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I finally got this 312 ready for Winter. (Decals by Terry) Paints (Valspar IH Red, Rustoleom Sunrise Red and Krylon Satan Black, Banner Red) Replaced hood stand and deck lift. (Hood stand & deck lift by Lincoln) Upgraded the front wheels & spindles to 8” (Special thanks to Eric) Refurbished a Wheel Horse 312-8 Hood (Wheel Horse Show 2019) Added second set of seat springs and a friction pad. She drives nice & tight!

A couple of weeks ago a local "Pickers" company started a fire sale on their entire inventory, the building they are in sold and the new landlord is raising their rent so they need to dump their stock to make it easier when it comes time to move. So I went down to look around and see if I could find any good Christmas presents for anyone, as it ended up I only left with a bunch of stuff for myself, but at the prices they offered I couldn't resist. Got plenty of basic fun things, like a Brinley plow, a dethatcher, and a walk behind snowblower, but there were some really fun and amazing big items. I am extremely excited about everything I was able to snag, but finding a Pennsylvania Panzer T75, in decent condition, despite being apart, for what I can only describe as a jaw dropping price is the crown jewel of the collection. Should have everything in the tub to put it all together. It's in a good enough shape I will probably just get it up and running and mechanically sound for now, and then in the future if I am feeling it (and have finished a long list of other restorations in waiting) I may do a restoration, but for now I'll keep it original. My wife and I have been watching a lot of videos on YouTube lately about wood turning. It's something I have always wanted to try, and after watching some she is excited to learn more about it as well, so when I found a lathe buried under a rack of other stuff I pulled that out, and found a standalone buffing/polishing station complete with an undercabinet vacuum assembly as well. If anyone has any experience with wood turning, and knows of any good resources on how to get started, please share them! I'm slowly working on building a little wood shop in my basement and hope to have it operational in a few months.

Found some old pics today and thought I would share. This is me, my Dad and Son pulling in June of 07. Dad got cancer in Oct and passed in Feb of 09. I still have the tractor Dad and my son pulled and it will see a track again someday!

I'm hunting for WH and Bolens stuff and I keep finding what I think are pretty neat pics.

Worked on gutting a Onan for refresh possibilities and got a package from the big brown truck driver today. Now I hate to call @Greentored a stooge for trading me this nice square pan for a round one. He might not know it but square pans are hens teeth, around here anyway. My 701 thanks you Green! Got a little clean up action started on Pullstart's K161 for the same 701 too.

Hey guys, Every time I thought about updating this story, and expressing thanks, I was in the middle of another task. So now, I'm taking the time. I've mowed and pushed snow with my 520 with it's new motor. This Preditor is a true powerhouse. As recommended I bought 2 used electric clutches with both being dead when I received them. I decided to work at using my manual clutch and figured it out. All's good.. Again, thanks to all that helped.

SO glad a ride in the bucket wasn't on her mind!

Kirbet, does your linkage look like Dans picture or did you take the lever off and assemble it incorrectly on the bottom. Please show us a picture of your assembly on this side. I still have to believe the pin must be sheared off. Look at the two reference punch marks on Dans picture. Mark your lever and shaft, then depress the clutch pedal and see if the lever changes position on the shaft. If it does, the pin is sheared off.

Rylee took Leighty Bug for a stroll on the “tractor ride” today...

I’ve said this before Uncle Jim... what’s the use of life if you ain’t livin? I won’t bucket my kids, I promise.

BE CAREFUL... don't let fun get in the way of safety... you somtimes make me more nervous than Cindy's shopping habits!

That year, we paid our entry fees for the first pull and made enough money all year to pay for all the entry fees that year. We won over $200 one pull! Randy

One week into it Open source Haiku for all Seems to be catching

Good job Grasshopper Pebble snatched from Master’s hand Carry on Haiku

friend's F250 back in late 70's he got this truck from New Mexico ... was really clean - original body panels and paint

That’s far enough tonight! Gotta work in the morning!

While I was working on the Charger, Trina was messing with some other stuff including putting up (4) new 4 foot LEDs in the basement workshop. WOWOW @OldWorkHorse Steve these are the ones off the jungle site. Yours will go in the outdoor workshop.

I have a couple Kohler rebuilds to test and I had several used engines to test as well. I wanted to test the used engines without dealing with nasty fuel systems and sketchy wiring. This stand uses mostly all Wheel Horse parts. An overturned 35 gallon plastic trash can protects the fuel tank,battery and control panel if this is left out in the weather.

Heck I leave the keys in my truck so I don't lose them

I too wear eyeglass. That's 3 bad lenses I was looking thru. 🤣🤣🤣

Every week or so I clean my eyeglasses -- same reaction every time!

WOW!!! I can SEE!!!...I'm not sure when I changed the clear lense in my welding helmet last but holy crap. I thought my eyes were getting bad. It's a whole new world

Prolly pretty hard on those axles!

I wish I could remember exactly which bearing I used in my deuce but here's a couple pics, 3 bolt flange greasable and my fabbed up wider skids.

No but minimal grass/soil compaction

Seems I've seen that before. Really could be a couple inches wider.

WAIT!!! I didn't know that was requirement. I'm gonna have to re-read my job description.

Sorry Paul, this 77 year old memory bank is jammed to capacity and some data gets lost. Thanks for posting the video. I thought it might give Jim some ideas.

'Specially one that knows what he's doin!

MVI_0005.AVI

I found this place when I was looking for some Ag tires. Deestone looks pretty inexpensive. Of course these don't have the tubes, and I didn't look on this site. Tubes are about $15 a pair on Amazon. https://www.tires-easy.com/4.00-8/deestone-tires/d401-f-2/tirecode/DS5106

Must be nice to have your very own mechanic on speed dial

Either of the tires listed below will fit the rims on the older tractors. https://www.amazon.com/4-00-8-4-00x8-Deestone-Tires-Tubes/dp/B01BPGCEEM https://www.millertire.com/16x6-50-8-firestone-3-rib-front-tractor-tire-4-ply/

If I remember correctly that's an older Wheel Horse you've got there. Seems like a 4.80 x 8 should work fine. Use tubes and it would be nice and easy to set the bead.

As some of you know I have been looking for some sort of ratcheting attachment for my drill, to spin motors over. I did order a couple of them. Then I discovered I already had one, I simply didn't have it assembled yet. I had a 1/2" dive thumb ratchet, 3/8" to 1/2" adapter. 1/4" X 3/8" driver bit, and a 36 mm 1/2" drive socket. I bought this socket to work on a truck, I no longer have. I haven't used it since selling the truck. The thumb drive has a slightly smaller diameter than it use to, it had to fit in the socket. I guess I could have bought a bigger socket, but there just aren't many places open a 5 AM. I drilled and tapped 3, 6-32 screws, drilling slightly into the thumb ratchet, to hold it in place, although it was a press fit into the socket. Put it all together, and it works pretty good. If your ratchets are like mine, they seem to inexplicably change direction, when your not looking. It's as thought there is a ratchet gremlin, hiding somewhere, ready to change it when you lay it down. I made this from and old 3/8" drive extension that I have been using as a punch for years. I can poke it through the 1/2" drive hole in the socket, to switch the direction on the thumb ratchet. It's crude but effective. By the way, the motor started right up!

That is referred to as a "TILLER" steering rather than a lever steer. It was used on most early automobiles. Push left to go right..

Mornings on a work day are pretty much the same routine for me, it's about 10min from the time I roll out of bed til my foot is on the gas pedal. Not the best practice when you have a cast iron block with aluminum heads. To save myself from myself, I installed a block heater into one of the freeze plug holes when I recently rebuilt the engine in my 05 Dakota. On average a freeze plug heater is the lowest price and best functioning heater for an engine. Probably one of the best up grades that I did to my engine. It's blowing heat before I even get to the end of the block.

when I hear or read levers to steer - almost immediately think of the Allis Chalmers HD5 high lift (front loader) we had ... lever and clutch on the left - and lever and clutch on the right pics below of a similar machine ... our HD5 actually also had a back hoe attachment on the rear ...

We got a heavy fall of snow this morning.

transition from lever to steeringwheel steering

Haikus good for us Helps to keep the mind awake Also entertained

Looking at the panel from the operators station the switch on the right is a 30 amp momentary on switch for the starter solenoid. The switch on the left is an on of switch to turn the engine on or off and is wired depending on the type of ignition, K vs M. The middle switch is for connection to the R and R or charging circuit. You don' need a switch but it was easier to deal with than a terminal strip. There are some that say you shouldn't run the engine with the R and R not connected but I have had no issues long term with the switch on or off. I used these switches because I need to test engines with different ignition systems,points vs modules. Obviously you have a limited ability to test an engine under load with this rig but at least you know it runs and whether it makes any funny noises. If you need any other info about this just ask.

I like that you mounted the filter vertically and close to the engine. Those are the only things I would have changed about the OP's installation. Mounting the filter vertically allows you to prefill it with oil during an oil change instead of having to rely on the pump to do so. That prevents several seconds of the engine running without oil at the first start up after an oil change. Having shorter hoses minimizes how much oil has to be pumped before it gets to the engine.

If the reason for removing the wheel is to replace the bushing, I cut the shafts between the the bushing and the fan gear then reconnect it with a shaft connector sleeve.

Kevin, knowing your history I expect we will see photographic evidence of why you shouldn't do this next time. If there is a next time.

Nice to hear I'm not the only one he makes nervous.....

@The Tuul Crib turns a mean wooden bowl!

I am on the hunt for either a late 70s z28 or a nice clean mid 80s z28. Might even trade a tractor collection for the right car

In the good ole state of WV if you wanted a SWB 3/4 -1ton you simply took a 1/2 ton and swapped the the smaller "10 bolt" axles (lets say squarebody GM here) to a Dana 44 or 60 front and then GM 14 bolt floater in the rear. Then title to 10K GVWR. My FIL has a factory GMC K35 with the Dana 60 front and 14 bolt rear single rear wheel LWB, with 65K original miles on it.

I am unsure where this project will end up long term, but I plan to get the blue truck we dubbed “The Cadillac” going. After winter’s over... or even during, the ideas are endless. I’d love to solid axle swap the red truck frame (currently 2wd) with a Ford style Dana 44 or 60 (it’s been a while) I have or even find a later model Dodge front axle then bring the power train and associated wiring over from the blue one. A 5.3L powered 2500HD sounds silly, but not with an intercooled turbo. This would yield me a clean southern bodied 4wd, heavier capability and a true 4th door. The blue truck being a ‘99 only has one functional back door. Of course, the Texas body is the right color for hauling Horses too!