Maxwell-8 4,275 #18851 Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 8:20 AM, sjoemie himself said: Made new engine/shaker plate mounts for the 512-D. Toppie! What material are those bushings? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sjoemie himself 3,068 #18852 Posted April 24, 2023 3 minutes ago, Maxwell-8 said: What material Polyurethane 90 Shore A 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuneup 1,433 #18853 Posted April 24, 2023 Was supposed to finish the generator yesterday but started on fertilizing and, among lots of other things, ended with mowing the back lawn. Chose the C-125 42SD over the 516 48SD just so I could hear that nicely bored 301 tear into it. That engine makes wonderful music. I'll get to that gen wiring today . . . 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 12,013 #18854 Posted April 26, 2023 Rainy and nasty here today. Just to say I did something, I wire brushed and painted my front wheel weights to go on the repowered 310-8. 6 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee1977 6,657 #18855 Posted April 27, 2023 Trying to get the Raider dependable, didn't get a chance to check it out good when I got it. The wiring was all rapped together and taped, the two best connections were put together with wire nuts. I just tore it a part trashed almost of the electrical and all the existing wiring. Kept the lighter and PTO switch should have trashed them too. Something was draining the battery and it was dead when I got home with it. I charged up the original battery it was only a year old. it's drained two batteries in a week. Disconnected the lighter and PTO switch and bypassed them. I'll see it the battery stays up now. The fuel pump is also giving up so I'll need one of them. I'll keep the lighter in place but it will not get hooked up. It is charging t 14.3 volts at the battery when running. i 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,315 #18856 Posted April 27, 2023 22 hours ago, kpinnc said: Rainy and nasty here today. Just to say I did something, I wire brushed and painted my front wheel weights to go on the repowered 310-8. It’s amazing what a shot of red out of a rattle can does for something rusty and grubby 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,315 #18857 Posted April 27, 2023 Belt guard rattle on the 1977 B-80 … driving me NUTZ! Ended up being a missing bolt where I circled in blue. While I was there the shifter boot was swapped, shifter set screw “adjusted” and a general cleanup. 5 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,455 #18858 Posted April 27, 2023 2 minutes ago, Sparky said: … driving me NUTZ Like any of us need help with that. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,815 #18859 Posted April 27, 2023 (edited) That's the way we like to see them loved Sparky... Doubles on the tire selection Mike Rim color... I dunno man she kinda funny... musta borrowed EB's rose colored glasses?!? Edited April 27, 2023 by WHX?? 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 12,013 #18860 Posted April 27, 2023 31 minutes ago, Sparky said: It’s amazing what a shot of red out of a rattle can does for something rusty and grubby So much of my junk would agree. Every tractor I have was "swamp fresh", and a shot of paint definitely brings them out! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,455 #18861 Posted April 27, 2023 34 minutes ago, WHX?? said: Rim color... I dunno man she kinda funny... musta borrowed EB's rose colored glasses?!? No way Man. I likes me some faint off-white Wheels. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,315 #18862 Posted April 28, 2023 2 hours ago, WHX?? said: Doubles on the tire selection Mike Rim color... I dunno man she kinda funny... You don’t like em?? Kind of a machinery gray, my 315-8 has the same color wheels. I didn’t paint the ones on the B-80, and they definitely need to be re-done, but I did paint the ones on the 315-8 3 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 12,013 #18863 Posted April 28, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Sparky said: You don’t like em?? Kind of a machinery gray, my 315-8 has the same color wheels. I didn’t paint the ones on the B-80, and they definitely need to be re-done, but I did paint the ones on the 315-8 Mike, I like your wheel color. I've tried several times to buy the same paint locally, but it's always sold out. Edited April 28, 2023 by kpinnc 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee1977 6,657 #18864 Posted April 28, 2023 3 hours ago, ebinmaine said: No way Man. I likes me some faint off-white Wheels. That's not what he said, Check to see if your rose colored glasses are missing, 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,455 #18865 Posted April 28, 2023 8 hours ago, kpinnc said: Mike, I like your wheel color. I've tried several times to buy the same paint locally, but it's always sold out. They have this thing now. Interwebs ? Or something like that? You can order stuff. It's amazing. You should try it. There's even cool sites like Redsquare and annoying jac... 🐴 like me. 🐻 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,315 #18866 Posted April 28, 2023 9 hours ago, kpinnc said: Mike, I like your wheel color. I've tried several times to buy the same paint locally, but it's always sold out. To anyone interested this is what was used on my two machines with the gray wheels. 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob J. 1,941 #18867 Posted April 28, 2023 Did a little straightening up on Boss Man. It ain’t much but it’s an honest living…patience 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,315 #18868 Posted April 28, 2023 This wheel color business has motivated me to redo the paint on the B-80 wheels. I didn’t paint these originally. But the paint in the front rims is peeling off and the rear rims were only painted on the outside …weird. So a good wire wheel job and a soapy water bath has em prepped. Once they dry they’ll get a couple coats of Gloss Smoke Gray. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,815 #18869 Posted April 28, 2023 12 hours ago, Sparky said: You don’t like em?? Kind of a machinery gray, There ok but reminds me too much of haze gray and underway... 'Course now if I had to go on a six month deployment on a horse... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,315 #18870 Posted April 28, 2023 Done with wheels!! Painted the inside of the rears and inside and outside of the fronts. 5 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheelhorse#1 1,657 #18871 Posted April 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, Sparky said: Done with wheels!! Painted the inside of the rears and inside and outside of the fronts. Looks great.What type ,size tire did you go with on the front? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,315 #18872 Posted April 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, Wheelhorse#1 said: Looks great.What type ,size tire did you go with on the front? Fronts are Deestone tri-ribs…4.00-8 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee1977 6,657 #18873 Posted April 29, 2023 Did a little of the transmission reinforcing. Still have to put the frame braces on. 4 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnymag3 2,520 #18874 Posted April 29, 2023 It looks like the holes in the side supports are now blocked by the plate you added??? Or is it an illusion ?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee1977 6,657 #18875 Posted April 29, 2023 2 hours ago, johnnymag3 said: It looks like the holes in the side supports are now blocked by the plate you added??? Or is it an illusion ?? They are. I'll never have a sickle bar mower and that the only thing I know of that uses them. They will be blocked more when the frame braces go in. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
