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I'm Not Sure Why, But I Now Have a B-80
BradKahler replied to BradKahler's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
Yesterday I finished up the electrical wiring and this morning I took it out for a test drive, mainly to circulate the diesel fuel that is currently in the gearbox. Right now the diesel is being drained (drip drying!) and then I refill with diesel again and go for another drive. The diesel is dirty but doesn't seem to have any debris of any kind mixed in it. I'm hoping one more run with diesel will be enough. Getting the last bit of diesel out While replacing all the wiring I went ahead and re-installed the old regulator along with a ground wire from the battery to one of the mounting screws. The regulator does work. The only odd thing I noted was as I brought the engine down to idle, the needle started bouncing back and forth rapidly. I slowly brought the idle back up and I could got it to stop bouncing, however the idle speed was a little higher than I would like. Is this a normal situation or does that mean only half of the regulator is working? -
I have one very similar with a Honda engine. I use square section cutting line, bought a huge drum of it which will outlast me lol.
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I'm Not Sure Why, But I Now Have a B-80
BradKahler replied to BradKahler's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
This is what mine looks like with the clutch pedal at rest (not pushed). I'm almost certain the belt is worn. I took it for a drive up and down my driveway this morning and it slips in 2nd and 3rd and maybe a little bit in 1st gear. When in 2nd or 3rd, a slight incline will cause it to slip. I ordered a Toro brand replacement belt last night and should have it before the end of the year. I don't plan on adjusting the belt guard guides until the new belt is installed. -
Electric conversion
SylvanLakeWH replied to Richard’s 314-8's topic in Wheel Horse Electric / Battery Powered Tractors
Very cool! Please post details. Motor, controller etc. -
Did it give an estimated value?
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Electric conversion
Sparky-(Admin) replied to Richard’s 314-8's topic in Wheel Horse Electric / Battery Powered Tractors
That’s pretty cool! -
Found this,
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I've got a time bomb in our septic system. A couple years ago the inlet line to the tank was plugged. Turns out that the pipe was also cracked just before it entered the tank. Called a plumber to get the pipe replaced. As the plumber was sizing the job up, we discovered that the inlet line was 2" LOWER than the line to the drain field, making the working water level half way up the inlet pipe! I'm glad that I didn't open the clean out plug in the basement. Seems the system was installed that way. We dug through the paperwork and found the papers related to the install. The neighbor kind of chuckled and said that the contractor was probably drunk at the time and didn't set the tank deep enough. So, I've either got to raise the inlet pipe 3 or 4 inches, starting inside the house, or put a crock and lift pump between the house and tank.
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Electric conversion
Richard’s 314-8 posted a topic in Wheel Horse Electric / Battery Powered Tractors
I’m converting my 314-8 to electric -
Spirol pin partly installed into the control rod bracket after a light coat of never seize was applied. Make sure pin is installed just almost to the point of entering the center hole but not quite. Towels placed down to protect paint. Hydraulic valve control handle slid through top nyliner then control arm slid on. Control arm aligned to hole in control handle then a screw of proper diameter was installed to locate proper location. Control arm spirol pin pushed in using vice grips. Do not hammer pin in because that may damage the nyliner bushing. Lift bar and pin ready to install. Lift bar and pin installed. Control rod bracket ready to install. Control rod bracket installed. Make sure it is in correct position to hold handle down when installed. I also put a little grease on the control rod where it passes through the control arm. Control rod spring ready to install. Control rod spring installed after a light coat of never size applied to control rod threads. Spring nut tightened just enough to eliminate free play but ensure spring does not bottom out when control handle pushed fully forward. Hydraulic valve assembly fully installed.
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I realize it isn’t fully functional yet, but I’m wondering if there are both a pressure plate and toothed parts. The plate for transition from stopped to moving and the teeth as a cruder version of the “lockup” in early automatic transmissions.
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A little far away from you but...
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Nope, made in USA, they did open a manufacturing plant in France to serve the European market.
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Fifty years ago the contractor I worked for built a septic tank, on site, out of poured concrete for a house we were building. He laid a cement block wall where the red line is. The porous cement block wall was to act as a filter to keep solids from entering the lateral line field. I don't remember if he left a block out in the wastewater area to allow transfer of the water or if the entire wall was was cement blocks.
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Wow Jim, that is a cool machine! I have never seen a clutch like that, but the mechanicals of it kind of make me love it! Congrats on the score, and lots to look at, reverse engineer, and marvel at!
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When the toilet paper shortage was at it's peak, I worked for a landlord whose renters began using paper towels--cheaper and available but not sewer pipe friendly. He added a clause to the rental contracts that sewer line blockage removal may be added to the renter's charges. In our subdivision of nine houses, two of us have expensive septic systems because for some reason our soil didn't perk however our neighbors could utilize the typical single tank systems. Ours had two tanks, one the black water that flows into a gray water tank that has an electric pump that pumps the water into two inch lines that the installer drilled small holes at pre-determined distances in. We've had no significant problems in the past twenty years and have had the black water pumped only once five or six years ago. One of the disadvantages of the pump in tank, is that occasionally the float will hang up and the alarm will let the neighbors know that I'll soon be popping the top off of the tank to dislodge the float. Below is a filter that I clean twice a year that goes between the two tanks. I prefer to clean, which I did a couple of minutes ago, during the cold season over the middle of summer due to insects (some kind of nasty little flies) that seem to thrive in the hold I have to reach down into to unscrew the filter.
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I added rubber material (from mud flame)to the ends of the impeller blades to make a tighter blowing seal in the housing. You have to remove the discharge chute and do the work from the top opening of the blower hole. I used spring clamps to hold the rubber on the impeller then rotated the impeller 360 degrees to make sure it cleared the housing as it rotated. Also I mounted the rubber to the back side so it would flex away if a rock got in there. Check out my you tube videos on 520 snowblowing.
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Hydraulic valve control handle assembly ready to install. Tractor ready for Hydraulic valve control handle assembly to be installed. Hydraulic valve control handle 5983 nyliner bushings installed.
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You should have the cylinder jugs and crank measured at a machine shop to see what needs to be done before buying any parts. No need to spend a lot of money on rods, rings and gaskets only to find out that the engine has other problems.
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At our house we have three rambunctious cats that would be climbing anything, natural or man made, so we just have a ceramic table top tree made by my mother-in-law sixty or more years ago.
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Parts are getting hard to find for KTs. Especially over/under. Pats small engine seem to have rods
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Don't recall ever seeing a clutch like that. The teeth engaging the flywheel could have been to lock out the device being driven don't know. looks like the two gear halves could only be engaged at one portion of the flywheel, once again, why? I've worked on combine and hay baler clutches and tractor clutches but none like that. Of course that clutch isn't heavy enough for those applications anyway. Perhaps a winch would have an in-out clutch to allow free wheeling to extend a cable then lock the two clutch halves together for pulling. Just a guess. The tab under one of the socket-head bolts seems to be latching the two pieces together, guess that was a retrofit to allow it to work in its new configuration.
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