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It has to get warmer and stop raining soon, spring has sprung! I am ready for the "ice cream run"!

To imagine that a vehicle that had a life expectancy of days to a few months in combat is still around to tell its story 80 years later is something...

Let the ice cream getting season commence for Ham's '48!

When you tighten the nut on the output shaft, It needs to draw the gear up against the bearing. There should not be a gap when the output nut is...

Hard to believe, in a short 20 years Sweet Chee will be 100 years old! There is something about reaching the century mark that is just cool.

Okay, a weird one today... So now that the trans is apart I wanted to mock up the overdrive now that I can see everything. So I put the overdrive...

I'm sacred of everything, when I first got flossy I didn't want to touch the distributor for fear of messing something up. Well, I'm a little ways...

Thank you, that makes me happy, because I saw it was loose, and thought I would be replacing that. So that is great!

Agreed! As an aside, today just happens to be Sweet Chee’s 80th birthday! *dangit!* sideways pic!

Hopefully those few who still know how, will pass on that knowledge to their next generation. I hope that we will always be able to find someone who...

Keep after it David! You have the Hot Mess running around and that's all the fun. I hope you have a great Easter also!

I couldn't be more excited right now!! The exchange fuel pump came in yesterday and I was able to fire up the Hot Mess. It wasn't without...

Thanks for the input on the metal panels GM! I placed an order the other day for some bits and pieces and I’m excited to get them! Yes it’s a...

I'm scared of transmissions - a phobia of mine. How do you hold all of those needle bearings in place when you put it back together?

Looking good 56"! The input shaft is not a tight fit inside the sleeve that the throw out bearing rides on. The input shaft has a good deal of...

The t90 is apart! Everything went smoothly, and didn't even take too long, this things pretty simple inside. Looks like I'll be replacing the...

While I have some down time as I wait for the block to come back. I decided to address the issues I previously had when trying to run the overdrive....

It's a great little tractor, only 9 horsepower, but it will pull basically anything you put behind it (including that CJ5 that broke down one...

I restored one of those Simplicity garden tractors for my brother many years ago. Cast iron and steel, Kohler engine. They definitely don't make them...

That's a great Simplicity garden tractor '56. They sure don't make them like that anymore. I see where folks are taking lawn tractors and turning...

What do you do when your jeep is torn apart, the weather is super nice, and you REALLY want to go offroading? Take the antique tractor through the...

That makes sense, thank you. I hadn't thought of that, since there were copper washers in that place before.

O-Rings on the intake valves, nothing on the exhaust. The flat washers go on the lifter cover under the nuts.

So, in the gasket kit from Kaiser, I got 4 of each of these seals pictured. The style on the left is the rubber O ring for the intake valves. The one...

The history behind the vehicles means a whole lot more when it keeps the loved ones memory alive.

Mike, You have run into the two major hurdles of restorations. As you have discovered, radiator shops are few and far in between. With plastic...

Come on back gmwillys! We will get a picture.

I wish I had taken a bit of time back in '21 when I brought the Heep up to Toledo for Jeep's 80th anniversary festival. It would have been great to...

That baby is coming along nicely Mike. You are lucky to have a radiator shop. They are becoming very rare indeed. Hopefully that generator returns to...