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Wife says I have 'too many WHs' (an oxymoron if ever there was one) but a change of tack was prudent. Until recently genuine WH attachments / implements for my stable consisted only of decks and a couple of snow / dozer blades. Back in April I started acquiring some more - not an easy task here in the UK as they're not plentiful so the prices go high. I'm trying to stick to things that we can actually use so back in April a 10 cu. ft. dump cart joined the collection. Not in the best of conditions but it will restore ok. The original wheels were rusted through hence the non-factory substitutes for now. A couple of weeks back a Lawn Roller was added. Pretty good condition for its age just the end dust caps( I guess you'd call them) between the roller and frame need attention or replacing somehow for appearance sake but fully functional none the less. PO had used water for weighting hence the bung is out at present letting it slowly dry out inside as I prefer to use sand but it will need to be bone dry inside first. This week I scored a neat little haul so I think that this will be it for a while or I'll be accused of having 'too many attachments' (another oxymoron to my mind). These three are all from the same 'barn find' (not made by me sadly) but the vendor only wanted to keep the Commando tractor that I guess was purchased new along with these back in the 60s. The barn had apparently partially collapsed leading to some water damage over the years the stuff had lain undiscovered. The little dump cart was worst affected where it had stood tipped up with the rear end in water for many years. It's scap value only to most I guess but to me it was worth what I paid for it on the basis that the wheels were good and I need a pair for the bigger cart. Discovered on collection that they had been fitted with new tires not long before the stuff was left to rot in the barn and are in A1 condition - bonus! Having got it, it now seems a shame to scrap it but it's not really worth the time and effort to repair in steel but I 'm thinking maybe of using fibre glass matting to cover the inside but I'd have to make a wooden former to get it to duplicate the orignal rim profile where it's missing. These little dump carts do come up from time to time in good condition here in the UK and I wasn't originally looking for one but maybe it's a shame to waste this one as it could be made useful again if not totally original. Opinions welcomed. The Grader Blade is in very good condition but as appears often the case with these the pivot pin has seized so it's soaking in penetrating fluid at present though gut feeling is that it's going to need heating up to achieve any movement. So today's work focused on the Aerator which, altough water had obviously stood in the weight tray, was in otherwise pretty much operational condition and all the spike wheels turned. Like the cart, this had obviously been fitted with new wheels which saw little use before being abandoned. Oddly at some point the adjuster plates that the wheels are mounted on had been switched round so that there were effectively three different transportation heights and just one spiking setting. Anyway, sorted that, cleaned up and oiled the spike wheels, straightening a few spikes here and there, managed to free up the draw bar which had seized at the unusable tilt it had been left in, greased the wheels and.... by the end of the day with the shadows getting longer, aerated some grass and discovered that these are actually really good at doing the job. I still need a few more to complete the set but I thought I'd share my 'pictoral shopping list' with you as it's an Amnor (Begium) publication. Sorry about the fuzzy pics but its a scan of a photocopy given to me by 'Landsurveyor', the member I bought the roller from. Cheers Simon. (Click on it for full size) Andy

I've had my C-160 for over 3 years now. It came with crappy looking running boards and a rattle behind the belt guard with the belt engaged. I decided to fix the rattle when I got new running boards. Last year I parted out another C-160 and had the running boards sandblasted. I Primed them 2 month later when I got them back from the blaster. I finally painted them last month. Now it's 95 deg. outside and I decided today is the day. Must be the excitement of the upcoming show. I fixed the rattle with a wave washer where the belt control pivots.

Im of the opinion that one must pace ones self. I mean, if I was to do everything I was supposed to do, when I was supposed to do it.... well one Id be extremely grumpy but in a larger sense then theoretically I could possibly run out of things to do. Not a bad thing if they are "honey do's " but running out of good stuff is a definite no no . What would I fix (mess up) next ? Which would mean Id have to find or buy more stuff to keep me occupied then all sorts of bad stuff could happen. Life is too short to run out of fun stuff to do Speaking of "stuff" to do.... did I mention that for the past 2+ years or so my wife Margo has become an "Extreme Coupon' shopper ??? Much of my "spare time" is spent building more and more shelf's and rotating can racks for the stuff she buys and then moving said stuff from one shelf to another across them room then back again for no apparent reason. We have a huge room filled with stuff. Seriously its like a grocery store in there. I call it Margo Mart , I guess that makes me the greeter. We even have our own shopping cart to bring in the "stuff" she buys Oh well, It makes her happy, but isn't that always the case ? My torment makes her happy. Thank the good Lord for Midnight Moon Apple Pie I bet you couldn't tell that my word of the day is "stuff"

Oh dear,nowhere for a bottle! IDEA! tie string to bottle and put it in the river,mow some grass,park the mower in the shade,drink beer,forget the rest of the mowing(can always do it some other time!) design two bottle 12v fridge and exhaust powered pie oven,lie on mown grass,fall asleep,SORTED!!

Took this as a basket case. It was literally in boxes of various sizes. Traded an old compound bow for it but it had a bad engine. I rebuilt the engine and it runs true now. Just finished assembly. Waiting on decals and drive belt.

D200 Still working one piece at a time (may take forever).

Got home from work and found this on the table. I remember some of my friends having these when I was a kid in the 60's. I'll have to build a barn with it for my toy tractors.

Nice find, I still am yet to find a set of those!

Nice Find!! It's really hard to find those anymore. Still looking for an HL-5 light set-up for my sons LawnRanger. Everytime I get close to a set they just "slip-away" from me...

I am planning on making the show this year. I haven't been since 09. I plan on getting there Thursday late AM. Actually thinking about starting to get ready for it and get a tractor ready also!!! Notice I said I was thinking about starting to get ready!!!

Bob is likely right on this one, check to see if your breather plate is installed the right way with the metal reed facing the outside of the engine, small hole downward. Normally with it installed correctly, the crankcase is at a slight vacuum while the engine runs, so oil that flows on to the points pushrod and around the governor shaft is sucked back in. If the breather plate is backwards, the crankcase pressurizes and oil is forced out of those areas. -Mark-

Actually, my mug has always been partial to just this one Mike.

Why do tomarow what you can put off indefinetly, I have found that the must-do list (aka Honey Do List) seems to shrink once a project has been put off a few months and we HAVE managed to live without it.

I think Craig needs a Tecky pic on his mug! Oh, one on his cup too!

KenB , VinsRJ, Amcrules00 your mug decals will be waiting for you at the RS Tent. If you want any changes or have a picture to ad in place of the logo send me a pm before June 10

Especially if you repaint it red.

I'll reply to this tomorrow

Hello all, Firstly I'll start by saying, before your brains switch off half way through. This post isn't very interesting, I just haven't posted for a while and thought it would be nice to share a few pictures of what the raider has been doing in my back garden today. Lets hope this nice weather lasts. Anyway today, we decided we would like to take out back hedge out as we back onto a family owned field we knew there was going to be no trouble doing this, however the hedge was a really thick Hawthorn... Anyway to the bits you guys love... My little raider hasn't been started for around 3 weeks now, I jumped on turnt the key and boom! She fired up, boy was I chuffed I thought there was at least going to be one or two complications anyway I took her up the end of the garden, looped the chain round, bolted the chain round the hedge/chain link fence, and the fun started, Yep that's right, pulling out the two old fences that where hidden in the hedge, pulling out all the big stumps moving all the big trunks to the fire wood storage, Any way that's it for now, pictures below, enjoy. Ps: as I said, not very interesting... But

You fellows are awesome. Where did you ever find wheels horse parts at Classic Kitchens and more???? I emailed to verify their 9 dollar kit will work on my 520H. I unfortunately can not read my tractor serial number anymore and I don't have it wrote down anywhere so I can't seem to look up stuff on the toro sight because you have to have serial number. Any idea what I can do to print repair manuals and such. I am almost 100% certain it is a 1989 wheel horse. It is not toro. It is a 520h. It is the one in my picture icon. This wheel horse forum is the best forum I have ever used. It makes me proud to be a wheel horse owner. Thanks guys!

Lucky for you guys,but after calling three local Fastenal's they told me its" Fastenals way, sorry". So it was off to Granger, happy but weight less on the back side. Just keeping it in rotation Zipper

Just curious Where did you see the oil recommendation of 5w-20?? Never saw that for an H or HH60 even the sno-king versions were 5w-30 for winter.

In and out about 1/8" +/- is OK You shouldn't be able to feel any up/down front back movement at all. Frankly the axle needle bearings are less than $10 each I would just replace them. Other than damage from metal chips/rust i have never seen a wear problem with any other needle bearings. Ice pick or thin blade screw driver for the detent plug. Also sometimes you can get an easy out to bite into it.

I like SEAFOAM better than STABIL for gas treatment. Stabil to me seems to be gummier in the fuel. Carb cleaning does help if the bowl is gummed up!

I did one like that a few years ago and I think it was the Rustoleum I used. I know it was a water based bed liner which made it really easy to clean up.

HobGoblin Real Ale good choice . I just love those real ale premium beers . The garden looks fantastic. What River is at the bottom of the garden ?

I did mine similar with rino liner inside. Hope to find room to bring it to PA but it's going to be tight.

Excellent pics! Thanks for posting... yep, he looks tasty all right, 'soft shell'. I've only seen one here so far and that was a 'migrant' on someones car from Westfield where I here they're plentiful. I'm waiting ... If I manage to get some this year I'm gonna drown them live in a baggie of Worcestershire, let them marinate for a day, and skewer them and roast 'em on the grill.

It has already been repowered with a K181. So the best engine for that model would be a K181 or M8. Thats it. No chonda, no diesel, no big block. Just keep the K181 from knocking and just rebuild instead of repower.

I was thinking...the 70's....after reading the title of this thread....

Found this in a old parts bin from when we had a Whee Horse dealership on are farm. Never been opened, though it might be of interest.

Sort of ............ Default hand as in when your body responds to the instruction to pick up a Beer , Catch up next week.

In a way, some of the repairs I do on more modern equipment like IPods is easier than on the older 70's vintage equipment. At this moment I have a Yamaha CR2020 receiver that is up on my repair bench. This is a receiver I could never hope to afford when it was introduced in the late 70's but I am lucky enough to have located one that needs a relatively simple (but costly) replacement of the output transistors. Soon enough, I will have a life long desire fulfilled.The CR2020 pumping out Journey on a set of freshly re-coned Altec Lansing Stonehenge speakers. Ahhh, like living back in the 70's again. Now if only I could get my SS Chevelle back and at least half the hair I lost raising my kids! The Ipods purchased on ebay and repaired for my kids were not all that hard to diagnose. 99% of the time, someone sat on them and popped a leg off one of the IC's on the circuit board. Yes indeed, I did have go out and buy new tools, a stereoscopic microscope and a Maxtra hot air solder rework station to allow a simple reflow of the broken solder joint(s). The repair itself is rather easy with the correct equipment. From tube testers at the corner drug store to microscopes and reflow stations in a hobbyists basement - I wonder what the next 10 years will bring.

SOI I think you got a little too close to the electrons again, you really gotta quit messing with those 440V lines without your double insulated arc flash proof gloves.

Haven't had time to clean it up yet. Little work and I'm sure it will shine. Alum front and rear rims will be going on soon DSCN2150.JPG are you going to keep the rear tires when you put on new rims?

Well I have good news and bad news and more bad news First the good news: All hitches are sent out! You should have gotten a tracking # in your PM's and let me know when you get them. Thank you to all that have bought them so far and enjoy the hitches! Bad news #1 USPS has raised the prices of shipping parcel post! I actually cost me more then what I quoted to ship the packages yesterday then what I quoted you guys, But I am a man of my word and what I quote you guys is what it will be and I will take the cost out of my end. It was about $7 more per box then what I quoted. I also noticed today that if I do Priority Mail online its about $1-2 cheaper. But I do not have a scale to measure the exact weight. so I am looking for a cheaper way to get these out to you. The average shipping for the standard hitch with extra plates and bolts, price of the box, tape was around $20-22. Know its about $7 more. I am trying to keep these affordable to you guys! but steel prices going up, shipping prices going up, its getting to the point that 1 hitch will cost around $160 with shipping! I am NOT HAPPY with this! I think I need to check out UPS and Fed x again. Bad news #2 The tiller hitch is not working out at all at this point. Just too much in the way with this one. It does not have enough room for the idler pulley and belt to run with out interference. Also the lift cable rubs the top of the hitch witch will not be good for the cable life. Also the tiller lift point on my tiller rubs the receiver tube flare. Most tillers have a chain to lift the tiller, but mine has the long bar that the cable attaches to. I was just too cold and unhappy to even take pics of what I found out trying to hook this up. Like I said that I need to try this out before I sell any, and I am very glad that I did. I what these to work for you guys and not have any issues hooking up the tiller. When things slow down a little and it gets warmer out I will try and make some kind of quick release design for this hitch that you can take the hitch off the tractor with out having to use any tools. I got some ideas in my head, just not the time to put them to steel at this time. about this again, and I want them to work for you and if it's not wright, its not for sale yet.

Looks good. Just make sure you you scrape off the coat hangers were they make contact. The coating adds resistance.