What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[Pullstart 62,905]

I made some room for more indoor storage today…. Took up 40’ of space for the camper and found an entire hallway from back wall to door practically!

 

 

[8ntruck 7,014]

Got around to wire wheeling the front replacement wheel for Clyde, the C-195 today.  That used wheel turned out to have been repainted.  The wheel has some pitting on it - but the wheel I am replacing on Clyde has a rust pit that goes all the way through.  I can live with it.  For a 'factory fresh' appearance, I would have had to give it a coat of Bondo, sand and repeat a few times.  Clyde is a worker, so looking ok from 10 feet is just fine.

 

Got caught with the Rust Oleum clog issue.  Was almost finished putting the rusty metal primer on when the 1/2 full $8 can quit spraying.    Wasn't the nozzle.  I took the nozzle off and pushed the valve - nothing came out.  Therefore the clog is in the can somewhere.

[WHX?? 48,826]

Yer first words  should have been Dan ... "in my defence" ... there was a guy headed for a swamp and I had to lighten my load to help him... thanks bro... 

[KrazeyOlDave 860]

Almost time to switch out the bucket for the blade 😢

[8ntruck 7,014]

Today was a 'just as well' day.  I started out scooping up the canine mines I in the dog pen.  Then I noticed the leaves built up at the base of the dog pen fence.  Well, might just as well get the leaf blower out and clear them. 

 

While doing that, I noticed the window wells need cleaning.  As long as the blower was out, might just as well clean them. 

 

I then noticed the leaves built up on the base of the perimeter fence.  Might just as well take care of them. 

 

I noticed that there were now enough leaves in the yard that I might just as well get Morgan and the lawn sweeper out.

 

Pulling Morgan back up to the horse shed, I noticed the snow blade next to the shed.  Might just as well drop the mower deck and put the blade on Morgan.

 

Well, with Morgan out in the yard, the tractor shed is half empty.  Might just as well do some rearranging to get the deck I just took off of Morgan and a project deck and blade next to the shed into the shed while moving the tiny Toro two stroke snow blower to the front of the shed.

 

There is a depression in my gravel driveway that has been growing all summer.  The snow blade is on Morgan now, so I might just as well use it to even the driveway out before putting Morgan away.

 

None of this was planned, but I sure got a bunch of work done today. 

[Snoopy11 5,714]

19 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

None of this was planned, but I sure got a bunch of work done today. 

Better than me... with all the stuff I have to do around here... all I did today was play in the snow with my tractors and the golf cart... drifting around on our paths!

 

I don't remember a time when I got nothing done, and had so much fun doing it...

 

Hey, gotta have fun sometime!

 

Don

Edited November 12, 2022 by Snoopy11

[ebinmaine 67,558]

1 hour ago, 8ntruck said:

Today was

Geeeez about all we did was walk around in the woods.  

6+ total miles. 

Peaked Mt Misery which is out behind some others.  

[Snoopy11 5,714]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

Mt Misery

 Boy that's an inviting name... Mt. Misery...

 

 

Don

[8ntruck 7,014]

41 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Geeeez about all we did was walk around in the woods.  

6+ total miles. 

Peaked Mt Misery which is out behind some others.  

I started the day with a 2 mile walk with the dog through the woods on the Fred Meijer Hartland trial.  It is a paved, bicycle, hiking trial converted from the B&O railroad right of way.

[Reddart 207]

Snuck this into the basement, assembled and put on the decals.

 

 I can’t wait until Christmas for my five year old daughter to see this. 
 

[sjoemie himself 3,068]

16 minutes ago, Reddart said:

 

 

Even has a Kohler in it 

[8ntruck 7,014]

Well, I tried mounting Clyde, the C-195's new front tires today.  Got the first bead on the rim with minimal hassle, got the tube in, but could not get the end bead on.  The tire sidewalls are stiff enough that I couldn't get the bead into the drop center of the rim.  The tires are 18x8.5 - 8 Veemer 5 ribs.

 

My solution?  Take them to the tire shop tomorrow.  Had to remind myself that I am old and fortunate enough to have the resources to do that.

[Handy Don 12,233]

16 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

My solution?  Take them to the tire shop tomorrow

Reminds me of the fight scene in Raiders of the Lost Arc when Indiana remembers he has a revolver.

Edited November 13, 2022 by Handy Don

[ebinmaine 67,558]

On 11/10/2022 at 6:01 PM, 8ntruck said:

- Finally got around to measuring this afternoon.  The port to port spacing looks to be 11 1/2", with about a 3" offset parallel to the crank, with the rear cylinder being closer to the tractor centerline

Bill you s'pose this pipe would help you?

 

 

[Panther416-8 341]

Drilled and tapped the snowblower augers for grease fittings.

[Panther416-8 341]

Almost finished with the snowblower I picked up in August.  Re-assembled after stripping, sanding, priming and top coating with Rustoleum regal red. Replaced the auger shaft bushings and inside bushing support flange that were ruined when removing the old bushings. Filled auger gearbox with 00 grease and greased impeller bearing.  Soaked chain with open chain/cable lubricant but need to replace the nylon tensioner block. The block has very little wear but one of the bolts must have have stripped out the inside as the nut never tightens up. Need to order a new one from aztractor tomorrow.  None too soon as it's snowing pretty good out there. 

[Panther416-8 341]

Chute pieces back on. Need to swap in the new belt next and use a needle adapter to grease the pulley bearings and then I'll be ready to begin hooking it up to the 416.

[Panther416-8 341]

2 hours ago, Handy Don said:

Reminds me of the fight scene in Raiders of the Lost Arc when Indiana remembers he has a revolver.

That was my favorite scene in that movie Don.

[Pullstart 62,905]

2 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

Well, I tried mounting Clyde, the C-195's new front tires today.  Got the first bead on the rim with minimal hassle, got the tube in, but could not get the end bead on.  The tire sidewalls are stiff enough that I couldn't get the bead into the drop center of the rim.  The tires are 18x8.5 - 8 Veemer 5 ribs.

 

My solution?  Take them to the tire shop tomorrow.  Had to remind myself that I am old and fortunate enough to have the resources to do that.

Do you have any heavy C- clamps Bill?  I like to use them to collapse the tire into that skinny section…

[Snoopy11 5,714]

@8ntruck... I had a day of "might as wells" ...you don't think it's catching, do you?

 

I needed to do some work on the chicken coop today, so I hooked up the trailer with the generator to haul out to the coop area. BUT... the fuel system was leaking... so you know what that meant...

 

I'll just put it this way, everything on the generator now works perfectly... the muffler has been replaced with the old one from the 416-8 @davem1111... you should recognize it... new spark plug, changed the oil... etc.

 

And the trailer is fixed... (it had various issues) including a bad valve stem on one of the tires. All I really needed to do was replace a cracked fuel filter... all the other stuff was "might as well"

 

L-157 performed excellently, as expected. I made some slight modifications to it recently, so the weight from the trailer was a great test drive! No matter what I pull with the L-157, I can't get the engine to bog down... just absolute bossy power. (sorry it's a little dirty, it's been sitting for a while in the shop)...

 

 

 

 

That muffler is a lot quieter than the old one. I ended up fixing that muffler and welding it on... so it's permanent. (paint is drying in the photo). The old muffler was ROTTONE...

 

Don

[Monstrosity 1,128]

As I'm currently figuring out my fueling pro lem which I believe is old fuel line... which almost evey part store does not have 1/4 fuel hose.... I took the SS12 roller and put it out front. Using more more tomatoe stakes as trees in the wagon just waiting on the green lights 

[8ntruck 7,014]

@Snoopy11 'might as wells' could possibly be contagious.   Be interesting to see if anybody else posts about them.

 

@ebinmaine I need the next piece downstream from that pipe.  However, if that piece is in your way, I won't mind putting it in my inventory, as KT parts are rather rare.

 

@Pullstart I was thinking of a c clamp to help the the tire bead into the drop center of the rim.  The only problem is that the largest ones I have in stock here are 4" clamps. 

Edited November 14, 2022 by 8ntruck

[Thor27 767]

So, today I installed a 8-3900 foot control. I have an original, and one of the re productions. Noticed the linkage was bent a bit "off" so I dug out the original to compare, having both together I figured how to correct. clamped it in the vice, hit it with the rosebud and made it look just like the other.  Problem was I bent the wrong one.....  Ooooops.

 

Result was I spent a good portion of the day making sure both would fit again.

Edited November 14, 2022 by Thor27
Add pics from phone

[Thor27 767]

BTW,  to who ever made these repops did a great job. 

 

[ebinmaine 67,558]

7 hours ago, Monstrosity said:

I'm currently figuring out my fueling pro lem which I believe is old fuel line... which almost evey part store does not have 1/4 fuel hose

Given the current availability of ethanol gas, its past 2 decades of widespread usage, and the fact that it appears we'll have it for a long time to come...

I believe we've reached a point that fuel lines/tubes/hoses are now a maintenance item like a spark plug. 

 

As to your lack of availability for that ¼ fuel line, I can understand that because stores stock what sells. Less and less people are DIY  so there's little reason to keep stock on uncommon items. 

 

I keep our own mini parts dept here. We use the clear blue ish hose sold by stens or others.  

fleeeBay has it by the foot or roll.