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Our first real snowfall of the year. Less than 2 inches.There have been a couple of others but those did not stick around on the ground for long, this one will. DSCN0548.JPG I made my mind up several months ago that I'm all done commuting in the middle of the night in the Winter. Too many close call...

Joe, I don't know if Mike LaMar is still making them or not but I testify his harnesses are faithful reproductions that are clearly marked and priced right. His contact information is listed in the Our Vendor Parts New and Used. You will find it located toward the bottom of the page. An outstanding ...

I put this unit up on the bench today. The first thing that I noticed was every single tube had been replaced. The 5Y3 rectifier and 6K6 audio output tested weak but all the others are well up into the green zone. I installed them all back in. Rectifiers and audio output tubes generally work or not ...

Winter is getting closer with each passing day and it's time to start thinking about moving indoor projects up onto the bench. This lump is next in line. DSCN0523.JPG I was able to print out a Sams Photofact for it directly off of the BAMA Archives. DSCN0525.JPG Like most all boat anchors this one d...

I think you ought to go with the 2X value stack

Charlie, a new teaser spring in it's totally relaxed state will measure around .475 across. In it's totally compressed state it will measure around .325. You will note in my sketch I allowed around .030 shy of complete crush, this is reflected by the .360- .350 dimension. Keep in mind that when stac...

Thank you Mike. But it's all right. Like Tom mentioned they can still be had. I just had to pony up some more for them that's all- I ordered three.
Just hang onto the one you have, it just may come in handy one day

It's a nice hitch. Extreme carries them. Charlie does too. I use the cheapie Wally World Super Tech spray can stuff. It's pretty darn good. Tom, yes I was thinking about doing that. I checked every thread first and they were ALL intact. If just one had been stripped out I would have done that. I was...

Joe, I really have my doubts that 60 year old Prog die has been run any time in the last twenty years. Guys that built and serviced tooling like that are retiring by the thousands every single day. Soon no one will have a clue. You snooze you loose. Tom, I saw your post last night at work while on m...

Thank you Tom. That's good thinking.
Prices are all over the place on that clip but they are still out there.
The little tang at the right end is prone to break off from what I've seen.

Does anyone have a source for this? Not the best design ever, the retaining ear tends to break off over time or the clip may just fall off no matter how firmly I think I have it installed. Used to able to get them but that's no longer the case so it may seem.

I picked up this dual purpose hitch on line. It's very nicely made and well thought out. DSCN0504.JPG Now I can pull around my wagon or move my 5 X 8 trailer if need be. I'm glad tat I was able to track down those 12-24 self tapping bolts too- those threads in the frame were all in good shape and it...

Ready. Not early. Paul, you got the right idea. Thanks for the inspiration. We can get snow before Halloween around here

Funny Farm was filmed in Townshead, VT. fifteen miles from my home. The movie set called for a gazebo on the village green and they built one just for the movie. It remains there till this day. The diner sequence was filmed at the Dam Diner just up the road. Hey, I'm workin on it Ok? :lol: DSCN0499....

All I want to do is wrap up the few remaining details on this project and put this thing to bed for the Winter turn key ready for Spring mowing but noo- I had a bad time getting the front PTO on, it would have been so much nicer to work on when the engine was up on the bench but I was lacking the pa...

So this is the first time actually pulling the wagon around with something. I'm pleased with the way it turned out. Whoever came up with the idea for this pull back chain really had their thinking cap on. It sure comes in handy.

One of our members has asked me to take sizes for the corner stake pockets. I'm attaching photos. The bracket is 3/16" x 1" mild steel. it appears to be cad coated. DSCN0486.JPG Inside to inside DSCN0488.JPG Inside to bend DSCN0489.JPG Edge to hole CL DSCN0490.JPG Edge to hole CL DSCN0491.JPG

I probably should have taken a bit more time and thought about this a little better. In the end it did not matter anyway. I did not like the way the tongue was resting on the hitch plate. I decided to add on a extended length. It fits inside the tongue like a glove. The tongue is now sandwiched toge...

it's all right. I'm all done with that thing. Should have made it longer though.

Thanks guys. The tongue on this trailer has sustained it's share of serious damage over the years. I intend to place this into light to medium duty service around the property and driveway. DSCN0473.JPG I'm going to pass with the welding on this and fabricate a mounting plate that makes use of the f...

Hey this one runs real strong. I ran it up the driveway a couple of times in third gear at full throttle and it liked it. No smoke either. Everything doing what it's supposed to including the charging system. There are still issues to be sorted with the basket pulley, PTO, and exhaust however minor ...

I made good Morning progress with 5 days off from work still ahead of me. This one could be a runner before I had expected.

Charlie who only knows for how long. It runs real strong. But it's only a boat anchor at this point. The brown truck rolled into my drive today. Of course the cats had to get their piece of the action in :lol: DSCN0463.JPG I'll get back on that soon enough, right now prepping for the Winter is the f...

Well I have this old wagon rolling around on it's own two feet now. Pretty good too. DSCN0456.JPG I'll never know why somebody did this. They look like snow thrower wheels maybe. Anyhow massive fail for sure. Not even the right hub size. DSCN0457.JPG Someone probably needed wheels for an 'O' I guess...

A little bit at a time. Yesterday I came home with this IH number stamped muffler. DSCN0453.JPG This left hand cover bracket was missing and I picked this one up for a quarter. DSCN0452.JPG Oddly enough he did not have the right side bracket so I suppose that it was meant to be. The starter generato...

This one cleaned up pretty easy. Over the years I've had a couple that were much worse. You might as well had been chasing a thread in a rock.

No more of those things for me now, I'm finding the one to be quite enough! The factory engine will be going back in and it's undergoing the same treatment that other one did. I keep a special modified (bent) wrench around to get at those pesky carb bolts, it is really too handy of a thing to do wit...

This little 241 runs very strong. It started right up. DSCN0421.JPG It has a very smooth idle and great throttle up response. No smoke at all, even when it first touched off. I did not touch the head or the valves.I ran it for just over a half hour. It's cool to get long dormant stuff going again. D...

While I'm waiting on parts I'm gonna try getting this blue lump running. When rotated by hand it makes all the right blowing and sucking sounds so it just may have a chance. DSCN0420.JPG The coil, condenser, and spark wire all check out good. New points, push rod, and plug. The carb is rebuilt. The ...

Today was about getting the front end proper. Clean and tighten up everything. Change out the broken zerk fitting and lubricate. Changed out the oil in the rear end and on both those engines. Little much else to do at this point without new parts.