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The only thing I am waiting for now on this 1057 is the E/fuel pump. This was supposed to be my winter build. But this went faster than I thought it would. But it is not running yet. I am sure there will be some tweaking to be done. I had this almost three years now just sitting doing nothing but taking up space. The seat was worth putting these patches on the seat from years of use good enough till I can have it reupholstered by Matt. I hope you enjoy the picks. OHH Also Wallfish made this pice that controls carb linkage. It works very well. No slop from worn out holes from years of use. It has full throttle movement. Or click click from idle screw to full throttle stop. Best I can do.

One day long ago somebody, somewhere was doing something stupid and hoping they would get away with it. What was that word / practice invented you ask? Sketch / Sketchy... Today im delivering the 310 I built for my wifes cousin so she has it for this weekends "big" storm. Its a little over an hour to her house. Pics are from this morning after I did my driveway. Somebody wish me luck!!

Not to be out done by the WI dudes ( @Achto, @WHX??), I've decided to start a restore on the 551 I brought back from the Big Show. Big thanks to @Pullstart and his crew for working with me and bringing to show for pick up. This will be my first Tecky motor restore and already miss my Kohlers . Just kidding motor seems solid without any unusual ticks, knocks, or smoke. Ordered a carb kit and will start there if and when I get steering wheel off. The throttle cable needs some attention fo sure cant hardly move it. Have had it running and drove it around and trans seems to be good. Haven't put a battery to it yet just used rope to start but wanting to have it both ways. I have a lauson 5.5 from the 550 I have and looks like a lot of stuff is the same ??? and it ran when took off years ago. May need some help on the electric when I get to it. One thing I can think of right now is what is the little box with the diode/fuses do thats on side of motor? just have one pic of it before I pulled it in shop but will post others asap .

January 22, 1908 Katie Mulcahey is arrested for lighting a cigarette, violating the one-day-old "Sullivan Ordinance" banning women from smoking in public, and is fined $5. Appearing before the judge, she states, “I’ve got as much right to smoke as you have. I never heard of this new law, and I don’t want to hear about it. No man shall dictate to me.”

Just can't turn your back on them there Wisconsin Garden Tractor Mafia members. A few years ago I bought a real nicer Wheel Horse at the Big Show, went to have lunch and came back to this

Sounds feasible, but I wouldn't trust it. Why not sell or donate the chair and buy a lift from Harbor Freight for $139 or less that is designed to do what you want to do. I found one used for $75.00.

I represent that...! It was awful... just awful... cheese curd crumbs everywhere... oh the humanity!!!

Got bad news for ya Squirrels... Dan and I already had our grubby mitts on that tractor and had our way with it. Pullstart plow day last year or the year before CRS. He had just got it and the first thing I said to him is... Kev this is way too nice a rig for the looks of you In between furrows Dan and I got bored 😴 and fingered we couldn't mess it up any worse than Pullstart could. I don't remember what we all did maybe @Achto does but we got it running. Pretty sure Dan had to teabag it a couple times. I was gonna flash some cash on it just to keep the angle grinder off it but tractor heavy ya know. Don't need another project. If I recollect it didn't need a frame off resto. On the carb for 15 clams I wouldn't be afraid to try a off shore. One worked great on a 502 I had & cheaper than rebuild parts. On the electrical I can definitely help you out ther. I went through a couple of techies and got real intimate with them diodes. '24 it was... AC Dude and Sylvia supervised. Well Sylvia just stood around lookin stoopid and doled out the 🧀 curds

Left side cover ready to install. This is the side cover from the 520H that I converted to a 520-8 I like this cover better than the original one from this tractor as the paint is good and it has the OPEI sticker on it. Left side cover hardware ready to install. Left side cover rubber plug installed as I converted tractor to old style parking brake that comes up through shift plate. Left side cover ready for speed nuts to be installed. Left side cover speed nuts installed. Tractor ready for left side cover to be installed. Left side cover sat in place. Left side cover front bolt and bottom screw loosely installed. Top screws will be installed when the shift plate is installed.

Right side cover ready to install. I punched some ventilation holes with an electrical knockout punch. This is a cover I had on hand and is not in perfect condition as it has some pitting and a wear hole at the very top. The one from this tractor originally had the bolt near the front for the plastic belt cover that I am not using on this build. Right side cover hardware ready to install. Tractor ready for right side cover to be installed. Right side cover speed nuts installed. Right side cover sat in place. Right side cover loosely bolted into place.

I had a C-125, so maybe there should be a 125 day. I probably forget when Sunday comes around.

Yup, just took the air cleaner base off and found that I had somehow wedged the throttle linkage wide open. Oops. All fixed.

The weather weenies are notoriously inaccurate when to come to predicting precipitation amounts...However in the last few years they are getting pretty close to predicting temperatures, So I am pretty sure it is going to be cold as a witches t*****

I think it was mainly some carb work & governor adjustments ?? Not entirely sure. Like I say, "I've slept since then"

My dedicated grass . I found her on CL about 15 years ago, came with a plow & that beautiful factory replacement K301. She'll sit all winter & start on the second crank & idle. (NO CHOKE). I think I paid around $300.00 for her, she'll NEVER be culled from the herd.

A buddy of mine and I have been replacing seals in my 36 year old truck. About a month ago we replaced the oil pan gasket, the front seal, the three seals in the front differential, the water pump (under warranty) and timing chain gasket--the timing chain was tight and good as new. It seemed the engine rear main seal's leak was getting worse but not worth the effort to get to it--well--until I checked the transmission fluid and was low with no obvious signs of leaks. I decided to change fluid in the transfer case and found it was full of transmission fluid--that is where my transmission fluid went. We just put it back together this afternoon. Rear engine seal, front and rear seals in automatic transmission and transfer case. We replaced the flexplate and the U-joints. I'm real sure the U-joints were original to the pickup with 235,000 miles on it. How I know is because they still had the plastic glue that GM used to lock the U-joint caps in place. My pickup no longer needs a "diaper" under it while parked in the garage. A touch over $800.00 in parts.

Yes, that's a 12 volt battery. Obviously not a tractor. The generator was due for a walk and yesterday I figured it was as good a day as any to do that. I turned the key and listened to silence. I don't think we're going to gut much of that storm that's fixin to hammer areas south of here but I'm glad I found out under better conditions.

First major hurdle is over.

Same here, I'm on the decimal point of the 17.5" Brought in two trailer loads of wood and pushed last weeks snow back on five driveway to make room for the new stuff.

This is your voltage regulator / rectifier. Will be following along.

Trina and I only ever use the middle two settings. The super scooper I've been messing around with for a few weeks is set at the second one down. All of our other plows are set in the third hole down which gives the plow a much more talk forward set. We find that this greatly reduces the amount of unwanted digging into the driveway surface and has the added bonus of helping the snow roll to the sides of the plow quite a lot better.

Come on Paul. Ya know how you can spend a day washing, waxing and detailing your vehicle and the first time you take it for a drive it seems to run better? .............Same thing.

Yes that brace would add strength. When I designed and built mine I had not seen one before and did not think to add that brace. That said, I have four tractors with my design hitch and have moved some heavy loads without issue over the years.

Latest model has us at 12-18 but it has been changing daily because we are so far out.Have to wait and see I guess. Our last big one was Snomageddon in 2010. 27 inches and power loss for 8 days. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

With out mans intervention, every dairy breed would have horns as well. Male or female. I've spent many hours de-horning calves.

Geez you guys ... I was just hopein to see 121 pics. Guess Junior and I must be the only ones that have one. Must be one of those rare collectible models...

Does your hitch have any type of diagonal brace for vertical support? Or, do you feel it's not needed? Obviously, mine required it because I used flat bar stock as a cross bar (hitch for my Cyclone Rake), and it also gets used to maneuver my stone trailer around. Plus, I think the diagonal takes a lot of stress off the bolts.

We have a couple breeds that have horns regardless. Not usually true with dairy cows, but the ropers have horns no matter the plumbing.

It's priceless to have neighbors who do things for each other. We've been lucky that way in our present location on a short dead-end road where almost everyone knows each other. We help each other out in far too many different ways to list here, and I hope that never changes.

I little thing that I just noticed. Your '61 Suburban has a rib all the way down the top center of the hood. On the '61 Suburban that I am restoring that rib stops at the gas cap. Just like it does on my '60 Suburban. You also have the cast foot pads just like my 701 has. Mine has the bent diamond plate pads. The serial number tag on mine is a cut off serial tag from a '60 Suburban that was bolted to the hood support. I'm guessing that mine is an early model that was built with left over '60 parts.

Life as brought me another new hip this past Monday and as part of my preparation I purchased a used power recliner which has worked great. Well as I pushed buttons to raise and lower the chair I naturally ruminated on would the power lift in this chair pick up the front end of my 312-8? I weigh 230 lbs and it does not strain lifting me. Of course I am not going to rip the chair apart to find out but some of you might have some thoughts. I bought my chair used for $300.

I'm just a few miles Northwest of you - so far this year only used the the tractor with a blade - I was kind of hoping the 416 with the tall chute sat in the back of the garage on a tender all winter - I think its time to chain it up and add the weight

We are almost ready for this next storm, so I'm sure it will be a dud. Brought the tractors into the new shop to work on them tonight. The 855 is ready except for a little fuel, and the chains could be tighter. We put the blower on the Commando but I'm struggling with the belt again. Routing is always and issue, but the belt it in very bad shape, and I'm not 100% sure it's the right length. Correct length is 56.5, per the manual page, I think this is stretched. I'm actually thinking of trying to go to a 59 or 59.5 and see if I can get it to operate from the tractor's foot control rather than the hand operated rod on the blower. Amazingly, with no assist spring, my 12 year old was able to lift the blower and lock the implement arm. But I had to go pick the unit up by hand for him to get it unlocked again.

A wiring diagram should be in the OM. There are some good tecky manuals in the files too and they cover the rectifier. I'll post what I have. There is no regulator on these motors. What you measure is what you get and they will overcharge a battery. To drop the charge voltage a diode gets removed. Make friends with your volt meter you will need it. Lots of good threads on the rectifier in the basement.

I knew I wasn't her first but DANG.... I'm really unsure what a curd looks like but pretty sure that's what the dog was after or maybe a mouse just dont know...

Looks about right for me and @sqrlgtr just under 2 inches

This battery isn't AGM. I'm inclined to think something went haywire inside the battery. Just to get me by for now I ordered another cheap sealed non-AGM battery. I'm just using a NAPA 1.5 amp charger/maintainer that will operate when the generator is running or, of course, if I plug it in to house power. I'd like to go with a AGM battery but it would mean a different charger. I decided to go the 'just get by for now' route.

You guys remind me of me, waiting for "First Flake" every fall in Michigan... Now I'm waiting for first grass... Update:

If that came true we would end up with about 15, 16 inches around my house

You can make it work but only with one pedal. The B and C Series from 1974 up had two pedals. To put an early transmission into a later tractor you are far better off to swap over the entire transmission tunnel so the linkage is all there and correct. Having tried this a couple times I'll very likely never do it again. To get a two pedal tractor back up and running again your best bet is to wait for a correct four-speed or any of the eight speeds.

657 has a 3-speed. That is NOT a direct swap for your mid-70s tractor. You have a 4 speed. The brake drum is in a different location and the brake linkage pulls from a different direction.

Yup. The closer to vertical the cutting edge is, the less aggressive it gets. Won't dig in at all if it is leaning forward.

I had a couple other options to start it so it wouldn't have been a disaster.

Good work! Oh the big storm.....that's all I am going to say about that! lol

Now I didn't start this ... credit goes to Brian @76c12091520h ... This is Busty with the bus seat that Pullstart give me. Replaced it with a home made seat that was a little more comfy and easier on the eyes. A go to tub puller and a ride around at every show. The boys said I shoulda renamed it Horny since I put this on ...

Well... usually no horns on the on the equine variety, Plus ya'll know how we like our cheese up here.

Feeling this fish story in… I still am not sure whether to call it a B-120 or B-121…

A clean polished blade and blower chute is a good thing.