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Six years ago while on a mini vacation in northern Maine checking out an antique store I stumbled upon an 8'' WH wheel cover in very rough condition among a bunch of antique tools. I picked it up and thought it may make a nice ornament to drill a small hole in the center and screw it in the shop overlooking the tractors. For some reason I talked myself out of it. One year later I wondered if it were still in that store and while visiting the area I went back and sure enough it was in the same place where I left it. This morning I decided to remove a small dent with a body hammer and give it a clean up with some Mothers and aluminum foil. I won't be drilling a hole in it and yes it was worth the $ 9.95 I paid for it to save just a tiny bit of WH history.

After grabbing Mrs. P a Westinghouse Coke machine for Christmas last year, I figured my pop machine days are complete. Well I scooted by a “Barn Sale” sign on the way to town for chicken feed and bedding, so I figured I better investigate on the way home. Here we go again. It took three of us to load it, so I figured I should be able to get it out myself…

You are bringing back memories with that Coke machine @pullstart. Back in 1970 there was a pharmacy about a half mile from home that we would walk to that had the glass coke bottles with the greenish tint to them stacked vertically in the machine. My friend and I would each buy a bottle and drink it the store. When we finished drinking them my buddy would then proceed to grab a magazine from the rack next to the coke machine. Unfortunately he decided to grab a periodical by an author by the last name of Hefner and go straight to the, yep you guessed it , the centerfold and open it right up. I can still hear the Pharmacist voice to this day, PUT THAT MAGAZINE DOWN. Yes we laughed and ran out of the store. We did go back there quite often but only for a coke. By the way it was 10 cents a bottle, don't know what the magazine costs.

I found this cool old cooler too. Funny, it was three times more than the Coke Machine! The cool thing, is if ever a piece of wood rots out, I can likely replace it with other skid wood. As I’m uploading these pictures, I’m thinking of @D_Mac… but I see he already found the post!

I’ve lurked on this forum for a bit, as I’m interested in garden tractors in general, and wheel horse tractors in particular. We’ll, I just picked up my first wheel horse - a 1056. The original 10 hp Kohler has been replaced with a 12 hp K301. Bought it with a mower deck, snowblower, and snow plow attachments. It seems to run well, but I have a lot to learn about the machine. Thanks for hosting this forum!

I have one that a friend of mine built for me. The coke cooler I bought and repainted it. The hot rod radio flyers engine is a cooler. Flip up the valve covers and pull out a cold one. Just a few I have. Might say I am " Cooler Heavy "

And now I feel like grilling something…. Thanks!

Well, here we go again! I picked this up about a year ago, locally, along with a large batch of parts. Didn't know if it ran or not but once I saw everything that came with it , I basically got the tractor for free. It was advertised as a 701, but it has an interesting history: It was sold new as a 1962 model! I have obviously spoken with the person that I bought it from, and then I was able to trace it back to the second owner ( a local Wheel Horse collector and very respected authority on early round hoods) who confirmed that the original owner purchased it with a 702 hood and 702 decals. Unfortunately between owner # 3 and myself it received a horrible repaint that erased the originality that it had. I feel that my only choice at this point is to give an all out, 100% restoration. I will be re-doing both the original 702 hood it was born with and the 701 hood that it has acquired along the way, and also belt guards for both model years. So far I have replaced the non-functioning sediment bowl / fuel shutoff and rebuilt the carburetor, also refinished the air cleaner assy. After doing so, it fired right off and everything works great, telling me that nothing should need a major rebuild and that hopefully we will be in good shape with just new gaskets, seals, and maybe a valve job while the head is off. The serial # is listed here in the registry so I know at least 1 of the previous owners has been on the forum before. Stay tuned! 20210919_143615[1].mp4

I used Shallowwatersailor's ideal and picked up a Harbor Freight truck crane and built a attachment to fit in my receiver hitch. Today was the first time I used it to move a large cedar post. I had move it over against the fence after the tree fell last spring and had been mowing around it. Worked great got it moved to the back corner.

I was fortunate enough to be raised in the excavation business. First rode on a cable operated D-7 when I was only 2-3 years old. When I was around 12 they let me dig holes with a backhoe( I think it was mounted on a Ford 9N or something like that) in the yard and then fill them in!! Then I was running a Cat 941 track loader around age 16, eventually becoming a grader operator. I have ran equipment for over thirty years now but I’ve recently become Deputy Superintendent of Highways for my township so I’m not on equipment too much anymore. Although some days freezing my ass off or baking in the sun on equipment with no cab I must say in general I still like it! Here’s some pictures of my family’s dragline crane and the D-7 I mentioned dredging one of our channels for the town of Southampton in 1976. Good chance I could have been on one of those pieces of equipment with a gigantic smile on my face as I would have been 6 years old!!

Great Memories. I remember one in the basement of the engineering department when I was at Michigan State (1972) Had a short in the dispensing circuit. Touch the thing, get a good poke, and a Coke. Some enterprising individual (not to be named) added a jumper wire in reach of the near by water pipe. (for safety purposes). It was soon repaired, and that ended that.

Now @squonk we all have to play nice together.

Went to an estate sale today. Not supposed to lift anything over 10lbs after my kidney biopsy yesterday. Had to bring this home with me. Was hanging in a small shed. VERY hard to get it out. Had no help but was determined to get it out. 16ft Starcraft Square Stern for 150 bucks. Seems to have had very little use if any. I'll spray some wheel cleaner on it and hose it down it will shine like a new penny.

Been a long time but the grass has never stopped growing this year. Too much seat time. Anyway heavy rain yesterday and too soggy to do anything outside today made some progress. Got the jugs back on. You have to put the piston into the jug sitting on the bench push it down until the wrist pin hole just clears the bottom (but don't push it so far the oil ring pops off) and put one pin retainer clip in place...(And waste a few minutes trying to find it after flew off into space. you know I bought a bag of 1/4 ball bearings to use in manual trannies so i don't waste time trying to find them when they fly out...May have to buy a bag of wrist pin clips).. Then you have the apply the sealant to the block (I used Loctite SI 593 one of the Kohler approved ones) Then you have to push the pin into the piston through the connecting rod and place the second spring clip in hoping it doesn't pop off into the block and also support the jug. Then push the jug onto the studs in the block. I don't have a cylinder base wrench in 1/2'" (I have a big but not 1/2). Kohler wants you to torque the 6 nuts in a specific sequence starting at 100 inch pounds finishing at 200. There is no way to get a torque wrench on the stupid nuts,. Used a crow foot on some (had to find a table for torque spec changes using a crow foot). The others I tightened by hand to match the torqued ones. (Plus or minus a grid square as the artillery guys used to say). Then another favorite pass time adjusting non adjustable valves and in this case 4 times not 2. First you have to lap the valves (machine shop ground them and the seats but you still have to lap.). Multiple trips to the grinder trying not to take off to much (did that on a KT17 has a distinctive click on #1). If you screw it up too bad you are looking at another valve which in this case is hard to find. Actually getting the valve springs and keepers in is a bit easier than on K singles and the valve spring compressor can stand by itself while you wrestle with keepers... Thinking ahead I will have to see if this thing will fit on my test stand or just put it back on the 418 with out engine tins and hope there is enough clearance for a torque wrench to re-tighten the head bolts after warm up (no holes in the tins like the Singles have ).

Engine is mounted, wiring is all squared away, just needs a gas tank and a battery and it should run and drive..

Started on one of those "bring them back from the dead" projects. A 48" mower deck that looked like a little love could make it run again. Well lets just say......it needed a lot of love! Had to weld in a partial spindle mount and started on the some cracks. Even the stiffener plate was broken at the spindle. I am sure glad I got my old pile of leftovers. Makes the job at least somewhat cost effective. It does have a slight twist just at the discharge chute. I figure someone it something and bent the area and took out the spindle mounting. The three spindles are fairly close in alignment, and the bend starts just next to the discharge spindle on the outside. It is up at the far end about 3/4", probably would not affect much but was wondering if anyone had any ideas to straighten.

Glad you found us. The 1055 was my first . When my wife and I went to pick it up the seller asked how many we owned. The wife asked if people actually collected these little red tractors; twenty one years later she knows that we do.

It's a "Big Tex" ice chest. Which is weird because I associate anything Texass with hot air.

Table cloth leftover from the M & G @pullstart

EHbout... 30 minutes at 7,000 RPM on Hell-Horse. More if I don't use my lead foot to race all the cars... I ain't that good at math... someone else might better answer this... 8mph at under 2,000 rpm... saving fuel. Double that at 16 mph at 4,000rpm... 2 thousand more... 24 mph... maybe more... I'd have to slow down in school zones... No need for a slow moving vehicle orange triangle on the back of the tractor... Don

On occasion people do run out of gas at these events, like everywhere else, it's not the end of the world. Wait 5 mins and a gas can will roll by.

1.5gal fuel tank = 9hr run time + 8MPH = 64miles between fill ups, give or take a few miles.

Unless you have @Achto‘s “Radpferd” 1045D

You can go far: This movie is based on a true story of a man traveling 240miles on his John Deere. I would feel very comfortabel taking a machine in good shape for a multiple hour drive. Kohler's were also used on generators that run constanly for hours. I think I will be tired before the machine is. EDIT: OOPS, I got the question wrong, I am sorry

Had a request to make a pair of short mat bowls blockers, for a local village hall bowls club. Had a look at what I had and came up with these. Pair of spare deck wheels, 2x2 scarp wood, 6mm thread bar, some nuts and washers, rubber bands courtesy of the local postie and a couple of bits of aluminium. They are placed half way down the mat and you have not to hit them. If you hit the wooden bars they swing and the rubber bands return them to their correct position. Your bowl is then taken off.

This MAY help...

Very true lost my dad this past May and alot of rift with the rest of the family. I bought it two years ago all my kids have been on it. It's what I cut grass with many many moons ago and alot of memories of him mowing, plowing snow, plowing a garden just couldn't let it go now I get to make more memories with it I'm trying to figure out if I should paint it or leave it when I saw it it was already ten years old.

Here’s my White-Oliver 2-44 grader that I’m going to donate to the Long Island Antique Power Association

Here’s a few from a local show a few years ago

I see a road trip in our future. Got a text from my Grandma up in Kansas a couple days ago, wondering what Grandpa could get out of his old Farmall, he's owned it for a year and all he's done with it was change the oil and park it in the shop. She should have known not to ask me what it was worth, cause needless to say I bought it. Now we just need to find the time and extra money for fuel to go up and get it, 700 mile round trip and an average of 8 mpg pulling the trailer means an expensive trip, but it will be worth it.

No longer have the tractor but this is me and my dad in 1948 on his Farmall.

Could you possibly temporarily weld something like a 6' stick of square tubing to the deck at the affected area, mount it on the tractor and then use the tubing to "tweak" it back into shape? Might be better ideas out there, but that's my uneducated suggestion. Or maybe take whatever they hit to bend it in the first place and hit it in reverse

The pin release was a pedal at the base of the lever. 1961 model BD-4271 1962 model BD-4262 1963 model BD-4263 In 1964 they moved the pin release to a handle on the long lever. Garry

Another show this weekend, so I loaded up and took them over today. This one is only about 20 miles from me, so I made 2 trips, 8 tractors total. Snapped a couple of pics of some Horses already there. I'll get more pics tomorrow. Note the tread design on the rear tires, in the above pic. Is this an original tire?

Ridiculous. I like Maine where I can BUILD a trailer or even a vehicle and get a registration without issues.

That was an interesting thread. Thanks for sharing. JD's in my parts pop up pretty frequently. I passed on checking out a 212 and 214 that I now may lose sleep over...I'll put them back on the list for options. Rigging up a motor mount seems more feasible than waiting out the perfect replacement at this point.

Person...? Nah... It simply has to be something like this: Don

Well it’s red at least…

The person with the gas can will even be nice enough to wave as they roll by.

You've come a long way baby!

Happy Birthday Olivaa!

I've got to side with Paul on this subject. I know that pure electrical theory would lead you to believe that as long as a current is passing through the primary windings and an abrupt end of current floe occurs the collapsing field will induce voltage into the secondary windings. If the polarity didn't matter why would the manufactured bother to add the "+"? Several sites on the internet suggest that reversing polarity will reduce the secondary voltage. coil with reversed polarity will have about a twenty percent lower output which may not show up at idle and low rpms, but can cause an engine to miss or stumble under load and at higher engine rpms. What happens if ignition coil is wired backwards? Asked By: Wenjuan Kremmers | Last Updated: 4th March, 2020 Category: automotive auto parts 4.2/5 (3,666 Views . 10 Votes) To answer the original question, yes it will work if connected backwards but it will not work correctly. The design is for the current to flow in 1 direction and for the circuit break to be on the negative side of the coil. If wired backwards in a points type ignition it will almost act like a flaky condenser Hi Guys, Iam having a tuff time starting the sidemount 6v, 8n. I hooked up the coil backward (ie distributor wire to negative, with Battery at positive ground), and also just found out the distributor wire was shorting. I reversed the coil polarities, but can't get anything out of the center coil wire. Any ideas? do you think my new coil is shot?? Thanks, Gino [Log in to Reply] [No Email] Dell (WA) 11-05-2004 17:50:34 Report to Moderator Re: Coil Hooked up Backwards...is it bad? in reply to Gino, 11-05-2004 14:40:11 Gino..........as a general rule its (+) to (+). That means iff'n your 6 volt battery (+) is connected to ground (and thats the way it came from the factory), then connect the ignition coil (+) to ground thru the the sidemount points terminal. Simple, eh? I've been told you can loose upto -40% of your sparkies with incorrect coil polarity. I personally have seen -25% loss at ignition school when demonstrating incorrect coil polarity. And NO, incorrect coil polarity doesn't hurt the coil, just the sparkies. And as a general rule, your 1-nipple roundcan ignition coil is fairly bulletproof.

I'm one of them there patina people too. The only thing that matters is that you have fun with it.

Bob: I started with a 42 sickle that was much worse than yours . Take some solace in that when working through your redo project. I am sure you will end up with a great sickle mower it just takes time. I am positive there are more parts in a sickle than any other Wheel Horse attachment.

Pretty cool thing you got there Jeff. I too hate commercials and blabber. Can’t stand talk radio. I have all my music in my home computer, an ipod, two spare hard drive, some on my cell phone and a good amount on a dvd. All different ways to jam. Finished this guy today and worked on another

So, now that the weather is cool and breezy and the deck is about ready, decided to put it on the 125. Does that engine have the juice for a 48? Probably not, but I had to see. Took an hour to get it all adjusted and it puts quite the load on the K301 but it does the work. Nice and quiet on that green 'snot' grease Lena is hawking - excellent. Notice the comparison between Regal Red on the tractor and Sunrise on the deck? Sunrise a little brighter. So, the 9" tall grass gets cut by the 42RD I'll put on the 516H and the hay gets scooped by the old Snapper. I'll finally get this yard done. The hard working 42SD goes to this 125 after a winter refresh and the Onan will drive the beast. Couldn't resist seeing if this is as good as I think it will be... 3rd low range.

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I'll stop here in case I have posted these before. I have lots more. All this stuff use to be located about a mile north of town. Some of it, 1 of a kind prototypes.