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Side shot Saturday... AND SUNDAY !
Dave D. replied to Sparky-(Admin)'s topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
Looking Good! I study these pictures to see what mine is missing. Gotta love those little tractors. Thanks for posting those beauties. Dave - Today
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Side shot Saturday... AND SUNDAY !
sqrlgtr replied to Sparky-(Admin)'s topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
1960 550 and 61 551. First time these 2 have been run in awhile but both fired right up. I had forgotten how much easier these are to mount and dismount than the horses with running boards. -
Crazy as it sounds, I’m pretty set on custom headers, and a 6 into 1 collector, and make it sound more European. It’s a challenge, I guess.
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I have heard of conflicting ideas of an ideal rear suspension. If it blows up, we’ll look at the idea of a narrowed solid rear axle. No worries. I have seen lots of v8s in these cars, online. That’s like gospel! Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!
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Just found this thread. This is really cool. That looks like the largest diesel engine I can find to fit a Suburban 551 without a lot of modification. Let us know about the power and the ease of starting. One really cool project. Since my Suburban is missing so much, I think this could be a great project for my tractor. Great Job. Dave
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Makes me want some crab cake eggs Benedict!! And a tall Bloody Mary!
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What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?
Bar Nuthin replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
When I replaced the diff & axles in my C-120 last winter I did it in a rush to get back to plowing snow. I didn't get a good seal around the case and It's had a slow leak that's gotten worse little by little. The last month or so it picked up a rolling whine (from a bearing I'm guessing) I had a C-160 Auto trans I picked up for $50 to steal the hydro lift off of it. A few weeks ago, I decided to break it down and go through the transaxle proper. Tonight I made the swap. No initial leaks or weird noises from a few test laps in the back yard. Tomorrow, I'll give a full shakedown and see how well the hydro performs and what leaks develop. I'm guessing axle seals at a minimum. -
Cleaned up the fuel system on the 3000 to get it ready to rake hay and WOW, it was bad. Got filters changed and flushed all the junk out of the fuel system. Turns out all my rust was coming from the filters themselves, not the tank. Unfortunately, even after all that work, the hay got raked by the big tractor, so I decided to get the parts tractor split. Actually wasn't as hard as I thought. Next step is splitting the diesel and swapping the flywheels and ring gears.
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According to the NWS official report from the Binghamton office, my house was approximately 3 miles from the center track of the EF1 and approximately 4 miles from the EF2. Both tornadoes formed within a couple minutes apart
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Happy Birthday Denny.
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I really debated on getting a genny. Haven't really needed one in 38 years. I went to get ice and was going back and forth about it. When I got the last of the ice the store had I said to my self, ok I'm going to try to get one figuring they were all gone. So after putting oil in it I realize I have no gas!!! I have 3 cans and when 2 get empty I go fill them. I have no idea how this happened so I went and filled 3 cans back at the place I got the ice. I'm filling the cans and I hear my phone go off in the car. I'm thinking my wife is texting me that the power was on. but no it was just hurricane activity on my weather app. I filled that genny to the top. It ran 4 hours. When I went to drain out the gas the fuel level was still in the filler neck!
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Today I learned of the passing of another long time member of the forum David Luzier @daveoman1966 passed in November of last year, may he rest in peace. https://www.miznerfuneralhome.com/obituaries/david-luzier
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The roof on the coupe probably reduced the strain on the frame. You probably will need to box the frame or add some plates to it when adding power to a convertible.
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Glad you didn't get hit worse! Dad and Mom gave us a 5KW gennie 20 years ago for X-mass. They are both long passed now, but it was the best gift we ever got. Being on a well, it saved our butts many times. Hot water and stove is on propane.
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Glad you guys are doing well, now for the clean up. In 2004 while living in Florida we had a Hurricane with imbedded tornados come through. There was a twelve foot space between the house and my workshop so I parked my truck there for protection. A twister came through and stripped all the leaves from a large banyan tree in the back yard, nearly all of them were deposited into the bed of the truck. Mother nature cleaned up that portion of the debris for me. Unfortunately one neighbor's pool enclosure ended up in my back yard and the majority of the other neighbor's shingles were in my front yard. Neither of their home owners insurance companies would cover cleaning up my yard and since the debris wasn't from my house mine wouldn't pay for removal. The trusty 1055 with landscape rake took care of the shingles and a metal scrapper hauled off the pool enclosure.
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@rjg854 I went to find where the EF2 went. Finally saw a bucket truck and followed. Mostly on Leader Rd. North of 414 . Saw some metal in a field but no building! finally about a half mile later I found the barn! Saw one house with the front yard full of tree limbs. Then a cornfield near Yost Rd, where the center was flattened like a steam roller went thru.
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The power of mother nature never ceases to amaze me. Glad you are safe!
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I faired fairly well, no damage to any of the buildings. Did have a large branch on the roof of the barn, got that down this morning. Other than that had 2 Ash trees come down, one fell on my neighbor's property it was a property line tree. The other tree was in the back yard and I've been cutting that up and burning the small stuff. Just have the main trunk left, and that's about 40 feet long. Power went out about 8:30 Wednesday night, but I have a generator wired into my main panel, got power back 5:30 pm but went out again until 8:30. A pole went down when a huge pine tree fell across Rt 89 blocking the main highway and a walnut tree took out the lines that feed the neighbors and my house. Been so busy didn't get pictures of that. Like @squonk said the lightening was awesome non stop all across the sky, never seen anything like it. Picked up 3 1/2 inches of rain. That EF2 passed 2 miles south of me. As far as I know, thank God, no one was hurt. And hats off to NYSEG, the firemen, DOT, and all those that cleared roads and got the power back on. Seneca County was under a no unnecessary travel restriction and even after that was lifted some roads were still blocked.
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Glad you are OK Mike. No doubt it is getting more dangerous out there any more. Our usual tornado alley has shifted a little north toward me lately also. We've had Robo calls and sirens a bunch this summer...and a record of tornados in Illinois this year. Stay safe my friends.
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Man, What a mess. Glad you're OK! I remember in the 80's when the tornados rolled through NC we were out of power for 9 days. My brother lost power for 30 days after Hurricane Helene in the NC mountains, but they were OK. Hate those storms and the clean-up. Hope you and your neighbors can back to normal soon. Dave
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@Pullstart you might want to look into Trimuph GT 6 drivetrains to see if they are the same as Spitfires differential and transmission wise. The GT 6 were a straight six powered coupe version of the Spitfire. That six was longer than the four, so you might get some ideas of what the factory did to cram it in under the hood. If there is enough width, I'd think that the V6 would be a better fit. My impression of the drivetrain in the Spitfire I had can be summed up as being 'dainty'. The tranny and diff would work behind your V6 - for a while. If you kept the stock sized tyres, they would act as a fuse to protect the drive train. Might want to check the final drive ratio to see if it would play well with the V6 as well.
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Bill, I was already on my way east when you posted this, and this is the first time I've logged in since I got back. Yeah, we did the drive IN-->NJ (stayed with brother for a few days)-->Boston then did a few vacation-y stops on the way back home: Albany, NY-->Geneva,NY--> Erie, PA --> IN. Had great weather and lake view at the last 2 stops. In Albany we were in a hotel within view of the Hudson River. This seemed to help with the GT, so far. It has a non-standard cap and has a screw plugging the middle air hole. Guess I should just take that out. Gas cap loosening didn't seem to help the 416 but I haven't messed with it much. Too bloody hot here - we've been having "real feels" of like 105* - 108*. And now it's getting dark much earlier, dang it. I'll have some time tomorrow, if I can stay cool enough. Going away Sunday-Monday so maybe next weekend will be serious tractor work.
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Without a doubt, confirming pump flow is the correct start point.
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Or the cause of it but I doubt that. What's going on now? Pump not pumping?
