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I think I may start fabricating and selling my super heavy duty wheel horse hub puller! Just to protect those of you who cannot resist using a slide hammer

These things are terribly addictive!

Okay... so several months back I traded Sparky for a C100 8 Speed. It Ran and Drove but had a hub which had slipped in almost to the trans case... it was tight but just was one of those things that annoyed me everytime I saw it. Today I decide to TRY and FIX IT, this was after already asking Sparky if he had tried (Answer was yes....), and after noticing a piece of the hub broken off... so somebody else had tried too. But did I leave it alone----NOPE, CAPTAIN DUMAZZ grabs his tools and torch and is gonna teach this hub a lesson on whose boss. I setup my slide hammer---FOR ALL YOU OUT THERE DON'T USE A SLIDE HAMMER USE A PULLER... THIS WAS MY FATAL MISTAKE. I start heating the hub cherry red and start whacking away... hub moves and I get excited... keep heating and banging away. Then...... and the picture tells the rest. I'm an idiot and am posting this as a public service announcement... now instead of running the tractor with the hub slid in I get to roll it in the corner till I can either swap the trans or pull it apart. YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY I'm So Smart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tony "docwheelhorse"

Hi All, Just wanted to send a couple photos of the 520-8 tilling the Garden today. Tractor and tiller did a great job, for the exception of the hitch retainer opening and allowing the tiller to come out of the bracket. I may drill and pin it to keep it closed. Well here's the pics. Take care Mike

My girlfriend calls it installation art...I call it Wheel Horse progress...Todays accomplishments...Red this week...maybe Tuesday weather permitting

So Geno, I gotta ask?? What's your "Grand plan"? I thought I saw you post awhile back that you had had one WH for many years and just a few months ago decided to collect. So here we are a few months later and you keep haulin em in....at an incredible rate! Are you gearing up a long winter of restoring? Or are you planning on flipping a few? Maybe start a WH parts yard like Kelly has? Or are you just shooting for a massive herd? I'm just curious what, if any, your WH goal is. Mike.......

Easy to pick with toes when you don't wear socks JimD

Tony, you are looking at this thing all wrong. It is a blessing in disguise. Now you can attack that axle and hub directly...the easy way. Sure, you have to split the trans to put the "C" clip back on the axle, but you can clean out the trans and change the seals and know what you have inside. Piece of cake and a silver lining in that cloud.

Good News. I have company in the basement...lol....

Hello All, short story--I bought a 1984 Bayliner Cierra 25' boat for the Volvo 290 Duoprop outdrive... anything beyond that was gravy. Boat was abandoned 10 years ago after the owner died... it sat uncovered and the hull is shot. Motor was left uncovered and was covered in leaves, dirt, mouse nests and any other terrible "crap" you could dump on an engine... Well I tried to turn the motor over in the boat and it wouldn't budge... figured it was seized and shot, so I pulled it out to strip it for parts and get the boat cleaned out to be crushed. I started looking at the motor and pulled the alternator off---the first surprise was that the alternator was seized and the belt was rusted in the pulleys. So I then tried turning the motor over and it moved, stiff as heck but it moved. Out came the plugs and nothing but rust.... I filled the cylinders with kerosene and turned it over slowly and let it pour out and carry away the rust and crud. The distributor guts where rusted to heck so I through a Mallory electronic unit in.... I also pressure washed the motor out of enthusiasm. The risers are dated August 1998... and after I split them and checked them out they went back on. I added some fuel and some water and heres how it ran... no stuck valves and the carb didn't even act up! Simply amazing how an engine can sit for ten years and get rained on, peed on, filthy and so on and still be OK... I ran it for about an hour and fogged it out. Its going to end up in a 25' sedan cruiser I'm putting together. The way this motor turned out was a stroke of luck.... I haven't seen any other similar situations turn out this good. Heck--I've seen motors rusted completely solid just over the winter after sitting uncovered never to run again.... s430.photobucket.com/user/andoverct/medi...zps8740f6f5.mp4.html Tony

I hope everything is finally fixed. Sometimes it takes a lot of trying but usually perseverance will pay off in the end.

All loaded up and going to look for some junkie ol' yardsales. Saw red beside the shed. How much for the "old mower"? Got the Wheel Horse with rotted deck and snowplow. And a seat. I didn't know what I bought for $80 until I got it home and found a decal in the toolbox. "800Special". Yep.... it's different. Motor turns over ... no spark. All gears work running it off the starter. PTO clutch works. Needs tires and battery. It's covered with patina. Here's the pics .................................

From what you've mentioned today sounds like you may have a wire touching somewhere it shouldn't.

yep they sure are......

Are you gonna get the other half next month?

Hard tellin'...not knowin'... you have to give us a bit more to work with.

How do you pick up the pennies with those short arms?

i got to stop looking at those pics, next thing ill be pulling the 1848 down for some work......

I'm with Steve, just go for it and split the trans. It's a good opportunity to fix/replace any worn bits... You may well find the axle is chewed and needs swapping anyway. Also there's some funky guides to tranny rebuild on here Steve knows all about them :lol:

And now with some gingerbread attached. Terry sure is the Man for these decals! Thanks Terry! They look great.

And that's why I left the hub where it was, with nice tight setscrews. Mike........

I sure could use that snowblower lift flag by the axe!

Rick, I have just been lucky. One thing different this year from last...I have picked the Iowa and Northwestern games so far. Last year these 2 teams killed me. I could easily have another 2 or 3 losses this year just from these guys. Iowa plays Purdue next week...at Purdue. Which Iowa and which Purdue is going to show up? Northwestern plays at Penn St.should be an easy game for Penn St. BTW, I have been finding a few lucky pennies on the ground lately.

The problem with the ethanol fuel is that the alcohol/ethanol is corrosive to the white metal in the carburators and erodes/changes the dimensions of the calibrated passages, bleed holes and jet openings. The racecar people that run ethanol hard anodize as much of their fuel systems as possible and then "pickle" the fuel systems with gasoline as soon as possible before storage to minimize corrosion damage. For my own personal small engines it is worth the extra cost and effort to find and use ethanol free fuel

I guess I showed you guys this week

And with the hood finished up and mounted. I still have to find an upper dash. I got a couple of local contacts last evening and hope something pans out.

I'm never allowed to have any sharp objects in my possession Mike.

I think this 3-speed has 1-1/8" axles also. Garry

good to hear Brian. Stay out of CT !! lol

Picked up the poor Work Horse just before dark. The Horse hasn't been used in eight years, parked in a barn. At the time the little Stallion did not have any mechanical issues. The owner had health problems, a groundskeeping crew took over while the Horse stayed in the barn till I convinced the owner, "Geeze, I've always wanted a Work Horse. Please, please, please ". The Work Horse was purchased new and, so I'm told, only mowing (one acre) turf. The Redbone (as in Leon Redbone) gave it to me, "Just pick it up." My son, grandson and I did. Original destination was scrap yard. Oh No! Not that! The poor Horsey needs a lovin' home! Here's how she looks, we stopped under gas station lights for this picture, for our "love at first sight". . PS. No dial-a-height, might add one during the restore.

You gotta keep couple cans of PB Blaster in stock... PB & go hand in hand.

well, I've made progress but am disappointed it hasn't started or driven... I was optimistic and naive that it would just come together today and work, however a few things have stopped me.... 1. I bought the motor unseen, upon sitting it on the frame and lifting the dipstick there's no end on it. Did it snap and fall in the bottom? 2. The motor overhangs the frame and will need a small mod - I already knew this 3. My throttle and choke cables haven't arrived. 4. The motor has no fuel pump! So I've got the clutch and brake linkages sorted. It went together really nicely with very little modification. Just a new link arm to pull the brake band. On the reverse side I repurposed the clutch idler, but added a Land Rover Discovery cambelt tensioner as a reverse idler. Further downsides, the belt arrived but is too long... my engine pulley really needs to be a taperlock as it's from a briggs and was held on by a bolt.The magnum doesn't have a thread in the drive end. So it's a reasonable shopping list this week: Battery Seat Taperlock bush and pulley Longer belt Fuel bung and tap for tank Fuel pump Starter switch Solenoid

Well, I am ready to go get more horses! I put the 22" factory Escalade Platinum wheels on it. The 22's with the 305-45-22 tires showed the GM rake more than I like so I just ordered a 2" front lift for it. Will do it next week and show pics after it's done. Does it look too much like a pimp mobile now? I'm a WHEEL HORSE PIMP. Oh help me.

Jeesh! Tough crowd! Can't a girl get a break for burning her hand? It's tough to produce a video with one hand! So, here it is. Ed, it probably still wasn't worth getting up early for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plLoCF6tJpw

Picked this up today to fill a gap in horsepower. It is a 1981 5240. This is the lightest and fairly rare of the post-Studebaker Gravely tractors which didn't sell well due to the slope hood and pull start. It has an 8hp Kohler K181T and the desirable eight-speed transmission. There are some issues with the engine so it may be a candidate for a re-power. The Gravely is easy to do using an adapter plate. Most engines today have a common bolt pattern so it is just an issue of the correct shaft input gears and adapter. Even a clone diesel would fit. A gel cell or small AGM battery could be mounted to the hood to take advantage of the larger OHV singles' starter motor.

When it quit I heard an electric "zap" up front. I pulled all the wires up front, cleaned the connections and replaced as needed, wrapped the wires in electric tape and reattached. Just finished riding it around for 10 minutes..... So far so good. Will reattach all components removed including hood tomorrow and try to cut lawn. Will update when I am done. Fingers crossed! I hope I have fixed her, as I missed my tractor quite a bit.

Gino I am getting very jealous. Every time I come to Red Square, I find you bringing home another horse. Good thing you are buying hay and oats to feed these critters. The rest of you family would starve. How many is that now? 28 and counting?

looks like this one to me....

Closest is Strongsville to me and that still is a 25 minute drive. Crazy, but I think I may, just take the drive. Thanks!

Ah my goodness Geno. You must have a big Barn! Nice tractor.

There was no motor on it Craig. Its getting a 14 Kohler. Were all wondering which one will be next. Lol. Thanks Geno.

Hot connections are bad connections most of the time.

CAPTAIN DUMAZZ That's so funny.

i always liked doing the front lifts on my GM trucks to get the more level look. problem is when you hook up that trailer and load it up, unless you have some sort of height compensation, the rear ends up low and that looks worse in my opinion than having the nose down look. now i just leave them alone and run up to the max towing capacity and it still drives like it should. all good if you aren't towing though......

1> Biggest C was the C-195. 2> No they did not make a manual tranny GT-14. 3> I'm pretty sure that a 3 point was an option. Mike..........

The Craftsman I use is a 2006 3000. I found it sitting by the road with a sign stating bad engine, please take away. I brought it home and found the Briggs 20 HP single cylinder had tossed a rod right through the block. I had a Briggs opposed twin 18 HP sitting in the shop and it bolted right up with no other modifications. That engine must be 20 years old and is strong as an ox. Been cutting grass with it for at least four years and it starts first time every time. The more Wheel Horses I get the more I am tempted to sell the Craftsman but it don't eat anything so I will probably keep it around for a spell.

I'm jealous! Nice find!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There is a marine grade liner, not rough Nice and smooth!

This is what a typical Magnum electrical connection looks like - I'm not sure what you mean by "modular" connector on the back.