78 C-121

[careless 1]

Just took on a 78 C-121 8 speed Wheel horse project. Father n law bought it brand new and had passed away about 7 years ago. About how long this has been sitting. Drained the gas and oil. Put a new cleaner and battery on it. Have to go buy a fuse still and see how she runs before going any further.

by the way this is a great site that i stumbled upon looking up info.

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,294]

I bet she runs great! Good luck!

Mike.......

[KATO 115]

Welcome !!! lots of knowledge and help here enjoy.

KEN

[varosd 1,185]

:text-welcomeconfetti: :wh:

[careless 1]

Thank you. All tips and hints are very welcome. Here are two more pics.

[careless 1]

[AMC RULES 37,124]

Lucky you...nice horse.

[careless 1]

Well I have no spark. Got the fuel running through wouldn't fire. Pulled the plug and no sparkage. :eusa-think:

[Jake Kuhn 1,554]

:WRS:

[Martin 2,131]

check the points, if its been sitting that long im sure with a clean up of the contact points and if it was running ok before, it should be good to go with some decent gas....

oh, and welcome to the square.....

[jay in nc 210]

nice horse! clean the points then check for spark again. WELCOME TO REDSQUARE. where are you located ? I'm just east of raleigh & we host a meet & greet in late april.. every one welcome Jay

[careless 1]

Yeah I put some gas in there and shook it up and redrained the tank. Looks pretty clean if you ask me. I'll be able to mess with the spark issue this afternoon. I am located in Richlands. Raleigh is about hour n a half away. Did these tractor come with a little wagon also. I know where the wagon is that was bought the same time as this tractor just not sure if it really went with it or not.

[Kelly 1,029]

Looks like you have a nice tractor there, also looks like it has had a replacment engine, the orig. one would have been red, I have a couple engines that color and are factory Kolher new replacments.

[careless 1]

Yes it is a 89 engine. Still with no spark though

[careless 1]

She lives again!!! I can't believe how smooth it runs. Just as smooth as my craftsmen thats 3 years old. I will continue to work on the rest now. Fuel lines are trash, leaking in two spots. That and have to drain the tranny. Alot of water in it. New muffler and a paint job later down the road it will be like new.

[radarme 15]

Good to hear. I just finished a restoration of one just like it. Let me know if you have questions or need any pics of something.

David

[Lane Ranger 10,943]

Good job and yeah go get that wagon dump trailer as it looks like you will be needing it to enjoy your new Wheel Horse tractor!

[tunahead72 2,400]

This photo made me laugh.

Good to hear you got her running.

Do you have any photos of the wagon?

Edited September 18, 2012 by tunahead72

[careless 1]

No I dont have any of them actually I found out it was a homemade wagon, but I am going to get it anyway since thats what it was used on.

[AMC RULES 37,124]

This photo made me laugh.

Me too...looks like it's writing it's name in the snow. :ROTF:

[rwilson 128]

think that one is a girl!!!!!

[careless 1]

Not sure about that. It's a manual. Good news is I got some parts in so I can get it into better shape this weekend.