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Hi all. I have a 1277 that I pulled a loader off of. I’m not going to use the tractor and although it’s trashy, there may be usable parts on there that someone needs. Let me know what you need and I’ll see if I have it. I’m in MA and plan on going (first time) to the Big Show. Also, if you need something from the MA area brought to the show, I’m your huckleberry

Had the ole 607 out today doing some grading. Think it came out pretty good.

Figured it was about time it earned its keep; definitely knew it was back there......

I can document this, though it happened on the weekend. Finally had time to install the .020 in the newly bored, bare K301 block. Took it outside and sprayed a can of brake cleaner on it. Removed all the machine oil. Checked the bore - clean. OK now, idiot at work. As an old HP tech after a support call where the caller (an engineer) didn't press the power button, we'd say, "RTFM!", or Read the F'ing manual. Yeah, NJ tech back then. So, ignoring the manual for other than end play measurements, installed the rod, cam and piston and then picked up the governor. Oops! Pull it all and do it again! The exhaust valve is a bit too pitted, though can still seal. It's 42 years old so I have one on order. She looks so nice! I should have it in the frame by the weekend and I'd chalk the oversight up to being 60 but, heck, I'm a guy. Manuals be damned.

Same place as gear drives

had to move my diesel powered wh today. have not started it in a long time. hooked up the jump pack and it lit right off. love the smell of diesel! even though diesel is $7 a galloon I let it run for about 1/2 hour. might have used a few ounces LOL! thanks to RS member JoeM on a superb diesel build! mike in mass.

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It's possible I'd be prone to leaving that right alone unless it started to leak.....

I'd completely replace that side-mule assembly contraption. It is unwieldy, cumbersome, unreliable, ....etc. Here is a .pdf file to UPGRADE to the FRONT MULE drive system... Easy and take just an hour or so. Once it is mounted, all you gotta do to adjust the belt is turn the knob. Here is my old Raider 10... ps.. I have all the parts for this upgrade. MULE DRIVE UPGRADE DETAIL.pdf

To shoot from a motorized vehicle would require a special handicap permit here in PeeAaa. I'm not quite qualified....yet.

Ok I'm in. Gotta hang around for this build. You mentioned, it maybe a hunting buggy as well. Add a roof with a swivel seat? BAMMM!! Mobile hunting blind and/or 3rd person seating.

Should be on the bottom of the transmission back near the trailer hitch. Check this pile of muck in the blue circle.

There. Fixed it for ya. 😀

^^I wish that was the case!! Unfortunately (and fortunately) my wife comes into play!!😂. I noticed you said “tractors”I’ve been fixing and selling tractors since high school! I can count 8 or 9 that I have fixed/sold. I currently have 8 Wheelhorses, 1 Power King, and 1 Farmall Cub.

So far 2… a 1984 Work Horse GT-1600, and a 1994 520H has come to live here… and they’re staying.

ENGLISH CRUMPETS Know that backing powder should be baking powder. Regular milk might be better to use. Still experimenting. It's a texture thing. The Almond milk is good, but you might bet more air or texture with regular milk.

I cleaned out the basement freezer using MORE POWER today. Pressure washer ate through the frosty ice decently quickly. It had been neglected for probably 5 years, and the stuff was frozen three inches thick. i got wet, but it was so worth it. Kind of an anniversary present to my lovely wife : we married 15 may 1976.It would have taken eight hours waiting for it to melt, but probably a half hour of spraying/cutting, and the a couple of hours to empty then dry then refill.. My wife went to dinner with a friend and that is good because running those steps would have hurt her knees

7 so far in the last couple of years, not counting other brand garden tractors. All the Horses are still here.

I know I said I have 5 horses currently, I've been trying to make it 6 this week, but dealing with people on marketplace is getting to be almost impossible! Lol

I’ve let 8 wheel horses go that I can remember.3 of them I never should have but being a single dad I needed money. I still have 10 myself and Aiden has 2, Alex has 3 and my daughter Alanna has 1.we also have 4 parts donor machines too.

After my last post, I drove back down to her house to test the mower. It works like it should! I was able to get it all mowed tonight. Thanks a lot! I can't believe I've been mowing with that belt on the wrong pulley all this time....

It's been 1 month and 5 days since my last pictures. So I would like to present these new pictures in a special order that reminds me when we would use fake IDs to get into the live burlesque show. The tease was enjoyable as the finale. Jackie Gleason will start the show.....

Yes most likely original. These Goodyears were used on the earlier Wheel Horses. I bought this new old stock set this year.

Got a long term dormant 854 running today!

I don’t think I need anything, but you rock! Thanks for such an awesome offer to the community!

You also need the belt guard to drive it. The guard acts like your clutch so you do not grind the gears.

I've kept the Firestone "All purpose" garden tractor tires it came to me wearing and, frankly, I like that look and they do the job. The tires and wheels must have been taken off and stored early on and only put back on to sell the machine since they have practically no wear, just some weather/age cracks, and are still holding air. The paint on the wheels was shot but it looked like weathering you'd get from covered outdoor storage and not wear and tear.

I filled the tank last night before I started it. Checked this morning, dry as a bone. I will probably take it apart during the tear down and re-gasket it. And I def thought about the dissimilar metals! Thanks

To start out you would need to procure this bracket. This is the bracket Squonk showed in in your wanted thread except his had tabs welded on to be able to mount it to the frame side rails. It normally bolts right on but older tractors had a offset on the axle pivot to the frame front that would need to be dealt with. Spacers might work? Once that is on you would need a standard front mule. I have a dozen of those ... @Ed Kennell has two dozen! He might even have the mounting bracket. Then the front mule clips right on that bracket. I don't know if you will be able to use the deck you have or not.

Thanks fellas! I can't believe I missed that....

I seem to have better luck on MP than CL. Just have to learn to recoognize and delete the looki-loos

Could be the switch is bad or it could be in need of some TLC. There is a contact plate that rotates with the key, some stationary contacts and small springs and some grease inside the housing. The old grease could be hardened to the point the springs can't function to make contact. Carefully bend the tabs on the switch housing to allow the plate with the connection tabs to be removed, spray some electrical contact cleaner in there and see if you can free things up.

Going to need a 1/4" Allen Wrench to remove it once the crud is picked out of the opening.

I would try to find parts to change to the newer front mule drive. Much easier to remove and replace deck...

@Achto texted me this....

Original Kohler generator belt

I just bought this at an auction. Will pic it up next week and then it will begin: will I restore it, what cool stuff can I add that "I need??" Maybe a loader?? I picked up the plow in the background as well. Open for ideas, what I need to look at before using etc.. always wanted but never owned one of these machines!

Well I guess this is the beginning of an addiction without end Having only owned 1 Wheel Horse tractor these last 26 years and coming here and lusting after the vast array of various models throughout this fine site it is was only natural for me to expand my horizons 😃 A very good & long time friend of mine in P.A. knew of my NEED and brought me down this intact and virtually undesterbed 854. Save for a paint touch up here and there it's interestingly original and solid as a rock! What a great candidate to bring back to life😃 I initially was just going to start disassembly without attempting to see if she will start after many years of hibernation but my curiosity has got the best of me (whose doesn't?) and I have to see if she in fact will do so. I will no doubt be asking questions of you 854 specialist here from time to time so bear with me as I learn about this fantastic little big machine. Dave

SUCCESS!!

Great info LR! I love your lil tractor! I have some time to mull it all over, hell I just got her running this afternoon! And video to prove it I didn't have an electrical problem, key switch etc. It was the fuel pump which was not letting fuel pass through. I took it off and opened her up to the sight of varnished, crusty fuel. My guess is as long as I was cranking it it produced enough vacuum to keep the engine running, make sense?

Never heard of that but looked it up on Giggle. Nice and simple design while being quite functional by the looks of it. About my shimstock I should note that I only used it for welding some parts together. The shims prevented the hinge from getting tight because of shrinking caused by welding. Removed them after welding and ended up with a nice free moving hinge.

Headed that way. Stuff has got an ungodly shelf life. I went with 40:1 in everything. Got tired of figuring what mix went in what 2 stroker.

absolutely!

I have a 4 cylinder Suzuki GS 550 engine and transmission I thought about seeing if I should graft onto the snowmotractor in place of the 440 Polaris 2 stroke…. That’s got a 13,000 rpm redline, chain drive output on the transmission and 6 speeds. What could possibly go wrong?

That aspect slipped my mind. Laws are the same here.

And the saxophone... WTH ? That your Dad Dave? Love those 'ape hangers' ! @ebinmaine said he's going to fit a set on one of his machines. I think they would look great on Collosus ! (funny thing that 'synchronicity', eh Don? @Snoopy11 )

Get a list of parts together that you need to fix it. Place that list in the 'Wanted' section of the forum. Go to the vendors section of the forum and call around to see if somebody has them in stock. Maybe somebody will come along and post an exploded parts diagram that will show part numbers. Try the Toro web site. You might be able to find the parts diagram three. I'll bet several somebodies here on the forum have had that part break and have fixed it. One of them will probably post more helpful information than I have here. Good luck.

A few that I have bought for parts were field stripped at the Big Show and the remains went to other Red Square members, do they even count since they were only mine for a few seconds and never did make it to my shop? ? ? What about the incomplete parts tractors that were strictly organ donors to give new life to projects? ? Kinda got to lump them in as Derelict Wheel Horses, best I can recall there have been seven or eight. There have been four that lived at my place and found new homes and at present there are six running operable tractors and two projects that in all likelihood will get done get done during my lifetime. I do have one long term project that I may never get around to but am not ready to give up So if my math is correct and the field-striped units count as an in and out and Organ Donors in and sort-of out 8 in 8 out Projects, those that went to new homes and those that are alive and well in my herd 13 in 4 out Totals 21 in 12 out I forgot about the one up in the hay mow that I probably won't get to either. Makes it 22 in and 12 out! Please don't tell my wife! She only thinks I have four or five.

There's no need for such ludicrous mental anguish. Build another shed garage barn airplane hangar.