What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[ebinmaine 68,454]

8 minutes ago, bassJAM said:

got my C-125 running today

Niiiiice 

[adsm08 2,185]

Prepped for snow. Got the deck off and put away for the winter, chains on, snow blower installed and plow on deck. All I need now is some gas to put the battery on a charge for a bit.

[ebinmaine 68,454]

Been working on the organization and movement of the basement workshop to the new workshop space. 

Today I completely undid and redid my selection of paper manuals. 

I've had the BBT print a few here and had several Redsquare members send me older paper copies. 

I now have everything neatly divided into several general binders.  

 

As in the picture: 

1. A Yost Vise manual. 

2. General Wheelhorse info we've printed or had mailed here. 

3. Original Wheelhorse tractor manuals or sales pieces. 

4. Twin cylinder Kohler manuals. 

5. Single cylinder Kohler manuals. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[cleat 6,384]

42 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Been working on the organization and movement of the basement workshop to the new workshop space. 

Today I completely undid and redid my selection of paper manuals. 

I've had the BBT print a few here and had several Redsquare members send me older paper copies. 

I now have everything neatly divided into several general binders.  

 

As in the picture: 

1. A Yost Vise manual. 

2. General Wheelhorse info we've printed or had mailed here. 

3. Original Wheelhorse tractor manuals or sales pieces. 

4. Twin cylinder Kohler manuals. 

5. Single cylinder Kohler manuals. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Being organized is a great thing.

If you need something, you can find it.

 

[ebinmaine 68,454]

Did some experimenting on a choke shaft using the Dremel tool in a vise. 

 

 

 

The brass screws were broken off. 

I used a wee bitty drill bit (3/32"?) to get a few holes in the 3-48 screws. 

Went 2 sizes up in drill bit. Then used a tap to poke the remaining brass outta the steel shaft.  

I'd say it was a mild mostly success with a good amount of learning.  

One thread came out ok. The other is good one side only which isn't enough. 

I could still use the shaft if I pick up some 3-48 nuts and use Loctite for holding power.  

 

 

 

[8ntruck 7,102]

 try some left handed drill bits.  Applied to the peened end of the screw, they might encourage the screw to thread itself through the shaft - assuming that the head is gone..

Edited yesterday at 11:03 PM by 8ntruck

[Bar Nuthin 584]

Finally got my wig-wag lights setup the way I wanted. The LED bulbs respond a lot better to the flashers and are brighter. I had orange film in the front light to try and tint the white bulbs, but they were just too bright to get the look I wanted using the film. The ones in this video are actual amber LEDs (no film) and look better than I expected.

 

 

[Wayne0 520]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Did some experimenting on a choke shaft using the Dremel tool in a vise. 

 

 

 

The brass screws were broken off. 

I used a wee bitty drill bit (3/32"?) to get a few holes in the 3-48 screws. 

Went 2 sizes up in drill bit. Then used a tap to poke the remaining brass outta the steel shaft.  

I'd say it was a mild mostly success with a good amount of learning.  

One thread came out ok. The other is good one side only which isn't enough. 

I could still use the shaft if I pick up some 3-48 nuts and use Loctite for holding power.  

 

 

 

Eric, talk about wee bitty, if you need small, I have .05 and .065 bits if you need them. Got a few of both so I'll send one of each if needed.

[Bar Nuthin 584]

Would it be safer to go ahead tap threads to #4 - 48 UNF?

[ebinmaine 68,454]

23 minutes ago, Wayne0 said:

Eric, talk about wee bitty, if you need small, I have .05 and .065 bits if you need them. Got a few of both so I'll send one of each if needed.

 

Appreciate that but I've got some smaller stuff here too.  

 

3 minutes ago, Bar Nuthin said:

Would it be safer to go ahead tap threads to #4 - 48 UNF?

 

Might have to go bigger than that. 

I'd have to drill the holes to round,  then tap to that size. 

 

 

[Bar Nuthin 584]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

Might have to go bigger than that. 

I'd have to drill the holes to round,  then tap to that size. 

 

Just thinking that might be better than nuts possibly finding their way into the cylinder. 

[ebinmaine 68,454]

3 minutes ago, Bar Nuthin said:

 

Just thinking that might be better than nuts possibly finding their way into the cylinder. 

 

That's what the Loctite is for. 

I've seen several carbs with nuts and bolts holding the plate to shafts.  

[Bar Nuthin 584]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

 

That's what the Loctite is for. 

I've seen several carbs with nuts and bolts holding the plate to shafts.  

 

Good to know. Carburetors are an area where I have little to no experience. Engineering voodoo! 

[ebinmaine 68,454]

5 minutes ago, Bar Nuthin said:

 

Good to know. Carburetors are an area where I have little to no experience. Engineering voodoo! 

 

Cleanliness and patience is your friend.  

[Bar Nuthin 584]

3 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Cleanliness and patience is your friend.  

 

[MainelyWheelhorse 567]

Yesterday, we got at least four inches of snow. So, Yesterday morning until my family Christmas party, and this morning I plowed. It's still running like a top.

 

[kpinnc 12,570]

10 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

I now have everything neatly divided into several general binders.

 

I always thought I was the only one who does this... 

 

I have binders for everything that I have to work on. Greasy smudge fingerprint marked pages and all! 

[Racinbob 11,237]

16 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Been working on the organization and movement of the basement workshop to the new workshop space. 

Today I completely undid and redid my selection of paper manuals. 

I've had the BBT print a few here and had several Redsquare members send me older paper copies. 

I now have everything neatly divided into several general binders.  

 

As in the picture: 

1. A Yost Vise manual. 

2. General Wheelhorse info we've printed or had mailed here. 

3. Original Wheelhorse tractor manuals or sales pieces. 

4. Twin cylinder Kohler manuals. 

5. Single cylinder Kohler manuals. 

 

Wife keeps saying I should just save it to the computer. 

 

[ebinmaine 68,454]

1 minute ago, Racinbob said:

 

Wife keeps saying I should just save it to the computer. 

 

 

I do most of my searching on the electronic devices but every once in awhile you just need to have a piece of paper in your hand so you can flip a page back and forth instead of trying to manage the smart dumb smart phone..

 

[Lee1977 6,808]

5 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

I do most of my searching on the electronic devices but every once in awhile you just need to have a piece of paper in your hand so you can flip a page back and forth instead of trying to manage the smart dumb smart phone..

 

I didn't think that phone ever left your hand.

[ebinmaine 68,454]

1 minute ago, Lee1977 said:

I didn't think that phone ever left your hand.

Occasionally 

[pfrederi 17,892]

When I am working on a machine I much prefer being able to look at  teal paper manual rather than trying to operate a not so smart phone with greasy hands...

 

 

[cleat 6,384]

I have most of the owners and parts manuals for all of my tractors and implements printed out.

However, I rarely use these as I have a computer in the garage and have all the manuals saved on it as well.

 

This manual contains some of the drawings for parts that I have fabricated.

 

 

[rjg854 11,497]

3 hours ago, Lee1977 said:

I didn't think that phone ever left your hand.

Everybody has to sleep some time 

[ML3 1,277]

10 hours ago, Racinbob said:

 

Wife keeps saying I should just save it to the computer. 

 

I'm the last person that embraces technology.  However,  all my radio control cars, planes, drones, boats, etc I put the repair info on a flash drive. I must admit its convenient cause I keep a flash drive in my field tool box so if I have an issue when I'm out playing I can access the information. I still have my books/binders as well! 😜