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Normally by now we would have good frosts and snow... this year... rain and mud! Even bendy has been stuck!

I made this engine mount to fit an engine stand my neighbor loaned me. I have to pull the balance gears in this M16. It has a rattle that's making me nervous. I am curious how others mount their engines for repair. Thanks. Bill

Got the 857 ready for some snow. I have a set of wheel weights I was going to put on but discovered I will need to take the chains off the tires and then put the weights on then reinstall the chains again. I shorten the chains when I first put them on so they are as tight as banjo stings. Not looking forward to doing it again. Spring I will repaint the wheels. Picked up a cigarette lighter for it too. Going to install it because I have one of those 12v flashing yellow lights with magnetic base for the hood.

I just ordered one of these for the lowest price I've seen so far, $100 off eBay. 5000W 10L Air Diesel Parking Heater 12V 5KW w/LCD Switch For RV Trailers Trucks I've been researching these for over a year and I may add a cab to my NH TC35, may add it to my minivan for camping and I also think it could be added to a garden tractor cab somehow, somewhere, or even cheap heat during a blackout. Around 15,000 BTUs. 12 volts and draws 10 amps at startup but less than an amp running. I don't know how to get that many BTUs to run off 12v for that kind of money.

All sprockets and hubs are welded, and all chained up.

I've heard people like their Alexa and that's fine by me. However, I dont think I will ever own one. Wouldn't go well with my tinfoil hat

How about this EB?

For those that want to learn more about Pearl Harbor from people that were there (and indeed many other Veterans that served the United States) and in their own words check out the Library of Congress Veterans History Project at: https://www.loc.gov/vets/about.html I was fortunate to have interviewed many World War II, Korean and Vietnam Veterans and Veterans of the Middle Eastern Wars and preserve their stories of service in their own voices. Remembering the sacrifices of people who serve is still a very important civic responsibility.

I consider myself fortunate to have as a close friend a WWII vet. He was part of my Dad's generation and has outlived all his friends from his own generation. We speak nearly every day and before the Covid situation, lunched together every week. He was part of the vanguard of US Navy use of radar as a very young technician installing and maintaining systems on US Navy ships from a ship based in the UK. He has shared a lot of thoughtful insights on the war and what it meant to the countries involved. As a Viet Nam generation guy who never served (my draft # was 318 the year I became eligible) it helps me a lot to hear the stories he and other veterans share about the social situations, the sacrifices, as well as having their lives on the line, the forthrightness of the government reporting (where it didn't endanger the war effort), the frustration at the profiteers that flourished, and especially the interrelationships that developed among the sailors that helped them bear up and carry on. Thank you @953 nut for the vignettes

Trina now has the top, front, and left side all polished up.

Any LONG FRAME plow from 67 up will fit a B Series built from '74-'77. Horizontal engines. The rock shaft that's connected to the up/down handle has 2 arms inside the steering wheel tower. One of them points mostly down and is used to create back/forth movement. The one you want is mostly horizontal. It creates up/down motion. The 11" solid link goes in the outermost hole in that arm. No I didn't get a pic but here's a dog under a blanket:

So here it is. Headlight? Probably so. Here's a before and after.

Just a quick thank you for not following your usual practice of including detailed pictures of your progress with each post...

Got a fairly big package from @pullstart today. if i could take a guess id say its a sundstrand rear end!

I have one of these heaters but with an enclosure and integrated fuel canister (5 litres) all is mounted in one Box. Also mine have the other frontend with the 4 outlets in 2“. This heater is Similatr to a Webasto heater but just a fract in price. Works in my Shed actually as Interimsheater until i have a final Solution. Run‘s like a charm . Diesel consumpt at 3/4 speed about an litre/h, on full power about 1,8 litre/h Power consumpt measured on Starting 9,8A on running mode 1,1 - 1,3A depending on Speed. can be set in several steps - mine is with a remote. Needs about 1 minute to start to full power and about 40 sec. to shutdown completely (after cooling phase) i‘m highly satisfied about it. i also thinkering to buy a second one for the Cabin i will built for my Iseki. if it‘s last as long as the Webasto‘s typically did, i have an 10 year troublefree heater. as long as you don‘t pull Power line while running or cooling down, i see no reason for a short last of it. The burning fleece is an essential part of the burner, once powerdown while heating can destroy this fleece. The good news is, the fleece can be exchanged if destroyed, but it‘s fuzzy to do. A Word for Servicing this heatertypes - to prevent the aging damage of the fleece, you just have to start it up all half year and keep it running for few minutes, than shut down until process is finished - that‘s it. It feels to be a good quality compared to the original Webasto and looks very similar in build. Btw. Webasto also will be now assembled in China. Have fun with it. edit - ah, it have the same remote as mine.. - great unit for that price..

Day of Infamy Fear that too few remember Sacrifice matters

I only keep the engines on the stands until the pan is on. I do that because a dressed out k engine is a lot of weight for the two mounting bolts in the cast. I complete the rebuilds on the bench.

How does that look for a stack? Not sure if it needs to be cut down a little or what. Opinions please gents Mick

One of the many things I seem to collect are old newspapers. I have a bunch of local papers going back to the 30's. Here is one I think a lot of you would find interesting. December 8th 1941. We didnt get the news as quickly then as we do now. Facts and figures were a little off here. U.S. Bases is Pearl Harbor.

Thanks for your responses. It is good to get feedback from some experts. I am not crazy about ordering online as i want to keep my little stores around. We had a big little store in Arcanum that kept a decent inventory of things for tradesmen, some garden supplies, and the thing that really stood out was a decent supply of bin inventory by the pound including deck screws. Plumbers could buy Delta Faucets. The amount of tradesmen living in this area made a difference in what the store, started by two brothers would keep in stock what was needed by the trades and also the public. They had a tire guy who put the tire guys in the county seat to shame. They had a Toro dealership who kept me in parts if I really needed something . BTW, many hardware stores in this area sold Wheel Horse tractors, but that is gone as well One example is the inline fuse that takes an ATC unit. Arcanum Hardware bought in bulk and kept them in little plastic bags with a price sticker. The guys who bought out the store have fancy bubble packs that cost three times as much. Sure there is better inventory control, but they sell fewer items. I just bought ten for $11.00 on fleabay for the Horses. i just looked up a blister pack one at oReilles for 3.69 If you can remember the old style hardware store that had everything, you can understand what I mean.

I don’t have an engine stand but did build one for a transmission/frame out of a semi brake adjuster and shaft. Rachet spins it nicely.

Idler pulley transmission belt stop without either, flop

Since I couldn't put the shifter back in and had a fill point open changed the tranny fluid and added a magnetic drain plug. It needed it

I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.[ Appears he never said it but he had been in America on the the 30s and knew the industrial base of the US far exceeded Japan's capabilities' Yamamoto did believe that Japan could not win a protracted war with the United States. Moreover, he seemed later to have believed that the Pearl Harbor attack had been a blunder strategically, morally, and politically, even though he was the person who originated the idea of a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. It is recorded that while all his staff members were celebrating, "Yamamoto alone" spent the day after Pearl Harbor "sunk in apparent depression".[3] Although almost 2,500 Americans lost their lives at Pearl Harbor and surrounding areas in Honolulu, he was only upset by the bungling of the Foreign Ministry which led to the attack happening while the countries were still at peace, thus, along with other factors, making the incident an unprovoked surprise attack that enraged American public opinion.[

Said to he double hockey sticks with the work I was supposed to get done around the ranch so built a nice fire in the shop and played with the new love of my life a 1045. Little backround here Mike @prondzy had this tractor and was not even a bucket list tractor for me and I had saw it many times at shows it just never dawned on me how stupid I was for not making a 1045 a bucket list tractor. We worked out a deal at plow day for a 854 that needs love but ran well and has character that wouldn't quit. Perhaps Mike will give us a update when he works his magic on her. I thought I might have got the short end but not anymore. I mean whats not to like? A crossover in early '65.... it was the last of the roundhoods and round fenders & tool box ..... big block stuffed in a shortframe but yet with the "new" square hood. How can any horseaholic not love that? Its like puppy dogs and kittens and a good stable mate for the 1055. This girl is going to be my ride around at next years shows no doubt. Mike says I resto it I'm out the club! I Don't feel so bad now Mike about saddling you with an old sway back 854 that needs both new axle bearings and lots of other love. This one needs new left side. She ain't a gonna get it right now unless somebody comes up with a way to do it and not have to split. Don't want to disturb all that nice stuff nestled in back ther. Maybe a PO had a deck on it once , lots of left turns, and that would explain why the right side was goodntite? Not real bad slop on the left but doubt just seals would stand up. She did get new keyways & set screws as both keyways were trashed and the woodruffs were trashed. Hubs pretty much slid right off as did the steering wheel and all the other rites of passage 'cept for the hitch pin ... kroiled, freed up and battle left for another day. Lower steering gear was pretty much knackered but repaired well. All up dated wiring & got her running like a swiss watch !

Lincoln sent me an email with pics of the flywheel, fuel tank, and shroud he is sending me. Looks exactly like mine. Sooooo, I decided to do some clean up on the K161, and I ordered some parts. If the parts ever show for my Tecumseh, I might get that back together.

Not gonna fret about where to post this but I will chime in. Spinning copper & steel to make electricity is kinda my thing.

brings back great memories when I was younger rode our 704 in the woods a lot - including light snow conditions used it to keep trails open and open some new trails most times it was me and one friend on a small farm tractor - and sometimes with his two dogs accompanying us one time we spent an afternoon in the woods I had a spray can of ether in my coat pocket that we had used to start an old snowmobile ... apparently the spray button was hit a number of times because part of my coat was soaked with ether ... not good lol

Stop screwing around so you can get screwing around

Try "implements and attachments". Worked for me!

Eric, the support post is pretty beefy and its on a length of flexible steel tube so hopefully not too much vibration. I will be attempting to set up the carb tomorrow. See if it runs better now the throttle shaft is nice and smooth.

Also made the new throttle link today which looks good.

A strong military with a watchful eye is the only thing standing between us and the enemy. We are strong now. I only hope we stay that way.

Seems the consensus at this point anyway is leaning a little towards eBay and that's what I do as well. As mentioned above Bezos kind of irritates me with his money hoarding apparent behavior. Because I try to keep all the most common stuff along with nuts and bolts right in my own stock I buy things in a package quantity anywhere between 10 and 50 or even more so that gives me a decent leverage on the fleabay or amazon for free shipping. I've definitely had better overall experience, better customer service, and faster shipping times on eBay.

There is not much in those to go bad, just o-rings. I guess you could leave it on the machine, but I would take it off and work on the bench cleaning everything up good. Put a little oil on the o-rings when you reassemble.

Remove the carburetor and give it a thorough cleaning, and lose the starting fluid and snake oil.

Idling boost

Thanks Richard, this is so very inspiring to read. I would love to see a piece like this on the major news networks, but I’m sure we won’t. Prayers for all those who lost their lives defending our country.

@D_Mac, thank you for sharing this information. I will be pleasantly surprised if the "News Media" gives this more than a couple of seconds coverage. Here is a piece of history directly related to the Pearl Harbor attack that I think will be interesting to everyone. Excerpts from "Reflections on Pearl Harbor" by Admiral Chester Nimitz. Sunday, December 7th, 1941--Admiral Chester Nimitz was attending a concert in Washington D.C. He was paged and told there was a phone call for him. When he answered the phone, it was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the phone. He told Admiral Nimitz that he (Nimitz) would now be the Commander of the Pacific Fleet. Admiral Nimitz flew to Hawaii to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. He landed at Pearl Harbor on Christmas Eve, 1941. There was such a spirit of despair, dejection and defeat you would have thought the Japanese had already won the war. On Christmas Day, 1941, Adm. Nimitz was given a boat tour of the destruction wrought on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Big sunken battleships and navy vessels cluttered the waters everywhere you looked. As the tour boat returned to dock, the young helmsman of the boat asked, "Well Admiral, what do you think after seeing all this destruction?" Admiral Nimitz's reply shocked everyone within the sound of his voice. Admiral Nimitz said, "The Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could ever make, or God was taking care of America. Which do you think it was?" Shocked and surprised, the young helmsman asked, "What do mean by saying the Japanese made the three biggest mistakes an attack force ever made?" Nimitz explained: Mistake number one: The Japanese attacked on Sunday morning. Nine out of every ten crewmen of those ships were ashore on leave. If those same ships had been lured to sea and been sunk--we would have lost 38,000 men instead of 3,800. Mistake number two: When the Japanese saw all those battleships lined in a row, they got so carried away sinking those battleships, they never once bombed our dry docks opposite those ships. If they had destroyed our dry docks, we would have had to tow every one of those ships to America to be repaired. As it is now, the ships are in shallow water and can be raised. One tug can pull them over to the dry docks, and we can have them repaired and at sea by the time we could have towed them to America. And I already have crews ashore anxious to man those ships. Mistake number three; Every drop of fuel in the Pacific theater of war is in top of the ground storage tanks five miles away over that hill. One attack plane could have strafed those tanks and destroyed our fuel supply. That's why I say the Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could make, God was taking care of America. Any way you look at it--Admiral Nimitz was able to see a silver lining in a situation and circumstance where everyone else saw only despair and defeatism. President Roosevelt had chosen the right man for the right job. We desperately needed a leader that could see silver linings in the midst of the clouds of dejection, despair and defeat. Our national motto is, IN GOD WE TRUST, he watched over us in 1941 and continues to do so today. CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY!

Jim, I do not have the electric lift, but of the ones I know of everyone says they are "painfully" slow vs hydraulics but if the idea of burning out your left arm scares you put it on. Unfortunately I'm so spoiled by hydraulics now its almost impossible to return to the one arm bandits for me.

Got a team of horses ready for snow duty. C160 with the plow 16 Auto with the snow thrower I pretty sure I'm ready if and when we get some snow.

I've got a 1981 Toyota Hi-Lux 4 x 4 that I plan on restoring as soon as I get my 520H done.

Looks great just as it sits! Maybe paint the rims, but that’s it. I too love that square hood round fender stuff, couldn’t find one near me so I cobbled up a 657 and made my own. Someday I’ll come across the real deal for sale.

Another ebay user here - for most things. Sometimes I'll just google an item and find a better deal that way. And, yeah Amazon sometimes is the better choice. I probably buy some 80-90% of my 'stuff' off the web, with maybe 70% of that ebay. Another thing I'm not real pleased with in purchasing household items is ---- wally world, but to shop otherwise I have to add some 15mi thru traffic to shop different, where wally is right off I-20 9miles from me. One thing that I seem to be finding more and more is complaints of ebays increasing sellers cost ... are you finding that to be?

My personal experiences are that I "usually" get the items in ordered on time if not before from eBay and with Amazon I'm lucky to get them 2-6 weeks after the said delivery date with the same excuses from different sellers there this spring "covid" so now I will do my damnedest not to help Bizos earn another nickel as he pays his own employees barely above minimum wage, like @953 nut says most of the sellers on eBay are just like us again my opinions and experiences, sometimes you may have to play with the Devil if its the "only" place that has what you are looking for.

That list is for my eyes only. It goes under lock and key every night and I only have access to it. We're sort of old fashioned up here, I have the only computer and that is to only check weather and to jump on various sites, Red Square, etc., to get a feel for what older people are wanting. The kids tell me each year, in malls, through letters, etc. Adults are a bit more skeptical so therefore, for some reason, don't think I exist and won't contact me like kids to.

How long have you owned the tractor? How many hours on the engine? Do you have the right oil in it for winter use? Does it burn oil? Have you done a compression check on both cylinders? I have a KT 17 with over 1300 hours on it. It has 100+ psi on each cylinder. It doesn't use any oil. I would recommend new plugs, plug wires, new points and condenser first before tearing into a rebuild. Set the timing with a timing light. Rebuild the carb and replace the fuel lines, tank valve (possible clogged fuel strainer) and pump if needed. Also, run a ground wire from the battery directly to the engine block. Weak spark can cause all kinds of problems. Bill

Just use the manual lever. Set up properly it's not a difficult task and you can always add a helper spring. I still use a manual lift on my little 654 tractor and there's added weight to blade frame plus a huge 1/4" thick scraper bar and no helper spring. Lots of back and forth and up and down so it needs to be quick for me.