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He really is a texan!

That tractor needs to be in the next calendar. No doubt about it!

It's been a while and other than a little paint touch up I'm done. Here's some pictures of the finished product. I think my parents would be happy with the outcome. The first two are to remind me how far I've come. Thanks for all your encouragement. Hope you enjoy them and we get a chance to meet someday. Dave

My buddy and fellow WH collector Packrat, built this to look like a factory built machine! It has 2 brand new 7 Hp. Kohler Engines and a rebuilt 6 Speed Transmission! Everything was sand blasted and restored to perfection. He did a ton of fabrication on this beast, especially on the dual throttle assembly in which he can control both motors any way he wants! He can start one motor with the other motor and run them together or run them seperetly. Plenty of power with this set up. We took this and my restored 653 up to the Findlay Show last year and it was a big hit. How's it look fella's? Hammerhead

I tend to forget that there is a classified ad section, so I rarely look at it. I am sure that there are others who don't look at the classifieds until they need or want something. The nice thing about the "old" classified's was that they would appear in the general posts and you could bump them occasionally to get attention. That being said, I am in need of a seat for my Commando 8. I have placed a want ad in the classified section. If you have a seat that you would like to sell, please see the want ads. Thanks

Just wanted to congradulate bowtiebutler956 on 1000 posts! Jake

Hey Lars and all you other guys in Norway...Happy Constitution Day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Constitution_Day

I had to clear up some weed issues and expand the garden a bit this weekend. it sure is hard to pull out the troybuilt pony after sitting on this for half an hour...

Here is a picture of the correct decal sold for the H60 engine without the words "cast iron". See how it differs from the decal on my HH60 engine. The lower right image in the second picture is for a cast iron 16 HP engine which looks close to the decal on my HH60. I could be mistaken, but I thought somewhere I read that the H60 was cast aluminum and the HH60 was cast Iron. From what I'm hereing, both could be pull or electric start. But that I'm really not sure about that. Maybe some others with these engines on their WH's can give some input to the "mystery".

Jon, here is my best educated guesstimate based on the knowledge all we are trying to do is charge a battery - be it in the USA or in Europe. Brown to white resistance - engine off - brown and white wired disconnected from the rectifier diodes - less than 10 ohms - infinite resistance = bad generator Brown to white AC voltage while running full throttle - probably in the 28 to 30 AC volt range. The rectifier diode will cut the 28 - 30 VAC in half - giving a maximum DC output of 14 to 15 volts to charge the battery. The diode rectifier can be checked with an ohmmeter - each diode in the "bridge" can be checked independently. For example - start with the ohmmeter leads across the Red to Brown leads. Place the red ohmmeter test probe on the red rectifier wire and the black ohmmeter test probe on the Brown rectifier wire. Note the resistance (should be very high ohms or infinite reading). Swap the red and black ohmmeter test probes across the same Red and Brown rectifier wires. The meter reading should indicate much lower ohms - probably less than 200 ohms. Repeat this same test across the rectifier's other leads - reverse the meter leads across each pair and note the readings. Test across Red / Brown then across Red / White then White / Blue then Blue / Brown with meter leads in one orientation, a high ohms reading should be seen, when the ohmmeter leads are reversed across the same connection, the ohms should be much lower. This process will test the rectifier. Any readings which remain the same across any individual diode when the leads are reversed will indicate a defective diode and the need to replace the rectifier assembly. Substitutions are readily available at a local electronics store. AS indicated by the schematic, your system rectifies the AC from the generator BUT DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO REGULATE THE CHARGE VOLTAGE. Over-voltage regulation is provided by the "designed in" maximum output voltage from the generator. I have no clue to the purpose of the yellow wires - maybe a call to a Robins dealer will get you an authoritative answer.

I've heard every little thing is bigger there. :hide:

Thanks to all for the kind words. I actually rode it around today, wow did that bring back some childhood memories. Still have a little wiring, and some carb work to do, but overall it was great. I'm not going to tell Danny I was riding it! I have to say that it felt alot smaller than it did when I was a kid. Matt :flags-texas:

And here is the rolling frame. Took a while to get to this point , but Its nice to see something resembling a Tractor. Had to put on a couple of Glens parts on just for fun and see how they look. Pushed it around the yard like a kid in a sandbox to try out the trans. everything feels and sounds good. It's really nice to have a 3rd gear back!

Well...I finally got some more done. Here is a few pics .

If it was mine, I'd take 10 min. buy a cheap batt. make it run and drive, clean it up a bit check it over and if all was good ask $500 as a ready to use machine.

Nice job! Plenty of good posts, not alot of BS....just the way I like it . Mike......

Congrats Matt. Keep up the good work.

Congrats Matt! Craig has some competition know :ychain:

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Here is my take on this and it is quite simple. I have mowed with both type decks over the past 30 yrs. and both do a decent job. The advantages and disadvantages of each deck have all been mentioned so I won't bore you. A rear discharge deck is boring! It just seems as though you are doing nothing but riding around the yard with one. Being able to watch the clippings come out of the side discharge keeps me entertained.

Grats Matt:)

Looks like I am going to try to move some things around and make the show too. :) :)

Well finaly got time to doing some more on my deck, had it sandblasted and some more E tanking.. And i have done some rust welding on it, hope to weld the last on it tomorrow and prime it.. 2 first pict is E tanking and a new pice is welded