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November 11, 1918 World War I Armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into effect, with hostilities ending at 11 a.m., "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month". This date was observed as "Armistice Day" to honor WW1 veterans until 1954 when President Dwight Eisenhower approved legislation to change the name to "Veteran's Day" honoring all who have served in the United States military.

Thank you to all you veterans for your sacrifice and service to our Country.

I saw this grader blade at online auction. When I saw it, there were still 17 days of bidding left, so I popped a $1 bid on in it just to get email updates on it. I figured surely someone would bid on it. I was curious to see what one would bring at auction. Since it's 6 hours away from me, I really had no intention of buying it. Cut to 6 hours left to go. I guess if I end up with it, a couple tanks of gas are worth it for a $1 grader blade I need to learn to just add them to a watch list rather than bidding on them.

For over 40 years my parent's own a Auction house here in Ontario. And my Dad has had this little guy for the same amount of time. Hand painted by himself which won him many awards at our local tractor events. The last time RJ was in service was when my son was 3 years old. Dressed up as a Lamb with a bunch of stuffed animals in the wagon. At our towns Xmas parade. I believe that was 1998. Inheriting RJ after Dad passing in 2018 at the age of 80. Life was way too busy for me to spend time on RJ back to his original working self. So.... my winter project is now in motion to make my Dad's RJ a thing of beauty again. I will post more pics along the way. Any comments are appreciated. Thanks for your time. Cheers

Well, this has never happened to me before... I work 3rd, and woke up recently in the afternoon to a voicemail and a free 416-8 in the back yard! My father in laws buddy gave me a 1990 416-8 with the Onan. Now, its not anything too special, but my teenage sons amd I should be able to get it going. Story is and from what i can tell by quickly looking it over, the guy bought a Chinese carb and hasn't been able to keep it running. It has ~525hrs on a probably non working meter and was left for dead. (It is One of those tractors where you can "see" the mouse nest behind the engine shroud. LOL) But there are still lots of good usable parts. Its rusty, but metal is straight, so I'm thinking of using this hood at least. PLAN: This machine is (i think) identical to the 1991 416-8 my dad bought new. I have that tractor and will basically combine those two into one decent unit. All in all, I wont need to purchase too much to make it a decent unit. Just LOTS of grease and rewiring obvious issues.

Happy Veteran’s Day to all that served. And also to all that Support our Soldier’s, for without your support, the Missions would never be completed. USAF-82-88, OHARNG 90-04, Desert Storm and OIF-03/04..

Thank you to all our Veterans for keeping America the Land of the Free because of the Brave.

The pessimist sees the dark tunnel. The optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel. The realist sees two lights at the end of the tunnel. And the engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks.

For a guy who doesn't need to know the time, everyday is Saturday

My wife has been bugging me for a road trip to see autumn colors. Could be a "two birds, one stone" scenario. (though, taking her anywhere exponentially raises the cost )

I've got 3 strong C's

Thanks to all who have served this Country

Thank you all for your service! Years ago, I took off from work and took my dad to the Veterans Day Parade. They had a thank you celebration for Vietnam Vets. That was a little before he died. They had set up a field hospital and people asked questions. He ended up answering the questions about patient transport and medical procedures. We had a great time and he really felt appreciated. We went to 2 or 3 of those, A big thank you to all veterans! Dave

No 5-pin switches are all different. Up until now the 8362 switch was still available from Toro but looks like that has ended. It was a very expensive and heavy duty switch that carried the full current required for the starter motor. What many have done in the past is replace it with a lighter duty and less expensive switch plus add a starter solenoid to carry the starter load. The heavy wires going to the switch can be replaced with 14 gauge wires and a plug in connector can be added for the new switch. Your 8362 switch has 4-key positions. A less expensive and more common 103991 switch is a 3-key position switch which should work because you have a separate light switch. A 1960's - 70's Ford solenoid is a good choice

My favorite four letter word, FREE

Maybe they just wanted to break up the center of the tilled area better, the tines are spaced apart to miss the tiller housing.

FYI - that is the later "push" style, meant to go on a C, 300, or 400 series long frame tractor - it may work on a short frame tractor with some work... BUT, hey, for a Buck - how can you sleep at night???

They go for $ 250 or much more, you can break even on the cost for gas and have a nice trip looking at the autumn foliage along the way.

@Pullstart This one is for you!

FYI - A B&S part #398811 ( or aftermarket equivalent ) is a solid state coil that will eliminate the points on 7-16hp Briggs L head engines. No need to pull the flywheel to install either.

Your Thank you for all that served!

before i cut off the pulleys with my 90 degree grinder - and risk damage to spindle shaft threads -- i have ordered the Vevor bearing puller kit that was suggested. The 3 prong hub puller i own did not work - will get the Vevor bearing puller next week -- will see if it works -- it is a different design the way it will connect and leverage under the pulley - if not, i have another $35 invested for a specialty tool i can leave my grand kids -- haha

Very cool story!

How about a road trip Hon???

Looks like the C160 is best dressed for that!

My kid is blaming me for ruining their birthday. That's ridiculous, I didn't even know it was today! My kid gave me a 'World's Best Dad' mug. At least she inherited my sense of humor.

Most refrigerator door switches are a single pole single throw normally closed with two wires going to it. The PTO switch is a double pole single throw switch with sic connectors allowing half of the switch to be N/O and half to be N/C. They may look alike on the outside but are ver4y different on the inside.

It looks like the mower belt might be in the wrong groove on the clutch bell.

With the key switch in the OFF position, PTO in the off position, and transmission in neutral, you can test the PTO switch and the transmission switch with a multi meter. As you will see in the diagram the Tan and Purple wires of the PTO switch should have continuity and the transmission should have continuity between the two purple wires.

The oil has been proven to lose its Additive Package after a period of 3 to 5 years maximum. Every other year is good. Time to change it.

Saturday the one boy helped me remove the mower deck and scrape the grass off. I gave the tractor a bath, including the insides of the wheels, which were kind of nasty. Got the plow and wheel weights on for winter duty. Yesterday I lubed the pivot points with oil and greased all the fittings. Checked the trans oil, looked good and not milky like the spring. I flushed and changed it back in march or April. Cleaned the foam prefilter and re oiled it, that was filthy. Checked air pressure in the tires, front left loses air only when it gets below freezing. Was a couple pounds down. Pumped that back up. Parked it in the garage and put the battery maintainer on it for a few days for some desulfating action. Still debating on whether I should change the oil and filter. Last time I did that was July of ‘24. The oil looks pretty clean with only 43 hours on it. Need to find a new seat compatible with the weird bolt pattern on this year 2000 machine.

I stopped by the hardware store after walking g the dog and picked up a couple different sized 'E' clip for the throttle linkage on Morgan, the 14-8. Next on the list was removing the dock from the lake. Was sunny and just over 60 today, so the trailer shirt and swimming trunks weren't too bad. Then, I waded out into the lake, which a water temperature around 50. Kind of like going swimming in Lake Superior. Wasn't too bad, once my legs and feet went numb. Fortunately, I didn't have to get much more than knee deep. I'm starting to ask my 70 year old self why I'm still doing this. Got some seat time on Morgan pulling the lawn sweep around to collect the drifts of leaves I blew out of the flower beds. That pretty much finished up the leaves that were in the yard. Then, I looked up: I've stil got a bunch more leaves coming - once the oak trees decide to let go of them. More seat time tomorrow (weather pirmitting) moving the dock sections from the shore up to the winter storage area.

Even the past hundred or so years. My grandparents lived about 70 miles from my great grandparents. One day I was going down to my grandfathers home town (Great grandpa had since passed on) to pick up a 953 and asked grandpa if he wanted to ride along. As we drove down I-81 he said when he and grandma got married it was a full day's trip with a horse and buggy and now we were doing it in an hour. He told me that the Model A Ford wasn't much of an improvement because you were still on the same rutted muddy roads.

Awesome! Many of us here will be following along, and more than happy to answer questions along the way! 👍🏻

That is a great introduction and an even better RJ. Do you plan to restore it or just touch it up to honor your father's memory. Either way we are here to help, by the way it is a 1957 RJ-35.

Correct. Started much better on the points.

I tried one on a 'burb Clinton but didn’t have any luck. Might have been a defective one. @Achto had one on a 'burb Kohler K91 and it worked. I think when he did the resto he went back to points.

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In keeping with the release of Godzilla, I thought I would produce my own documentary of the worlds 2nd most favorite Dino As a youth our Dino became fascinated by little red tractors. Working his family's garden brought him joy. He said to himself, "Someday I'll own a fleet of red tractors! Heck I may even win one in a raffle! After leaving school, our Dino took a job at a local quarry working for Mr. Slate. But the idea of a fat guy sitting on his back while the dino lifted boulders with his head didn't appeal to him.so he joined the Navy. When he joined the Navy,he wanted a spot on a submarine. But the Navy wouldn't let him sleep on a sub with the window open, so they assigned him to the engine room of the destroyer U.S.S. Tecky. After being discharged from the Navy, our Dino wandered the forests of the mid-west looking for a place to settle down. He found the perfect spot and phoned President Grover Cleveland." I found a perfect spot!" he said. 'We can industrialize it and have a great football team!" " We should call it Illinois! " Which is Watchahoocie Indian for "Gateway to Iowa"! They did industrialize it but the football team, well let's just say the "Sconnies up north got that covered! Our Dino took a job with the telephone co.where his job was pulling nails and staples out of poles left behind by yard sale enthusiasts. He worked there many years and was very happy. After retirement he was the happy overzealous homeowner. Trying to improve his landscape, he was trimming a tree and disaster struck! The ladder came loose and down he went! Our Dino spent many days in a hospital and in rehab recovering. Cards and well wishes poured in from all over the world via mail and the interwebs as our Dino is much loved! Heck even some whacko from N.Y. who didn't even know him sent him a tractor calendar! After recovering, he became a Do-it- Yourself film star. His " Watching Paint Dry" was an instant classic on A & E. His other classic, "Around the Block' was also a big hit at the Cannes film Festival! The winter was rough on our Dino. He overdid a snow dance and was buried under much snow. Then those pesky "Sconnies' knocked his beloved Bears out of the playoffs. This spring, he decided he needed cheering up after that "Dagger" was thrown by that Sconnie. So he treated himself to a brand new Silver-A-Doo! you will find him travelling across the countryto a tractor show near you. Be sure to stop by and say Hello! THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTE: no stevasaurus action figures were harmed in making of this documentary