KRAIG - You were close, it was at the end of that round that I was grabbing for the T/A that WASN't there.
I broke my home-made sleeve hitch aerating the lawn this fall. The draft link on the left side broke in two just ahead of the upright attached to the lift bar. Guess that's what I get for welding together pieces of scrap to make something. Darned thing didn't even last thirty years, think I made it in 1983. But the steel broke right next to the weld, the weld didn't break. Making a new one, maybe even adjustable for lift height is planned for this winter.
I remember driving home from that plow day I ran thru snow & sleet from just south of Rockford the rest of the way home. And there I was plowing in Roanoke without even a jacket on!
JEFF - That 72 had a 2-3 yr old K181 when I bought it in Jan '81. Spring of '85 I rebuilt a K241 and installed it, that was what was in it in that picture. I like the looks of the black engines in yellow/white CC's so paint all my engines black. In 2003 I bought a K321 out of a 147 from Don Vogt and rebuilt it, but couldn't get the Alcoa rod that Dave Kirk uses in his Killer Kohler's so it sat for 2 years. I finally found a rod, and finished and installed the K321 in 2005. The K241 ran for 1400 hours on it's rebuild, and I have right around 200 on the K321. The old K241 is supposed to be rebuilt this winter for installing in the 70 for SON to mow with next summer. I suppose I should get started on that. When I rebuilt the K241 the shop I had do the machine work suggested KNURLING the piston instead of boring/honing O/S and replacing it, so it's still a well worn stock size bore. The head was warped over 1/16th inch and the shop planed the head for me. I NEVER replaced the head gasket in all those 1400 hours. That head is getting reused. The K181 that was in that 72 when I bought it got freshened up, new rings, exh valve, light hone on the bore and is on my home-made lawn vac.
And the answer is YES, I NEVER throw anything away.