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Ok this is my daughters tractor I put together last summer. 1966 Lawn Ranger. She wanted a little tractor to ride around on and this is what I found sitting in a field for several years. after getting it running and the bugs worked out. And all fixed up and painted with Gabby enjoying it.

Of course, I've gotta submit the favorite "worker" currently in my collection, my one owner, original 653. Here it is a couple years ago, the day I picked it up from the original owner... http://www.wheelhors...ing the torch ...and a couple, more recent picts of it from this past year. :handgestures-thumbsup:

And why not. I carry a gieger counter with me to the Sushi bars !! :ychain:

My name is Cole and I am 10.. My dad is Ken B. I went with my dad to get this tractor from Charles. It had a Lawson motor on it but dad does not like them so we changed it. I helpd when I could but I mostly did all the cleaning. I wanted a foot throtle on my tractor and i wanted my tractor loud and fast and it is. Me and my dad ride our tractors alot! I wanted a tractor like my dads but I like mine better.

Great video Ray and nice horse. You know...first we gave them shoes...then the right to vote...then we let them dive the horse...and now she wants to mow the lawn. What's for dinner Ray??? :ychain:

I would like to nominate my 401. I got this tractor in early November of 2009 for my first garden tractor. I buddy of my dad's knew I was looking for a garden tractor and he ended up dropping it off to me. It still ran very good but she was a smoker. When I got it it had duals that were loaded and it would go through anything, It had a plow on it and I never caught it spinning its wheels. on Christmas on 2009 I decided to strip it apart and restore it. It spent the next year and a half restoring it. We began with getting it sandblasted, and because it was pitted so bad we had to use quite a bit of bondo on it. I had to of had at least 50 hrs probably a lot more than that sanding it perfect. The hood on the tractor we found nos on craiglist and jumped right on it so all it needed was scuffed and it was ready. The tractor was painted with base coat/clear coat car paint and a body shop my family owns.The wheels were powder coated. The engine and transmission were completely rebuilt by my dad's buddy who gave me the tractor. The tractor was finally ready to be assembled, we began spring of 2011 and finished just in time for Kelly's show in August of that year. I of course kept the duals and I added a polished stainless stack to really make it stand out. The only thing I would ever change on the tractor is I would like some tri ribs on the front, and some wheels that are not so badly pitted. Thanks, Jake a before shot This post has been promoted to an article

We have a later pond tractor with Clinton motor and need help idenifying it

No idea about a Nissan Altima, but I have heard they will take out a scooter.

Looks like a bad Monte Python sketch...striping for the lord.

Ive been trying to get on for over a week and no luck. Ive tryed 3 different valid model numbers and no luck. Thought it was on my end.

On another site they have the little ones listed as Bolens

This is a retired snowblower, but it had 3000 hp. Kind of a special purpose though. IMG]

OK got me thinking that its time to check all mine again, been a while.

I used a short chute blower 2 winters ago when we had tons of snow and it worked ok. The tall cute does seem to funnel it better keeping the snow stream together better with less of a snow spread out the front while blowwing. Adding a cover across the front also helps direct the snow up to the top of the tall chute as well. The front chute cover came on the newer blowers whereas the first tall chutes came with a stiff wire across the front to prevent a hand being inserted to unclog wet snow if the auger is spinning. In the left photo above you can see that wire. If you look at a short chute I believe it is round and the opening stays about the same size as the bottom opening. The tall one forms a "U" shape directing the snow out the top a bit better. I posted on RS the dimensions to make a front cover if you get a tall chute blower with the wire.

Thanks for sharing. If we can't be on our own horse, its fun to watch someone else. :icecream:

Here is my entry for the tractor of the month. This tractor was a true "Basket Case" and took a lot of work to get it where it is today. My wife wanted a pink Wheel Horse but the only way I would do one is if the tractor was in really bad shape to start with and look what she found! The guy we bought it from wanted it for the 7 hp Kohler and didn't need the rest. We bought the tractor and brought it home and she took it all apart. Here are before and after pictures of the tractor and as you can see my little daughter is taking over the tractor from her mother! As most projects the tractors not 100% yet but will be soon!

WORK THATS WHAT THE HORSE ARE MADE FOR... im not gona work this hard..drive around my yard to watch the fence........ Hehe Neil...well its not gona be a worker but just drive it sometimes mabye whit the trailer or something.. just very light duty... they have better to be used then just be sitting...

The snow is gone, she plowed it all! Seriously we've been enjoying the 50 and 60 degree temperatures the last couple of days. This has returned to ice and snow again. I keep forgetting it is still January. This is her tractor, and I am glad it runs good, so I don't get the "hun my tractor isn't running right." She's all set to learn about maintenance, and even with the flu she came outdoors to ask if she could try changing the oil. She's anxious to make her tractor look pretty again too with Wheel Horse colors and decals. Being a little under 5 feet tall,, the A-90 is the perfect size for her. I guess it is easy to fall in love with a Wheel Horse, Thanks for all the nice comments.

Hi guys I know it's not as pretty as The other tractors here but its mine. This is my 75 c-120 special. I bought this tractor January 30 2011 for $450 with a deck and snow plow with all my own money(in my opinion not bad for a kid in grade 8 at the time) but have since added alot more things to it it's my all time worker and if it's the last thing I do it will never leave my ownership. Things I've added are 23x10 carlile tru powers to the rear a ac1 muffler to many mechanical things to remember and this winter a it will get kohler 12 to replace the Honda clone How it looked the first summer I had it with only the new rear tires And how it looks now And playing in the snow

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes! I think the old saying goes: "At twenty we worry about what others think of us; at forty we don't care about what others think of us; at sixty we discover they haven't been thinking about us at all." Al

Well here she is. Thanks all for the advice. As mentioned before the engine wouldn't idle unless it was choked some, so I cleaned the carb but still the same issue. Found a new (old) Nikki carb on the auction site for $62 (total) and that did the trick! Now the Onan (P220G-I) runs well (and this is my first). The engine is so smooth running, can't wait to put it to work. Note: Power washed, changed all the fluids/filters, drained/cleaned the gas tank, new fuel line and filter, new plugs, and greased. BTW: sold the wheel weights. They were 62 lbs each.

Just a note to say my Black Hood C-125 and my 312-8 have both run a 42 inch single stage pertty well. If wet heavy snow 6 inches or more the 12 HP does work hard but still functions well. In powder it has no problem doing 42 inch wide. If the 10 HP has a power issue you can remove the wings which narrows the feed to 36 inches. Normally only the first pass is full width anyway so the remaining passes you can overlap the new snow 2/3 or whatever works well for you. The belt rounting is not an issue with either tractor. The manual states the belt should be mounted on the outer PTO pulley and the belt then is well beyond the hood tins. Some guys on here like to put the belt on the inner pulley. which is a larger diameter thus making the blower spin faster. The belt may then be so close to the hood side tins it could hit. I figure it already runs pretty darn fast on the outer pulley since you are supposed to run full throttle at 3600 RPM. The auger is moving fast enough for me and does throw snow pretty well. Here is a link to my video last year of the 312 showing fairly light snow that I plowed to the side of the driveway then blew it onto the grass. You can hear the 12 HP working but id throws it pretty far considering it is on the outer maller pulley as called for.

Tiller idler: http://www.wheelhors...e-reproduction/

Craig, probably too late to say Good Luck with the surgery...brake a leg. That was uncalled for...wasn't it??? Sorry mate. Enjoy the Morphine and Narcos my friend.

Don't forget that RedSquare has a very good search engine when looking for answers to questions like this. Here are a couple of threads that I found by searching for "knob removal".

Playing around today with my scroll saw and look what I made. It's only 48 pieces but either way it was just as fun trying to put this back together after I cut all the little pieces out, LOL Sized this to aprox. 6 x 8 inch ( actually printed more like 6-3/4 x 8-3/4 ). was trying to make 1 inch pieces but the outer pieces ended up bigger due to my printer screwing up the size for me...but at the cost of ink I wasn't going to get too tech. on it.. Glued the picture to a piece of 1/4 inch Baltic Birch Plywood and cut away. So what do you think?

I agree with the Steve , what a real shame that you are going to work it, why dont you get another cheap wheelhorse for working and keep this one safely locked up in somewhere like the lounge of the kitchen

Here is my 1960 Suburban Hot Rod. She started out simply enough but has evolved into my absolute favorite tractor. Custom features are dual pipes, super fatties out back, foot control throttle with rev limiter, home made light bracket and an opening lid for the tool box to hide my goodies and the battery for the head lights. She is loud n proud and a little faster than stock.

Spent some time tonight working on it, it was near 60 deg today so most of the day I was out in the yard, but did get on it after dark, I got my aircleaner hoses in the mail, so a quick fit I think it is going to work, I still need to fine tune the fit and put clamps on it, but I'm happy with it, and it clears the hood by about 1/2" . I cut pieces to fill the gaps on the dash tower to make it stronger, and filled the hole used for the dial adjust, that I will not need and hydros don't have, I didn't get pics of it done I was busy and forgot to take them. Then I got back on the fenders and footrest, I cut up a couple foot rest I screwed the first one up, so I had to start on another one, glad I have a few, it's pretty thick metal so I cut all of it with the torches then ground it to where I wanted it, long process but I don't really have a better way, I'm trying hard to make it look factory so I cut the side off the main footrest and a chunk out of another to blend them together and meet the front of the fender for a clean finished look, at this point I'm thinking it looks pretty good. This is the gap I needed to fill between the footrest and the fender. I cut up the scrap parts I cut off the footrest to use as filler for the gap, this took a couple hours getting everything to line up, but I wanted it mocked up before I came in for the night, so I stuck to it, pieces fit and ready to weld up. after some final trimming and linning things up I got it all tack welded together, I still need to finish weld everything, but it is getting late and I'm tired, so here is where I left off, I will use the factory hole in the fender to bolt it to the footrest and drill another over a bit so it looks better, or weld the hole up and put one bolt in the middle, not sure on that yet anyway here it is, one side part way done.

Yep, high resistance in the armature circuit caused by either worn or dirty brushes / commutator surface. Visual inspection is the only way to go.

Well here goes this is not really mine but my Daughter Hunter's tractor, its a 1967 857 with a few tweaks to her liking, it started as a basket case I was stripping for parts, but she wanted a short frame tractor and picked this one, it was built in about 6 weeks from start to finish nights after work and weekends, she loves it, and has guys drooling over it at all the shows, so I'm posting this on her behalf. Here is what we started with. and what we had in 6 weeks.

Hope you get well soon. "LUCKY"......... On the other side after getting the new truck, could you convince her that another Wheel Horse would help ease the pain/trauma even more? Hope all goes well in your recovery, sounds like you have a bit to go through yet.

Glad to hear you're OK........... for the most part...... Anyway, hope the recovery is full and swift and you don't get too bored.

Dang Craig.... Good you're okay!

Glad to hear you are okay after going thru all that. Get well soon!

Glad your ok. Sounds like a very terrifying experience. I can't imagine having to drive on the road pictured in bad weather. Hope your recovery goes good. Jeremy

thank God you are ok

Thank God you had a good co-pilot :pray:

Sounds like one wild ride you had. Glad to hear you made it out OK !

Glad your OK Craig! Will you be changing your name to reflect your experience? Can't wait to see what that might be! But seriously that's one heck of a ride you described and I'm glad your here to tell it. Get well bud.

Wow! Sounds like that could have been a lot worse Craig. That had to be a wild ride, glad to hear you're doin O K.

Wow! Glad you made out ok, That sounds way to scary to me.I am sure I would have needed a new pair of underware, LOL

damn craig glad ur getting better

WOW! VERY GLAD TO HEAR YOU ARE OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES, thank god you are OK.... Glad you are able to tell us about it. -BK

Holy crap Craig! Thank God you're okay!

Any good black spray paint such as Rustoleum gloss black should work on the chassis. The metallic grey that was used when the Work Horse first came out looks better than the later grey.

Ed...good question for sure. There is one thing common with all of these transmissions that I have recently worked on...they are not mine and I have no previous knowledge of them. That warrants tearing them down just because of that. The ones you are talking about are yours and you have a feel for how they are, what they have been doing and how long they have been sitting. That means a lot, but it is no guarantee. Two or three of the seven I had were locked up, two had a growling noise or grinding just turning by hand, one had water and clumps of oil draining out when I pulled the plug...one was OK (no water, oil looked OK, everything turned nicely by hand). The first transmission that I ever got into was my 702 with a # 5025 transmission. I started it up in the garage one day and was letting it warm up when I heard a ping come from the trans. I immediately shut it down and knew that I was going into this one. The #1533 bearing had come apart and the gears were shooting the ball bearings around inside. So, you just really never know. About the only good thing I will say about flushing a trans at this point is...it makes it a lot easier to clean the parts if you can slosh some kind of cleaner around inside and then drain it out. You do not keep a transmission running for 60+ years by being lucky.

Good luck on the Onan. You may be surprised. A friend of mine has a 91' 520 and 3 years ago it got tired of its old connecting rods and sent them outside of the block through the newly installed access panels . We thought she was scrap. And then we came with yet another brilliant idea. We pulled out the engine' UN-installed these fancy access panels using pieces of the block and believe it or not, J-B Weld. Several days and a scavenged crankshaft (from a different donor engine) 2 new rods, And an overhaul kit And, Lots of J-B weld. Voila! a very nice running Onan twin. It now has 144 hours on the overhaul and is still going strong. We even painted it (because it was out anyway). But, the icing on the cake? We painted all of the J-B welded areas bright RED. Now they stick out like the proverbial " Sore Thumb". But, what else were we supposed to do? We were all out of bubblegum and duct tape. Good Luck