What did you do today?

[MainelyWheelhorse 2,642]

25 minutes ago, C100guy94 said:

I want one of these terribly bad 

I haven’t decided what I want to do with it yet, but I’m leaning toward keeping it. There is two on eBay though, an unrestored one is at 200.00 another one that is fixed up and partially restored is 950.00.

[EB-80/8inPA 2,009]

52 minutes ago, C100guy94 said:

I want one of these terribly bad 

One of my very much esteemed old colleagues had a number of them and was adept at keeping them going.  They’re super cool, no doubt about it.

[WHX?? 56,742]

Finished up some lawn art. The old MM plow on a somewhat raised bed. I had these old timbers just laying around. I planted grass around the perimeter and Zinnias in the area under the plow. Get another pic when they come up. Watering the snot out of them.  

[MainelyWheelhorse 2,642]

7 minutes ago, EB-80/8inPA said:

One of my very much esteemed old colleagues had a number of them and was adept at keeping them going.  They’re super cool, no doubt about it.

Yeah, definitely it’s the same idea as our Wheel Horses just two less wheels. It’s a bit sentimental in my case too. I have pictures of myself and my three brothers riding around in a cart behind it with our father at least 40 years ago.

[EB-80/8inPA 2,009]

On 6/2/2026 at 8:46 PM, ineedanother said:

 First time in 50 years without one

That’s a bummer man.  I took a different approach.  Kids are grown and if I croak, she’s covered.  After 50 years without a bike and TCB, it was time to dial it back in.  Best part?  They fire right up every time, which is more than I can say for these confounded Wheel Horses!  I do love them but they can be a real pain in the butt.

[ebinmaine 79,053]

5 hours ago, adsm08 said:

 

Pictures:

 

Cab off:

 

 

 

 

 

Love that little truck.  

[Sparky-(Admin) 25,447]

On 6/2/2026 at 8:46 PM, ineedanother said:

Made a deal with my wife (long-time Trauma Nurse at a Level I Trauma Center) when I turned 60. Sold my F650 and got fitted for a new set of golf clubs  First time in 50 years without one 

  I turned 60 this year…I still think I have a few more good riding years in me. 
  Don’t ride much, maybe a couple thousand miles each year. 
  

[953 nut 66,392]

54 minutes ago, Sparky said:

turned 60 this year

[ML3 2,338]

Finally got the shed I had built in November somewhat organized. Also got the stone put down around it. Got most the Wheel Horses in there. Trying to get the junk outta the yard & off my trailer. 

Edited Friday at 01:25 PM by ML3

[adsm08 4,518]

9 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

Love that little truck.  

 

Thanks. I like it too, but I will like it much better without the exhaust leak. I didn't drive it most of last year because the fumes were making me sick while driving.

[ebinmaine 79,053]

2 hours ago, adsm08 said:

 

Thanks. I like it too, but I will like it much better without the exhaust leak. I didn't drive it most of last year because the fumes were making me sick while driving.

 

 

That ISN'T an optimal situation. Glad you're getting it addressed.

Edited Friday at 05:34 PM by ebinmaine
Correct autocorrect that thinks it's correcter

[adsm08 4,518]

29 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

That ISN'T an optimal situation. 

 

Definitely not. 

[adsm08 4,518]

My morning so far has been working on the truck. I'm waiting for new O2 sensors, so I was looking for things I could do with the cab still up.

 

I touched up a few spots on the frame, and managed to extract the one broken cab bolt from it's mount.

[ebinmaine 79,053]

Earlier this morning I went out to the back 40 (garden area) and used our big walk behind DR Trimmer. Size of a push mower. Works excellent. VERY hard work. About an hour on that was plenty.  

There's still several hours of work to go there.  

 

Then we went hiking up across the street to Bill Merrill Mountain.  Just under 4 miles. About 2.5 hours total time. 

Definitely faster and felt better than either of us was expecting.  

 

[MainelyWheelhorse 2,642]

On 6/5/2026 at 1:46 AM, ebinmaine said:

 

 

Love that little truck.  

It’s a 

 
😄

[Ed Kennell 46,153]

I fileted over 100 fish this morning.   The club held our annual kids fishing derby today.   We had 68 kids signed up and they landed some lunkers.

 

The winner was a 26.25 long  10.2 lb. rainbow.                              Those smiles are the best prize.

 

 

 

 

[8ntruck 8,922]

Good looking fish. 

 

Not sure what is going on in our lake this year, as I am not seeing many bluegill or bass around our dock in the morning when dog and I make our daily parimiter patrol.  I noticed the same boat fishing in front of the lake house last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for a couple hours each morning.  Beginning to wonder if they fished out this area of the lake.

 

I finally got the pontoon down to the boat launch.  Backed it in far enough to get the lower unit of the outboard in the water.  Fired it up, gave it some revs - no cooling water peeing out.   

 

Being smarter this year, it was still on the trailer, so I towed it back to the yard to drop the lower unit and open the water pump.  Much easier working over dry land instead of in the lake!  Sure enough, I found an impeller hub and crumbs of impeller vaines.  Call the Honda dealer Monday and get pieces parts coming.

 

I'm confused, though.  I replaced the impeller last June.  We only ran 3 maybe 4 gallons of fuel through the engine last year.  The water pump was working when we put it on the trailer last fall.  The impeller seems to have failed over the winter while the boat was in storage.  I'm at a loss for why it failed.  

 

Anybody got any ideas about the cause of the failure?

[Ed Kennell 46,153]

I have a habit of bumping the starter or yanking the rope quite often when mine are in winter storage.  Keeps the vanes from taking a "set".     

But it sounds like you just got one with a bad mix of rubber.  

[SylvanLakeWH 31,485]

32 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

Anybody got any ideas about the cause of the failure?

Yes - Crap parts... I went for years on an old impeller on my old 60 hp Johnson. Finally figured I'd do routine maintenance and sad to say - needed to replace it every year or two after that...!

[Handy Don 16,710]

I’m curious if there was any residual water in there over the winter.

I take extra care with my pressure washer to thoroughly flush with RV antifreeze before winter storage. 

[8ntruck 8,922]

I've discovered a forum about Honda outboard that looks reasonable.  After reading that, I think I am going to order a full pump rebuild kit and a spare impeller.  There is a line of thinking that mixing new and old pump parts might not be the best of ideas.  I did not change the cup that the impeller runs in last year - it still looked good to me and was still solidly in its plastic housing.  Who knows?

 

The other think I wonder is how fast do those impellers come apart?  The number of impeller shards I found inside the pump suggests that it might happen more in a matter of seconds than minutes.