What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[Lee1977 7,705]

 

2 hours ago, Blaine said:

Thank you. I did not know that’s what what they were made for. If it doesn’t survive that’s were the next one will go. 

    With that much aluminm bolted to it will be insterting to see if it survives.  

[Blaine 234]

1 hour ago, Lee1977 said:

 

    With that much aluminm bolted to it will be insterting to see if it survives.  

 
 Battery was 11.6v yesterday when i bolted it on and before i mowed for about an hour. It barely started on that 11.6 but the voltage went up after it was running, so that’s all i needed to see. 
 

Just checked it. Battery was 11.9v with the key off and went up to 12.0v with some throttle after i started it. Not my favorite number, but it appears juice is going in and not out, so as long as it starts….but 12.0v probably isn’t the greatest for battery life. I think this has the small 10A stator. 

[ebinmaine 79,626]

59 minutes ago, Blaine said:

 
 Battery was 11.6v yesterday when i bolted it on and before i mowed for about an hour. It barely started on that 11.6 but the voltage went up after it was running, so that’s all i needed to see. 
 

Just checked it. Battery was 11.9v with the key off and went up to 12.0v with some throttle after i started it. Not my favorite number, but it appears juice is going in and not out, so as long as it starts….but 12.0v probably isn’t the greatest for battery life. I think this has the small 10A stator. 

 

 

That's definitely not enough.  

Static reading should be 12.45 or higher. 

Running reading should be more in the range of 13.5 to low 14s.  

 

[pfrederi 20,852]

10 amp systems work just fine.  Have you load tested the battery??? Assume you have a good ground for the regulator have you checked your stator output AC voltage.

Edited 23 hours ago by pfrederi

[Blaine 234]

5 minutes ago, pfrederi said:

10 amp systems work just fine.  Have you load tested the battery??? Assume you have a good ground for the regulator have you checked your stator output AC voltage.

 
 I have not load tested it. I just bought a few weeks ago just for the raider and this is the first any charge has gone into the battery from the kohler. I did have a battery charger on it maybe 2 weeks ago to top it up because it was low from tinkering with the ignition and electrical. 
 

How is the stator AC checked and what can I expect to see? Connected at the regulator or open circuit AC?

[pfrederi 20,852]

[8ntruck 9,037]

Cart work with Morgan, the 14-8.  2 loads of firewood.  Fortunately, we got a break in the temperature and Canadian smoke today so I didn't sweat and choke too much.

 

Just enough work to get up to operating temperature so I could do an oil change on him.

[Blaine 234]

13 hours ago, pfrederi said:

 I put the battery on a 1 amp charger for a few hours while i replaced the front brakes and changed the oil on my car. With the battery at 12.7v, it would only hit 13.0v when throttled up, but it would hold that with the lights on. 
 

Test C open stator voltage was 21.2vac. I tried adding an extra ground from the battery to a mounting bolt of the regulator but it made no difference. 
 

It was getting late and i didn’t do test A correctly, but with B+ disconnected at the regulator and checking B+ terminal of the regulator and ground, i was seeing -2.4v, which didn’t make sense. 
 

  Thanks Paul. 

[ebinmaine 79,626]

Couple pics of the 1973 8 HP 4 speed we've been working on with its owner @Natejc_98

 

Should be ready for a test drive! 

 

 

 

[Handy Don 16,920]

On 7/12/2026 at 7:39 AM, ebinmaine said:

I've never had a grease gun that didn't seep the separating grease as it sat on the shelf or hung on the wall. 

I'D LOVE A LEAK FREE GREASE GUN.  

 

On 7/12/2026 at 6:50 PM, Dan 312-8 said:

My grease gun has been stowed in a former wallpaper dip trough for more years than I can remember

 

On 7/12/2026 at 1:07 PM, rick said:

I kept an old coffee can on the floor under my grease gun.  I had mounted a grease gun holder on the wall.  The oil dripped in to the coffee can.

 

On 7/12/2026 at 12:22 PM, ebinmaine said:

 

On 7/12/2026 at 9:26 AM, c-series don said:

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!! 

 

I've been hanging my grease gun in a spot that's low on the wall and keep an old rag under it. 

Best compromise I guess.  

 

I’m having a good chuckle here at the inherent contradiction of wanting grease to penetrate once applied to a bearing or joint but NOT to seep out of the grease gun! 

Same applies to trying to constrain penetrant decanted into tiny bottles with needle nozzles or with threaded caps 😁