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Bob why do they call it a Kohler carbs when it is a Carter?
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All good info guys. I will mess with it in the AM. Hopping to run this at Zagray in October. Last show of the year.
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What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?
Brockport Bill replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
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I dunno. I work on these things for a living. The ADAS stuff is a giant pain in the butt, until you get way back into the early days of just audible park aides, and even sometimes those throw me. So many of the problems are software driven, and not an actual mechanical issues that I can actually fix, but every day I see more and more people just flat out not paying attention, expecting these systems to take up the slack, with no concept of the limits of the system (most adaptive cruise or collision avoidance systems will not actually bring the car to a full stop). Meanwhile I'm over here still driving my 87 Ranger and 04/05 Explorers with none of those systems, and I've never been in an accident where one of those systems would have made a lick of difference. I have been "at fault" for four accidents in the last 25 years. One may have been prevented by a park aide or backup camera of some sort. I had a cap on the truck, all the windows on it were iced, and I backed into a white car in a snowy field. One other I took off in a merge lane while watching the lane I was merging into. The car in front of me did more of a "staying still" type maneuver. The other two involved sliding through sharp turns in low-traction events. Every other accident I have ever been in the other car, or the deer, hit me, usually because they weren't paying attention.
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We've got a '22 Pacifica van with all of the bells and whistles. Bought it used. I didn't know it had auto wipers until we had to replace the windshield this summer. Finally found how to turn them on - about 3 layser deep in the vehicle settings menu. I kind of like them - now that I've gotten them activated. I get a chuckle out of the various collision and parking warnings when going through one of the local drive through tellers. The clearances are close enough that they all seem to go off, seemingly screaming 'LOOK OUT, WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!'.
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Generally, you are correct. I often do the wipers myself--saves wear and tear on the blade, the motor, and the windshield! The best sensor use case is a drizzle where passing cars are throwing up spray that the Rain-X isn’t able to bead and clear--when the camera cannot focus through the windshield, it swipes the wiper. Over a multi-hour drive, manual gets tedious. Auto high-beam dipping reacts faster than I can, usually, and if you are in a sparse, hilly suburban area as I am, with occasional streetlighting, I like having the highs as much as possible. Auto keeps me from manually switching every minute or two. The possible collision I avoided was a lifted F150 with elaborate modified running lighting that came to a sudden stop to enter a parking lot in dim lighting and had no brake lights! (When I circled back the driver didn’t believe me until I insisted he see for himself--“Man, I wonder how that happened?!” but no apology or thanks)
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Although this is not a dad joke, it's one of my wife's favorites and it's more of a "got ya" joke: When Pam is around someone with whom she thinks she can pull this joke on she'll talk about her "dog vein". She rubs her neck as if feeling her dog vein and asks if the person, if he/she wants to feel her dog vein. Once the person places their finger on Pam's dog vein, she immediately growls and snaps at the hand like a dog. Catches unsuspecting persons off guard and they pull their hand back rather quickly. So far, I never seen anyone slap Pam for this prank.
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What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?
adsm08 replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
It's similar to that style. -
What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?
ineedanother replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
I'm leaning toward these. Sharp, clean blades would be my first and most frugal thing to rule out though. -
What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?
Bill D replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
Does the PTO look like this? If so, the bearing on the end that connects to the clutch hoop fails. Under load it won't spin easily. If it feels rough, change it. I'm not familiar with the 1075, so if it has a different PTO I apologize for the confusion. -
This is my raider 12 I acquired last month I have the original k301 for it it runs good but for now it has a k341 on it till I decide to restore the tractor. Has the original 10 pinion rear axle to. its a 1969 i added the amp gauge
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Installing exhaust/muffler: Wheel Horse 414–8
bradleydavidgood replied to bradleydavidgood's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
Yes I noted all the positions on video and used a paint pen on the shaft and connection of the thing on the exhaust side that I had to take off to install the exhaust. I guess that's the governor shaft? I then went thru my previous videos and took screenshots and had 6-8 print outs at the tractor while reinstalling. So I'm certain everything is in its same position. If you still think it needs this procedure I'll do it. -
Rebuild carb Magnum Kohler 14 Wheel Horse 414–8
ineedanother replied to bradleydavidgood's topic in Engines
I always do. All of the disassembly and time already invested...why not? Those drillings are critical and have to be clean. Not saying that it has to be done but I just don't want to have to go back and do it all again. I just tap a good awl in and pry them out. I've never drilled them but some original plugs are thick. -
I think the worst one I've ever run across is the GM rear collision alert. They don't beep, or flash, the seat vibrates. The first time that happened to me was in the shop and I almost wrecked the vehicle because it startled me.
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Wow don't see many originals of those these days.
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I have yet to have someone explain to me, in a way that makes sense, how any of those things are preferable to just paying attention to driving while driving. What I have seen in practice is that those systems enable the people who already don't want to pay attention to be even less attentive to the driving part of driving. The only exception might be the wiper de-icing.
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Unless of course the inspection mechanic says it fails. We have a mobile guy that comes around to the shop and he does them pretty slick and easy. Usually takes him about 20 minutes, and we never have any of those issues.
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I really enjoyed the company of this service tech, and he took the time to explain things and show me tricks of the trade. It was an enjoyable experience for me!
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Here’s the photo of the badge
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What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?
adsm08 replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
And how does one go about checking those? I am not particularly familiar with this style PTO setup. -
What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?
adsm08 replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
Nope. I had her run it around mowing for a good 10 minutes tonight after dinner. Every bearing in the system was the same temp, and not even warm to the touch. Hottest pulley in the system was the drive pulley on the engine. It sure was chucking grass though. We are almost out of L&G fuel, and I'm not really home tomorrow, so we'll have to wait until Friday to do anymore. -
If you just need a stator, this is in my garage. If I remember correctly it's in need of a valve job that I'll likely never do but it ran when parked . PM if you're interested in the whole thing. Free to a fellow southerner!
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at the rate we're going, we may have to start looking at cargo containers
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I had the windshield replaced on my F250, what a fiasco! Went to their shop and they ordered the glass saying they would be replacing it in my barn. They did just that but when done I noticed it had the wrong windshield that didn't have the margins blacked and all the guts in the pillars were exposed to the public. They ordered another and asked me to bring it to their shop and leave it. They removed the dash cover so they had a clear shot at tossing their power tools on the dash. I didn't go into all the gory details but I will never have a windshield replaced until it is so bad that it can't be driven. If you ever watched the process it is worse than seeing sausage being made.
