Progress has been slow-going the last two days. All the little stuff has accumulated into one big pain in the.... well, you know.
Everything has been worked out for the axle/steering transplant - including the fabrication of a new tie rod - and etching primer now covers all of the parts.
I also put a new ignition coil in the Kohler, and am pleased to report a strong blue spark from the mag now.
I took some time tonight to clean up the shop and put some tools away (and I also painted the anvil black again! ), but I did get a few pictures while I was out there earlier.

Why does the rear look so narrow? Are the rims flipped or maybe a differant offset. Or maybe it just looks that way with the sheetmetal off.
Mike...........

That pair of rims was bought "sight-unseen" from another WH collector. They were supposed to be 8.5" wide WH rims, but they weren't. The offset is about 2" less than a "normal" Wheel Horse rim, and the valve stem is on the opposite side. They were originally silver, but I have no clue what they're off of. (They're actually only 7" wide.)
I mounted the pair of GT-1848 10.50 turfs on them just so I had a spare set of tires for occasions like this. I kind of like the "tubbed & narrowed" look, but the "wrong side" valve stems have to go!

Love the "OD" color. I'm assuming the top coat will be black. Looking good, very good.

Not much to report, other than I've been tire shopping.
I did manage to drill & tap the exhaust port on the Kohler to accept a 1" pipe today.
(It originally had a bolt-on muffler with only the two 5/16" holes in the block.)

The black beasty's coming on fast TT, your have it finished by this time next week

It's sure coming along nicely Terry. Can't wait to see it all finished up!

Kevin

Its looking great Terry can't wait to get up there and see it in person.

Terry,
That thing looks meaner'n a junk yard dog.

Greg B.

Nothing major to report, other than an engine in about 100 pieces:



And the NOS recoil housing I scored a few days ago:

TT you are going to polish that for the Black Tractor right?

There needs to be another name for the Black Tractor...... Wicked Evil?

Yeah....
That was sort of the plan -- but..... if I don't start making some progress soon, it'll be lucky if it even gets assembled & installed.

You using the NOS recoil on it? Were's the cool tire's ? You just freshning the engine up? or doing a complete rebuild?

I've actually started calling it the "Drag Tractor", Karl.....
not because it looks like a drag racer, but because it's been dragging on for so long now!