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So a few weeks back I picked up this old craftsman air compressor at a local auction. I knew it ran and for $15 I just couldn't pass it up. Everything on it worked it was just filthy and had been painted a few times in its life. Looked like a fun clean up and restore project. I did a little research online to try and find some info. There are some photos but none of them were the same so I just decided to paint it the way I thought it would have looked. Below is a before picture and then a few I took after I put it all back together yesterday From the bost of my knowledge I would say its from the 50s and from what I could tell it was part of a paint spraying kit. It has a single stage pump and then an expansion chamber with a release valve that pops at 50 PSI. pretty cool little compressor. I have a bottom feed touch up gun that I may give this a try with. After

these are last year pics, still waiting for the snow here in the UK!

Finally got some snow worth getting the 314-H out for. Here are my photos from this morning. Thad (Ohio)

I doubt it.....back then folks were smart enough to keep their fingers out of the way. Unlike today where there are warning signs for everything in this lawsuit-happy world. Mike.........

Don't know if you can push more than this ....but I was pretty impressed plowing my mother's sidewalk. Thad (Ohio)

my goal this year is to get as many of my tractors running & opperating as well as can be. my short term goal is to get all 4 of the tecky powered machines working. i'm half way there! the 1969 raider 9 i bought at Pittsburgh-Parts-Arama in 1994 & was in regular use untill 2002 when somthing went wrong with the trany. KPfrom NC.noticed the hub was moving but not the axle,so i replaced the hub & woodruff key flushed it out & installed new axle seals, shift boot &fresh 85-140 gear lube. i also fixed the battery box and put a new throttle cable, gas lines & fuel filter on it. I soaked the carb overnight & blew it out. it runs super! great at pushing leaves into the pile. the other one is a 1971 workhorse 800 that i bought last year from a RS. member he was restoring it when he had a mc. wreck & lost his leg. well the poor workhorse sat right where it was for several years till i steped in & saved it.this one needed a new carb from the late WHEELHORSEJUNKY. new throtle & choke cables, the trany flushed & new seals & boot & gearlube & 1 valve stem on 1 rear tire. then i welded the seat pan & installed a better seat. boy does it run well! now i only have to install the S.G. on the nos. hh120 on the 1967 1077 & put a tube & do a carb clean on the 1967 lawn ranger & all my tecumpseh powered machines will be work ready! so fellow members what are your WH. goals for 2013 ? HAPPY NEW YEAR JAY IN NC

Nice one copperhead, that gets my vote for the December, 2014 calendar.

Here is a couple more photos from plowing snow today. The tire and chain combo is the best I have ever used. I have tried just about as many different things out there from turf tires, ag tires, chains, no chains, wheel weights, no wheel weights...and this tire "Carlisle HD Field Trax" with 2-link chains and 50lbs weights seems to be the best. I have about a 300 foot driveway on a very steep incline. This setup seems to just plug right along whether we have a wet snow, fine snow, ice, slush....it just works in everything. Thad (Ohio)

Meet Widestride. Modified C120 for logging work over rough terrain. Agri tyres to go on and independant rear brakes. Holds its course on steep banks and steers good. Very stable tractor, pulls a 4x5 4 wheel trailer and soon to be log skidder. Deciding whether to put rubber fenders on all round or leave it as it is. When all mods have been made i will tear it down for paint. Can anyone recommend a reliable 12volt winch for the front.

Just got in from plowing..right in the middle of the storm here on the CT coast. I picked up a 75 C-100 this fall and got to break it in tonight.. Wet and heavy snow coming down a a good clip the whole time. Looks like about 8 inches as of about 8 pm and probably almost half of that fell while I was plowing. Whatever else falls will have to wait till tomorrow. Nobody else to take pictures so this is all ya get.. Didn't look too bad out of the gate.. Now it looks bad... Running out of room already.. Had to dismount for this picture... Let it snow, let it snow, let it....OK enough already...

The Carlisle tire is called "All Trail" part # is 511505 and it is a 23x10.50-12. They are mounted on factory Wheel Horse rims, but they were from a 520H. Here is a photo of the tires without the chains....I really like them....the right balance between turf and ag tires. Easy on the lawn too. Thad (Ohio)

From this afternoon with skimask on. The wind was bitter!

Well the Charger WINS! Have had the GT14 and the PK and now the Charger 12 all out with a blad this year. This is first outing with the Charger. Did you know chains on small tires can jerk your innards out? Was gonna let a little air out and got blue liquid, so must be loaded? Left them then. Did you know you can go TOO fast with hydros for snow plowing, ha! Manual lift is hard on old guys with bad shoulders, specially when having trouble with locking UP! These things can really push and I was hitting the old banks and even pushing Them back with little effort, all while bairly running fast engine speed. Smaller, turns quicker, I like it best of all of these. NOW.....if it just had a Foot control.....hmmm!

Got eight more inches of snow over night here in western PA! Had fun two days in a row!

We got about 5" of snow overnight. I plowed my dad's, daughters, and my drive along with a few here and there as I worked from 1 end of town to the other...Oh, I spent about an hour cleaning the sidewalks and some of the street at our church. I don't have any current pictures, but here is a couple from 2 years ago....same tractor & plow with the same "ole me!

Me on my 867 plowing about 6" of snow 12-26-12

These are from last year but the snow fall is the same. Lots of it. I know this smile is not as big as Pork Chops but I'm not as young as he is. I hope when he's my age he'll still have that smile when he's on his tractor.

Grandson was very dissapointed, only 1" of white stuff. By morning was mostly gone. He was hoping for a driving lesson. Oh, yeah! Snowblower isn't mounted but, if needed would be my pleasure to put it on the '68 Raider 12. The Harleys are spit shined, heels too (like duh!) and ready for any action (work or play). '85 416-8 has the 48" blade, ready. '88 414-8 42" blade, all set to go. Both gassed up, new headlamps. Chains ready but, not mounted. Picking up 23 x 10.5 x 12's mounted tomorrow, filled, approx. weight = 90 lbs. each. Makes my recent lug nut "upgrade" necessary! Wouldn't want to play with 90 lb. tires! That and chains should do the trick for any "winter event." P.S.: Woolrich goose down for the driver. **Note** I like to keep the blades out of the drips; sitting on 2 x 4 blocks (as shown in image below). I often back up on 2 x's front to rear when the chains are on; chains out of the dribbles too!

About two years ago I bought a rough Bantam 8000 with a very rare belly mower. I've stripped it down to every last nut and bolt and have been slowly going through it. The body has been totally blasted, repaired and blocked numerous times. The fenders were all hand dollied to straighten them out too. I had the body parts professionslly painted by a friend of mine and finally got all the orange parts back from him this week. He still has to clear the hood and finish the black items (seat, rear rims and all engine tins). It's 1968 Chevy hugger orange and urethane clear. The rear fender stripes were re-stenciled, sprayed and cleared in as well. The plan is to get it back together for spring.

Well tonight was the night I have been waiting for! The 701 was the start for the tear down my goal was to get the engine pulled and ready for inspection by the shop. I made alot of progress and met my goal. I discovered alot when tearing the tractor down. The Hydraulic Pump needs seals, See some play in steering, will defiantly need some TLC to put her back in shape!

Sorry for the delayed posting of this pic, but I have a new smart phone that is obviously a bit smarter than me. Anyway I have finally figured out how to transfer pics around on it to get to my computer and now to you all. This is my Son-In-Law. His name is PD, and he is proudly standing next to his first Wheel Horse Tractor. This is the one I gave him for Christmas. He is already looking for bling stuff on the internet, and has contacted someone to Jet Hot Coat the muffler. His nephew is going to have the wheels powdercoated. PD tells me he by Spring I will have to play catch-up because his 312 is going to be looking better than new. I am very excited for him. Here is a pic;

I picked up a 655, well I didn't pick it up, the guy delivered it to me, I seen him at the local scrap yard a few weeks back, he was looking for parts for a WH, the guys told him he was in luck, as the WH guy was there that day, he showed me a few pics on his phone and said it had no spark, I told him a few things to try, and said if you need parts get with me, then I handed him a business card, (they are well worth the money $40 for a 1000 cards) well he called me yesterday and said he just wants it gone, he was done messing with it, I told him I was busy and would be a few days before I could go look at it, so he shot a price and said I'll deliver it, if you can pay me today, I said I can do that, so a hour later I had this setting in my yard, I'll mess with it some, but it looks like a good parts tractor, deck is in pretty good shape, just ugly, I haven't picked up a tractor in a while I've passed on a few, but this one was cheap and I didn't have to go get it, and came with plow, axle bracket, deck and tire chains, and up close it is very ruff, so no I'm not going to fix it up.

Not sure which one looks tougher, PD or the WH.

After steam cleaning my rusty 702, I found some of that yellow primer too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKCjLUKBUJE&list=UUd_ptV1TUpPlW1VhCjxez_Q&index=10

Umm...excuse me, there's always the amcrules museum...right over here at my house. Will make room for an NOS tractor anytime. :handgestures-thumbsup:

or maybe I wasnt as good as I thought I was.But He came through. Picked up a C-160 in Oh. today. Its got some issues but it will make a nice project for the Winter and Spring and Summer. Lol. Has a running 341 on it like it should and the hubs have not drifted so the axles shoud be good unlike the 416 parts tractor I was given. A few missing parts as one would expect for the price I payed. Deck is junk. Im sure I will be asking for advice and looking for some parts down the road. Numbers 71-16K802 13779 7084 Jack

thanks mike, both idlers and the auger sprocket are real nice, just that small drive one thats bad. the idlers were really tight but i have them and the chain soaking in diesel and some other nasty stuff right now and they are coming loose real nice. even the chain is loosening up and the individual links are freeing up. im from adelaide, which is not really known for its snow! we do get some rain in the winter months, now heat and drought, well thats another story..........

Pretty scary ski mask dude! Mike............

I too am amazed at the amount of snow my Wheel Horse will push. I need some weight and/or roller chains on the front tires. The front end wants to slide sideways when I have the plow angled.

It's hell to get old aint it!! Mike I think when Steve fell out the tree last year and bucked up his arm a Twig poked him in da eYe that wasnt the bad part....... He keeps pouring Rock -N- Rye in hopes to make it feel better. ~Duke :)

I still moved the pile....I had never seen it pile up like that before so I jumped off and got the camera. After I took the photo, just continued plowing the rest of the sidewalk. I think the retaining wall on the other side helped keep the snow in front of the blade, I just didn't think it would push that much. I give a lot of credit for the Wheel Horse engineers who designed the "A" Frame dozer blade!!! Thad (Ohio)

Ok today had more snow and it was wet and heavy so I decided to use the 1958 Wheel Horse RJ and the 42 inch snowplow/dozer blade again-instead of my 1967 Lawn Ranger with the St-324 snowthrower. Here are some photos of the RJ and plow setup: Here is a video with only a few seconds of snow moving but you will get the idea. I was pleased to see how the curved blade on the SPR-42 inch Wheel Horse snowplow/dozer blade used on these RJ's moves the snow and curls it up when you are moving a lot of it. I apply SNOW JET on the blade to give it some added resistence to snow and ice sticking on the blade as you work.

I have cheated before by drilling a hole right in the clip groove through the spindle and used a cotter pin, some spindles are factory like that also.

My first complete restoration. My nice 653 parked next to my dually 753 stock pulling tractor. Both of these tractors have been restored several years ago, and still look good.

Not possible - that type of rear axle hitch wasn't around in '64. The correct hitch for your blade frame style bolts to the front of the axle housings: The brackets/locks are on the outside of the frame instead of inside like the newer blades/hitches. I did measure the angle rod on mine and it is also 32" long.

Lots of good suggestions here. Everyones local climate and soil is a little different and lawn types and preferences vary. At work, our athletic fields usually get aerated right after spring soccer or summer softball and once again after fall soccer. We aerate to relieve soil compaction. We core aerate most of the time but depending upon the condition of the soil and the weather we will use slicing knives. Generally each fall, about a week after core aerateing we overseed with a slit seeder. This machine breaks up the cores that are lying on top of the soil and at the same time it cuts a slit on the top of the soil for the seed to lodge in. You need good soil contact for the seed to germinate. While the machine is breaking up the cores and, slitting the surface it is depositing the seed and covering it with the broken up cores. We overseed in the fall because we begin to use the fields too early in the spring for the seed to germinate and establish itself. (unless we close a field for a season but that creates scheduling problems). Fall overseeding works well for us. We get the seed in the ground in mid to late August or early September and it gets worked into the ground by the players during their last game or two. It usually has a chance to germinate during the warm days and cool niights and establishs a fair root system before it goes dormant for the winter. You can also try a late season dormant seeding where you overseed just before the snow flies. This way the seed is in the soil and ready to germinate when the days warm up and you get spring rains. Almost forgot. Unless you have frost heave or animal damage, you shouldn't need to roll your lawn. Compaction is one of the main reasons that certain weeds thrive in lawns. It also limits the transmission of water, nutrients and air to the plant and its roots. Aerate, aerate, aerate. Here's a picture of my aerating operation. I'm a little lazy. I should have removed the blower and cab doors but in northern Michigan you need to be prepared. These coring machines are very inexpensive and can be found pretty cheap on CL or e..y.

Just a thought, which bracket are you using on your transmission? Your blade looks closer to the front wheels than Jakes. If you are using the one that mounts under the axle, that would move everything back by 2 or 4" (I forget which). You should be using the type that bolts to the front of the axle tubes. That doesnt explain the angle of the lever though, it does look like it is leaning way back.

I would like to add THIS IS NOT ME, I don't work that way, first in line gets dibs, then if that person passes, next in line, then I wait for payment for a reasonable amount of time, and normally if I don't receive payment in a fair amount of time, I send a reminder asking if they still want the item, then I ship soon after getting payment, I do charge the Paypal fees to the buyer, they add up fast with the amount of items I sell, and they charge the fees on the total including shipping that I don't make money on, at the end of a year the fees can be very high on all the items I have sold, and asking each person to pay them, in my eye is better than me paying ALL of them. I normally figure my own shipping cost and do not charge any extra, for packing or any thing, but if the buyer wants to send me a label prepaid for shipping that is fine. If I worked that way I would be out of business in no time, a good seller/buyer relationship is a must.

Who doesn't like Pics! 704 plowing: C-160 blowing: I know not but Elvis moving the piles back!: Scars of battle:

Hi, John's mum here, just wanted to say a big thank you for your help so far, John has been so excited to get replies, and we are relieved as we didn't have much of a clue where to look. We think it has a Kolher engine in it. I will try and upload the photos, if it fails I will take the kind gentleman up on his offer of help (thanks for that). All three of us would be grateful for any help or pointers you can give us to help with this. He is hoping to take it to local steam rallies in the summer. http:// [url="http://"]http://

3 months ago this tractor had 4 flat tires and did not run. Was winched onto my trailer. It was sad. Engine overhauled too. Snow blower is a vertical shaft unit. I made it hook up identical to original horizontal shaft style. Made the lift flag also. It turns out to be a winner hands down in my book ,especially with hyd lift. C160 Automatic

I'm voting Pork Chop #1 for this winters' Snow Removal Champion. :woohoo:

There is no box for me to check either.... I'd sell it! Let some one who wants to leave it "perfect" pay me the big bucks for it....so I can buy a good tractor! If its in my barn, its getting used!

Doesn't matter if its a Senior, RJ, 420 lse etc. I am putting fuel in it and driving it ...no trailer queens here. The older ones (Senior,RJ) would probably just be show/parade tractors and the newer ones would be put to work as they were intended. I get more enjoyment out of using them than I do just sitting back and looking at them.

I would be taking it to the shows and I'm not pushing it around ether but I would not be working it also . Unless your starting up a wheel-horse museum I would fire her up I believe it still would be a fine example of a NOS wheel horse Brian

No brainer there...fire in the hole. :text-woo:

I like plowing snow.

K + S - Axle seals should be covered in the manual. The correct seal for your C-100 and B-100 is part number 100443. When replacing seal with the transmission still installed on the tractor, you must remove the wheel hubs. Then the seals can be removed from the outside and reinstalled. There are several threads on this forum that deal specifically with the removal and replacement of seals. The hardest part for most people is getting the rusted hubs off the axles. I will try to locate a thread for you to read, but right about now, Grandpa Santa is a little busy. Try this one for a start:

jd...you are right...the games start on the 28th...dang small print in the paper...thanks I can not edit the top post now, but I think it will be OK. thanks again.

Sorry for the late update but the last 5 days have been but a blur, I've been very busy running the MI. WH show, it went over good but turn out was low, gas prices and mid to upper 90 deg heat did not help, and I was out in it for 4 days straight, I can say I'm cooked. Anyway, I got it done fri. about noon, but the decals still had not showed up so it went to the show anyway, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, not a restore, but a very clean very nice running work tractor, I don't think it set still very long most of the weekend, my Daughter Hunter had a friend stay with us at the show fri. and most of sat. she learned to drive a WH on this, Ryan, my Mom, Nick my oldest and his gierlfriend all drove the crap out of it, it became the go to tractor because it stated and ran nice and drove very well, never had even a small problem with it, Mon wanted to take it home. The paint gave me fits, but it seems to be pretty dry now, you could today after I washed it and setting it the sun still smell the paint, so I know it is not cured all the way, if you use other primer the paint is probably good for a worker, but not a restore, I can see it is losing it's shine all ready, not bad but does not have the fresh look any more after a week. This is going to make someone a nice tractor. Here it is after a wash and dry, getting ready for the decals that came in the mail today