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Here is a quick up date on the 607. I had to paint this before it gets to cold so here is a couple picks. And the leaves are starting so there is all my time gone..... I hope you enjoy the picks. Gary B...........

I'll be 70 in January. I check the obituaries in the news paper everyday and I haven't seen my name yet.

There is a ridge in the bottom of the tranny case that traps some oil in the front half of the tranny. You have to jack the front end up to drain it all. You said it was nasty before you put in your good oil i would but in a half gallon of DF2 (diesel fuel) or kerosene, run it around for a few minutes then raise the front end and drain it again. If it is really nasty you may have to repeat. Fill it with good oil thought the dip stick (or pull the shifter and go through that. Leave the fill plug open at first, it will speed up the filling. then close it and keep adding slowly til you get a good read on the dip stick

Heh! at 75 I've found the "golden years" are more like "lead/tin/brass years"

Well you know the Old saying it ant over till it's over.

Heck, I am only 29; though I have celebrated 41 anniversaries of my 29th birthday.

If you ain't hurtin'... you've been sandbagging.

Heck, I am from the Paleozoic era...I am afraid to go to sleep anymore.

I have a couple more sets of wheels but they just don't look quite right. I'm not going for an all original restore but these wheels just look right to me. I look at it as a labor of love. Good thing too because this whole tractor needs LOTS AND LOTS of TLC.

im not plannng on using it right now. I'm going to service it and detail it a little. Are you going to use your NOS 520?i I'm going to put the 420 LSE to work too. I'll mow with it next year. Probably 5-10 hours a year. Its a shame to let it sit. It was built to use. I will pamper it though.

Thinking about making one more mod to my 520H snow blowing machine. Left foot.....add a rocker pedal to control the lift Right foot...is used for F/R motion control Left hand..... can then stay on the steering wheel Right hand... chute rotation, chute deflector, coffee cup, and waving to the neighbors as I clear their driveways from inside the heated cab.

Getting old is all in your mind.....................If you can remember where you put it!

Filling through the dipstick tube is definitely easier, you'll need a long skinny funnel to reach down there. And be aware you might not get it to take the full 2 quarts, especially if you didn't get all the old oil drained out. Your old oil was "nasty looking", as in milky or bubbly? That would indicate water got into the transmission, probably through the shifter boot. Make sure you check that too, and replace it if necessary. -------- EDIT: Actually, your funnel doesn't really have to be very long, it just needs to be skinny enough to fit snugly inside the dipstick tube. If the tube has been removed for some reason, the funnel would have to be long enough to reach into the opening at the top of the transmission.

Good choice! I would not let it sit, i would use it too.

This is how I've made my horse steer better C-85

It's #143 I do not have the plate. The woman who owned it kept the plate when Thad bought it. I think she worked for a wheel horse dealer and ordered it for her husband. He passed away a long time ago and it sat unused. It has 387 hours on a working meter. It was a 1000 mile round trip. I thought it was worth it. It's really hard to find low hour Wheel Horse tractors in Wisconsin. I drove it maybe 5 minutes. I really want to service it first. I have a few questions. What air filter and oil filter would it take. The air filter looks like one that would be used on a 16 horse kohler. The engine is model M20QS, I didn't get a manual with it. The question about the seat. Which one? The 420LSE or the 520H? I was going to have a new owners plate made for the 420LSE. Would someone that owns one post a picture of the plate? It's in good shape. It's going to need some detailing and a little sanding and paint touch up in a few spots. The 520H feels like a brand new tractor. Everything is tight. It's really clean too!!

A few days ago while I was complaining about my sore shoulders from wrestling this "killer tiller" through my strawberry beds along side my pole barn, Mrs. K made the comment " all those little tractors...can't they help you". Sure enough, the next day when I went to the barn, there sat the 314 Hydro with the blade off for a new scraper bar that a member made for me.........It looked like a mount for a TILLER. A little cutting with the radiac and its ready to mount up. Drill a few holes, add two braces, and make a belt tensioner. More seat time...less sore shoulders.

It's a competition to see which part part of my body hurts each day. And then on rainy days - it's a real race!

Make sure that there isn't something blocking the drain hole and not letting all the oil drain out. It has happened to me some nasty sludge built up at the drain and wouldn't let the oil drain out I poked it with a screw driver and the rest came out but still I can usually only get about a quart in one Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

I built this one on a Westwood tractor chassis.

No, there's not enough for two complete tractors. Hopefully I'll have enough tranny parts to make one good one and there are enough tractor parts for a good one. The majority of the parts on the 657 and 500 Special are identical.

The gentleman that gave these to me said most all of the Wheel Horse stuff he had started out in Michigan so freezing could be a possibility. The rails and forks are in great shape and there wasn't any slop. Providing the case on the other one is OK I'll just use it. Hopefully the gears I need will be in good shape. I do have a spare 3523 in very good shape (per Mike) that came out of the 5010 on my 400 that I can use if needed. Remember that little research project I did on the 3-speed parts? The only internal difference between a 5025 and a 5053 is the updated shifter rails on the 5053 (3515/3516 vs 5615/5616).

After reading above posts I have no right to be feeling old. Only 55

I fixed that problem, got rid of the wife.

I'm pretty much an 8-speed guy. The hydros are ok but I'd rather change gears than change hydro fluid and filters. I don't know about the rest of you guys but I have more than enough maintenance to do ( on all my equipment combined ) without the added work of hydro maintenance on Wheel Horses. I have had a few hydro Horses but am happier banging gears LOL

When you pry off the caps there will be a zerk fitting in the center of the spindle gear You may need to dig through the grease to see it. Grease it heavily it will come out and lube the bevel gear. Packing the whole housing doesn't get grease down into the spindle and its bearings as well.

Just wanted to throw in a pic of the V61's mounted up, (sorry the garage is being reorganized):

Hard to say, I have a 416-h and a C-161Auto, and C-161 8 speed so I would say try to get both!!

Well I bought it. Ill post pics tomorrow. The hydro is very strong. Very fast forward but slow in reverse I think the lever needs to be adjusted. The tractor frame is in great shape. The loader has one very poorly welded bracket no stress cracks though (Ill fix it eventually). It can lift a lot of weight. lifted me and 3 ret wall blocks at around 450lb with ease (however with the soft front tires very hard to turn with that much weight ad soft tires). It doesn't look nearly as good as Elliot's.

Still a good buy, The 520 makes a great loader tractor, I have had a few of them and my current one works great and has all the power you would ever need.

Yeah, keep em both. Then start looking for more storage space. Cause when you pair em up, they will multiply

Don't drink... and drive that one.

You might want to add Titanium to that list. I joined the "Titanium Club" on June 24 - with my six inch plate and eight screws.

Jack...see Gary's reply, post #23 here... http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/topic/59482-i-never-in-all-my-days-working-on-engines/

It does say Michigan seat. But I don't see any others labels. I was thinking about getting a chrome cup holder.

Looks great.

Trans holds approx 5 quarts according to manual. Filter is on the return side so you can prefill it if you want but it should make little difference. I made up a little fitting that goes in place of one of the top bolts then has a little tube that sticks up a few inches to let air out but keep spillage to a minimum. When replacing this bolt I put just a little sealant on the threads.

You got more patience than I do. I'd scrap those in a heartbeat.

There are SO many reasons this time of year is special. It's the time to transition from Summer Wheel Horses to Winter Duty. It is also the time when 2 major forum events happened. November 14, 2006 - RedSquare was started by whchris on a free service called Forumer, anyone remember whforum.15.forumer.com October 31, 2011 - We abruptly moved from Forumer to our current home. I often go back and look at the posts from those times and while RedSquare is so different today then it was then, there are STILL many of the same people here who helped make this what it is today. So at this important time of the year, as you get your machines ready for the new season, Thank You for being a member of RedSquare, it's been a heck of a ride and still going!

By any chance cheese did the lights flicker when at full throttle? My 246 has the same, voltage reads high butturning the lights on drops it but it seems when the battery gets fully charged the lights flicker. Turning on the electric pto drops the voltage more as expected. Replaced the regulator a couple of years ago from a Toro dealer. I do seem to go thru batteries every 2-3 years so maybe I am over charging. I should check it will a multimeter...I only have a dozen of them.

Def ok, The regulator is designed to run about +10-20% over nominal battery voltage for proper charging and electrical system supply; it will probably "settle" a bit over the next few days to 13.5-14.2V. Sounds like it's fixed!

Almost done..

Here's a converted 05-42XR02 on my C-101, great deck. Had to fab a leveling rod for it but no big deal there. The left spindle is from a 95-42MS01 SD deck.

Dave has provided (as usual) great photos with labels! I did the switch on a 42 rear the other year and just picked up a clean 42SD for $30 last month. I brought up the parts viewer for both the vertical and horizontal shaft decks and figured out what parts I could reuse and what ones I had to get. i.e. the main double drive pulley is different, the belt is different etc. I think that as the normal decks rot out despite our best efforts, we will all start scrambling for whatever is available

Take a look at a 60" deck for a 5xi. It is a bit different. The gage wheel shafts rotate and there is an auxilary wheel on the back that drops down to roll it into place.

I removed the plug in the bottom, and removed one of the two bolts that hold the fender pan/fuel tank bracket to the top of the transaxle.

I have one that is as clean as that one, and have posted a picture just recently. But no one ever pays attention to me!! Well, after looking at my picture, I see that it is not very clear. You're forgiven. Just Kidding! Nice looking tractor. Mine mows well.