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When you lift up on the large drawer it folds down into the desk to reveal the missing type writer.

Freshened up the ole k301 and had a bit of a face lift with the rattle can. New rings ,piston,Rod and valves .Replaced the aftermarket carb the previous owner had on there. No matter what I did to it ,couldn’t get it dialed in. So I replaced it with next size up #30 carb and runs great now.

Just trying to find out if anyone would be interested in a white 20oz tumbler with the Red Square logo on it and your user name or first name on the other side. Karl gave me the okay on this. I was going to donate some of each cup back to the site but he said I didn’t have to…. So I’ll give away one or two every once in while. The admins/mods name would be in blue and the supporter name would be in red just like on the site. The grey one in the picture is Karls but the rest will be white, unless you want grey. I have to run the lettering up the cup to be able to fit logo and name on them. Price will be $35 plus shipping.

Trina and I have names for a lot of the paths in the forest based on something that was or is there. We've been thinking about putting up signs for a little while. Basically to get a laugh out of friends when they come over to go for a walk in the forest. As we go year to year expanding the areas that we pull firewood we create loops or extend existing pathways. For this year's meet and greet we took some time and did that a little more. We also took the time to make up a map. Today, she made up some signs. I figured some of you clowns, twisted folk, and general 5-year-olds would get a kick out of this...

You're the last person on the planet who should comment on overloading a vehicle!

Come on now guys, if that was a round hood y’all would be all over the patina that horse has!!! Give it some love to get it mechanically sound. Then a wet sand and clear coat and it will look like a rugged worker. Horses are semi scarce in central Texas as well, but there around. since it has a front mule drive I would ask if they have a mower deck for it. Since it looks like it’s been setting outside a long time check if the rubber boot over the transmission shifter is in place. If not the transmission has water in it. If the area around the top of the shifter is really oily the transmission is full of water to the point that the water is pushing the oil out the shifter hole.

I have made a practice of adding Stable Gas Additive and Seafoam to every drop of Non-Ethanol Gas I buy. Also make an effort to run each for a while year round. Even though there is no grass to mow in the winter the 310-8 gets some exercise once a month. Same for the 953s, no shows to attend but quality seat time pulling a cart picking up fallen branches is good practice for the show dates to come. The GT-14 with FEL gets worked all year and the 418-C is in leaf blowing mode now and is my go-to snow mover for the winter months so it never sits idle. The 1055 is a back-up snow mover but gets out to push some dirt from time to time. Mine are never in storage, they just take turns putting a smile on my face.

Skid steer, FEL tractor, quad AND go-kart all on one deck! Geesh!

Got Busy covering the bottom of one of the 48" SD.....Rubberized truck bed liner, over POR-15.....VERY DURABLE. Have this treatment on a 42" and its been good for 5 years now. The bed liner is very smooth, sheds grass nicely. I do not mow WET grass, so have no info on that

I have a 48" deck and it was in worse condition than yours. I welded it up (braze welded) and made a STAINLESS STEEL liner for it, using cardboard as a template. It took some time and effort...but it'll last until the end of this century...or longer. I don't recall the gauge of SS I used, but it was malleable and easy weld the 'front' apron to the flat body.

A month and a half or so ago one of our powered recliners on our living room sectional stopped working...right around the morning after a BIG, close, lightning strike. ( It shook the house, and I about jumped out of my skivies ) I thought, well it took a voltage surge... Got my HF VOM and checked things out... Was getting 120 volts past the on/off button, fuse, and to the wiring harness up to the AC/DC converter, but the power light on the converter was not lit. Went to the jungle site and ordered one for about $20 or so and today when I got home I rolled the recliner over and hooked it up... We are horizontal again !

Coming together, all metal is painted and going back on. Should be interesting to fit the fender pan given the width of the electric lift. Has to fit cause it came apart!

Dude obviously flunked out of the “loaders anonymous school formerly known as @pullstart now known as @Pullhosen’s Pony Express school of extraordinary packing”… Way too much room left on that trailer…

From what I’ve heard , you can do better than that!

Naw, hs just a pup in training.

@SylvanLakeWH just for you buddy! If I had a pocket full of venison burger or meat sticks and some onions, I could have made a Wisconsin walking taco!

Did a little "Old School" mowing with HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!! today!

I'll take one. (The cup that is... Not one of them WH's stolen from Michigan by @WHX?? and his merry band of @Pullhosen’s Pony Express horse thieves... Trying to return used up horses with curds in their bellies no doubt...) @19richie66 - Thx for the great idea and offer!

Mcmaster-Carr 24175K44

Yeah she already drinks "half caff". Her with a cup of my cowboy coffee is..... Interesting.

Working outof these two "offices" today.

I wanted to publicly thank Richie for the cooler that I won recently. It doesn’t have the patina of this old girl here but it will none the less be put to good use!

I don’t do anything really. I run 93 in everything, and had stuff sit for months, and always started. But this winter I’ll actually be able to use my garage, no heat but least outta the elements.

You can remove the two wires from the Amp meter and bolt them together safely. Here is a stepp by step way to test all components of the starter circuit. Why won’t my starter turn over from the key switch? Lets take a logical step by step inspection of your starter problem. Is your PTO in the ON position, a wheel horse will not start with the PTO on. Have you had the battery load tested at an auto parts store? Have you cleaned and tightened all electrical connections including grounds? Are all fuses good and fuse holders cleaned? If these have all been done, we can check components of the starting system as follows; don’t skip a step or you may miss the problem. Be sure the transmission is in neutral and the parking brake is set. Take a pair of automotive jumper cables and connect the black cable to your battery "-" and a good clean spot on the engine. Now connect the other cable to the large post on the starter and touch the other end to the battery "+" terminal, does the starter turn over? If the starter turns over the battery and starter are good. If it didn't turn over try the same steps with the battery in your car/truck, if that cures the problem then the "good" battery wasn't so good. Presuming the starter turned over move the jumper wire from the starter post to the other end of the wire going to the starter which is one of the large posts on the solenoid. If the starter turns over when the battery is touched by the jumper as before then that cable is good, if not you have found your problem. Presuming the starter turned over move that jumper to the other terminal of the solenoid, connect the other end to the battery and use a small piece of wire to temporarily connect the battery "+" terminal to the small terminal on the solenoid, this should cause the solenoid to close and the starter to turn over. If not, the solenoid is probably the problem. If this was successful remove the large jumper cable and use the small jumper wire to the small terminal of the solenoid, the solenoid should close and the starter turn over. If not the cable to the battery is the problem. Presuming all of these have been successful remove the black jumper wire and repeat the small jumper to small terminal, if the starter turns over the ground is good. If all of these components test good then remove your ignition switch, be sure the transmission is in neutral, parking brake on, clutch depressed and PTO off. Use a small jumper to connect the terminals that were connected to the “B” and “S” terminals of the ignition switch. If the starter turns over then the PTO switch and other safety switches are operating properly and your ignition switch may be bad. @BOB ELLISON has a couple of drawings of a typical "B" or "C" series wiring diagrams. The first one is as is from the factory and will help you follow the flow path. The second one is with a Volt meter in place of the Amp meter which I think is a better way to go. Let us know how you are doing.

I would agree with full to the top. Also, A small amount of fuel will go bad faster than a large amount. When working at a motorcycle shop, bikes would come in that would not start in the spring. Most times I would drain the fuel from the bowl, and they would start on the gas that was sitting in the tank all winter.

While digging through old photos for a family wedding recently, my mother ran across a photo of me as a kid on my grandparents C-175, which I later inherited after they passed. I figured it could be fun to do a little side by side of the two pictures. If anyone else has some then and now pictures of a Wheel Horse Family Heirloom I'd love to see them! Then (aprox. circa 1998?, not sure but I look to be around 9-10 maybe) Now (Circa 2019) A little comparison for fun.

I nabbed my first Wheel Horse “lawn mower” in 2013. I could only wish I was one of the lucky ones that grew up on a tractor… I DO however know that today my niece will be here, and we’ll be riding high on the new 953 for nap time! It sure runs great!

Whenever you buy spray paint, remember this picture so you will check to see is some idiot did a test spray and now the nozzle is dried shut.

Remove the pulley. With pulley off, remove the four (3) mounting bolts and turn the 'chunk' so that it is on the side toward the chute. Bolt it back on in that position and reinstall the pulley. This is the best way to maintain stability of the spindle under belt tension. It should last for years and years...and years. You could, of course, swap out the spindle from another 42 (or 48") deck, but the pulleys may or may not interchange....depending on vintage.

In the spirit of improving the performance of this machine by painting it, I've started a quick "refresh" with rattle cans. I have a leftover set of decals, so it should look decent when finished. It helps alot when it was pretty much disassembled and pressure washed when I got it... Not bad for one afternoon... Did I mention I have too many projects? Dang I need a warehouse!

He's hosen you Sylvia .... the fruits of his labors was a reward of a prime dinner of marinated venison back straps, loaded potatoes and sautéed mushrooms and onions. He stuck his nose up at the fungus tho claimed he didn't like mushrooms ... I of course called him a sally...even went so far as to text Missus P as to what he likes. She says he likes all food. After all a guy brings you a Senior gotta treat him good right? What say ye @Ed Kennell. Shall we revoke his hunting priveledges? Next time he gets barnyard buzzard!

Saw this thing huffing and puffing and shaking and shimmying at the Zagray Farm show. Yeah, its not a nice color but it took some gumption to marry this hit-and-miss to a tractor!

I only use non-ethanol fuel in my small engines, every drop of it is treated with Sea Foam. When storage season comes around I run the carburetors dry and put them to bed.

Within this thread, the vice grip method was by far the easiest. I made small increases in pressure until the lever had enough resistance to stay put. No disassembly or new parts, 3 min and it’s feeling right. Thanks all !!!

If you do the right way you'll probably never have to do it again. I did mine last week. But I really like the electrical part . Don't rush and double check your work.

I’ve push a lot of dirt re-landscaping the drainage at my sons house. Used a snow/dozer blade and center mount grader blade. I started with a set of foam filled ag tires that are really heavy and 66lb wheel weights per rear tire. Based on comments on RS I switched to turf tires with chains and the weights. The turfs with chains significantly out pushed the heavy Ag tires. I always meant to ad water to the turfs for more weight but never needed too.

There's another method that's worked well for me, check this out (especially posts #3 and #10): Slipping Throttle Lever on 312-8 - Wheel Horse Tractors - RedSquare Wheel Horse Forum

Yep, grounds were first thing I checked actually. Heading out now to do the remainder of checks. The ammeter will be first on the checklist. Bypass and see what happens…

I would like to thank everyone who helped with my elec problem. I found the part for $40.00. Saved $120.00 that my WH dealer wanted to over charge me.

That is what I have on my GT-14, chains are right there when you need them.

Looks like an early "B" or "C" 1975 or earlier because it has the hood ornament. The asking price is just a starting point, to me a non-running roller with an 8 speed that may or may not work well is a $ 100 machine. It appears that this machine has been sitting out in the weather for years so expect the worst and pray for the best.

From what I’ve read off the back of the Sta-bil bottle, up to the tippy top.

Unplug your regulator/ rectifier. Check the outside two terminals on the plug with a muti-meter set on AC. With the engine running, you should have around 30 volts AC across these 2 terms. If this checks out, then your charging stator is good. ( If you have a reg/rec with 2 terms in line together and one below, then the 2 in line with each other will have AC. The one below will be the DC output.) Shut the engine off, set your multi-meter to DC. From the center terminal to ground you should see battery voltage when you turn the key to the run position. This checks to see if your key switch is connecting the battery to the regulator. Ensure that the body of your regulator / rectifier is grounded well. If all the above check out. Plug the reg/rec back in and start the engine. If you do not see 13.5vdc or above at the battery, then I would suspect that you have a bad reg/rec.

Haven’t had this issue, mine get run year round, usually once a week or two.

Not mine, but... it is done.

I painted my truck with a FH purple gun. I can't say all of them are good best to try it out on something else first. I did some primer first as I could sand it out. The gun did great the only problem I had was me, all the mistakes were mine.

I'll pull it off and get some pics Sqounky and you let me know you want it. I'll set it aside for you. I usually pull the deck off anyway on a new to me just to make it easier to work on the tractor. On to the FEL Thing is immaculate paint not even worn off the bucket. This will be my 5th 520 and the cleanest one yet other than the sno rig I got from Denny @dclarke. Only thing we noticed right away is the very beefy 18 inch V on the right side front can rub on the HY pump suction line fittings. You might never have noticed it Craig if you were running it on flat ground but on my uneven turf with the tires cranked to the left yep an issue. Fairly easy fix tho, rework the suction fittings or spin the pump 90 degrees and re-plumb. It was mentioned that the tractor was in the Duke's @HorseFixer s barn at one time. Craig built the FEL from PF engineering plans https://www.loaderplans.com/ and did a really nice job. Kev thought the welds all looked good and he knows way better than I. Only other thing is the seat & pto switch has gotta go. I couldn't get use to disengaging the pto which runs the HY pump so if you slid off the seat to get something in the bucket it kills the motor. To restart you have to get back in the seat disengage the pto then remember to reengage the pto for hydraulics. Way to much to remember for my lost brain cells! On the good side is she has also got a Matt's pedal kit on her. I have two other ones on 520s but this is the smoothest by far and I can appreciate how difficult it can be to get them set up perfectly. Tires are loaded, inside weights and he threw in the two suitcases so will look for more and possibly outside weights. After playing with the joystick you can get both bucket and arms to operate at the same time once you get her down. Thoughts on how/where to put a box for lifting chains? Maybe a hang on ballast box with rocks in it instead of suitcases in the middle and a space for for chains? Yah the joystick needs to get bobbed closer to the steering wheel.

On to the 855 @Bailey855 I is catching up to you on the '65s Kev kinda wanted to go out and get it running last nite but I was road burnt and just wanted to kick back. To honor him after I threw his sorry @$$ out this morning I tied into her. Popped off the fuel tank and cleaned it up. Took off the gonna leak bowl and put on a regular gas cock. Had a brand new 70 amp switch in her and a new shift boot ....thank you Craig..... but the wiring was nothing up to my par so rewired her quick and gas lines. The gas line was 1/4" aluminum pilot line Squonky @squonk with compression fittings! Replaced it all with rubber and a filter. Threw a battery in it and she fired right off with a little sniffing salts. Thing runs sweet as a .... family site @cschannuth..... even mowed a bit with her. I have no idea what I am gonna do with it I certainly don't need a mower. I can see it as a good tractor to throw the mid mount blade on and give that smoker 867 I got from @Shynon a rest. Very possible as a ride around at next year's show circuit.

Agree, it is not for lack of people, it is lack of WORKERS. Two thousand years ago, this was written: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."