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It’s supposed to be 95 or hotter today. The shop just barely fits the new trailer! The shop A/C is on for a bit to bring the temps down to something a bit more comfortable. Rubber flooring and e-track is all here, that’s exciting!

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K & B has what you need.

I have the main floor piece rough cut. I need to trim the front corners to a respectable lip. Then find some adhesive laying around and slap it down.

I get this . I have only a few pics, plow is paid and waiting for delivery from NL , so maybe in 2-3 weeks I will have it at my place. Serial # 11164 @sqrlgtr I think that all pieces are there

Priceless! Not long ago I said to my wife “something must have happened to the Amazon delivery driver because we haven’t received any packages in two days!”

This '58 classic will be sold at the auction. Ran when parked. Tires hold air. NOS grill. Or should I save my nickel and buy this one.

I was never inclined to have an inspection camera in my shop but my wife was apparently not meeting her Amazon purchasing quota and thought I could use one . Well I actually used it today. I had a loose drive pulley on my c-161-8 and couldn't find the set screw behind the pulley with all of the dirt and dust. I don't know how often I'll use it but it came in handy today

Gave away a round hood yesterday. Crazy, I know. It’s quite beat, and the engine went on to a better project. My buddy Aaron pinstriped Poppy for me back in the day and always does me awesome favors. When he mentioned wanting a round hood to customize, I figured this can’t be hurt too much more.

Our driver most likely would have called the police to have a wellness check done at our house.

Must be the roller bearing that makes the wheels move.

My badge offers those of us who are using a merroir the opportunity to read it too.

That is likely the wire that feeds the ignition switch with battery power. A fuse in that wire would be good protection for the rest of the wiring.

The BBT aka Trina and I have been helping @Natejc_98 with his 1973 8 HP 4 speed. Nate's been diving right in with great effort. Really good guy. Here's a few before n after pics of the carb & air cleaner. All cleaned up with a new Briggs fuel bowl installed. We also did a partial disassembly and general cleanup. Changed the drive belt and idler pulley out for better used ones. Swapped the 10" rear wheels for more standard larger wheels & tires. Swapped the destroyed front tires for nicer turfs. Did some investigating on a no electricity to the solenoid issue. Turns out both safety switches were bad. Fixed that and found an intermittent ignition switch connection. Installed new switch from @76c12091520h Brian Badman. Replaced all fuel line and added a turn off and fuel filter. Engine oil change done. Transmission oil change on the list. Trina and I have amassed a fair amount of extra parts over the years. It's great to see them being used. I need to finish the wiring and see about getting the transmission drain plug out.

For some reason the LED tail light on my 953 didn't survive the trip to the Big Show. Stopped at Horror Fright and picked up this groovy tail light for cheap. Even had a piece of steel the right color!

This morning I did disassembly and cleaned up everything for the new brake lining from @rmaynard and I took my old seal out to realize it’s wrong so I ordered the correct one (hopefully). I should’ve looked at the manual I have for part number from the beginning 🤦🏻‍♂️. So it’ll be a while. I just want a good brake and not roll to a stop.

I use 2 28oz tubes of HD adhesive, and the floor is glued in on bottom. I still need to cut the door opening and lay some metal over the side flaps. The back edge is still long. I may leave it a bit long, so any wet tires coming in won’t allow moisture at the edge. Let the door press seal it down, if you will. The e-track is 57 lbs and 5’ long. I figured it would work well to press the bubbles out, so I worked it front to rear a few times. I like the outcome.

Absolute game changer. I can no longer tolerate the heat and humidity. My workshop has AC.

I am very thankful for the shop to keep me comfy. It’s a scorcher out and it’s not even the high for the day. Pool was at 92 last I checked by the way.

Yep. If I'm at work and don't see Amazon purchases on our account I wait a bit and then call to make sure everything's okay

You ain't givin us much to run on here.

@rmaynard Me too Bob, plus I thought of hanging a roll of white duct tape and a Sharpie marker on Howard’s mash pole. That way people could make a quick name tag to stick on their shirt. That is provided he remembers to bring it next year 😂

I was finally able to do a few things to get the 161 ready to work and glad I did. It was a productive weekend. I pulled the deck and got the sub-frame in place. I made a pair of hiem joint tie rods and got it aligned (it was way out, something must have gotten bent somewhere), installed radial bearings on the front spindles, installed the solid mounts on the shaker, pulled the ags from the 16 auto and got those and wheel studs installed. All 5 of my machines have those now and they're definitely worth it especially if you load your tires. So in support of doing some routine maintenance, I found a loose hub (no damage) and a loose drive pulley on the tranny so as if we all didn't know this already, spending some time turning bolts really can save time and effort down the road .

Got 416H moved over to back of garage so I can start working in it. Accumulating parts etc to start doing any repairs as well as preventative maint. Also got a few things to swap off the 1848 like the rear receiver hitch, weights, & larger wheels/tires.

Got some pictures of the 314 from the other day. It didn’t clean up bad and should make a good mower for my brother. Already gathered some parts like a new choke, throttle cable, clutch return spring and I did manage to score an entire wiring harness for cheap so it’ll save me from having to rewire everything that was cut out of this harness that I’ve found out to be taken and put on the 520. Still need to get a new seat and some tires for it but that’ll probably wait until it’s up and running on its own.

This is a lot of work without a machine shop but I really needed to get these made before I install the ARK on the 161 (the old one on the bench is from the junk pile!).

Not wanting to do too much to this c-161 that is mostly original, I'm making an exception for solid shaker mounts. That last one seems to always be a challenge but I loosened one of the mounting blocks and was able to start that last bolt. This shored up the primary ground wire while I was at it so that's a plus.

A hour working on a Cricuit and one more step done.

@buckrancher Got the rear cargo carrier slot hitch mount mocked up using pieces from the carrier kit and some scrap laying around.

this is what I see, both! Make that RR into a horse hauler w/trailer hitch for bucket trailer, painted to match. and shine up the the Wheel Horse and put it in the bed of the RR? How long could it take??????

Yes please. Pics and measurements.

2 should do it, I think, but if you have 3 then I’ll take ‘em.

DUH!!

Yeah, now that I have it, it will probably come in handy. I can imagine looking for things falling behind the work bench or under the seat in the truck or who knows what.

Hi all, helping a old friend, he parked a 1972 charger 12 for about 30+ years. Power washed, took tins off,found a mouse house pack in the fly wheel housing and behind the fly wheel. Cleaned carburetor, cleaned points(a little dirty) cleaned up nice, cables are frozen, soking in evaporust, Electric clutch works . Didn't see that coming. Fuel pump needs a rebuild, maybe talk to my buddy and put a electric pump on. That's it for now, updates to follow. 20260712_153648.mp4 20260712_153648.mp4

I saw this posted on Facebook today and surely is AI but pretty innovative!

Fuzzy Points...

I cut a plastic water bottle in half and slip it on the bottom of my grease guns as they hang on a nail. The bottle fits snug enough that it doesn’t slip off but loose enough to allow any liquid to seep into the bottle. Problem solved, no more drips on my work bench! Poland Spring bottles seem to fit perfectly!!

C-81 with LED headlamp bulbs apparently.

I noticed the pedal has a second hole. This should give me more braking power. I’ll tinker with it this weekend.

Did some final wiring and got the choke and throttle cables hooked up on the Raider, leftover items from the engine install and points conversion. Picked up an old regulator at the BS, but no charge, pretty sure it’s toast as the stator windings ohm’d ok. Any recommendations on an Ebay unit? I’ve seem them for like $25 from a quick search, but would like something with exact mounting hole spacing. USPS pleasantly surprised me by delivering my 6908 pulley today instead of Monday like it said on the tracking. I was a little saddened to discover the inner bearing bore was wallered out around .035” oversized. I guess i should have asked the seller questions. I didn’t notice the 3 stake marks around the bearing in the pictures. Oh well, not my first rodeo. After driving the bearing out past the stakes, i could see more stake marks around the circumference of the bore, as well as a ridge because the bore as a little deeper than the width of the bearing. After carefully removing just the ridge with a die grinder i was able to get an accurate measurement of .036” over the 1.125” bearing O.D. I found a piece of sheet metal .019” thick (probably .5mm) and cut a strip as wide as the bore depth and 3.550” long and beveled an edge. Rolled the strip over the bearing to give it its shape, beveled edge in. Placed the the shim in the bore and drove the bearing in with socket that only touched the outer race. I think i have a 2-3 thou press fit. Bearing had removable snap rings holding the seals in, so it got cleaned and fresh grease before i drove it home. I think it’ll make for a nice permanent repair. The outer bore was worn slightly also, but not enough to shim. I have a roll of .002” shim stock, but i couldn’t even measure.001” difference, but the bearing would easily push in and out of the bore with my fingers. So i cleaned everything well and installed the bearing with some Loctite 660. Some kind of logic tells me that i’d have thought the larger engine pulley side would have failed like this before the inner bore, being that the larger engine pulley hangs out way past the bearing. But whatever, it’s fixed. The cables on kRusty the donor Raider are completely rusted, and the cables on Whitey were backwards. The choke cable was a locking cable, even though the knob has a “C” on it, and the aftermarket throttle cable had no lock, so I swapped them. I cleaned up the dash while swapping the cables and tidying up the wiring. The surface of the dash plate was a solid rust except for most of the black lower portion. Removed the rust and did 2 coats of Dover White and flat black for the lower part. I should have color matched the screws instead of painting them all red, but it came out ok. I might have to match them because it bugs me now. 😕 After the dash was together and cables run, i fired it up, verified the charging system not charging, took it for a hot lap. No governor either, so i’ll need to figure out how to do the adjustment. Hoping nothing is broken or missing.

Me and the neighbor did some last-minute decorating for tomorrow's Freedom 250 parade.

Started phase 1 of a 2 piece seat revival in the shade!

I'd start with checking all your grounds and redoing the battery cables. That positive cable looks like it needed replaced 20 years ago.

As a side note, the friction collar doesn't do it's job if it's lubricated. I believe it should be clean and dry