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Yard work has been keeping me away but this flower bed is almost all blooming.

Weed wacker mod

It was a package deal, tractor, 60” deck and 2 stage blower. Now to decide if I need to keep it around or not.

Got the front set of tires in for my B-80 "FlowahPowah" in today. 1st set of ribbed tires can't wait to try them out.

I'm not sure what all I did to my yesterday, but it must have been a lot. Put 5 band-aids on my hands this morning.

I only spent $87 and got all this @SylvanLakeWH am I a member of the black hood club?

What size pistol were you carrying to get all that for all that. The metal saw will handy for cutting up the scrap you also purchased .

I took a load of metal to the scrap yard this morning and when I was leaving I saw the remains of a very old two wheeled tractor. Come to find out it had been a Dandy Boy model C. Anyway the rear wheels had weights on them and with a little elbow grease I got them off the rims. Everything there is for sale and I got these for 40 bucks. 50lbs combined so not too heavy but cool none the less.

@Gregor are you trying to go for @pullstart 's record

I've been looking for one of these for a while. Saw one at a sale and I got it for $20. Took it home and plugged it in and it actually worked! I'm going to take some old valves I have laying around and practice with it before I try to do anything that I want to actually be nice.

Went to the local spring consignment auction today. Not much small stuff this year. But we did sell an unneeded vehicle, and came home with a Case model 10 sickle mower and I bought a Ford 8N, so now Tasha and I have his and hers N tractors

Had a busy day for a Saturday. Couple of new guests came for a trial visit to see how they take to living with us, and if the owners like what they see. Then I spent a couple of hours building a locking bar for the garage personnel door. I wanted something that looks too intimidating to even try to tackle. Its box section but there is a solid steel bar wedged and welded inside the sliding member to beef it up. The sliding shackle padlock goes right through this bar so its pretty bomb proof. Bolted through the concrete panels there are large fish plates on the inside to spread the load and prevent it being jemmied off.

No problem, I barely took any pic while I was building it but when I get all the wireing up to the seat so I have easy access to controlling it and using power from the tractor insteab of a battery on the attachment Ill be breaking it down for painting, Ill take a crap load of pics explaining what I did and rough measurements. That way if anyone wants to build one they will do it quicker then what it took me to with all the trials and tribulation measuring for it to work right.

I just pulled everything out. The broken tang was stuck to the case in the new gear oil. Before I pulled the guts I turned everthing again and noticed it was shifting into low and gravity was the only thing shifting it into hi. I think I'm all set. It's going back together now.

I decided to use a new 3/4 inch rod for a sickle bar mower frame plate I am rebuilding! The sickle mower I am working on is a pretty rusty one. You can buy a 3/4 12 inch long rod with continuous keyway on eBay . The rod in plate is ten inches. The rod holds the 5 inch drive pulley that connects to your tractor motor and a 2.5 inch pulley in center of frame plate that turns the sickle drive belt 90 degrees. I use new bearings and they have two set screws. Both pulleys use keys. I bought an aluminum 5 inch pulley on eBay also for a replacement of the original. The last pic not mine but shows sickle setup on a tractor.

Hi I have a D-250 that I recently bought. It starts and runs fine the hydraulics work fine as does the tiller but steering is very hard to work. I don't want to wreck it. any ideas on what might be wrong and anything I can do not the most mechanical guy around.

Cleaned turbos tank out yesterday

How big is the ball in this picture? If it is larger then 1/4" dia, it does not go in this transmission. Might go into a musket rifle.

On this type of cylinder the pipe fittings are removed then the end caps can come out

Finally I can say we worked on a tractor. We just stopped for lunch. We are swapping over the tiller to the C-145. I have a bunch of small pieces from the hardware store and then need to get a belt. I think I found it’s a 139” belt but if someone can confirm this for me it would be appreciated.

Most Kohler K-series K241 and Magnum M10 engines came from the factory without balance gears. Only thirteen K241 engines came from Kohler with balance gears installed. These engines have the specification numbers: 46578, 46634; (Allis Chalmers); 46590 (Yazoo); 46593, 46608, 46633 (John Deere); 46664, 46718, 46764, 46803 (Simplicity); 46809, 46810 (Grainger); and 46838 (Ingersoll Rand). And only four M10 engines came from Kohler with balance gears installed. These engines have the specification numbers: 461509 (Ingersoll Equipment); 461513, 461526, 461550, 461551 (Ingersoll Rand); 461534 (Cub Cadet); and 461543 (Compair Kellogg). All other specification numbers for the K241 and M10 engines have no balance gears. However, if your engine vibrates a lot, it should to be precision spin-balanced. But most K241 and M10 engines (without balance gears) run smoothly from the factory without balance gears originally installed. From Brian millers site.

Yes 10-16 Big block

Part #933156 Roll Pin 1/8" x 1"

A little one!

Thanks ebinmaine, I also made it so the trailer jack can be quickly removed and used on any other attachment I may build down the road. I guess Im showing my cheapy side hahahahah. I also built a a trailer that can be switch from a flat bed to a dirt laoding dump box, Im hoping to adapt that trailer jack to lift the dump box when its full.

Those ding dang cursid ball bearings!!!!! Ugh I hate those little ba$@#&ds.

Last weekend we bought the carcass of a Ford 9N for $300 to use as a parts tractor as we fix up Tasha’s little 2N. While I was at work today she pulled all the external pieces off of the engine, then after work I was able to get ahold of our landlord’s little John Deere with loader and we made short work of removing the engine. The little 2N does run, but it’s getting pretty tired and has a very slight lower end knock, my plan is to overhaul this engine, and have it ready to install on the tractor, that way we can still use the tractor throughout the summer to mow with and any other chores we need it for. We also discovered a Sherman Step Up transmission in the parts unit as we were splitting it, that may find its way into her tractor as well

Shipment arrived today: Full metal pans, 7" x 7.5" hard to find Wheel Horse bolt pattern.

Very good advice. Wheel Horse’s never give up, owners do. You got this!

IMHO... Don't pull any parts off anything. Fix 'em both!!!

Didn't have any cake but my wife took me to a local BBQ for some pulled pork followed by a dish of ice cream. Life is good, God has blessed me with good health, and some wonderful friends. Who could ask for more.

Thank you everyone for the kind words. Of everything I have done in woodworking( and it has been substantial) it is building these that I enjoy the most. It is so because they are so very personal and such an important part of my culture and upbringing . Most likely I will be the last one doing so since right now I am the only one doing it. That saddens me. However one never knows. Perhaps one of the grandchildren will take it up. There seems to be some interest.

I took Peter's advice about a month ago and did mine. QUIET AND SMOOTH now! AND I checked with IR thermometer and they run quite a bit cooler too!

Large parts could be a problem, but if there’s any small parts you need let me know. There’s gonna be a lot of it that we don’t use, anything you need that’s small enough to ship I’d be glad to send your way. Main thing we wanted off of it was the engine, air breather, and upper transmission/steering sector housing. And of course the Sherman after we discovered it lol

Commando has a starter generator. There should be a red dash light that should glow if it isn't charging. Most likely the battery is shot if it came with a barn find. The deck blades spinning is probably from the friction of the pto belt dragging on the engine pulley. I've had more than 1 do this.

That's a full days work, proven.

Nice looking 1075.I'd get rid of that metal seat.I have built in padding,but not enough to make THAT seat comfortable.Haha.Have fun with your new toy.

gravely 18543. What I run on a few of mine. Pretty cheap good quality and pretty quiet.

Or we can get REALLY tedious....think im gonna put this on Dug!

Just a few random shots. I still have most of them

Not all of them, but here are a few:

Took a day off work to enjoy a day on the lake! Got a limit of walleye and some kicker fish...the crappie was 1.92lbs! Fish Fry Sunday coming up!

I have an ebay listing with the 1623 pulley. I have TWO of these...$21.95 each + 5 ship. Ebay item : 133412177681

The tractor is awesome and I'm glad you have it but that lovely old Ford in the background.... Well that's just approximately the bee's knees.

I KNOW they wouldn't let me out... I'd be babbling in my sleep about oil clearances, rod lengths... etc. I'd be diagnosed with a variety of... illnesses... Don

OK I finally tested the box scraper, still needs tweeking and havnt finished welding, but I got a quick test run in while the rain was pelting LOL'

Wheel Horse. The Fun-Work Tractor! What classic looks, with brute strength! Putt Putt is 59 years old this year, bustin’ butt whenever he’s called on!