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  1. 10 points
    In the search of parts to restore my 2000 Volkswagen Golf mentioned in my other post, my youngest son who is a mechanic, came across an add on Facebook Market place of someone parting out a suitable donor car . It was a 2002 and stated that it had something like 600,000. Miles and it did not run. We were responsible for removing all the parts we needed. We made a list and called guy up. We agreed on about $700.00 for quite a bit of stuff. We go to the guys house one weekend ready to take things apart. We get there and car is all there but computer, dash, cluster are all removed. There are wires all over the place. Back seat is out to get access to fuel pump and wires there were obviously fooled with. In engine compartment wires were also disturbed all over the place . Aside from all of that car is actually impeccable for a 2002 model. We ask the guy what was the story with it. He said that all of a sudden car would start run for a few seconds and shutoff. He had it in several shops and no one could figure it out so he was tired of spending money with it. He had it towed back to the house and just wanted nothing else to do with it. Kid is now looking at me with a strange look . He asks him if he has the keys for it. Sure he says, and gets the key . Kid looks at me again. I am going like , whattt?. Asks the guy how much for the whole car. The guy looks up surprised thinks for a minute and goes,” I have 1200 dollars spent on trying to get this thing running, I just want that and see it gone “. We were already up to $700 and could use a few more things since that one was in such good shape so I thought why not. Kid pulls me aside and says we are going to put it back together. I look at him and ask him if he is nuts. No, he said, I know what is wrong with car. It’s the immobilizer. That is a new key and it’s not programable to that car. Car is not recognizing key that is why it starts and shuts down right away. I ask him how is it possible no one figured that out. He just shrugs his shoulders and tells me to trust him. Now I ask him if he can put that mess back together. Now he just smiles and tells me again to trust him. So we buy the car. Get it towed to the house. Next Saturday he puts the whole thing back together. Took like 10 hours it was a real mess of wires. It was already dark , he puts key in cranks it . It starts and shuts off like guy said. Kid gets out smiling says that’s it for today . Monday we order a key from the dealer . We get the key a couple days later he brings some lap top from work, plugs it in, 30 minutes later car is working. It’s been a daily driver since that day . Guy had also made a mistake on the mileage. It wasn’t 600,000 . It was 60,000! Worked out a few gremlins caused by all the fooling with the wiring and it’s a great reliable car. Did a search on the car’s history and I am the third owner, mileage is correct at 60,000, no accidents and to cap it off service records until about 7 months before we bought it. Not too shabby for a donor car.
  2. 9 points
    That was a blast. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I gotta go out and get some cars now to race on the wife's coat rack
  3. 9 points
    Those treadmills run up the electric bill but treadmill racing is a blast!
  4. 8 points
    The kid was smart. I was worried and terrified. The hardest part of this whole adventure was keeping the little woman here calm. She was already not happy that I had a rusty car here. Now one shows up on top of a tow truck literally in pieces . We just about had to run for our lives. It was not easy "containing" her. That tow truck driver was really glad to get out of here. I was not really convinced that kid was going to get it back together much less having it come out of here in its own power that is how hopeless it looked. The whole week until the next Saturday I had the same question thrown at me at least ten times per day, " when is that thing leaving here?". That Saturday night when she saw it back together and heard it start, finally we got some peace here. Then incredibly once key was programed and car was running and cleaned ( it was total filth before from everyone taking it apart and throwing parts in it) to our surprise she goes," Oh, this one is automatic! I can drive this one.I just closed my eyes and whispered "thank you Lord".
  5. 8 points
    They had made a real mess of the car. Kid just about fabricated a new engine harness for it. There were so many wires cut or stripped from trying to diagnose it that to me it looked hopeless. In the process of diagnosing it they also threw at it all kinds of parts like new crank sensor, fuel pump relay, ecu relay , comfort module, and many others. We now have spares for both cars since the replaced parts were all in the car and they are all good. Kid says that there are over $1000.00 in extra parts alone.
  6. 7 points
    Update: I fixed the charging problem, couple loose connections and a bad ground. Also a battery that would no longer take a charge. Then did a complete service on it. The electric clutch had a bad bearing, thanks to @daveoman1966 for posting the proper way to remove the clutch. I used this method and it came right off! I was doing this for the owner of the tractor who I think is well into his eighties and the original owner of this machine. I mentioned earlier that I wasn’t charging him anything, I am just very happy to be able to help him. He really loves his Wheel Horse! Upon reading this post Blasterdad contacted me to say he had a clutch, he informed me that there would be no charge since I was just helping this gentleman. He sent me the clutch and even covered the shipping cost! So a BIG SHOUTOUT to @Blasterdad to say I genuinely would like to thank you for making both myself and my buddy Bill happy! Thank you to all that chimed in to help. @ebinmaine @Bill D @953 nut @pfrederi @peter lena @Handy DonHe’s back up and running now and drove it home yesterday. Amazing how much joy these tractors bring all of us! Here he is on his way home.
  7. 6 points
    Had the 418-C out this afternoon to haul some firewood. Almost headed back to the house when I thought “Hey it’s side shot Sunday!”
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  10. 5 points
    I got my other tire mounted on Friday and went to put it back on but noticed a bad wheel bearing. I did a search and found the XiKe bearings that several use from Amazon and got a four pack on order. Yesterday when I checked the tracking they were due to arrive today on Sunday so I got prepared to remove and replace the seals to do a grease swap-out with Lucas Red that I had in a gun. (Saving the green for mower deck spindles and mule bearings.) This was my first time removing the seals and cleaning the cheap grease out. It wasn't difficult just time consuming; but should pay off in the long run. Everything was going well on schedule until I went to put the new bearings in. The outboard went in about half way with just a tap or two to have it set in the hub but the inboard was loose in the hub. I don't know if the original was large of if I didn't progress in small enough increments when I knocked it out. Regardless I needed to find a way to reduce the hub diameter so that the outer race would snug up and stop spinning freely. I could see the hub around the shoulder of the bearing on this side by a few thousandths. I measured and it was around 1.508" outer diameter. I needed a swaging tool that would squeeze it to something close to 1.500". Then I remembered that the main rear axle shaft roller bearing was about what I needed. I located my old bad bearing and found that one inside diameter was champhered at a 45 and the other was rounded nicely. But how would I maintain the axle bearing centered around the shoulder of the new bearing to swage the hub evenly and not make a mess of it. I cut up an aluminum soft drink can into a few 1/4" strips that fit nicely inside the axle bearing inside diameter and around the new wheel bearing shoulder. It took three layers to get rid of the slop and hold things in place. I rested the opposite bearing outer shoulder on my big aluminum cylinder (Resting on plywood on the basement floor not the can of grease.) so that the inner race wouldn't take any of the force to swage the hub. I laid a heavy plate of steel on the old axle bearing and smacked it sharply with a two pound hammer. When I lifted the plate to my delight the axle bearing was driven down onto the wheel hub. I got the axle bearing removed and the wheel bearing still had a little play in it so I repeated the process but now didn't need the shimming to keep the axle bearing centered. This time the wheel hub was swaged firmly around the wheel bearing. The old axle bearing will go into my growing collection of special improvised WH tools.
  11. 5 points
    Just doing tractor stuff…earning her spot in the shed…
  12. 5 points
    The engine has a low oil sensor that shuts it down. Take some rags, a funnel and a qt of oil, fill it up and it should start if it was the sensor that shut it down. Do Not spill oil all over that person's front yard !!!! Do NOT punish the friendly neighbor for their good deed by working on it too much in their front yard. If you have to, walk down there with a piece of rope and drag it home if that's what it takes. If you have a hand truck that would make it easier.
  13. 5 points
    First thing you need to do is determine where the oil is coming from. Good wipe down with a rag and an inspection with a flashlight to start. If nothing is obvious then check levels, see if it starts and drive it home. But don’t beat on it to get it home since the issue hasn’t been discovered yet. Or, can you tow it home with your 520? Maybe with one of your buddies steering the cart?
  14. 4 points
    @clueless Check out this thread . You will need to go down to the bottom of the first page and to the second page for the information.
  15. 4 points
    @TJ SalyersI agree with getting it home, perhaps as @Sparky said towing with a friend and your 520. I’d then drain the oil, clean it up real good and put the proper amount of new oil in it. Also clean or put a new spark plug in as the one in it now is probably oil fouled. On a safety note one of those orange flags on a flexible white pole is a good idea. Being low in go-cart not everyone will see you. I’m speaking from experience, in the early eighties I put many miles on my go-cart. I had three or four friends that had them at the same time and we had a blast! I’m not sure if the neighbors liked it though! Fix it, go have fun and please be safe.
  16. 4 points
    Well, she is back home looking her best in years. No more rusted out holes and bent panels. Only some minor final touches are needed such as replacing some indicator lights and gaskets, and getting wheels refurbished. She even got a new windshield since original one was totally “ sandblasted” from all the miles she has traveled. I have to admit it was a little emotional seeing it looking this good again. The first time it was parked on that spot it was 24 years ago. You will notice I also have a red one. That is another cool story how it came about.
  17. 3 points
    Great find on that car. I found a 1960 MGA some time ago that had an Olds 215 swap in it. Add said it was a roller and in pieces. Since it was not too far away, I went to see it and bought it. A friend of mine went with me to pick it up. Flat towed it behind his truck, with the bed full of parts. My wife got home just as we had put the car in the garage, and emptied the parts out of the truck onto the lawn. My wife was looking concerned over the amount of parts in the lawn. About then, my friend looks at me and says "let's go back for the next load". We both about fell over laughing when my wife started spittering.
  18. 3 points
    Had the same light on my 76. Common universal marker light. I replaced mine with LED
  19. 3 points
    Great Cas! Bright boy. It's a common theme I ran into. No one wants to take the time to do a little research so they end up spending money or wasting time (or someone else's time and money) I don't know how many times I would get called on a job for something not working, Hit a button or plug something in and all is well. Everybody is in too much of a hurry to give up on something. Which is strange because the way folks have their heads buried into their phones, the answer is actually in the palm of their hands.
  20. 3 points
    Uh Oh, You may have discovered the other low oil sensor that all gas powered engines come with. It stops the engine from running and sometimes it will even open a window in the block for easy inspection. There is no reset button for it. Just a guess from the vague description of the problem but maybe the case vent was blowing oil. I think those vents are vented into the air cleaner but IDK and anything could be changed with a modified engine. That could be why it's running rough and quit with oil all over the carb. Was it smoking out of the exhaust too?
  21. 3 points
    Well I've never seen it quite this bad before! Kohler M18QS on '87 418-8. But the new stator looks sweet! Found a good used flywheel on eBay, but forgot to take a pic before installation. At least the electric lift works! IMG_2349.mp4
  22. 2 points
    So I got these from a friend of mine. I was planning on giving them to my nephews 11th birthday in 2 weeks. Now I'm not sure. I kinda want to build them myself or ......... keep them as is in the box !! I think they are from 1970 ish. When I was younger I did many plastic model kits, balsa wood kits, and rocket kits but never a metal kit. Any of you boys have any knowledge of these ???
  23. 2 points
    Trina took this lamp assembly off one of my 1974 C160-8 Tecumseh powered tractors. Is it an original?
  24. 2 points
    Meant to start a resto-thread a little sooner, but here we are. I periodically peruse the classifieds looking for something both nearby and economically priced, in December I hit on a classified ad that peaked my interest. Only half an hour away and looked to be well maintained. The seller and I agreed on a price and we pushed it up on my trailer. His dad had bought it new in Ohio way back in 1972 and had put it to work on lawn and snow duty. The tractor was maintained in running shape but will receive a thorough reconditioning before being pressed back into service. One of the coolest bits that came with it was a bit of provenance, some type written correspondence from the late 1980's between the previous owner and Wheel Horse corporate inquiring about a failed ignition system. Additionally, the it came with a complete set of manuals and some really nice hand-drawn notes that outline belt placement and part numbers. I think the personal documentation is perhaps my favorite part of this find.
  25. 2 points
    Well folks the table has its legs on and is usable! Trina's mulling over what/if to do for the leg color or coating.
  26. 2 points
    Niiiiice "Pullstart-esque" pile there Don!!
  27. 2 points
    Thanks to all for your help, I do get few jokes like 1/2 breed. Trans is tex racing out of a nascar. Clutch-less shifting only take off. I had mazda rx7 with mopar 372 motor 727 dana 60 rear sold it few years ago. re-moving the th350 trans I had in the truck. The arrow is my old drag race truck.
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  29. 2 points
    Look into my 👀 buy more tractors….😂😂😂
  30. 2 points
    That is beautiful. My wife loves it. We give it four thumbs up 👍
  31. 2 points
    AUTOMATIC transmission is just like any lighter vehicle in that you can hold the service /floor brake pedal and just let up a little to allow the vehicle to move. Super easy other than learning to allow for extreme heavy weight. BUT... Getting one to move in very small increments is difficult. AUTOMATED MANUAL transmissions vary in design WIDELY. In OUR fleet: Automated manuals that WE have require the driver to raise the RPM a hair to notify the vehicle it needs to move. If you're in "D" position it's setting there idling with transmission in a gear, clutch is disengaged. (Like pedal on the floor). Touch the throttle and the clutch gets engaged in gear. It has to be a VERY small RPM movement with exactly the right amount of distance. So you know how a vehicle will jump if you have the RPM too high or the clutch jumps out unexpectedly? Controlling a computer driven drivetrain NOT to do that is very challenging. There is NO "ride the clutch" or friction point. The clutch is engaged relatively quickly for a start and too damn slow during shifting between gears. Most drivers I've been around don't even use the clutch for shifting. Our drivers that dock a box trailer daily have a well founded repugnance for the very reason you bring up. Touch the throttle. Move the truck. Fine. Easy. Get close to the dock... Every single driver I've ever met will slow to a near or complete stop as the dock approaches. Now you're back in Neutral. Again.... Touch the throttle. Move the truck. Fine. Easy...?? Oh no. Not so much. All 80,000 pounds of moving vehicle finds the dock. Hard. It's a terrible design for a daily dock parking vehicle. I used to think it was a serious lack of skill, training or both but after I "got to" drive one I learned different.
  32. 2 points
    I have the same engine in my gokart and went I sometimes go up and down it does what you said so it might me a low oil shutdown.
  33. 2 points
    Did you do that? They have to be adjusted to spec. Are the throttle linkages in the correct holes in the carb & governer arm? Is the governer adjusted correctly? Was the ACR installed correctly? Points gap correct? Carb adjusted / working correctly? Just a list of things to check....
  34. 2 points
    be safe and bring it home in one piece.
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  36. 2 points
    Make me an offer I can't refuse... 1988 98,000mi
  37. 2 points
    Why not take a few passes with a plow and run some 14-2 UF? Maybe you have obstacles, but $150 for 250' isn't bad if you consider the nuisance of maintaining solar equipment.
  38. 2 points
    Great day! Everyone of these drove outa the shed on its own! They all fired up and ran good!
  39. 2 points
    That deck didn’t come with a wheel horse part number. Was fabricated by my dad at a shipyard in Paducah, KY.
  40. 1 point
    250 lbs in the box and yes to chains. Those tires are worn out but I will be replacing those tires all the way around and filling the rears once I get the wiring sorted out. That loader is a bit time consuming to take on and off so really want to get the tractor running at its best. Also that snow fall was super wet and heavy but it was fun to play in.
  41. 1 point
    Item #19 https://www.partstree.com/models/21-12ke01-312-a-toro-garden-tractor-1986/front-axle-and-steering-13/
  42. 1 point
    Thanks @Peter lena I went through all the cable and tightened them up.Lubed everything as per your instructions.All is working smooth now,clicks into place as it should. I like that Hime joint add on ,I may just add that in the future to take some of that slop out ! thx
  43. 1 point
    i set therm at about .20
  44. 1 point
    it would get oil on top of the piston when cranking
  45. 1 point
    Rub it down with WD-40… will really bring out the patina…
  46. 1 point
    Worked on the engine a couple weeks ago, lots of carbon build up. Have a gasket on order from isavetractors and I’ll replace the head bolts with new grade 8 when I reattach.
  47. 1 point
    Put a side mirror on the snowblower cab. Bought a set of UTV mirrors and 3d printed a bracket for mounting. Made one, works good, now printing one for the other side.
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    Pretty sure these will work for ya, 2" chrome flanges that fit a 2" OD stainless pipe. ID ends up 1 7/8. Pipe is 17" long, should be plenty. I'm about a 1/2 hour drive from ya, come get 'em... Message me if ya want them....
  50. 1 point
    I picked up a 753, needing general knowledge of this machine. It has something wrong with the transmission, gear pattern is wonky, no neutral to be found. And what accessories will fit it? And what general Maintenance should be done? Thanks!
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