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Can't say enough about then ICON magnetic mat from my favorite haunt Horror Fright! Super handy when tearing down a tractor. Bolts, parts, tools stick to it so things don't go bye bye and won't harm the paint on @WHX?? and @Achto's trailer queens! Not cheap at 25 clams but worth it in my book! https://www.harborfreight.com/large-magnetic-tool-pad-attaches-to-toolboxes-fenders-and-doors-11-in-x-9-in-mat-holds-ratchets-wrenches-and-sockets-70077.html

August 25, 1962, a diminutive, 17-year-old singer named Eva Narcissus Boyd scored her first and only #1 pop hit with “The Loco-Motion.” Her success certainly came from her abundant talent and a great capacity for hard work, but it was helped along by being in the right place at the right time. Eva Boyd was newly arrived in New York City from her native North Carolina and looking for work when a neighbor in Brooklyn pointed her toward the job that would end up changing her life: working as a nanny for a young, professional Manhattan couple. It just so happened that the couple looking for a new babysitter were Gerry Goffin and Carole King, future members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 2, a diminutive, 17-year-old singer named Eva Narcissus Boyd, Little Eva, scored her first and only #1 pop hit with “The Loco-Motion.” Her success certainly came from her abundant talent and a great capacity for hard work, but it was helped along by being in the right place at the right time. Eva Boyd was newly arrived in New York City from her native North Carolina and looking for work when a neighbor in Brooklyn pointed her toward the job that would end up changing her life: working as a nanny for a young, professional Manhattan couple. It just so happened that the couple looking for a new babysitter were Gerry Goffin and Carole King, future members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Me and the neighbor loaded a few of them up and took them to Portland, IN antique engine and tractor show. Spent the better part of the day riding around the swap meet area and picking up a few things along the way. Only managed to cover about half of the swap meet area and one pass through the antique engine area. Huge event and it doesn't even officially open until Wednesday.

So @WHX??, how much did you want for you RJ35 ???

We woke up to 2” of ground water that had seeped into the new mud. I was freaking out, the pool guy was not ao concerned. I wet vacuumed the majority of the mess, and he added dry vermiculite and some hydraulic cement. I a couple hours it looked like a pool again!

About 9:20 tonight Mrs. P and I finished the mud work! She helped a ton!

Nothing special, but I moved a couple out to the barn until the house is done. It was nice to drive them around for a bit. You can see some of the debris pile behind the 523H. The contractor has removed over a dozen tandem dump truck loads so far.

He's been on several watch lists for years related to his unnatural accumulation of tractor parts... something about manipulating the market...

The long flight (United Airlines) came in just a bit quicker at 15 hours and 35 minutes in the air…set my stopwatch on my phone . The next and final leg across Australia is with Quantas and is just over 4 hours.

Is this what you guys are really paying for an RJ35 or did several people bump their heads??

Pool cam at Pullstart's a few minutes ago... Must be snack break...

Some guys pay $500 for a muffler.

That looks nicer than the magnetic trays I have scattered all over my garage and can't find half of

Mike I would do what Mike said. These parts are easley to get. And if you can I would find ethanol, free gas. Just go online and type in ethanol free gas stations in my area. I believe there’s a few sites that has with phone numbers that you can call. You’ll be much better off. It doesn’t eat way at the rubber of the fuel line. I hope all goes well. Keep us in the loop.

Flat or semi gloss black on the tower parts. Flat is more forgiving later if you have to touch up here and there from scratches too. The more gloss, the more blemishes will show up. Personally, flat looks better to me.

I'd like to have Glen Miller and the Army Air Force Band's version of Flyin' Home played at my funeral - LOUDLY.

That’s some serious mileage you’re covering.

I'm happy to report that the Meeha Mirror is doing exceptionally well. She's healing faster and better than the E/R doc expected. Trina's been experimenting with taking two of the three meds away. There was some on n off there because of obvious pain & discomfort but the dog 🐕 is now off meds except prednisone. That'll be a few more weeks in the downgrading process. She's still severely restricted in allowable movement. No jumping. No running. Indoors she's kept quiet and in limited space so she can't run. Outdoors she's always leashed. This routine keeps up until the end of September at minimum.

Another ski bench finished up... Trash picked skis and bench sides / back...

Decided to exercise my Elec-Trak this morning. Needed to remove the deck from its storage cart, and used the Roper with the front mount boom. After installing the deck I mowed about half the back yard. The grass was still wet with dew but I had a narrow window of opportunity. The wife has a doctors appointment this morning. Which is where I am going now. Not bad for 53 years old.

Just to give you an idea of the matte look, this black hood was done in matte. I think the 520 hoods had a bit more shine, like the guys said semi gloss or even gloss. Most of the old 520 hoods I have had, the paint job from the factory was chincy and rubbed though and faded.

Hello everyone. I have not falling off the face of the earth just yet and have been working on the old C120 that I got from my Grandfather years ago. I didn't really use it much as the old K301 was leaking and very worn out. So, I just let it sit in the barn for a long time. Well I got to thinking lately and I was like it time to get it going again. So I took it to work and stuck it in my work bay to get me working on it. To start we need to do something with the engine. Well, one of my co workers had a good shape K321 from a Cub Cadet. So, they was the first thing to do. (The first two photos of of it mocked up.) Once it was secured, I had to redo the whole wiring harness from scratch. The old one melt at some point and I figured it wouldn't hurt to wire it up correctly. I even used different color wires!!! ( I know right! HAHA) Next was the old 48in mower deck. Yes this deck is used to cut my neighbor's 3 acre horse pasture. So the deck will not need to cut pretty, just handle large tall growth compared to a normal yard. So I welded a rebar for the bottom front to help keep it from loosing its shape. I also replaced the old worn out original blades with some gator G6 blades. (They were a huge bear to drill out the hold from 5/8 to 3/4. That metal is super tough.) I also had some wheels hanging around that I have been wanting to use for a project, so I made them fit for this one. They look and seem to work so much better than the factor rear wheels. After that came the front bumper. I got this sub compact tractor bumper for free 5 years ago that i wanted to mount on the wheel horse. Well it finally happened and now it looks great! It will protect the front of the tractor from the brush and other whatnot in the field I will be mowing, plus it looks cool. What I did was use some scrap metal, welded the bumper to it and then bolts this to the front of a mule drive. The mule drive still works as it should and the hood even opens enough for me to refuel the the mid gas tank and check the oil. Final thing I wanted to do was add a secondary fuel tank to the tractor as the center tank only last about one hour or so in heavy mowing. The field is a 5 min tractor ride from my house and i do not want to keep stopping and walking back over or riding over. I found a scrap fuel tank and welded up a bracket, bolted it under the seat back feet. Then plumbed up some hoses to a valve that is mounted on the dash. Turn it left and it turns on the center tank and turn it right it turns on the rear tank. I think it works pretty well and I was surprised it all fit behind the center tank under the dash. I fixed the oil leak at the PTO input shaft on the transmission with a new seal. I also notice the right wheel hub has a wobble to it. So I got the hub off, and use some JB weld with a key trick in the key hole. The hole was a little worn and the key wasn't sitting in perfectly. Now its all snug as a bug. What's left is the drive pulley to get here and then I can put on the PTO clutch. Then the side cover plate and right foot rest for a test drive. All should be good. Oh, and the drive pulley will be the hydro one sleaved down to 1in so I can still have faster 2nd gear. Overall I'm very please with how this project came out and I hope it will do as I want. Mow the field in heavy growth conditions. Thank you everyone for the inspiration and I hope you all have a great day!

Convinced by @peter lena, I cut the baffles out, and did some minor repairs. I hope that will extend life of the deck and shorten cleaning time for sure.

My baffles removed themselves one day while mowing. One side fell down, dug into the ground and stopped me dead in my tracks. Had to back it up all the way to the shop to remove the rest. Those big clods of grass that built up at the baffle intersections would have rotted the deck out.

Fellow approached me at the Steam Pageant. Said he has a B-80 sitting in a barn that needs a home. Hadn't used it in years Well it's crusty, dusty and poopy. Shot tires but I have spares in the parts dept. Can't believe the seat is nice! Gonna get that off and hit the tractor with Dawn Power Wash and let it get rained on. Got to de- mouse the engine before going inside. Center spindle on deck needs work but the shell looks solid!

Glad to hear that Eric!👍🏻

I hear they will hold an AR.

I will give you this @WHX?? famous quote "good enough for the girls we go out with"

Why did the cabbage win the race? Because it was ahead!

Well guys you were taking pullers for the crank side. I made this one from an existing puller that I had it is really bent one time when I was trying to get a drive hub off. The seal was leaking bad. It actually broke the snap ring inside the transmission. They had to recut the grove for a new snap ring. So now I use it to remove the crank pulley. It works every time rusted crusted doesn’t matter. It pulls it off so easy. This is a heavy duty puller from a set that I have. I’ve seen some engines were badly rusted caked with whatever I thought I’d never get it off, but I hooked it up sprayed it down. Came off like butter. Just sharing my two cents..

Had a couple of my favorites out of the shop so I could cut some lumber. Looked too good to not snap a shot. You can see that the weather hasn't been kind to my grass this year.

Timely! I had the same thing on my B80. https://www.amazon.com/Grommet-735-0149-935-0149-951-0171-751-0171/dp/B0DPR2WGD8/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1CPVBDAH7MYS2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Xf1D-xfjAt76-djDR_B5hHjbXJidjgl3ZdrDOsGzWTin9wO-ytfM4rCpPlj1PsiL3ueY4-TbH-74BegndQJNHwUgA0DqZ39LguAr0m6lL8vqu6dwkU65TKGN7l-Lt9hsnBtwH2fGbd9ub6oSuOGzkbYrgPwOGG21qmk2F2sCmVvjHBuKlhDmULZD_xeAavOXKcP_QtTTvzdgjwnGUXDm2eHn8cpUTdwrUC-TN0AbPiY.AZDjGDEZjKCF_6MCkfMncAXVS5dlQ0jzOKM6MKvN2U4&dib_tag=se&keywords=fuel+shutoff+and+grommet&qid=1787516215&sprefix=fuel+shutoff+and+grommet%2Caps%2C4864&sr=8-6

I’d start hitting that seat with some vinyl conditioner massaging it in with latex gloves on. I did that with the barn find C-101 I bought last year and it worked well.

It's a 76 which matches the year of my C160

Nice find. Personally I'd love to find a 416H in a barn, but that's me. Can't wait to hear it run. My friend Dave, who got me into Wheel Horses had one for years until the connecting rod broke.

Update: so I corrected the mower deck and now it seems to have a blade height of 4.25in at slot 5. So I’m pleased. Slot ; is about 3.75 or so. I also removed the second set of blades and are just running the gator g6 blades as I felt with the x blade setup the rpm would only go to about 3200rom with the mow deck on and without the second set it will go to about 3460rpm. So clearly the engine was just about maxed out with spinning the dual set of blades and that’s even with it not driving the hydro. I do think there is a difference in power with this deck on my c160 hydro. Which I figured I would t notice due to one being an 8speed and the other a hydro. It’s interesting. well thank you all for reading about my latest project. It was fun sharing.

Back in June, I had my C-141 Automatic out for sale in our yard sell. I had all of them setting out to attract more attention. A man and his son were looking at my tractors and the son (looked to be about 8-10 years old) started going nuts over them and begged his dad to get him one. They asked me which one would be best suited, and I recommended the C-141. Solid running with no issues. I let them drive it around the yard and they agreed to buy it. Yesterday, when I grabbed our mail, there was one envelope with nothing but "Mr. Doug" handwritten on the front. Below is the letter that was inside. We just finished loading the snow thrower in their pickup. I let him have it for $50 and gave him some tips on how to attach and detach it, along with a printed operator's manual and parts listing. Pretty cool to see a kid so enthused about his Wheel Horse.

Nope completely original!

I put this on my tall chute a while back. Mounted this way the 6" stroke is spot on. The control is mounted in a pvc handy box with a magnet. The directional crank works just fine for me.

Don't get me wrong I have one predator swap that I done several years ago in a 550 Suburban and have had good luck with it, but if I had it to do over I would have waited and found the proper Tecky or Kohler. There is also a big aftermarket support for the Predators. Pic of 550 with Predator.

Same here.

I should clarify "proper type". I mean get the S/G out and use a later model smaller starter. That said, I'd really rather see it left as is and insulated.

It's stopping in Knox this afternoon. We'll be there with the grandkids. A massive turnout is expected. If the crowds are too bad I've got a couple of alternative locations on backroads that would offer good shots after it leaves town but of course, it would be moving then.

Get a Youtube account and use that to post video's. Much faster. Grandmother had a 59 Biscayne. Copper color with the 6 banger, glide and manual steering!

From the stop in Lebanon, PA on July 7th. Me, my daughter, son in law, and granddaughter. IMG_1133.mov

Same here. There is something inspiring about seeing a 1.2 million pound machine capable of running 80 mph rumbling across the USA. Same feeling I get standing on a Grand Coulee head cover while the single hydro turbine below is generating 1 million HP. I planned to be in Altoona when the Big Boy rolled in, but Mrs. K couldn't make the trip. Waiting for a knee replacement. Thank Goodness for all the great vids.

Well Here is my fully gutted motor and transmission rj58. Got it when i was a kid and i got it done in 2015. Slow progress. LOL She is super perdy! I dont get her out much. I have pushed snow 1 time to say i have! I also have a deck and plow. but the deck and plow need restored.