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Picked this up last night. Drove 200 miles to get it. It is thought that this tractor had been in the same family from new. Gentleman who owned it put a battery conversion on the back hitch for extra weight. All bolted on. Probably start clean up on it today. I could not find the ID sticker. So I hope it’s the real deal. 😜

Few pictures of the feature this year.

Hope you find this amusing. Got the new mower deck belt in yesterday. Thank you, Wheel Horse Parts and More. Excited to get it on and make sure everything worked. I know the spindles were free. Ran out to the garage and looked at the tractor. HHHmmm. I know it goes around the pulleys in the mule driver, but how does it go on the deck? Back inside on the computer to this forum to look for the deck manual. Search, search, search. There it is. Download and open. HHmm. Front page shows 4 decks. Which one is mine. Ok, that one has 4 pulleys on top, must be mine. So that’s how the belt goes. Back to the garage. Lets get down and see whats what. Slide the belt over the mower pulleys. OK. Now to get the belt over those pulleys on the mule drive. So I push. Nope. Try again. HHmm. Don’t think this is going to work. Starting to question buying this. Maybe if I take the mule drive off. Ok. How do I take it off. This moves so I’ll push this. Nope. Try again. Nope. Pull out cell phone and google “remove WH mule drive”. Brings me back to this forum. Push rod in and pull lever forward? What lever? Hmmm. Must be this thing. Mule drive falls off missing my foot. Ok. Now maybe I can push the belt over the pulleys from the bottom. Nope. Try again. Nope. Maybe I can roll it in from the side. Seems to be working, but nope. Maybe if I use a screwdriver to push it. Nah, don’t want to damage the belt. Why did I buy this thing? Back to this forum. I have to take it apart!?! Ok. Grab my largest sized wrenches. Crap. Not big enough. Where’s my adjustable wrench hidden on my work bench? Found it. Whoa! That nut is tight! Grab a hammer. OK, there is goes, not so bad. Slide belt over pulleys and put mule back together. Wait. Belt slipped off! Do this 2 – 3 times and belt continues sliding off. Rethinking my purchase, hard. OK. Lets take to whole belt off and get up on my bench. Ok. Much better. Wait. Something doesn’t look right. Shouldn’t that adjustment screw go through that threaded thing? Yep. Pry bar and good to go. Now let’s get it all back together. One thing. If I ever get a tiller or other belt driven attachment, I’m buying another belt cause I ain’t fighting this everytime! Reattach mule drive. Why won’t the mule driver stay on? Hhmm. Guess I need to push that lever again. OK, back on. Install belt over PTO drive. That wasn’t bad. Let’s fire this thing up, get out in the yard and try it out. It’s dark but I don’t care at this point. Pull into drive way, engage PTO. Nothing. What the crap!?! Turn everything off and look at mower deck. Belt slipped off 2 outside pulleys. Alright, let’s see if I can pull it back on. Works on one side but other side is too tight to pull it. Once again, strongly questioning my purchase. Back to the garage. Maybe I can pry it back on. Not sure how to do this. Maybe if I drop the mower deck. Not sure how to do that either. Maybe give up and try tomorrow night. Nah. Walk back and forth a bunch. Wait. What if I turn the adjustment knob on the mule drive? Well dang, that did it. Belt now good to go. Back outside. It’s dark but I don’t care. Engage PTO and hear the mower blades whir under me. YAY! Didn’t think about the tractor lights, just dropped the deck and mowed a little in the front yard. So glad I bought this tractor!! Can’t wait to get it in the garden.

Cleaned up a couple today. Also working on the rj58 crazy horse project that is now fully stripped down for sanding and paint.

Some 1045 porn all cleaned up and starting the process to bring it back to original while keeping the original patina intact.

Replaced belt on my side discharge deck and reinstalled. While I was at it I cleaned the wheels up a little bit and put the hub caps back on. My rear discharge deck really puts some grass on the leaft rear tire.. This winter I think i'm going freshen both my decks up by welding some baffles back on the RD deck and patch the holes on SD deck.

Good find. At least you kept it in Michigan, away from them out of state horse russlers!

Here's mine

Hey guys, just wanted to say hello. I finally picked up a 520H after wanting one since I was a kid. Its the 1996 Anniversary model too which is the one I wanted. I quickly grabbed 2 carts, plow, and single stage blower as well. I look forward to being part of this forum and already came across a bunch of really helpful topics here. Posting some pics below

It must’ve been on Marketplace? I don’t have FB We built our own version from an 857, and I’ve been thinking of doing it again with a 16 hp instead of an 8

Trying to decide who exactly is " Man's Best Friend " My sweet running Wheel Horse 875 or my dog Jeffrey..... tough decision but I have to go with Jeffrey. Don't let my horses hear me say that. Shhhhhhh. What Wheel Horses are your Best Friends ?

So here is the deal with the Lucas Red Grease... When you are changing the seal or the needle bearing on the PTO bell....be sure to use Lucas on the bearing after it is installed, or if not replacing it.....clean it out completely with carb cleaner, or brake cleaner. Be sure to clean it thouroughly...then use just enough Lucas to lubricate it , press it in with your fingers...and work it in slowly and do not over lube that bearing as the grease can sling / seep out...then trash the clutch disc. That bearing sees alot of heat and use, the Lucas Red extreme pressure / heat grease is the perfect application. Use it on Mule drive bearings ,,, It is a must for mower deck spindle bearings. The motto is.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Oil it...Dont spoil it.. Pete likes to say keep it greasy JOHN

No she was just saying hello. Gracie is best friends with Ms. Turkey, and the chickens love her... they all run to meet her in the morning. Gracie will protect them and the rest of the family with the last beat of her heart. Don

@ri702bill , bill , was going to go into the full saving mode , but it would be just too much , after what he had been going thru . know you can relate to that . go grease , pete

Savor the small victories ... a good day is a day with some "seat time" - clean the clippings off under the deck when done - helps prevent rot-out caused by wet grass ....

Absolutely. Clean it up, do the maintenance and run it.

That's how I handle people too.

Painted the deck when I got home from work.

@TonyToro Jr. and I worked on the B-80 for a few hours today. This pulling tractor is getting really close to completion. Tomorrow will be adding the aluminum rims with new tires, add a weight bar and get a final tune on it.

Everything is back in working order on the C-175 Auto. Thank you John (Johnnymag3) for the PTO Bell. Thanks Dan (dkg520) for the tiller. I tilled up my compost pile this evening after supper. (got into some acrobat ants though YUCK!) Thanks again for all the help RSC! Bill

I'm gonna need a biggah bahn.

They whistle if they know the tune. If they don't know the tune, they don't whistle.

Hi. Looks like you are missing a bolt (one of four) holding on the bull gear to the differential housing. If it is floating around in your trans, that could be what broke off all of your teeth on the pinions in the differential. Contact one of our vendors like Lincoln at A-Z Tractors. Look in vendor section on main page. Take some good pictures of all of your gears in there and show us. We can see if anything else is bad. If you need to replace any bearings, our vendor Lowell at WheelHorse Parts & More has them and seals and side gaskets. Use 90wt gear oil (approx 2qts) to fill trans. Your transmission is a 5010 Wheel Horse with some obvious modifications. You also have the new differential (separate bull gear bolted to differential housing). In the picture below...notice the pinions are up and then down and then up and then down,,,it is important to have them the way they are now so the bolt (holding the bull gear) does not interfere with the teeth of the pinion gears. The top pinion in picture is missing the teeth on the right end...just so you know. In other words, it those pinions were flopped, you would not be able to get that bolt in...teeth would be in the way. Obviously, we want to see what those axles are all about and what they used for the axle gear (the gear on the end of your axles that turns the differential pinions. One other thing...I think your pinions have 11 teeth (the 5010 trans). The two piece 5025 Wheel Horse transmission differential pinions have 12 teeth. The 12 tooth pinions will work in your trans, but you need all 4. You can't mix them, need 4 of the same. Good to know, if Lincoln does not have any 11 tooth pinions.

I've had tractors delivered to us from Massachusetts New Hampshire and New York so you mid westerners still be safe for a bit.

Yes it came with the square seat.

No solenoid and should have had the square seat pan I think

You may be able to glue a piece of 1/8" rubber instead of the buttons and still get the seat to latch. Or a couple of these from ACE hardware.

I seen that on FB but at the moment didn’t have the funds to pick it up. That would have finished the trifecta as I already have a 1055 and 1075 . Glad to see it found a good home and shortly I’m hoping my collection will find some new owners too . I keep saying it , I just really need some help digging everything things out for sorting and pictures .

Plenty of chicken poop in my yard, can make tires look white in spots

Taking it apart.....and a big crack....

For me it would be Reese the rj because it was my great grandpa Reese’s and it’s the only thing of his we still have

AND the proper green grease ...

@Pullstart looks like an aerosol lubricant opportunity is staring right at you, very simple , would suck right into that faded paint , stop rust , beading moisture , go grease , pete

Word to the wise. If you check Facebook marketplace be sure to check the ads out good. Had I not clicked on this ad I’d a never known. 1045 was not in the title or description. One side pic revealed the 1045 decal. Luckily for me the guy selling it was doing for the owner who was away and knew nothing about Wheel Horses. I got lucky AF.

With any electrical problem the first thing you should do clean and tighten ALL electrical connections including grounds. A corroded connection can and will cause a voltage drop across the connection. How long has this low voltage reading been going on? What changes or repair attempts have been made since you noticed the problem? If you will give us the model and year of your that would be helpful. You say it will blow a fuse after a while and then won't start, If the fuse is replaced will the engine start then? Don't run out and buy a regulator or any other part until we can track down the actual problem and correct it.

To true. I've had a couple of exciting moments with bulls. While we were herding him to where he should have been, I made sure I had an escape route just in case.

Good thing that she did not have a bad encounter with the bull. Some may say that their bull is friendly. I say "A friendly bull is the most dangerous". Why? Because you tend to let your guard down around a friendly bull. That's when he will take his chance at you.

The P-up was a little too slow for show riding and driving to my tree stand. So I replaced the 6" tranny pulley with a 3". She's 2-3 times faster now.

It’s been a while since Stormy the 1056 ran! A charger on the battery and some fresh gas and he fired right up! Little Max’ and I tossed a 36” RD on and touched up some deer trails. She was a great help!

Decals got put on a yesterday but now just finished had it sit in the sun with its fresh Pearl and until I saw it was starting to rain

You know I could make that work... Only K series carb I have is on the 341 though... On a different note, look what showed up today... (these part's people OVERNIGHTED it to me...) Electrical supplies to add to my collection... I've got to find that coil before it finds me! Don

SWMBO returned from brambling, (Picking wild black berries.) and as she walked in said, "There's one of Kenneth's cows loose". "Big black and white one". So off I went to have a look and go to the farm and let them know. I could see no sign of the cow up either of the lanes so walked round to the farm. BTW it was milking time. As I walked into the yard there stood the cow. The rest of the herd were in the holding yard. They have just got two Kelpie pups and one was at the milking parlour door and came to greet me, so I gave the cow hardly a glance. Unable to get into the parlour due to it being full of cows being miked, I went and joined the pup at the door. It was while pup and I getting better acquainted the cow came closer. Mmmm! Eventually the farmers son came out and we got the cow back with the herd in the holding yard. Back home Carol's face was picture when I told her it was really a BULL that she'd met.

What most people don't know is that my L-157 is actually painted to match Gracie's colors... Don't mind the... "cold turkey' Don

There is a photo here showing the serial sticker location. Click on the picture to get to it.

Nice find Rob!

Lift point on the 246H deck is good as new after a few passes with some 6011.

Bill I fixed that for ya. 🤪

Upgraded my 246H from reflectors to led tail lights, but I discovered a broken lift point on the mower deck. I'll be welding that up later today.

Working on a few general maintenance items in preparation for the new PTO bell and clutch when it arrives. My PTO brake pad was all worn down so I cut a piece of of an old brake pad from my wife's Camry and riveted it on. Bill