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I’ve been in this toolbox for over 25 years. I’ve never decorated it up with stickers like some guys do because i’ve never really found many that i was ok being “stuck” with. Kinda like deciding on a tattoo. I guess that explains why i have no tattoos either. But these stickers were an obviously worthy addition.

I took this pic the other evening.

This sticker was on @ML3’s cooler. It sure made me laugh!

July 10, 1950 "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC-TV (later CBS) after being broadcast on radio since 1935.

Raining here so snapped pic in basement of C160 waiting to go out side and play

C-81 with LED headlamp bulbs apparently.

Early morning light on the 401.

Well just an update: today marks two weeks since the fire. I have trouble recognizing that because we've been so busy that it feels like lost time or no longer than 2-3 days since it happened. We have learned alot about camper life. There was definitely a learning curve but we are getting there. One giant hurdle was waste disposal, but my wife bought me a new "toy" to traverse the distance to the septic that has been affectionately named Cuzzin Eddie. It holds the same volume as the black water tank on the camper and is touch free. While not my favorite thing to tow around, my Wheel Horse doesn't complain. Of other notes: Temporary power to the barn (fence chargers, battery chargers, and barn lights) is nearly complete once inspected and the the power company will connect to it and at least we don't have to stay here all the time. This will allow us to focus on all the other things that come next. Contractor is coming tomorrow to help us decide on a plan for the house itself. He actually built my home in 2007, so no one should know his work better than himself. The insurance company total lossed my Tacoma. I still have no idea why. But I'm keeping it anyway and will just fix it and have a salvaged title. It is unaffected mechanically, and just had some plastic parts with heat (no flames touched it) damage so fixing it should be relatively easy. So anyway, we are making progress daily and there is a faint flicker of light visible in the tunnel. I thank each and every one of you who have kept us in your prayers and a few who are close by that have helped us out in person. It won't ever be forgotten by me or my family!

I built one too a while back. @squonk will recognize the frame.

If I was there to see your face and watch the reaction when the "Experiencing Tech difficulties" screen came on, I would've been laughing so hard a Hearst would've been needed to take me home! I knew you were waiting for that moment to bust on me!

C-81 is still in the garage getting stuff taken care of (867 comes in next). The front attach-a-matic was missing the lower bar thingy. It came with one for me to install but it was super crusty. Luckily I had one in stock that was less crusty. Then swapped out the 22x7.50’s on the rear for the correct 23x8.50’s. Again these tires/wheels were stacked up in my shed, it’s great to have spares! Much better look

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

here is a pic of one I made a while back for one.

Glad to hear some progress is being made. My guess is the insurance company feared the air bag system was exposed to heat and could not be reliable.

And let us not forget "The Lucky Strike Orchestra" (aka The Coffin Nail Band) provided the music...

Wrong blower for your tractor. That blower is designed for a vertical shaft tractor and will not work on a HZ shaft tractor without modifications.

Thinking I can supply an engine for it. 12 or a 14. Bring the roller minus the boat anchor. BUT, and I've told this story before, Charlie Pitcher showed us a beat up rusted cylinder Clinton engine at the show. Inside the cylinder wall was rusted and it was a locked up engine. He replaced the rings with a set of chrome rings and put it all back together right there at the show. Then got it fired up! Huge smoke show and there wasn't a 'skeeter within 200 yards from us. He left it running just sitting there on the ground and the next day he sold a non smoking, running Clinton B1290 for an RJ or Suburban. Let's try it with that engine if'n you're up for it! I'm now hell bent on blowing up an engine as a display! We tried to get my father to let us blow up his engine we put on the 603 but he declined. We should've kept that Briggs engine we gave to @Docwheelhorse and blew that up. 10 - 15 guys were hanging around that have never seen an engine lock up so thinking it would be a learning experience. I have a 16 hp Teccy engine that runs but has ticking, knocking and head gasket issues so that's certainly a good candidate for blow up engine. Then give away the good parts like carb and coil to someone that needs them. Or maybe that engine you have turns out to be the one! Late Thursday after the crowd is gone and right in the middle of the field.

The suspension for the leaf blower is an old Mule Drive and some scrap metal. Here are a few pictures of it.

Yep, @953 nut This one

The back of the my camper shell was ever so lightly loose so I decided to tighten the bolts a bit. I decided to check the other five bolts and below is what one of them looked like. One failing isn't much of an issue but if the majority of the others had rusted, this could have lead to a disaster Easy to miss some important maintenance.

@Natejc_98 's '73 8 HP 4 speed. Hood off for ease of access to repair.

Just in the nick of time….Front end Friday. I would have gotten a better picture but I had shorts on and bare knees. Gravel and skin don't mix well.

I run my belt on the small PTO pulley, if it was on the inner pulley the belt wouldn't clear the hood. The nozzle was just some sheet metal I had in the shop, I had a dound AC duct when I first built it but the 90 stuck out so far that it kept getting in the way.

Yes, it will make a useful addition for your 312-8. You may have to modify the blade angle lever to clear the foot rest. The lever can be bent, the offset turned around, and spacers added to clear the foot rest. I also like the lever that pulls the locking pin in the front so my fingers are squeezing the lever. If you intend to use the blade for grading , a solid lift link can be used to apply down force for scraping.

I clamped a spring to the rod that goes to the pedal and hooked it to the rear axle. This isn't even a "Brake" unless it's on the later Sunstrand. It's a "return to neutral" actuator. The trans hydraulics provide the braking. We're not trying to land a Space X rocket here!

@Blasterdad, wait you can't do that ! making up something to solve a problem ? love the pillow block bearings , good for you , pete

Nice .Always liked those. Never seen one for sale.

Where is “Q” when you need him? And didn’t the assassin in “The Day of the Jackal” mask his rifle as a crutch?

I opened this an expected a on a unicycle!

Recently purchased this lawn tractor which I believe is a lawn master for a whole $75 with hopes of restoring it to its former glory and eventually getting some attachments and using it. Trying to identify and get most of the parts I need to do so but have been stuck on the trans axle mainly but also what this thing started out as. Has the frame painted like a porter cable and one other lawn master I’ve seen but obviously was repainted red and even found some small spots of yellow paint on the frame. Anyways can’t find any peerless models that match the trans axle exactly and with some research found out when dura corp first started making the lawn masters and moto mowers they used a trans axle they built in house. But with how much was modified on this thing I’m hoping with these pictures someone on here can help me. On the bright side the 6hp kholer isn’t locked up and still has plenty of oil in it, the gas tank was dry as a bone when I picked it up and the gear oil in the trans axle doesn’t look all that old so my hopes are high for getting her going again, just gonna need a lot of cosmetic and electrical work. I appreciate any and all advice and tips!

The ebay price 875 for a 48 SD deck only with rust perforations letting light though (no front mount carrier no gauge wheels) is ludicrous.

Thanks Karl! I have a spot for a direct line 40 feet to my cleanout port but a longer walk to the main dump point so this might be very helpful!

I was waiting for this video to come out from the moment Kevin showed us what happened on his phone. So I see it posted so I start watching. My wife is in the kitchen making dinner. I yell to her, " The Magic Smoke video is up! " She says, "That's nice Dear." Now I'm watching and the "Technical difficulties" part comes up/ I manage to get through it and when it comes back I say "OH MAN! They missed the smoke! The voice from the kitchen, " You can't have everything!" so I keep watching until the end and then: " BBBBBBBBBBWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"

Kevin, I don’t know how far the septic inlet is to where the camper is parked, I have one of these built in to my 5th wheel and it will pump pretty far through a garden hose, something to consider if you will be living there a while. https://camcooutdoors.com/products/rhino-macerator-pump-kit-e-f

And those mods are not minor. There should be plenty of correct blowers for sale in your area for around a $100. Maybe another trade deal.

We have a growing bear population here in Missouri and even have a limited hunting of them. A couple of years ago my brother-in-law and I were camping and hiking a trail in a state park when we came across a sign warning sign about bears. We decided that if the state had only one sign, it was wise of them to post in in the middle of the length of the trail. I looked down and he had worn a clunky pair of work boots and I had running shoes. If needed, I felt pretty safe that I could keep ahead of Larry.

Thanks for becoming a Supporter! Now that your a lifetime supporter, here's what they didn't tell you up front. Horses are herd animals. Once you have one, other's jump on your truck and trailer to join it. One you have several you just move them around so the wife only see a few at a time. The attach-a- matic makes it easier to change implements, but that's no reason to not have one tractor per implement, plus one spare to joy ride on, then the kids or grand kids need some to ride on. My wife doesn't ask me how many tractors I have and I don't ask her how many sewing machines she has But I do keep a comfortable chair in the shop in case I need to sleep there.

So the Flip Flop Kid cheats Death yet again.....

Bought lifetime supporter $200. Thank you for the idea! Didn't know.

Shorter throw, higher leverage. Needs closer tolerance of the adjustment at the brake band. Understand that locking the brake does not necessarily lock the wheels--it locks the bull gear of the differential. In practice, if either of the rear wheels loses traction while braking the tractor can continue to move with the wheel having traction turning in the direction of travel and the other wheel turning in the opposite direction! I once experienced this most alarmingly on a decent downslope. Fortunately, I could steer to safety.

I have two. One is a Panda, and one is an "EcoBeast" sticker I pulled out of a used car.

@ebinmaine @Natejc_98 looks like a good solid platform to start with.

Manual for it Click fuzzy picture

Before you guys decide to start blowing up Briggs motors and Tecumsehs and Kohlers and Onans.... I'll donate a new in the box Predator 212 and you guys can do WTF you want to it!!! Don't make me cry over watching a Briggs etc... murdered This show was ridiculously busy for me for whatever reason and then I went home with 4 new to me Briggs tractors... traded my 516 for a GT1800, traded my tiller attachment for a GT2500, bought a GT2500 on the way to the show and I don't even remember how I acquired the other GT1600 lmao... then I bought 2 NOS never run Briggs 5's and a C111 spare engine (Briggs 11) plus tires and other "stuff" and a Briggs 8 Wallfish gave me--Thanks!! When I got home I got a message about yet another GT1800 non running parked forever with a beat to death seized snow thrower---got that for dirt cheap and had it running the same day because dragging hydros around sucks!! Please @wallfish leave my poor Briggs motors alone.....

That is the function of the condenser..... If there IS a distinct metal transfer, the Mfd rating of the condenser is off. If there is no transfer - keep the condenser, don't change it!

Today I got a couple things done. After mowing the Fire Station’s, my lawn and weedwacking both, I got working on small stuff. First, the C -141’s steering wheel was missing the center cap. So I made one up with a scrap of 1/8 inch galvanized sheetmetal. With a big washer for a spacer, a deck screw, and some RTV silicone, voila, it’s covered up now. I also removed the brass adjustment collar, that was under the plastic knob, when it was on the 42” RD mule drive, before I had it. I was getting tired of using vice grips to spin the adjustment rod to tighten the belt. I’ll tackle the replacement tomorrow. I have to also look at the deck too as it’s shredding the PTO belt. Hopefully, more progress tomorrow.

Oh…and this repair was completed in my garage at 95 degrees

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.