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Met Don @Handy Donand his Grandson Samuel today. Got him a transaxle drive pulley for his 854, a 48" snowplow, weights and chains for his sons 310-8 , and some 36" gear drive decks so he can build one to put on the 854. He plans on being at the big show... Tony

Brought this old girl home yesterday, found her for a dear family friend. She will spend a little time here until she & all her attachments have a clean bill of health, then off to her new home for work duty in the garden & yard.

This was announced last year as the raffle tractor this year.

Between this one and Ed's tractor truck that means mine is going a different direction. Changed my mind on it so many times I'd make a good room decorating wife someday!

The "special ingredients" that made Wheel Horse red, are no longer available. Lead paint was used back in the 50's, 60's and early 70's. So even if the original formula was found, it couldn't be duplicated. The other thing is that with every model year, the paint changed a little due to different paint companies providing the coatings. So, find a color that you like, paint your horse, and that's Wheel Horse red.

That Trina sure is a hard worker!

I love the look on a kids face when they are on a tractor Future tractor guy right there

Seems a hemorrhoid sufferer had to sell his RJ. Look at the padding on that seat

Well I made some progress today. Rear wheels are off and set in the parts pile. Hubs are soaking with old school Liquid Wrench spray penetrant. Can you peoples believe the hitch pin actually came right out?? A little penetrating oil. A little tapping back n forth. Voila ! Me n' this gas tank had a little talk. It wasn't particularly willing to let go of the valve. @JCM gave me some advice and I figured it out. Thanks Jim!! Some yutz installed the old valve on TOP of the fuel tank holding shelf. The valve was jammed up in between the tank and the shelf completely inoperable. This left a fair upward bow in the bottom of the tank. I got it levered out and cleaned the tank interior and exterior with a handful of 3/8 lock washers and soap and water. I made a gasket for the cap and drilled 2 small holes near the middle for air ventilation. After cleanup I found that this tank has a cast number on it. I assume it's the build date.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes.

Before I get too deep into the magneto, maybe I should check the points. Two years of sitting can do wonders to the surface of points. Will report back tomorrow.

completed the tear down one side was dry the other side still had some oil

Turns out after having drained the transmission overnight there was probably less than a quart in this 8-speed. I cleaned off the bottom a little bit and installed a magnetic drain plug. I cleaned off the engine oil drain tube. Tightened up the tube and loosened up the end cap. Drained the engine oil. That was as black as can be. Level was about right. While cleaning that off I discovered that one of the base plate bolts is nearly falling out. Engine oil capacity Tecumseh OHV 160 is verified on the dipstick at 1.5 qts. Filled it with Kinetix HD 30. Got the seat pan taken off so I can have better access to the transmission, brake setup. Those of you who have been to my house will recognize the number on the bottom. I did not put that there. I found that to be a VERY interesting coincidence. Definitely at least two bent rods on this tractor somehow. The one that goes to the brake shoe and the one that is the clutch are both curved and contacting each other. Also found out why someone may have removed the clutch safety switch. Note the bracket that holds it is bent completely down. I wondered about this until I started messing with the clutch linkage and discovered that the pedal actually goes down PAST the point of flat. Haven't the foggiest why that would be.... Not only does this tractor have the very rare flexible steering wheel option but also the multi-piece shifter boot option.

@Mike Johnson... B-100/220 with GX630...

Good idea, I figured you had already done that. Section 8 of the Kohler manual in our manuals section is sort of vague as far as resistance values or methods of testing a mag. The question of testing a Magneto has come up on Red Square from time to time so I did a bit of surfing and the simplest explanation I have found was on a site devoted to those Green tractors (sorry about that) I have a NOS magneto coil and a couple of used ones on the shelf and will let you know if my results are the same. The resistance of the secondary should be around 8k to 10k ohms. The resistance of the primary should be around 1.0 ohm. You need a good digital meter to tell the difference between a shorted primary and a good primary. If it really is shorted (unlikely) check the wiring harness where it enters the stator plate and under the clamp for a pinched or bare wire. Both the primary and secondary coils surround an iron core and are grounded through the core to the stator plate. While the points are closed the rotating flywheel magnets induce a voltage and current flow through the primary coil which is made up of a few hundred turns of heavy wire. This current flow creates a magnetic field. When the points open the current flow stops and the field collapses through the secondary coil which is made up of thousands of turns of fine wire. This collapsing magnetic field creates a very high voltage in the secondary due to transformer action and the high voltage arcs across the electrodes in the spark plug. The resistance of the primary is measured between ground (engine, or stator plate if the stator is dismounted) and the wire from the points and condenser. Resistance of the secondary is measured between ground and the spark plug connector at the end of the plug wire

I am in the process of building a custom lowered WH tractor based on early 1960's sheet metal. The engineering & design phase is complete and starting the fabrication phase. The power will be provided by an altered 25HP Kohler Command with a Comet CVT clutch. The CVT driver pulley will be mounted on the engine crankshaft and the CVT driven pulley will be mounted on a jack shaft under the battery. A V-belt driver pulley will also be mounted to the jack shaft with the driven pulley mounted on the input shaft of an 8-speed transaxle. The calculated max. CVT ratio is 0.53:1 with a 1:1 V-belt ratio. FYI, a "cast iron" V-belt pulley needs to be balanced at speeds >5000 Ft/Min and max. speed is 6500 Ft/Min. The max. speed of a "steel" pulley is 10,000 Ft/Min. If you spin them faster, you run the risk of a pulley exploding.

Beautiful C-160. I've "rescued" 2 of them now. Definitely one of my all time favorites, BEAUTY & the BEAST, I love the old long block Kohlers.

Another "interesting" item on this tractor, not sure if it's true or not but sure would be cool if it was...

Removed yet another pile of trash off my Senior today!

Today, I replaced the axle seal & idler pulley along with put a new drive belt on my 314-8. After that I finished up running quick disconnect battery cables to the rear hitch.

I considered that myself, but this is how the service bulletin suggested as the fix. Today I repaired a loose steering arm with the same process. Put a newer pepper pot muffler on and that takes care of the things that needed attention. Then gave it a MMO rubdown, really improved the appearance. I replaced the seat with the style that was originally on it. Now just have to paint the wheels.

Ahhh! the venerable C160! Gotta rank in the top 5? Horses -- and throw in an Auto and that moves it up another notch or 2 (at least on my list!) @pfrederi suggestion is a good un, that motion control can be a bit finiky.

Thanks Eric for that and all your help. I’m in debt to you for all the info you have provided. Red Square is damn lucky to have guys like you and many others as well. Thanks to you all!!!

I use mine with a 42 SD on a c-141. works well for walking path maintenance and getting under low hanging stuff. Turning radius however matches the Queen Mary

I purchased this tractor from Bob Ellison. First of all I want to thank Bob for giving me this opportunity. After picking it up on Tuesday I knew it truly was one of his kids. Just know I will take tremendously good care of it. The machine itself looks to be in very good mechanically order. A few little knick knacks, nothing major to complete it. Gas line from tank to fuel pump leaks a bit and it sometimes slips out of neutral and surges usually in reverse. Any ideas with that will be greatly appreciated. Over all I’m tickled pink. I do plan on swapping the seat out with a WH seat of that era. Also putting a proper hitch on it to pull my chipper and trailers around.

Seems to me, there is another dump truck style tractor project going in southern Michigan. Last time I visited, I think I saw it on the third shelf up in the magic barn. It was started not long after a large tractor project in Maine. Both projects are currently in about the same state of progress.

I split some of that maple tree today.

Seems to me there have been are a lot of 420's hoarded in Western CT, maybe he's feeling charitable.

I hear you're donating all of yours! Seriously. I think last year there was a project in progress for a dump truck type tractor for a future show raffle tractor. Perhaps it's done!

This thread is getting dangerously close to being shut down. And this might just do it. Everyone knows the reason why gas is through the roof, but they are afraid to say it. I will. And if you want to shut me down, go ahead. In January of 2021, gas was at an average price of $2.39. The US was energy independent and we were a net exporter of crude oil. A couple of executive orders brought it all to a halt. If you can't figure it out, I'm sorry, you are just blind.

And surprisingly fast. Ship propeller designers have learned this painfully.

I was in the bed for four days and have done nothing but rest the last 2 days.

@dells68... GT14 with Predator 420cc (13 HP) swap.

@cschannuth... 606 with Predator 212

@seuadr... 520H with Onan N52M swap.

@sorekiwi... 516-H with 10 hp diesel clone engine.

@artfull dodger ...Commando 8 with Yanmar diesel L70AE

Good thing you have the BIG @$$ carry-all. I'll bring that smaller one we talked about to the big Show so you can meet safety standards too! LoL

Getting back down to the basics? Looks good.

2 saws full of gas. Not bad for an hour's work.

Sorry to hear you're feeling poorly, Jay. Hope you get back to normal soon.

Phase one of the GREEN NEW DEAL.

Stood in the sun and watched motorcycles fly by last few days. Fun times!

Make sure the plastic cam for the motion control isn't cracked.

Sounds like a neutral adjustment is in order and also you may want to adjust the tension on the motion control

I'm just paying forward a small portion of the stuff I've picked up on here. Tractor information of course. But all kinds of other stuff too.....

Glad you’ve got it home Rob!

@BOB ELLISON Having texted back and forth with @Rob J. a few times I'm pretty confident your tractor has a fantastic new steward. Excellent machine Rob. Super happy for you.

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