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Pulled out the old photos of my one-time edible hood ornament. Haven't seen a peep of it since... Hope you all have a wonderful and blessed Easter!

An old one but a good one from our stable!

Big Betty Baloo 401

It’s the wrong color I know and might be a tad big?

Used the 312H and the 42" SD. Bagged two cart loads of rabbit food. Then planted 25 new strawberry plants that the rabbits will probably munch on when they blossom.

All three are running in these pics

I was helping today at The HUB of Barry County, doing some technical training for middle and high schoolers on spring break. Tomorrow is AG day where Wheel Horses will be represented by Putt Putt and Chloe. The JD dealership is next door and they are bringing a brand new tri-fold 90’ wide sprayer. I ain’t skeered

Saved some cast foot rests from an RJ frame! Good threads on bottom and ready for final paint! I did not think I was going to be able to save them but got lucky!

Black hood missed the photo shoot.

Greetings from PA. I'm Pete. I just bought a 1973 16 HP with an ARK500 front end loader, 48" deck, and scraper. It needs some TLC, but I'm excited to get going with it. It needs a battery, choke cable, bearings in one blade tower, and an exhaust leak (2, actually) fixed. It's pretty greasy, so I'm going to start by degreasing the engine, and then power wash (away from all seals, gaskets, and electrical components.) I presume this uses points; it's been many years since I've dealt with them, and matchbooks are hard to come by these days. I don't have a dwell meter any longer, but perhaps I can used a DVOM instead. Research time. I attached a photo of the little tractor to this post. I found the forum searching for information on a 1973 wheel horse. It was a lucky guess for the year before going to see it and talking to the owner. He said it was 50 years old, so I took him at his word and found the owners and parts manuals and a wiring diagram. No model# or model name on it anywhere. I'll probably be posting at some point, picking your brains for information and suggestions as I start to go through it. Thanks for the forum!

That era was under new ownership (AMC I believe) and all model names went away. They are now considered “no names” but had all the strong features of the models before them. So, in essence, the 16 Auto was just like a C-160 Auto, which many consider one of the best Horses built! It was simple, strong, and simple and strong! No frills, no fancy electronics, just brute strength.

That reminds me. We will need to get a package of peeps while they are still in season. We used to celebrate the 4th of July by roasting Easter peeps over a bonfire made with the previous year's Christmas tree and using the to make some'mores. Didn't have a Christmas tree last year, so a regular old bonfire will have to do this year.

I use an in-line marine bubble to pressurize the line... couple squeezes works like a charm - very quick starts.

Front of Forsaken, the 856

That's a real nice find and loaders are typically a hot commodity. Once you start digging into it ask away with the questions. That's why we are all here.

Maybe you're crouching down to magnify the size effect? Doesn't look much bigger than the 60" + plow @wallfish built that I use on my C Auto. Should work fine.....

I ended the fun for three young punks at the supermarket. They were harassing customers and moving things around, when I saw them place a gallon of milk next to the bleach, I got a store employee to show them the door. Thanks punks, you made my day!

OK, I'll wear my black ones so no one gets us confused.

That should keep him out of (What's left of my hair) trouble!

Camper is a 2007 toy hauler. 22’

In top fuel drag racing there is a lot of work put into an engine that only makes 900 revolutions under load before it gets torn down and rebuilt, this includes the burn out. A top fuel dragster will go from 0mph to 300mph before you finish reading this sentence. If all of your equipment is paid for and your pit crew works for free, it only cost around $1200 per second to make one pass down the strip.

“My plow’s bigger than your plow!”

I'll even wear my red suspenders so you know its me.

Bring your chair and go thru all my buckets in June.

A 502 and a 953 jumped on a trailer. Guess which settled the springs more!

True, but those pit stops every quarter mile would make a 500 mile race take a few days!

I think @Achto covered (no pun intended) patina vs. rust nicely above. I might add that "patina" also is the result of human perspiration on wooden furniture such as tables and chairs, that gives a result that is hard to duplicate.

Oh, he's involved. He sandblasted everything, primed and rattle can painted each individual part. The problem now is that neither of us like the rattle can results.

As you begin your C-120 journey please ask any questions you have before diving in. We have all made a few mistakes in our time and if we can save you some problems that is what we are all about. As @Sailman said, begin by seeing if the engine will run, if it won't we can help you troubleshoot it. Once it is running you can see if the transaxle has any issues and evaluate other functions. Buy lots of penetrating oil and use it liberally. Liquid Wrench, PB Blaster and KR Oil are good ones. As the disassembly begins take photos before and during the process. Put all the fasteners and small parts in zip lock bags along with notes you make about the process and the photo numbers.

Old is a relative term

Hi all. Since I brought up the RV ing/ hiking post? I thought. I never posted pics of my ride. It is a 1988 Coachmen Leprechaun. 28' Class C motorhome. I bought it last year with 12,000 one owner miles. It never sat outside unless it was being used. Lets see other units. Campers, trailers, motorhomes and such. Enjoy.

We had an Champion motor home just like the one above. I think 1972 or '73. Dodge drive train (as most were back then) 413 c.i. Bought it in mid 1980's a divorce situation. The husband had it in his junk yard in Kansas. Dad and I went and the fellow wouldn't let us drive on his property. The ex-wife showed up with sheriff we walked into the junk yard with tools and gas and a battery. The sheriff said we had 1/2 hour then he was leaving. It turned over but not start. Dad hot wired it and the miserable thing fired up. I told the lady if it made it back to her house in Kansas CIty that I would buy it. But, if it died, I was leaving it along the road. We drove it home that's when dad discovered the hot wire going to the distributor had been cut and then laid side by side and re-taped. That way it looked like a repair. Dad said that he wished he could have seen the look on the faces of the guys working at the junk yard when it fired up! We had it several years even took it down to Baja Old Mexico one time. Of course it was wood frame and the windshield frame rotted out. I pulled it (and eventually all of the windows) and made repairs. Back then a fellow could buy red wood. I used red wood to rebuild the windows. That thing was ugly as sin but we had a lot of family memories in it.

to the Pete. I am about 30 miles South on 74. Like Sparky said, plan to attend the big Wheel Horse show in Arendstville this June. If you need parts, you'll find them there.

That can be rather slim pickins some days! Helping people to keep their Wheel Horses in tip top condition is what we are all about. This service manual for your engine has good information about setting your ignition timing. The owner's manual wil cone in handy too.

Wow, what an active forum! Thanks for all of the replies. I've created a shortcut to the checklist in my Wheel Horse folder. The battery that came with it is an EU1R, but I presume that any battery that fits and has the posts in the proper configuration will work. I hope to get something a bit bigger. I'll know more about it tomorrow. I also forgot - the parking brake lever does not move, and the brake pedal has a lot of throw, but this was pretty fairly priced at $2500, in my opinion, compared to any other available front end loaders I found. If I overpaid, c'est las vis! It will do what I want and need and gives me something (else) to work on.

From Pennsylvania eh…make sure you find time to go the the Wheel Horse Show in your state this June!

Yes, I do think it’ll fit!

I’d have given up on this green one if it’wer me popping it out “my vent”! Sorry @SylvanLakeWH Just kidding I’m not!

No problem, blame it on @squonk he sold me the Commando 800 and also blame @Pullstart he asked the question early this morning.

Call Lowell he will get you what you need.

Ain't nothing sacred? Back in my per-historic youth, a peep was a baby marshmallow chicken, now even a bunny can be called a peep.

We tried to be economical and use Krylon. Usually cheap, and dries in 10 minutes. The problem is that even after drying all winter, it still chips and scratches very easily. The consistency of Krylon has gotten poor as well. The gloss varies from can to can as well as the color. When we started the project, Krylon Farm & Implement IH red was $3.87 per can. It is now very hard to find locally, and if you do it's almost $8.00 per can. We have gone over everything with 600 grit sanding pads and I'm biting the bullet and using acrylic urethane. You might remember back at least a year ago, I was experimenting with a waterborne paint from Majic. Total fail. I should have known that any spray-on automotive-type paint that only costs $20 per quart was not a good idea.

That is why I have changed most of mine over to an electric fuel pump. There are two check valves in the mechanical pumps and if they are not seating perfectly the fuel will drain back to the tank while sitting. The mechanical pump is above the fuel level in your tank and they are not very good at pulling gas up the fuel line. Mount the electric fuel pump lower than the fuel tank and connect it to the "ACCESORY" terminal of your ignition switch or any component like the hour meter that is on when the key is in the run position. Fuse the line to the pump at about 5 amps.

Excellent suggestions Richard ... that's why asked him if he ever did any restos before.

Got to hang the red laundry out to dry.

Great article. 2 years ago the owners sold the drag strip here in Commerce Ga which had been home to the Southern Nationals for as long as I can remember . So many great memories.....John Force signing a piston and giving it to my son. Sarge taking him into his pit stall, such great access to the pits and drivers, insane runs on the track. All gone.... Consider this....when they were running 4 wide at Charlotte Drag Strip the horsepower on each run equaled the whole 40 car Nascar race!

They use their zoomies headers for downforce. Hey, so does Putt Putt! They average 1,375 hp per cylinder. On an average 8 hour day’s work added up, so does Putt Putt! They run about 15 gallons of fuel out in 1/4 mile. If Putt Putt plowed a 1/4 mile square field, he would go through about 12.5 gallons, approximately. Putt Putt is practically a top fuel dragster. But more efficient.

Moved a 900 hour 1988 520H with 42" RD to it's new owner. He was anxious to do his first mowing with it.