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Well. First things first I want to offer up a hearty thank you to our own @Handy Don. Yesterday he shared a post of this tractor and two little words. "Of interest?". My reply was a somewhat excited. "I'D BUY THAT IN A HEARTBEAT !!!" And today, Don made it happen. It'll be a bit before we get it here to Maine just due to scheduling. @Herder Adam and I have a meeting to attend to as well... It's possible Trina and I will zoom down to NY and plop some stuff on the trailer. One question right off. How can we get this paint off the serial number tag without ruining the tag?? Here's some more pics.

The toilet cistern mechanism decided to not function properly. A plastic washer type thingy that secured the flush push button in place, decided to break up. So yesterday morning off to Carlisle to see if I could get a replacement. No luck of course so bought a complete new mechanism. Back home and I had to remove the cistern to fit the replacement. FYI the cistern is one of those fitted to the toilet bowl. So I got everything back together and turned the water back on. OOPS! ONE. Forgot to connect the water pipe to the cistern. and lets try again. Filled the cistern and OOPS! Two. Forgot to fit the seal between cistern and bowl. A gallon or so of water gushed out. More Off with the cistern, fitted the seal, cistern back in place, test and all was well. Tidied up and informed SWMBO, who was in her studio and unaware of my tribulations, all was done. " About time", she said and disappeared to use the facilities. She did comment that the floor was a bit damp. I didn't enlighten her to much. Just to say I had a little leak.

So a couple of weeks ago I was driving along in my truck and there was a house in my neighborhood that had about 25 shopping carts in its front lawn. There was a dumpster in the driveway and about 3 or 4 work vans in the lawn and driveway as well. Being that I live in the city and anything metal gets scooped up by scrappers real quick I figured they would be gone in no time. Few days go by... maybe 15 carts left. Few more days down to 3. So I stopped. Tossed them into the back of the truck and took them home. Now what the heck am I going to do with them? Why did I pick these up ? Ughhhhh. So I started looking on line for repurposed shopping carts. Now I'm pissed I didnt take all of them ! Pretty easy to make and you would be surprised as to how comfortable they are. Just have to put a drink holder on them somewhere. I also am debating as to if I should take the wheels off. Anyways... what do you think ?

Guess I'll add this one to my dumb engineering list. 1. rubber mounted tractor engines 2. fuel tanks located below the fuel pump 3. engine kill switch that may kill the operator

I got this tractor free. It obviously needs a lot of work. I cannot find a tag or stamp in frame to identify model to start restoration. Any help would be appreciated.

Some of our family's collection at a show in Winchendon Mass .

My BIL had a herd of around 20 goats for a couple years. He lost them all to the scarpi disease. I only had one Goat.

Few month's ago I did the exact same job. For some reason the flapper would not seal off the water. Went to Lowes bought a brandy new flapper made by the "leading manufacturer of flapper s" 5 minute job. New one sealed worse than the old one. Inspected the seat it's "supposed" to seal on. Could find nothing wrong with it. So I decide I'm putting in a new seat . Back to Lowes. They don't sell the seat 's separate. You have to buy a complete set of Toilet guts. And this isn't your std. Fluidmaster flusher, These are the prototypes for the commode used on Artemis 1. Big instruction sheet and all these settings. But actually pretty cool once you figure out what the instructions are trying to tell you. and because of the 2 hours kneeling I could not walk the next day. Also I turned the water on with out connecting the hose!

I've given this a bit more thought & came to the conclusion that if you want to get some goats, you should get some pigmy fainting goats. If nothing else they will be a great stress reliever. When your having a bad day, you can go out, scare your goats, & watch them tip over. Should be a good way to get a laugh to cheer you up. Please note that this fainting (defense reaction?) does not hurt the goats. Plus - This reaction makes them easy to catch.

One question right off. How can we get this paint off the serial number tag without ruining the tag?? Try a bit of brake fluid on a rag - it will usually soften the paint so you can carefully rub it off.

I could so see hooking that to a fast with a 75ft rope & dragging @Pullstart around at full speed. I'm sure that Jim would be happy to hold Kevin's drink for him.

Gt1800 workhorse to Electric power No horses were harmed in this conversation, original mounting holes were used, no cutting. While not for everyone, this is a conversion to battery electric power, using recycled batteries and electric parts. I used a permanent magnet motor sourced online, 11.5 continuous 14 peak. 3900rpm I took measurements and positioned the motor to match the broken engine I removed. I found a thrust bearing for PTO for using the original PTO. Control of motor is a contactor that provides power with no speed control.

AFTER you install the engine!

Wheelhorse 314-8 with Onan Elite 140 First item was engine plate that was drilled for frame holes and raised with spacers for approximately 1 inch off frame. I needed to add a sleeve to go from 1 inch to 1 1/8 shaft size. I made a bushing to install a thrust bearing between pulley and engine. Engine face plate was made to support thrust bearing and mount PTO bracket. Engine holes tapped for engine face plate. Engine was aligned and bolted to new mounting plate. A relay was added to allow oil light to work, disabled low oil starter relay ( remove negative from relay plug) Wiring changes as needed. Cut exhaust pipe from cub cadet and installed 8N muffler. Shorter choke cable needed, used a old gt1800 cable. Still waiting on regulator and muffler clamp, but mowed a bit today and it works well.

Has a Eee-nuke exhaust. Reminds me of somethin @Pullstart would have patented in his "childhood!"

It's a common theme that these hubs a real bugger to remove. It's VERY important to use a different style puller next time you're "graced" with a removal. Set up a puller that puts the pressure preferably at the back of the hub... Or at minimum, through the 5 stud holes. There are threads showing how. @953 nut has a good pic somewhere. Excellent job welding that by the way! This is a syndrome I understand all too well. I'll just fix this. It's attached to that. I'll just fix that. It's attached to those. I'll just fix those. It's attached to them. I'll just fix them. Ehhhhhh. Nope. But seriously. It's all good. I've learned over the years that nothing takes the "few minutes" it should and that's genuinely OK. You're FAR better off to do it right. Once.

With @WHX??and @Achtoit might come back running and driving. With @Pullstartit would surely come back with a few more bends in it !!

I always enjoyed terrifying the neighbors in the middle of the night when they least expected................

It's all about the comparisons of size. So you dump a couple gallons on your bathroom floor. You wipe it up with a towel or six and presto! No problem... Even if your gallons are a little bit different size than our gallons over here I don't think it really makes that much difference.

Yep, not to mention running along side it

@ebinmaine The fellow in the video drills in the center of the welch plug. I drill a bit off-center but not too close to the side to avoid hitting a centered part behind the plug! I also use a very sharp drill bit and drill horizontally so I can press lightly and not overshoot if I can help it plus the shavings fall away from the drill site.

If you apply maximum pressure first and then use a needle gun to vibrate the hub under pressure and then add pressure again and repeat the process it seems to work very well.

By the time you "got to it" The Artemis Project will be over and they would have developed a "space age" steel you can use. The "Boys at NASA" have a chart on the wall at Mission Control. " Colossus or Bust!"

I took awhile to find the right doctor and get an appointment but we finally got a definitive diagnosis on my Dad. The disease is called Lewy Body Dementia. It's the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer's. It was a difficult day. Please keep us in your prayers. Bill

You can try using “Goop Off” but I find it works better on newer paint mistakes than aged ones. I have also carefully used lacquer thinner on a cloth. These hood decals were completely painted over long ago and I cleaned them with lacquer thinner. I lightly moisten a cloth (not wet) and wipe in strokes, not scrub.

Old Harry next door had all sorts of animals. RIP Harry! His goats were great fun. Most were extremely friendly, like dogs almost. One was ornery though... His pickup truck had nearly no paint left on the top of it after decades of goat hooves. I miss Old Harry and his critters.

Had a minor setback removing the rear hubs on the B80. Lesson learned - go for the torch straight away. First hub I snapped a section of the hub between the lug screws. Probably would have been functionally fine, I was not too pleased about it and I still needed to remove it. So I got the torch out, heated the hub, reset the puller, and now it came off. The other came off smooth - went straight to the torch right away on that one. After a cursing session, and a quick looksie on the web for a replacement hub, I realized Id better just fix it. So, I grabbed some 7018, cleaned pieces, and welded the parts back together. Definitely not a perfect weld job, but its serviceable. Cast iron is just a dirty metal filled with imperfections, so porosity is par for the course. And plently strong for the application. In all reality the hub probably would have worked fine even without re-attaching the missing section. So long story short, just grab the torch first thing.

I have some more pics of my 855 restoration

At this years Big Wheel Horse Show in Pennsylvania I had two tractors my B-80 and my 854. The 854 had not been used for three months and when I went to start no juice from battery. It would not turn over but I had lights. So I asked my friend Jerry Karp if he had a jump box . He said yes I could borrow his. Interestingly. Jerry had a lithium ion battery device I had not seen before. A GB-70 2000 amp battery charger/jump starter. So I hooked it up and boom right away the 854 started. I liked that it was compact about a third the size or less of most jump boxes I had in the past. I still have one from Harbor Freight but did not that to Gettysburg this year. So I checked it out and liked it. It has a light. , ports for other devices like IPad, laptop or I phone. Made in Malaysia and comes with four or five electric plug connectors as it is sold world wide. It costs between $175 and $225 depending on seller but it fits easily under a seat. A perfect thing to take to tractor shows.

This is what's its all about fellas... a 857 hauling wood to cook some brats... not sorry just another Kodak moment around here!

Needs a seat and the seat pan was painted with a rattle can and the deck has a hole but I did not buy it for the deck

Agreed. Excellent work. Just excellent.

"Keep Manhattan just gimme that countryside!"

There is no way you could take that to a WH show and just sit in it especially if @WHX??, @Achto, or @Pullstart is around!

3 lugs were on my 64 604 and 704. My 65 1075 had 5 lug. 1045's were made with some spare leftover 64 parts so it stands to reason it could have 64 hubs or a 64 transmission.

I’ll credit @The Freightliner Guy for this… he asked if I can @Pullstart tractors yet…. we can rename me “Start” for a while!

ABSOLUTELY! Please do post it here! Don

Wouldn’t my electric gt1800 be a repower? 😁

Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noise Playing in the street, gonna be a big man someday You got mud on your face, you big disgrace Kicking your can all over the place, singin' We will, we will rock you We will, we will rock you Buddy, you're a young man, hard man Shouting in the street, gonna take on the world someday You got blood on your face, you big disgrace Waving your banner all over the place We will, we will rock you We will, we will rock you 100_2092.MOV Don

I found out the hard way that if you blow the carb out with compressed air you might accidentally blow the welch plug out. I did not know I had blown it out and proceeded to reassemble everything then start the engine. Wow, if you think a dirty carb makes these onans surge you should try running one with the welch plug out. Replaced the plug and all was well again.

When I was about seven or eight my dad had about ten milk goats, all nannies. We would barrow a billy when the girls stopped producing milk and needed to be freshened. My recollection through a young boys eyes is that they were a PITA! The kids were cute and friendly but the adults didn't see to like little humans. They had about a half acre fenced in area and a three sided pen for summer shade and winter warmth. Once they had eaten everything that grew (roots and all) the whole area was a muddy mess and we had to feed then hay every day. Once the Health Crazies got into the act and required pasteurization and the milk couldn't be sold directly to the stores it, had to be bottled by a state licensed dairy. That made the whole operation unprofitable and the goats had to be sold. On the bright side, that half acre of goat poop made the most productive garden spot we ever had.

I think that 1968 was the last year for stirrup-style foot rests. It's a 4 speed. Shifter is straight up. Tunnel has an angled cover. Rear fender is hinged at the back with a slide lock on the left side. Engine/gas tank is obviously a replacement. My guess (without further evidence) is maybe an 856, 857, Commando 8 or something in that date range.

they will also eat everything they can get a hold of ! They will eat any part of a Wheel Horse tractor Kevin! My guess is the goat herd would end soon after! Pete and George were two brothers from Slovakia that lived behind out home. As kids we saw them weekly take there twenty to twenty five goats out of the fenced in pens to run along the railroad right away and eat grass. They had a couple good dogs that would corral them like sheep. That 1/2 mile section of railroad righ a way was always clean and no real weeds. They grew peppers and tomatoes on about three acres that they sold to markets in Chicago . They also made goat sausage. They milked goats too and I recall that lactose intolerances cussed mothers to buy goat milk for their children!

Given the current and past pace of production on this project it's legitimately possible we'll be into the second generation on another planet before I'm done.

4H experience with the “kids” (mine and goats)… some observations: they are slightly smarter than sheep, which is a very low bar… they eat everything they have no respect for boundaries, personal space or rules they crap everywhere they stink BTW.., (While I’m referring to the goats above, it’s no accident that we refer to little humans as kids)… But more importantly Kevin - Why do you want to reduce seat time?!?

that might help (ctrlV)

And you might be able to just cut one in half to get 2 channel pcs outta one cut piece. Or even a 1" x 2" rectangle tube. Probably have to order that rectangle stuff as they don't typically carry that at every hardware store like the square stuff. Or, You could get artistic and cut a section off steel pipe too. Like 1/4 to 1/3 of the diameter cut lengthwise so the belt fits inside the pipe. like a C

Your pic inspired me to get off my butt & get 2 of my favorite girls out, C's of course, C-81 & CJ7. ( they are always game for a good photo opp ) The C-81 is going to help me pick up sticks & branches from that "Pure Michigan" thunderstorm that rolled through here Monday. The CJ7 well.... She just likes to run over them!