What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

23 minutes ago, seuadr said:

 

Finished off most of the wiring, minus the starter and starter solenoid and then just need to get the remote filter mounted and give it a go!

Woah that looks like so much fun..... 

[seuadr 488]

2 minutes ago, OldWorkHorse said:

Woah that looks like so much fun..... 

has not been too bad, really. i've been picking at it for a month or so an hour here and an hour there. fits reaaaaallllly snug, but, it fits. i had a NOS "big block" onan (n52m) that i bought in 2014 that i am finally getting around to putting together and transplanting. also doing a lot of things things i've put off on the 520h, like installing the foot control kit, remote oil filter, fixing the lights, etc.

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

4 minutes ago, seuadr said:

has not been too bad, really. i've been picking at it for a month or so an hour here and an hour there. fits reaaaaallllly snug, but, it fits. i had a NOS "big block" onan (n52m) that i bought in 2014 that i am finally getting around to putting together and transplanting. also doing a lot of things things i've put off on the 520h, like installing the foot control kit, remote oil filter, fixing the lights, etc.

I do enjoy turning wrenches and as much as I like making things look nice and making wiring look good I hate wiring lol. I'll do it just rather work with metal and build sumthing. Looks great tho. 520 is on my bucket list. 

[balconio 606]

You ever buy a 10 pack of something on Amazon, but you only need 2 of them so you end up having 8 leftover in your toolbox for YEARS? That was my story with these #15 o-rings but I found a use for 6 of them today.

 

I pulled them over the deck lift handle on the 312-8 that I use for mowing, and they fit right in the little concentric slots on the grip. Now that they're raised you get a nice grip on the handle, it basically makes finger grooves which is kind of nice.

 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,596]

C-105 quit right in the middle of a train ride with 4 little ones in tow...

 

Dead...nada...nothing...

 

Pushed her back to the garage with some bummed kids...

 

Just got chance to look at it. Blown 25 amp fuse... Hhmmm... never had that happen.

 

Popped new fuse in and she fired right up...

[D_Mac 8,619]

2 hours ago, Horse Newbie said:

Thanks a lot for the response @Oldskool

Don't know if it has spark or compression...

Picked it up because I'm pretty sure the scraper blade will fit my 1994 520H ( with some slight modifications to the scraper blade as far as attaching it to the hydraulic lift arm ).

I got it for a grand total of $ FR.EE !

I messed with worse. I messed with this one and turned it into that one.

[ebinmaine 67,567]

17 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Blown 25 amp fuse

When I wired Cinnamon Horse C160 I put a maxi fuse in the battery cable and a 25 in the main ignition switch feed wire. 

 

Ran for 6 or 8 months fine. 

Plowing snow one NIGHT in the @#$&)+$. Road it died dead dead nothing dead died. 

Damn. 

 

Pushed it about 10 feet to the driveway and tossed a new fuse in.... no trouble since........

[Horse Newbie 7,071]

3 hours ago, OldWorkHorse said:

I'll give you $10 for the scraper blade

Hmmm...let me think about it...maybe tomorrow...

Edited April 11, 2021 by Horse Newbie

[Oldskool 6,644]

37 minutes ago, D_Mac said:

I messed with worse. I messed with this one and turned it into that one.

I really like that tractor.

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

 

@pullstart

 

The brazing was a bust and I was basically unsuccessful building up the shafts to my satisfaction with the welder too.  Maybe good enough for some, but not for me.

 

So I came up with alternate plan for the front bracket pins.  I could not justify almost $20 each for those pins!  

 

Sooooo, I hit the box store for some 1/2" metal tube with 1/16 wall thickness which means 3/8" ID and a 3/8" carriage bolt fits snugly inside.  A 4-1/2" carriage bolt is a perfect size, some 3/8" flat washers and Nyloc nuts.  I think I spent about $10 on everything.  (I already had some of the hardware).

 

 

 

The picture below is missing one of the flat washers that goes under the nut.

 

The tubing is cut just slightly longer than the roller.  I had to grind off part of the square on the carriage bolt to get the washer to slip over and the whole thing tighten up so it doesn't flop around in the bracket.  That small ring is a piece of the tubing and serves to center the nut end of the carriage bolt in the 1/2" hole in the bracket.  It's a little tricky to get the thing together, you have to slip the flat washers in place while holding the roller and push the bolt through.  Kinda need three hands.  

 

 

So that takes care of the worn front pins.

 

On to the rear shaft with the two rollers on the 1/2" bar:

 

As I said, I wasn't happy with building them up with the welder and the brazing didn't really work out either, so out came the Sawzall and grinder.

 

I took Pullstart's suggestion to heart.  Cut the worn bar out, ground down the welds, and drilled out the remaining piece of the original rod.

 

THEN... I grabbed a piece of 1/2" steel rod, and made a 'lathe' by clamping my 1/2" drill into my vice and cut e-clip slots in the rod with a hacksaw as the rod was turning.  Worked PERFECTLY!

 

The bar is 16" long and the e-clip slots are 1/8" from the end on the original.  I left a little extra on the end.  The OD on the inside of the slots is 0.405 for a 1/2" e-clip.

 

 

Ready to weld the new bar in!

 

 

I should have done this BEFORE I repainted the shaft!  It was still rather soft when I was working on it.    I actually didn't plan on going this far with it.  Nothing another coat of paint won't fix!

 

I'm SUPER happy the way this is turning out!

 

That main 3/4" shaft has a slight bend in it.  I may leave it be cuz I can't think of a good way to straighten it and it's not really that bad.  One idea I had was jacking the car and setting it on wood blocks under the tire and lowering the car on it.  Yeah, I think not...  I never noticed it when it was installed on the deck but judging by the other damage to the deck it's clear that a previous owner rammed the deck into something quite solid while backing up at a good clip.

 

Almost there!

 

 

Edited April 11, 2021 by Jeff-C175

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

3 hours ago, balconio said:

ound a use for 6 of them today

 

Nice!

 

But you know now that of course you are going to need them for something else tomorrow, right?  

Edited April 11, 2021 by Jeff-C175

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

On 4/8/2021 at 10:50 PM, Roger R said:

an amazing assortment of shoulder bolts

 

I checked that out Roger.  What I found is that they didn't seem to have any that were longer than 2" and I would need 4" .  Maybe I was looking at the wrong thing?

[Lee1977 6,663]

I have been making my pins for years. This is the old style I made these  for my 520 deck. on my C-120 I am still using the original plates . I grind off the weld and knock them out and weld in a new 1/2" cold roll rod.. 

I still need to drill the holes for cotter pins in these. 

Edited April 11, 2021 by Lee1977

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

7 minutes ago, Lee1977 said:

making my pins

 

I thought of that myself Lee.  One small problem I had was that I only had two pins.  The side of the deck that was crashed had a 1/4-20 bolt and a bunch of washers with some hokey steel wheels on it.  I would have had to make a new plate too.  Not a big deal but thinking about it I came to the conclusion that if I outlive the metal tube I used it's a simple matter to just cut a new piece of tube and slip it in there.  These should last at least 10 years I think.

 

Have you seen the new pins?  1/2" rod bent in a 90° and the end flatted and drilled for the bolt.  Those are the ones that are almost $20 a pop.

[Lee1977 6,663]

1 minute ago, Jeff-C175 said:

 

I thought of that myself Lee.  One small problem I had was that I only had two pins.  The side of the deck that was crashed had a 1/4-20 bolt and a bunch of washers with some hokey steel wheels on it.  I would have had to make a new plate too.  Not a big deal but thinking about it I came to the conclusion that if I outlive the metal tube I used it's a simple matter to just cut a new piece of tube and slip it in there.  These should last at least 10 years I think.

 

Have you seen the new pins?  1/2" rod bent in a 90° and the end flatted and drilled for the bolt.  Those are the ones that are almost $20 a pop.

Yes they have been around since the 90's. I bought a set back when they were cheaper and on sale. I original bought spindle assembles including pulley and blade for $27.98 plus tax. I bought one a couple of years ago with out nuts pulley or blade around $150..

Toro wants us to buy a new mower isn't going to happen. You might want to check this fall to make sure the tube is not turning a waring the bracket.. I had the welds to brake on my rear roller shaft and ware the bracket I just welded on some 1/2" collars to fix that.

You need to clean the spindle housings good and put a good coat of paint on them to protect them as the acid in the grass eat them away. My decks need a good going over as I didn't get to it last year.

[Oldskool 6,644]

Working on my front wheels this morning. Getting some painting done

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

11 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

my front wheels

 

Those are cool!  What are they?  Never seen those before.

 

[Oldskool 6,644]

34 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

 

Those are cool!  What are they?  Never seen those before.

 

They are from a Gravely 566. Origanally the hubs went on a tapered, keyed shaft. I drilled them out and made some bushings/spacers for them. The rims are a match to those. They're 2 piece rims. 8"x4"

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Prepared a switching gate cover

 

[squonk 41,142]

23 hours ago, rjg854 said:

Gave the Raider 12 a MMO rub down and a new seat from Matt Costagono.

Before

After 

 

 

When you went into the house did Sharon ask, "Did you get a new cologne ?" 

[Damien Walker 246]

I extracted the aerator from the shed today and took it for a spin round the lawn. Despite two large concrete blocks added to improve the penetration, I made little impression. I think I may need to get a little more aggressive, but will wait till the weather warms up and the grass starts to grow again!

 

 

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

Mounted up the starter generator on the 1257Heavy and then installed the steering column for more mocking up. Tested the starter generator out once installed and got to see the engine turn over by somthing other then my hand so that was nice!

[Gregor 4,846]

I am kind-a wondering about your seat springs. ??????

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

4 minutes ago, Gregor said:

I am kind-a wondering about your seat springs. ??????

Haha idk they came with the beast 1/4 by 2" bar folded in half very springy

[Gregor 4,846]

They may be OK. But....If they are correct, I think your tractor may be bassackwards. I think, anyway. Maybe not.

 

It is going to be beautiful though.

Edited April 11, 2021 by Gregor