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Doesn’t get much better. Soon there will be one more weighing me down .

My latest addition with a couple of before and after pics. Just did some clean up/maintenance, decals, and swapped tires off of my old snow tractor.

Epic fail! Meant to get a front end pic and somehow forgot...did get a nice “butt-shot” tho .

Going on lite duty. The ole boy is getting a reprieve from plow duty for the rest of the winter.

Took the ol girl out yesterday to wipe it down after about 6 uses this year. Finally renewed membership so I can post pics again.

My latest addition. Hood says 312-8, 416-8 hood was damage so PO put on a 312-8 hood. Will either change the hood or decals.

My nephew finished his sugar shack and had his first boil this morning.

Put my front hub caps on the 520H... Gonna wait on the back hub caps until I paint the rear hubs... Then I cleaned and mopped my shop floor ...can you tell ?

Bit of snow fell today ...

This older Hydraulic Clyinder #6618...used 'til mid 70s...is notorious for developing a leak and making a mess. Here is my 'easy fix' to stop the drip drip drip... If it later on begins to leak again, just replace the O-ring under the Copper washer. This is the fix I used on both my Bronco 14 and the C-160 Auto a couple of years ago and neither one leaks today.

Great forum you guys have here! So many really useful responses in such short time! So as I mentioned I have an old piece of a receiver hitch extension in my shop and some angle. Went out there and came up with this in short time this morning. The angles are 3 x 3 x 1/4 which is overkill but there is room and its what I had. Didn’t want to go thinner (though looks like most people did and no problem) because the bolts from the plow mount will hold this on the axle and the bars for those bolts are 1/4 x 1” or so. May rip them down to 3x2 or 2x2 or so if I get inspired and plasma cutter will do it. I have a Chinese plasma cutter that is able to cut 1/4 but I haven’t yet learned the patience to do it well (go slow). Cross tube is 1 1/2” with 1/4 walls so very heavy and fits inside the piece of receiver hitch so I am going to notch out the sides on the front end of the receiver tube to just leave the top and bottom of it so I can weld all around- cope it over the smaller tube. Should be really strong and plenty high. Braces to lower pin will be incorporated once the top piece is together.

I am sure a lot of you enjoy looking at pictures of tractors you have bought that needed help and sometimes draw a line as to how far to go. This 420 is a survivor no doubt. It needed a list of small items that seemed to grow the more hours I had into it and the deeper I looked labor wise but really nothing major as of yet. I think leaving some of the worn decals give it some character as it was used as a work tractor which I plan to continue albeit light work. These pictures are my favorite ones nearing completion of the refurbish as I feel a lot more comfortable knowing when I throw a leg over it I have a better idea what is under me.

Ok ok. Here's a pic. I'll get out and get some more today.

Resized a set of chains for my rears (width was good diam was too big). Cleaned up and mounted my hitch with a junkyard free tow ball a wire wheeled up. Reversed the mounting bar for the plow too (was on backwards) and made some little spring clips to hold the pins that keep the levers from releasing the plow. took a while!

If that's all you need just pm me your address and I'll send you one.

I’d start with just the new belt. They are designed to slip across the pulleys when the clutch is in, until the belt stops. The Kevlar on the edges of the belt eventually gets hard or worn away and most times a new belt will be just what you need for all the pushing and pulling power you need. You’ll learn, traction = weight. These tractors very seldom run out of power, they run out of grip.

Progress at snails pace. It doesn’t look like it, but I am getting a few things done with this project. Slowly but surely!

@WHX24, @ebinmaine, @Horse Newbie, @953 nut, @Ed Kennell, @JCM, @pullstart, @Pollack Pete, Today I tried out the snow plow as this was a very wet and heavy snow more so than last Sunday, some videos for your entertainment... Wish I would have gotten a couple from inside the cab while "rolling" the snow , it did so fairly well but even with 4wd that big ole blade and wet heavy snow will push the tractor side ways (chains on all 4 may be in the future?) 20210207_103432.mp4 20210207_103444.mp4 20210207_103923.mp4 20210207_104000.mp4

4-5 inches down and starting to taper off. I think I better put the dog in and get a horse out.

Same here Jeff. About 3" of wet clingy stuff on top of the 13" we got earlier this week. Definitely a plow snow this afternoon. Woody showed up for breakfast this AM.

I have a receiver that goes on the front of my spray tractor that I use to add a couple of suitcase weights to the front when my sprayer out back is full. It also works well with a hitch. I think I got it off of flee Bay but I really can’t remember. They also have some on there that just have a regular hitch pin hole that works for a trailer ball I think.

This is why you need a tractor for each implement

Ya can't beat this one available here: Hitches Archives - Wheel Horse Parts and More

Mounted & wired some cab lights on Denny. First pic just the Par 36 @dclarke had in her. Second pic these things will blind you ... you can't look right into them... like looking at a weld arc. The rears...

All done, gassed up and ready for the next one later next week.

Welcome to the forum. Members here will have answers to all those questions (and to questions you never asked)! Ask away. Most important is to look around the forum and get familiar with the different parts. Use the search tool to look for old posts that may cover your issues. Check the documents section for the user and parts manuals for your machine. And the classifieds. There is a vendor section as well. These are folks that sell new parts and accessories as well as used ones they've either refurbished or confirmed are good for reuse. Many of the parts like bearings, belts, bushings, electrical components, and the like were "standard off the shelf" at the time of manufacture and have new replacement equivalents readily available today from different suppliers. The Kohler engines still have good support, especially for the more recent models like yours. I hope you machine works well for you. (Note, too, as you read old posts, that there is often some subtle and not so subtle joking around among the members. Join in.)

I'm sure you are right. I would love to have one with a small loader and one with....... Well it sure didn't take long for y'all to corrupt me. Well that's the story at least.

No wonder it looks like new. It belonged to a little old lady that only drove it to .......

Just finished up... Look at my plow banks black and red/brown/green, only if the ground was frozen, lots of my "asphalt millings" and other gravels in the grass now and lots of grass/sod moved 10' or more , why I prefer a blower when conditions are right, ... I will add the videos to my other red tractor thread.

Like was said, the ball needs to be high enough to get the jack up. The rear one here was made by 1Niederfan from Michigan...also one of our vendors. The front hitch was made by Shorts. Sometimes it is easier to push the boat trailer...easier on the neck also.

Keeps falling like this soon there will be another foot here.

Here are a few more pics.....

Never worry about being off or sideways to topic in one of my threads. I enjoy the extras too!!

Much like this? Forecast was to end around 9am but here it is. 20210207_084527.mp4

Asked awhile back about what to do with the Magnum 18 in my 418A. Decided to go for the gusto, full overhaul. I have done several singles Kohlers Techy only one Twin a Mil Std (Hercules 2a042) This is different so I thought i would share some pics of the process occasionally. (KT-17 would use a virtually identical process) After you strip external stuff you get Flywheel and stator off. First issue. Kohler used self-tapping screws to hold stator on. It is 3/8' thick and tightly sealed on the back. different juices had no effect.. broke all 4 screws. Then the stator was fused to the crankcase. Couldn't get clear shot at tapping it off til I got the jugs off. They came off easily then you take the pistons off the rods. Rods stay on the crank and you have to keep them from flopping around. Kohler used adhesives instead of gasket to hold end plate on so it was hard to get off (compounded by me over looking one bolt ) Crank case has to be split there are two spots you are supposed to insert a screw driver and twist. NO way the adhesive they used between halves was too strong. Used an old very dull cold chisel. Crank looks good will have it measured may just need a polish. You can see in one picture the needle thrust bearing WH specified to deal with manual PTOs. Only a very few Magnum spec numbers have it.

Youser...I thought my 54"ers were wide. That brute should have some side push when angled.

Took Marks snow stacker on it's test run today. It moves snow and will work OK on Marks long driveway. After using foot control machines with hyd. lift for years, pushing clutches, pulling lift levers and jammin gears is not for me. He may like it...after all he's the guy that bought an Audi with a 6 speed manual tranny. My two hydros kinda shunned the 8 speed.

We've offered you vision and salvation from drudgery! And you've accepted it!

Got the new (to me) Charger 12 out today with the little 42 inch blade on it. We only got a couple of inches of powdery stuff but I was amazed at how fast this thing is. I used to have that plow on my 606 with the upsized pulley and it will do 8 miles an hour in high gear but I guess I always used it in second gear. I was amazed how much faster I got everything done with the charger. No action pictures because it was 0 degrees this morning and nobody really wanted to come out and take pictures of me playing on my tractor, ha ha.

I have had ENOUGH seat time..... Hope the weather idiots are correct 1-3 inches.. (already have over an inch)

Didn't get any seat time this morning, most of what fell didn't accumulate on the driveway but I did have to sweep some snow off the satellite dish for the internet so I could get on RedSquare.

Nice work. The axle bracket looks better. It probably doesn't make a difference on tractors, but to prevent wear on the sidewalls, the open end of the cross chains should be on the outside away from the tire. Can you see the difference? The right one is on correctly. The left one should be flipped over.