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I was going to say so the fuel from the pump doesn't end up on the floor! Good catch buffaloman!

This was a project I started over a year ago, but I never finished making a mount to the attach-a-matic. Looking thru the "junke" pile, The handle frame that was left from the MAD MAX tiller looked like a chipper mount. I had removed everything from the blown engine except the crankshaft and used it as a bearing block. I bolted a V pulley to the flywheel and removed the aluminum shear key and made a hardened steel key to strengthen the drive train. I seemed to work OK when I blocked it to the 875. This is the old tiller I converted to Mad Max. MAD MAX And now the Mad Chipper.

After 63 healthy years I thought I had a 48 hrs flu bug. Seems I get that every 4 or 5 yrs. No big deal, some Tylenol and extra blankets. Couple days later good to go. This time something seemed much different but being 1 year away from medicare I was not about to go to the er and as I have never had a Dr. I could not get an appointment in a timely manner. After 3 days of fever and severe chill, Lola made me go to what they call prompt care. Thank God I went. Got right in Sunday afternoon and 40 minutes later was diagnosed with pneumonia. I was shocked but if I had waited another day it would have been much worse. Probably hospitalization with no insurance. Affordable care act only works for us if we dont work. Great idea but it needs fixed. Great Dr and very good experience. Except for the flu test where they shove a long wire so far up your nose that it feels like they are stabbing your brain. Not fun. So I am 3 days into the meds and finally am fever free for the most part and not coughing incessantly but sleepy, week and tired all the time. Hoping to stay awake to watch the Cubs game. GO CUBBIES! !! Good news is I will recover. Bad news is it will take another 5 days possibly. Got so tired of sleeping I decided to post my experience and let everyone know what's going on. Don't mess around with pneumonia or it will sneak up on you real quick. This is not sympathy ploy just shout out to the great folks at St Mary's prompt care. If you have no insurance this is the place to go when your sick. Terry

Hey guys! I have been here for a little while but didn't have a wheelhorse til today when a guy had one in the back of his barn for scrap! I was like hell no that ain't going to scrap! So I paid 40$ for it and he had all the manuals and the original sales receipt! It also has a snow blower and mower deck! And it's in really nice original condition! It doesn't run yet but I will get it there as I'm a k series fanatic and ALL of my garden tractors are Kohler k- series! I will include some photos and could anybody tell me the year of it? I think it's a 78 but reassure me on that! Pictures to follow, it's also a Hilo 4 speed 8 speeds

Had pneumonia years back, sick time policy at work was ridiculous, so I went in until I couldn't stand it any more. Company Quack said I had a cold, get back to work! Went to the ER and was admitted for three days followed by a week of rest time. Then I was reprimanded for excessive use of sick time.

OK, I think that this video is your best one yet...and the other 2 were mighty good. This one got even better after a couple shots of Jack. I thought we were going down the mountain side once or twice. That Kohler still sounds good at Warp 2 Scotty.

No, rubber fuel line rated for E10 fuel is OK.

I got the 119 inch belt today. And even though everything is damp from rain, I had to see if it would do the trick. It works well. To be 100 percent perfect I would need a torch to heat the mule shaft and bend it about 10 degrees. Otherwise the belt stayed on and deck cuts well. The angle of the flat pulley may lead to some belt wear but I am happy with buying an occasional belt if need be. The resurrection of Lazarus is finito! Until next year:-)

Picked up a couple more today 312 w/432 hours, but no deck, real nice 857 came with 2 decks, raider 12, lawn ranger with snow plow, trail blazer comes with mower deck and snow blower , c-141 and a pull behind tiller

Here is a video of me loading some of the firewood. Due to circumstances beyond my control, it rained all day before I started this, so I made a little mud. All in a day's work, I guess. I would have moved that big'en, but he was already where he needed to be.

I bought this tractor last fall at an auction thinking I would resell it. And I have sold the cab and the deck. But I was so impressed with its snow plowing this winter, now I will keep it for my primary mower and snow plower. The only problem ...I can't deal with the hand motion control. Luckily this one has the lever on the console so it makes it an easy conversion to a foot control like my 520H blower. I changed the ZEE slot to a straight slot , remover the spring that pulls the lever right, and bent the lever to vertical. I do not recommend this to anyone, but I removed the neutral position switch and connected the wiring to the parking brake instead. Now, to start the tractor, you must be in the seat and have the parking brake engaged, which forces the motion control to neutral. IMO, this is a safer starting lock out system than the original factory system. I am also considering wiring the seat and parking brake switches in parallel so if you leave the seat, you must engage the parking brake first to keep the tractor running. Anyway, that's where I am so far. I still need to make some connections from the lever to the foot pedal. I must say though, the mods I have made to the hand control make this tractor so much easier and smoother to drive and change direction with the hand control, I probably wouldn't add the foot pedal for mowing, but I want a free hand to operate the lift when snow plowing.

Only time will tell. I don't think the twisting will have much affect on the belt life. My concern was the rubbing and the resulting heat at the crossover. So that is why I added the separator. That is a piece of SST tubing spinning on a greased bolt. There is not much side load on the tubing as the belt puts the same force on both sides and both sides spin the tubing in the same direction. I did consider an idler pulley on the return side of the belt to keep them separated. If this one fails we'll go to plan B.

I highly recommend the pneumonia and shingles vaccines for all us "old guys..and gals". It's a couple hundred bucks, but a good investment. Glad you caught it in time Terry.

Get going don't wait.

I keep forgetting I'm no spring chicken. Lol

Thank God that you caught it in time and you had great caregivers. That's nothing to mess with anytime but especially as we get older. Take care of yourself and get back to 100% soon.

Ta heck with them guys ...yer wife got any sisters???

All my father-in-law ever gave me was a headache........ Very nice 702! Congratulations on the new addition. (And a great father-in-law.)

About 100 acres of river bottom land. The majority of which are turned up on the edge - as in "Steep as a hog's face" hillsides. I have about 20-30 acres of flat land.

But the ruling body of the Beechwood Hockey Association would probably send in their Refs, and they'd probably be riding on John Deeres. Or Murrays.

You'd have to call it Polo if you're riding Horses!

I thought maybe it was an April Fool's thing!

Ya gotta like a guy that proof reads his post...sooner of later.

I was thinking this must be one of JimD's "Caption This" posts.

4-26-1984 Reagan visits China On this day in 1984, President Ronald Reagan arrives in China for a diplomatic meeting with Chinese President Li Xiannian. The trip marked the second time a U.S. president had traveled to China since President Richard Nixon’s historic trip in 1972. First lady Nancy Reagan accompanied her husband to China, along with approximately 600 journalists, a slew of Secret Service agents and, according to BBC reports, officials who guard the codes for launching nuclear missiles. The Reagans toured historical and cultural sites in Beijing and attended a dinner in their honor hosted by Xiannian. Reagan’s trip highlighted his administration’s desire to improve diplomacy with China in light of the growing economic relationship between the two nations. Other topics of discussion between the two leaders over the course of the six-day trip included the development of commercial nuclear power in China and China’s displeasure with continuing U.S. support for nationalists in Taiwan. After communists took over power in China in 1949, successive American presidents had refused to recognize the new Chinese government and supported pro-democratic nationalists who had been exiled on the island of Taiwan, off the coast of China. U.S. support for Taiwan included sales of arms, which infuriated the communist government in Beijing. President Nixon made tentative diplomatic overtures to China in 1969 and, in October 1970, told a Time reporter if there’s anything I want to do before I die it’s go to China. In 1971, he led the U.S. government in officially recognizing the communist Chinese government and became the first American president to visit China the next year. It was not until 1984 that another president, Reagan, would travel to China in an attempt to resolve remaining diplomatic differences. During his visit, President Reagan impressed reporters and dignitaries with his occasional attempts to speak Chinese. However, the trip failed to break through the deadlock between China and the U.S. over the issue of Taiwanese independence.

Yeah, that was a tough one.

Let me rephrase that, does it have to be a hardline?

Humm...help me get this straight... new to ... new to ... from Gettysburg Pa... and you don't know if you're going to the big show in June??? What's wrong with this picture?

Got home from work tonight and the wife and I decided we would go for a ride...so she hopped on her Commando and I hopped on the 1277 and away we went. We just pulled out onto the road and I challenged her to a friendly bet on a race (of which I pulled away from her pretty easily lol) when all of a sudden mine started cutting out and finally just died. Tried for a good fifteen minutes to get it started with no luck...acted like it was not getting any fuel so my first thought was fuel pump quit. Had Katy pull me back to the house and removed the fuel line...plenty of fuel...so put it back on and it finally started but ran rough. Guess I'll order a kit for it tomorrow and see if that helps. On the bright side I did get pictures of all three of them together and a better one of Katy with her Commando, which of course she had to rub it in to me about pulling me home

Yeah Jim, after spending 45+ years doing R & D in a model hydro turbine lab, I came to realize R & D really means T & E.

where you wearing a mask when you " paid" for it eric j

I'm never going to sell it! It's one of "those" tractors! I now have 6 restored 1971 cub cadet 127 1968 John Deere 110 w/HABAN sickle mower new c-81 horse 1944 farmall h 1951 Oliver 77 1949 ford 8n and my 1975 Ford F-250 camper special ranger xlt with 9,800 yes 9,800 original miles

My father in law got this one for me . He said its gonna cost me two grass mowings. Ill take that deal any day .Love that guy!

...if anyone should, right? Glad to hear you're on the up swing now Terry.

Amen to that.

Good to hear you're on the upswing . Pneumonia is nothing to take lightly .

I tried a fast and dirty solution I screwed a bolt into one of the flange mount threaded holes on the engine. I started the engine and now it shifts fine. Now before people start telling me the bolt is a bad idea, I agree it is not a a permanent solution. But as a test it is a good idea, I have already removed it. i will bend up some loops of 1/4" bar like those shown earlier. With confidence they will work. Thank you every one.

All my father-in-law ever gave was was a crazy ex-wife....

Deck support greased underneath and top of deck greased where support contacts it to help prevent rust between these. Spindles and deck support installed. Spindles greased and pulleys installed. Belt tension assembly installed. Belt installed. Left hand guard installed and right hand guard bracket installed. The rest of the brackets will be installed in a few days.

Sounds like a chainsaw motor goin' to town! @MWR is all that property yours? You are a lucky man to have that as a back yard!

I buy 25 foot rolls of 1/4 inch gas line at Advance Auto.So far.....so good.Ya do gas line on 4 or 5 tractors,ya go through 25 feet in no time.

Would be nice if they made gasoline out of plain gas again. It is becoming increasing obvious that the stuff that comes out of the pumps today is just plain hazardous for small engines. That's why these "true fuel" no ethanol solutions are becoming more popular. I'd even recommend it if it weren't the equivalent of over $20 a gallon in the big box stores. I'd ABSOLUTELY pay more for gas WITHOUT ethanol in it, but that is ridiculous.

Frame completely assembled using stainless steel hardware.

I think alot of us here get off on trying to identify tractors!! Doesn't take much to trip our hammers I could never understand how PO's take off the belt guards on these start/gen models and seem to lose them! Yes, very cool ...have fun with it!

I experienced the EXACT same symptoms with my Bronco 14 today...it has a 14hp Kohler engine. Here is what I found and you will probably find the same issue....its from the ethanol gas we use today. There are little bits of jelled gas in the carb bowl and in the jets too. You'll have to pull the carb and clean it thoroughly as I did.

That rear tire on backwards will definately help you back up that hill.

I get Goosies when I see any roundhood.

Like Gerry said...I used to think that a 62-xxxxx shouted 1962...but I knew about the early 1963 having that model number also. The trick is in the serial number that is pretty much gone. Do you have the belt guard? That little square had both of that years stickers...1962 (702)...1963 (753). If the sticker has been painted over and is still there...a little Acetone, rubbed gently will loosen the paint and maybe solve the mystery. I'm going to say it is a 702...cause I get goose bumps when I see one...that does not happen with a 1963.

All of these came from the Commonwealth of Va, the best part 30 mins from my house i will admit when I go across state line I don't post them...

We had a feathered spectator during the championship game of the tournament we hosted this weekend. Look closely where the tall trees start on the left. The nest is in the large tree to the right. Zoomed in 14x. BTW, the boys played some great baseball to win their second tournament this year.