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As some of you know last year at this time I had a heart attack on October 26th 2021 and on November 1 2021 I had surgery. All they could do is put a stint in 1 artery because of my lungs.i did flat line twice. After 5 weeks in intensive care I got to go to therapy. My muscles deteriorated so much that I lost 40 lbs . We'll because of all the x-rays and ct scans they found a aneurysm in my abdomen that was very large . So I had to have surgery on that and a abdominal stent was installed . Because my lungs are a problem I can't be sedated so they did a spinal block. And I'm on oxygen 24/7 so I'm not able to work on my tractors any more and I sold my beloved c160's. I thank GOD for saving my life twice and all my wheelhouse friends for the prayers I received. Life isn't the same when your limited but I still go to Church I'm a trustee and a Minister at my Church. I'm not on the site that often but I always said . THIS IS THE BEST WHEEL HORSE SITE IN THE WORLD. And the people that run it and all the members are great friends. Thanks to all my friends

Went to go buy a panzer and ended up coming home with a Barn find RJ58!

With the snow cab on my 414-8, the interior is very dark especially at night or early morning. I mounted two LED license plate lights underneath the seat, attached to the seat frame, and wired to the headlight switch. Gives great interior lighting!

I added a johnson model 14 loader to my C-195

I painted one side of Alex’s plow today when I was supposed to be doing a project at work. Conveniently both happen to be in the same garage.

With sound

Solid and reliable still working at 78 yrs old

Nice Score!! Judging by how the back tires are installed. The last owner must have been using it as a competition puller on asphalt.

Details to follow…. I’m worried he isn’t big enough!

After learning about Red Square at the big show, I joined in 2010. Honestly thinking it wouldn’t amount to much however I was totally wrong. I don’t do any social media other than this site, my wife calls it my Wheel Horse Facebook! I’ve met several nice and super knowledgeable people here. I remember back in the 80’s thinking “I wonder if anyone else loves these tractors as much as me?” Well, as it turns out yes! So many “Salt of the earth” kind of people here. I plan on sticking around here for a long time, thank you to the administration and moderators for keeping this site perfectly the way it is! God Bless ❤️

All: First a tip of the Wheel Horse Cap to our resident Grease Guru, @peter lena, aka Slippery Pete for suggesting this chute upgrade - it works. I have my faithful 1976 Ariens 10000 series 24" Sno Thro with the manual crank to rotate the discharge chute. I removed the chute, cleaned up the metal mating surfaces and cut a 6" or so diameter glide washer out of a 1/16" thick UHMW plastic sheet, about 7/16" wide. This glide lives on top of the tub and the chute sits on it. Had to make some aluminum small diameter spacers, also 1/16" thick to lower the 3 retainer plates. Sorry, no pictures, but you get the idea. Lubed up the metal guide tube that centers the chute with silicone spray - no more chunchy jerky motion to rotate the chute - works slicker than jelly on a gold tooth !! Bill

Thank you Ed, and for your encouraging words! Most everyone here today was all high fives. For my first ever successful hunt outside my own property, I’m thrilled!

Nice! Low enough to be out of reflection area for the side panels. Not too bright to be blinding on the dash.

i.e., I don't do this: Don

I took this little buck opening day in CT. Firearms season this year. The version is what I'm after, this one will be very good. I've yet to get out in my home state of MA. That's about to change in the next week or so. The archery season has one week left in MA. And that has always been my favorite season, I have to use a cross bow these days and I just don't like that but the version is what I'm after. I spent the night after taking this guy in the ER with a kidney stone, now that that has passed I'm resting up some so I can get back after them.

Farmall Cub Lo Boy would be my guess.

Even has the original belt guard. Well done! Looks like the brakes don't work too well...

Paul, I thought you were talking about me until I saw the picture of the Farmall "M".

If'n youze iz gwinne dewit, dewit raht !

YYYYYYYOOOOOOUUUUUUCCCCCHHHHH!!!!! That's a touchy little booger, ain't it? That is one downside to the 718-Z... it is darn touchy. The Z355E is much... "calmer" But, I tell ya' ...the 718-Z is more fun that a go-cart... Don

It's funny that you mention that... My L-157 wasn't the first manual transmission that I ever drove. BUT... when I was first beginning to work on it... I put a donor Massimo engine (that I still have) on it, put a belt on it, stuck it in gear (not knowing that I stuck it in third gear... I wasn't familiar with the unidrive and the gear selection sticker was rusted away). At the time, it was a complete rusty mess with... literally no hood, no seat, and the tires on it were some that I had laying around from the old golf cart (the one that I used to make a trailer out of). Well anyway, after sticking it in gear, I dropped the clutch. Off the tractor went, and off I went... off the back of the tractor, that is. Luckily nothing got hurt ('cept for my pride)... and I caught the tractor as it was motoring out on the lawn... @Achto... you'll probably get a good laugh out of that... Luckily, no one saw it happen... but I drove it around with no seat, a complete rusty mess for a good many weeks before I started restoring it... so you know the female lady women around the funny farm had to laugh at me for that... Don

Mr. Pierce is quite the gentleman. He is going to place me where I can take a doe as well! @WHX?? had asked if this is guided. He has 30+ spots to place 10 people on a week long hunt without too much pressure on the deer. He has you drive (follow him) to the spots and shows you how to get into the blind. Nobody is in the blind with you. He realizes that I intend to use the meat more than the trophy and is going to allow me to continue!

Too bad there's no sound to go with this! Looks like me the first time I tried to drive a stick.

I did, but I got excited. This is my 8th deer ever and I’m honored to be taking him home It’s about 4 degrees with the windchill. I’m in the lodge, kickin’ back, watching Buckmasters on the Outdoor Channel, enjoying a coffee with some Sugarlands Sip Shine. Life is good!

Here are some examples of what can be expected here in Shelby County, MO!

Does that mean I shouldn’t be doing wheelies with my John Deere?

Excellent post. Thank you Richard.

The true beauty of owning a Wheel Horse is that they didn't use proprietary parts that can only be bought through the dealer and when they stop supporting those parts you are left out in the cold. Most bearings, seals and other mechanical parts are standard off the shelf parts that are available through multiple Industrial Supply outlets like Granger, McMaster-Carr or your local NAPA store. Lincoln at A-Z has lots of good used parts as well as some new replacement parts https://www.a-ztractor.com/. Also Lowell has manufactured many of the replacement parts that Toro no longer supports https://wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/.

Nice find, has a bit of body work needed but it is all there. Wonder what the two small lifting eyes were for?

Doesn't the tank under the seat rule out a C-120? C-121 or C141 ?

I used Graphite wheel paint by Dupli Color on the 312;

Parts to think about... Normal wear and tear (these parts are still pretty easy to come by but might be just as bad or worse on a parts tractor!): Steering gears' wear that eventually cannot be adjusted out. Steering blocks can break Tie rods Heavy usage (not easily spotted without disassembly so...): Front axle/spindles (wallow out) -- can also drill out and insert bushings to the axle bores and thrust bearings for load support PTO (clutch face and bearings) Mower decks: Spindle bearings and, if not looked after, deck shell and spindle housings (cracks/rust/corrosion) Deck gauge wheels and anti-scalp rollers

'das bright.... Don

Snoopified... and added some extra lights... (I realized that I couldn't see the sides of the mowing deck when I run the machine in the dark)... Don

@Evguy swung by and dropped off Z. Unfortunately, as much as I wanted to... I didn't get to really meet you, Jerry... (personal reasons which you and a few other members on the forum are aware of). Maybe some time in the future we can get together... maybe even give me a call some time! Anyway... I'm not sure if you hurt that front tire or not, Jerry when you unloaded it. It didn't hold air the first time I pumped it up... seems to be holding now though... I found a large crack in the right fuel tank which I repaired... was weeping a bit of fuel. Sprayed the machine down with some WD40... which made it look a million times better... Don

Stevasaurus sent me a bottle like that. Unfortunately it was empty.

I nearly spilled my drink watching this.

Hi Eric. No it’s the rear steering block the bronze bushing. Pretty much every machine I have picked up needs that bushing.

Yes, block is a little different too.

What is the Clinton engine numbers? I’m curious if it’s original correct Clinton engine…..also which recoil does the engine have? Thanks

Richard I also miss going to the shows and hanging out with you old friend. I won't be able to make any of the big shows anymore. But life goes on.

C-195 Other C's They may be the same except for the lift tube and flag.

McKim Observatory, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana. If you do a search on Red Square Wheel Horse Forum for McKim Observatory more information will come up that is posted on this website.

Updating this thread. The machine has been running like a champ since I worked out the starter solenoid issue. I won't go into too much detail about that... but I am going to really start digging into this machine over the winter. I plan to dismount the mowing deck, repair some holes in it. I want to completely disassemble all electrical components, and rewire everything with new wire. I plan to paint all interior engine bay components, frame, etc. I plan to change all the belts on the machine, completely clean all chain drive components and lubricate everything... grease all deck components and pack idler bearings wherever possible. I plan to change all the oils in the machine. I may very well paint the rims as well. I think this machine will look pristine when I am done. Pretty much, I wan to ensure that this machine is reliable. While it won't get much use, if any, in the Spring and Summer (the JD zero turn is the main mower)... I want it to be a reliable backup mower for when (notice I say WHEN not IF) the JD zero turn has failures. Stay tuned, this one is going to be a sweet winter project!!! Don

After seeing some other plow angle control levers, I decided to rework mine for better fitment for my machine. Originally, I added a spacer to get the lever to outside the foot board, it worked well enough, but noticed on a test spin that when angled to the left the linkage from the lever to the quadrant would interfere with steering a bit. So, I took it back off, and bent the lever, and ground it a touch to clear the brake pedal motion. In the first picture, that was the original spacer setting, but I had the cross bar in the wrong slot so the plow was too close to the tractor also - learning as I go.

Spent the day serving the 16 Auto, greasing all moving parts and pieces. Changed the oil and checked the Hydro for fluid level. This tractor is a dedicated snow blower and only gets used this time of year. Then moved on to the Ç160 that's the plow tractor. I had already serviced it when I took the deck off. So I put the weights and chains on and swapped the front wheels for the set with roller chains. Finally putting on the 48" snow plow. So every thing is ready for the snow they say we have coming. Doesn't sound like much.

New front shoes. @ebinmaine... I used a tube on 1 of the front tires, I screwed up the other tube, but was able to get the bead to seat on the one that doesn't have a tube. I had to use the... "light 'em up" method... starter fluid and a lighter... but I got it done... Other than that, I got everything lubricated... straightened out all the wiring... and got everything up to par. New blades, fresh paint on the machine... new voltage gauge and tachometer. New shoe guard installed so I don't scuff up the paint on the floorboard area... Don