What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[Pullstart 62,834]

11 hours ago, Achto said:

 

There's a simple loop hole in that permit thing, They can not say anything about a cooking fire, so grab a package of hot dogs & light er up.

 

 

We’ve had ourselves a fair share of “cooking fires” when a burn permit was not given...  everyone loves s’mores!

 

14 minutes ago, PeacemakerJack said:

After a variety of yard projects yesterday,  got five tractors out of hibernation and played with the kids for awhile. 

Caleb had fun on Comanche.  I think we need to do a refresh on his 56 year old motor.  It smokes pretty good on startup but clears out decently after about 8-10 minutes of run time.  

Claudia drove “JackRabbit” (418-C) and loved the fact that she was so much faster than the old 854 that her older brother was driving.  Not sure what Caleb was saying to her here but maybe something like, “just remember, that’s my tractor too!” 

 

The little guys ran around on Cubs while I was on GhostRider.  

 

 

It was a fun half hour or so!!!!

 

 

Attaboy Josh and crew!  Something good for the soul comes out of that drive time 

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

A bit of tillin' by the full moon light...

 

Edited April 7, 2020 by WVHillbilly520H

[Vinylguy 4,674]

My 312-H has a carb issue so I got the little 857 out of storage and brought to lake to mow. Runs and cuts great for about 30 minutes then dies. Let it cool for about 30 minutes and it's back to work for about 20 more minutes. 

 Thinking a new coil and or condenser?

[ebinmaine 67,424]

13 minutes ago, Vinylguy said:

My 312-H has a carb issue so I got the little 857 out of storage and brought to lake to mow. Runs and cuts great for about 30 minutes then dies. Let it cool for about 30 minutes and it's back to work for about 20 more minutes. 

 Thinking a new coil and or condenser?

Terry do you have a spark checker?

 

[TonyToro 1,049]

Well like most of you guys I have some free time. I am sorting WheelHorse parts. Trying, trying really hard to clean up my garage. Lol

 

anyone need parts??

 

[Lane Ranger 10,968]

1 hour ago, Vinylguy said:

My 312-H has a carb issue so I got the little 857 out of storage and brought to lake to mow. Runs and cuts great for about 30 minutes then dies. Let it cool for about 30 minutes and it's back to work for about 20 more minutes. 

 Thinking a new coil and or condenser?

 

 

 

Terry:  It was usually the coil was shot  when I had this issue but check that gas tank cap also!

 

 

 

 

[Tractorhead 9,064]

 

Thought the same, maybe just the fuel tank breather is clogged.

Try it with released fuel tank cap, if it run‘s, you found you problem.

 

Or maybe some dirt in the bottom of the fueltank, that swaps sometimes and clogged the Fuel line.

 

edit - did you carefully touch your ignition coil? 

Was it hot ?

- edit end 

Edited April 7, 2020 by Tractorhead

[Vinylguy 4,674]

Thanks guys. 

Ran it the first 30 with gas cap off and it still died. Wierd thing is the 3rd time after it cooled I only opened the shutoff 3 quarter and the dang thing ran till I was done didn't die at all?

 

[Tractorhead 9,064]

I wold think to my second option, release the fueltank and clean it completeley.

 

could be something that was in a fuel canister go into fueltank while refilling that clogs your fuelline while driving.

 

 

[Vinylguy 4,674]

1 hour ago, Tractorhead said:

I wold think to my second option, release the fueltank and clean it completeley.

 

could be something that was in a fuel canister go into fueltank while refilling that clogs your fuelline while driving.

 

 

Good idea will check it out as well.  Thanks

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

5 hours ago, Vinylguy said:

My 312-H has a carb issue so I got the little 857 out of storage and brought to lake to mow. Runs and cuts great for about 30 minutes then dies. Let it cool for about 30 minutes and it's back to work for about 20 more minutes. 

 Thinking a new coil and or condenser?

In the meantime those downtime moments could be done with a fishing pole Terry!

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

Took lRV out for a joyride behind the house nice cool evening lots of pollen in the air yuck!

 

Edited April 8, 2020 by The Tool Crib

[953 nut 55,189]

2 hours ago, Vinylguy said:

Thanks guys. 

Ran it the first 30 with gas cap off and it still died. Wierd thing is the 3rd time after it cooled I only opened the shutoff 3 quarter and the dang thing ran till I was done didn't die at all?

 

         Could there be a piece of trash in the tank that can't get past a partly open valve but would clog a full open valve?   May want to pull the tank and dump it into a clean container for inspection. Good luck.

20 minutes ago, The Tool Crib said:

In the meantime those downtime moments could be done with a fishing pole Terry!

            Watch the grass grow,     contemplate the potential fixes,      Pray,        fish some more and the answer will come to you.         

 

[ZXT 2,401]

On 4/6/2020 at 6:59 AM, pullstart said:

 

We’ve had ourselves a fair share of “cooking fires” when a burn permit was not given...  everyone loves s’mores!

Around here, If there isn't a burn ban in effect, and you're outside of the city limits, you can legally burn without telling anyone. If you're going to burn a huge brush pile, you're supposed to call the fire department and let them know what you're doing, just in case it gets out of hand they know where to go, and if anyone calls in saying they saw a lot of smoke at your place, they can save an unnecessary trip out. 

Edited April 8, 2020 by ZXT

[Andy N. 2,142]

The donor engine on my 520-H was having surging issues over the winter when I ran my snow blower (once) and hard to get the RPM in the correct range, so today I took the carb/intake manifold from the original Onan (because I knew it worked fine when I did the engine swap last fall) and swapped it with the donor. Runs great now. Idle at 1,200 RPM and full throttle at 3,600 RPM as advertised. Got it all put together and took the dump cart out for a tow before the storms rolled in.

 

[Tractorhead 9,064]

10 hours ago, Vinylguy said:

Good idea will check it out as well.  Thanks

 

I rethinkering on your cause, maybe the gap on the sparkplug can also be the issue.

i had this in the past, after changing the sparkplug, it run‘s fine.

 

the reason was maybe a thermal cause on the sparkplug.

 

 

[Stormin 9,981]

The steering on the C-121 Black Horse, was a little heavy. Yesterday I did a bit of investigating.

 I found that the track rod ends were just fouling the steering arms. The track rods slope downwards and the steering arms tilt inwards. So I knocked up a couple of spacers this morning. Just 1/4" thick and really need to be thicker, but I'd no bolts long enough to fit through thicker ones. Another future mod one day.

 If you look closely at the photo, you can see the top of the spacer is slightly chamfered. Also you'll see the arm is further down from the axle than standard. That's because I made spacers to lift the front end an inch, to compensate for the taller tyres on the rear.

 

 

  Not done a proper road test yet. I'll do that tomorrow. The rest of the day was spent getting the C-125 running better and  made a towing attachment for the Sears/Roper.

[Pullstart 62,834]

Took a cruise parade in the field!

 

 

[balconio 606]

I gave my horses a new stable in the form of a harbor freight 10x17 portable shed. They like their new home way better than living out in the yard under tarps.

[Sam Pasch 449]

Its like Christmas in my garage today. A new air filter, fuel filter and head gasket arived on my front porch today!  I resurfaced the head and installed the parts and it runs great!

[cafoose 3,354]

I got two of the big ones! They're both filled up now The last picture is how the second one in the first picture looks now. Lots of projects for quarantine and soon to be retirement! I don't know what being bored is like

[FAST 87]

Attempted to replace the bearingS on my side discharge mower deck and ended up ruining one rod that connects to the blade and two pulleys are junk. Any suggestions please. I’m now wishing I just lived with the squeaking noise lol.Things where just locked in and wouldn’t budge.

[Pullstart 62,834]

What rod is hurt @FAST?  I have a few decks in a pile for spares if needed...  can you share pictures of what you’ve got going on?

[FAST 87]

4 hours ago, pullstart said:

What rod is hurt @FAST?  I have a few decks in a pile for spares if needed...  can you share pictures of what you’ve got going on?

@pullstartI ruined one of the spindle rods. I assume that’s the name. It’s the rod that goes up through the spindle housing and attaches to the mower blade and the pulley. I also need at least the two outside pulleys. Didn’t realize they where so worn out and thin. The middle pulley is fine enough. The top photo it the one I destroyed. I didn’t take a photo of the pulley that goes on top. Sorry

Edited April 9, 2020 by FAST
Added photos

[Pullstart 62,834]

Sat this extra pair of 23x10.50r12’s next to Putt Putt today.  He needs a bath.  And some dually adapters!  Had a chat on the phone with @PeacemakerJack... that’s always a good time bench racing ideas and dreams!