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First mow since getting home, the girls had it out while I was away but the engine stopped and they couldn't get it started again. Quick investigation turned up a bit of stuff in the points, quick clean and it fired up first twist of the key. Thanks @peter lena for helping sort out the electrics it's made a big difference. Lawn was wet so took the deck off afterwards and gave it a clean. Rain everyday so didn't have a lot of choice.

I happen to have a B-100, it is a beast (as far as I am concerned). Of course, I got mine for $5.00. I bought 6 raffle tickets for the raffle tractor at the 2010 Big Show in Penn. and won that year. Here is a couple of picks...

I will get some video once I get it started. Need to pick up a battery Still going over everything, cleaning it up , checking it out and trying to figure out how it works. I was able to rig it up to an old battery and turn it over a couple times. Yes, there's some sort of 90 degree gearbox that runs the PTO wheel. The handle on the right engages the clutch. Gearbox in the back appears to be original the wheel horse one. Took some more pics that show exhaust, gearbox, etc.. thanks for the kind words. Stay tuned, I may need some help

All the kids came out for a romp today. First time out this year. No jumper cables or starting fluid needed. They're not all Wheel Horse, but at least they are all red. Except for Casper of course. I left the green in the barn.

200 Series can't do the job? HORSE HOCKEY!!!!! I bought a brand spankin new off of the showroom floor Toro/Wheel Horse 210-H With a 10 HP Briggsy and 36" SD deck. Found a RD deck for it later. Also got the snowplow and chains for the puny wheels. Thing cut great. My wife taught piano and I had to plow where the state highway filled in with snow. It always handled it. After the storm of 93 I wanted a snowblower for it. Place I bought it from said it wouldn't work good. Neighbor had an old Allis-Chalmers blower he said I could have. I got it adapted to fit and it worked great. Finally sold it in 2011. All I ever replaced on it was a tie rod end ,seat and diode!

How bout a Before N After on a "side shot" of a KT17 carb.

I should have a label on every t-shirt that says "do not speak to me if I'm eating, drinking, or operating equipment more complex than a pencil- harzardous responses may occur"... And a door knocker that says "disturbing sleep up may result in serious head trauma to outside individuals"....

Today I donated my grader to the Long Island Antique Power Association. I no longer have a use for it, so I figured the best place for it would be to give it to this club. They have their own property where they have a few shows a year and truck and tractor pulls. For my donation I will receive a lifetime membership and I’ll go run the grader to grade the track when they do the pulling.

Because they were made for the person who did not need a garden tractor, they were not a high end. They were made well (Wheel Horse), but they are harder to find parts for because they were considered "throw away". If you have and take care of one, it will serve you well. I think the real rub is they just are not as collectable to those that frequent this site. No offense is intended by anyone, I would think.

My brother got a 211-4 and a 208-4.... loves them, they have plenty of power and the cut is really good. Both have 36" RD decks. Steel hoods too! At work we had guys driving big diesel, extended cab, duallys! Never hauled or towed more than a load of air. We called it little pecker syndrome. I drove my wifes hand me down minivan, 200,000 miles, never let me down and a pocket full of Benjamins!

Got the appraisal back today in consideration of our own barn project. Seems like we're still moving forward ....

Can't believe you didn't "need" chains to plow all of those leaves!

The previous owners of our home built this deck on the shed with a view that invaded the neighbors privacy. The watchtower believe it or not was a lookout to spot deer, for their dogs ! After closing on our new to us house I repurposed the wood into a bridge for my daughter's property and create a landscape in front of the shed. I built the clear span mainframe with a "loaded" A frame. I used a turnbuckle attached to the top of the A and pulled an arch into the mainframe which would sag under weight to level. Without the arch weight would sag below level as if it was unsafe. I declared it a success when their golf cart crossed as designed and it was named the Hiawatha Bridge.

Lots of horse stuff today.... painted The Flame... sure @Achto ain't gonna like it.... Naawww just kidding phone went screwball....head gasket was leaking. Head bolts real loose so a new gasket and inspection. Clutch was always grabby and has orginal WH rubber belt so going to try a TSC one. Replaced a roll pin in in the steering. Smoked like a bandito.... too much seafoam or stabil so fresh gas and a oil change straightened that out.

My 1980 C-165 was made for two years with the single-cylinder K341AS. It is pictured with a Harbor Freight 10k generator and my custom C-85.

So, I had been seeing this red tractor sitting by a garage about a mile from where I live. Not much detail from the road, but I did stop recently and it was then clearly a Wheel Horse, but not clear what model. I left a note in the mailbox and the guy called me this morning. He wasn't home but said I could swing by for a closer look. It's a B100, 61-10K803, and hasn't moved for about 2 years. He said it might just need a battery and fresh gas to run... I'd expect some carb cleaning along with that also. All 4 tires are flat and the fronts are pretty cracked and rotten, rears not as bad. Seat is in bad shape. Deck has some rot and holes through it. Everything appears to be present and more or less intact though. This was not advertised and the guy does not have a sale price in mind yet. Any thoughts on what this is worth, what I should offer and what's the most this would be worth? I was looking for an S/N lookup but couldn't find one that works. I'd be excited to get one of these older ones for at least a partial resto or move it along to someone else who wants it even more than I do. But at least save it from sitting out here rotting. Thanks!

It's got the 103907 transmission...8 speed, 8 pinion, 1 1/8" axles. If that thing runs and the engine is good (cleaned up), might be worth $600- $700. If you can get it for less...$200 or $300 with deck, that would be a fair deal...less then that, you should be there now. @Snoopy11 , we typed at the same time. LOL

@Tuneup glad you are gaining on it , referring to the ground strap removal , since adding ground strap verification to all my stuff , the starting is instant , the headlights and tail lights are solidly bright , just my own experience . don't worry about the W/H police . pete

Sunday was busy. The youngest was here to get his old 80 Kawi carbs sorted so he was on that while I started prepping the 301 for installation. It's an 80 so attached the cradle. We moved it together to the frame and those nice aluminum mounts were secured. No reason for the ground strap anymore. The PTO is done, tins are on. It's ready for the carb, coil and oil and then a start. So close!

I don't have a huge amount of grass, so I use a 30" Toro Timemaster mower to cut it. The Personal Pace system works amazingly well. Lately I've been having some back issues that make walking distances a bit difficult , so Saturday, I picked up a 211-5SB to cut the grass on days it's acting up. The guy was asking $215. I'm not one to beat people up when they price things fairly, so I gave him his asking price. It's a cool little tractor, with a really low step-through height. But it's kind of strange not having a lift arm. The only lift for the 30" single blade deck is the height adjustment. In its mid-point or lower setting, the deck actually sits on the ground. I downloaded the manual and will figure out the issue when I get some free time. This little lightweight mower seems like it's going to do exactly what I bought it to do, and I'm happy with it. I'm wondering why lawn tractors seem to get no respect in tractor groups. I see it all the time. Someone will post something about a lawn tractor, and inevitably someone else posts something condescending along the line of "that's not a garden tractor". Well no sh*t! Of course it's not. Not everyone needs to plow snow or till a garden. I also see it on Facebook with pickup trucks. Any time there's a discussion on compact trucks, some idiot will come out with a statement about their puny towing capacity. I guess they feel everyone should have a minimum towing capacity of 10,000 pounds, regardless of whether or not they ever intend to tow. What's with the the disrespect? My rant is over.

Not funny at all. ...I spit Pepsi all over my dang monitor.

I look pretty funny trying to hold the key in start, while pushing in the clutch, while holding the leads of the volt meter. I may try to rope the wife into sitting outside with me in the mosquitos and humidity. After all...it is her birthday today

Right now I am just cringing at the sight of that muffler stack with no rain cap.....

It's kinda funny, my wife always tells me to keep my eyes on the road when she's in the car with me. But she isn't always.... and I do look around maybe a bit more than I should, but then I see things like this. I don't intend to stop looking around...

MOTOR MONDAY ! It never hurts to have a couple of spares sitting around.

There she be! Offset a little towards the flywheel. That was too easy for you guys. Next will be a problem with the recoil unit but that will come later. Thanks again!!

I still have that 3.152L Perkins Diesel in the rack… you’re giving me ideas @Randy_in_Ohio!

Should get yourself on an episode of "worlds most dangerous roads".🎬📽 Bit of dramatic music and narration to go with the footage 😁

Sometimes WH put one roll pin inside another ….possible for increased shear strength.

Sounds like the '62 Nova that used to be behind my garage. It was my SHEDvrolet ! Until the town made me get rid of it.

A couple of Wheel a Matics and a cool combo

@8ntruck, well I started using red n tacky , good stuff also like the nozzle tube in tough spots , but since going over to the lucas x tra heavy duty , in bearings , its been game over , 560 drop temp , anti sling and polyurea rated , failed noisy / whining bearings are a non issue . all my mower deck spindle bearings , and matching pto , mule bearings have been cleaned out and changed over to the green chassis grease . pto needle cone bearing , how about quiet deck running ? no whining noise , no failures , even detail greased my pto lever set up, next to battery with washers to remove sloppy lever action . decks run with a solid quiet , ease . everything just works better with the green grease. so green is my typical go to now. red is still good , but the extreme range of the green , is amazing , even repacked my idler pulleys , super quiet , no noise or related failures , all my chassis , go green ,pete

Toyotas aren’t the favorite truck of middle eastern guerilla’s and regular military because they suck…

Beats the crap out of an old rusty cable!

There are certain people or radio shows or whatever that I've often thought should have a disclaimer of some sort. Caution. I / we are about to speak and it may be amusing. It is recommended that you now put away all food stuffs and power tools before we begin.

I'll put it a different way... one of the machines in my possession has been considered 'throw away' for 27 years now... Don

It isn't necessarily either rich or lean, it's that fuel and a means of ignition are still present in the cylinder. Turning off the power to the coil (or grounding a magneto) does not stop the flow of fuel into most WH engines through the carburetor. It only stops sparking at the spark plug. Carbon buildup in the cylinder, is one potential cause for "run on" if it is hot enough to cause fuel to burn. Poor quality, low octane fuel can also be a source of "dieseling". Backfiring at shutoff comes from fuel not burned in the engine coming into contact with a hot muffler (and can be damaging to the muffler). All that being said, are you sure it's really switched off? As @kpinnc notes, there should be no power at the coil when the ignition switch is off. A bad ignition switch (or a short?) could be keeping it powered.

@953 nut usually mechanical engineers are so full of themselves , they would not have a clue , just giant ego , now if you said a retired machinist , or production machinist, thats the type guy that really does things . out of the box , had one in the glass refinishing area , that could make up anything , also a good guy , no giant ego , pete

I'd check the energizer lead on the coil. When switched off, you should have zero volts on the negative terminal on the coil. Only other thing I can think of is carbon build up on the head may be cooking off. Do you idle down before shutting off? I have no choice because I have canister mufflers and don't want a backfire.

I had to put a manual PTO on mine. I can't in good conscience pay $250-300 for a used OEM.

The pin inside a pin is sometimes seen on the lower steering shaft to hold the sector gear - you need excellent shear resistance there. I have had good success replacing the 2 pin setup with the proper size & length coiled pin (aka Spirol Pin).

@ RANDY - IN- OHIO , agree with others on what you have picked up , personally , would verify every functional stage , enhance it if needed . get the oil changed in those gear units , and flip that deck over, clean it out and get some lubricant into that metal , to stop rot and preserve what's there , indeed a special unit , good luck with it , pete

I think seeing the pollen blast off a pine tree is majestic… from a distance! Hachoo!

Coming from Mr. @Dan.gerous Himself!

1956, 1 year only for the doors.

You will always be the man of the hour. Great deal you did

Have I ever mentioned I like living in Maine? We can buy or build whatever vehicle we want that passes standard inspection rules. Own it. Drive it. Insure it. Etc....

The real deal for today Dan I was gonna bring this tractor over for ya too but since no room at the inn yer screwed, glued and tattooed ..... I fell in love with her so giving some love to her. '79 C-121 auto..... I got this on a load with a bunch of and the rest (hopefully) went on to greener pastures but this one I hung on to for some reason. Oh that's right @Achto this is where ole pale face come from! Wheel weights are heavy.. busted a gonad getting them off but the kind I like with the flush outside. Price of admission right ther and will end up on the Raider 12 loaner plow mule. Leaking seal.... bearing/keyway was good tho but will broach hub just cause I can. Every thing coated in oil but cleaned up nice. Goin thru EB's new to check list. Some other things to sort out but hopefully minor. Can't seem to get the points set right.... kinda like she firing too soon at higher rpm.