New arrival.. Wheel Horse D-200

[Stigian 1,234]

A long long time ago there was a thread here about which wheel horse would be on your "wanted hit list".

One of them was a GT-14 which thanks to Neil, one came my way.. A great machine which has now moved to pastures new..

The other I'm sure you can guess from the title was a D-200

 

Nigel bought this machine from Harry with the thought of changing the engine (which had a knock according to the bloke Harry bought it from), to something a bit different..

Then Nigel made the mistake of saying something along the lines of "I expect you will end up owning the D eventually".    Which got me thinking

 

A bit of a play with the wiring  (The PTO switch had been badly by-passed) and the engine had a spark, and a temporary gravity fed fuel tank sorted out the fuel side of things..

Much to Nigel and my surprise the engine fired right up and sounded good with sign of any knocking sounds!

The trans is a bit noisy but that may sort it's self out with a bit of use as the Big D hadn't been used in a very long time..

 

A few photo's for you..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And of course a video.... I hope to get an engine running and driving vid edited today, but for now here's an intro vid..

 

 

 

The D gets better each time she is driven. The engine always starts first time every time

Speaking of the engine, a new vacum fuel pump was fitted so I could get rid of the "tank on a plank" that was clamped on the front and use the D's original tank..

The engine was also missing a cover, so I quickly folded one up from a bit of sheet steel.. Not pretty but does the job.

 

 

 

The D's first official duty, carting some steel panels up from the scrap pile

 

 

 

 

[pacer 3,169]

Ah yes, the famous (or infamous?) "Big D"  While they can be maddening sometimes to work on, when I get on one of mine and fire it up I still can get a chill run up my spine! Amazing power from this sized tractor and - in my opinion - one cool looking bad boy!

[AMC RULES 37,130]

Thing sounds sweet. 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

Very cool! Nice job on the engine tin work.

  

[Sarge 3,463]

Pull the lower portion of the battery tray supports (easy) and check how much play is in the pump to engine coupling - hopefully it's good and tight . That is one of two problem areas on the D , aside from it's not a lot of fun to work on in comparison to the other WH models - about the same as the GT14 , lol...

 

Nice job on that tin for the K532 - without it the head/cylinder will overheat quickly . Download the engine manual and go through the governor , valves and carb linkage settings - makes it a lot more responsive . As you know , don't run the engine at low rpm for long or drive it as the pump needs full rpm to work correctly and keep itself cooled .

 

Does that one have the pump cooling fan below the seat ?

 

Sarge

[bitten 134]

For the noise in the rear end I used Mobil synthetic 10w30 oil in mine and it helped a lot.

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,297]

Now that we have seen your D in original form what modifications are floating around in your head ?  I know this will be an interesting project.

[953 nut 55,189]

10 hours ago, Stigian said:

I'm sure you can guess from the title was a D-200

    Love it when a dream comes true!             

[Stigian 1,234]

On 29/10/2017 at 1:54 PM, pacer said:

Ah yes, the famous (or infamous?) "Big D"  While they can be maddening sometimes to work on, when I get on one of mine and fire it up I still can get a chill run up my spine! Amazing power from this sized tractor and - in my opinion - one cool looking bad boy!

 

I couldn't agree more Pacer, I've not had to do much work on her but the amount of power is amazing

 

 

On 29/10/2017 at 1:56 PM, AMC RULES said:

Thing sounds sweet. 

 

Thanks Craig, she sure does..

 

 

On 29/10/2017 at 2:43 PM, Sparky said:

Very cool! Nice job on the engine tin work.

  

 

Thanks Mike, I did think about painting the cover but it would of really stood out from the rest of the body.. I quite like the weathered look.

 

 

On 29/10/2017 at 3:07 PM, Sarge said:

Pull the lower portion of the battery tray supports (easy) and check how much play is in the pump to engine coupling - hopefully it's good and tight . That is one of two problem areas on the D , aside from it's not a lot of fun to work on in comparison to the other WH models - about the same as the GT14 , lol...

 

Nice job on that tin for the K532 - without it the head/cylinder will overheat quickly . Download the engine manual and go through the governor , valves and carb linkage settings - makes it a lot more responsive . As you know , don't run the engine at low rpm for long or drive it as the pump needs full rpm to work correctly and keep itself cooled .

 

Does that one have the pump cooling fan below the seat ?

 

Sarge

 

Hey Sarge, I've not really done any work on the ol D other than what was needed to get her running.

She did decide to run on one cyinder all of a sudden, after being left for the weekend.. It took a bit of working out! Putting new plugs in did the trick even though the old plugs both had a good healthy spark!

Nope, no colling fan under the seat.

 

 

On 29/10/2017 at 4:03 PM, bitten said:

For the noise in the rear end I used Mobil synthetic 10w30 oil in mine and it helped a lot.

 

The trans sounds the same as the one in my old GT-14, which always worked just fine, the trans had had fresh oil at some point before I bought it and it still looks like new!

 

 

On 29/10/2017 at 8:41 PM, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

Now that we have seen your D in original form what modifications are floating around in your head ?  I know this will be an interesting project.

 

Hi Jim, my plans have changed a bit and the D is now up for sale, but I had planned to put a 3 point back on the back and maybe even build a FEL for it..

Nothing dramatic as I could bring myself to slice up a D!

 

 

On 30/10/2017 at 12:01 AM, 953 nut said:

    Love it when a dream comes true!             

 

So do I Richard

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,297]

I know that you will have another project in the works soon.

[Stigian 1,234]

On 06/01/2018 at 10:34 PM, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

I know that you will have another project in the works soon.

 

Hey Jim, well the big D went off to it's new home yesterday, sad to see it go but I know it's gone to a good home where it will be used for hauling a trailer around..

 

But..... It means I'm now without any Wheel Horses......... Until tomorrow

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

1 hour ago, Stigian said:

 

But..... It means I'm now without any Wheel Horses......... Until tomorrow

Hmmm....what could it be!