What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[ebinmaine 67,454]

5 minutes ago, 19richie66 said:

Investigation started. Findings not so good. Previous owner’s “mechanic’s” handiwork.....

This will become a 417-12 A I guess for the time being. 

Dammmmmmm....

 

Can barely tell that was definitely a bolt...

 

[D_Mac 8,610]

Oooops, I seem to be missing a bolt, wonder where it went? 

[19richie66 17,500]

it was one of the four screws that holds the air cleaner base down. It must have already fallen in before I got it. Funny the other three were tight. Carb and choke butterflies were both rusted stuck in open so it just meandered it’s way in there. Got a M12 that’s going on it. Bought it to be just a mower anyways.

[squonk 41,079]

1 hour ago, D_Mac said:

Blade looks nice. I was looking at the other picture of your tractor.... is that a bell on the lever ? 

Yes. I use that at the Steam Pageant to get people to move. I have an air horn on it to 

[echris 1,425]

1 hour ago, 19richie66 said:

it was one of the four screws that holds the air cleaner base down. It must have already fallen in before I got it. Funny the other three were tight. Carb and choke butterflies were both rusted stuck in open so it just meandered it’s way in there. Got a M12 that’s going on it. Bought it to be just a mower anyways.

I had something similar happen to a 70HP 3 cylinder Johnson outboard. A brass jet on the center carb must've come loose and it completely destroyed the center piston, rings and head. The cylinder made it out alive miraculously though.

[Ed Kennell 38,158]

5 hours ago, squonk said:

. Now if I could only get the hydraulics to work!        Why, you wouldn't want to lower that purdy blade in a salty slushy snow.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

[balconio 606]

What a wheelhorse day! My wife wanted to learn how to mow, and now I can't get her off the thing... I think she's finding her Zen doing the lawn and some field mowing

 

 

 

Then I decided to use red and black spray paint and do some decorative work on my mud mower. Painted the front wheel washers red to emulate the look I have going on the back wheel hub

 

 

And I went a little crazy with the masking tape and did a star pattern on the fan shroud cover. I like it but imagine some won't

 

What a great day too be outside though, Summer's finally here!

 

 

 

Edited June 7, 2020 by balconio

[8ntruck 6,998]

Bolt in the cylinder story -  

 

My dad served in the Army Air Force in WW2 as a load and balance officer in North Africa.  He was also taking some training for aircraft engine maintenance.  

 

He tells a story of how he and some fellow students were reassembling one of the radial engines after some work on the intake system.  As they were installing the carberator, one of the other students says oops, and they hear a bolt going plink, clunk, clunk down through the carb.

 

Class went long that day while they tore the engine down until they found the bolt.

 

Just happened to remember.  56 years ago yesterday, Operation Overlord started in Normandy.

Edited June 7, 2020 by 8ntruck

[ebinmaine 67,454]

1 hour ago, balconio said:

she's finding her Zen doing the lawn and some field mowing

This is good for you as a Horse Wrangler.

 

Got to get her a "her's" horse so you can get more as well....

[ebinmaine 67,454]

Figured I'd combine tasks today on some things between Cinnamon Horse and Colossus.

I need the wide 3" wheel spacers that are currently on Cinnamon for use on Colossus.

Also needed to realign the left hub of Cinnamon.

I bought some 2" spacers to swap to Cinnamon.

I figured while I had the wheels off I'd do both ... And... Do some rust removal from the rear wheels for Colossus.

Turns out I did not have the right bolts to swap spacers but I got the other stuff done. 

 

Almost worked... 2 out of 3 ain't baaad.

 

 

It's a little tough to see but I set the tractor in gear let the wheel turn while using an abrasive disc or wire brush to remove some naaaasty rust.

 

 

 

 

 

While I was doing that  Trina was working on another improvement for the chicken coop.

She had added some plastic for drainage over the winter and wanted to change the land contour a little and bury the plastic.

 

She used her favorite 867 Pig Pen and the mid mount grader blade to do some of the work.

 

Here she is a few scrapes in.

 

 

 

 

Mostly done.

Note the pile of rocks she removed from the area. And that's only just a skimming of the surface.

 

 

Putting it away...

 

 

 

She said.... Well I had fun!

 

 

 

A little outta order but here's a close-up of the wheel after rust removal

Edited June 7, 2020 by ebinmaine

[echris 1,425]

4 hours ago, balconio said:

What a great day too be outside though, Summer's finally here!

 

Perfect NY day, wasn't it?

[WHX?? 48,815]

Got a Raider 12 in the shop to start thinking about some hydraulics for it. Picked up a hy pump on the cheap this weekend.  Bad news is it has to run off the flywheel side but @Achto has it so it  can be done... there is a plan. Anyone recognize what this might have came off of? 

 

Worked the new to me Super C and started sorting out issues.

Got the 854 B'hood in the shop to get it running. @prondzy is going to take custody of this one. 

[johnnymag3 2,520]

59 minutes ago, echris said:

Perfect NY day, wasn't it?

It was indeed !!!!!

I live 45 min. away from you....it was nice here in Clinton Corners N.Y. too !!!

 

[echris 1,425]

4 minutes ago, johnnymag3 said:

It was indeed !!!!!

I live 45 min. away from you....it was nice here in Clinton Corners N.Y. too !!!

 

It was a nice day to work on my shorts.
 

 

[cafoose 3,355]

43 minutes ago, echris said:

It was a nice day to work on my shorts.

Nice day to work IN my shorts

[johnnymag3 2,520]

INDEED !!!!!!!!

[Achto 27,569]

I started off my day with only one simple task in mind. I wanted to make a new rear fender brace for my 701. After I made my new part I looked around for some paint to shoot on it to protect it until I get around to giving this tractor a respectable paint job. For some odd reason I was out of my favorite Vansickle spray bombs & I did not feel like making a 1 hour round trip drive to get more. Instead I choose to make a 15 minute  round trip to my local TSC and try some of their Majic brand paint. Given the dry time between coats on the Majic paint, I may have been further ahead to make the longer trip for my usual paint.

 

Any way here is a pic of the fender brace that I made below the one that a PO made. Mine is much closer to the original shape.

 

The Majic paint takes at least 1Hr between coats. While I was waiting I took on a few more projects. I decided to throw some paint on the belt guard that I had made for this tractor.

 

 

And then I was waiting for paint again.

 

I didn't like the fact that the seat that I have for this tractor is painted orange. Well lets start paint on another piece.I know that most square pan seats are painted red but seems this paint is only temporary I thought that I would see how a white square pan seat would look on the 701.

 

And...still bored with down time while waiting for paint to dry enough for the next coat. Next project - for some reason people seem to like to "borrow" hitch pins from me when I'm at tractor shows. I have no idea how many store bought hitch pins that I have lost, but the pins that I have made myself always seem to make their way back to me.

I figured I might as well make a couple hitch pins while I was waiting. This time it involved junk tranny parts & some 1/2"round stock. I think that they turned out OK.

 

Rumor has it that there will be a small local tractor show next weekend. I would really like to go so to fill in more gaps between coats of paint I did some grooming on a couple of my show ponies.

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If my calculations are right, the paint on my parts should be dry in about a month.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 8, 2020 by Achto

[PeacemakerJack 10,738]

all looking good there Dan!  Love those one of a kind hitch pins😉

 

 

We were out of town ministering at a church in the morning. Caleb sang a song while Kelli accompanied on the piano. 

It was really great to be back in church again!

 

When we arrived home in the late afternoon Caleb, the little boys and I decided to get Comanche back together.

 

It really looks funny without the battery and the S/G in there!

 I’ll let Caleb go into detail in his thread but it was fun to get some wrench time with my boys...

 

[Lane Ranger 10,968]

Dan: looks like if you use that Magic paint while waiting for it to dry -you will get a lot more Wheel Horse jobs completed!  

[WHX?? 48,815]

I dunno Lane …Dan's  SWMBO says no more horseing around till a new roof on the house. 

 

How did you get those nice rounded ends on those hitch pins! Those are just plain cool! Save your shot 3rd gears guys and I'll talk him in going to production! 

[bottjernat1 2,190]

Well I power washed the ol 73 non name. Bought me a new ryobi powerwasher. I am impressed with the little guy!

Edited June 8, 2020 by bottjernat1

[squonk 41,079]

12 hours ago, cafoose said:

Nice day to work IN my shorts

[squonk 41,079]

Just turned 1000! 

 

 

[squonk 41,079]

I had some paint made and put into a spray can a couple of years ago. Bear in mind I use this paint all the time. I bought a 701 that wasn't the correct red. I needed to paint the PTO parts. The paint  reader at Napa was broke so we eyeballed it with a chip and they mixed it. It wouldn't dry. 6 month's later it was still soft! I went in and asked to look at the formula. ( I used to mix paint years ago) THERE WAS NO DRIER IN THE FORMULA! Who comes up with a formula for paint with no drier? I ended up stripping the paint off and traveling 30 miles to the Napa Paint store to get the tractor hood shot to get a decent formula. Turned out it was a Ford Red and with the proper drier the urethane enamel was dry in an hour.

 

PS Majiac paint is good for painting trashcans and that's about it. 

Edited June 10, 2020 by squonk

[Achto 27,569]

1 hour ago, WHX24 said:

How did you get those nice rounded ends on those hitch pins! Those are just plain cool!

 

Thanks

The rounded ends were made by using a drill press & a 4 1/2" grinder.