Leaderboard

Had some adventures putting together a transmission for/with @OldWorkHorse Steve today. We were rebuilding one good 3 speed from two transmissions that both needed different things. Transferred some bearings and added new seals. The adventures part was when we went to install the 11/44 gear. A PO with a welder and not quite enough machining experience had done a repair on the casting around the bearing that holds that gear. It looked good to both of us from the plain eye and felt "ok" ish. After installing the hoobie doobie balls and a couple other gears we discovered that the bearing was almost round. Well. @#$/&#(@). Fine then. So we commenced to cleaning up the other half a transmission and removed/reinstalled the bearings. Again. Steve has a new bearing installer. Wicked handy tool!!! Well we got the whole thing put together despite ourselves and off he went with a decent complete 3 speed.

@pullstart Some of us are surprised you survived your youth .

I smelled something cookin' and I looked to see That's when; I found out they was a cookin' me

I can not bal lize these took apart this nice tractor!

They fall out of the sky! Dan @Achto and I had a high level mafia meeting today ... actually was just a mafia M & G over some vintage snomobiles. Bugged out early and came home to find this in my driveway! Camera issues with the second pic but you get the idea. Any one care to ID it??? Shush up Dan...

Or add a slot hitch and double hitch it!

Yesterday was about 55 deg. in upstate NY,so I figured it was time to put the Winter Mahindra emax25 with 56 in snowblower to bed and wake up the Summer Mahindra model 2638.Hope I didn't jump the gun here.No snow forecast and warm temps predicted for at least a week.Also woke up my 2 main Wheel Horse mowing tractors .My 312-8 with rear discharge deck and my C-175 with side discharge deck.My C-161 failed to start even with the jump box.I think the started is shot.Work on that another day.Gonna enjoy the warm temps.It's been a real long winter.

Hello all you Wheelhorse fans its BBT(Trina). I went for a hike today and figured you would enjoy all the pics from our mountains of Maine. I had the pleasure of using a new camera gifted to me for these occasions by @WHX24 Jim. A big thank you as this worked great as you all will see. Caught a hawk riding the thermals first vantage point looking out toward the mountains we live on Trail photos on the way up Pleasant mountain view from the top views from the top Burnt meadow pond below where I started the adventure. headed down the other side Mount Chocorua and the three sisters great hike as well. that will be more pictures for another day... Mount Washington in it's White glory! beautiful zoom feature on this camera! last few photos Hope you all enjoy!

The wheels were quite crusty so took them all off, cleaned/scrubbed, sanded, masked and hit them with Rustoleum "Almond" One of the vertical stanchions of the hitch with bent out a bit so straightened it out with a giant pair of channel locks, sanded and hit it with Rustoleum "Regal Red". The big pin was rusty and missing a clip too so wire-wheeled it, added a C- clip and greased.

@elcamino/wheelhorse was hungry and so mad at me cause I couldn't find the BBQ joint he wanted to throw a cannon ball in my ize!

The fact that I always come home from tractor shows, hunting trips, or work projects is enough of a treat for Mrs. K. And we don't wait for holidays to buy gifts for each other. Every day is a holiday so if we want or need something, we buy it. let's see...... it's worked for over 58 years.

@ebinmaine @OldWorkHorse good to see you both got your hoodie doobies after such a labor intensive day! @stevasaurus would be proud of ya’s!

Until proper spacers are obtained I had some lockable collars so put them on the shaft to hold it in place. Also put a washer just behind each clip to further minimize side to side. Will have to put the hitch in the vice to get the verticals perfectly straight!

Today @ebinmaine and I cannibalized 2 broken transmissions to make 1 working transmissions for the 1257H project!

You can see the spacers in this pic... any small pipe cut to size will do...

Black Horses stack is about the same hight. No problem with fumes.

You know what you are doing, having a blast. Nothing else matters.

I took a cruise through the "BIg Ditch" a few years back. That Panama canal be lizes description for amazing engineering feats.

Maybe the PO had a bunch of .625 stems and no small ones...but he had a drill

She and her sister are on a PEDAL bike ride currently, so until then just some still shots!

Just wear your steel toed flip flops... you’ll be fine...

Cool! You could use the tanker to dispense that hand sanitizer...

Yes, she had the record for fastest lap in a van. She was overtaking porches and big bikes. She had kahunas that lady. She could wring the maximum out of anything with a motor. A friend of mine was driven round the ring by her on a track day, scared him witless lol.

Spent the day finishing up hook ups on the 12 horse. Should have it running tomorrow

Won't that be a lot of strain on the tractor frame? All I've seen had a sub frame. Just wondering... Richard types faster than me

You need a substantial sub-frame that will transfer the weight and forces to your axles. Bolting the crossmember to the frame will result in a bent frame. I will take some pictures of the subframe on my GT-14 tomorrow and post them.

I know right! Eric @ebinmaine almost lost 1 of his!

Somes gotta die so others may live Old Horse!

Is that Uncle Jim’s dish washer’s name?

Ohhhh that explains it, thanks! Will get some pipe Judging by the witness marks on the case L & R its been without the spacers for some time.

there should be shims on each side of transmission hount.

Fumes from engine stacks must depend on the engine. My Predator is my shortest stack and I never get fumes from it. The 7hp Kohler on the Lawn Ranger is similar in height but it fumigates me any time it’s running.

I may or may not have any idea what I'm doing 🤷‍♂️

Wheel horse didn't make the wheels they bought them. Doubt if they much cared if a shipment came in with big holes. Cheaper/easier to buy a few big valve than to reject the shipment probably have to pay freight and wait for replacements.

When I was about 7 or 9 in the late 70s I had a Hess tanker truck. Mine was flattened when I left it in the driveway and I've wanted another ever since. Recently I found that same type tanker online. 1977. Has a couple condition minor issues. Missing mirrors and don't know (or care) if the lights work. While searching for that I also found a 1975 Hess box trailer truck. Never knew those were made. I like the grille/nose better on the older one. I may make up a diorama to display them.

BBBBBBBBWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Any quality two stroke oil should be fine. Yamalube has an excellent reputation. I actually haven't run Yamalube or Kawalube. I race karts and have a run mostly castor based oils in a lot of my engines. Am currently running a CR250 motor on the kart and went with Klotz Super-Techniplate which is a synthetic-castor blend. For just playtime, I'd recommend a synthetic as castor oils need to be used immediately after opening as it has an affinity for water and will come out of solution.

I mix my leftover race gas mix 50:50 with straight gas to burn up the old mixed fuel. Smells really good mowing with more than a hint of race gas and no smoke. I run Klotz super techniplate oil which is a mix of synthetic and castor. Plus the wife likes the smell too.

I've had pretty good luck with mine.I only use it for snow blowing.It came with a front end loader.I've never had it on the tractor.Can't beat the heated cab.Wouldn't want to use the tractor in hot weather though.You'd have to remove the doors.It gets like an oven with that mostly glass cab.The 2638 has air and heat.Gotta love that too.When I was looking at new tractors,I checked out Kioti.Just about the same as Mahindra.Couldn't afford Kubota or John Deere.I didn't need a gold plated tractor.A friend asked me about how a Mahindra holds its value.I told him it didn't matter.I'm almost 68 yrs old and hopefully these are the last new tractors I'll ever buy.What they're worth in yrs to come and I'm gone,it will be someone elses concern what they're worth.

Pond Ride Away Senior. Cannibalize the junk yard and build a legendary empire!

Well, I managed to snag my "dream horse" -- a 520H, with a 48" deck and a 2-stage snowthrower, plus a front blade -- right off when I first went looking for a Wheel Horse a few years ago. Not a beauty queen (at least not yet) but everything I wanted in a worker. If I ever have room to add another to the stable, though, it would probably be a C-series from the early or mid 1970s, right before the dash tower was modernized. I grew up and went to school around South Bend, and Chandler's Service (the major Wheel Horse dealer, located just walking distance away from where the Ponds build the first Horses) supplied a couple of Wheel Horses to my school for groundskeeping tasks. I always remembered them, and wouldn't mind having one...

I use Castrols fully synthetic 2 stroke oil at end of season on often used machines, and always in machines that just sit a long time between use. It stabilize the fuel very very well. I have not had a single carb issue since I started using it. Buy the right stuff, and there is zero smoke, smell or fouling. Only thing I can imagine it also does, is lube the engine a bit more. That newer was a bad thing though........... But why don't you just buy some chemicals in a can and mix in instead? you might ask. Well, I can use something that surely wont harm the engine in any way, perhaps even just help it a little instead, or I can try my luck with some jug of chemical miracles............. I know what I favor Just my and experience, over the last 4 years and a lot of machines that get stored for many months before next fire up.

Looks identical to my 876

This is off topic but I'm gonna show a picture of Turbo

@WHX24 I realize you might have had some turquoise paint left from the Panzer project, But Really!!! What else you got in the shed you need to confess about.

If this green tint is her true colors, I would name her "Lady Liberty"

Are they for this shaft? I almost think TSC might have them I know that's where I got the bearings from.

Threw the plow back on for a little bit of spring cleanup in the yard today

Ended the day by mocking up some exhaust. Bits and pieces laying around the shop. I think it will do just fine.

753 gets my vote. Steve's idea is excellent. .. @Achto and I took custody of a tractor that was being passed off as a 854 but low and behold he found a 753 tag hiding behind belt guard paint. Good eye on the green paint Rusty. Anyone one know if a JD might have that style air cleaner and that ig. coil location? If so that might nail it down as a repo. Also did JD's have the regulator not mounted on the SG like horses? The starter button holes and key switch is correct for a 753. This is where the reg. and coil should be. Also correct air cleaner.