Category Archives: Wally

Wally-Work over the past week or so!

Posted on August 14, 2012 by littletractorguy

Well, been a little busy, so I haven’t been keeping people as up-to-date as I should about where I am with Wally…. So here’s a LONG one for you… Over the past, oh, couple weeks, I’ve snuck out for an … Continue reading →

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Teeny tiny bit of work tonight…

Posted on August 1, 2012 by littletractorguy

Got home from day job, changed into grubbies, then out to keep going with strapping Wally’s K181 together… Got the bearing plate in and snugged down… BUT…. Here’s a question! The manual says torque the bearing plate cap bolts according … Continue reading →

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Pictures from the backup camera

Posted on August 1, 2012 by littletractorguy

Okay, just cuz you guys asked nicely… Here’s the few pix that turned out from my standby camera yesterday… When I finally found my old card reader… The camshaft, with the pin rides on, sitting in the side of the … Continue reading →

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An afternoon with Wally but no camera…

Posted on July 30, 2012 by littletractorguy

Well, took the afternoon off to work on Wally a bit… Unfortunately, I couldn’t find my good camera so I’m without many pics from this episode… Finished doing a thorough check of the governor gear, it looks good. Figured out … Continue reading →

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Digging into Wally’s engine

Posted on July 25, 2012 by littletractorguy

Whoo HOO! Bet you can’t tell what’s in THIS box! These two just showed up today, so I decided to take a break from landscaping and get down to some work on Wally’s engine… Once I had changed THIS out … Continue reading →

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More good and bad news

Posted on July 7, 2012 by littletractorguy

Well, got back out to the garage tonight after the kidlet was tucked in and I had all the laundry put away, with the intention of getting started tearing open the 8 horse Kohler outta Wally… I figured, I could … Continue reading →

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A little more work done…

Posted on July 6, 2012 by littletractorguy

After supper, LTGal let me go out and mess about for a while. My goal was to get the engine out and into the garage so I could rip into it and see what was up… So, started with pulling … Continue reading →

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Some good news, some bad news….

Posted on July 6, 2012 by littletractorguy

Whoo hoo! A nice morning, on HOLIDAYS, and I got an hour and a half out messing with Wally! THAT’S the good news…. Pulled the hydro pump mount so that I could get at the cylinder head. Looks like this … Continue reading →

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And finally! Tractors!!! Well…

Posted on July 2, 2012 by littletractorguy

Tractor, at least… Hiking Wally out of the spot he was in at Greensail’s…. He and I got Wally all loaded up, then shot the breeze about tractors for a bit this morning… Then back home with Wally… Totally serendipitously, … Continue reading →

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Laid some “groundwork” yesterday…

Posted on June 4, 2012 by littletractorguy

Well, I spent a good chunk of yesterday “laying the groundwork” as it were (ha ha!) for the Plan… Got everything dug down 3 inches. I know, you guys, HOW am I supposed to dig a basement for my garage … Continue reading →

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