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I WAS ABLE TO GET ANOTHER OFF MY BUCKET LIST LAST WEEKEND IM VERY HAPPY WITH THIS I WAS ABLE TO BUY JOHN CAMPBELL'S GT 16 4X4 BUILT BY ROBERT ROCK

At the request of a moderator, I'd like to shed some light on myself. I've been on different forums, including this one, for a bit. Never showed my face in really any forums but I feel like I should make a proper introduction. Yes, I am only 16. I try to help, but sometimes I dont really get it. Just be patient when you talk to me and we'll get along. Here's how I started in the tractor fever: I started in the hobby 4 years ago when my brother bought himself a John Deere 316. I looked for my own tractor for 2 years, when our neighbour dropped off my first tractor, a crappy MTD "power kraft", which started up my obsession over 2 years ago. I used that thing for a while before I got a Cub cadet, my first real garden tractor. While I owned that I bought a Cub Cadet 108 and a CC 1650 which were promptly sold and stripped for parts respectively. Over the winter of 2018 I sold it in frustration. I bought my JD 317, followed by my Burns which I got from the neighbor that had the Powr Kraft. I got my 140 for free, and now I have my snapper. The only wheel horse I've been able to own was my 414-8 which was my brother's. As of now, I'm in the process of getting 4 separate tractors running, which is definitely motivating me to work. Im a broke kid with a big imagination and plans for everything. I ain't making show tractors, just making em unique. Anyway, feel free to ask me anything.

@Ed Kennell Got the chains on Big Oly!

Was pretty excited to find these today!!!!!

Picked up an RJ snowplow/ dozer blade yesterday that I was going to keep as it was without redoing! However, this morning when I looked at it again I decided to repaint it an put some new bolts on it! I have another one I use so I decided to put this on one of my other two RJ’s! This Plow had a new wear blade which included plow bolt type machine screws on the wearblade! Easier to make round holes than square ones for carriage bolts. paint is drying now and I will reassemble in the am!

Hooked up the Cyclone and went leaf hunting with the C175-8. Grass was still tall and green got about 50%grass and leaf mix. It is a heavy thing when full of grass It pushes the 1-75 around a bit. Biggest disadvantage it is a noisy beast.

I didn’t do anything to my Wheelhorses But I did Wheelhorse my truck again (new back window)

I wasn't complaining Jonah @ZXT. Just seems funny for a 22yo to be called a senior. I don't know how it happened so fast, but this 26yo got stuck in this 76yo body.

QA / QC crew was rigorous and thorough in their analysis last evening! Much hemming and hawing about who got to sit where... However, even the big kids and adults wanted in on the action! Overall very pleased with the design and results!!! Two modifications will be made based on beta testing: 1. link to the tractor will become fixed instead of pivoting at both the tractor and trailer. 2. Will replace original hard rubber tires with air filled...too much vibration... 26044E77-E5AD-4105-A65D-56DA1F7103AE.MOV

So I got a free (I gave the guy $10 so I didn’t feel like I stole it) 72 Commando 800. It’s been well used but someone had been keeping up on its service for the most part. I got it running fairly easily with a new battery and fuel line/ filter. I need to replace the head gasket, clean the carb and a few other things. The drive belt was pretty shredded and there was a bit of noise when you let out the clutch. I pulled the belt guard off today and found the belt had been running under the clutch stop tab. I measured the old one and it’s an 82”. I had a decent used 82” backup belt for my C101 in the garage so I put it on. It’s better but it seems too long. The backside belt rides the top and bottom of the belt guard when the clutch is engaged. There’s little to no clearance between the guard and the backside of the belt. Everything I find says this takes the 5L820 belt. Does anyone have any ideas? The belt size is about the only thing that one of the PO’s didn’t write down with marker on this tractor. 😁We changed the trans oil today too. Eww. It was mega think latte looking stuff. My son noticed the stickers on the new brake band. 😲 I may take a ride up to Dombrowskis and show them some pictures to see if they remember this one.

77 Economy Power King 2414 with home made FEL

Looks like a later version of the Mow-Cycle.

Saw this repowered WH today.

Pulled the engine in the 522Xi this afternoon. Good thing too. I needed to replace the coils but all four engine mount bolts were loose, oil drain fitting barely in the tube,filthy nasty inside on the front cover/fins. Going to get a good cleaning tomorrow and then start reassembly. While it’s down I’ll disconnect the “not so smart steer”. What a pain backing up something.

Napa 703-1220

I assume it’s an Android phone? I would think once you clicked “Click to chose files” it should give you the option to chose from your photo gallery, open the gallery and click on the pic you want and the rest of the process should be similar to how you previously did it. My phone is an Iphone so I might be way off, never owned an Android phone.

My other found a turn of the century house that she fell in love with so we went for a drive, we made an offer which was countered. I declined the counter offer. Then come December my other points out to me that the house is still listed, she's obviously interested so a submit another offer several thousand below our first which the owner now accepts. The realtor wants to double end the sale by representing both the seller and buyer, I'm not particularly fond of realtors but the one who sold us out first house which we had purchased over the internet based on pictures and info posted. The house was three provinces east of our home, anyhow on my first load of stuff the realtor came over to introduce himself then proceeded to assist in offloading truck and trailer. So one the new purchase called Murray asking if he could represent us which he did, this meant the other realtor had to split the commission. I'm told that she became very unprofessional with Murray, so much that he filed a complaint with the realtors board. I was not aware of the issues taking place, then possession date arrived I make a phone call asking for the keys to the house and she tells me that she's busy and will not be able to meet up with me. I tell her that's fine we legally own the house now I'll just kick in the door then change the locks, she met me that Saturday morning on my arrival. No words exchanged just a passing of the keys. On another property we had purchased we had it for a year or so never moved in then we listed it with another realtor for a three month listing. It was an MLS listing with pictures online, well the pictures she ( Liz ) used were from when we had first purchased the property with a SOLD sticker across the front. I was aware she had used old images for the listing then as the three months is nearing a close I get a telephone call from Liz, I know how these calls go. I have a client interested would you extend the listing bla bla. This is when I tell her about the sign that was used on the MLS listing for the past three months, she had the gall to ask me why I hadn't informed her of the error. I simply told her this was not in my job description. We eventually sold the house privately. On another real estate deal we had listed a client from Vancouver came out to look the property over then submitted an offer with the realtor that never hit our desk. He told her no longer available then took her out to view another property which she had declined. I could sense there was something amiss with this realtor, after the listing expired most people are not aware there's a three month clause even thought no longer listed should you sell the property your on the hook for commission. This is Canadian real estate law. Anyhow the property he had taken the client to see was owned by the realitor himself, what a scum bag. I was desperate to sell, had a mortgage on a small ranch that I could handle but making the payments on a Super K backhoe was keeping me awake nights. After taking charge of the property sale had it sold within a week, and the scum realitor was no where able to claim any commission, he had worked the client on bad faith, I could have filed a report but figure there's no need as these crooks self destruct on their own. From the long winded rant you can see how I feel about realitors.

Finally got a few minutes to pull the carb on the c161 hydro I bought last week. New fuel line will be here tomorrow. As you can see the carb is pretty dirty. Going to clean it all up really well and throw the bushings in just to get rid of the small slop in the throttle butterfly rod.

Nice plot. Great pics too. I have seen several does here. Lots of corn and beans around me yet. I bowhunt over my plot. It is just 40' wide and 70' long with 2 pie pumpkin hills planted on one end. I learned from my neighbor, that Deer and Elk really like pumpkins. He raises Elk. I grow pumpkins in the gardens but have never left them out after the season. I have always given him the leftovers. I tried the pie pumpkins last year. I watched as the deer worked the plot. The waited until the pumpkins were a little over ripe and stomped on them and ate them all up. With the winter peas and radish and buckwheat mix I use, we have deer showing up here all winter too. And in case anyone was wondering? They do not bother my gardens. I tell my wife, "We must have enough other stuff here for them". Good Luck Hunting.

the bearings are sealed on the , outside ( exposure ) side , with no seal on the inside of the spindle housing, allowing the zerk fitting to fill the chamber with grease and lubricate the bearing. having said that , it takes regular greasing to fill that chamber, and get in the bearing. when i recently replaced my bearings , i palm greased the bearings, to insure grease, and also pre filled the chamber to ensure there were no issues. i also use LUCAS RED AND TACKY GREASE , 550 drop point for zero grease run off. that noise you hear might be the spring tension IDLER PULLEY , known for failure and noise . they get sloppy and could be your issue. good luck with it , pete

I feel you Bob, also don't believe that those expensive title searches you have to get mean a damn thing down the road, trust me. Like Elvis, integrity left the building along time ago.

The tyres and rims are back from powder coating so I'm really happy with them. Now need to find front wheel rims to take a tri rib tyre and fit the new hubs I'm going to fit.

I have a good replacement Idler Bar and a spring too. Also have used replacement 'nylon guides' . send me an email for details... I am: daveoman@windstream.net

another 4x4 ?

Napa PP204RR6 or better grade P204RR6 Prime Line # 704250

We have several members your age and most of us started our mechanical obsession when we were your age or earlier. One thing we all have in common is a willingness to learn from each other and share the knowledge we have. Learning by doing is the best teacher, but asking questions before taking the plunge can save a lot of money and aggravation. When you get rolling on your projects be sure to post a thread on each one, we have been known to help each-other along the way with parts and hard to find stuff.

Click on the picture Garry

You have a 1981 GT-2500 with an 11 HP Briggs and 8 speed transmission.

NOS 420 LSE......borrowed from a local dealer.

When we still lived in Florida and looking for a place up here we worked with a long time friend who is a buyers only realtor as we were looking. Finally, through internet magic we compiled a list of home to look at. I drove up and Toni and I had planned to hit them all up which we did. The place we are in now was the first one we looked at and, while I liked the house (Keria Trail) and 2 large garages, the extremely steep hills and some bypass noise caused me to say no. Later we looked at a place on Jackson Road, liked it and submitted it. It was accepted and we thought we had just bought a house. As our Florida home wasn't listed yet I drove back down and immediately did so. We had pre-planned this so all the preliminary work was done so it was on the market fast. 4 days later with multiple offers on the table we accepted the offer we liked best. The very next day we were told that we couldn't buy the Jackson house as it already was under contract with first right of refusal and the other buyer decided to go for it. We were never told, Toni was never told, the seller didn't realize what had happened...…..only the selling realtor knew. Legal proceedings were screaming at us but we were in a bind. Now our Florida house was sold and we had no place to go. I told Toni that we'd go for the Keria home and the rest is history. Yea, she wanted me to go after the selling realtor but we had more urgent issues to take care of. Now we would have a house to move our things. Fast forward, After 2+ years of intensive remodeling/rebuilding we were getting tired of the hills. The layout was such we had to keep a lot of areas mowed with a push mower. I can't do it because of spinal and shoulder issues so my wife does that. On almost a whim we decided to see what the market value was. Toni is in California now but she referred us to Trudy and she had been wonderful. She said this house couldn't be comped so she paid for an appraisal. We about filled our pants when we saw what it was worth now. As in Florida we did the prelim. work but didn't list it until if and when we found something. Just before taking it off the market for the winter we found a great place. Move in ready and 10 beautiful FLAT acres. We listed our house and again, it sold in 4 days with multiple offers over the listing price. We accepted an offer and the usual red tape began. About a month later everything was done and we were ready to close. I was actually sitting in the car waiting on my wife when Trudy called. The buyers just had called and and the deal was off. They won't be at the closing. In spite of the legal ramifications they could be looking at they simply said they don't care. All they would say as far as the reason is that it was personal. What the hell is wrong with people!!?? All does end well.....we hope. We had a backup offer that we accepted from buyers that had even sent us a 'tug at your heart' letter. Better yet, we decided to keep our schedule for moving into our new place. One truckload went last evening and a couple truck and trailer loads today. We have movers coming Wednesday for the big stuff. We hope to be 100% by next weekend Now we just have to pray the second buyers have some integrity that the first buyers don't. We'll worry about dealing with them this coming week. I haven't decided what to do yet.

Looking for feedback on this to decide if this is a feasible undertaking : since dad closed the doors this spring he's been toying around with bringing some needed parts to market for our Wheel Horses and this is one of the items he came up with. We all know how expensive these are from Toro, and some of us are handy enough to come up with some do-it-yourself solutions but we'd like constructive feedback before we proceed. These are a direct replacement but are 1/16" thicker so it should offer a 50% longer lifespan than a stock replacement. The backer plate is brand new also. We'd be looking at a price of around $55 - $60 shipped. They have been tested and work great. Let me know your thoughts, Thanks.

You going to back up a hotel or half your neighborhood hi hi?

Gave 2 of my future projects a good bath before winter:

Youre wise to do some 'preventive' maintenance -- especially if you have never went into your deck. If the bearing fails and is not caught quickly it can mangle the shaft and/or the housing. I would think that is the bearing you would use, they arent really all that expensive. Prowling the bay I found 10 of them for less than buying them one at a time -- 2-3$ apiece IIRC.... I get a ziploc bag and a paint paddle and start scooping that old grease out of the cavity - its usually a HUGE mass of it, and then with a roll of paper towels finish the clean-up ---- Ahhhh! Sooo much better!!

There was a recent post addressing the spindle housings lubrication and replacing the bearings with sealed ones. Thus eliminating the need to stuff gobs & gobs of grease into the spindle cavity just to get a thimble full of grease into the bearing - and even then cant be really sure you did get that little bit of grease there! Any how, I was relating how I have started using sealed bearing and am having good luck with them (FWIW I'm also using sealed bearings on the front wheel spindles for the same reason)

So I did a little bartering this week. I believe I made out pretty good, Sorry, not a Wheel Horse but still in my mirror. Very different tractor. Anyone know what it is?

Remember pumps push better then suck! So mount it as low and close to the tank As possible. I ran a new wire directly from the pump to the + battery post with an inline 3 amp fuse. .

hey - I recognize the gray tractor in the first pic

If you want to test that thing out you go ahead and bring it right up here to Maine. If you get a few seconds I'd love to see the steering mechanism and how it is attached from front to rear. What a beautiful piece of machinery.

Using the pipe as a solid spacer would keep most of the dirt out of the area between the wheels

I just can encourage youself, to continoue your Way, it sounds correct to me. your plan to build things unique, sounds maybe amitionated, but that all is a learning curve that never ends. I don‘t care how old a person is, it depends on what he has solved allready. Even with over 50 i am still able to learn things, they can be made simpler or easier or even better. learning is a process, that never stops, if you do, your‘e fail. Somethings will be a success, with some things you‘re fail, also that is a normal thing. But however it goes, you can allway’s take a lot of knowledge out of both. Knowledge can‘t be purchased or found, and nobody is fallen as professional out of heaven, it has to be learned from success or fail or from experienced. Somethings can be calculated or compared with existing things, but as Material improves and also your skills improved, you be a most wanted Guy to several Companies. Continue you're Way as you did 👍 Aaaah forgotten: you know, nothing was happen here without Picts.. 😂

You tore that engine down just in time! That gear was about ready to ruin your engine block. Toss out the entire balance gear assembly.

Personally, I’d remove the gears altogether. Looks like you caught it in time. You’re lucky they didn’t decide to exit the block. They don’t help vibration hardly at all, and by removing them you’d be removing the weakest link inside the engine.

Finally got around to reworking the wiring harness on my dads C141.. This is something that's been long overdue. As long as I can remember, it's had a jumper from the battery to the coil, and he just jumped across the starter to crank it. Much of the insulation that was exposed was cracking and falling off, and the safety switches were in bad shape from battery acid. Some of it was even melted.. likely due to the fact that the ignition switch had an M on it! Probably a contribution from yours truly when I was around 10 y/o. Starts with the key now, but it doesn't charge. I'll have to see if the stator is putting out voltage. No picture of my wiring handiwork for now, but here's one we found recently of me on it, circa roughly 2004. I would've been around 7 at the time.

Two things: 1. I want a set of those mugs @pullstart!!! Source? Cost? Inquiring minds want to know! 2. First batch of Terry’s masterpiece banners arrived!!! Thank you @Vinylguy??? Can’t wait for the remaining decals!!! You May note that the SL & WHW has been renamed to the SL & WHN...No, there was no corporate takeovers or bankruptcy proceedings...just got to thinking that the Great State of Michigan is more North than West and so I made the unilateral decision to change the RR’s name...As the only shareholder I am comfortable with the decision... First run tomorrow afternoon with the little guys...will advise on their QA / QC feedback...

OK so I did it again Price was right $200.00 I just couldn't help myself $120.00 in gas so for $320.00 I got myself a decent running D200 with 3 point and rear pto All though it is missing all of the pto engaging hardware. Gas tank need to be replaced or coated also Told mom I was going to be in her area, so she made a chowda for me. Moms are the best

My front wheels. https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/topic/78086-c-125-rejuvenation/?page=2 How I modified the axles to take Indespension trailer hubs and wheels. https://myoldmachine.com/topic/936-c-120-refurb/page/15/

Yes I do! Gruesome wallflower, goes by the name @wallfish....its a pity date of course

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My 1982 C-105 getting ready for last mow of the year.