What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[ZXT 2,401]

On 6/30/2019 at 2:46 PM, Lane Ranger said:

Put the 1958  Wheel Horse RJ through a work out today in 88 degree heat cutivating the garden.   This is a late planted, water soaked garden that may not produce much but we are going to give it a try!

 

 

Planted some other lettuce, zucchini  and squash.

88 degrees? Pffft.. that's nothing! 

 

Great looking tractor in its work clothes, and a great looking garden! 

 

Your friend has a great looking old house. I'm sure it's still running off of 100 year old knob and tube wiring, too.

[Pullstart 62,851]

3 minutes ago, ZXT said:

Man, that tractor is gorgeous! Looks like it was painted yesterday. Who was the source of the paint? Looks like It's held up extremely well.

 

 if that’s original you’ve done great at keeping it up to snuff!

 

 

[76c12091520h 3,618]

15 minutes ago, ZXT said:

Man, that tractor is gorgeous! Looks like it was painted yesterday. Who was the source of the paint? Looks like It's held up extremely well.

Dad and I rebuilt it all back in 92-93, engine was blown, years of neglect and poor storage; we put on a brand new 42" recycler deck, took it down to the bare chassis, sandblasted most of it, PPG  DBC r4 base with 2042 clear; been using it ever since up until this year. This is the one I never sell; I grew up on a 61 701, dad sold that one and bought a 78 c140 in 1981 and sold the 78 in 1992 when he took a new one for himself. This is the tractor he traded in on our  c140. 

Edited July 2, 2019 by 76c12091520h

[cafoose 3,355]

16 hours ago, cafoose said:

Yesterday I got the tiller mounted on my C-161 Now I need to replace the fuel tank grommet.

 

Replaced the fuel tank grommet, installed a fully charged battery, sprayed carb cleaner in, and she fired right up! Tiller runs great! Now I can try it out over the holiday!

[ZXT 2,401]

Tore some of the sheet metal off of my new-to-me C160 in order to access the drive belt. For some reason the belt is still grabbing when I have the pump disengaged and the tractor tries to take off. Had to mow first and it got dark before I could tell much. I'm guessing that maybe there's some rust buildup on the crank pulley grabbing the belt. 

Edited July 3, 2019 by ZXT

[Goldann520 241]

Got a few things done last few days. Tightened up the left axle hub that was loose. Swapped some wheels around and found out why the bomb wasn't charging. The voltage regulator plug ins were rusted right off. Still soaking the steering wheel nut daily in hopes of getting it off. Also put a new flywheel shroud on in place of the bottom rusted one. Guess I've done more than I thought.

[adsm08 2,050]

Apparently I washed the keys.

 

I went to fiddle with it and mow a bit, couldn't find them anywhere, started looking for my other pair of jeans, found those and the keys in the dryer.

[ebinmaine 67,474]

7 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

Apparently I washed the keys

I've heard that it's good to have a clean sparkling tractor key

[ZXT 2,401]

Unloaded the C160 out of the truck today. Stole the wheels off of an old Murray that I used to mow with, since it had 8" fronts. Dismounted them (Like my method? Lol! The high-lift jack I usually use wasn't at my place) and mounted them with tubes on the C160 front wheels. It had one good WH rear wheel with a good ag tire on it, and one really wide wheel with a weird offset and a bad tire. Put those on my Sears GT 19.9 and stole its rear wheels for the time being.

 

Next, I changed the rear end oil, which was incredibly clean, but it only had around 1.5 QT. in it. Wouldn't start due to the points being completely ate up, so I replaced those. After that, I reinstalled the foot rest, belt guard, and seat pan, and put the seat off of my GT 14 on it.

 

I haven't changed the engine oil yet, but it looks brand new even after running. It had a Napa oil filter on it, good oil in the trans, and every greaseable place pushed grease out after 1/2 pump from the grease gun, so I think this thing was relatively well maintained before it was parked. Doesn't appear to have ever had anything but a tiller on it.

 

I think I might be beginning to like this thing! Now all I need to do is find a set of rear wheels, another mower deck, and fix the loose steering gear and I'll be set!

Edited July 5, 2019 by ZXT

[Lee1977 6,659]

2 hours ago, ZXT said:

Unloaded the C160 out of the truck today. Stole the wheels off of an old Murray that I used to mow with, since it had 8" fronts. Dismounted them (Like my method? Lol! The high-lift jack I usually use wasn't at my place) and mounted them with tubes on the C160 front wheels. It had one good WH rear wheel with a good ag tire on it, and one really wide wheel with a weird offset and a bad tire. Put those on my Sears GT 19.9 and stole its rear wheels for the time being.

 

Next, I changed the rear end oil, which was incredibly clean, but it only had around 1.5 QT. in it. Wouldn't start due to the points being completely ate up, so I replaced those. After that, I reinstalled the foot rest, belt guard, and seat pan, and put the seat off of my GT 14 on it.

 

I haven't changed the engine oil yet, but it looks brand new even after running. It had a Napa oil filter on it, good oil in the trans, and every greaseable place pushed grease out after 1/2 pump from the grease gun, so I think this thing was relatively well maintained before it was parked. Doesn't appear to have ever had anything but a tiller on it.

 

I think I might be beginning to like this thing! Now all I need to do is find a set of rear wheels, another mower deck, and fix the loose steering gear and I'll be set!

I used that method on one that I could break loose, ending up cutting it off.

 

[ZXT 2,401]

10 minutes ago, Lee1977 said:

I used that method on one that I could break loose, ending up cutting it off.

 

Cool! I tried using my red '80 Toyota pickup first but it wasn't heavy enough!

[adsm08 2,050]

6 hours ago, ZXT said:

Cool! I tried using my red '80 Toyota pickup first but it wasn't heavy enough!

 

I have a special arbor plate I made up for my 20T press for when that happens.

 

It's nothing fancy, just a crescent cut out of weld plate with a curve about the same as a tractor wheel. 

[Lee1977 6,659]

7 hours ago, ZXT said:

Cool! I tried using my red '80 Toyota pickup first but it wasn't heavy enough!

It was heavy enough I had both back tires off the garage floor. It worked on the other three tires and the back side of that one. The front side was glued on with some thing.  After removing the tire I had to cut the bead on the front side with the side grinder to get that  ring off. Then I had to sand off what they used to glue it on. Sometimes you just have to get it done what ever it takes.

I have had to cut a 24 x 11.5 tire off a farm tractor the same way.

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

Painted up these cast weights I bought last week. 25#’s each and fit nicely on the INSIDE of a Wheel Horse rim. 

[Lee1977 6,659]

I replace the out side PTO bearing on my 312-8.  I had that pulley bell on my C-120/180 until it gave up a couple of weeks back. I ordered some bearings last week that came in today. Sorry I didn't get any pictures as I was to grease to use the camera. 

[Goldann520 241]

Got the steering wheel nut off the bomb today after a week or so. The wheel crumbled apart while I was turning around in the shop a while back And I almost ran into the wall.😑And picked up a trailer for it. Swap out those decals with wh and voila

Edited July 6, 2019 by Goldann520

[TonyToro 1,049]

On 7/5/2019 at 1:49 PM, Sparky said:

Painted up these cast weights I bought last week. 25#’s each and fit nicely on the INSIDE of a Wheel Horse rim. 

They look really nice!

So these can mount against the hub?

[TonyToro 1,049]

17 hours ago, Goldann520 said:

Got the steering wheel nut off the bomb today after a week or so. The wheel crumbled apart while I was turning around in the shop a while back And I almost ran into the wall.😑And picked up a trailer for it. Swap out those decals with wh and voila

Do I see a Monte Carlo back there??

[Goldann520 241]

4 hours ago, TonyToro said:

Do I see a Monte Carlo back there??

86 ss. 105k super rare bench seat column shift. Original 305 and drive train hopped up a bit. Still not a world beater obviously, but won't embarrass you either. Pics do no justice, especially in the interior, it's really nice. 

 

Edited July 7, 2019 by Goldann520

[ebinmaine 67,474]

Trina and her mom and I spent some time in the woods today. One of our forest paths was very very rough so we cut a new path so as to get around that one. Maybe 200 ft?

Came inside for a bite to eat and then we went out and I cut down 4 large trees and Trina and her mom put plastic tape around at least a dozen others to mark which ones we will be harvesting.

Almost all beech.

They will be the trees that we use for the winter of 2020, 2021.

Consideration was given to the health or lack thereof, of the tree. Positioning of the fall while cutting to eliminate collateral damage. Position in the canopy so as to open up for sun, but not too much.

 

We used the Cinnamon Horse and my orange trailer to carry the saws and other tools and water and gloves, Etc.

 

 

 

[squonk 41,100]

Got the plow hitch and trailer hitch on "Big Oly"

 

 

Finally put the fuel pump block off plate  I got from Kirk Engines on the C-160 before mowing.

 

 

cleaned the deck and noticed all the black hair hanging under the C so a power wash was next.

 

 

 

 

[adsm08 2,050]

Cleaned and checked the points today, .020 on the nose. Ran out of time to do a test drive.

 

 

I am kinda suspecting the fuel pump may be getting ready to fail though.

[8ntruck 6,999]

Been doing trailer work with mine.  Moved our house trailer around a bit.  I'm using the light duty hitch which is really too low for the travel trailer - left skid marks in the lawn where the tong jack was dragging around.  Also went wheels up ala pulling tractors when the tong jack got a big bite.

 

Put the garden trailer on and hauled cement blocks and dock sections down to the lake to get the dock into the water.

 

Mowing is next on the list.

 

ZXT - I've got a pair of new rear tires.  I came up with the same bead breaker idea you used.  Glad to see somebody else has had success, so I won't be messing around with an untried idea.

Edited July 9, 2019 by 8ntruck

[ZXT 2,401]

10 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

Been doing trailer work with mine.  Moved our house trailer around a bit.  I'm using the light duty hitch which is really too low for the travel trailer - left skid marks in the lawn where the tong jack was dragging around.  Also went wheels up ala pulling tractors when the tong jack got a big bite.

 

Put the garden trailer on and hauled cement blocks and dock sections down to the lake to get the dock into the water.

 

Mowing is next on the list.

 

ZXT - I've got a pair of new rear tires.  I came up with the same bead breaker idea you used.  Glad to see somebody else has had success, so I won't be messing around with an untried idea.

It's definitely not the best way to do it, but it works. I suspect rears would be easier to do since they have more sidewall and the jack would be less prone to walking off. 

 

It would have worked better if I had been using a large floor jack with a chain wrapped through the receiver hitch and under the jack so that the suspension couldn't unload. I still prefer the Hi-Lift jack method, though. 

[Lee1977 6,659]

I got the 520 out to mow the front yard made about half a round and a blade came loose. Went back to the garage to tighten it up and found it was stripped. That was on the free 48" deck so no problem there. I do hate to have to work on equipment when I need to be mowing.  I could have use the C-120/180 but the deck Idler was making a racket when I did the back yard Saturday. I do have a couple new spindles that my friend made last fall. So off with the deck to change it out. With a 1 1/8" wrench on the bottom and the air wrench on top It came right apart and the spindle fell out. That went better then I expedited. The new one didn't go quite as good, had to lay a little persuadesion on it with a rubber hammer.  Then to get it back on the tractor. Those decks didn't seam so heavy 40 years ago.  I going to start using the chain hoist to raise the front of the tractor and just roll the deck out and in.  I got it fixed and the yard mowed by 4:30.  Got the idler bearings ordered and a idler apart on the work bench waiting on a new bearing.

Edited July 9, 2019 by Lee1977