ebinmaine 67,454 #1626 Posted February 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, AMC RULES said: Add another 200 pages to the never ending saga. It could happen.......... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,815 #1627 Posted February 17, 2022 19 minutes ago, AMC RULES said: Add another 200 pages to the never ending saga. Sounds like ther havin fun tho.... guess all that matters.... I'll check back in in say ... another 100 pages.... 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,454 #1628 Posted February 17, 2022 15 minutes ago, WHX?? said: Sounds like ther havin fun tho.... guess all that matters.... That's ALL I'm about bubba. I didn't originally plan on taking 3+ years to build this but it's all good. I don't NEED this tractor. I WANT to build it because I need a drivable "shelf" for the big nasty engine. Hey if it makes itself useful pullin' stuff all the better! 3 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oldskool 6,644 #1629 Posted February 17, 2022 Hey OMG activity on the Colossus build.!! Whadi miss? 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,454 #1630 Posted February 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, Oldskool said: Hey OMG activity on the Colossus build.!! Whadi miss? Welp. I played with magnets... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oldskool 6,644 #1631 Posted February 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: Welp. I played with magnets... Goes well with you magnitising personality. Was it a positive or negative experience.? Should we take a pole/poll? 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,454 #1632 Posted February 17, 2022 11 minutes ago, Oldskool said: Was it a positive or negative experience.? Yes 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,069 #1633 Posted February 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Oldskool said: Hey OMG activity on the Colossus build.!! Whadi miss? Nothing much 😂 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,069 #1634 Posted February 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Oldskool said: Should we take a pole/poll? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,454 #1635 Posted February 17, 2022 59 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said: Nothing much 😂 Took a good portion of the day to clean and reattach those awesome magnets though. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,069 #1636 Posted February 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: Took a good portion of the day to clean and reattach those awesome magnets though. Some parts of a project take longer than others… 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,454 #1637 Posted February 17, 2022 3 hours ago, Horse Newbie said: Some parts of a project take longer than others… Absolutely. Tedious sometimes but always worth it. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #1638 Posted February 17, 2022 I don't think I've seen so much progress all at once, since Moses was a lad. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,130 #1639 Posted February 17, 2022 Still, only on page 66? C'mon, you're all slackin'... LET'S GO! 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,500 #1640 Posted February 17, 2022 4 1 17 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,454 #1641 Posted February 17, 2022 @19richie66 👍😂 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxwell-8 4,275 #1642 Posted February 17, 2022 1 hour ago, 19richie66 said: Very funny one! haha 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,840 #1643 Posted February 17, 2022 15 hours ago, ebinmaine said: I played with magnets... Most kids who come over to play with my toys… usually end up playing with magnets too. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,069 #1644 Posted February 17, 2022 8 hours ago, 19richie66 said: I rolled ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheel Horse 3D 3,795 #1645 Posted February 18, 2022 On 2/13/2022 at 12:16 PM, ebinmaine said: I do kinda like the idea of a direct half split down the middle pasted to each side... Those ornaments are actually printed as two halves already. Be really easy to scale to whatever size. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,454 #1646 Posted February 21, 2022 Today's progress... Got a couple coils in the mail that can be used on this or other Kohler twins. I popped the alternator off and used 2 sheet metal screws to pry out the old crank seal. New seal in place. Flywheel on and torqued. Time to hand sand/plane the cylinder heads. Found a nice flat piece of steel. Taped 120 grit to it. I go about 60 or 80 strokes in a direction, turn 90⁰. Repeat. This is after a couple or three rounds. You can see the shiny spots where the paper is starting to cut in. This is after going roundy round for a bit. Still a bit to go... I'll run the 120 grit until very near all the old dark metal is gone. Switch to 220. Might do a round or 3 at 400 grit just for kicks. It really is time consuming and tiring but also satisfying knowing it'll be straight on once again. 4 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxwell-8 4,275 #1647 Posted February 21, 2022 What a progress all the sudden Those head were pretty warped, Normally, I have to go up and down just a few times. That beast of an engine is going to be as good as new! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,454 #1648 Posted February 21, 2022 1 minute ago, Maxwell-8 said: head were pretty warped, Normally, I have to go up and down just a few times. Hoping the other side isn't quite as much. It's a LOT of work to do by hand but it saves a fair amount of money over sending them out. If I was going to mill .030 or .040 for performance I'd have have sent them out but the twin engines don't seen to benefit much from that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #1649 Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) When I sand heads, I use some paraffin/penetrating fluid or similar. Helps wash of the paper and prevents it clogging up to quickly. Also I use a piece mirror glass. Edited February 21, 2022 by Stormin 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,454 #1650 Posted February 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, Stormin said: When I sand heads, I use some paraffin/penetrating fluid or similar. Helps wash of the paper. Also I used a piece of plate glass. Plate Glass works quite well. That's what I've used until this occasion. I have an old storm window and it fits nicely over a particular table that we have. Towel down on the table, glass on top of the towel, then go to work. This particular occasion that table has a few things on it that I would have rather not moved so I hunted around and found this nice little flat piece of plate steel. Works perfect. I may have to keep it set aside for this reason. I'll have to try that penetrating oil when I get back to work on this...... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
