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Zachman has decided after riding Skittles that he wants to paint his wheels on Blackbeard the same color…😎

Thanks! So far it seems that my tastebuds have only been mildly affected. I was disappointed at how my coffee tasted yesterday so I'm sticking with tea for now. The soup tasted great, especially since my wife likes to put lots of garlic in it. When I woke up in the middle of the night with a really bad sore throat, I sipped some bourbon and it tasted wonderful, although it did burn as expected. If I lose my ability to taste coffee, chocolate, or bourbon, I will be most unhappy...

Painted a set of wheels I had and started tearing into the D200. Hopefully what I have planned works. 🤞

That is too cool @Pullstart!!! Gotta love those classic hot rods!!! I still need @Coulter Caleb to sign in and do a write up on his new Hot Rod…however, he had his senior pics done a few weeks ago and these are a couple of my favorites…

Polished the headlights of my GF's car today. Car has to go for yearly inspection/MOT and the headlights were going to be a problem since they were discolored and dull. Tried a diy polishing kit and I'm pretty pleased with the result. Before; yellow and dull After; nice and clean again

That's a stunningly beautiful H, Zeek. It puts mine to shame. I've loved tractors since I was a little kid - a very little kid. I decided I wanted to be a farmer. In high school, I took the vo-tech school's three year agriculture program, and got a part-time job on a dairy farm. While I loved working on the farm, I quickly came to the realization that I made a career-choice blunder. So I moved on and the years went by. A few months before I turned 60, I decided that life was too short and I was going to live my dream - so I bought a 1942 Farmall H.

Good things come to those who wait..... I'm in NO hurry. 🐻

May you have many more. Thought you were a ole goat , now I see that I have shoes and boots that are twice your age.

@WHX?? It is inside and the engine is off, but has been sitting that way for years. I'd like to find someone to weld tabs on new rims in the original fashion so I can move it around. I have new rims and tires for it. Truly restoring it may be beyond my skill set or interest, but we will see. I read that some early models did not have hoods. Unsure if this one ever did. I first drove it in about 1980 as a kid. Has not run in at least 20 years.

Just thought I'd share some pics of my what I assume to be a Senior. I do not believe it is the original engine and as it is stuck, I have bought an AENL for it. Tore it apart 5 years ago but have not touched it since. I ought to get back to it!

It is charcoal metallic Rustoleum. Almost the same as my gt14 wheels. These are painted with PPG Umbra grey metallic (Ford mustang color)

Give it a rest guys....

That seat looks nicer than my recliner

As long as the elastic is 1/4 around, they are still too good to toss.

Usual Thursday run over to my mates in Scotland. First job was to get my Santa Fe into his workshop and rear end up on car ramps. That was so we could change the rear propshaft doughnut. It was getting past it's sell by date and a bit stale. Rather like Squonks doughnuts he leaves in the Basement. Took us a couple of hours. Pig of a job and not one I could have done on my own. After lunch we refitted the back body onto his ex-military 101. Followed that with the tilt frame and the new canvas tilt. Everything needs finally fastening down yet but it's starting to look something like it should. Finally loaded the Santa Fe with some bags of logs.

Today is the break between “firearm” and “muzzleloader” which allows any zone-legal firearm anyway. Muzzleloader goes until the 11th, then the 12th through Jan. 1 is late antlerless. I spent a minute and sat on the rock pile where I aspire to build a new hunting blind. There’s a 3’ diameter log on the top of the pile, old enough that I can manipulate the structure with my heel and a stomp. I set myself a little pocket to sit in if I choose to do some ground hunting before the end of season. I can’t see as well over my grass, but it gets me closer to where most action is, and the wind is generally right in my face. Possibly, I can have a kiddo or two come sit with me for a couple mornings or evenings… The rock pile tree is just to the right of this picture. There is a little scrub brush tree on the grass edge, about 60 yards from the rock pile.

Thanks Richie—I think a Christmas present for me for the shed, will be that picture in an 11x14 or so on canvas to hang on the wall. Hoping that we can get a three generation picture with Dad/Grandpa and his 1967 Goat in the background with ours sometime next summer…

Agree - But he might keep the Senior at his place to keep his others company and, you know, just to keep an eye on it...

@Pullstart live in MI and if he's not to far from you he's a great fabricator and could weld those tabs on the rims for you.

I crossed the line today. I have always told Beverly that 9 of anything is an assortment but 10 would be a collection. Meet number 10.

The guy who pinstriped “Poppy” for me is working on one of his hot rods. He’s got a cool little shop and turns out a lot of good work! A couple years ago he bought a plasma table and got to work selling decoration stuff and small brackets and tabs until it was paid for. Now, he’s got a free toy to build cool stuff with!

And paint it yellow…

@Snoopy11 I think something like @Evguy posted would be my choice too. @Jeff-C175 's point of advice is solid so you can reach stuff that needs service. I want to add that it might be smart to make the bumper hug the rear of the frame and the back tires so that the risk of snagging something while turning is kept to a minimum. Something like this..

My son bought this C-160 8 speed this summer and never got around to putting pics up. It seems pretty non-molested and has a nice patina, hope I can convince him to keep it original! It can't come in the shop till he gets his CC 784 project off my workbench!! I think he thinks I am gonna do it all for him!! I also needed to put these pics here to prove @ebinmaine hasn't got ALL the C160's out there!!!! Randy

My new to me P220 i found for a different tractor came to me with an undisclosed cracked starter mount under the cylinder. There are options, i could put on a sump from a B48 onan and use the starter for it, but..good sumps are a bit spendy and a good starter is more money. I opted to at least try to get the block fixed, my neighbor has an aluminum spool gun mig setup and said he'd take a crack at it...i told him, if it fails i still have a way out. The crack was 2 obvious and one hidden roughly 1" long cracks along the inner mount, this allowed the starter to deflect downward away from the ring gear and this had ruined the ring gear. I put on a spare flywheel and noted..about 5% mesh, just the tips of the teeth touched. My neighbor cleaned the Block well, i modified a vice clamp to hold the cracks shut and he tacked them in.after about 1 second of welding he would clean the surface again. The process took about 20 minutes, he ground it down and i finished it off..the gear mesh is much improved now and it cranks as smoothly as any onan I've had. It can be done, and with a wire gun no less https://youtube.com/shorts/2rtQHEBygfY?feature=share

Hi all, the engine that is on my Senior is an AENL and according to my Dad is not original. I bought a AEN #2132509. Do you think that will work and is roughly age appropriate? Thanks, Tony

Hey guys! So, I had to take Gracie to the vet today (she hurt her front left foot, so she had to get checked out... she sprained her foot and needs 3 weeks rest with anti-inflammatory medication)... Anyway, at the vet's office, they were doing some minor construction. We parked next to the maintenance truck, and when I was walking in the office, I noticed that there was a good bit of scrap metal in the back of the maintenance truck... When I came out of the office, the guy who was doing the construction was out by his truck. I asked him what he was going to do with the metal... and he said that it was going to be scrapped. Being the bold... nut that I am... I asked him if I could have some... He looked at me strangely... and asked, "what for" I told him that I was in the process of making a bumper for my Wheel Horse tractor. He said that he didn't have a clue what a Wheel Horse Tractor was... but said that I could take as much as I wanted. SO... I quickly grabbed these pieces : MOOOOHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Don

Well yes and no.. the main focus is safety, and rightfully so because some people simply lack the skill to even change out a flat tire. Yes it costs money but it's not too bad, somewhere between $25 to about $65 for a complete check up, excluding eventual repairs.

If I keep breathing... I will be an old goat soon enough. Depending on who you ask... I have been called worse though!!! Don

Hey check out wal... com photography department. BBT used that a few times. Several different options of things like posters pillows fleece cups blah blah blah blah blah blah

Made some more progress tonight. Assembled the rest of the frame, lined up the doors & mounted the front outside frame posts to the foot rests. Now I can take the doors back off & clean them & the rest of the vinyl. While the vinyl is off it's time for wiring, fabricating a control panel for the electric chute control, caution strobe, led's & rock lights.

I meet Jay in June at the 2022 Big Show. He just walked up, introduced himself and his wife, and sat down and talked with Libby and me like he had known us for years/ thank you Redsquare… We had supper with him and his wife at the fairgrounds that afternoon. Till we meet again, Horse Newbie/ Tim

Get 2 rolls of Gorilla tape and wind it around the handle. Instant bigger handle.

Okay I had to do it! Here’s mine, signed by Cecil Pond and currently has 19 original hours on it.

Guy dropped it off for repair last week, said it was parked in 2020 because the pto stopped working. He sold his house and was going to move it...it started but died and lost power. He replaced the printed circuit board/ignition module and it would crank but no spark. I got it here and plugged in the old board, the LEDS show it all should work. It cranks over but no power to the fuel pump in the tank and no power to the fuel solenoid. I told him, possibly a cut or burnt wire, but I needed to pull it apart and look for chewed wires..he said he was hoping it was a fuse or something simple, really didn't want to put anything into it. Id already cleaned the carb on his push mower...he offered to trade the 425 for that..so, yeah. Its an all wheel steer model...pretty rough, missing the tail lights, both side panels, grille. 54" deck though is nice. Itll be a project...im figuring 8 hours to fix it, i feel like maybe the fuel pump shorted and cooked a wire, but doesnt explain the lack of juice to the fuel solenoid If it runs im estimating about 1200 in parts to get it right. I had one new in 2001...loved it. Ill get pictures tomorrow

Yyyeeeaaahhh. Only 3. But it's ok though because I have 3 C160 Kohler engine tractors to balance that out.

I got the seat separated from the fender pan. Rear light off that too. Motion control lever plastic handle is off. Removed a few more stickers/decals. I did more scraping and cleaning on the frame. Trina started sanding some of it. On past restorations we've known we wouldn't be using a lot of the small parts so we just put a pile set aside. I've been trying to be a little better organized with disassembly on this one. I've already done a few mechanical repairs and I'm keeping those parts in separate boxes and bags. Influence/blame/teachings of @JCM Jim and others...

Currently on year maybe 6 or 5 of dreaming . I asked for it for Christmas so hopefully I get it

Ive put about 8hrs on her now, mowed with it quite a bit, im impressed, highly impressed with the tractor. My only gripe is with Simplicity...they offer absolutely nothing for it, no implements, no 3pt, no loader...nothing

This is what I did to mine.Added a bigger knob to it.I drilled a hole down through the plastic and screwed a brass coupler fitting in and attached the knob to that. I would still like it a couple inches longer though.

Good thing you are sleeping in the guest room... Don

So i had a friend diagose a bad transistor circled here. He replaced it, and the bulb works as it should. so I'll leave it a day and see if there's any parasitic drain on the battery after a day or so.

I would close the ends in a loop for that reason:

He built this frame a few years back, or at least cut up a stocker and made it his own. It was destined for the delivery wagon in the background, then he bought a full custom frame for it instead. He recently found this shell in the foreground and decided he already had a frame, a second power glide, a second 283, might as well build a second rod!

Just to add my 2 cents. I have a 875 with a plow set up. In certain positions the plow left to right lever is really close , almost touches the automatic forward/reverse lever. A thicker handle on either lever would create a problem.

Indeed Tony... looks like you have a piece of history there... Treat it with care please.

Leave it on and just tape it. It's all I've ever done. Why make more work for yourself? Colossus would have been done 2 years ago!

Here are a few progress pix of “The Low Rider” that Nathan Amyx built for me. It’s ALMOST done. Nathan is an incredible fabricator. tell him how you want it, and he pulls it out of your head and makes it a reality. Pinstripe guy came today. A True “Old School” artist! Still have to get the seat replaced and tires white lettered. Hope to have that finished in the next week or two.