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One hour round road trip this morning. I really didn’t need another, but for the price I couldn’t pass it up. 314H and 48” blade for $125. Going to give it a good scrubbing first to see what I have to work It was missing a front tire. I took one off the 420 to make it easier to load.

Replaced a melted fuse block on the 520 FEL. Not a fun job but doable. The usual 30 amp fuse was the culprit. This one had the fuse cover on it. The cover did protect dirt from getting in but high current thru the fuse eventually created a runaway situation. The lesson here is @sqrlgtr even with a cover it pays to inspect it. This is the same circuit that can take out the nine pin. More fun ... started parting out this one. More on another thread why it was a parts tractor and it wasn't the mouse house or Squonkies favorite oil filter.

May 2, 2011 Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by US NAVY SEAL Team 6 in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Slowly getting the tractors outta storage in back shed. Wanna go thru them one at a time getting them ready for summer. Hasn't been easy cause we've had so much rain. Yard is like a swamp & don't wanna have a mess moving them from shed to garage. Got the rat rod all ready & added a simple belt guard. Have been fortunate so far not to get my jeans jammed up in pulleys/belt. Try to keep moving on to next ones....

I loaded the feeder about a week ago. The first one showed up this evening. I haven't set out the hummingbird feeders yet but will this weekend.

A few free projects redone during the pandemic. The swing and wheelbarrow were literally sitting on a dump pile. The trailer was in a field behind my brother’s house. A little paint, new wood, wheels and some stain and voila usable. My parents have the swing. I still have the wheelbarrow as I figured I’d use it. And I use the trailer pretty steadily from spring to fall.

Mount a toilet seat... hole is already there... go while you mow...

Im thinking it was this guy...

Years ago when I first joined on here, I’ve learned so much and it’s the friendliest forum I’ve been part of. I keep interest in my WH and keep it going for two reasons, my dad, and this forum. I feel like the older generation is starting to fade away, which is very sad, and the newer generation is on other social media like facebook and instagram and others. I look back at posts from 7-8 years ago and quite a few of the usernames are now green, very sad, may they rest in peace. We gotta get this generation into this hobby and addiction. I only use FB for the marketplace, when sellers/buyers aren’t asking for the moon or lowballing. We gotta let folks know how great this site is, as the people and information have been such a big help over the years for me. Confucius say “good people+good tractors=happiness.”

Got the tri-ribs swapped over, replaced the front tie rods, and topped off the trans oil. Then gave my youngest a ride around the yard. It’s nice having this back up and running fully again.

Taking cruise down ICW from North Carolina to Florida... Brought some reading material to flip thru... Wheres my cocktail ? Lol 20260502_175447.mp4

Put the hood back on the 520H today. Got all of the mechanical stuff fixed . Except the lights front or back dont work maybe a bad switch? Im going to try a resto. on this one in near future, never redone a later model before.

Sorry no picture yet but the first humming bird of the year. Wife has had the feeder out for a couple days,. usually means the first Baltimore Oriole will be here in few days Will set out the orange slice and the grape jelly tomorrow SPRING!!!

Dibs on a small block head tin Squonkies ... @Achto come a thieving yesterday ...

I'm afraid so ... the hole would buff right out with some AL or JB weld. it's the damage inside that scrapped it. I'll still crack the cases just to see. Inquiring minds wanna know. These were very popular tractors in Toro's ending of . A fair motor too until Briggs went south. That is true but my same 26 year old vertical is still in pristine shape and always has been a daily mower. Makes a guy wonder if he took good care of todays big box mowers it would still be operating in 26 years? Point of the whole story is check the dammed OIL!!!

So, after breaking my #1 cardinal rule when it comes to cutting the lawn, “grass must be 100% totally dry before cutting”. Broken out of necessity due to upcoming business travel next week I had to cut the grass this past Thursday so I can cut Tuesday next week before I leave on Wednesday morning. The skies were sketchy but I decided to go for it. 10 minutes in, those skies started raining, figured oh well, here we go. By the time I was finished mowing the damage was done, my tractor looked like a big green booger. So I hosed it off and sprayed under the deck the best I could, but knowing that as anal as I am I needed to remove the deck for a thorough cleaning and boy am I glad I did. Getting the deck off was the fun part, my shoulder is still in the healing process from my rotator cuff surgery in January. So borrowing the idea from a few fellas here, I used my garage hoist and lifted the front end up and rolled it out for a proper cleaning. And will roll it back in under here in a few minutes. Have a great weekend!

Made a bench out of trash picked skis and bench frame. Fertility God Kokopelli (on skis, on a bench, what could possibly go wrong) was my inspiration...

So I am fond of making use of other people's trash... thus this thread. Here is my latest: skibenchapelli... Trash picked: bench, two pair cross country skis and one pair down hill skis. Remove rotted wood from bench, cut skis to fit and bam... a new very permanent bench... kokopelli on skis was my artistic inspiration...

Having had some of 🧸’s “coffee”, I can relate that it’s the only time I’ve had coffee that I could both drink and chew. 😉

Just tow it behind the truck and catch it in gear. I heard 35mph is the "magic" speed.

Not Confucius... but confuse-us. Very similar.

We had one single early bird 🐦 hummingbird this past Tuesday. Very early for us. Normal arrival is this coming week.

You sure that was Confucius?

Not “to” my WH but “for” it. In the fall, I made a small cart to hold my 36” RD Gear mower deck for easier storage and movement during its off season. An unanticipated benefit was easy access for sharpening and cleaning and for re-greasing one of the gearboxes. Now that I’ve got the mower back on the tractor, I decided to upgrade the cart so that it’ll hold the blade. Here it is with the mower and now with the blade.

Zach cuttin’ lawn for the first time this season on BlackBeard!

That was the changeover year. Might have a standard 8 speed open differential. Carefully cut your existing hub off. Get a clamp on hub from Lincoln at A to Z Tractor in PA.

Took the FEL off the 16 auto that it came on. Moving it to the shop to drop the sub-frame so it can go on the c-165. Have to investigate the hub and axle on the 16 auto to see if the axle can be saved. It doesn't look promising so there might be a whole gearbox swap rather than an axle repair in front of me. We'll see. The pump and motor work fine.

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Propane burns much cleaner than gasoline. I've grown up around propane powered Ford Trucks, both carbureted and fuel injected and the occasional John Deere 720 & Farmall that also ran off propane. The only downside was difficulty starting in extremely cold temperatures since propane has a boiling point of -42°C/-44°F which occasionally caused the regulators/vaporizers to ice up/vapor lock.

Nice catch! Bought a snow plow and got a free tractor.

I would think she'd frown upon the seat comfort!

Nope not a blade ... Big Unit gets the prize. Although hitting a stump with a blade can cause it. It wasn't hitting a stump that did it ... It wasn't the mouse house ... it wasn't the Squonkies orange death although it was oil related. So after finding the not uncommon Briggs aluminum key way sheared I got as excited as a groom on wedding night. The motor does somewhat turn over with a pipe wrench on the stub. If that's all it is the mouse house will buff out and maybe I can save this motor right? Maybe go thru it for a a spare engine? Just for practice? Hiding behind the starter ... the reason for the abrupt engine stop. These motors are actually not too bad if oil is checked.

So what's a little timing issue...? It'll spark. Eventually.

What is he eating in the cup?? Last year we went through more than 8lbs of grape jelly ( we make sure it is real sugar no hi fructose corn syrup.)

I've had my feeders out for two weeks and no hummers yet. Maybe Sunday....a two day flight from NE Pa to SC Pa.

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I finally decide to take the time to pay attention to this 704 that I bought last fall. First off - pull the rope & see if it runs. Yep that's right, I brought it home, and stuffed it in the shed. Never even tried to see if it ran. Good news, after a bunch of pulls and some coaxing I have it starting easy and running good with no smoke. Here are a couple pics of when I brought it home. There are a few discrepancies but most of the correct parts came with it. The correct gas tank and rear wheels where included in the purchase. Did a little shopping in my parts collection and also in Jim's collection to find the rest of the parts needed. Top tin for the engine, gas cap, a different set of front wheel covers, clutch spring, and a hood that is in better shape. Ready to show and enjoy now. This tractor is how ever on my resto list. Pictures after a light make over.

Rebuilt the carb after the parts came in and reinstalled it. Cleaned the gas tank, installed new fuel line, filter, and shut off valve. Went to the local gas station that the net said had ethanol free gas. They did. $5.80 a gallon. Went to Walmart, bought a 5 gallon gas tank, and went back. Once I got home and put some in the WH it was time to check operation. Turned the key and it cranked, and cranked, and cranked until the battery wore down. Stuck the charger on it and started looking to see why it wouldn't start. 🤔 Low and behold I forgot to plug the new harness into the new fuel solenoid.🤦‍♂️ Started right up! I did not shut the gas off because I want to see if the new parts took care of the previous leak.

Back moving under its own power sooner than I anticipated. Need to have the AGS mounted next and swap the tri-ribs from the C120 over and remount the dozer blade.

Mounted some Vredstien V61’s, added some liquid ballast and got um back on 520H.

It was in the 60’s so the group came out for a triple side shot. The 308 got salt cleaned out, the 312 did a test mow as the front yard needed it. I also took a ride on the C-141 too. I got some seat time on them all.

Took the 418-8 out today with 50” mid-mount grader blade to fix my neighbors driveway. It was really just an excuse to get a little seat time and make them happy at the same time. Forgot to take pictures during the job so I snapped a few when I got back home.

Fair bit of work done today.

I’ve got Par 36 LED landscape lights on my 308 and 312. They can be found at Home Depot, possibly Lowe’s and Amazon to name a few places. They vary in price and intensity it all depends on how much you want to spend. My C-141 has 1156 marker lights you can find at any auto parts store.

More pictures of the diesel wheelhorse painted and putting it back together I like it how it comes out that All that matters 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁

As you may or should have noticed, all of your posts on this customization has been moved to the Restoration, Modifications & Customization forum. I would appreciate it, if you take notice and start posting about this project in that forum, not the main Wheel Hose Tractor forum. Thanks.

CasaytheMann, when you say "there are no gas stations near you that sell non-ethanol gas" please define 'near you' the reason i and others on here are sooo adamant about using pure gas is because the ethanol crap causes sooo many headaches down the road. i travel a little over 1 hour each way to get pure gas. for me it is time well spent.

Seem like this question is asked nearly every week on here. The answers given quite often include buying expensive Bore Gauges or Inside Micrometers. I have an inexpensive down and dirty method of evaluating the cylinder's wear that uses a tool nearly everyone has or could buy for around $ 5.00. A set of feeler gauges and a ring from the piston you just removed will let you know without any other equipment. It won't tell you how much it should be bored (though you can get close) but it will tell you if it is beyond the point of being successfully honed. In the photo below you can see the first step, placing a ring at the very top of the cylinder above the ridge. The piston ring end gap in this case is 0.080. The cylinder at the ridge measured standard at 3.25" and the cylinder walls and ring edges were worn smooth. Next I used the piston to move the ring down to a point just below the ridge. The piston helps keep the ring square to the cylinder wall. At this point the piston ring end gap increased to 0.110" This step was repeated three more times at 3/4 inch intervals. The results were 0.117", 0.118" and 0.117" Next the ring was moved to the bottom of the cylinder where the piton rings would not have contacted the cylinder walls. The piston ring end gap returned to 0.080". The greatest deviation of the ring end gap was 0.038". Now we can do a little fuzzy math to figure out how much the cylinder need to be bored. Changes in the ring end gap will be a change to the circumference. Bore changes would be a change in diameter. So, 0.038" divided by 3.14159 will show that the greatest wear in the cylinder is 0.012" larger in diameter than standard and should be bored 0.020". This is a quick easy way to get the job done without spending a bunch of money on tools you will never use again. You are going to need the feeler gauges when you put the engine back together anyway.