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Picked up this old 520H in Ohio. She was pretty rough. The plan was to clean up and make a mini loader to use around the yard. I have a D series loader that works pretty well but it is just too big. After a bath, tuning, some sand blast and paint, It started to look good. Installed a Matt860 Hydro pedal kit, upgraded the front axles to 1", new tries, weights, and used plans from PF engineering as the starting point for the loader. I modified the plan to have more bucket roll back when in the lower positon. (This does sacrifice the dump side at the raised position), I found a happy medium between the two without fancy linkage. I still have some fine tuning, the hydraulics are way too fast, at least on the boom lower. Looking into a flow control now. Thanks for looking, Joe

Yes John I am! I pushed Karl's Magic Button, and now can only see Relevant Big 10 discussion from my Brotheren of the Big 10. Besides I can trust any one of you to have my back same as I have yours. Yep the ND game would be one to see I agree. ~Duke

John, I had to get my medication adjusted Other things have come along and transpired and reminded me why I hate the Tide so much! Dont worry that wont happen again! As far as the Hawkeyes go........ good luck this weekend A Hawkeye is one of a Wolverines most favorite foods, but have been known to give us da chits so we wash em down with some crushed buckeYe juice! ~Duke Well shoot, I forgot to enter my pumpkin in the carving contest, but I guess I can show it here.... You'll be getting your Buckeye juice through an I.V. this year to restart your heart after the thumping the Chitterines are gonna get. :ROTF: We havin fun yet? :ychain:

OK...let's all sing along... Stupid BEARS

Looks like a time out from here... :ROTF:

Sounds like Duke is in a TIME OUT!!!! :ROTF: I can't even type what I want to say... Maybe Karl is a closet Ohio St. fan??? :ychain:

Duke, it sounds like your feelin' better!! Good Deal!! Go Hawkeyes!!!

If you are rebuilding your snow thrower, many models from the 60's, 70's and 80's, use the same bearings for the chain drive shaft. ST-323, 6-0200, 6-0201, 6-0202, 6-6212, 6-6213, 6-6214, 6-6215, 6-42ST01, 66-42ST01, 76-42ST01, 86-42ST01, 86-48ST01, 98-42ST01, 06-37SB01, 06-37SX01, 06-42ST01, 06-42ST02, 06-42ST03, 06-42ST04, 06-42SY01, 06-42SY02 and others. The bearing part numbers are 107743, 100908, 101702, 101781, or 1968. If you have checked, you probably found that replacement bearings from Toro cost you around $60.00 each. These are the bearings that are inserted into the 3-bolt flanges that hold the shaft on either end. They look like this: The inside diameter is 3/4", and the outside diameter of the widest part of the outside is 52mm or 2-1/32" +/-. This is called an insert bearing, and the outer housing is curved so that when inserted into the flange, it's allowed to self-center. Here it is in the flange To replace both of these bearings will cost at least $100 with shipping if you buy them from Toro. If you search for this bearing online, you will find that a 3/4" inside diameter insert bearing is available, but with an outside diameter of only 47mm, or a little under 1-7/8", which is too small to properly fit into the flange. Here is my solution. I purchased insert bearings with a 7/8" inside diameter. This bearing has the proper outside diameter of 52mm. I also purchased bronze bushings with a 3/4" ID, and a 7/8" OD. I removed the 1/4-28 x 1/4" set screws, and pressed the bushing into the new bearing. Then I drilled and tapped the bushing, and inserted two new 1/4-28 x 5/16" set screws. My total cost for two new bearings, which now is a perfect fit for the flange, was $30.00 which included shipping. On my snow thrower, the outer bearing (closest to the chain) was attached to the shaft with a 1/4" roll pin. Since these bearings only come with set screws, I rotated the shaft so that the set screws avoided the holes in the shaft. There is really no need for a roll pin at that location. 7/8" Insert bearings - UC205-14, $5.63, Bearingson.com 3/4" x 7/8" x 1-1/4" SAE 863 Bronze Sleeve Bearings, #2868T172, $2.51, McMaster & Carr 1/4-28 x 5/16" Black Alloy Steel, Cup Point Set screws, $.11 each, McMaster & Carr All the prices are plus shipping. Hope this helps someone to get their snow thrower running quietly and smoothly again without having to spend an arm and a leg on Toro bearings.

At confession, penalty dished out. You have to ride around on a Craftsman vertical shaft thingy at the next WH Jamboree! That'll put you in your place! By the way, nice haul! Didn't ditch your BAR I hope. Some have all the luck! :banghead:

Funny you should mention that. My wife's exact words were "how many are you bringing home? What? That's a legitimate question."

Did you put a seat belt on it so he will not slide off. Armorall is real slick. I put some on my leather car seat and found it tricky to stay put. Made the steering wheel slick too. Very good looking tractor. If he decides he doesn't want it I will take it. Marv

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Hummm...those engine look familiar!!...guess I'd better check the barn door !!! PS...I like the trade.....got anythink else to trade!!??

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:ROTF: Thats just too funny!! I had to watch it twice just encase I missed a detail or to from too much.

Yes, I just saw this...incredible...the magic of technology...what a riot...thanks Jim. :)

It's as though it was intentionally designed to be the sacrificial part ~ instead of something more expensive breaking and ultimately causing more damage and/or immobilizing the tractor. :confusion-shrug:

Trying again

threw a seat on it but I dont think I'll use a square pan, it just doesn't look right to me. still trying to track down the old school style tractor seat. either way, here is a picture of it outside finally. I did get it running and it runs pretty good, however, it appears to smoke. The engine i have on it now was one that i bought on a whim to replace the original. Since they are the same engine, i might strip the old one down to a "short block" and pull all the parts off the one i bought and see how the original engine runs.

That it would....but Georgia is much improved and they are going to be tough to beat.....I believe Bama will prevail, but the game is in Atlanta so it will be pretty much a home field for UGA. I was hoping for a Bama-ND BCS Championship game....that would be one for the ages!!!

That would be a game worth seeing!!!

Correct me if I am wrong, (I'm sure you guys can't wait to do that). but I think I remember back in 1972 and 1973 or maybe 1973 and 1974 that Alabama and Notre Dame went at it two years in a row on Near Years Eve. If memory serves, the Irish won both of those games...is it possible that we will see another one of those games this year?? :)

John, I had to get my medication adjusted Other things have come along and transpired and reminded me why I hate the Tide so much! Dont worry that wont happen again! As far as the Hawkeyes go........ good luck this weekend A Hawkeye is one of a Wolverines most favorite foods, but have been known to give us da chits so we wash em down with some crushed buckeYe juice! ~Duke

Well hit the road this morning at 5 a.m. and made a trip to Chi-town. Didn't want to be gone and consumed by the trip for the day so headed west under the dark sky. Arrived at my destination at approximately 6:55 a.m. Chicago time. Talked for about 5 minutes.......hard for some of you to believe I know. Loaded these babies up and headed back east. Arrived in Warsaw at 10:59 a.m. Haven't had a chance to sit down and look up the years on these machines yet. The one in the front is older with a 10 h.p. Kohler and a pretty beat up mowing deck. The one in the back is a 12 h.p. Kohler with snow blade. Was told before I came that the one with the blade ran fine, which it does, and the other one did not. Unloaded it off the trailer, poured some gas in, changed the spark plug, hooked up some loose wires, cleaned the points and she fired off. It needs the fuel system cleaned terribly but we have two runners!!!! I have been wanting to add a Jacobsen Chief to the collection, as well as a couple other brands. Thanks to a friend, Derek aka dw753, for locating these online for me I now have 2! Plans for the future are to re-furbish the older one. Might have some fun plowing snow with the other this winter. Here they are just freshly loaded on to the trailer...........

Cool Scott. Sent you an email to hotmail with some manuals.

Wheel-n-it. No more daughters huh? Well then, What you need is a son. And, as luck would have it? I am currently available for adoption .You can tell by my picture that I am cute and somewhat normal. And, you won't have to deal with the "TEEN" rebelling years . Very nice tractor...

Did you see that Steve? Be thankful Dinosaurs aren't on the dinner menu. Nicely done Jim.

This has been a fun thread, but I've removed a few questionable posts. Please keep things civil, we have a feature which may be handy to use.

Well the 264-6 is gonna be a winter project, but came across a sweet deal: 3 Wheel Horse Tractors: a running, nicely restored (running) B-80 with plow and chains, an awesome looking running C-111 with plow (show piece), and a WorkHorse?? with mower deck. All running, but he is moving to Florida and wants them out of garage! Pics to follow!!!!

Thank you for your entires, I am looking forward to Justin's magic!

I just put in a large order at tulsa engine warehouse / tewarehouse.com for carburetor rebuild parts, sediment bowl kits and some misc parts they have a flat rate of $8.95 for shipping. They have parts for a lot of brands and prices seemed pretty good but I did not do a lot of shopping around. I did compare them to lawnmowerparts.com and for an example the kohler float bowl part number 235448-s is $12.20 at lawnmowerparts.com $10.59 at jackssmallengine.com and tewarehouse.com it is $5.54

i would not run it due to it being cast, it may have a stress fracture hidden until you get wide open throttle and the the damagge will really happen, what size motor is it? you can find them on ebay or pending on what it is i might have one, send me a pm good luck

Steve, I'm thinking you probably get more work out of that snow plow during the summer... than you do during the winter.

Minnesota beats a pesky Detroit team...I think the Vikings can whoop up on Green Bay... :) :) DA BEARS tonight entertain Houston...both are 7/1...should be a good one. DA BEARS

Thanks, but I didn't really do anything the whole 8 years I was in. But what pisses me off, tomorrow schools have it off, but I have to work.

OCTOBER

Happy birthday to all those Marines, past, present and those that did not make it home. So toast one to the Corps. Semper Fi Marines.

Tim, Iron Man Rick is 39 and we are Ole Timers. However after 2 qts of apple juice and getting loosened up I think I can do just about anything! Im trying to get my ready still much to do. ~Duke

I knew it! I thought that was you Joe.

I'm a French model.........Bonjour !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why thank you gents. Yep double nickels! When I was youngin I used to think 55 was older than dirt. For some reason I dont think that anymore. We are all traveling uppon that level of time, to that undiscovered country from who's born no traveler returns. So mote it be. ~Duke

Any time you can save a horse from the glue factory for scrap...are you kidding me. We want pictures. I have saved a couple that way and now they are like brand new. I saved this one a few years ago...no way it was going to be glue...

Mystery Solved thanks to your help...it's a 1955. I posted pics in the first post (photobucket). Pics of the decal too. Thanks for your help I had no idea how easy it was to take the hood off. The year coordinates with the brochure the family gave me following the owners death.

I checked under the hood (pics are all in the first post) photobucket. the engine dates to jan 1955 serial number 2404931

That really is a nice looking original machine! Congrats on the purchase and for keeping it together in that condition. I'm really impressed by the collection of implements you have to go with it. I'd love to get a dozer like that for mine! Anyway, it looks like you were looking to date the tractor... The Pond boys didn't really serialize their early equipment, so it's mostly conjecture as to what year the early stuff was built. The best bet in ruling something out would be to reference the build date of the engine. There's no guarantee that the engine date matches the tractors's, but you can be probably certain that if the engine was - for example - a 1955 year that the tractor isn't a 1954. You can pull a serial number from the Wisconsin AENL engine and try to run it down...check this website for a first crack at it: http://wisconsinmoto..._serial_search/ . If that doesn't work out, I'm sure we can help. The number you have is actually for the magneto on the engine (the part that breathes fire into the ignition system). The engine serial number is "somewhere" else. To be completely honest, I have never paid enough attention to the RS-83 I own to tell you where the data plate is. Chances are that the tractor is a 1954 or 1955. Last time I heard from the guys who really know about these things (Bob "whlpony" and Larry from Evansville, IN) it was pretty much assumed that Wheel Horse only built these in 1953-1955. The oldest one thought to have been identified was a 1953 - based on the engine - and that belonged at one time to Stephen (Rollerman). If I had to make a bet, I'd say your tractor is a 1954. Welcome aboard! You do realize this is merely your first Wheel Horse don't you? Steve

I don't want to restore it, it was used on a regular basis, but always stored in a barn by it's original owner...he used it until he was 98. It's been in my barn for 3 years since I bought it. There was a guy I contacted back then about it, and he told me exactly what you have to keep it just the way it is and be careful of the fiberglass hood. I know I was lucky to find it, it was in our local paper as an "old tractor for sale". I hadn't had much info about wheel horse tractors at the time. I had an antique farmall cub, but it was so different I loved it.

Nice, like the cherry on.............................the bottom.