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Really Lagersolut, you should show more respect to beer cans. They perform their intended job much better than those so called lawn mowers.

Alright I am out mowing when a neighbor down the road stops with his new big box store lawn tractor in the back of his pickup. He just bought it and told me what a great price he got on it and that it was on sale. I really did not pay attention to what it was. It was red and grey is all I remember. He looked at my tractor and said "Why don't you get out of the stone age and get something more modern" I sat there and thought a minute and decided that there was no since in trying to explain Wheel Horse VS. Big Box POS. He just laughed and said I would be sorry I stayed with this old junk. He then shook his head at me laugh some more and went on home. This is what I was mowing with. I think it does a good for a 34 year old tractor. Just can't wrap my head around what he was laughing at. Think maybe the joke was on him?

Well, here is what has worked for me, in the past. Casually take your horse for a stroll, down the street, to his house. Make like you are thinking about purchasing one of those POS's. Put yours along side of his. Ask him all kinds of questions about his vs. yours. Look it over real good, usually about this time, I spring the final question. Do you mind if we test their HP strength? I have never had anyone turn this opportunity down. They are usually so pumped about all the questions and now, "he can really prove to ME" just how much a POS it is. Course he has no idea that just becasue his has 26hp and only weighs in at 480lbslbs. that 26hp LT/POS will be in for the fight of it's life against your's that is nearly double that in weight, but only 14hp. Once you pull him backwards, and probably hear something snap in his transmission, you can just sit their, smile and say whatever comes to your mind at that time....

Went to the OVAM show today. There were a lot of hit & miss and steam engines as well as farm tractors and garden tractors. There were lots of crafts and eating stands too. It was sprinkling off and on. Here are some photos that my wife took. I will post more photos later. My new sign:

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I posted last weekend, when I inherited a 1967 Wheel Horse 1067 Garden Tractor. Thanks to all that helped me identify what I had. I have never owned a wheel horse before now and my knowledge of them is limited. There is a lot of sentimental value in this tractor so I really wanted to get it running and start fixing it up. My father married my stepmother 40 years ago and as a wedding present my stepmother's dad gave them this Wheel Horse. From what I understand, my stepmother's grandfather used to sell Wheel Horse tractors. My stepmother grew up mowing their yard with this thing. I've heard all kinds of stories from my stepmother, her sister and her mother regarding mowing with this tractor. My father used this tractor up until about 4 or 5 years ago. It started running rough and he got tired of repairing it so he parked it and got a new riding mower. It has sat in a garage since. My father got diagnosed with cancer in April of this year and had passed away by June. We had talked about me getting and fixing up this tractor a few times over the past few years. So, I guess in a way, this tractor is my tribute to him. Now that the sappy stuff is out of the way, let's move on to the fun and exciting stuff. I got it running! Here's what I did tonight: Changed the plug Put a new fuel line on it with a inline filter Sprayed carb cleaner in the carb Put a new air filter on it Changed the oil Put a new battery in it. It starts and runs and it moves under its own power now. it smokes some. I can't tell what color the smoke is because it was getting dark. I'll check that tomorrow. My main concern now is that it has a slight backfire sometimes. The muffler is completely blown out so it's is basically a straight pipe so I could see the small flame shooting out every time it backfired. I found that if I pull the choke knob out just a little, it backfires less which leads me to believe that it might be running too lean when the choke is off. I'm sure if it is too lean, it's because of some buildup or trash in the carb. I guess I'll take the carb off and check it out and see if I can address it. I'm just happy that it runs. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions before I tackle the carb? My list of things left to do....so far are: Change the gear oil - I plan on doing that tomorrow Get it running better Clean it up more Get new belts all around - I am going to need help finding the right belts Start finding a few of the missing or broken parts. - I need a headlight and a mowing deck at a minimum I'm sure this list will continue to grow but, that's what I have so far. Here's the video of it running. At around 35 seconds you can see small flames shooting out of the exhaust pipe.

Today was picture day. Yesterday I had to move my truck and trailer 3 times due to screw ups. I am now on a first name basis at the camping shed. When I drive by now they all wave. Good crowd today. perfect weather. Yesterday the sky was blue and it still rained! I kept seeing a certain Dino around the grounds. Consrtuction hill was awesome. They had a Euclid dozer that came on 3 trucks and they put it together there. Has 2 screaming six cyl. Detroit's on it. I got a video of it as well as the noon whistle! Pics are not captioned. First group has our flea market site, My display that Dino that kept following me around and my friends B-80 that caught fire when 2 wires fell out of the ign switch and shorted on the throttle bracket. We got it out in the nick of time. 2nd video the thumbnail didn't work but the video is there.

After reading that , it's just too funny , some of my neighbors have big box store tractors mowers , as I'm working/sitting around the house , every time one or all of them mow it just further justifies my 's - I see those 22 hp beer cans - just can't climb a hill Ruh Row - next we're greeted with the harmony of backfires and PTO shut offs from leaning off a very sensitive safety switch, putting it it reverse , backing off the throttle, shutting it off or any other actions, sometimes just putting the key in the ignition - 2 months ago , I watched a nice shiny new Crapsman delivered - never made it to the yard - wouldn't start to get it off the lift gate back to the store it goes ( the Wheel Horse in my AV is 36 years old , been in the family from new - it's always started ) one neighbor comes over and says you know how to work on tractors don't you ? I have an MTD ( 5 years old ) the motors blew up, you can have it - I declined he can have his junk ....off to tractor mower heaven it goes ..... Where's your big box POS going to be 36 years from now ? I'll just stay with my dinosaur's ....THANKS

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I can't imagine one good reason why... you stopped that gorgeous to entertain his nonsense in the first place. .

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I finaly got a disc harrow, it was really rusty because it had been in the forrest for years.. covered whit some steel/roof plate's so ill just had to restore it so i can have it behind my suburban for show's etc.. so im prolly not going to put it in the dirt.. so here are a few pict of it.. Time to pull it apart to start clean it up and then i E tanked it and sanblasted it.. and primed the disc on it disc is getting the final paint and here are the other stuff primed and ready for red paint!! And finaly a few pict of how it is now whit new paint and stickers. hope you guys enjoy it!!

Okay, here's a couple, I'll try a few more

Thanks, gents. And thanks to everyone on this site who take the time to share! RedSquare has been a great resource for me during this process I think Wheel Horse's are easily the best looking of the "older" tractor makes, especially the ABCD series. I'm super proud to have mine back! I have little doubt that I will be able to pass it down to my son some day (he is 3 now). I will post more pictures once I'm done with the engine and she's all back together!

My bad - you're absolutely right, ya know I lost count over the years how many times said to myself or the wife ...... Glad it's not mine .....( don't ever remember saying that about a Yuengling Lager ) LOL

Mowing, SNO blowing, driveway grading, tree & brush dragging & chipping. Kiddy rides and pulling kids back up sledding hills. Irritating my neighbors..... Oh and pulling my Crewcab F150 uphill just to make a point . In general making my life easier and more fun!

Im glad some people feel like that. Leaves more for us.

And just what will your neighbors tractor look like in 34 years? I know, a recycled beer can!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX4qUILtQ1Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wld62B5AeeM

Hoarder!!

Here is some more pics of my custom Army Wheel Horse tractor, Model # 762. Formerly the very first 702 ever made, I added a 6 Speed High/Low tranny, hence the 762. It has alot of custom made parts on it and rare WH parts as well. Some of the features are custom front bumper with attachamatic brackets, 100 year old barn wood push pads, HL5 head lights, dual 953 tail lights, dual rear hitches, 1045 front tires and monster rear tires, NOS 701 dual belt set up and NOS 701 belt guard, Army oil can with leather strap and custom battery hold down bracket that holds the oil can, 2 grenades just in case, widened drive belt guard, new style brake band and pulley set up, step down foot rests and the Army paint and decals. I used a copper fuel line and a few brass nuts and bolts. Custom Fuse Ignitor (NOS WH Cigar Lighter) and head light switch box. A ton of work went into this tractor to make it look original. I forgot how hard it is to restore a garden tractor, especially when we started to assemble all of the parts on the tractor! It is a matter of trial and error for sure. Put a part on and take it back off. If you get parts installed in the wrong order of assembly, you have to take them back off to install some other part! It all came together late in the evening one day before the Sugar Creek Tractor Show. It was received very well at the show and made quite an impression on those who saw it. A very special thanks to my buddy Larry Packrat Eads for all of his help with fabrication and assembly! He knows his stuff for sure! I still have some paint touch up to do on it and some US Army Numbers to put on the sides of the hood. But for the most part it is finally DONE! It took more than 5 years to finish this top secret machine and now the cat, or Horse is out of the bag!

We just got in our new custom trailer yesterday that we are going to turn into a "Wheel Horse Hauler". This is going to be the small one, 6'4" x 12' dovetail with gate. Next spring we'll be doing a larger double axle one. It's already going to pick up 3 more tractors, 2 blowers, a cab, and other things tomorrow so we don't have time to do it all at once. We have already painted the hubs and wheels but that's all. We still have to paint the trailer red and stain the floor Ivory for starters, then the fun begins. More Wheel Horse logos than you have ever seen. I have a friend named Scot that has a Computerized plasma cutter so I called him this morning. He made me the 2 prototypes and had them here by lunch, pics are below. He is making 1/4" steel or stainless or who knows what yet horse heads and written logos for it. They will be recessed into the bed and be about 45" wide x 45" long. He is also doing the older italic Wheel Horse written emblem for below the head (pic is below) but it will be the text only, not the horse head. The smaller ones on here will be on the drop gate facing each other when done with the written logo in between. There's a lot more but you will see it as it is done. There is a poll to which horse head logo you guys think will look best. I had him cut each piece of the logo separate for easy painting and touch up. Each piece can be painted separately then screwed or Velcro attached into its recess. They can also be removed for repainting without taping. I'm gonna use this thing so it will get scratched up I'm sure. He just left here after making a couple of prototypes and said I could put a link to his website on here, there is nothing he can not do. It's all kinda fast but I hope to have him here as soon as next week as a supporter and vendor if the leadership here allows. Here is what he can do - http://www.phoenixcreativemetal.com/ Look through the gallery and you will be amazed. If you guys have any ideas for this please let me know! The construction will start next week.

This is my inexpensive GT14. ($20) The previous owner had a K301A motor mounted on it and that just wasn't going to work! He gave me this K301S and I installed it. I don't have any history on this motor so I didn't know what to expect. First attempt to fire it up with carb cleaner was a success! Looked like Westley's garage on "Last of the Summer Wine". Smoke rollin out the door! That was yesterday. This morning I put somemore parts on the motor and tried to start it with the temporary fuel cell. Would not start, no fuel to the carb. Removed the fuel pump and disassembled. I never saw so much rust in such a small space. (sorry, no pic of that) Wash it in the sink, reassembled and installed. Restart? YES! It runs on it's own . Even took it for a ride around the yard. Not too good up hills but the belt is way too long and slips. OK ... it's back to the garage. Here's the pics.

I was asked recently if I would give a home to 'George' whose owner had died several years ago and had been left outside to the elements ever since. I figured a 520-h would make a good stablemate for my 312-8 which as my only tractor, gets no rest. I set out with a trailer to pick him up. It's a 1992 vintage and had 452 hours on it when it was last used a couple of years ago. It's pretty sad to see a decent machine like this left to rot. I suspect it orignally had an ignition issue as one of the coil leads was off and a spark plug missing. The owners daughter told me it'd had a fuel pump problem in the past which they'd bodged a fix for. It's going to get a full strip and rebuild. Things are pretty bad on the surface but underneath, everything's solid. Here are some pictures after I got it back. I couldn't wait to get started so pulled the seat and fender before digging the camera out! Bad points seem to be; engine issues - missing a front spark plug and the air filter won't have done the block any favours whilst it stood outside; the engine can't be turned rectifier shows evidence of heat on one of the terminals lift arm seized brake pedal seized both rear tyres perished seat soaked/rusted/perished front hitch bent where the previous owner tried to move the tractor using a long pry-bar (!) wiring for fuel tank shorted/perished no fuel line trans shifter seized Lots of PlusGas (the UK equivalent of PB Blaster) resulted in sorting out the lift arm, brake pedal and trans shifter arm. I think they were just the result of a small amount of water ingress. I haven't had to resort to anything more powerful yet! Using the front hitch as a leverage point was not a great idea. The hitch wouldn't even move; so I stripped down the front end and was able to get a bar in to gently bend it back to straight. The rest of the tractor seems very good. I'll finish taking it apart though, clean it all up and get it back together using new hardware where possible. Suprisingly, the coil seems to test good. I was sure it'd be u/s as it seems to be a weak point on the Onans. Turning my attention to the engine, I found the valves looking like this; and so with some interest popped off the heads to find they were now a sandpit; and looked at the internals; It seems water has occasionally trickled through the carb (I've ordered a replacement for this as I'm not sure how salvagable that is..), through the inlet valves and then drained past the pistons into the sump, were it's made a lovely mayonnaise. I was suspecting something along these lines although I must admit i was hoping it wasn't as bad as this.. To think this could probably have been avoided by covering up the tractor (or at least by refitting the air filter!) The silt build up appears to have reduced the damage to the bores somewhat but the pistons are still seized, as is one of the inlet valves I think. I'll remove the valves and then see if I can shift the pistons with a diesel bath and giving them a whack. I don't hold up too much hope though and will have a feeling I'm going to need to put up a plea in the wanted section for a block/pistons. More to come as I make progress!

Clearing a section out behind my house for a future garden!

Spotted this in the parking lot across from my local hardware. Looks like a little tank!

Almost done with the engine, I will put some pictures when done. For the transmission, I'm happy to see that there is no rust or damage to the gears, the bearings and needle bearings are in great shape. A good overall cleanup and lubrication should bring this baby to life again. The seals are not leaking but I think I will change them anyway.

Put the Harley Davidson coil in today and cut grass. Tractor always runs better on two cylinders. Not sure if I will leave it there or not. Hard to find suitable spot to mount it. I will most likely fabricate a bracket for it later.

Yep, that's all it takes. It's plain enough to see...that you, my man... are already addicted to that .

This was my father's 1974 B-80. He passed away when I was 6 and my mother remarried. My stepdad assumed ownership of the tractor and I've since grown up and moved out to start a family of my own. He called me a few weeks ago to tell me the engine was burning oil and he was going to give tractor away and replace it with something new. He was nice enough to admit it was, indeed, my tractor so I had first dibs, if I wanted it... I jumped at the chance to get it back - it was back in my possession that weekend. It was in good shape, but needed a little TLC. No major problems - had to replace the deck wheels and the drive belt idler/tension/clutch pulley because the bearing had failed long ago. Everything else was just rust removal, sanding, painting and decals. I'm almost done - just need to get the engine figured out... Here are the pics:

My buddy and fellow WH collector Packrat, built this to look like a factory built machine! It has 2 brand new 7 Hp. Kohler Engines and a rebuilt 6 Speed Transmission! Everything was sand blasted and restored to perfection. He did a ton of fabrication on this beast, especially on the dual throttle assembly in which he can control both motors any way he wants! He can start one motor with the other motor and run them together or run them seperetly. Plenty of power with this set up. We took this and my restored 653 up to the Findlay Show last year and it was a big hit. How's it look fella's? Hammerhead

We'll got the commando back together and tranny seems fine, guess it was just axle bearing causing all the problems.

Morning, So i've decided that I want the engine to be the showcase of my 66' 656. I want that little 6 horse Tecumseh to be the focal point. I want to strip is down to bare metal and give it a mildly rough surface to highlight the metal, sort of the machined swirl look. Not quite polished but plenty of gleam. I'm going to paint the starter and heat shields black to emphasize this effect. Clean and paint the engine bolts as well. There is a good amount of aluminium on the cylinder head and it should clean up real nice too. I figure i'll use the trusty Dremel tool for most of the metal clean up. I'm looking for sugestions for a coating to seal that look into the metal that will still withstand the heat of a running engine. I've always gone straight for the engine compartment as the first area in a project and don't want this to be any different. Thoughts and suggestions are welcome. Thanks, Randy

Ok now....Pics! I had one that I bought from VinsRJ. It was set up properly by Vin and it was a pleasure to drive, slowly and on flat ground. No brake kit. I used it VERY LITTLE. In an effort to make some space in my garage I sold it back to Vin.. Maybe some day it will boomerang its ways back to me!

Just a internally grounded solenoid available at Napa.

That solenoid is still available. I purchased one from TSC about 2 months ago for $10.00. For the small amount that it cost to buy one, it's hardly worth trying to fix. http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/buyers-motor-solenoid-12v?cm_vc=-10005

WOTTA FOCK Lars! Haven't you gotten your disc dirty yet?

Yes Lars, I also think yoour Harrow looks very nice!!

Is that a green Sinclair dinosaur I see there... man, that thing has you know who's name written all over it. Seriously love those noontime whistles Mike.

I get a great big smile, and laugh, watching shoppers at Home "Cheapo" or another BIG box outlet. A neighbor said one day, "I have twenty-two horsepower." I grin, "For how long?" Of course the lowly Horses I have, including my '90 520-8, is no match for his MTD! "Red is for the blood we shed."

Looks like its coming along nicely! Most guys say you need a support......but I never have. I feel that if the threaded stub goes into the block nice and deep you don't need the support. Mike..............

Ok here is the plan when this one he bought dies next year or year after tell him you sure are glad you have that Stone Age tractor and ask him how much he wasted on the one he just had to replace

Getting rid of derelict, wanna-be red tractors.

I use my 1977 B-100 8-speed for plowing snow, hauling brush, and general activities around my wooded property. My other B-100 is fully restored, as are my 701, and 857. They follow me around to several shows a year. The Commando 8 is fully restored, but has taken to doing back flips with me in the saddle. She has been banished to the shed until her behavior improves.

The $5.00 Fee is a very reasonable cost for the group of sellers and buyers that turn out at Mentone in the Spring and Fall. I always donate something but I am all for the fee as Richard Layne, Gene Simpson and Ken Stephens (before Gene) should not have to incur costs for others Wheel Horse enjoyment!

Gene - RedSquare would like to make a donation to the show. Drop me a PM and we'll get it going.

Tried all kinds of seats. Never found a "great" one. One day drivin' through the country found a wrecked Jazzy (?) trashed, at the curb. I stopped, took out some tools and removed the seat. Unfortunately the arm rests were trashed. This seat was gray, black now, Duplicolor vinyl and material paint. I had to drill mounting holes, easy enough. A comfy seat, covering comes off along with the padding for cleaning. Mounted on my 416-8. Seat folds down when not in use if you want to. Just push it down or raise it up.

Might want to leave 'em Duke, once your done... I think "SUPERSTRONG" is pretty much gonna sum up this project.

That reminds me, here's one of Mrs Rules favorites.

Yeah...now you're talkin' my language. Reminds me...I've gotta list that hot water heater soon.