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Excellent visit with PT and Med Doc today. Ankle movement is Excellent. Strength is top notch. Ankle joint stiffness and pain are very minimal. I am "released from care" and back on Regular Duty.
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Betcha y’all didn’t know 280
wh500special replied to 953 nut's topic in non tractor related discussion
If you count the interstates that parallel the original Route 66 roadway, I’ve traveled the entire length of Route 66. But I cheated… Route 66 runs along the town I grew up in (Granite City, IL) and while it was just another road to my generation, nobody ever called it anything other than Route 66 or Old 66 despite all the street signs proclaiming it as a named street or local thoroughfare . My first and second jobs (welder and forklift driver) were both on Old 66. My current office - where I am sitting at work at this very moment - is along one of the previous Route 66 paths through St. Louis. So, I still drive on a portion of it almost every day and see the old Route 66 bridge across the Mississippi that has one heck of a dogleg turn about 2/3 the way across the river (look at satellite images of the Chain of Rocks Bridge). Many places along the route and the route’s position itself changed over the years, both in the road’s heyday and in its retirement. There are several Route 66 pathways through St. Louis alone so in its 100-year history it has both shaped and been shaped by the changing times. I would imagine the meandering path holds true across the country. When I was a kid (in the 80’s) pretty much everything along the old route from St. Louis to Chicago was in some state of disrepair or abandonment. There’s been quite a resurgence of the kitschy stuff in recent years and now there’s a lot of signs helping people navigate the old path. November marks the 100th anniversary of The Mother Road (will we see a bet you’ll didn’t know about this coming up?). I’m not sure I have seen as many antique cars in my lifetime as I have seen just this year. Great numbers of enthusiasts have been retracing the paths of the road and of the mentioned show. My grandpa and his brother left this area in the depression and tried to find better luck than what befell the Joads on their Route 66 travels. They drove out to California in a 1916 Chandler on 66 and ended up finding work building a Borax factory somewhere in the California desert. Eventually grandpa came back home to Illinois, but his brother stayed. They traded letters and a few phone calls but never saw each other again over the next 60 or so years. It’s a shame grandpa didn’t write a book about his adventure out and back. My daughter goes to college outside Los Angeles. While I loosely knew that the western terminus was out in the same area, I was delighted to find that her college is merely a block or two over from Route 66. It’s kind of neat that while she’s over 1800 miles away, she’s really just down the road. Full circle. Steve -
I for one can't stand the peeling varnish that passes for tool handle finishes,so here is a quick how to for an oil like finish very quickly The process starts with a utility knife to scrape off the gunk that is brittle to start with. I just stroke the knife in a scraping fashion and if grain digestion is felt, just peel from the other end and so forth. The before and after is obvious. The black handle has two uses. The first is the singed wood has the color under the finish. I actually turned it black,then hit it again just enough that a bit of flame showed up and sanded it while still very warm with a cheap foam block. If you are in a super hurry you can apply tung oil while still hot to the touch and it will drink on several thin coats. You can hit it after an hour is so with more tung oil wet sanded into the wood. After some time just buff it with a paper towel . The handle will be slick and feel dry. The next day you can start a linseed oil routine by rubbing slight amounts hard into the surface. Linseed a few days and then once a week.The blackened handle shown has some spots sanded thinly enough to make parts of it brown as I enjoy that type of appearance. Blackened wood makes a much better finish of the softer woods and lets you sand off the raised grain . The tung oil soaked in very deeply and actually hardens and lays down the fuzzy grain. Think of tung oil as faster drying primer for the linseed oil. You can skip the burning step if you like, but it will take days and days for the tung oil to sink in fully. A SKS took at least twenty coats before it fully sealed.
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Mower deck on C120 wheel horse
gwest_ca-(File Mod) replied to slk's topic in Implements and Attachments
Will guess this is a 42" side discharge deck. Here is a list of the possible candidates so you have model numbers to search. Decks are sized by their width of cut - not the width of the deck. If you want to check enter a model number as written here and it will quickly show an illustrated parts list without downloading anything. Then you can search for manuals in our library. https://www.partstree.com/ Mower DNA 42" side discharge 1966-1967 model RL-426 (Have operator manual) replaced by 1968 model 5-1421 (Have operator manual) 1969 model 5-1422 (Have operator manual) 1970 model 5-1423 (Have operator manual) 1971 model 5-1000 (Have operator manual) 1971-1972 model 5-1001 (Have operator manual) 1973-1974 model 5-1010 (Have operator manual) 1975 model 5-1011 (Have operator manual) 1975 model 5-1012 (Have operator manual) 1976 model 65-42MS01 (Have operator manual) - Online Toro parts illustration is the 48" SD deck 1976 model 65-42MS02 (Do not have operator manual) - Online Toro parts illustration is the 48" SD deck 1977 model 75-42MS01 - (Do not have operator manual) These 42" side discharge decks all use blades with 5/8" x 3/4" double-D center hole unless the spindles have been upgraded. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These decks all use blades with a 3/4" center hole. 1977 model 75-42MS02 replaced by (Do not have operator manual) 1978 model 85-42MS01 (Do not have operator manual) 1979 model 95-42MS00 (Do not have operator manual) 1979 model 95-42MS01 (Do not have operator manual) 1980 model 05-42MS01 (Have operator manual) 1981-1983 model 05-42MS02 (Have operator manual) 1984 model 05-42MS03 (Have operator manual) - Last year for bearings with 3/4" ID 1985 model 05-42MS04 (Do not have operator manual) - First year for bearings with 17mm ID unless older spindles were updated. 1986-1988 model 05-42MS05 (Have operator manual) 1989 model 15-42SC01 (Do not have operator manual) 1990 model 15-42SC02 (Have operator manual) 1990-1992 model 15-42SC03 (Have operator manual) 1993-2007 and 2009-2012 model 78345 (Have operator manuals) These decks all use blades with a 3/4" center hole. Note - 17mm is .669" - Today
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Another "Had to" Drag it Home, C101
oliver2-44 replied to oliver2-44's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
After fighting with intermittent spark and power I threw in the towel and did a simple rewire. Problem solved! For now none of the safety switches are wired in, and they were previously jumpered. My new wiring is set up to include them after I remove and clean/test each of them. With a little cranking to get fuel to the carb it fired right up. Did some quick carb adjustments and it runs better that I though it would. I had previously drained the transmission and let it hang with front raised up over night. The oil was gray, but no free water. So I filled it with 1/2 diesel nd 1/2 ATF that I wanted to use up. THE GOOD - it drove around.in 1st and Reverse, Hi & Lo. THE BAD - no 2ND OR 3RD GEAR, NOTHING, not even a scratching when I shift. I ran out of time and will get back to this maybe this weekend.' @stevasaurus give me some hope that maybe I just did something stupid when I put the shifter in. 1st thing I'll check is pull the shifter and make sure the shift rails form a square box hole for the shifter to go into. Could I really have gotten the shifter in if one shift rail being completely to one side? I sure seems it has to be something simple for there to just be nothing there. Then again I guess the shift fork could be broke off the rail. -
Clevis hitch and rockshaft diy- my version
Stan50 replied to Stan50's topic in Implements and Attachments
@ri702bill No bushings, original shaft is probably 3/4"' OD with 2 brass? bushings but I used 7/8" ~ 22 mm rod, which is tight fit. Shaft itself is not moving-opposite to OE- but that arm (2 big nuts and 1/4 thick flatbar) is. -
Absolutely - all free to download. In the Manuals section. under Implements - Mower Decks and Reels. A storehouse of knowledge there. There may also be notes of interest on the download page - NLA parts and superceeded P/N's - those kinds of helpful things. Disassemble one of the other ends of the linkage - check out the bushing...
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FREE 36" Mower Deck & Parts Deck
davidtmercer commented on Rick3478's classified in Wheel Horse for Sale
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I do not even know what deck i have but I was thinking there should be a bushing of sorts in there as well. Are there manuals for the decks here on the site?
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Download the manual for the deck - there is a steel bushing as npart of that linkage - yours seems to be missing.
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I'll say it's an Ariens / Gravely...
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Clevis hitch and rockshaft diy- my version
ri702bill replied to Stan50's topic in Implements and Attachments
Is there a bronze bushing in the arm? The OE version had the arm fixed to the shaft & there were bronze bushings in the tank upright. Excellent fabrication work. -
shoulder bolts , linkage magic
ri702bill replied to peter lena's topic in Implements and Attachments
Your scenario does not put the threads in shear - much better than OE... -
So much for an alternate source.
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It would have to be tightened about 3/4” to even come close.
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shoulder bolts , linkage magic
peter lena replied to peter lena's topic in Implements and Attachments
@ri702bill , have years on this , never had a failure , then went after related , pto lever start issue , at battery tray , the heim joint in place of sloppy trundle , initial washer filling play point ,shoulder bolt , as soon as you squeeze the swing lever on plow quadrant lever , the amazing ease is showing you its gain over a chronic issue , never had a failure , solid wire , instantly shows you its difference, blade swings with ease , tractor has bins of them . really never had any failures , also graphited my blade face ? snow slide off is ridiculous , lets you back plow , for easier clearing , pete -
Should be tightened, but just enough to still allow the front bracket to pivot.
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The lift arm on the right side of the tractor looks like it needs a spacer that raises the deck. Is that suppose to be like that??
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Doesn't look like any Wheel Horse blade I'm familiar with.
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Hey guys when someone gave me a C120 they included this plow blade. I have no idea if it goes on any Wheel Horse tractor or not. What do you think?
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I just watched those yesterday! I was going to ask where you got the exhaust stack. I have a 16 Automatic that someone put a 14hp engine in. Best running engine I have, in the ugliest (currently) tractor I own.
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One regular family visit involved a ferry across the Hudson River. We kids thought it was just the coolest thing, but the new bridge shortened the travel time by more than an hour and was free. The ferry went out of business, of course.
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What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?
Stan50 replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
I installed homemade clevis hitch with modified receiver hitch, definetely I wouldn't do it once more , too much work involved but for now I don't have easy access to many WH parts. -
Last few days was very productive, I made clevis hitch along with rockshaft and other small pieces. I can't take credit of this version completely because I found many ideas on this forum . Unfortunately clevis hitch is not perfect, my tools are basic and mechanical skills too, but everything works well. I don't have any hitch attachements but that will probably change. I think about some kind of rakes and weeder/ cultivator. I don't need plow or tiller. Clevis hitch is slightly bigger, measurements are little bit different (slightly longer and wider at trans shaft) - I adjusted it to my homemade receiver hitch. Receiver hitch had to be improved too. Shaft is not moving (7/8- 22 mm diameter),secured to side plate by nut, washers and spring cotter pin. Other spring cotter pins secure moving arm at one side and shaft itself. That arm is moving freely
