Leaderboard

November 5, 1994, George Foreman, age 45, becomes boxing’s oldest heavyweight champion when he defeats 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas. More than 12,000 spectators at the MGM Grand Hotel watched Foreman dethrone Moorer, who went into the fight with a 35-0 record. Foreman dedicated his upset win to “all my buddies in the nursing home and all the guys in jail.”

Hmmm. interresting choices...

I watched this buck for about 20-30 minutes, and he was having a hard time getting around. It took him that long to make it about 100 yards. He walked right under me, where I was positioned to the wrong side of the tree and had to do a spin with him practically on my ladder. I drew, and the arrow came off the string. That was a debacle but he stayed. It was like the right thing to finish him off and it was a quick unplugged heart shot.

Hard to beat an old Kohler, and a recoil start might be nice when battery and starter maintenance is concerned. But if you go with a repower, most newer engines are more compact and the PTO as a result is lower, and the engines tend to be more narrow as well. I've repowered 3 machines with Vanguard V twins. That means not only raising the engine by about an inch, but shifting it to the right as well. The only way I could find that works consistently is to fab up an adapter the bolts to the existing frame holes while providing a new bolt pattern to interface with the smaller engine pattern. One thing that helped get my builds in the ballpark was to use the PTO hoop lower bracket and the beltguard as a guide for where the PTO shaft needs to be. It isn't perfect but it helps alot. It at least removes guesswork from the equation. Just don't swap any PTO brackets. Different models did use different locations as well as manual and hydros are different. Stick with what was originally on your machine. One pic below shows how different the locations can be between models.

I would position the engine to get the best fit with the existing belt guard to minimize the amount of altering you will need to do to make it fit and work. Then buy the correct belt length.

A couple of weeks ago I bought an 875. Ad said it didn't run but might run if had gas and a good battery. All it came with was a mower deck. I had kind of had a thread in transmissions but I figured I'd give it its own thread to record what all I've done to it. When we got it home, we stole the battery out of a different tractor and shot some brake clean into the carb and it popped off. Hooked up a temporary fuel tank with a pop bottle amd it kind of ran. I cleaned out the jets for the carb, got it its own battery, rewired it, put a different fuel pump on it, and it ran! After I got it running, within the next few days I changed the engine oil on it and threw a different deck on it just to see how much I liked mowing with it. A couple of days after that I got a Napa 1410 filter and changed the atf in the tranny. Now I just need to get the cam plate changed out and all of that adjusted and it'll be a pretty good little tractor. I'm just not if the linkages are hooked up right as it looks like it will rub on the one screw, as shown in the pics. So if anyone has any help for that it would be appreciated.

I received the unit yesterday, pretty rough shape but I’m sure after going through it it’ll be ok, the very first thing I did was take the pump all apart, of course the return spring is broke and fought a little to get the pieces out of the holes, gears and everything else look ok, it looked like it sat for a while with water in it as it has some pitting but nothing crazy. At least I know what I’m working with now.

I have seen four different types. The little external retaining ring, a ball joint fastened to the carb lever, a 90° bend held in place with a special clip and the simple Z bend. Can you post a picture of what you have?

Did the Magnum give out?

Just slight rubber. Smell went away. One thing I need to check is the wire belt guide, just above left of the drive pulley on the picture . I don’t recall adjusting and tightening that down when I put the deck on the tractor.

I agree with Ed. Set the engine and everything else the way you want it and measure for the correct belt. The clutch idler pulley will allow for some tolerance in belt length. Slotting the engine mount holes can also allow for some adjustment. If you NEED to keep the original belt, put it on, then mount the engine. ie: drill new holes

Just trying and finding out why my batteries were going flat. Actually it was the chargers.One battery was at ten volts and she went to six volts in an hour Then i got out the old manual 2 amp charger and it worked and spun one of the 2 C-160s and the fuel pump was not working. it fired on carb spray. The 314 is up ,but its time to be mounting up a snow plow. At least now i think the three yausa batteries can be saved. We are still mowing /grinding leaves as they fall with the 314. Having old equipment is still preferred to the new stuff. Little things like fuel pumps and such may need swapped out or get an electric assistant pump. therre is a guy called the Flying wrench on Facebook who services equipment and he is fun to watch. He goes to the outdoor equipment with a super organized truck filled with Milwaukee Pak Out boxed and gets it done.

A small amount of silicone plumber's grease (not petroleum grease) on the O-rings can ensure smooth operation and improve sealing.

Improper installation of the deck to the attach-a-matic could also affect the lift . Make sure the notched tab on the deck rod is on the proper rod in the attach-a-matic.

That lever on the left is used to lift the deck for transporting. When pulled back and latched, it should lift the deck up till the rubber bumpers on the deck frame contact the tractor floorboards for stable quiet transporting. That lever operates a rock shaft that is connected by a chain to the deck lift arm shown here and in the pictures above. The rod on this lift arm should be in the deck slot as shown below. This lift arm is connected at the rear of the frame in two bushings make sure it is properly connected to the deck and the rear of the tractor.. If everything is connected properly, you probably just need to shorten the chain between the rock shaft and the lift lever.

Mr. Jay did not feel the need to be addressed as Mr, but I made sure Rylee knew he was Mr. Jay. And Miss Janie is Miss Janie. Such huge hearts, and sweet souls. And like his Cab keeping Ed Dog warm, his weld wire is still holding Mrs. P’s exhaust stack steady. ❤️

Half inch NPT should screw right on. Adjustable volume, course, fine, and pulsing exhaust....what's not to like?

Good eye Gary! I have 4 pairs of these type of weights, and yes, I have em mounted up on more than one machine

I haven’t had a recordable in quite some time. I was trying to drill out a stripped screw just now, and they say to drill without gloves for safety. Well the bit snapped, and somehow the broken end found its way about 1/2” into the side of my hand. The instant sharpness felt like I smacked my hand. Then I saw the cool part! Sorry, no impalement photo, I twisted that sucker out quick! Currently flushing and peroxide treating… luckily I have full mobility of my pinky and can feel with it too!