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I have never seen the gauges with a dial that do not thread, but rather turn and lock, but the bigger problem would be finding one long enough for the D200 tank. I could confidently say they do not make a cap with a gauge that long. It may possible to install some sort of fuel sending unit to a gauge on the dash

supposedly the chrome caps off a Honda fuel tank fit and look good. http://www.amazon.com/Stens-125-368-Replaces-17620-402-010-17620-ZE2-W00/dp/B0015MJSSM

Do not be discouraged, it still may show up. I would really go back and see if the people would not give you the window fitters name or where he worked out of and do some digging down that road, or area. Logistically it would have taken a truck and two men to pinch it, probably a covered truck, just saying.

I believe it does count Nigel, at least my vote says so.

I'll be iffy, this year, hopefully next year if I can figure a way to get a D160 on carry on luggage

Good choice, The Kohler K301 may be the best kohler engine ever made

They must call them something else in the States, search comes up nil for power file.

We have been plagued by hundreds, if not thousands, of Earthquakes every year since 2008 when oil companies started extracting oil using a method called fracking. Towns have been banned by the State from stopping this practices due to the oil companies influence. We are far away from the fracking activity, still we are occasionally affected, this morning at 4:30 am our Schnauzer Duchess was tossed from our bed, and we found we also suffered damage out doors. WE WILL REBUILD! Oklahoma Strong! Z Z Z Z Z Z Z

This just in: The Gazette ran a story about the stolen Wheel Horse http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/14040416.Vintage_tractor_stolen_twice_from_same_Yate_street/

So you are saying being an Island is akin to being a sponge?

Ian, I watched that video about the little Grey Fergie, and that is the sweetest sounding little tractor ever. I doubt I good get across the Thames river bridge if I owned that tractor because my head would be so big.

That is a GREAT job ploughing and rotovating George. That even looks like land that has sat fallow or not been turned in quite some time (26 years is a long time). That is not an easy job, but you did it nicely! BTW the soil looks fairly damp in the pictures, is it really?

If anyone is thinking of converting to a 4 bolt hub, this Sand Rail hub by BMI is a good option. It slides directly over the spindle and it has 1-5/8" sealed precision bearings rated at over 1350 lb static pressure. Wheel and tire combinations can be found on epay and other tire wheel vendors http://www.bmikarts.com/4-x-4-Billet-Aluminum-Idler-Hub-34-or-1-ID-Bearing_p_1644.html

Norm, what did you use for front hubs?

Also wishing you many Happy Returns. have a Great Day Doug!

and started wonder which of you blokes was guilty, lol http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-34779378

After using both my flat top tube frame tiller and my flat top large frame tiller, I can assure all that no other GT tiller surpasses its performance. I've used Ariens, Allis/Simp, Cub, CASE, Deere and Massey tillers, none work like Bolens flat top. Once you attempt to lift or load one you will know why

Seems you have been hiding something in the shed.

Its really tough call, because the bonnet and fenders are a different type of metal than the frame and and drive train. Many automotive places use an epoxy primer or a zinc chromate etching primer and that would be at the high end of products. As I have said before these tractors were never primed to start with so if one got a good prep maybe a acrylic urethane top coat would do, but I still prime as Chris does.

Happy birthday from the States, Koen

Very sorry to here this Mark, Water is one of the worst of Mother Natures bad sides. I feel your pain after pumping water for days this spring. God luck in getting to the repairs and getting it all sorted out. You should be able to identify all existing problems now at least.

Thanks, Andrew, they made virtually the same tiller for the tube frames, I have one of those as well, absolutely effortless.

I do not believe a geared tractor and hydro share any parts. My parts dealer assures me that finding parts for sundstrand/eaton hydros is not a problem, however not the same can be said about the older Vickers T66 hydros, which were not as common in GTs anyway, mostly in early Simp/AC, Ariens, and maybe Wards. The hydrostatic drive is very, very simple if you deal in fluid power much at all. A pulley turns the pump creating pressure with the use of 9 cylinders (sometimes less) that resemble a wheel gun or revolver, by pulling a lever fluid is moved to the gears in the trans axle that propel the machine forward, by pulling the handle the opposite way it reverses the direction of fluid and the machine. The main problem with hydros comes from dirty fluid and the scratching/wearing of the pressure plate. I know of only three geared transmissions in Cub GTs up until 1980,and those had many parts interchangeable with Cub tractors, but some geared tractors like Wheel Horse, Bolens, Simp/AC had many different geared transmission models and therefore parts tend to go NLA, especially those that offered two speed, hi/low, vari-drive, select-o-shift, or shuttle shift transmissions. Below is a picture of a Wheel horse D-200 hydro pump after the outside cover is removed. Of course the transmission/drive train of the Wheel Horse is closer to a Hydraulic drive CASE tractor than a true hydrostatic, but it does use the same pump as the hydrostatics and not a hydraulic pump like the CASE.

Paul Said, " a good hydro is great, however a weak hydro is not. They can leak, groan, lose power when warm..". The same can be said about a geared tractor in that if the clutch is weak, the gears stripped, or the bearings rotted, it takes rebuilding the whole drive line to get it in order. These tractors are for the most part close to half a century old and whether maintenance has been done or not, getting back to original takes time and money if the tractor is to survive. Again, I really don't see an issue of reliability or durability in geared over hydro, but as others have stated, it is a personal preference. I would really like to see a tractor with a synchronous transmission, like the newer shift on the fly mowers, but more of an automotive quality. Maybe some one could do a custom build hint, hint Nigel, etal