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Well I'm befuzzled as to what's going on. Let's add more confusion. We had a different flavor in the cabinet with the same bottle. Maybe a regional thing? Dang! You guys were getting me excited thinking I might have an oil producing tractor. I was already throwing stuff in the back of my Ranger getting set to move to Beverly Hills.

Today’s letter is “R” realizing rapid revisions result in rewards Rock Island responded Rock Island Tractor During the final quarter of the eighteenth-century millions of acres of land was put into production so demand for plows was tremendous. Plow companies by the dozens popped up looking for a piece of the action. For quality manufacturers like Rock Island plow prosperity was assured. Rock Island saw a need to diversify and broaden its product lines due to market saturation in plow manufacturing. The 1900-1912 period saw a wide expansion of the Rock Island product lines. In addition to the usual tillage implements, they added such diverse items as manure spreaders, litter carriers, and other machines. Existing lines were broadly expanded; the 1912 implement repair catalog was a big book of over 400 pages. Rock Island began looking for a tractor to add to the line in 1913 and began selling a few Heider tractors that year. The following year Rock Island entered a contract with Heider to sell their Model B tractor. In January 1916 Rock Island bought out the tractor department of Heider Manufacturing Company and moved production to Rock Island, and retained Henry Heider as a consultant to their tractor division. Earlier models had friction drives allowing seven different speeds. Moving the engine drum forward and the tractor went forward – the further ahead, the faster it went. Slide the drum backward, and the tractor moved backward. Neutral was in the middle. It could pull a 3-bottom plow and 10-foot tandem disk and has a 4-cylinder Waukesha 323 CID engine. Henry Heider resigned his position with Rock Island in 1922, but the tractor line carried the Heider name until 1927 when Rock Island introduced its 18-35 gear-drive tractor. Rock Island’s 18-35 appeared in 1927. Its robust unit-frame design carried a Buda four-cylinder engine. Two years later the G-2 tractor was introduced. In this series the 15-25 was a kerosene-powered model, and the 18-30 used gasoline fuel. Except for this difference, the two G-2 models were the same. In 1937 J.I. Case Company purchased Rock Island Plow Company. This gave Case additional manufacturing capacity and additional implement lines.

Bob's got a oil mine! Almost as good as a philosopher's stone!

The only person who has gone to Hawaii to "work" more than you is Steve Douglas in the old "My Three Sons " TV show!

For you Ed, you drink the oil. It'll keep you regular...no, that's Castor oil, not Castrol oil.

I didn't read the entire thread, but should I be using the sugar free or the regular Juicy Juice in my Onans? I guess the sugar free is best for the Eatons, right?

Was able to mow for the first time with our 314H. Still need to get a new belt for the pto to deck, but it mowed great and after adjusting the carb again, it ran pretty good 👍.

Copper is the active ingredient in products that are sold to clear tree roots from drain pipes.

Seeing that bottle of used oil reminded me of a customer we had at Napa. We had to accept used oil for recycling because we sold oil. We had a 55 gal drum out back. when full or DC would pick it up and drop off an empty. One Saturday this guy who was a HS teacher comes in and buys a couple of quarts of oil for his mower, boat and tiller. He says, where can I get rid of the old oil? I tell him we can take it. Few hours pass and he's back. He has COUNT THEM!!! 65 1 qt. bottles of used oil. I'm like WT...........? I have to dump all of them then haul those empty bottle to the dumpster! I sell him a 1 gallon self contained with a funnel used oil container. I tell him when it's full bring it in and I'll dump it and hand it back to him. About a year goes buy and another Saturday here he comes with his full oil container AND ABOUT ANOTHER 15 QUART BOTTLES OF USED OIL!!!

Okay, so you piqued my interest. Here is a Juicy Juice bottle from my fridge. It's not full, so I poured the contents into a pitcher. Then I took a 1 quart pitcher and filled it with water. I poured the contents twice into the J/J bottle. As you can see, there is room to spare. My conclusion is, never give up that engine. Its making oil.

I had an opportunity to play with this mower a little bit today. Had no spark so I pulled the flywheel & cleaned the points. Still no spark. Pulled the flywheel AGAIN ( what a dumb design ) & cleaned the points. This time I used a multi-meter to ensure that they had good continuity to ground when closed. FINALLY obtained spark. . Cleaned the carb. Fixed the recoil so that it would retract the rope all the way in. Pulled the rope several times, flooded it a few times and then found the correct choke & throttle settings to get it running. It runs pretty good for a Techy, drives well, would even mow if I could figure out how to adjust the deck belt. Transmission has some weird aspects. When in neutral you can not push the mower, push the clutch in and you can easily push it where ever you want. With the engine running you can put it in neutral, let the clutch out and the tractor goes no where as it should. Now back to my search for a service manual for a model #3970 so that I can figure out how to adjust the belts.

Was Cruising the spring steam show today. The spring show is a throttled back version of the show in the fall but none the less I did get a few pics. General Lee was there again and I noticed it had the shows cast autographed on the sun visor. Some Wheel Horses lever steers Wheel Horses

My neighbor lady decided to try hand at planting a tomato this year. She was told that if she took about a 4 foot stick, wrapped copper wire around the stick, stuck it in the ground near the tomato that some how it would produce a full lush plant with great fruit production. Her husband was telling me about this wonderful scheme. I told Joe that here in Missouri we call that a lightening rod! Apparently, Joe told Cindy and today he told me that when the weatherman forecast a lightening storm earlier this week, she took her copper wound stick inside! Not sure if she protecting her stick or the tomato.

You really have to chew it good before swallowing, then it will kill the tree roots!

coasters and keychains

Make sure Granny's chair is bolted down good!

It's the difference between weight and volume. They switched from one to the other when the Queen passed away.

Selling an 856 tractor only. It runs really smooth, and the transaxle is solid. Has the original Wheel Horse branded front tires. Has a rear quick hitch for snow blade/tiller Can be delivered to the Big Show in Arendtsville, PA for a $100 deposit or prepaying. 300 firm Video of it running

Ignition component over heating then open? After cool down starts again.

@Heatingmanthanks... its a few old huge lylac bushes with some kind of vines mixed in. It sorta evolved over the last decade of me trimming and then put the 4x4s in. I just used left over stuff i had lying around ...treated lumber and screwed rough cut to it. It actually has a metal ròof plan thats below the canopy and above the rough cut slabs. It's not close to being done, but its intended as being a little outdoor pool house, but i have too many tractors for a 10x20 shed lol. Not a bad problem to have tho

Forgot the tin foil strips and metal colander hat...

I'm making a lot of progress installing my SMS-50 sickle bar on my 953 I still need to figure out how to hook up the lift I used a 1/2 inch steel plate for the rear support and a 3/4 inch steel axle I found on amazon. I also used 3/4 inch locking collars on the axle at the front and rear and also on either side of the sickle bar frame. Am I doing okay so far? I'm open to comments and suggestions good or bad. I'm using the outer pulley on the PTO because that is the slowest speed and I read in another post if it runs too fast I can blow out the wobble box.

@cleat Well what if I told you that I had one off a GT-1800? 😂 You’re welcome to it but unfortunately getting the engine out of where it is now and getting it in my shop to get the pulley off is something that I don’t have time for now. If you’re not in a hurry, like another month or so I would be glad to help you out.

Took a 551 steering link to Bill the Welder and got the oblong holes repaired. Cleaned the old dried out grease from the pivot bolts and added new grease fittings.

Me an Greasy Pete coat our mowing decks, spare tire wheels, boat trailer springs and the crabgrass in our stone roads.

Lemme get my shoes off you wanna do math over 10 Bob... Like your idea tho. I would just drain the old oil into my recycle jug but then mark a clean juice bottle with the amount needed to F on the stick. Fill the clear bottle to the mark then to the engine. I buy oil by the pail 20 tractors to feed ya know! No more add check ... add check ...add check without over filling. You know the only goal I have in life is a oil change without spilling a drop! Then again draining old to a known oz jug might give one an idea of oil consumption in those smokers.

Could be a vacuum lock in the gas tank. Try opening the gas cap when it quits & see if it will run again. Could also be over heating, remove the engine tins and clean any debris out of the cylinder cooling fins.

I got more then I paid for it ! Then again I got it for free !

I represent that...

Always good to be prepared in the event a burnout gets out of hand!

Uhm... buy 4 's of course...

That’s a new fandangled pea shooter! Chick pea, pea gravel, etc. load it, point it, run it over, hope for the best. It’s like the ole’ saying… ready, fire, aim!

Helping out building the fence. Pretty sweet to just haul all the tools and concrete around in the trailer. Then just park it in the garage till I get back to it. life is busy, so going on a month or 2 now working on the fence in spare time.

Ed and Kevin, this is a 1999 Wheel Horse and has the Kohler Command engine with a kill relay that must be energized to complete the solenoid start signal.

Ok…my turn to post up a couple things I could bring to the show. 1/ Oil bath air cleaner with carb mounting screws off a 1054 = $40 2/ Brand new 56” plow wear edge, never been installed, factory square mount holes = $40 *SOLD* 3/ 36” rear discharge deck, solid shell but it’s a bit noisy and I have 3 of these = $40 **SOLD*

Rear discharge deck. Click on the fuzzy picture of each to see the belts Side discharge same belt as rear discharge

Any of the rear wheels from a 300-400-500 wheel horse tractor will physically bolt up fine to the 5xi, but the 500 series tractors got the wider 12x8.5" rear rims. Classic 520H and the 5xi rear wheel are the same 12x8.5 (part number 110680) If you end up looking at non wheel horse rims, you will find many that bolt up, but make sure you pay attention to the back spacing. I was getting tired of trying to find a decent set and managed to score a free set of 12x10 rear rims off of a Gravely zero turn along with free 24x12x12 tires. The bolt pattern was incorrect, but the wheels were brand new. I cut the center disks out, ordered new ones from Miller tire, and welded them into the Gravely wheel to match the backspacing I wanted. Not the most conventional solution, but it turned out great. Then I mounted the set of 24-12-12 tires on the rear of my 314-8. When it came to my 522xi, I kept the original 8.5" wide rear wheels but swapped the tires out for 26x12x12. They fit with no mods to the tractor, but the tires are a bit fat for the stock wheels IMHO. If I can score another set of wider wheels somewhere, I will do the same operation I did with my 314.

The chart below will give you the information you need, it is a free download.

While we're on the subject what do you guys do with drain oil? Dump it on the neighbors flowers? Down the drain? Start brush piles? My NAPA will only take a small amount. Same with other auto places if they take it at all. I put it in big jugs then to a auto repair shop who has a waste oil burner. Stop on yer way thru I'll cook up a mess of 'opsum shanks...

Good news, bad news........the graphite rods appear to be working excellent as far as removing rust and crud. The bad news, they are almost completely gone in less than 24hrs. Looks like I'll be going back to lawn mower blades and/or scrap steel. The rods were not "expensive", but I won't be buying more. If you have a cheap supply of graphite, I would say this is the way to go, but I'm not about to drop a bunch of cash on something labeled as sacrificial. I'm going to milk it as long as I can, and then I'll take some pics as I tear it apart to go back to steel.

That joint end into an adjacent slab is almost a guarantee crack off the end of the cut... Bingo.

Thanks. Just wooden Poker chips.😁 I was thinking about making some coasters. May try that tomorrow.

Strange... & I've heard that a copper nail driven into a tree will kill it.

Had a few minutes after trimming and mowing grass today to play with the GT1600 Thought I would drill the console to install a front lower steering shaft flanged bearing instead of the loose bushing. Here are the parts laid out that I used to properly center the new bearing. Original bushing was installed then the new flanged bearing laid on top. I then slid a short piece of 3/4" rod through both and clamped it into place using vice grips centering both ways as good as I could. I then used a transfer punch to mark centerline of hole to be drilled. 3/8" hole drilled. Bearing was then bolted into place and second hole marked. Holes both drilled. Bearing bolted into place to verify correct fit. Small job but I hope it will help with steering play down the road.

More work done on the new workshop. Ceiling lights in. Back end wall on.

How to make a nice truck look better? Hitch it to a Wheel Horse on a trailer!

I do that Jim but I guess I'm just not quite man enough.

I'm happier than a squirrel in a nut house. She's all done and I took her on a maiden voyage. It actually seems quieter and smoother than the one I had over 20 years ago. The majority of the time I'll have it held to about a 45° angle as I trim back the overhanging briars on the paths. One last thing is I'll keep a lookout for a wheel weight. It could use one on the left rear especially when it's held in suspension.