What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[Maxwell-8 4,275]

On 4/23/2023 at 8:20 AM, sjoemie himself said:

Made new engine/shaker plate mounts for the 512-D. 

 

Toppie!

 

What material are those bushings? 

[sjoemie himself 3,068]

3 minutes ago, Maxwell-8 said:

What material

 

Polyurethane 90 Shore A

[Tuneup 1,433]

Was supposed to finish the generator yesterday but started on fertilizing and, among lots of other things, ended with mowing the back lawn. Chose the C-125 42SD over the 516 48SD just so I could hear that nicely bored 301 tear into it. That engine makes wonderful music. I'll get to that gen wiring today . . .

[kpinnc 12,016]

Rainy and nasty here today. Just to say I did something, I wire brushed and painted my front wheel weights to go on the repowered 310-8. 

 

 

 

[Lee1977 6,657]

Trying to get the Raider dependable, didn't get a chance to check it out good when I got it. The wiring was all rapped together and taped, the two best connections were put together with wire nuts. I just tore it a part trashed almost of the electrical and all the existing wiring. Kept the lighter and PTO switch should have trashed them too.  Something was draining the battery and it was dead when I got home with it. I charged up the original battery it was only a year old. it's drained two batteries in a week. Disconnected the lighter and PTO switch and bypassed them. I'll see it the battery stays up now.  The fuel pump is also giving up so I'll need one of them. I'll keep the lighter in place but it will not get hooked up. It is charging t 14.3 volts at the battery when running.

 

 

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[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

22 hours ago, kpinnc said:

Rainy and nasty here today. Just to say I did something, I wire brushed and painted my front wheel weights to go on the repowered 310-8. 

 

 

 

It’s amazing what a shot of red out of a rattle can does for something rusty and grubby 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

  Belt guard rattle on the 1977 B-80 … driving me NUTZ! 
  Ended up being a missing bolt where I circled in blue. While I was there the shifter boot was swapped, shifter set screw “adjusted” and a general cleanup. 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,456]

2 minutes ago, Sparky said:

… driving me NUTZ

Like any of us need help with that.  

[WHX?? 48,815]

That's the way we like to see them loved Sparky...

Doubles on the tire selection Mike

Rim color... I dunno man she kinda funny... musta borrowed EB's rose colored glasses?!? 

Edited April 27, 2023 by WHX??

[kpinnc 12,016]

31 minutes ago, Sparky said:

It’s amazing what a shot of red out of a rattle can does for something rusty and grubby

 

So much of my junk would agree. Every tractor I have was "swamp fresh", and a shot of paint definitely brings them out! 

[ebinmaine 67,456]

34 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Rim color... I dunno man she kinda funny... musta borrowed EB's rose colored glasses?!? 

No way Man.  

I likes me some faint off-white Wheels.  

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

2 hours ago, WHX?? said:

Doubles on the tire selection Mike

Rim color... I dunno man she kinda funny...

You don’t like em?? Kind of a machinery gray, my 315-8 has the same color wheels. I didn’t paint the ones on the B-80, and they definitely need to be re-done, but I did paint the ones on the 315-8

 

 

 

 

[kpinnc 12,016]

9 minutes ago, Sparky said:

You don’t like em?? Kind of a machinery gray, my 315-8 has the same color wheels. I didn’t paint the ones on the B-80, and they definitely need to be re-done, but I did paint the ones on the 315-8

 

Mike, I like your wheel color. I've tried several times to buy the same paint locally, but it's always sold out. 

Edited April 28, 2023 by kpinnc

[Lee1977 6,657]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

No way Man.  

I likes me some faint off-white Wheels.  

That's not what he said, Check to see if your rose colored glasses are missing, 

[ebinmaine 67,456]

8 hours ago, kpinnc said:

 

Mike, I like your wheel color. I've tried several times to buy the same paint locally, but it's always sold out. 

They have this thing now. Interwebs ? Or something like that? You can order stuff. It's amazing.  You should try it. There's even cool sites like Redsquare   and annoying jac... 🐴 like me. 🐻

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

9 hours ago, kpinnc said:

 

Mike, I like your wheel color. I've tried several times to buy the same paint locally, but it's always sold out. 

  To anyone interested this is what was used on my two machines with the gray wheels.

 

 

[Rob J. 1,941]

Did a little straightening up on Boss Man. It ain’t much but it’s an honest living…patience

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

  This wheel color business has motivated me to redo the paint on the B-80 wheels. I didn’t paint these originally. But the paint in the front rims is peeling off and the rear rims were only painted on the outside  …weird. 
  So a good wire wheel job and a soapy water bath has em prepped. Once they dry they’ll get a couple coats of Gloss Smoke Gray.

 

 

 

[WHX?? 48,815]

12 hours ago, Sparky said:

You don’t like em?? Kind of a machinery gray,

There ok but reminds me too much of haze gray and underway...  'Course now if I had to go on a six month deployment on a horse... 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

Done with wheels!!
  Painted the inside of the rears and inside and outside of the fronts. 
 

 

  

[Wheelhorse#1 1,657]

6 minutes ago, Sparky said:

Done with wheels!!
  Painted the inside of the rears and inside and outside of the fronts. 
 

 

  

 

Looks great.What type ,size tire did you go with on the front?  

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5 minutes ago, Wheelhorse#1 said:

 

Looks great.What type ,size tire did you go with on the front?  

Fronts are Deestone tri-ribs…4.00-8

 

[Lee1977 6,657]

Did a little of the transmission reinforcing. Still have to put the frame braces on.

[johnnymag3 2,520]

It looks like the holes in the side supports are now blocked by the plate you added??? Or is it an illusion   ??

[Lee1977 6,657]

2 hours ago, johnnymag3 said:

It looks like the holes in the side supports are now blocked by the plate you added??? Or is it an illusion   ??

They are. I'll never have a sickle bar mower and that the only thing I know of that uses them. They will be blocked more when the frame braces go in.