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I'm currently on vacation with my wife and kids, and not one to sit around doing nothing - in between trip to the beach a guy has to keep busy. As I've posted before I've a lot of hobbies, horses music, DIY, model cars... Well we nearly always bring the r/c rock crawlers with us, so with a spare 20 mins we go for a play in the dunes and do some video... So here's how I've kept myself busy for a few hours this evening. A bit of editing, some cheesy music, and upload to YouTube over a flaky 3G mobile connection. All done on the ipad, for those who fancy a bit of filming, music and editing it's unbeatable Some of you might just see where the inspiration for so much articulation came from on project C4... And why I like to drive over things

Hi I am new member but an old fan of the forum.. I have a fully operational Wheelhorse 876 ... (still cut grass with it ) It was going to be my restoration project.. just love this thing!!! but my wife wants something "safer" with kids around.. So I am looking to sell it or trade it for more modern working tractor with a deck n such.. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated..

This is the second or third year for Pappy's Bar-B-Que in downtown Brazil, Indiana on the main drag through town (U.S. 40 National Road) to have a tractor show that includes all kinds of garden tractors. But look who's first-Wheel Horse of Course! I am going to see them.

worked on the hood. stripped the paint in our strip tank at work. then spent nearly 4 hours removing all the dents. after quite a bit of dent removal, lots of small ones all over, couple in the front right on the edge of the front and side were a bear to smooth out. also had one in the ribbed part of the front which i made up a flat bit of steel with a slightly curved edge to use as a mandrel to get out. smoothed all the worked metal with a 60 grit pad on a small angle die grinder. then 120 and 220 on a da sander..... then it was off to the blast cabinet to blend all the sanding. just a scotchbrite and should be good to go......

Went for a country drive to get some Hubcaps ( over shot pick up point by 5 miles... Grrrr dang GPS ) Picked up 2 sets for good price. Did some studying on RS on how to clean them up. They are rusty and well used, couple have lil dents, figured I could salvage at least one set and put on my 416-8. From what I read was to use vinegar. So I went to my local GFS and got 2 gal of Apple cider vinegar. After a good 24hr soak, a lil elbow grease, and a scrubby..... Wow very impressed. Put a lil chrome polish and buffed the little ones. Got 7 finished.... Whew. The bottom row are the ones that turned out ok, top row there is chrome missing. Got the last one in bucket now and think it will make the bottom row. I'll post a final pic of all of them tomorrow. Gregg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well the decision was made and I brought this one home today. RC 7x16 ramp door.

Sorry for the dbl post, too dumb to totally delete the first one.

installed some more parts tonight. heres a few pics......

Yeah...let's see how they like huffin' them 's for awhile.

You guys can probably tell that the tractor has been painted by the photos in the gallery. I am going to throw a couple more out there for now and see maybe we can get some good weather and maybe a video who knows. As this process has been moving forward the words that I look for are like "awesome". How else would you desdribe it?

Got my first black hood today traded a basket case 416-8 for it runs good I would like to see our guys first Meant your guys first

Just picked this up yesterday from a relative. 2nd owner tractor with 1359 hours. I always liked the Suburban 400 tractors and last year I finally got a Suburban 550? and a RJ58/59. This year I got this. I see a trend. Anyways, its a real nice tractor.

This is only my second post, but I wanted you all to see the Wheel Horse I’ve just pick up a few weeks back. It was my Dad’s last Wheel Horse, a ‘76 D200, he passed away a few years back so needless to say I have plans to restore it and use it. He would like that. He started using a Wheel Horse back in the mid ‘50s just to mow his 3 ½ areas. All of the preveses Wheel Horse he used them to mow, but this last one has very few hours on it as he only used it to work his garden with the tiller. He said it was too big to use as his main mower so he bought a small JD to do the mowing. I can’t wait to get started. I guess in a way I have, since it had no mower, I found what was suppose to be a mower off of a D200 on ebay. It turns out to be off of a 97 Wheel Horse. The mower part number is 78361. I’m in the process of modifying the lift arms so it will fit this 76 D200. Here I am loaded up and heading up to Ohio. That a trailer and all it's parts in the back of the truck. Here is the tarctor where it has sat for the pass 6 years or more. I's loaded up and ready to head home to Georgia the next morning. I made it home on the put it together yourself trailer and my Dad's Wheel Horse.

Hide it... put a table lamp on it, and park it in the living room.

The deck carrier has bushings where it bolts to the deck. See if your not missing any

Bet that would make the rivet counters recheck their lists.

Thanks for the great pictures. I wish they would have made that one over here, but I guess I can just get a C-120 and repower it with a K321. Then Terry could make some decals and we'd have a head turner at the show in June.

Here are the remainder of the shots, including, if it's allowed in here, , a quick snap of my Cub Cadet, which is about 7 years old I think. Cheers Sutty

Hello again guys. Just thought I'd post up what has been a minor repair success for me today. Got all the lawns mowed with the Cub Cadet, and then because I was running out of room for grass cuttings, the majority of which were rotted down from last year, I decided to get my Wheel Horse out and bulldoze all the clippings back and out of sight, well, out of the way at least. It did a great job, but after having completed only half of the exercise I lost all forward drive. I wondered what it could be, worrying that it could be serious, clutch, gearbox, worse, lol, but then I noticed that the clutch pedal was remaining depressed. After inspection I discovered that the clutch pedal return spring front hook had snapped off. After a little inspection of the spring I decided that there were enough coils for me to 'borrow' one of them to make a new hook. I put it in the vice, bent the last coil out to form a new hook end, and re-fitted it, and everything was as before. Ten minute repair, when I thought I was potentially going to be faced with something far more complex. Only a little thing, and nothing to you guys, but I still pleased myself at being able to fix it. Here are some pictures as promised. Best I could do as I'm no photgrapher, and the only equipment I have is my phone. A few more to follow in a minute if it will let me upload more in another post. Oh, and by the way, thanks to having done the photos I spotted that my front left tyre wasn't seated properly on the rim, so I'm thinking that I'll let it down, squirt a little silicone lube in there and pump it up again, and hopefully it will press out evenly then.

Evening all and happy Easter I've busy today down the shed completely rewired the horse which now with its brand new battery charges really well and, it starts with absolutely no choke , which is a first on me ! I had to make a new governor linkage , and set that up but it runs like a sewing machine . More pics to comec

It had to be the left hub...dang. It is a lot of dinkin' around, and I have not done this with the 3 piece tranny yet...but it may be possible to take that trans apart from the back side. I did take one apart with the right hub stuck on. It may be easier to just break and cut off the left side hub and find another. I did do this before. The problem is getting the casting off by snaking it around the differential, and to have a chance at that, you would need to get out the cluster gear and shaft...and then somehow get the spline shaft up enough to get it and the fork gears out. The forks and fork shafts are pinned directly into the casting...thus having to remove the fork gears from the back side is critical. If you can get that far and remove the casting, you will have the differential, the left side plate and the axle with the hub. You can then punch out the roll pins in the differential...taking out the pinions and the axle gears. This would leave you with the axle and the hub...which would be a lot easier to press out...or just replace the axle and hub......or you could rebuild it putting the stuck hub and axle on the right side. You may want to call me and we can talk about this...better then typing. If we can find another axle...just cut the hub off and get the piece of axle pressed out...or replace the hub also. Hubs and axles for your trans are not hard to find. Don't ya just love a challenge?? Your machine is worth the effort...and this is all labor and many beers.

Excellent, very well thought out and framed video, if you'd a dummy seated in there would have thought it was a standard size vehicle or was it, hum!

what Bob Maynard said take it to a machine shop have them measure it and give you a price with your parts and with their parts, if they can match your parts cost and shipping you might as well give the local guy the business

mole report No new tunnels this morning I did notice the faint smell of smoked squirrel Has anyone seen Chuck... aka, SOI, the smoking rodent ... lately ?

I use Rustoleum from a can, it works well, but if you can afford it powder coat is the way to go

Wow, that looks amazing Martin! I really love the chrome air filter lid. One of these days I'm going to end up shorting out my keyboard with drool, while looking at your ! Matt

Thanks, guys! Yup! The 520H has been a very good investment. I feel kinda bad about the Onan motor, though. When running right it was a very good motor. I just got tired of the valve issue. I fixed one cylinder, then the other a few years later. When it happened the third time, that was enough for me. The Honda motor has been very good, though. Breathed new life into this tractor. The boat is a Glen L Torpedo. This is the last design Glen did before retiring (age 92). There were some issues with the patterns and the plans were pulled from their lineup. I re-lofted the design and made numerous corrections while in progress in the building. It is a 19' 3" inboard runabout reminiscent of the older Ventnors. The hull has been planked using the "cold molded" epoxy/double diagonal plywood method. Many boats are now built this way and are planked with 1/8" Mahogany to simulate the Chris Craft style planking. This boat hull will be fiberglass coated and painted, but the deck will be a classic woody style. The lines of the boat lend better to painting rather than planking the hull. It will be powered by a 300 hp Mercruiser inboard motor. This may be a one of a kind boat as no one else is building one nor is there one already built. My Hubby thinks I'm crazy for all the building I have done (planes and boats) but he loves me and all my idiosyncrasies. Red

In 1998, Wheel Horse (Toro) published a chart showing belts and lubes for all models. The chart shows the following lubrication info for your 856. Please note at the top the line that says "some lubricant recommendations have been updated and will not agree with your owners manual" Also, just in case you haven't found it, there is a drain plug on the bottom left rear of the transmission. It is a plug that is removed with a 1/4" Allen wrench. It is usually missed because it is covered with a mixture of oil and dirt. Clean all the junk out of the hole so the wrench goes all the way in. All of my transmissions that do not have a dip stick/fill hole, I remove the shifter and pour the fluid in there.

You MAY NOT have the deck hung correctly. This is a description of how to mount the deck and, although this is is for 42 & 48 side disch decks, the 42" rear disch decks are hung in exactly the same way. It MAY be that you don't have the FORK on the HITCH SHAFT aligned correctly. The fork MUST engage the bar of the hitch marked with the red 'X'. If it doesn't, then the deck will have the propensity to slide fwd / bkwd at will. (Instructions in BLUE.) Whats more, the locking LATCH must be fully locked onto the HITCH SHAFT to keep the deck from flopping up down on LT / RT level. If you've followed the installation correctly as above, and you still have a lot of flopping around, then the linkages and / or shims may be worn out, or maybe some bolts have worked loose.

My first cut with the 414-8 with a 48" deck went surprisingly well. I have decided not to re-gear it as in high grass in 2nd, it bogs the 14hp down to much and I had to go in first a couple of times. I really like the steering up higher and the seat down low. It will take longer to cut but it sure sips the gas compared to the 520H, I know how you all like pictures so here it is...

WOW! I started this thread 7 years ago and it has resurfaced! Sorry to say the 312 is gone, probably sold it 4+ years ago. I think a 418-A replaced it, hard to keep track of what was bought or sold and when. Mike............

So you're not exactly getting away from it all then? Nice video. Andy

Kinda like the idea of smoked mole, so I thought I'd givem a taste of Horse CO. Several horses were happy to join the hunt.

Truely the only way to deal with them.

Happy Spring everyone! Its good to see the mowing threads showing up. Everyone from up North is invited to come down to my place and get days of seat time on your Wheel Horse. We've got green grass growing all over the place here

Rain, snow, sun, heat, with a chance of some wind througout the next millenium..

Dave, the Chop is doing plenty on this job including supervising! He is very specific in what he wants his tractor to look like, and let's Dad know if it's something is not to his vision. In another few years after he bashes it up a little and wants to freshen it up, he will have all the skills to do it all himself. Rest assured, he will NEVER let this one go. BTW, you have a special place with him, being Santa's little helper and all! Lol That motor is something else! The Tecky was temperamental on a good day, and would bog in third going across the yard. The new one would have put me on my back if I wasn't minding the clutch! My neighbor videoed the launch with 18" of air under the fronts before I pulled the plug. Kyle has requested wheelie bars for the summer!

A piece of 3/8" rubber fuel line slit the long ways placed between the rim & the spoon works wonders for saving the edges . Hmmmm... should add that one to "Garage tips-n- tricks"

7 x 16 Brian

Those old Troy-Bilt walk behind tillers were the best! It's unfortunate MTD turned the name brand into painted up junk.

Well here is where I ended today. Just a pile of parts now. Now I need to get to sand blasting. Jake the cat loves the seat LOL

Wheel Horse did the same thing way back in 1964 with the SR-64 speed reduction kit. Along with the obvious "supporting" pieces, the tranz input pulley was changed (from 4" up to 7 1/2") To give you an idea what the kit consisted of, here's the parts list: http://www.partstree...0-71400015-0006