL (less than a full load) a LOT easier to secure. A plan & tie points for a tarp or other load cover might be “Maine-ly” useful Under-bed storage boxes for straps, tarp, sleepers, etc. Maintenance accessibility for worn/damaged deck member? Work lights for loading/unloading in darkness--cab top mount? Weight, i.e. keep as light as possible to preserve maximum load capacity.

Norman will be hauling his deck here in a couple weeks

I pulled decks from two this weekend. I've never had anything other than 48" until the 42" I recently got on a c-161. The 42" is SO MUCH more manageable

Take a look at @Pullstart's Norman, that sucker can load four and the removable sides are his ramps.

312-8 with the small tire changer. Good weekend of work but time to put them to bed and get ready for work tomorrow...

Anyone got the inside scoop and know what it is this year?? Let’s hope it’s not a rear engine rider with a 30” deck

Quality Inn 1465 Doran Dr. Scotland Pa ( Keep the car wash vacuums open for impatient truck drivers! )

I'm guessing so long as you check it before running and it's full, that some of the oil gets into the top end of the engine and checking after running is wildly inaccurate. Probably takes a few minutes for the oil to drain back into the sump. But this would be a concern. Immediate shutdown required. A weeping seal can be very misleading. It's not unusual to lose more oil than it looks like you have. If I had to guess, the oil was a bit low but you accidentally overfilled it, and the engine burped out the excess. I've seen this before on a full pressure lubed system. I would check the oil EVERY time you use the machine, and check it cold and before manually moving the tractor. If you check after running, give it 15-20 minutes to drain back into the case. ...and fix the valve cover gasket.

You been in that side room in the shop again?!?!?

I am sure it is a typo. It is an A or 1/2" belt. The best way is to take it off and measure it or better yet take it to the store and get a slightly longer one. Your thinking of the transmission drive belt the deck belts are 1/2"

Thinking about you the other day. (ya must have been hard up in the thinking department) lol But anyway, i was washing out some paint and primer buckets with lids (the good HD ones) the kid had left over in the garage. She was tossing them and I picked them out of the trash. Looked at me with one of those "really" looks. Question.....is there and age when a man gets the urge to keep 5 gallon buckets? I am there.

The item that I'll be looking for, it always works that way.

@WHX?? you swap a good hub on there and I’ll take that funky one off your hands free!

I'll volunteer, too.

Now, who am I going to pick on?

Oh don’t be blaming me! Doesn’t your wife drive a Prius??? Fuel it up or plug it in or whatever it is ya do to make those things run and get to the show!! Maybe rip the seats out so that 867 will fit in the back…think outside the box Jim!!

Got one o' them here I'm looking forward to making a good runner! Here's my 1974 C160-8 Cinnamon Horse with a 17 cu ft modified dump trailer.

My 312 had character like that too but my character builder was rolling down a gravel pit wall. I ended up just swapping the hood after trying to get the dent out. It’s still going years after the incident, much like yours. It is my go to rig as well, primarily being my mowing tractor. Wheel horse built them tough.

The 312 got a bath today! Interesting story about this tractor is that I never intended to own it but it came non-running in a package deal with a c-165 I was in search of. It eventually got repowered when I swapped one from a 12 Auto. A huge limb fell across its hood so that's been pounded out. No Purple Heart ceremony for that yet but it's got character and surprisingly my "preferred" machine depending on what I'm doing.

Although I have pictures of Zach in and on this wagon they are from about 6 years ago and he has no recollection of it. We were doing some massive garage cleaning/organizing tonight and he was super excited about the wagon…so I let him hook up Blackbeard and haul burnables to the fire pit! He was in his element!

Brings back memories of my spring bear hunts in Northern Quebec. The flys were deadly. I spent many nights in the woods with several cans of DEET in my sleeping bag and with a head net over my face. Before leaving the sleeping bag, you had to lay down a cloud of DEET to clear the flys long enough to jump in your cloths. One year we had a new hunter that failed to keep covered and was bitten around his neck so badly he had difficulty breathing. We had to rush him South to the Maniwaki Hospital. The strange thing was, the little Indian school children stood by the road every morning in shorts and T shirts waiting for the school bus. Seemed they were not bothered by the flys???

Interesting. My only process for making gaskets is kindergarten craft scissors ✂️ and my tongue hanging out the side o' my mouth.... 🤪

My boy Jeffrey and Jeffrey with one of his buddies at day play. Jeffrey was a rescue. I got him from the shelter after he was found roaming the streets severely injured. He needed surgery to close him back up. He has turned out to be a great dog. So glad our paths crossed.