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Anyone have any info on this machine, like when they were made? I'm assuming parts are going to be hard to find, but I think this was built by Moto-Mower. I keep picking up these off brands lol

I just did mine with rods from Lowell. With the rods off, center the wheel push the seat forward and use a couple bar clamps to clamp the seat to the wheel to hold the wheel stationary in place. Set the rods as close to the originals as you can and install then just snug. Measure between the front of the wheel and the back of the wheel, they should be but might not be parallel. If any difference is small, adjust one of the rods to give abojt 1/8" of toe in. You may needto adjust both if the difference is larger. My old rods were really worn! I had almost a half inch toe out. Drives MUCH better now. By the way, unless there is zero wear in the axle bores, the spindles and your wheel bearings are perfect, the flanged bushing at the front of the steering shaft is perfect, there will be enough slop to make the whole excercise sorta pointless, but it feels good to be at a point that feels good.

It actually went like this... it was missing a spindle or three, has been pretty iffy for a couple years. A bigger person comes over, we have to avoid letting them sit, etc. finally Mrs. P asked me to do something about it, so I picked it up and smashed it to pieces WWF style. ThereIFixedIt!

Other than they are thirsty I would never say a bad word about them. Bought mine from a friend 19 years ago with around 400 hours and now around 900 with ZERO issues.Flawless 4 season machine. The 3 Kohler twins I have also consume fuel in the same manner. Keep em inside, dry & well maintained and they will keep you happy for a long time.

There is plenty to see around Gettysburg, especially if you are a history buff. You won't be able to get into the fairgrounds until Thursday morning. Having said that, a lot is going to depend on whether or not this Covid vaccine gets into wide distribution, the virus gets under control, and restrictions are lifted. Pennsylvania has a Governor who likes to keep things shut down. I would look into hotel reservations with the option of cancellation without penalty. Being that I will be 71 by the time of the next show, and I am one of those with underlying medical issues, I personally won't be going unless I have been vaccinated. Even though I am very skeptical of how this virus is spread, I must for the sake of my health and my family, err on the side of caution.

@tom2p

or don't take it a part in the first place

Cleaned and inspected the entire wiring harness, re-taped everything with high temp 3M automotive electrical tape. Installed the harness and added extra hold downs and wire ties where possible, just trying to tidy up a mess of wires. Added one of Glens' fuse holder covers. Absolute worst part about this whole build...... Also put on a piece of tin.

Hello All - new here and to wheel horses. picked up a 520h yesterday with 42" SD deck and front mount blade. I believe it is a 1988, sticker shows 3120OEO1 - 15981. Overall it's pretty clean with 859 hours, AG rear tires, chrome hub caps. Attached some photos including first quick cut. I bought it off the second owner who is a wheel horse "trader" (if that is a thing). He has about 25 units on hand plus all sorts of attachments. Rare for my part of southern NJ, most were 3-6 hours away in the middle of PA or up in NY state. Did a quick cut of my front lawn and everything seems to be operating as it should for the most part. One observation i had is the hydro control will hold in place unless full throttle. If put in full throttle it had to be held there or it would fall back to about 75%. Maybe some form of adjustment is needed. After the cut I shut it down and started it back up a few minutes later to show my son, there was the slightest little but of black smoke for a split second (much less than my kawi spits out upon start up). This considered normal? The head lights work but nothing from the "test" button. Fuel gauge is accurate but others seems to be hit or miss, lots of variation in RPM and Vacuum even tho all is running smoothly. I noticed the original owner moved the fuel filter to before the fuel pump and read that is a smart thing to do. While i don't have maintenance records, i see on the hydro filter that it was changed in April 2018 with 848 hours, so only about 11 hours of use in the last 2 years. I'm not surprised as I was told the original owner had a lot of equipment and the second owner only used it a few times this past summer when he had it. Here is my due diligence plan... tried to do some homework open to input from all of those that have a lot more knowledge than me: Now: 1. Seafoam / B12 treatment in fuel 2. Engine Oil / Filter change - Mobil Delvac Synthetic 5w40 w/ FleetGaurd 1220800 filter (current filter is black which tells me it's original Onan, but i can no longer find, appears FleetGaurd is also owned by Cummings) 3. Hydro Oil / Filter change - Mobil Delvac Syntheic 5w40 w/ _________________ (can someone provide the Onan part number?) 4. New spark plugs gapped to .025. RS17YX -or- RS14YC (??) 5. New fuel filter - any recommendations here? Found well reviewed ones with a magnet inside too. Replace one before Fuel Pump and considering adding one after due to how the Onan carbs are very sensitive to debris. 6. Replace air filter 7. Grease everything that needs to be (i believe there are 7 zerk fittings?) 8. Check belt condition and tension. Any references available for tension? 9. Check tires for proper inflation Before spring 1. Replace or sharpen blades - what are the highest lift blades used? 2. DIY mod for better engine cooling - anyone have photos of what they've done? 3. Clean up and treat some of the surface rust Thanks in advance for all advice! -RJ

Did it couple years ago and just put new one on because old cheap one cracked... works like a charm... fuel filter between tank and bulb... As always, things go better with pics:

You can locate the bulb anywhere. It's designed to pull fuel as well as push it unlike an electric pump. Mine is right up in front of the tower on the left side as that's where the existing fuel line was and it's very easy to access. Don't put it in a place you can't easy grab it. Couple of squeezes and it's ready to go.

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Thanks to @WHX24 for a set of seat springs that will get me up off the fender pan, it will help me see better where the front of the blower is. Before After Then it was on to the Raider 12 for some up grades. Added a full of wheel weights, a set of chains, and a tote to take the trash and recycling down the 1/4 mile driveway to the road.

Toe in should steer easier...

Broke chair roasting on an open fire... Wheel Horses resting in their stalls...

Because you were already thinking of how hard do you pump it until it floods! And I already did it

It probably wasn't even broke... he just wanted to see what was inside.... dang kids these days.... BTW what are you doing with an electric starter PULLSTART!

Small Block Kohler Napa # 25-7320 .41" wide x 32.5" long Side angle 36 degrees Cross section HC41 Big Block Kohler Napa # 25-7345 .41" wide x 35.3" long side angle 37 degrees Cross section HC41

Rylee’s “Screamin’ Jimmy” has an extra closer pedal...

Metal 3D printing has been coming of age over the last few years. It is still very expensive both to start up and to run. There are a few metal production parts being 3D printed. It is possible to print in many metals. Some of the 3D printed metal parts cannot be made with any other method due to the part's geometry. Before I retired, I was talking with our CAD software supplier about metal 3D printing. I was thinking about having some coining details for my dies 3D printed. The advantage would be having the coin tool to net shape after printing. The only finishing needed would be polishing. The 3D printed price didn't compare favorably with conventionally machined.

I don't know @pullstart , I may have to join Green tractor talk forum, these WH guys are waaaaayyyy above my IQ level.

Use Rhino 3D for Painting and sketching and Repetier Host with Cura Engine for slicing on my selfmade „Prusa type“ Printer for Printing. Rhino, because i like it and i know difference between painted parts and reality on repetier is exact 0.76 correct. Factor. That Factor i had fixed implemented in Repetier Host what means all i draw is printed 1:1. Before i tried Google sketchup, but the correctur factor differs on each slicing process. As Firmware i use Marlin with lot‘s of changes. Max dimension is 380x380 x280mm i can use, but mirrorplate restricts them to 300 by 300mm and most parts are mostly smaller. Lots of 3 D printed Parts in my Prusa, all are made of PLA. This Printer still works now since 2 Years without any thermal Problems or troubles. Sometimes 3 or 4 Day‘s jobs are still done without problems. Printbed is a heated mirror, what sticks very great if preheated to 68 degC and PLA loosened itself at below 40 deg.C. So Parts can be picked without any force. I don‘t work with ABS or with higher temp material, because it‘s stinks too much and i use mine just for Rapid Prototyping things like Coil winders or i.eg. Quadcopters, they mostly had a very short lifetime on highspeed flights with video Googles thru forrest... 😎 The left one was a high speed test with 214 Km/h in result.... but it had just a lifetime of 5 min before it trashed on a Tree, what jumps to it quickly. 😂 I mostly print with high speed and lower quality, because i like fast results. I make several coils with different inner diameters different wires and different windings to find the perfect fit and the perfect windings on the Tecumseh H66 So i fixed or better rebuild my Charging Coil’s also for the 656 Wheelhorse to bring the Charging option back in Service. I use only PLA while in Rooms printing, because of nice Smell like a warm pancake and the lower Temps. When i had too much rests of PLA i make sometimes colormixing Toy‘s. Some things are out of thingiverse, some are self constructed, depending on. Most are Nice to look or great to play with. Some toy‘s are still in work, some are just a optical gadgets but the most works. Even my 3D Printer was 60% built by my first one, what is now retired. There are a lot of 3 D printers on the market, from cheap to high end and from Trash to „whow“ Machines. The Prusa is a good choice for starting, Joseph has improved his last machine much, so in my opinion it‘s a fantastic way to Start because you pay what you get or vice versa. A enclosure is highly recommended for each 3 D Printer to get quick better results without Warping and avoids dust from the Hardware. The biggest must in my experiences, is a well feeded Airstream in the enclosure for best results. Any free Airstream can trash your printresult very quick.

When I worked at a new car/truck/heavy truck dealers body shop, we used Dupont Imron paints for industrial usage. Municipal trucks like dump truck bodies and plows were often specked out to use Imron when painting, It was super expensive but lasted. I remember that some of us didn't wear a paint mask using some of the other paints, but we always did when spraying Imron, because it was known to be extra hazardous. C-85

Good summary, @Maynard. June isn't that far away and there are the holidays between now and then. I'm tempering my enthusiasm until I see how the infection rates track, the vaccine deployments progress, and where I land in the priority sequence to get vaccinated--years with my family outweigh a weekend at the show.

This is typical of my grandsons creations - its a THREE stage! His chute deployment wasnt so successful and had a rather nasty 'touch down' Geez, if I were only 30-40 years younger, I think I could get into this...........

No they won't. It 1978 the B series became just a lawn tractor and had different attachments. Yes, there is a snow blade for your tractor but I'd be very careful. The transmission won't take a beating like a Unidrive can.

lol - get any of this - me ? heck no ! like many kids this kid has been fascinated with *things* - and construction / manufacture and transformation of things - since a very early age - especially mechanical things one year for Christmas at around 4-6 years old (?) he asked for vice grips and bungee cords one of his favorite shows since an early age was/is How It Is Made if I dropped him off at your place you might struggle to get rid of him

This is about where I am with 3D printing but the science behind it and the results that can be had are absolutely fascinating and approaching infinite.

I was told yesterday that they can 3D print powdered metal now to recreate steel objects! One object of topic was “shower head” mufflers on the old RJ’s and whatnot.

Not sure what brand paint Howard used but I like it.

Maybe two, his and hers??

And toy‘s... 😂😂

Got stage 1 of our bedroom/bath remodel done. Ripped the closet and linnen cabinet out of the spare bedroom and moved the door. Pulled the old, stained ceiling tile down, replaced it with new, and installed new carpet tiles. Finished upthis several days of work by moving our bedroom furnature into the freshened up room today.. Step 2 will be doing the same thing to the second bedroom. Step 3 will be moving the bathroom wall a foot, and a complete rearrangement of the bathroom fixtures.

I expect to see that senior in person!!

I have until June to find a toy hauler!

Looking forward to the show. Hope to see some old friends and meet some new ones this year.

I got the snow plow mounted on the Raider 10 a couple days ago. Then I got the bright idea the parking spots in front of my house needed the gravel freshened up. First, I loosened the gravel with my C-120 and a cultivator. Then I dozed it into a pile for processing with the raider. Fortunately, I had the common sense to get some pictures. I was surprised with how high the tractor climbed up the pile. My dad was out, so I had him get an action shot too. I'll be sifting the pile then putting everything back down layered: dirt, pea gravel, large gravel. These are the piles of how far I've gotten so far. I wouldn't have even considered a project like this before I had my horses to help me out!

Do not force the hi/low shifter. You can bend or break the fork. Let the lubrication do it's thing and just wiggle that shifter once in a while.

Yep, built by Moto Mower. Similar to Massey Ferguson Executive and Porter Cable GT's. The hood on each of these is different. Here's some moto-Mower info I've collected. it should be very close to identical for a LawnMaster @new2horses has several. I've seen some comments/speculation that the foot rest (which are also the brake and clutch pedals) are left over WWII aircraft foot pedals I have a transmission on one to overhaul, and boy do they make WH tranny's look simple. Moto-Mower_Sales_flyer_1964_mower_line.pdf

As someone who lives where we get double digit snow a lot, stay ahead of it. Make it a bunch of 4” storms.

This later service manual applies to your tractor. Click on the picture in the link and download section 5 Automatic belt replacement is on page 5-3 and refers you back to page 5-2 for the 8-speed procedure. Both are almost identical. Garry

I picked up this 1970 Raider after work because the guy accepted my offer and I didn’t think he would. It looks to be pretty complete except for flywheel screen and battery. PO said it does run so I will be cleaning it up in the near future. It has a HH100 in it and I’m ok with that being that I’m also a Sears fan. I’m more familiar with Tecumseh anyways. Decals are surprisingly good so for now it will just be a good cleaning and yard work.

Just took an old piece of plastic and cut into it a slot for the starters shaft.

I've got the basics covered in depths but it's the little things that concern me, what I've NOT thought of and what I've not predicted or practiced. Call me crazy but I'm going to start flipping the main from time to time and test my plans for off grid. Not sure how long the lady of the house will tolerate that but she will to some extent, especially if I've done my work and made it easy to get by. I value being prepared and as independent as I can be, within reason, whatever that means. Prepared for a day of no power? Three days? Week? BIG solar flare frying the grid and perhaps a year or better? I'm shooting for 3 days with as little interruption and discomfort as practical and then maybe work up from there. I did 10 days during the great ice storm but there was a bit more discomfort than I'd like the next time.

My 701 is still used a lot as a working tractor. Yes I might take to shows but I have several attachments I use on the tractor including a garden plow, cultivator, snowplow/dozer blade, grader blade and front sickle mower. Two altered parts on mine from original I like that actually help a lot in use are the front hood mount and the dash. My tractor was put cashed 8 years ago from someone who had six 702 tractors. He asked me what I wanted to pay and I said $500 to $800 . He had one for $650 in the middle range but ready to get going after sitting for sometime. This tractor was traded back and forth three times with two guys who kept upgrading it. Mine has a metal dash from a 702 that was drilled to accommodate the starter switch and key switch (the original as we know was plastic with first version and second plastic version switch locations of the switches and cable locations). I like this idea as apparently Wheel Horse did too with change made on 702. I have owned other 702s and had homemade, original and one of Glen Pettit’s remake dashes which are superior to the Wheel Horse version but I still like this metal version especially when working on the tractor switches and cables. The plastic is or will get brittle. Any electrical problem can heat up and melt the plastic. My front hood has a stainless door hinge added at the bottom of the hood which is not original or correct but is very functional. One of these days maybe I will change back to original and repair, repaint and restore to original. But when using this tractor it is nice to remove the two knurled knobs from the gas tank holding the hood and lift it up to change an air filter, spark plus, check oil, etc. I love seeing another 701 saved and repaired for reuse. It still amazes me how many of these 60 plus year old Wheel Horse tractors are out there in good or restorable shape! Glad Greentored you found a keeper!

r u kidding me that has not happened to me - but lesser catastrophes have forced me to close up and head to the beer fridge

At least I popped it apart and cleaned up the innards and used the best of all the parts...