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I let the grass go a few too many days so I dug out the old rusty lawn sweeper and swept up about six loads behind the 606.5.

I popped off this hubcap today and all these grease balls fell out and rolled all over the floor. I chuckled to myself, Wheel Horse Poo!!

Pressure washed my 48 inch SD deck today in preparation for an overhaul...I started a thread under "implements and attachments" to share the progress, and to get advice and help...and maybe help someone else out too.

That's one heck of a strong plastic jug there @Ed Kennell

I put the rake on the new Horse. Did pretty good. Needs a bit more tractor weight though.

I went to son Marks place and picked up my log splitter to work on the tree we cut up yesterday. On the way home this 855 jumped on the trailer. So much for downsizing.

Took the mower deck off I decided to push a little dirt. The 414 are strong! And... She cleaned up well too! Have more to do this weekend!

Got the roof on the new wood shed just in time. A tree blew over into the field where the neighbor was ready to plant cantalopes. I got some help from son and grandson and removed it today.

Yes EB is right, those are 6-12's on the rear.

It's been a good day. Next door has been removing a garden border to replace it with a path. Lots of good soil to dump. Had a word with him and left him my Saxon trailer yesterday. Went round with the Sears this morning and brought the trailer, full of soil home. SWMBO has three large tubs we brought home last year from her sisters farm in Wales. I was going to buy some top soil to fill them. Not now. Spent about 5hrs putting the soil through a riddle. Really good black soil it is. After cleaning out the trailer I put the mowing deck onto the C-125. Showers forecast for tomorrow so mowed green and verges. Aye! It's been a good day.

I think it is only dark for like 14 hours on the shortest day of the year here is Chicago.

Take a small cold chisel and hit the key from the outside end, toward the transmission. The key is soft metal, don't be afraid to hit it, you can replace it easily. ACE, TSC and Auto Stores have woodruff keys. Use diesel to clean your transmission, and then Denatured Alcohol to "super" clean. Epoxy or almost any liquid metal will seal the holes you drilled. Measure your axles to determine if you have 1" or 1 1/8" diameter axles. There is a conversion chart pinned at the top of this transmission section that will give you all the bearing & seal numbers and crossover numbers. You will want the Chart # 3. If you do decide to open the transmission, this thread will help to put your transmission back together...it has videos.

Nice rig ! I can't stop looking at those wheels on that little ranger pick up. Those are getting hard to find!

This thread will get you going mowing again.

Lots left to do, but we have signs of life 20210514_191423[1].mp4

update I got it to run but the wiring was done by someone who obviously didn't know what they were doing so I had to rewire the whole thing

@WHX24 don’t make me get my engineer after you.

After i greased the Frontaxle, i pulled the 656 for a Mowing Ride. It was nearly finished, when 2 young Families with 4 Younger Kids stop by at my Areal and the Kids look curious to the Horse. I see the typically glow in Kiddo‘s eyes and i knew what they liked to ask but they hesitate. I take a stop next to them and the youngest asked very friendly, Hello Sir, can i have a Ride on this beautiful Red Tracta? i answered yes, you can if you learned a small Text and your parents allow. They do surely agree, and the Kids have a lot of Fun on the Horse. This was the first, who asked, so he was the first who was allowed to take a Ride.. after he learned the little Text. After that, the others also will ask a ride. So, ok for me, give them a good Day - but first they must quick learn the right Name of the Red Tracta. it‘s not a John It‘s not a Deere it is a Wheel Horse of course. Each Kid who can say that, was allowed to tale a Ride 😎 they all learned in fract of a second this Text - mission accomplished ! 😂😂

You cant go wrong. I'm thinking I may make a belly mounted grader blade with rippers on it to loosen things up a bit ahead of the rake.

We had a unique wheel for Pontiac as well. That one looked more like an American Torque Thrust mag wheel than the Mag 500. Those mostly we're used on Firebirds, Tempests, and GTO's. We made a unique wheel for Oldsmobile, too, used mostly on the Cutlass and Delta 88. One of my first projects as a new engineer at Motor Wheel was to do a computer aided stress analysis of the 13" look alike Cutlass wheel for the then new front wheel drive X car, called the Omega when it went on sale.

I forwarded your compliment to my wife who shot it. This thing really gets attention! I am close to accepting an offer. Funny thing happened an hour ago, A 520H roller is waiting to get out of my trailer. Never thought he would accept my offer.

These things happen Ed. VERY nice looking tractor Sir.

< Beavis Laugh > He said " poo"

You be Right Buddy Bear. so i played today a little With my new Toy‘s... firstly i made 2 Mounts for the Cylindres. Drilled in 3 steps 6mm than 12mm than 17mm at least 20mm. Works like a charme, i love my new Toy. after that i make a Cylindre mount out of a 32mm pipe with 6mm thickness so the Bolt thickness will be 20mm that should be enough. Than i welded it onto bottom of the Cylindres. I plan the Hydraulic connections sideway’s of the Beam than i can move the Cylindre as close as possible between the Beam and mount without the danger to touch the hydraulic lines in any way. Than i grinded down the first welded Cylindre mount and rewelded one of the new Mounts i made for one of the new Cylindre. ( they arrived Today) I also get today the Gearbox for the rear Hydraulicpump, but i ordered for a group 2 pump. huh, i have ordered wrong, because i have a group 1 pump - but hey - no problem this can be solved with an Adapter plate.

Haha thanks man, I think describing it as a mud mower wasn’t the best choice. Just want a trail rig kinda to get things done in the woods. Light enough not to get bogged down in the mud and stuff and a little quicker than walking.😄

Decided to repair the original fender pan… keep it original for a bit longer until I break it for good… A big thank you to @cafoose for offering a metal pan and to @pullstart for volunteering to get it to Michigan from the Big Show… I greatly appreciate you offering!!! I’m guessing it’ll be used by someone else - perhaps @pullstart can expand his Black Hood collection at the show…

I agree with the 30wt in the engine bit the K161only takes 1 1/4 quarts (40 oz). I would start with that and then go by the dipstick. 3 and 4 speed transmissions call for 1 1/2 quarts but you won't hurt it with 2. In my K-series Kohlers I use 30w year round . I use 80w90 in the transmission. In 1964 Wheel Horse issues a service bulletin recommending switching to 40w in the transmission. This was to help prevent the slide rails from messing up causing it to lock up in two gear. Shortly after that they revised the rails to achieve a proper fix.

Not bad. Just misguided.

Engine Straight 30W Detergent for summer use. I use Rotella Gear box 80W90 gear oil

Hope the driver learned one too - unless he was family. ...Like the effort required to remove a boot from his rectum!

"FlowahPowah"

After some veri-drive maintenance last night, I took a real cruise on “Thirty Five” today. Someone really needs to mow this field! I’m kind of fighting with myself, what to do with the muffler. I wonder why the P.O. Added a 90 and pointed it up...

Finally got the etank set up to take the rust off the rear wheels. Hoping for a nice surprise tomorrow!

I've been practicing controlled hill climbs on the B-1 bomber.

I got all my Wheel Horses out made a lap around the property came back and changed the oil and filter on a couple of them. Also changed the oil in the generator.

Finished up placing new knife blades on a 42 inch Wheel Horse Sickle Bar Mower knife section. 21 two inch blades and 42 rivets. this was a real rusty sickle so I had to sand off rust and drill each rivet hole after removing the rivets with my Johnson Sickle Servicer. The 7/32 drill bit removes any leftover rivet or debris for easy install of the new blades and rivets.

Took some time after work today and finished up the steering box, welded the drive shaft adapter to the drive shaft, a bunch of little odds and ends and was able to set up temporary for a drive. The exhaust is just an open pipe so couldn't let'r rip since it's kind of late. That big Kohler sounds pretty good without a pipe!

@Greentored could have some good input here. To be honest I'm not sure you really want to cut down on the weight, particularly at the front.... You're going to end up with a front end that's a LOT lighter. That can be very hazardous. Was it me I would stick right with that Kohler.

We used to have Torino’s so I had the 15x7’s for the front and the 15x8’s for the rear. I put them on as sort of a joke, liked them on there, and never took them off.

Use the cutoff wheel of a dremel Cut a slot in the key length wise. make it deep. The you can collapse the sides in to the center and it will come out.

@Seth Powers That by itself could help a Lot.

added ground points, 1st and 5 th pictures , you are looking down at ground rail , last picture note cable coming from corner of engine block/frame , connecting those two , really helps , pete

Normally you can't install the shifter back in unless she is in neutral.

Usual easy day at work, hardest part of the day is figuring quips to pester folks on Red Square! Then i pay the piper for my usual relaxed job by receiving notification of 50 plus units to be tended to. At least it was able to keep untill monday! Got home, pull a print, start a customer print, and grab my 12amp power supply and out to the shop to do some torture testing of headlight lenses. While Im here might just go ahead and wire up the Caballo Diablo LED ornament!

@Tractorhead Just a reminder as to what happened to me when I let someone drive one of my tractors.

Tadaaaaaa.... the new Toy arrived the Shed. it was a big heavy Box that arrives on Palette. - The unboxing... Ok, that seems to be more a Tool instead a Toy. it is completely built 90cm in height over all. The Weight is 40Kilos - so not a to cheap crap. to compare The Cheapo ... and the „Newbie“ The Vice is used to compare. The Pro‘s - Vario Drive from 290 up to 2900 RPM simply with a Lever RPM Gauge LED Light Laser to align MK2 Quickmount Heavy Cast Iron Stand Absolute 0 play in the Drill - round better than 0,02 mm accuracy silent and wobblefree spinning The Contra the LEDLight and the Laser only Pulses and the RPM gauge keeps dark. i wrote the manufacturer for a spare Mainboard - powersupply is shot. but it works like a charme. for the Price i be satisfied, even with the cons. this are nice to have gadgets but i don‘t need them really.

Another vote here, that suggests, fix what you have. Rebuild kits aren't that expensive.

There's a big black crow making quite a nuisance of itself round here. Pinching food put out for the little birds and even trying to get into houses, if a door is left open. So I took one of my shotguns and some cartridges into the workshop. This afternoon it landed on it's usual perch in a big tree at the front of next door's drive. So out of the workshop I ran and with a quick snap shot, (no time to hesitate when dealing with crows) it took off minus a few feathers. We'll see if it has survived in the next day or so. On the light side to give you a smile, Carol's studio is next to the neighbours hedge. About 30ft from the tree. She was in there working on a painting when I fired. Ten foot away from the door. She nearly fell off her chair.

First mow with the new 416h today. Deck is nice and smooth and tractor did great. Found a blown exhaust gasket on the 315 so thats waiting for parts.