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Here is a picture that my wife took this last weekend at the tractor show.

Finished re-assembly of the deck for the B80, then decided to build a prototype deck stand. Still need to figure a strap of sorts, and may add some wheels to make it like a dolly. The lumber is all scraps from around garage I needed to whittle down anyways.

Added the old worn deck wheels to the deck stand, so now its a deck stand/cart. Works as desired. Also added a safety pin (bolt) to the keeper. If you do make a copy, its hard to see in the pictures, but the bottom support feet are rounded like 3/4” 1/4 round on both ends to smooth the tilting. The plan is to take the stand back apart, and 1/2 lap / let in all the overlapping parts, glue, and screw back together, and knock down/round out the corners of the handles. But for now, its good enough - winter project.

Saved another wheelhorse saturday from sitting in a field This time I picked up a nice B100- 8. Guy just had it sitting out in the weather. I got there and he threw a brand new battery in it, cranked it over a few times and it fired right up. Steering is tight, runs great, and the lights even work paint is faded but there is hardly any dents in the tins. Some small rust on the back fender, but im going to leave it. I like that patina look Best part...... It came with a bunch of attachments (which are now listed for sale on the forum here as i have most of them already) came with snowblower (old style) 48 side discharge mower deck 2 plows and a original wheel horse wagon!!! This now sits in the barn next to my c-141 8 speed another one saved and off to find another!! pics to come here shortly

No what is awesome EB is what is in that garage.

Thanks everyone for you ideas. My interest is in pampering the engines and getting ahead of any future problems. On the other hand, I am reluctant to pull the engines if the value is questionable because I’m not a highly skilled mechanic. Three years ago I pulled the heads, de-carb them, and replaced the head gaskets. So, based on my skill level and questionable value of a compression test, I’m going to leave well enough alone. I change the oil and air filters once a year (less than 20 hours). I’ve removed the tins and cleaned the blocks of dust and debris, so the engines run as cool as possible. It sounds like this is about the best I can do.

Thanks @8ntruck It levers it up aswell, and I just added a restraint device to keep the deck on the stand during the lever up and while standing. little C swivel is the keeper mechanism. Grabs onto the upper stationary bar of the of the lift carriage.

The local female BBT person spent some time repositioning the ramp from the left rear of our new building site area down towards the forest. It was tilted a fair amount and too steep. You can see in the pics just how much she cut off the right side. Using my 18" front tire as a size reference she certainly sliced off at least that 18". Maybe 20. She moved that material slowly and gradually off towards the other side which also took the tilt out of the ramp. And also spread the scraped material downward adding to the bottom area thereby leveling out the grade. The end was at the big boulder on the right. Here you can see it's a good strong 18 to 22 feet past the boulder now.

2nd year only but a healthy increase from the first. I didn't get many pics as usual but Dan @Achto playing on a gravel pile. Our line ups first.... BTW JD was supposed to be featured but we had them way out numbered with just twix Dan and I. Next year rumor has it WH feature.? We may have to spread the word on that. Dan just playing... mid mount d I d it's job... little help with a D ...

Used Chloe the 953 to help unload a delivery from my uncle today. We’ll be putting these Q200 Buck Huts up soon. The tires were kind of flat in the bottom with close to 1,000 lbs on the trailer, so I aired them up from 4 psi to 45 psi.

i took the first pic of them together

Some of my pictures of the show snowmobiles was the feature

@Pullstart's E-Tank videos inspired me to build one of my own this weekend. Used the front brake discs that I replaced on my truck last week as and anodes. I think it worked pretty good. I was able to get wet sanding and a few coats of primer in today before the rain.

This thread might help… but WASHING Soda is my go-to with water. @Andy N., Never add vinegar to the washing soda in the E Tank. Vinegar is an ACID, low PH and washing soda is a base, high PH and the two will neutralize each other forming a salt which is worthless for removing rust or paint.

I’m not seeing that one on my bolt chart…

Brought this home yesterday. Engine was thought to be stuck from sitting. Sprayed WD40 in the cylinder last night. Tried turning it with a wrench this morning. It's now free. I think there actually was an acorn wedged in the fan shroud jamming it up.

That's not a Ford. It's a Massey Fergusson. Never seen a Ford 9-N. But the little Fergies are quite prolific. Look nearly identical. All those three plus Start, (split) width, no stubble or grass showing. Also the finish where the furrows meet in the middle. They plough in both directions from either side of the plot. FYI. The plots are set out very accurately. We use a wheel with counter for length and two pointed spade handles, joined by a rope for width. So all plots are the same dimensions. Each plot has a numbered peg and the ploughmen draw a number from a box/bag, so it's pot luck which plot you get. Keeps things fair. There are different classes. Vintage Hydraulic, Drag ploughs, Novice and a couple I just can't think of for now.

Well I hooked up a 753 to a small tub too Kev... Just for the halibut and to make sure the new to me spare cover matched. Didn't figure the tongue jack would go that low but it did. Just used it to move to mow underneath.

Some day light pics…

I suppose when/if man actually gets to settle on the moon, he'll make a pigs ear of it like here on earth.

Briggs & Stratton 221995 is a direct replacement

I have some rental properties myself, but decided to help out a new investor. The house is solidly constructed and is easy to work on. Basements are much preferred as the core utilities are accessible and the foundation is nice and solid. The new investor relied on a Realtor to manage the property plus charge for repairs. That has never worked for me as Realtors tend to compete against you by saving the best clients for themselves and just putting the first guy with a deposit in your property for a quick income base of 12% of the rent. true to form, he moved out owing a water bill,electric bill, cable bill, and a Rent to Own is out a $400 play station. I went in to check the conditions and thankfully there were few things left behind. The so called maintenance guys painted all the trim with ceiling white which after a year's lease were filthy. the oven was a disaster and took an entire can of cleaner and four hours of soaking. Refrig had old food and dirty and the floors all needed paint. they never should have been painted in the first place, but were not prepped properly before painting.Most of the walls responded to cleaning and we sprayed solution on them with a garden sprayer and washed them down. Then comes the opportunities to save money. The owner had a ceiling coming down 4'x4' in one bedroom that had a leak soften up the rock lath commonly used for thick plaster in the fifties and sixties. Roofers reported that thy could not patch the leak because the roof was too old. The particular section of roof was a few years old, but the roof vent had nails too close to the flashing and probably leaked from day one. Instead of spending 14K for an entire roof, i fixed it by heating the roof tar strips apart and repaired it with ice and water shield used as double counter flashing. Maybe $20 in material and a half day of labor. He will still need a new roof in maybe three to five years, but the mature trees in the neighborhood send the strong winds above the houses Patching the ceiling was no picnic. I could not find rock lath, even though i have worked with it in the past. instead of a brown coat of perlite gypsum plaster and finish coat, i was forced to use 5/8 fire code drywall and shims to level the ceilings together. even with some of the old work delaminating from the brown coat, i was able to use bonding agent to good effect and used non shrink Dura Bond 90 to good effect getting on two coats the first day with a final finish the second day. It will need no sanding at all before painting. The main problem is that the old plaster is so hard that it eats the teeth off a bi-metal sawzall blade in short order. Just a nasty mix of dirt, fiberglass insulation ,and holding my old man arms over my head. There is no reason that my buddy Jay could not do stuff like this on his own for the most part with me in an advisory position and maybe as a plaster/drywal finisher on occasion. One of the garage doors was a solid rigid unit that runs in a track and tilts in. of course the experts said it could not be fixed. We are fixing it by adding width to the spring balances with welded on metal tabs and drilling new holes in them to hit solid wood, Also on the garage, someone repaired the bottom plate and some wall studs with treated wood and then slobbered some paint over OSB panels that have green moss growing on them. Hopefully we can get full length steel roofing panels custom cut at a commercial siding supplier right down the street. If not, i can get my lumber yard from god's country to take care of things. This garage will not have beautiful repairs, but hardly any tenant has a garage available at this price point and a washer/dryer hookup in their own private basement. The owner is a pleasure to work with and he is very grateful that i can advise him of best bang for the buck repairs.The worst of it is over, and we will be able to send pictures of the place to the owner to post online.

@Pullstart thats easy , my wife tells me if I don't straighten out , she will be sending me to the moon ! don,t know what she meant . greasy pete

Still cleans up nice even though it does have wear from being a worker it's whole life.

I'm right here big guy. Still roughly 5 years old!!!

OK I just caught this thread ... yah yer an idiot like the rest of us Dave but where is the master of acting like a kid @ebinmaine ?

Treat yourself to a new cooler!

Age is relative. My brain still thinks I'm 19. The rest of me disagrees. A while ago my eldest grandson and I were talking when he said, "Your quite fit for your age." 74 at last count. "But I can't run anymore," I replied. "What do you want to run for", he said. "I don't." I answered. "But I like to be able to." Arthur Rightous starting to make himself known in my ankles. Back ache from an injury in my 30's. Vertigo if I get up to fast when lying down. Eyesight it not as good as it was. Hearing deafinately not. (Pardon the pun.) Tinnitus as well. But Hey! I'm still breathing and not in bad shape for the shape I'm in. Rock on Tommy.

Depending on the bearing condition, you should be able to pull the axle seals externally with a screw or punch, then replace them over the axle. Tape off your axle keyway slot with electric tape and use some grease too!

Yet another difference in the two blocks: The EP engine has the dipstick on the cam gear cover on the front of the engine which would be inaccessible when the muffler is mounted. I had planned to use the cover from the AS engine... I suppose I could figure out a way to do something different with the exhaust. Since the shaker plate will be gone, there's no place to bolt the bracket on the muffler anyway. I'd have to fabricate a bracket for that. And on the front of the block there is no provision for mounting the dipstick in the location on the front where the AS engine is. I had hoped to find a blank plate there after I removed the starter... but noooooo... Also, there's a plug in a tapped hole where the AS engine has none. I could use that location for the dipstick and try to find the correct length (or modify the existing) dipstick. I would need to find the correct tube (if one exists) (or make one) for that location. I suppose I could also machine the block to accept the dip tube and stick from the old engine... sounds tedious to me. Was it @Achto who suggested just rebuilding the old engine? Looking more and more like a good idea at this point. I still have the option of putting the generator back together ... didn't break anything ... yet!

Its not great, but ive seen worse. I plan on doing a drain, flush and refill. Maybe next weekend if i have time. Engine oil was not pretty. Really black and clearly was ignored. I already put on a new fuel filter and changed the oil with some 30w. Ill run this 30w for a few weeks and then change it again.

I got tried of dealing with the ozone checked, leaky front tires on Clyde, the C-195 last week, so I ordered up a pair of V61's from Miller tire. They ought to get here Monday or Tuesday. Still can't bring myself to mount them on the crusty rims. I'll have to refinish them before mounting the new tires. What do y'all think - antique white or Navajo white?

I was thinking you're in clover that she still thinks you're worth the trouble!

I have almost everything for my garden except a disc hiller. I plan on fabbing one up this winter. Thanks for posting pictures of yours. It’ll help with the design

I bought these 2 attachments at the Will County Threshermen's show last month. Today I turned them into a potato digger/hiller. I will be using this very soon. May need some tweeking after it gets in the dirt, but I think it's a good start.

@Oldskool Mike has used a 4" angle grinder to hand cut a new groove. Another option would be to contact Lincoln at A to Z Tractor. He sells hubs that don't need a groove.

Before and afters of the 500 Special and the 856. Bought them from a gentleman who left them in the woods for decades. After I completed the 500 Special I texted him to show him how I kept my word that I would get them running and looking good again. He then asked if he could borrow it because he had some dirt he needed pushing......ummmm no. Was maybe a year later I texted the photo of the 856 / Forsaken finished. He was pleased that they were given a second chance in life. I have since sold the 500 Special and the 856 proudly sits in my garage. I remember when he walked me out to see them. Weeds / trees growing through them. Even growing out of the seats. My first thoughts were what have I got myself into. We had to drag them out of the weeds with his truck. The 856's rims fell apart from being buried in the dirt. Ughhh. What have I done. Well onto the trailer they went and I brought them home. The 856 sat in my yard for a year as yard art. The 500 I got to work on pretty quick. Came out nice. A guy came around to buy a Lawn Ranger I had for sale and made me an offer I couldn't refuse for the Ranger and the 500. Off they went. Since I now had room in the gargage.... in from being outside for the last 20 plus years came the 856. Few months later it was running and driving again. Rolled in as a crusty, rusted, needing a lot of love 856. Rolled out as "Forsaken". As long as I own it it will get all the love it deserves. Runs perfect. Shifts and steers perfect. It's looks arnt for everyone but it's story you have to admire.

Here is my B-80 that me and @TonyToro mostly finished building today for the pull tomorrow it’s a kohler CH20 that’s got some work done. We’re guessing it has about 60hp?? (And if you hear a weird noise like something rubbing or something it is a head gasket leak.) IMG_0606.MOV

Happy Birthday @Herder! Hopefully you get some seat time today!

Bearing condition - If the bearing is shot, the seal becomes the victim, not the problem. Up and down, or front to back noticable play in the axle to bearing is indicative it's time to yank the Unidrive, open it up and access the extent of the complete project requirements. (and damage to the wallet....)

If someone dropped a dime on Ralph Kramden today, he would be looking at a domestic violence charge.... Funny in the 50's, a different world now ....

That looks like a V-twin Kohler. If it is, you might want to check your valve clearances. You should be able to do it without removing anything more than those "OHV" covers. Most V-twins with overhead valves require checking and adjusting valve clearance every 100 hours or so.

Since the scrapyard was a bust for now I got my son to help me patch the deck. We were trying to fab a piece to fill in when my son pointed at the trashed sd deck next to my garage and said why not cut it outta that? I had given up on the deck because of the butcher welds and rotten pulleys. The spot we needed was actually the only real good part. Oh! I painted the patch with Rustoleum sunrise red. I’ve found it fades to match the factory paint on most of my tractors.

Happy Birthday