GT1800 Hydro refresh for our friends!

[cleat 6,003]

Looks great. Front end alignment may be a wee bit off.

 

My Work Horse is my next project.

 

I will likely leave it grey but your red one looks good as well.

 

[ebinmaine 67,519]

9 minutes ago, cleat said:

Looks great. Front end alignment may be a wee bit off.

 

Thanks Cleat!

 

We replaced the stock Wheelhorse worn out tie rods with a couple slightly better ones we had here.  

The pic is at an angle that magnifies the tow out but... It is still way off.  

They'll need to get a set or have us make some up that can straighten things out.  

 

I ordered the fixins from MMC for a spare set anyway.  

 

9 minutes ago, cleat said:

 

 

I will likely leave it grey but your red one looks good as well.

 

 

Thank you.   

That's a pretty close match to the Wheelhorse maroon from the 90s.  

 

[ebinmaine 67,519]

 

[ebinmaine 67,519]

 

 

[Moparfanforever 846]

Looks great and sounds really good!!

 

Hard to beat a K series ,but those twin cylinders are nice also, Kohler or Briggs. 

[Thor27 767]

That seems to boogie pretty good. Can you feel the gearing difference between that tractor and your other hydros?

[ebinmaine 67,519]

14 minutes ago, Thor27 said:

That seems to boogie pretty good. Can you feel the gearing difference between that tractor and your other HYDROS?

 

She do fly right along.  

 

I have ONLY one other.  My 1975 C160 Automatic.  That's a Sundstrand of course.  

 

I believe this Workhorse with the Eaton 1100 may be ((??)) a bit faster forward. Definitely faster in reverse.  

 

[ebinmaine 67,519]

Couldn't get the steering tow out to set right so I made a new set of adjustable tie rods.  

 

 

[Jon Paulsen 290]

Nice looking tie rods, Eric. What did you use for the tubing between the ends? I was thinking plain old black pipe would be suitable, but never looked up the dimensions for tapping the threads. 

[ebinmaine 67,519]

10 minutes ago, Jon Paulsen said:

Nice looking tie rods, Eric. What did you use for the tubing between the ends? I was thinking plain old black pipe would be suitable, but never looked up the dimensions for tapping the threads. 

Thanks Jon. 

 

I have several sets of parts on hand. 

I wish I could remember where I got these. 

 

They appear to be stainless or very good steel like a chromoly alloy.  

Black iron pipe would likely work fine if you could get a size small enough to tap. 

 

We normally switch over to Heim joints.  

I don't even remember why I had these pieces on hand. 

 

[Jon Paulsen 290]

Thanks for the info., Eric. I'll do some math some day when that day is new tie rod day 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,318]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

She do fly right along.  

 

I have ONLY one other.  My 1975 C160 Automatic.  That's a Sundstrand of course.  

 

I believe this Workhorse with the Eaton 1100 may be ((??)) a bit faster forward. Definitely faster in reverse.  

 

  I believe the GT1800 or GT1848 has the faster rear end gearing that came with the 520HC.   Should be a bit faster than any other Eaton 1100 equipped Wheel Horse. 

[ebinmaine 67,519]

20 minutes ago, Sparky said:

  I believe the GT1800 or GT1848 has the faster rear end gearing that came with the 520HC.   Should be a bit faster than any other Eaton 1100 equipped Wheel Horse. 

I've read that a couple other times but can't find proof other than anecdotal.  

I'd be interested to see it in Wheelhorse literature.  

[ebinmaine 67,519]

34 minutes ago, Jon Paulsen said:

Thanks for the info., Eric. I'll do some math some day when that day is new tie rod day 

 

When I build the Heim joints I go to a 7/16" double male ends. 

The 3/8" holes in the tractor are normally wallowed out a little oblong and the next step up to 7/16" requires just enough drilling to round out the holes. 

Another advantage is the 7/16" parts are a LOT stronger than the 3/8". 

 

I buy the Heim joints and jam nuts from McMaster Carr.   

 

You may be able to find center pieces as small swage tubes. 

If you have access to a metal lathe you could use the old tie rods as blanks to be cut and male threaded for use with female Heim joints.   

 

 

[cleat 6,003]

According to the GT1800 owners manual top speed is 7 MPH

520 HC top speed is 7.5 MPH according to the owners manual

520H top speed is 6.4 MPH according to the owners manual.

 

If that is all true then the GT1800 is faster than the 520H but still not as fast as the 520HC.

 

[ebinmaine 67,519]

1 hour ago, cleat said:

According to the GT1800 owners manual top speed is 7 MPH

520 HC top speed is 7.5 MPH according to the owners manual

520H top speed is 6.4 MPH according to the owners manual.

 

If that is all true then the GT1800 is faster than the 520H but still not as fast as the 520HC.

 

 

Very cool. Thank you for that.  

I don't suppose you know what the Sundstrand C Series top speed was? 

[cleat 6,003]

I don't have an owners manual downloaded that has a Sunstrand.

 

If you know the model of tractor you may find an owners manual here.

 

Near the front of the manual should be the specs.

 

[Jon Paulsen 290]

12 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

When I build the Heim joints I go to a 7/16" double male ends. 

The 3/8" holes in the tractor are normally wallowed out a little oblong and the next step up to 7/16" requires just enough drilling to round out the holes. 

Another advantage is the 7/16" parts are a LOT stronger than the 3/8". 

 

I buy the Heim joints and jam nuts from McMaster Carr.   

 

You may be able to find center pieces as small swage tubes. 

If you have access to a metal lathe you could use the old tie rods as blanks to be cut and male threaded for use with female Heim joints.   

 

 

South Bend Heavy 10 "war baby" sits about 20 ft from me. And it's got the exemption tag from WW2. Tool shop version, meaning it came fully loaded with all the goodies 

 

So, I'll have to warm up the war baby on tie rod day (TBA).

[ebinmaine 67,519]

Got the tire chains on a couple days ago. 

Weights and plow are next. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[c-series don 8,708]

 @ebinmaine Are you planning on putting new Work Horse decals on it? (I hope!) 

[ebinmaine 67,519]

3 minutes ago, c-series don said:

 @ebinmaine Are you planning on putting new Work Horse decals on it? (I hope!) 

Trina will if the new owners wanna spend the money.  

 

We're trying to be frugal at the beginning of their ownership because they've never had a REAL Garden Tractor.  

 

If they like it they'll keep fixing it up as we have it in for maintenance.  

 

If it's not their thing we'll buy back the implements (or even the whole set-up) in a year or two.  

 

 

[c-series don 8,708]

@ebinmaine I think I have a set of hood decals for the Work Horse. I don’t have the fender decal. These are NOS, I didn’t use them on my Work Horse restoration because Terri assured me that his would not match the exact color as the factory ones. I needed the fender to be exact match as the hood decals for my restoration so I bought an entire set.  If you are interested text me your address and they’re yours. 👍🏻

[ebinmaine 67,519]

6 minutes ago, c-series don said:

@ebinmaine I think I have a set of hood decals for the Work Horse. I don’t have the fender decal. These are NOS, I didn’t use them on my Work Horse restoration because Terri assured me that his would not match the exact color as the factory ones. I needed the fender to be exact match as the hood decals for my restoration so I bought an entire set.  If you are interested text me your address and they’re yours. 👍🏻

 

I'd be happy to have those. Thanks Don!!

 

[ebinmaine 67,519]

Piles of work done around the acreage today.  

Part of it was this project

 

 

Weights are on. 

 

 

 

Chain springs on. 

 

 

 

Trina gave the cab a very good washing up.  

 

 

[Horse Newbie 7,070]

@ebinmaine,

 

Do you still need pics and measurements of the part that holds the air filter box lid on ?… just got back to the house…

If you still need I can send them tomorrow…