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Yeah I slapped one together too this is the best I could do

Quickly brought up the C-145 when I got home from school to change the tires, chains, and wheel weights. Fueled it up, greased and lubes everything. And now it’s ready for tomorrows storm! And gave it a new spot in the barn and put my 310-8 that was there in the back. No school yay!!

No I didn't, but for $75 could I really pass it up? I'm not sure what my plans are for it, but It needs a good fuel oil soaking in the transmission and a new fuel valve in the tank. If I can get it running it may just be something I flip. Either way it'll be fun!

Finished up the rear hitch I'm building for a friend. Looking back, it would have been faster to just buy the thing, but I decided to just build it. Best I could do from memory. It'll be good enough.

Converted front end to 5 lug hubs. Added a 7/8” wide piece of 1” id tubing to the spindles for the seal to ride on. Also reinstalled the transmission so I could install the pilot bushing to the plate. Used a gt14 rockshaft pivot collar to hold the bushing with two small set screws threaded into the collar. Cut my output shaft coupler to length and fitted a solid keyed shaft. This rides in a bearing mouted to a plate that will get welded to the subframe. The original 48 tooth panzer sprocket will get cut down to about 6” diameter as it has a stub shaft welded to the center of it. It will have a sprocket that lines up with the transmission output sprocket. Chugging along…..

I need to work faster to try and keep this post at the top of the list. LOL.

I’ve been holding sockets on my Mac Tools 1/2” impact for about 22 years. I bought it from a drunk kid in my high school class for $20. I imagine his dad whooped him silly when he found out what happened to it. It’s never had a retainer clip.

Trout stocking time. We stocked Wed and Fri last week and this morning.

Ahh no. Last time they quit laying eggs, I threatened to hang a hatchet in the coop and they started back up again!

Here are some photos of my C121 setup, straight bolt on job. 12v winch operated, under seat fuel tank still in place. Tiller weighs some 250 lb’s?

As already mentioned, it's quite a bit more work with the fuel tank under the seat. My Bronco was easier because the fuel tank is where the battery is on your Work Horse. That's the first pic. @stevebo built one for a 520-H, and it looked pretty sharp. Pic below of the 520-H is his.

I've been given/collecting/acquired a fair assortment of electrical supplies and terminals over the years. Looking at the wiring on this Automatic Restoration and the several other projects we have coming up I decided this morning I'd take a few hours and reorganize the storage. In between doing that I gave Trina a hand on occasion with the things she worked on. The headlamp lense is a later type replacement that's cracked already so I didn't feel to bad about experimenting with an idea for bulbs I tripped over here on Redsquare... Modified a little... We found a food storage container lid around that had flat plastic spaces. Cut that to a size a tad bigger than the frame of 3D printed material we used for the holder. Glued and riveted them together and stuck the LED "sheet lights" to the flat plastic. We then riveted those two pieces and the Wheelhorse headlamp lense to the hood. After that Trina put another coat of Red on the hood ornament made special for me by @Wheel Horse 3D. We talked over position and she drilled the holes for it. That hood ornament is 1.35 times the standard size. Fits the theme of the build perfectly. The hydro lift valve lever was VERY loose and sloppy. It had also been bent inward at some point over the years. I put the lever in the big bench vise and used a large open end wrench to bend it out to a more 🐻 usable position. I drilled the handle to 5/16" and used a Dremel to expand the piston hole to the same. A 5/16" clevis pin replaces the 1/4" push-in pin. Now that's in place Trina finished up HAND carving the notch in the handle she made me. She started the longer groove with a chainsaw. The larger hole that holds the lever head was done with a drill. She widened the long groove with a drill and finished up the whole /hole thing with a survival knife. Ran a machine screw through the lever and handle and tightened them up. Positioning is perfect! My knee sets just to the outsides of where the motion control lever and hydro lift lever are. The other day I had started a battle with the hairpin that held the plow sector and rod together. Didn't have time to finish up so Trina attacked that today. Improper installation by a PO along with time and rust had proven that pin to be a worthy adversary. After much thought, lots of colorful sentence enhancement verbiage, and some shear muscle.. she won. The rod will be replaced by a unit I've been working on using heim joints and solidly bolting it in place.

This is awesome!

That's exactly how I looked at it. If the engine runs, that's just a bonus.

I made a weight box out of a repurposed file box from a between the seats cabinet on a service van. Intention was to fill it with concrete leaving room for chains tow straps and other possibles... tools, BFH etc... but for now just threw some suitcases in and some heavy chunks of scrap iron. Mounted it to the suitcase bar and it had receiver type hitch I extended to still be able to run a draw bar or ball.

It’s probably bigger than I should’ve taken on but it all just kinda fell together. Hope to fire it up soon and see if everything meshes correctly. Thanks for hanging out

Not if you disconnect the cable and make it a fixed hitch by connecting by a chain to a fixed point. This is what I did on my 520 to support the rear weights.

Peektures of the plow and hitch area would be helpful. Best to keep the weight in / on the rear wheels instead of the frame... Unidrive bearings and seal issues.....

More like fabrication inspiration!

First check I would do is to see if you are getting power to the "S" terminal on the switch with it in the start position. Check with a multi meter or test light. If you are getting power at that term, then follow the blue (start) wire through all the safety switches to see if it is getting power to the small terminal on starter solenoid. If you are getting power all the way to the small term on the starter solenoid, then you may have a bad solenoid, bad ground, a bad connection on the battery or battery to solenoid.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKEY, ENJOY THOSE RACKS OF BBQ RIBS.

I had no luck with FDL auto machine. Took a Clinton block there for work once. They had it for 6 months and never got at it. Finally had to get it back and go elsewhere. Thing that ticked me off is if they couldn't get at just tell me. I would stick with your guys Dan or my guy in Columbus. My guy ground crank & 10 over bore for a buck quarter in that motor that Ryan toasted. He does race motors but appreciates us guys doing vintage motors.

Hhhmmm... I'm thinking perhaps the ladies are looking for a bit more attention from you gentlemen... "All they do is fawn over them Wheel Horses. ..!!! Wheel Horse this and Wheel Horse that... Hhhmmmppphh... We'll show them who's boss..." Perhaps some quiet time with the ladies, candles, mood music...

There’s a funk in the air today and the winds are east to west. Mincemeat pie for your birthday dinner last night?

Got a couple out today. Even the 1054 with its old batteries fired up in the cold!

The HF Earthquake impact is a bad a$$ tool, in both strength and durability.

You catch on quick young'n.

Yes, I will get as many as possible!

@TonyToro Jr. You do know we’re going to need some pictures of you and your tractor in action tomorrow!

More like you bought an original Nelson muffler & got a free tractor, they're usually rotten or been replaced with a shower head. I love my C-81's, nice score !!!

I made up a simple box from old bed frames and a piece of 2"" square that goes into a 2" receiver. It is sized for four 8 X 16 concrete blocks for weight or as a summer carryall.

You could also hook up 3,4,5,6,7, trailers or whatever and look like @SylvanLakeWH running around your neighborhood

You got a discounted transmission along with a free tractor. 👍 Like those headlights.

Eric, I have a spare Kwik-Way weight box with 2 brackets I could bring up to you if you wanted all dimensions and fab one up. You probably don't need another project but putting the offer out should you decide brother. I use this for the occasional Winter trail ride with no chains. Does well.

Happy Birthday Mike. Enjoy your day!!

I drug this thread out from the dead and have been working on my shop. I didn't need to start another project, but sometimes you just need to change things up!! I have moved everything around but reused all the counters tops and benches, just cut them down and moved them. Picked up some free cabinets so now I have a desk area. Hope to have everything on the outer edges to make more room to work on Horses and my Bronco I bought. Plus hope to get the VAC Case in the shop and get it on the road. You may need to look at a few pics from the top to figure out what all I did, but I am pretty happy with how its turning out. I am far from done, but it's a great start!

I didn't think there was a camera in the hotel room! Waldo must have snuck it in there!

How many years before you and I are the same age?

You may try to double nut the threaded end of the rod. Then work the trunnion both directions as you hold the double nut.

Hey' Hey.... shoot, I got a HF one with the same prob so I'll give this a try. Thing may be a HF tool but I've had and used it quite a bit for 10-12 yrs and it still goes.

I think I'll pay @lynnmor a visit when I need one.

Have a Great Day Mike

Can you tell that I spent much of my career working with the connector industry? Here is part of my collection:

Could not have said it better myself. Worse, yes, Better, no.

Hahahahahaha.... @OldWorkHorse made an interesting comment on the lights yesterday as well. So here's my actual logic on the front set-up. The hood side lights are the ones I'll be using pretty much all the time. They'll angle outward and a little down to catch a glow at the far corners of the Big 60" plow. The middle lights in the hood will certainly help shine the center of my driving direction but I really only wanted them so I could fill the hole in the hood. And.... They're lights. 😄 BTW I'm not done with lights yet....

A lot of sand blasting and a little bit of painting today. Painted some of the small pieces that wouldn't pay to hang up for spraying with the gun. Parts are in so I have the crank shaft cleaned up & ready to go to my machinist to get turned down to .010 under. Unfortunately I have to use different machinists for the crank & block. Block is also ready to head off to get bored out to .020 over.

1054 side shot video

I agree with the above comments, but I have been known to pull the air cleaner off the carb, and cover it with my palm while cranking over. The vacuum from the piston will super suck the fuel through the system, if it is at all possible.