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857 doing a little work hauling dirt and wood chips from a stump I had ground down to make room for the new shed…where the 857 will reside. See how that works

I picked up a little bit of bling today. As a mentor for the local high school's robotics team, I got invited to the fall activities assembly for the presentation of the world championship rings because we were part of the winning alliance for the 2024 FIRST Robotics World Championship meet last May. This is a world wide competition. This year there were about 3600 active teams world wide. About 600 teams qualified for the World Championship competition in Huston last May. 8 alliances of 4 teams each competed in a double elimination format to determine the world champions. Our goal last season was to be one of those 32 teams - never dreamed that we would win. The students were heavily involved with the ring's design. That ring is heavy and a real clunker to wear. It stops my ring finger from completely curling. Guess I'll just have to put up with it.

Today I remover the dozer blade from the 418-C and installed the leaf blower in preparation for the annual deluge of leaves we have. When I built the blower I used an eight inch round air duct elbow to direct the air flow but replaced it with a shorter rectangular sheet metal piece. Works as well and doesn't stick out nearly as far.

Working on a little magnetic flag holder for the 414-8 hood. A few more tweaks and I think this will work perfectly!

I doubt anyone was really waiting for an update on this, but thought I should close the loop here… Purchased a few of the Sterling APDs (great customer service from the company owner/engineer in the UK) and did some experimenting on my test engines…start the engine, disconnect the battery, let it run for an hour under various loads and environmental conditions. Shut down and reconnect battery then restart. Check charging system function… Success! The protection modules did their job and the charging system remains functional. Control samples run w/o the protection circuit suffered RR failure about half the time. Anyway, if you are updating to a lithium battery and are worried that a BMS disconnect might smoke your regulator it looks like these gizmos can save it. It appears that they clamp the voltage to a safe level. And they also give off one helluva spark when making the initial connection. Both of those things suggest a sizable capacitor lives in there… Steve

We picked up a parts tractor for a black hood restoration project for my Son and I. The plastic dash piece was worth the overall price and everything else was a bonus.

My son turned in the keys to his Audi A4 Cabriolet for a 2024 Rubicon 4xe, this is one NICE jeep! Just Empty Every Pocket!

Happy Birthday @stevasaurus, we are all glad you were born.

Happy Happy Steve!

Well the hood has it’s signature satin black front. It turned out fairly well but it certainly was nerve wracking making sure I got it right and masked off properly. My only gripe and maybe it’s me being critical is having to cheat the tape line on the RH side so it lined up properly with the rest of the hood. But this hood was twisted and some spot welds were broke out along with the grill being pushed in so all things considered I’ll take it

Thank you all very much guys !!! BTW, I did rerack 5 gallons of 3 year old Concord to enjoy today. A special Thank You to the Green Bay Packers also. Watching College Football, sipping Home Made and grilling with friends today. A beautiful day for a Birthday today...I hope you all have a Great Day also. @c-series don...Thanks Mate !! This guy looks like he is sorry it is not his Birthday.

Wishing you a great Birthday

Happy Birthday Steve!!! Have a great day.

Our 18 month old granddaughter and zI took a ride on the C160. We just idle around a little since I didn’t have any ear muffs for her. She loves to crawl up and sit on the tractor.

Somehow an off road vehicle with an electrical cord connected to it seem like an oxymoron. Looks good and the fuel mileage is impressive. $ 17,000 OFF, last three new trucks I bought were all under $ 17,000..............................of course it has been a while since I bought a new truck. Hybrids are a great concept but there are so many extra parts and electronic components I would have to opt for the BEST EXTENDED bumper to bumper warranty. The price of repairs on conventional vehicles is getting outrageous, I can't imagine what it could be for something that complex.

today I was at the greenfield swap meet and I found me a wheel horse snow mobile, it was one pic of plastic, he said the hood blew off on the way there I did not see it going back home but that sucks the sead and plastic he had but burnt up in a house fire. it had a Kohler looks origonal I have done no reaserch yet. it looks to be there and the tank I just checked is full of rust. so, but the engine is there and everything else seems to be there, it has electric start. so are any plastics for it available, and I just looked it up the engine is origonal. or from other pictures it is, I will get pictures off my phone in a few, I need plastics and what kind of gas tank is it did any other horses use them, anything helps, I am clueless about it besides a know its a WH engine looks to be there and its missing some stuff. thanks -Keaton forgot to add I got it for free but I gave him $10 because I felt bad for taking it, it is the same guy I also got my 701 from

Can't believe you're my younger brother. Your legs are too short!

IMO, as a certified EV tech, plug-ins are the best of both worlds in terms of what is available right now. Most of the ones that I am familiar with have a pretty small electric only range though. The Ford plug-ins, which are the ones I know the best, only have about a 14-mile electric-only range. Looks like the 4xe can go about 21. From a practical point of view I'd rather see the original Wrangler Hybrid proto-type built. It's arrangement looked more like the i3-Rex, where it was basically a fully electric vehicle with a little one-cylinder engine on board to run a generator to power the EV power train. This is essentially a scaled-down version of the powertrain used by diesel locomotives that allows CSX to claim "one ton of freight moved one mile on one gallon of fuel".

Happy Birthday Steve on a stick! Don't celebrate too much with your home-made hooch today. @squonk told a lie, he forgot all about your present.

Turns out the Ace at my location doesn't stock anymore. Found another supplier AGS Co. out of MI I think. Ace wanted 9.00 bucks, AGS had them for little over 2.00 I got two at that cost plus shipped UPS free. Have under 5.00 bucks in the pair. Just thought i'd pass the info on. Now to the EZ drain valve....

Do the "connecting a test lead from battery positive to coil positive and trying to crank it and look for spark." There is NO LOW OIL LEVEL SWITCH. This idea comes up from time to time. The oil PRESSURE switch turns on the oil pressure light when there is no pressure, once running the oil pressure switch turns on the hour meter. That is all it does.

Happy birthday you transmission guru!! Thanks for all your advice to our members, you’ve probably saved countless tractors from their demise! People like you help make Red Square what it is, the best Wheel Horse site on earth. 👍🏻

Happy Birthday Steve... May your seals be dry, your gears not grind, and Belt be tight. .... and your tractors too !!

Thanks I did try a couple places on the fender with eazy off.I let it sit for about a min.Used a scrubbing pad. It worked well removing the paint,not perfect but good enough for me I just don’t Iike the two tone thing going on. Later after I get it all cleaned up I’ll go over it with boiled linseed oil.I find this brings out the old paint pretty well and keeps the rust at bay. All my machines are workers so not looking for perfect I’ll post a pic when it’s all done

@Sparky Here's a couple few for ya!!

Many Happy Returns Sir🎁🎁. Have a great day 🕺🏼💃🍾🎉🎈🎂🥃🍺🥂And may you have many many more 👍 Best wishes, Doug🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Enjoy you day Steve, you are the man, at least that's what someone told me, can't remember who though

Thank for all helps. I find part on az tractor.

Happy Birthday to my much older brother. Your Present was in Brazil as of last night!

Hope ya have a great birthday Steve!

No sarcasm taken. I'm new to wheel.horse so any advice is noted and thanked

Drive belt 111178 (1/2" x 140.5") Six-sided double-V belt [265-001 Stens] Deck model 05-37sc01 The 05-37SC02 deck used a regular 4-sided belt with flat idler pulleys for the back side of the belt. Drive and spindle belt 110265 (1/2" x 141.00")

@stevasaurus have a good day ! thinkin hot pot roast sandwich , and a nap , pete !

@salinfantino@mail.com those 37 inch decks are usually hooked up to a rear bagger set up ,from related picture , be a good idea to drop the deck , inspect it for build up , clean it out , let it dry , and verify how easily the belt driven pulleys move , that type of deck is known for problems , luckily other W/H decks will hook right up , your set up is known for deck cracking and rot build up , nothing sarcastic in my response , other decks are available in both side and rear discharge . pete

Have a great day!

HAPPPPY BIRTHDAY

Thank you everyone

The BBT got her first restoration Pony out for a ride tonight. Swapped batteries from another tractor. Added some oil and gas. Replaced a bolt holding the solenoid we'd added years ago. Then went for a short cruise before we loaded up for Jim's.

Today I made the drive to take a look at it myself ,with trailer in tow. It’s a little rougher than I thought but it had been sitting in a corn field for a few yrs. C-101 8 speed .1979 if I’m reading the ID tag right. The deck is in great shape.Someone made a couple scalp wheels out of logs 🪵

When looking at mine, it appears you can remove the clutch and use the two screw method. Also make sure the front sump is not leaking.

Wonder if the question is answered in the service manual? A model number will sort these more and the serial number identifies the model year. 3 pages of search results for the 520xi https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/search/?&q=520xi&type=downloads_file&page=2&search_and_or=or&sortby=relevancy

So with some more cleaning from yesterday it's actually red under all that grime and grease. I did find that the lower steering support is broken which would explain the out of wack steering wheel and the skipping of teeth from time to time. No worries we'll get it welded back together and good as new!

Thanks Pete For posting that again. I'll give it a try on one of the 36 inch rear discharge decks I bought from Tony (DocWheelHorse) a couple of years back. I scraped the underside of my 36 inch gear drive deck in the spring then primed and painted it - it held up well. I used a HF needle scaler tool for the heavy stuff - once you get the angle and hand pressure right that thing is amazing. Bill

Pete: I saw your earlier post about using a motorcycle chain lube. I used the Lucas Red & Tacky and coated both sides of the chain. I use the same stuff on the spur gears of the power feed for my milling machine. Happy zone - it was not happy when I got it, the auger would not spin freely with the fixed mounted bearings on the drive shaft. Changed them to the floating style and now you can spin it by hand - chain drive and all - now that's the Happy zone! Thanks - Bill