What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[haydendavid380 759]

Package just arrived from @drjarvisphd121

 

New knobs are on and looking good

 

Also got some bling going on for the rear wheels

 

Just need to finish up painting the front wheels, and get all the new tires on. Still need to find a pair of caps for the front. 

 

[johnnymag3 2,520]

5 bucks includes the new valve stem !!!!

 

Great people , 3 Generations of men running the show here...Owned since 1930"s

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

3 hours ago, Snoopy11 said:

What engine is that on it? I don't recognize it...

 

Don

K301 12hp don't have the covers on her yet. 

[johnnymag3 2,520]

12 minutes ago, haydendavid380 said:

Package just arrived from @drjarvisphd121

 

New knobs are on and looking good

 

Also got some bling going on for the rear wheels

I have caps for you !!!!!!!!!    Message sent

 

 

Just need to finish up painting the front wheels, and get all the new tires on. Still need to find a pair of caps for the front. 

 

 

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

Got the 1257Heavys fuel tank installed now just need to finish welding the platform and cut a hole into the hood for the fuel cap, then she will be able to drink 2.5 gallons at a time!

Edited April 22, 2021 by OldWorkHorse

[johnnymag3 2,520]

I sold all 3 sets of my 8" caps 10 mins. ago....sorry

 

Thats what I did to / for my Horse today !!!!!

[haydendavid380 759]

2 hours ago, johnnymag3 said:

I have caps for you !!!!!!!!!    Message sent

Never got a message. 

 

Thanks anyway. I'm sure I'll be able to find a couple. 

[TJ5208 1,824]

Well going to pick up the blade tommorow 

 

[Tach-a-matic 357]

The tire shop broke the beads for $0 and I finished the rest. I'm accustomed to stiff dirt bike tires with tubes/rim locks so these are a piece of cake. 

 

 

 

 

Gained a bit on the cut height which is a big plus

 

 

 

Much less steering effort and they look sweet

 

 

 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Tach-a-matic

[haydendavid380 759]

A couple of parts orders came in today. 

 

The new seat looks amazing! Got a chrome lug set, a little piece to fill the grill until I get my headlights sorted out, a plug for the hour meter hole, and some filters. 

 

[8ntruck 6,999]

I put the headlight lens that arrived in the mail from @Darb1964 today:

 

Before:

 

 

After:

 

 

How does the headlight bucket come out?  Looks like mine is riveted to the hood.  The left hand socket is sketchy and the white paint on the bucket is shot and needing a re-spray.

[squonk 41,100]

Yup . Drill out the rivets. I use small screws and nuts to reinstall.

[ebinmaine 67,472]

1 hour ago, 8ntruck said:

headlight bucket

Yessir. Like @squonk said drill it out. 

 

I have some cheap imported replacement sockets that are TWO wire. 

I got them to ensure better ground. 

 

I'd send a couple if ya like. 

 

@haydendavid380 that seat is beautiful. Did you share your source?

 

The headlamp filler is cool too. 

I'd almost be prone to keeping that in and adding headlamps outside. 

 

[haydendavid380 759]

53 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

@haydendavid380 that seat is beautiful. Did you share your source?

 

The headlamp filler is cool too. 

I'd almost be prone to keeping that in and adding headlamps outside. 

 

 

They suggested that

 

The seats are done by a gentleman named Matt Castagno. He had ads on the Wheel Horse Groups on Facebook. If anyone wants his contact info, message me. I don't want to post someone else's info on the open web.

 

[Horse Newbie 7,069]

6 hours ago, Tach-a-matic said:

gained a bit on the cut height which is a big plus

Where'd you get that blade height gauge ?...and how does it work ?

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

7 hours ago, Tach-a-matic said:

cut height

 

Don't the blades rear up, or cringe when that 'yaller' gauge touches them?

[Tach-a-matic 357]

8 hours ago, Horse Newbie said:

Where'd you get that blade height gauge ?...and how does it work ?

 

Its a great tool! 

 

To measure front to rear deck pitch

• Place tractor on a flat and level surface,
• Line up the blades to a North/South orientation,
• Position the tip of the tool underneath the outermost corner of the "north" blade tip,
• Lightly push up on the tip of the tool so it just kisses the bottom blade and see what the reading is
• Repeat for the south blade and check the reading
• As shown above, my deck is just about level so the front of the deck could be lowered a smidge to give it some downward pitch. I'd raise the deck wheels a notch on the lever but thats already maxxed out. 

For side to side measurement turn blades to East/West. 

• Take a reading underneath the outermost West (left) blade's tip corner
• Take a reading underneath the outermost East (right) blade tip corner 
• Hopefully it is close because I dont think a WH deck has any side to side adjustability

 

https://247parts.com/am130907-mower-deck-level-gauge-1/?gclid=CjwKCAjwg4-EBhBwEiwAzYAlsg6IK879EEA2oK9OvhwZNPsxIUk7v1jCfbapxUb-TVtwIPmIEtLaJxoC-UYQAvD_BwE

 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Tach-a-matic

[Tach-a-matic 357]

6 hours ago, Jeff-C175 said:

 

Don't the blades rear up, or cringe when that 'yaller' gauge touches them?

 

Now that you mention it there was some cringing going on and that's just not right

  

https://www.amazon.com/Oregon-42-095-Small-Engine-Leveling/dp/B00TM8WJM8/ref=asc_df_B00TM8WJM8/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198076851563&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4579843853289113808&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004025&hvtargid=pla-377120289990&psc=1

[19richie66 17,500]

10 hours ago, haydendavid380 said:

 

The seats are done by a gentleman named Matt Castagno. He had ads on the Wheel Horse Groups on Facebook. If anyone wants his contact info, message me. I don't want to post someone else's info on the open web.

 

Matt took care of my gt14 seat for Skittles..... just haven’t put it on yet. Want to wait till I finish painting her. They do great work. 

[tom2p 2,394]

15 hours ago, Tach-a-matic said:

 I'm accustomed to stiff dirt bike tires with tubes/rim locks so these are a piece of cake. 

 

 

 

truer words never spoken - dirt bike tires are tough 

[tom2p 2,394]

1 hour ago, Tach-a-matic said:

 

• As shown above, my deck is just about level so the front of the deck could be lowered a smidge to give it some downward pitch. I'd raise the deck wheels a notch on the lever but thats already maxxed out. 

if you have a rear discharge deck - they disperse clippings much better when the front is raised 

[rjg854 11,361]

1 hour ago, 19richie66 said:

Matt took care of my gt14 seat for Skittles..... just haven’t put it on yet. Want to wait till I finish painting her. They do great work. 

I just put one like it on the Raider

[Ifixoldjunk 778]

On 4/22/2021 at 1:06 PM, Snoopy11 said:

Howdy guys!

 

So... this past weekend... it was raining, so I made an exhaust stack for my L-157. I got my Tillotson 212r put in... (runs great), but I do plan to swap back to my Tillotson stage 1 (governor removed) once I get the parts I need to fix it...

 

I ran the exhaust piping through what was the gas filler hole. I did also put a steel flap (10 dollars at a farm store) on the top of the exhaust pipe (not shown in these photos).

 

I fabricated a cupholder and a piston shifter, (the piston came out of my original Tecumseh engine!).

 

I think the black engine with the black tractor looks exceptional!

 

 

Here are some pics:

Wow man, that tractor has a awesome look to it.

[cleat 5,945]

Tractor looks both mean and awesome.

 

Does the exhaust blow right in your face ?

 

 

[Pullstart 62,850]

Well, a good friend led me to a certain item at an auction up north...

Hopefully nobody wants it as bad as my empty trailer!  We’ll find out in about an hour and a half!