What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[squonk 41,136]

23 hours ago, rjg854 said:

Started taking one of the Commando 8s apart and going to paint it. PO painted it with a brush.

You're not working on it on that nice rug?  

[echris 1,425]

On 10/6/2021 at 6:25 PM, Jeff-C175 said:

That is freakin' gorgeous. Great work!

 

[rjg854 11,376]

2 minutes ago, squonk said:

You're not working on it on that nice rug?  

No, I'm in the big barn, in the kitchen.  

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

3 hours ago, echris said:

That is freakin' gorgeous. Great work!

 

Thank you!  Did you see the 'before' pics?  

Edited October 8, 2021 by Jeff-C175

[echris 1,425]

2 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

 

Did you see the 'before' pics?  

No, I did not. But I bet if you send me a link I'm going to like it even more. Please do!

I am ALL about restoring old rusty quality stuff to better than new! Even though I don't have much time for it these days.

[squonk 41,136]

16 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Trina has 3 tractors with that push/pull cable and none of them are quite..... Right. 

 

What did you do?

Where did you get the cable?

Any modifications?

 

 

I spent the big bucks at the show and bought a Gen u ine Toro cable. I installed the cable at full length and played with the amount of cable sheathing  on the governor side of the cable clamp until I got full smooth travel. Then I cut the cable sheath a couple of inches longer than the one that was on it. I came up with 3/4" of sheath past the clamp and 1 3/4" of cable sticking out past the end of the sheath with the knob all the way in.

[Gregor 4,846]

11 minutes ago, D_Mac said:

I notice with mine they are either WOT or low idle, there dosnt seem to be much in between.

I also have that problem on some of mine, some I don't. Never have been able to figure it out.

[squonk 41,136]

I'll take some close up pics tomorrow.

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

9 minutes ago, echris said:

send me a link

 

Hi Chris,  it's all here.  Click on the link in the first post to go backward in time to the start of the restore.  In fact, if you back up to the beginning of the "ID this blower" thread you can see where it was sitting outside when it first came home... it was a mess!

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,553]

30 minutes ago, D_Mac said:

color would be an improvement

Oh yeah I know!!!

 

The trailer was given to Trina by her best friend. 

Her friend's dad bought it new in 1976 or 77. 

Why T.H. he ever put it to that color remains a mystery because he didn't own a 🤮🦌. 

 

Oh and @D_Mac Trina wants you to know the trailer is much closer to "Oliver Green". 

And ... Does NOT have - her words - "disgusting yellow wheels". 

 

Edited October 7, 2021 by ebinmaine

[ebinmaine 67,553]

22 minutes ago, squonk said:

I'll take some close up pics tomorrow.

That would be much appreciated. 

 

Also a part number if you'd be so kind. 

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

I think I've got a solution to the severe carburetor icing problem I had last winter.  Here in Noo Joisey we often get temps hovering just below freezing with very high humidity (high dew point) and this is prime condition to ice up the carb.  I had to stop every ten minutes and wait for the ice to melt before the engine would start again.

 

I remember the old days where cars had a piece of flexible aluminum corrugated tubing running from a shroud around the exhaust manifold up to the snorkel on the air cleaner so I went and looked for the tubing.  Dorman sells a couple sizes in their "HELP!" line of products.  An 18" long piece of 2" diameter was right around $5.00 at Advance Auto with a 15% coupon.  Picked it up this morning.

 

I pulled the rubber boot from the shroud to the air cleaner.  Formed the end of the tubing into an oval and put a bit of 200 MPH tape around it to reinforce it a bit.  The 2" diameter is a perfect fit.  Covered the shroud hole with more tape.

 

 

I had to relocate the condenser to the other side of the coil to make room for the tubing:

 

 

Then I formed the end of the tube into a rectangle-ish shape and stuck it down into an opening between the engine and the exhaust heat shield.

 

 

View from the top:

 

 

This will suck enough warm air into the carb to prevent icing... I hope!

 

 

[Snoopy11 5,714]

On 10/6/2021 at 2:11 PM, Snoopy11 said:

Did I tell you guys that I bought a hat for my horse?

 

 

Don

 

Oh... Sorry, I forgot... I also bought a t-shirt for my horse... 

 

 

Don

[D_Mac 8,619]

Said goodbye to two of my friends today. Hope they enjoy their new home. 

[nyquil junkie 225]

I gave this one a set of teeth.

 

I was getting tired of using a pitchfork, so I made a 4 foot wide pitchfork. That'll move those piles of cow shed hay and straw bedding a lot faster than me and my 2 hands.

 

I made it so I can remove or install it pretty quick and easy. it slides into the bucket, under that strip of angle iron in the back and pop in 3 bolts along the front, and its ready to rock and roll.

 

and you observe right... my welds are good enough and not much better.

 

[ebinmaine 67,553]

1 minute ago, nyquil junkie said:

I made a 4 foot wide pitchfork

Niiiiiiice!!!

[Andy N. 2,154]

 

When I picked up the 417-A last weekend, the PO told me that he bought it 6 months ago to use it as a mower, but never liked the way it cut so he decided to sell it. I think I found the issue.

 

Grass was really wet from the rain today and it was getting dark out, so I'll mow with it tomorrow on the 418-A now that the deck is cleaned and the blades are sharpened and installed correctly.

 

Engine compression on the KT17QS is excellent. 

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

27 minutes ago, Andy N. said:

installed correctly.

 

OMG, that's hilarious!

 

[Handy Don 12,233]

36 minutes ago, Andy N. said:

 

When I picked up the 417-A last weekend, the PO told me that he bought it 6 months ago to use it as a mower, but never liked the way it cut so he decided to sell it. I think I found the issue.

 

Took me a minute but then...upside down? Really?  Amazed it cut at all--seems like it'd just bludgeon the grass!

I'm hoping you got a good deal!

[EB-80/8inPA 1,648]

 

 

While the sight of this thing might inspire one to do otherwise, let’s all remember to keep political discourse off the forum!🤪

 

 

Edited October 9, 2021 by EB-80/8inPA

[Handy Don 12,233]

2 minutes ago, EB-80/8inPA said:

While the sight of this thing might inspire one to do otherwise, let’s all remember to keep political discourse off the forum!🤪

 

Inspired me to think of horror movies!

[WheelHorse520H 708]

10 hours ago, Handy Don said:

Took me a minute but then...upside down? Really?  Amazed it cut at all--seems like it'd just bludgeon the grass!

I'm hoping you got a good deal!

I didn’t notice until you mentioned it but, how? Carelessness or lack of knowledge?

 

10 hours ago, Handy Don said:

Inspired me to think of horror movies!

Yeah me too. Political stuff? No way, looks like a torture machine.

[Ed Kennell 38,196]

17 hours ago, Andy N. said:

 he bought it 6 months ago to use it as a mower, but never liked the way it cut so he decided to sell it.

 

  Guess that's why they try to make mowers fool proof.

[WheelHorse520H 708]

2 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

 

  Guess that's why they try to make mowers fool proof.

And yet they aren’t.

[Handy Don 12,233]

22 minutes ago, WheelHorse520H said:

And yet they aren’t.

Fools are way too clever.