Picked up a C-101 this morning!

[wallfish 16,994]

2 hours ago, rjg854 said:

That looks like one choppy ride. Sure hope your fillings are tight.

Little bit huh?

Put them back on after the show if you plan to cruise it around. If they stay on I'm going to follow Kevin around and pick up all the loose change falling from his pockets! Maybe some cash too if he goes fast enough. LOL

[Pullstart 62,834]

49 minutes ago, wallfish said:

Little bit huh?

Put them back on after the show if you plan to cruise it around. If they stay on I'm going to follow Kevin around and pick up all the loose change falling from his pockets! Maybe some cash too if he goes fast enough. LOL

There’s springs under the seat.  For the first time in quite a while, I’ll feel like a real farmer bouncing in my cap’m’s chair!

[Bill D 1,916]

7 hours ago, Pullstart said:

I did some switcherooing today.  These Deestone 23-8.50-12’s are the first tires I ever bought for a .  They’re also the first I ever fluid filled.  I don’t know the source of these chains, but they are monsters!  They happened to be the only tires that the chains fit.  Well, it was meant to be.

 

 

 

I pressure washed them, mounted them up (they are super heavy!), then added these fairly wide  plastic/concrete weights.  
 

 

 

 

 

What a difference in the way it pushes!  There is still no engine.  @wallfish and I plan to remedy that once we get settled in at the big show!

 

 

I believe @JoeMhas a nice Onan B48 for sale.  Build something really wild! 😜

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6 hours ago, Bill D said:

I believe @JoeMhas a nice Onan B48 for sale.  Build something really wild! 😜

I’ve got a plan… it’s gonna be great!  Not wild, just great!

[953 nut 55,180]

1 hour ago, Pullstart said:

I’ve got a plan… i

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I’ve been looking for this picture. 
 

This was about the time I cannabalized this tractor to make it to the Big Show with Putt Putt.  Next, the engine was needed for a project that became “Frank,” Mrs. P’s 1073 custom.  Then, it was torn down for this, that, and another thing to a pile of parts.  

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[953 nut 55,180]

18 hours ago, Pullstart said:

I’ve been looking for this picture. 
 

This was about the time I cannabalized this tractor to make it to the Big Show with Putt Putt.  Next, the engine was needed for a project that became “Frank,” Mrs. P’s 1073 custom.  Then, it was torn down for this, that, and another thing to a pile of parts.  

Cirrus Fibratus at sunrise, over a C Series 

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I kinda got an idea.  It started with “I can fix up this old stack,” but has come to “I can build a new stack!”

 

 

[wallfish 16,994]

40 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

I kinda got an idea.  It started with “I can fix up this old stack,” but has come to “I can build a new stack!”

Make some cool music. Anyone can pepper pot an engine. 

Can you Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin  or rap like .50 cent?  LOL

Edited June 2 by wallfish

[Pullstart 62,834]

I drilled the spot welds out of some old pulleys and popped them apart.  One is a mule drive pulley, the other a clutch tensioner from a Raider 10.  Doing some math, I decided 14 3/16” holes in each row would be adequate to meet the throughput of this 2” stack, more than enough for a 1” black pipe.  The second chamber baffle allows half the area of the pipe to flow through the outside, and the rest is directed back inside the 2” pipe.  I’m hoping for a mellow tone, not too loud, and not too wimpy.  I’ll machine a block sleeve at the bottom end to well center a 1” x 6” pipe to run the exhaust up towards the welded center baffle and weld it all together before it’s complete and ready for some high temp paint.  I’ll probably weigh the tink slapper down so it is more active than normal.

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I won’t hear this make noise, until the Big Show.  That’s when this tractor will get its destined engine.  I need to finish the bottom end of it, to screw into a 1” black elbow.  I have a mock up engine here and will build a stack brace, then will paint it, and pack it away for the show!

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Hi temp paint is drying!

 

 

[rjg854 11,359]

I'll be waiting to hear what it'll sound like.

[953 nut 55,180]

There is a guy named Donald that would have one thing to say about this picture;       DRILL BABY DRILL.              

[Pullstart 62,834]

I used a broken rod engine for a mock up piece and built the rest of the exhaust.  It should work out great!

 

 

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On 6/3/2024 at 5:17 PM, rjg854 said:

I'll be waiting to hear what it'll sound like.

 

Me too!   

[Handy Don 12,210]

Very impressed with the innovative chain support!

[SylvanLakeWH 25,526]

 

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19 hours ago, Handy Don said:

Very impressed with the innovative chain support!

Have yo ever seen those tensegrity tables?  I had that idea in mind, then it transformed into what you see.  My hope, is that it all works on the planned engine at the show!  Once again, there will be not much room for adjustment once it’s all assembled, and I won’t know if it works until we get there!

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One more piece of the puzzle.  I’ve got this #26 carb all dipped, cleaned and tuned up for the show.

 

 

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A HUGE thank you is in order, to @wallfish for giving me this engine, and for his and @Tractorhead’s help today getting it running!  A @Pullstart Kohler 12 hp engine!  It runs and sounds amazing!

 

 

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I’ll probably end up sticking a push button in place of the toggle switch, but I have a functioning dash now.  Choke, throttle and kill.  The throttle on the engine shroud was too cool to remove and has a real smooth tight brake on it to keep the throttle set.  I used an old fire suppression cable on the dash and cut it to fit.  It is sleeved using an old Small Block Chevy valve cover tab welded to a piece of 3/8” fuel line.  I also cut the choke cable to fit, so there is no excess slack anywhere on the tractor.  Notice the shift pattern.  Somehow, I ended up with this backerds print.  If you aren’t careful, you might find yourself in the wrong gear but we drive by muscle memory, right?