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So I had a single bottom plow given to me and when I used it my front end was a little on the light side so I had a friend fab me up a bracket and suitcase weights he has a ton of pulling tractors so the weights are something he came up with but I thought I would share even though you guys have probably already seen it

SEEMS LIKE MOST OF THE 300-400 AND 500 TRACTORS THE HOOD HINGES ARE SHOT. THEY CAME WITH NYLON SLEEVE BUSHINGS THAT WORE OUT OT MISSING WITHIN 300 HOURS. THIS IS HOW BEEN REPAIRING THEM FOR NOW. THIS IS THE 1992 310-8 I BOUGHT JUST A FIVE DAYS AGO. THE STEEL BRACKETS WERE EGGED OUT AND MY STEEL ROD WAS GROOVED BAD. I JUST USED A PIECE OF 3/8" OD STEEL DOWEL ROD AND SOME 3/8" ID STEEL BUSHING AND WELDED THEM IN PLACE, THEN I COTTER PIN THE ROD. HERE SOME PICTURES. BOWTIE IN OHIO

So I was in the shop today off and on between posts on here and eating dinner. I spent the better part of an hour trying to figure out how to mount the darn coil. I knew it filled a hole somewhere and I lined up the wires leading to it but I could not find that hole to save my soul. Then it dawned on me that the hole is in the front engine shroud. Picked it up and sure enough there it was. Another lesson learned. Here's an update on what I have done so far. Put another coat of black on the engine shrouds. Painted the black on the hood. Put the decals on the hood. It's a good thing those decals are a bit forgiving. I had a tough time lining them up and took a couple of them on and off several times until I got it where I thought it should go. I like the way they look. Terry should be very proud of his craftsmanship. He does a great job on them and a big service to all Wheel Horse aficionados.

Just picked this up sunday afternoon, guy said it was froze up... he was right but nother alittle pb blaster didnt fix.! should fit nicely behind the new c-160.

Set up day... looks like an interesting weekend.... lotsa cool iron. A couple makin steam The Iron Horse The ultimate party trailer Big Wheelie Toys A pair of red twins Local truck A cold front is forecast for Friday, so I loaded a couple of snow machines..just to be safe.

Removing wheel Hubs A friend of mine stopped by and asked how is the best way to remove wheel hubs that are stuck on the axles. In the past I had built a wheel hub puller we decided to try. But the transaxle had 1-1/8 inch axles and the puller was to light duty to remove the hubs. So it got me to thinking. How to build a heavy duty wheel hub puller with what I had lying around. I had and old 10 pound barbell weight and a short piece of 1 inch althread rod with a couple of 1 inch nuts. I drilled 1/2 inch holes in the barbell weight to match the holes on the hub. I then threaded a 1 inch nut onto the 1 inch althread rod and welded it to the end of the rod. I then inserted the rod through the barbell weight and put a 1 inch washer in place and screwed a 1 inch nut on the end of the rod. Using 3/8 inch bolts to connect the barbell weight to the hub and snugging it up to hold it in place. Using a wrench to fit both nuts and now it was time to see if this would work. The first hub we tried a little heat. The hub came off with no problems. The second hub we pulled with using no heat and the same results. Hub came right off. I need to say before we tried this heavy duty puller the hubs were sprayed with PB-Blaster all week and the light duty puller wpuld not get the job done. The threads stripped right out of the nut and plate. but this heavy duty hubs worked great with no problems at all. I guess bushings could be made to reduce the size hole in the barbell weight to accommodate smaller althread rods for smaller axles. I will try and attach PDF files to this message for both pullers. Figure maybe someone could build their own. I will try to attach some files for the light duty puller as well for the heavy duty puller Joe Wheel Hub Puller Heavy Duty.pdf Wheel Hub Puller.pdf

I'll be bringing the sunshine.

You can buy the Wheel Horse logo decals for the Craftsmen black plastic 12 inch wheel weights from Vinylguy (Vendor on Red Square) that are round and fit right in the center of the Craftsmen weights.

I've got an '83 C-175 here... hands down, one of my favorite workers.

Finally !! Barn started to go up today.....

I'd start that shredder up at 1st. light Saturday morning...the games are on at noon.

Thanks guys. Last week when I thought it could be the ignition switch I bought one off Ebay. I put it on today and it starts right up!! Thanks again!!

I just reserved a room for fri nite, will see you sat am

Nick, if you want to run ags on your 416 with standard 12 x 7 rims and you are using one of the cheaper brands like deestone or duro, i would recommend you go with the 23 x 10.50-12. the carlisle tires are going to be your only choice if you want closest to the correct size, but even they are under what is on the sidewall..... i read somewhere that of the cheaper ones, the deestones are slightly larger than the duro tires, but the height on any of them won't be 23 high, they are all undersized. i used duro 23 x 10.50-12 on my boys 875 and they look great. also used the deestone 4.00-8 tri rib on the fronts, but they used narrow rims on the early tractors and your 416 would have the wider 5.38" wheels. because the duro are undersized on the width as well they look just right in my opinion on the 7 inch rims.....

I noticed that, in the last of 3 pdf pics, you have the trans split in half trying to get the hubs off. With a couple of long box-end wrenchs, you could have reached into the trans and remove the 4 (or 5) differential bolts which would let the trans completely separate. At this point, just remove the axle circlip(s), then pull the axles out with hubs still on them. For those with access to a hydraulic press, this is sometimes an easier way to pull the hubs. What you've done would work equally as well. I have made the same type of puller using a HD worn-out 1 1/8" ID Wheelhorse 5-lug hub instead of the 10lb barbell weight. It, of course, is already drilled to the pattern of the offending hub so I didn't have to drill anything.

GREAT,did i say that it plowed GREAT. last year my 90 520-H with Carlisle 23x10.50x12 on plowed as good as my 416-H with Carlisle 23x8.50x12 with chains on basically the same tractor but a lot of difference in the way they plow eric j

Well... it's commonly used to refer to the mid-engine 1960 and 1961 models, the 400/550 and 401/551. Beyond that in a much more complicated fashion though... Wheel Horse used the term/name Suburban for several years. Just the term "Suburban" refers to the fact that this was a tractor for the "Suburban households" that were gaining in popularity in that mid-50s era. Expansion of housing into Suburban developments where people wanted their small patch of land with a lawn and a garden. Many people were losing interest in living in the "urban" city. In advertising, Wheel Horse started referring to the RJ-58/59 as a Suburban tractor sometime during production. Then, in the 1960 brochure, they named the tractors the Suburban 400 and Suburban 550 as shown in the brochure and on the manual. In 1961, the manual cover removed the "Suburban" title, but the advertising literature still referred to them as Suburban tractors. This is generally where collectors quit calling tractors suburbans... although interestingly if you look at the cover of the 1962 manual, they were still called Suburban Tractors! They were still referred to as a "Suburban Tractor" in ads as well, but I think this was going back to the original reference to Suburbia itself. Even as late as the 1963 brochure they used the term, but I think clearly this was used as a general term. After that though, I don't recall seeing the term used.

I need some guidance. I have a 310-8, and I am setting it up to plow snow this winter for the first time. I will buy chains and put them on. I am also shopping for wheel weights. Do I need to get Wheel Horse Wheel Weights or will another brand work? I have seen some used weights on CL and found Craftsman weights at Sears. Will any weights with a 12 inch diameter work? What do I need to do? Thanks

I mowed with the new 520H with the 60" deck last weekend and decided it was all I needed. I posted the only non red tractor I had on CL yesterday afternoon and it sold immediately. Now they are all red as it should be! Bye bye Cub.

It is a 60" deck, which I have always liked. They are just so stinking heavy though Thad

Man....that's some tractor guru knowledge...and I appreciate it. I think I'll pick her up Sunday. 600and some odd hrs.... I think I may have the perfect candidate for the 2 stage!

"To me other then the hood and fenders its the same as the others "well for the most part the same". You have that right. I like the C-175 Automatics with the twin cylinder Kohler engines. This one only has 278 hours on it.

If it had a Tecky, he'd have to start on it at 3 A.M.!

Rob, Make sure that you have enough gas. I have had a poly 12 cu. ft. cart for over four years. It is usually the first cart I grab and actually sits under the trees unprotected. I have drilled holes just below the top edge because when leaned back for storage it does collect water. I have been very happy with mine and usually end up overloading it without a problem. With having the 2" receiver hitches, I have installed ball hitch couplers on my towed pieces. Woke up one morning in February and had a good part of 70 feet of trunk laying across the road and blocking it. The good thing is in another month I'll be keeping warm with it! John

No....grain alcohol and vodka is used.....they just call it moonshine......now when those NC boys come up that might be real shine.....but that Apple Pie stuff is just a drink.....strong but still a drink...... And cider is used just to stay true to the cider thread......

Great find, I WANT ONE TOO!!!

if it is 3 ohm and dual fire, that is what you need for the Onan with electronic ignition. (which is what you have on the P series engines with the ignition module) if you ordered the one i mentioned in the Onan coil replacement thread i linked to above, they seem to be a good coil. I've had no problems with mine. only downfall with them is you need to make a bracket to mount it, but for a worker its a cheap alternative to the oem replacement. i have gone both ways on two different engines and have had good results with both. one of course was way more expensive, but had the 'factory' look i was after.

dual fire (called batch fire, waste spark also) fires both cylinders at the same time.... this is similar to the Onan setup, the ignition module is your switching device..... one cylinder is needing the spark, one is on exhaust, then the opposite when the other cylinder needs it. note only one switching device single fire only fires each cylinder when needed..... note, two switching devices

since the oem coil primary resistance should read somewhere around 2.9-3.6 ohms, you would need a 3 ohm coil, heres one post that comes up when you search 'harley coil" as soi mentioned.......

Trusty 854. (can't seem to link photobucket video to this)

48 hours from now the fun will be getting underway and in to full swing! If you have any questions.....please try to get a hold of me before tomorrow morning. Computer access will be very limited after tomorrow morning. Everyone drive safe!

good work... might be worth popping over to our sister site myoldmachine.com to say hello and see if anyone can help....

Ed, I am planning on bringing a couple of my horses to the show this weekend. But if my plans change, I do want to get to the show either Friday or Saturday morning just to look around. I missed meeting you at the WH Collectors Show back in June. So, I will be sure to look for you at Steam-o-rama this weekend.

Looks good. How did you drill the 1/2" holes in the weight? I hear they are hard to drill.

Who here thinks that thing is only pumping out 15hp?

got to be my V blade. link to the build

Ok... New corner beams were cut and delivered to the house just about and hour ago. Men will be there tomorrow to start to install. End result the barn builder did the right thing IMO and will provide the uprights and header for the lean to shed roof if I so choose to do that in the future... Looking forward to seeing this barn finally start to go up. I have a few work related projects starting tomorrow so I will have to wait until later in the day to check the progress.

I hope this arrangement will work well

Something just hit me about a comment I made. Assuming the newer stop pin is longer it still has to let the balls clear the rail. Isn't the purpose of that pin to just be a guide for the spring? I would think the spring determines how firm the balls hold in the detent. A different spring isn't mentioned in the service bulletin. Is a different spring used along with the newer pin?

wheelhorse-c-161-1979, one word of caution here. When I was cleaning out my daughters goat pin using my C-141 with a Ark on it. In the short time I was off the tractor on the end of a pitch fork, a goat ate off one of the valve stems on a front tire as I had the wheels turned and presented the irresistible valve stem to it. Then one jumped up on the seat and started to do a number on the on the rubber lines running into the Control Valve. Don't turn your back on those destructive Horse eating creatures for one second.

That is gorgeous just as she sits, great looking there.

That means there is a gound at terminal B when it should be hot. You can use a 12V light bulb and socket with some longer wires too if you have something like that laying around.

Sorry Geno, but no test light. I did order one on ebay though.

I agree with john , the GT14 is an awesome tractor , wheelhorse designed the tractor like a tank. Here in UK they are very rare & I only know of around 6 , but rumour has it that on 50 were imported to UK . Here are a few pics that a took yesterday of mine. My good lady even likes to have a go every now & again .

Might be hard to describe. There was a snow pile in it that was on the blade in the center along the bottom just like the snow would be if you were plowing. Then a big mouth was around the snow pile with some teeth. Then a couple of eyes were along the top of the plow. It looked like it was having fun eating the snow. I'm trying to find a pic of one but no luck so far. This isn't the decal but you sort of get the idea.

Here's a twofer.

Whew! What a workout...man, am I exhausted. Boss man was cracking the whip on the Ponderosa today... where nothing but a good ol' time was had by all.

Say Bowtie, until you said that I assumed mine were tubeless, so I went and looked at my B-80 and sure enough mine say tube type, but when I got them I did'nt pay any attention, I just mounted them. So far so good, although I did put some tire slime in one of them a couple days ago because it was going low and I did'nt feel like dismounting the tire, it stopped the leak. On most tubeless tires I have mounted the bead of the tire goes onto the wheel easily without having to really air the tire up to make it seat, but these were just like a tubeless, I had to air them up to 20 or 30psi before the bead seated. They have been on my horse for a month now and I did'nt even know they were tubeless, so I say go for it, mine dont seem to need them. Why should yours? Bowtie to Bowtie

So you have an idea on how it will look: