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Pulled the engine from the 522xi and replaced both coils. Popped the flywheel off to check it and glad I did. Cleaned all the mud/grass out of it, blew out the fins, checked the magnets. Replaced the front steering cylinder bolt, put a missing lock nut on the rear of the steering cylinder and deleted the “smart steer” function while I was in there. Everything got a good cleaning. Found a couple other things to fix but haven’t got that far yet.

I use my 520 a lot to pull a regular trailer into and around property with a considerable amount of weight and steering is always a problem. Needed quick front weight without removing mule drive. Devised this simple quick bracket with unistrut parts to mount directly on the mule drive. It already had an existing hole in the correct spot. Now I can quickly add weight as needed.

This past Saturday Trina and I took a 3 mile stroll on Dunn's loop in Andover Maine. The trailhead is the Appalachian Trail parking lot on East B Hill Rd. @posifour11 here's a few for your other half...

Several months ago I ordered this Sunex service cart for work. It served me well, but it did have some downfalls, one major one was the top tray wasn’t big enough or deep enough to hold all my sockets. Finally broke down today and upgraded to the US General. So much more room and much better quality. Had to settle for the black one as they were out of red and blue, which were my first two choices

So here's a weird one I wanted to share some pictures of, wondering if anyone else has ever seen or heard of such a thing. This was originally a mink feeder, used on a mink farm in northern Wisconsin (which is definitely mink country). Originally there was a tub for the feed and an auger behind the seat which unfortunately is missing. There are no tags on the tractor and although I certainly doubt Wheel Horse built these, my guess is that a 3rd party manufacture built and sold these using WH parts, similarly to what Haska did with modified Speedex tractors during the same time period. There are (2) transmissions; a hydrostatic trans to drive the tractor and a gear drive that would have run the auger. It's 5' long overall. I've seen and own the Speedex/Haska mink feeders, but never a Wheel Horse version until now.

I posted these picture on one of the Wheel Horse Facebook groups and a gentleman just posted this picture of his that came off of a mink farm in Michigan years ago! Pretty wild to see the feed bin!

Have a barn full of

Spend your evenings on Red Square....

Four?? Forty???? Oh nooooooooo. I might be an addict....

Hi everybody, Quick introduction. Was shopping for a lawn tractor for the mother-in-law to mow her 1+ acres, and came across a deal for two tractors. Was looking at JD's, but these WH's look pretty cool, and simple to work on. I'm a fix it guy, so should be a breeze, but I like the HUGE forum here. Lots of data! Thanks in advance for all the help. Gonna get the 312-8 going first, and then I'll take my time on the B-80. Thanks, Tim

A boy and his horse ....... sounds like a book.

When kinfolk, friends and neighbors come over to borrow one of your 40 + year old red tractor because their third, fourth, fifth store bought tractor is broken again. They still think new is better than old .

See I can tell that you are a real mechanic because your tools are nice and neat and organized. While the tools in my shade tree mechanic shop are scattered all over a country mile.

Eric the AT is close to you? It’s kinda in my backyard. Lol.Some pics from 2 weeks ago. I take my dog Boomer for early morning walks on this stretch before the crowds show up.

Own a wheel Horse someone had to say it

The Wheel Horse Mafia .

You check at least 4 times a day.

I finally got some deer on the cam during daylight hours. I'll pull the card and post them when I get back. Headed North tomorrow to hunt the lease in Cameron Co. We made the deer camp meal this afternoon. Deer steak, gravy and biscuits. The recipe is in @stevasaurus steve's recipe thread.

You might be a wheel horse owner if you.......appreciate things that were made to last.

I think the US General boxes are great! Harbor Freight sells a lot of sub-standard tools (in my opinion anyway) but their tool boxes are one of the exceptions. This is mine...

What a clever way of doing this I like it! Great way of adding weight and being able to still use the mule drive! This is what I did to get some weight out front - C-85

It takes me 10 minutes to dig for a socket to fit. Then when I pick one up it's metric there goes another 10 minutes !!

Lots of great advise here, but the best advice of all is that many of you just guided my own thoughts and my wife's to come to a decision. We lived very frugally all the time since a year ago when this thread began. First we went to zero debt on the real estate and continued to work and save all our Social Security. Because of how we structured our SS, mine goes up by $300.00 a month in 2,5 years. Sadly, that loophole is no longer available. I started looking for the biggest bang for the buck, and for us it was a new RAV4 Hybrid. My wife was not having a pickup, so that was that When you buy a Hybrid, it only costs $700 more than a AWD, and we certainly wanted that. The brakes last like forever on these things because of regenerative braking. Base model plus Hybrid plus a small upgrade to help detect crossing foot traffic and cars coming across from the back. We thought that was a good decision because it is hard to watch out for people walking with their nose stuck in a cell phone who walk right in to your space as your battery powered car is making no noise.. The salesman did not want to take off a lot off the sticker, so I told him we would just buy a 2020 model through costco when the new models come out because of depreciation and all that. Then we got our price. We 'financed the car ' for the smallest amount allowed to get an additional $900 off sticker. The paperwork came last night, so i called Toyota to get the payoff on the loan. Total interest was $19 and change. So still debt free on everything with a car that is rated 40MPG and should help to pay back the depreciation between new and used somewhat. When we put pencil to paper it really made sense. We did a life cycle on the RAV vs a loaded Accura private sale on a 2016 and also a used RAV from the same year . With all the additional safety and backup cameras the RAV beat them both by a wide margin. The fact that it does not hurt our bodies to get in and out of the RAV is a nice bonus. Maybe I can keep saving some more and get that C-160 I have been seeking....

That's usually my dilemma Ritchie... to pop the fly wheel and clean behind it or not. Usually do and usually glad I did. Crazy not to on a beast like that.

We have some pretty hiking areas around here - and even some hills - but they don't much compare to the mountains of Maine. Beautiful. I'm envious! This year my wife took up hiking as a hobby, and she's been loving it. This weekend she's doing a 30-miler in southern MO as a fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis. http://fightcf.cff.org/site/TR/Hike/38_Gateway_St_Louis?px=4167587&pg=personal&fr_id=7646 So since spring she's been wandering in the woods and counting the miles. I've not been able to go with her as much as I'd like since the kids always have other places to be but it's been a great time when I do. For me, hiking was always a means to an end...usually a fishing hole or something lies at the end of the path. But I've really started to enjoy more of the journey. I always look forward to your hiking photos Eric. Steve

Thanks for sharing, Eric. Beautiful scenery up there! My wife and I did a little hiking in Clifty Falls state park in S. E. Indiana last week. Pretty country along that part of the Ohio river.

Lots of little grey Fergies over here. Go to most shows and you'll see plenty. As for the blocks cracking. Never heard of that unless left over winter with no antifreeze in the coolant. Go for it Eric.

Cool. Trina knew of it. We've hiked Mt Greylock. Went up the old Alpine ski course WOWOWOWOW was that a steep hike. Just enough grade where you couldn't quite use your hands but we were tilted forward and sure stretched our calf muscles that day!!! Yeah. Air roots. We see that ALOT here in New England. Our terrain is so filled with rocks the trees have no options.

You spend alot of time online looking for more wheel horses to rescue and save to add to your collection lol

I try to keep my box at work clean and neat at all times...but my box at my shop...that’s another story...what a mess

Set the timing on my K301 build using a multi meter. Happen to be .020

...just drove over 800 miles round trip to stick a piece of metal in the dirt...

I do it the easy way and just don't paint anything! No worries about any scratches or dings and no wiping anything down with a diaper.

If you pass up your favorite Sunday dinner to go (LOOK AT) a craigslist wheelhorse deal before dark..

@Herder @JCM @Stepney and others.... I think I'd have to enter this into an ugly-as-all-get-out contest. Sure to win. The "cab" such as it is will be removed even before transportation. The pole on the front doesn't go with it. It'll be a good fixer upper for Trina to putter on come spring. We'll use as is til then.

Worst case you can always install a shut off valve.. however, on your era, the tank is in the back, under the seat, right? So how would it gravity feed to begin with.. if anything, that era had problems with getting fuel UP to the carb when they sat. Sounds like shoddy troubleshooting if you ask me. It has a fuel pump, right? I'd bet anything there is a hole in the diaphragm.

Hey guys. I’m an owner of a road legal wheel horse in the uk, with V5 registered from new. It’s mot exempt and tax exempt. I’m looking to sell it to the right person who will love it and care for it. I don’t plan on keeping it or anything like that. it’s totally original from what I can tell and it runs

Slipping out of 3rd gear indicates a worn 3523 gear and possibly the input gear/shaft. Before you open her up try this check. Put the tractor in 3rd gear. You'll feel the detent balls engage in the detents on the shift rail. Leave the shifter there and see if there's any in/out play at the input shaft/pulley. There should be zero in/out play. If there is any, after you open it put an arbor shim of the appropriate thickness on the input shaft behind the gear when you reassemble it. That will assure that the 3523 stays fully engaged to the input gear. If your gears are marginal that will help out and may just fix it.

Implements from a tractor with a vertical shaft engine do not usually interchange to tractors with a horizontal shaft engine.

@Woodbuddies! I have family in Cadillac, you don’t happen to know any mud boggers do you? The 270 series Wheel Horses are vertical shaft lawn tractors, whereas most 80’s machines are horizontal shaft garden tractors. If you know the model of your ‘86 that would help.

Another bit of lathe work to make bronze bushes for the PTO lever, even though I probably wont use it. I modified the seat brackets back to their original size so the seat support sits level now.

Not me.I hit enough things in my yard mowing in the day time.

Most likely the axle bearings are worn and allowing the axle to wobble. The seal can't seal when the axle is moving laterally. The bearings in those old trannys are bronze bushings. There should be no movement up down left or right, only a little in and out.

I've always liked doing it in the dark best.

I have a guy at work that goes trail hiking every vacation and he started in Georgia and has been working his way up north. His daughter has actually almost completed the Appalachian trail, if I heard him correctly. Such beautiful scenery.

Thought I recognized that picture...it is from my archives. Here is another pic from my 'stash' that may help in taking the E-PTO apart to replace the bearings. The smaller Field Bearing is #6204-2RSR. I have a good used larger bearing # 166-0144 shown here. That 166-0144 bearing new is about $75 bux.... I can send you my good used bearing for $50...shipped. It has no drag and no wobble...wouldn't know it from new.

Good evening gents...thank you again for all your kind wishes but mostly for your friendship over the years. I know that we come from all walks of life and have plenty of differences, yet pound for pound of met some of the nicest guys through this forum that have formed friendships I could’ve never imagined. Here is just one “for instance”... I joined the in September of 2014 to record the restoration journey of my dad’s 875. I started the thread and the first one to post was someone that I didn’t know from Adam... Little did I know that one day I would meet him in person, develop a friendship, and he and his family would stay with my family and he would teach my youngest some things about ‘s This forum has a unique way of bringing great folks together through the medium of garden tractors...not sure how but I like it! Thank you to my RS family! You guys are great

In the second picture you posted, is that a tree grown over a huge rock? That's friggin' cool!This is my wife Cindy in front of a tree growing on a huge rock in the Adirondaks. Just down the road from whiteface mt.

It's either a Chore Boy Aircooled, or a Busy Boy. About the only difference that can explain that is the igniter trip. They are otherwise the same engine. I have an A/C Chore Boy 1.5 myself. Not too common for sure. ..Today? Put the old tub cart vacuum to work!

Know that Regal Red paint is the one, true "red". Know that the Ponds were not heirs to a facial cream empire... Understand where baby Wheel Horses come from... (lots of them)... and agree to accept them into your home unconditionally...