All Activity
This stream auto-updates
- Today
-
What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?
mrc replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
not only welded but, reinforced is a good idea too. -
Molasses Rust Removal
8ntruck replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Restorations, Modifications, & Customizations
Gonna be a while. I put 500 miles between me and that grader blade today. Basically, for offset, the arm that holds the blade has a pivot on the 3 point hitch. There is a semi circular plate with multiple holes allowing the arm to swing right or left 45, may be 50 degrees. For blade angle, it has a pin and pivot on the end of the arm and a circular plate with holes around the edge on the blade allowing the blade to rotate 360 degrees with lots of angle choices. For blade tilt, I discovered that what I thought were the bolts holding the blade to its pivot pin bracket actually allow the blade to tilt. The upper bolt is the tilt pivot, and the lower bolt has maybe 5 choices for tilt position. There have been enough repairs and reinforcements done on this blade that the tilt feature is not readily visible. I noticed a well painted over manufacturer tag on it this morning. Forgot to take a picture of it, though. Would be nice to track down how it is assembled. The 3 point hitch has an adjustable leveling link between the right hand lift link and lower link that gives maybe 4" of tilt across a 6' blade - not enough for a ditch. Did more back filling than excivating when I tried to run it down the ditch. This feature works pretty well with the box blade to put some crown in the driveway, though. I also discovered that when the ripper teeth in the box blade are fully extended, they can catch the 12" plastic culvert I had imbeded in the drive. I had the 2 teeth on the right fully extended and the rest set shorter. Old EJ kind of grunted and jumped when he snagged the culvert, but kept on moving. I thought I had snagged a root. I think I can chop up a culvert coupling and glue it over the hole so I won't need to replace the whole 20' culvert. -
Does that have the rubber isolated engine "wobble plate" mount? If the cushions are original, the rubber may be getting bad. I had trouble with a C-125, and that was over ten years ago. If the engine vibrates too freely, it can cause the float to bounce around so much that the carburetor bowl floods. At least that's what I convinced myself was going on. The replacement cushions were stiffer and seemed to cure the problem. They were still available, though pricey, back then. Don't know about now. No guarantees, just something that fell out of the cobwebs of memory.
-
My First Resto…..854!
702854boy replied to ElectricApprentice123's topic in Restorations, Modifications, & Customizations
Definitely following as the 854 is one of my favorite models, however, I may have to take that one off your hands because the serial number is only 4 after the one on mine, my serial number is 40473 -
My First Resto…..854!
oliver2-44 replied to ElectricApprentice123's topic in Restorations, Modifications, & Customizations
That horse appreciates you saving it. Take lots of pictures as you disassemble it. Heavy Zip Lock bags work good to bag and label parts -
I'll post some tomorrow. I was too busy changing out the upper radiator hose on the wife's 2013 Dodge Dart. What a chore!
-
Gauge wheel assemblies for 60" 5xi mower deck
WHX?? commented on davidtmercer's classified in Wanted
Try K&B in the vendors. -
What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?
cleat replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
I don't know if I have ever got a machine that wasn't at least cracked here. If I was to say what the weak link is on these machines it is here. Fortunately it does not cause any great harm as the machines run along just fine like this but like Sparky, I just can't leave it and get them welded up. -
My First Resto…..854!
WHX?? replied to ElectricApprentice123's topic in Restorations, Modifications, & Customizations
She's a project alright! Good luck and keep us posted along the way. -
My First Resto…..854!
ElectricApprentice123 posted a topic in Restorations, Modifications, & Customizations
Picked this up over the weekend for $200 form a “picker” in the area. Besides the tractor it came with a 36 Rear discharge deck and a 42” dozer blade. I also noted the slot (or Celvis, not sure what) hitch on the back. He pulled it out of the woods at a widow’s house due to her wanting to relocate and needing to liquidate the estate of her late husband. Once I got it home and on the surgery table, inspection lead to find the motor seized (likely due to the “tractor” exhaust) as well the most of the electrical shot. Obviously the tires are blown out and will need replacement. Other issues that were noted were the seat (or the lack of I should say), the clutch rod hanging because it snapped in the middle and various rusted hardware being snapped off or corroded. Got it on stands and the heart removed and somewhat broken down tonight. after removing the head and covers, I found the piston and both valves seized in place. The cause is definitely water getting into the intake as the exhaust side is more stuck then the intake. More to come soon after some ATF and Kroil work their magic on it. -
e-tank? Luckily it’s surface rust… mostly. Some of the sheet metal is soft underneath, but the frame is solid. I know it’s all relative, but remember a few years back I scrapped a ‘99 Silverado with 92k miles because the frame was junk. I’m happy with this, and aware of what bad is..
-
The handles on the wrenches must've been shorter in 1958 to 1961. Someone went overboard and it was probably a gasket leak and they tried torquing it. I've had a bunch of them over the years and never had one of those bolts leak oil yet. In fact, I remove one of those bolts to drain the oil out !
-
Yikes and Yikes! That pinion needs a pinion, and that underside needs an e-tank.
- Yesterday
-
Boy aint that the truth.
-
check out page 2 of the classifieds. richmondred has an ad there. again i suggest to you to contact richmondred. repowering a tractor with a different engine is certainly doable. but why bother when you can 'plug & play' another kohler right in there. everything lines up. no screwing around. i have a kohler 16hp K341 on my shelf that richmondred rebuilt some years ago. i never started it. i have it because as time goes by these things only get harder to find. richmondred shipped it to me via fastenal. another member here on RS has an interest in it. i live in the peoples republic of lefty looneys (taxachusetts, err i mean massachusetts). the other member lives nearby in rhode island. the only bad thing about this site is somebody has what you need but, usually they are many miles from you. thus shipping big heavy things is painful and costly. regards mike
-
Yes Old ensolite sleeping pad over pvc board with vinyl top... used for numerous applications... including another model WH that I'm working on. Here's the first one... 1 and 3 year old testing engineers approved...
-
C85, perhaps pipe dope on the bolts would prevent oil from seeping past
-
That’s good info and thanks for the input! I didn’t know about that swap, I’ll have to look into that.
-
-
Lowell can fix you up. https://wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/shop-now/
-
What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?
Sparky-(Admin) replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
Had the frame/supports/rails welded on my C-145 Auto today. The plan is to use it this winter for snow plowing. While it’s apart I’ll power wash it and get the trans fluid and filter swapped out. Then install the frame to transmission supports that I bought from @ri702bill . Looking forward to having hydraulic lift this winter! -
IMHO and experience... If you need a snowblower - get a two stage. They have the serious advantage of being able to operate at slower tractor ground speeds while having less tendency to load up. Not none.. less. Trina and I do basically what's outlined by several above. Nearly all snows nowadays get the plow blade. She absolutely loves moving snow. We can all agree "seat time" is excellent. Here, we don't use a Wheelhorse for mowing. We do use them 4 to 5 months a year for snow removal. We have to plan far ahead for much larger storms that don't melt. Our plowed area is a good strong 10 to 20 feet past the desired clearing zone. If we're home we would rather plow a large storm multiple times than use the snowblower once, then plow to scrape the surface clean. We are currently using the Ariens Commercial walk behind snowblower. I have a Wheelhorse Dual Stage one I'd like to try sometime. Perhaps this year and perhaps being mounted on the Briggs 20 HP Vanguard V twin powered C160-8.
-
Hunk o' foam in that?
-
Plow the snow into the yard. It is what I do. I have a a 56" D series blade on a Charger 16 pushed it off ...Haven't had a need for my blower in a few years. If you have a gravel driveway get a sweepster to put the stones back in the driveway in the spring...
-
Today: Seat pad made from materials on hand. Ran around the hood - no surging!!!
