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Went to go buy a panzer and ended up coming home with a Barn find RJ58!

So I am a big fan of Jay Leno and Tim Allen and sorry to hear about Jay's mishap. Let's keep in mind that our hobbies involve the same thing their's do... Gasoline... I myself is often lax when that Techy float decides to pee gas all over the shop floor and how often are we changing fuel lines and filters spilling gas all over? A good wake up call here. We're hearing about this just because he is a noted car collector but this happens way to often we don't hear about. A shop safety thread may be in order here but please no comments about @Pullstart and drill bits.

I added a johnson model 14 loader to my C-195

I painted one side of Alex’s plow today when I was supposed to be doing a project at work. Conveniently both happen to be in the same garage.

@WHX?? Thank you for starting this thread. It's an excellent idea to remind folks. Not just in the shop but I suspect most of us here do much more around the house that play in the shop. It's so easy to get complacent and that's when something happens. Just yesterday I nearly had what could have been serious. I've been going through the electrical on this house, rewiring, checking every device, junction box, etc. I'm wrapping up the last of it and that would be the ceiling fans. Drop the canopy, remove fan from bracket, blah, blah, blah, right? I was standing on a 6' ladder on the.....well let's just say that if the ladder wasn't one that I purchased back in the 80's for my business it would have had a 'NOT A STEP' sticker on it. I removed the first 8-32 x 3/8" and the entire thing suddenly dropped several inches. Fortunately the wires held on enough for me to maintain my balance. For lack of a better way to say it the idiot who originally installed these apparently threw the parts away to make it a safe installation. I had already done three bedrooms and they were correctly hung. Standard ceiling height there. These last two in the family and living rooms have a high ceiling. Apparently he wanted to make it more dramatic for the stupid old retired electrician who should have known better than to assume it was done correctly. The fans are in great shape and I had no intention of replacing them but with parts missing I just said **** it and made the hour trip to get two new ones. After getting back I only got the one fan done and the living room is for today. I'm thinking I'll be more careful on this one. The moral of this is that most any project can have it hazards so think first and don't wait until afterwards.

After seeing some other plow angle control levers, I decided to rework mine for better fitment for my machine. Originally, I added a spacer to get the lever to outside the foot board, it worked well enough, but noticed on a test spin that when angled to the left the linkage from the lever to the quadrant would interfere with steering a bit. So, I took it back off, and bent the lever, and ground it a touch to clear the brake pedal motion. In the first picture, that was the original spacer setting, but I had the cross bar in the wrong slot so the plow was too close to the tractor also - learning as I go.

Just make sure the Flip Flop kid stays away from dangerous items ( too long a list for RS storage capacity)

I can say that I'm pleasantly surprised at how smooth this 60+yr old K91 runs with this device installed... It's nice to not have to fidget with points.

Wow Uncle Jim, I didn’t hear! As you know, I live under a rock and don’t get out much! Jay is a pretty genuine dude. Handing out cookies to the kids in the hospital? Awesome!

The flip flop kid! I love it. I'm renowned in my locality for wearing flip flops well into the colder months when out dog walking. But rarely as workshop attire. I can tell you wearing them for using a chainsaw is a no no. I cut a piece of log to make an award mounting for our community garden and, while there were no injuries, my bare feet were buried in saw dust which was very uncomfortable lol. I've also had a few black toenails due to the wearing of flip flops demonstrating the law of gravity on heavy objects. Not a cool look for the committed sandal wearer. So at the wife's suggestion out came the nail varnish and I often have nails painted in Massey Fergusson red or ferrari blue which look way better lol (im still searching for British racing green nail varnish) . But this thread is serious, we deal with some dangerous materials and liquids and accidents can get serious real quick. Lets all take that bit more care especially with the flammable materials, I don't mind the odd black nail or leak of the red stuff but I don't fancy burning the house down!

Not only gasoline, but carb cleaner, solvents, paints, and oils. Some here use linseed oil as a dressing for paint. Rags soaked in linseed oil can self ignite. They need to be disposed of in an air tight metal can. Wouldn't be a bad idea to dispose of solvent soaked rags the same way. With cold weather already here for some of us, we must also consider what kind of heating is being used in our work areas. If it has an exposed flame, it will be an ignition source for the fumes from the above listed products. Work safe, ya'all. Oh, we need to worry about a wider range of tools than drill bits when speaking about @Pullstart!

More assembly work. It now rolls once again! So I pushed it outside for a few quick pictures before the snow flies...

So. back in June I had an episode of dizziness and confusion. My Dr sent me for a CT scan to look for stroke symptoms and found nothing, so they checked on my heart. Found out I had an Aortic Root Dilation with a valve that was leaking around 40%. Talked to a well renowned surgeon named Dr Joe Flack and he recommended a repair, no big deal, he's done much worse. well, the operation didn't exactly go as planned. they had me on a heart lung machine while they froze my heart to stop it during repair surgery. when they took me off the heart lung machine my Aorta disintegrated! Put me back on the machine and did more repairs. The first surgery lasted over 23 hours straight. they left my chest open for 3 days because they were having trouble getting me to stop bleeding. After the second day of surgery, they told my wife to start planning my funeral, they didn't think I was going to make it. In Critical ICU (at least a month) they were calling me the miracle man, everyone there knew my story. I was in a hospital or rehab from 9/9 to 11/9. I lost a lot of weight, mostly muscle, and have to learn how to walk again, the tubes they had down my throat caused vocal cord paralysis and I can barely speak. But I'm home and extremely thankful for my wife who's a nurse and can decipher their language. Insurance has been a total nightmare and she gets so frustrated with them. Before all this I was feeling fine, but I don't think I would have been around much longer without this accidental finding so I'm grateful for that No tractors for me for a little while, I was really looking forward to trying the tall chute snow blower I got at the end of the season last spring...

NIIIIICE. Your answer to "2" is fairly easy. I'll take the heat. You go right on ahead and tell you're wonderful loving caring patient SO that some crazy Bear 🐻 from the state of Maine in the US decided that you should own that engine. Why, you may ask? Well the fact of the matter is when I first saw the picture I decided that I liked it. Just happens to be that it's a little too far away from me to go grab...

Well, PO did not have seat switch wired up, fixed that and all is good, Thanks guys !!

@c-series don like that lift table , thats a perfect spot to set up plow / attachments for actual function . using a roller stool , you can detail the hell out of your set up . looking at it right at movement point , has led me to washer / firm / lubricate , lever rod functions , eliminate the play / sloppiness of thrust . my plows swing , and engage with out effort . typically done that to all original movement points . the hand squeeze lever rod , can be gently firmed up at end points , making it much better at response. to spring pull / pin at quadrant , red grease. once I started doing that , just did the same basic detailing to all my movement points . enjoy that set up , pete

Got some more pictures from the seller. Seems to be all there. The cart comes with the engine, or vice versa..

I know the old engine was setting in the scrap pile. There was a guy here buying some WH parts and his co pilot seen it and gave me $40 for the carcass. I remember cause I bought a bottle of crown and went to the boat club and drank it with the owner of the skid steer. I can tell from your accent!

@ebinmaine The inexpensive (china made) dc to ac inverter on a demo system installed at work and a friends system have been the weak points. They got 2-3 years life out of them.

Thanks a bunch, I was under the impression that files like this didn't contain any illustrations. I found my part number for my PTO clutch brake and it is different than the 1975 K341 D-160

Those old V4 Wisconsons are interesting engines. Used in a lot of industrial applications. My C-195 is likely to need a new engine someday. One of those V4's would look cool in that application. Should you? Absolutely!

I hobbled out to the garage when I got home from work. I had tasked the boys with taking the mower deck off of Aiden 856 when they both got home from school. Shockingly they did it and didn’t kill each other. When I got home I showed them which plow was the original plow for the 856 and they installed it…together with minimal bickering lol. Just needs the wheel weights I have on my bronco 14, a new wire added to pull the pin for turning (handle wire)and chains. All stuff I have here. we also took the push blade for Alex’s plow restoration project to my work and put it in the heated shop to prime. I will have some free time tomorrow and begin painting it for him.

“In Critical ICU (at least a month) they were calling me the miracle man, everyone there knew my story.” According to the surgeon that replaced my ascending aorta the miracle was that you were in a heart hospital operating room when yours blew out. I remember him saying that positive outcomes from a ruptured aorta was less than 1% even for people in a hospital. Needless to say he convinced me to immediately have the surgery, 5 days after that meeting, and I had a cardiac cath done in the interim. Amazing how fast things can get done when the MDs decide it needs done now! I have had two valves replaced (25 years ago); my aorta replaced (6 years ago), and cardiac ablation done some time in the last 10 years and my cardiologist consistent message is to do more (exercise). There is light at the end of this kind of medical excursion.

Thanks Ed... she was really upset about it but I was just glad she wasn't hurt. After I explained it is just plastic & sheet metal & I didn’t have to train a new missus she calmed down. She was long over due on clobbering one what with the miles she piles on for getting to work in the dark. Down side is now over a hundred to fill up up the big diesel ⛽️ Dodge instead of 60 mpg.

We used to store pictures in big black albums with little stick on corner things to hold the pics in place...The came computers and we stored them on 5" floppies... then they were replaced by 3.5 inch not so floppies then came CDs to be replaced by DVDs. Then thumb drives now SD cards and the cloud. (don't forget online like photo bucket can you see them now???) ... The only pics i can reliably see are the ones in the old black photo album books. i still have a couple 3.5 in things with pics on them but have you got a 3.5" drive anywhere any more.....

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Don't think so. I think they were all belt driven.

I used Graphite wheel paint by Dupli Color on the 312;

Looks silver? We haven't used any silver trying to match. Best bet might be try a couple. Whichever one DOESN'T match use as a base coat or another project.

Now you're just being silly.

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Well folks, looks like I'm going to have to start thinking about two things: 1. What this engine will power 2. How to explain this purchase to my SO

Up side is she'll be much safer in the big oil burner.

Thanks Dan. My Suburban 400 will be the first victim.

I have used them on Briggs & Techy's with very good luck. They are for magneto coils only, timing relies on your fly wheel magnets. On a cast iron Briggs you can move the coil to adjust timing. You short out the coil to kill the engine. I have one on a recently purchased Suburban with a K91. I'll let you know in a few years how it's holding up.

I purchased two of these quite a while ago. I never installed them because I was skeptical and I forgot about them until now. So, this little do-dad totally bypasses the points? What about timing? Apparently shorting the ignition doesn't hurt them? Are they reliable?

Most of the photos I take are downloaded to my laptop from the SD in my camera. I'm not smart enough to use a smart phone and why would I pay to store photos in the cloud that I probably won't ever look at again. Like Paul @pfrederi I had lots of stuff on floppy disks that will never be accessed again. When a SD card is nearly full I put it in an envelope with a bit of information on it so I know what is there. SD cards are only a couple bucks each so even if they aren't full it isn't a big deal. I also have a few flash drives that I've saved specific topical items like old family photos I've had digitized or have scanned. I had them stored on a disk but our newer computers don't have disk drives with any luck the USB ports won't go away any time soon.

Bit of an update. Tested the tractor again now with the modified hitch and wheelweights. First tested it on some compacted soil, no traction issues to speak of, did a good job. Then went on to test on soil that gets ripped up a few times a week (horse arena) which is pretty loose and fluffy. It performed well. Still some wheel slippage but not nearly as much as before. Funny thing is it now understeers in tight corners. Guess I'd better put on my frontweights next time Pictures you say..? Yeah.. that's where I goofed a little. I was too excited and totally forgot to take pictures and/or video. Waiting for the weather to improve to go out testing again. That wet stuff falling from the sky and my bare metal tractor don't like eachother that much

@gloubigoulba Find a manual for that old Briggs engine on the internet and see if it has an internal plunger type oil pump driven off the camshaft. If it does I would pull the oil pan and make sure it’s not stuck. Remove and put the plunger in a pan of oil to make sure it pumps. If it’s stuck that engine will destroy the crankshaft operating just a few minutes.

Serious??? i prefer learn something like " bonjour mademoiselle,que faites-vous ce soir? " ( hello miss what are you doing tonight?)lol . It's nice u had good times in Paris . speaking english is still not something frenchies are the best.

Your PTO switch is a two part switch, half of the switch is tied to the ignition system via the seat switch to prevent the engine from running while the PTO is on if the operator leaves the seat (could save your life so don't remove it). The other half is tied to the start circuit via the neutral/clutch switch to stop you from starting the engine with the additional load of a mower deck, snow blower, tiller or whatever implement you are using. The switch is located near the battery and over the years battery acid fumes from the battery being charged may have caused enough corrosion to cause a bad connection. Remove the battery and clean and tighten the wire connectors.

I am a firm believer that miracles do happen and you have confirmed it. In my opinion God brought you to a good doctor who had your best interest in mind and stayed with you through this incredible ordeal. Thank you lord for being with all of us in good times and bad.

Prayers for correct diagnosis, treatment and recovery...

...but WH Tractors with weights and chains excite me !! The C81 has the 48" plow and the flush fitting cast iron weights from @stevebo. The 854 8 speed has the 32" blower with the side wings added and filled plastic weights. And all the tires have tubes filled with windshield washer juice. Ho-Dee-Do, bring on the snow !!

Glad your ok I hope you get better so you can get back tractors again and be able to continue a good life.

Happy Being Born On Day Bob! I hope it’s your best ever!! Cheers!!! I’m taking excellent care of the C-160. Ready for winter.

Medical day today. Ran my wife to the doctor this morning for labs, had my 6 month check up right after lunch, then lost three cribbage games to my wife as we were watching the snow fall. Lots by skunk on two consecutive games - the chances of that happening are very, very slim. Couldn't believe it happened. Then, I braved the dark and cold horse shed and got the new 5 ribs and freshly painted wheels mounted on Clyde the C-195. They look 'right'. Pictures to follow once the weather gets a little nicer.