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I bought my 416-Hydro new in 1993 (1994 model) and for the past couple of years wanted a 416-8 to match. Finally picked up a super clean 1995 416-8, thank you and it was great meeting you @Brockport Bill

My almost 90 year old father having a good time mowing the lawn! IMG_7294.MOV

I took my Raider 12 out for some exercise. We scratched a little over half an acre this morning. The double gang Brinly disc and home made drag seem to pull a little harder than a 12" plow but the Raider drug them around no problem. Now it's time to see if the Swisher is ready to chew on some grass.

Was working a double shift yesterday and this little guy showed up in the flower bed…. When I was out with a tenant out! “Hummingbird Hawk Moth” never seen one ever that I know of.. IMG_3009.mov

Going thru the carb on my 1054 (runs lousy) .., not an easy one to get good access to. Found lots of grit?? in the bowl and some other weird mess in the fuel inlet port. Either way it’s gonna spend a few days in solitary confinement

Been working on fortifying the area where I rest the dock on the shore. Had the sand wash out from under the sod last winter. Anyhow, Morgan got tote and haul duties while I did the excavation and poured the slab: And Clyde got tote duties when I laid the blocks: One more trip to get a block, make some forms to pour a rounded cap on the ends, back fill and set the dock. Sounds like more seat time doing tote duty..... Oh, Morgan got treated to a new air filter yesterday. The old filter and pre filter were caked out to the air cleaner cover in spots.

There was recently a file for a rear bucket added to Red Square. A search for the company reveals they make a Fel for our small tractors starting a 10hp. https://www.loaders.com/Front-End-Loaders/Compact-Series-10-90-HP/TA-52

I don't see anything that actually NEEDS mowing though! I think he just wanted to 'get in the wind' some ! Get him a motorcycle! PPE be DAMNED! He just wants to RIDE! LOL!

That is awesome. Wishing my Dad wasn't 700 miles away - I'd get him on one of mine... but not sure he has the strength left to steer it.

Over the last few days Trina's been working her Pigpen 867 out in the New garden area. Using the mid mount grader blade we've been lifting rocks sticks roots out of the "near to surface". Yesterday we started putting in the posts to hold the deer 🦌 deturent fence. Notice I didn't write deer proof. Price difference from the 4 foot we're using to the 6 foot for dee proof is ridiculous. We'll install the 4' and add some visual aids to the top. They 🦌 aren't fond of shiny stuff or moving tapes. The base fence will keep out lazy animals at least. Flying lead will help the rest. From the "Use what ya have department"... @Dan.gerous The poles we're installing are hemlock trees we've cut during the clearing process. Posts don't need to be centered or distanced correctly so we dig around near where we want one until we can get a foot or so down. After standing the posts we'll wrap the bases with locally sourced (here) 🪨🪨 rocks. 😀. We have plenty!!

IMHO... And experience... Once you start removing enough components to paint the underlying things you may get bitten by the Restoration bug. Or you'll find once those components are painted they look.... Odd..... Next to the old original paint. There's a bunch of folks that have done a good mechanical refresh (like in my big list) then paint ONLY the wheels and maybe small items that are bare metal. Brackets or whatever. The engine and frame will be very receptive to polishing just like the sheet metal. Just as a bit of info. ... Trina and I have done full frame off complete restorations on 3 tractors now. Not counting the engine internals it takes about 200-250 man hours. Could be done in less time as a more simple repaint but we take everything apart. It's a lot of very enjoyable time. It's also something that should be Carefully considered if the tractor needs to be used during a given season.

I'm going to buy another kit @Handy Don that makes more sense. I'm going to look and see if Norman has a kit on isavetractors.com.. I didn't like this amazon one.... But anyways I've been building a retaining wall for my front yard and my daughter wanted to ride/sit on the tractor so I figured I'd dump this picture here to share.... I think she likes it more than Max. A grader blade would sure come in handy lol

@PWL216 He must be pretty spry to mount that thing; they’re not like the low, step through tractors they sell these days. I think this is the “feel good” post of the week. Sure beats reading about what to do with your stuff when you croak.

Haven't had much time to do anything lately but slowly read through the posts and what not. I did however get a chance to work on the 520-8 today where I was able to get the dent out of the hood. Then I had to get a pic of the decal before I took it off because it is only original once so it'll be something to remember along with other things on it. Wish I knew that when I started on the work horse years ago but unfortunately I didn't and now I have no original pictures of it.

One of the coolest things there was a 1928 International truck. Love the way it sounds!

My hinges were seriously wallered out causing the hood to rock sideways and rattle so I tack welded 1 inch grade 8 bolts to them and used nylon washers and lock nuts. No slop or rattles now!

I can relate to the dilemma. I wanted to patina the 854 I'm doing now, but as I got into it there just wasn't enough good paint so it'll get a full paint job. Without explaining my discovery, I simply told my spouse that "On second thought, you were right. It'll look better painted so I'll do that."

Whips Chains Leather Jim, keep in mind that this is a family friendly site!

Bought my first house a few weeks ago and my dad gave me my grandfather's old 520H. I know very little about these. Hadn't run in probably 15 years so I was a little surprised when, after realizing someone stole a spark plug out of it, it fired right up and ran like a top. It's definitely seen better days, but all things considered it seems to be in good shape. Gave it a new battery and front tire yesterday and was able to mow with it. Has some quirks, FNR is currently just FN, which I understand is common. Surges every once in a while, I suspect carb is dirty. Biggest issue is sometimes it'll randomly bog down and stall unless you shut the pto off quick. You can ease it back on and it'll get up to speed, but if you push the lever the rest of the way it'll stall again. Doesn't make sense to me, but like I said, I don't know anything about these. Anyway, mostly wanted to say hi and ask if there's anything else to look out for on a 700 hour tractor. Definitely needs engine and hydro oil changed before I run it again, anything else to put on my list?

I got some shop time today while the BBT and her Mom did more work in the new garden site. They got the rest of the fenceposts in and started spreading out some Promix. They were using the tent room as a mobil bug net. I spent a decent portion of the day getting the swap of front spindles and 5 lug hubs done on the Cinnamon Horse C160. It now has 6-12 AG tires up front. I ordered tubes for it. Should be in next week. Also worked on, and worked with, the Mackissic chipper. I found that with the giant BEAST of a chipper out front the drive traction is pretty much non existent. I'll be putting the fluid filled 23 x 10.50 x 12 AGs. Also steel weights. That'll add 250+ lbs to the back end.

You put enough lipstick on that Horse to change it to a pig !…

Gunk. It’s an old can, bet I bought it well over 10 years ago. First can of this type of stuff I’ve ever owned so I can’t compare it to Berryman’s. Does this stuff have a lifespan? Or is it dependent on the number of carbs that have been submerged in it?

Well folks I started addressing this beast again today. I tightened up one of the LH mounting bolts and replaced the other. Lifted the front of the machine a little with the floor jack and adjusted the belt tensioner pulley as tight as I could get it with my own lifting strength. @JoeM I think it was you mentioned about an inch of deflection in this belt. It's an 86" belt so there's 43" minus pulley diameters for flex. It's a pretty fair 1" I'd say. Took it out for a shakedown. Definitely better operating. I'll get some time on it and see how the belt wears. Ignore, wrong name: @Joe M

Venison will make a nice stir fry with the garden veggies.

Got caught cheating at the JD garden tractor pull.

I like that!!!! Red all the way! Farmall and Wheelhorse….. 🤔 Was or is there another color? 😜

Today I started putting the deck back together and assessing where I stood as far as usable spindles and shafts went. Turns out I damaged one end pulley too much and the other one was very rusty, so I'm ordering some new pulleys and one spindle shaft to replace a "questionable" one. In the meantime, getting some more paint on the cover shields. Spent about 2 hours rearranging the garage to fit my daughter's car inside. She's in Europe right now and thunderstorms that might produce hail have been rolling through, so I want to protect it. Still have the rear off the 416-8 but it's easy to roll around with a floor jack under the back. Dang jack stand released and came down on my thumb though.

This was a Buick V-6 cut down to be a Buick V-2 !! Never heard it run but supposedly it does. The guy displaying it musta been roaming around cause it sat unattended most of the day.

Thanks for the reply. I had already broke a small drill bit. I first ran one throught the center and the idea was to gradually go bigger. It didn' work. I might just try to apoxy and clamp the broken steering wheel back on. It's cracked in three places but the circle and supports are still intact. I can pull it apart enough to put apoxy in and get it back over the pin. I can probably file it off round at the bottom and put a hose clamp on also. There was a hose clamp there when I got it but the taper made it slide off.

Day late, but it was taken Friday. Picture of Clyde doing tote work by the lake:

So I'm toying with the idea of painting frame and engine and leaving the patina on the seat pan, hood and grille. I'm torn about it too. My wife wants a full paint job though.... I would have the sheet metal powder coated and I'd paint the frame, axles and engine myself. I like the look of a fresh tractor.. but this one has the right amount original paint on it to do the patina look.

Old and new in the same shot

I think that may be the only Wheel Horse I didn't take a picture of that year!

I see it all to often! JD folks will do anything for something easier to work on and more reliable.

I sincerely appreciate all the great folks on this site and how they look out for one another in maintaining and preserving these great little tractors...honest! But..... sometimes ya just gotta stir the hornets nest..... just for the fun of it... Take a look at this "poor" wheel horse and tell me what ya think!! Keep it family friendly, nothing x rated! Disclaimer; I will not be held responsible for "heart attacks", "strokes" or "moments of "temporary insanity"......

Family friendly site ?… then why do we lie and steal horses ?…

About $5K or so. This guy wasn't too happy with his it seems:

My problem has been solved by drilling and pinning the lift rod and grinding a little bit off the bottom, so I'm good actually. Looks close, but the lift arm is actually about an inch away from the zerk (further from the camera). All the way in the lowest position there's no issue at all, which is where the deck is in these pictures. I believe it had hit when it was in the cutting position a couple notches higher. Before I did this the arm was right on top of the zerk position. Also, since that spindle and zerk is spinning, you can't really relocate it with a hose. The yellow is the part I ground off the end of the arm. A 90° fitting would make greasing the spindle easier when it's installed under the machine, but it would still stick up the same from the top of the spindle no matter what, so probably no help. A relocation kit sure would help to get at the one for the steering though! This one is quite difficult to access. But for how often that needs doing it's not really worth the cost. (IMHO) I have a lock'n'lube coupler on one of my grease guns... love it! Not cheap though!

Wow i'm impressed! Since i'm a Wheel Horse noob I had no Idea a Wheel Horse could pull that! Really cool.

1054 isn’t running well…it’s a tough carb to get to. Removal of the grill helps

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ok sorry for late responses. i got it adjusted up under the seat and foward stays up and reverse works great!. but its a bit jumpy now.

GO RED OR GO HOME.

Geezeus bro... where do you live...? Don

Finished the Sod Cutter today all but paint. I did try it. Not so good in dry red clay. I broke out the sprinkler and after about 30 min. Still too dry but good results.

ISave does offer a kit but, frankly, I am convinced that they all come from the same source--probably the far east somewhere. "Then and Now" have kits but unless you need the one-way valves they are downright pricey. KEY CHECK - make sure the stem of the plunger matches what you have so it'll engage the pump lever correctly--there are two pretty common styles and one rarely-seen oddball! I like the picture! One of my grandsons got to ride one of my tractors with his dad and now he brings it up on every FaceTime call that he wants to come back for another ride. I noticed during his ride that he observed his dad working the throttle and shift and he was all over trying that himself! Yeah, a grader would be cool but I've been surprised at the effectiveness of a front blade. Good Luck!

I wish the zoom on my phone camera focused better... just put out some fresh oranges and this guy is going to town on them. He also enjoys intimidating the hummingbirds at their feeder: