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1981 Wheel Horse C85

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Sparky-(Admin)    21,321

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Very nice redo of your C85! 

  Makes me want to do-up my C105...just can’t bear to think of the looooong downtime Ill have if I strip er down.

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Jim H    3

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On 6/25/2018 at 7:10 AM, classiccat said:

 

Hi Jim H, welcome to Red Square!  

 

I assume you mean a rebuild kit for the K181.  I haven't actually done a full tear-down of the engine (only the upper half).  I ordered all gaskets/hardware piece-by-piece from wherever I could find it (amazon, fleabay, partstree, etc.).  I'm a little picky when it comes to head gaskets... make sure they have a compression ring.  The 1st one (OEM!) didn't have it.  The Stens one (465-310) I ordered did...go figure!

 

 It already has a 0.030" piston in it.  Fortunately it only smokes at start-up...probably due in large part from me using 5W30 syn.

 

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Jim H    3

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Late on a reply - I had the engine rebuilt by a mechanic here in GA. Took him forever because he wouldn't use any parts he didn't check out and order specifically. Good but he left the tractor outside and I had never left it in the weather so now I am probably going to have to tear it apart and paint it. I am looking for some information on the clutch though. Have you replaced a clutch or did a new drive belt clear up issues? Mine is squeaking when i start the tractor but put a bit of pressure on the pedal and it stops. Just resting my foot on the pedal is enough to stop the squeak...Thoughts?

 

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classiccat    548

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3 minutes ago, Jim H said:

Late on a reply - I had the engine rebuilt by a mechanic here in GA. Took him forever because he wouldn't use any parts he didn't check out and order specifically. Good but he left the tractor outside and I had never left it in the weather so now I am probably going to have to tear it apart and paint it. I am looking for some information on the clutch though. Have you replaced a clutch or did a new drive belt clear up issues? Mine is squeaking when i start the tractor but put a bit of pressure on the pedal and it stops. Just resting my foot on the pedal is enough to stop the squeak...Thoughts?

 


That’s too bad about your tractor Jim.  

 

Back on post 149, another member recommended a fix for the noise / rattle I had when I posted a video a few replies back;  swapping out the clutch pulley cleaned up the noise.  I replaced the belt when I 1st bought the tractor... smoothed out the shifting ALOT!

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1 hour ago, classiccat said:


That’s too bad about your tractor Jim.  

 

Back on post 149, another member recommended a fix for the noise / rattle I had when I posted a video a few replies back;  swapping out the clutch pulley cleaned up the noise.  I replaced the belt when I 1st bought the tractor... smoothed out the shifting ALOT!

That was my first thought as well.

 

Remove and inspect the pulley's bearing.

 

Any looseness... Replace it.

If it's just dry, lube it.

 

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Mikey the Monkey    697

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@classiccat hows that beautiful c-85 doing? and when will you be doing another fantastic resto for our enjoyment and viewing pleasure?

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classiccat    548

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1 hour ago, Mikey the Monkey said:

@classiccat hows that beautiful c-85 doing? and when will you be doing another fantastic resto for our enjoyment and viewing pleasure?

 

Thank you for the kind words Mikey!

 

The old C85 is tucked away for the winter...winterized & protected in a dry shed.  I do have to finish restoring the old saddle I purchased from a member... Vinyl:Gorgeous!(supple like leather) however the seat-pan: not-so-much.

 

The minute I finished this tractor project last year, I jumped into restoring my old boat ('75 Starcraft SuperSport) which I plan to complete this spring (mid-april). 

 

Once that's done I'll probably take a resto-sabbatical but would love another tractor project.  

 

I'd like to do an old Sundstrand hydro for mowing (something like a 1276/1277 or even a C161)...tear-down/rebuild/repair but preserve the patina. :thumbs:

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Pullstart    62,905

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We’d love to see a resto thread on that Starcraft in the non-tractor discussion!

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classiccat    548

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2 hours ago, pullstart said:

We’d love to see a resto thread on that Starcraft in the non-tractor discussion!

 

Thanks Kevin!

I'd probably have to condense the 94 page thread (and dig-up the original images that photobucket is holding hostage) that I have running over on iBoats that was started in 2013. :text-lol:

We had a pretty good pace going however a career change / relocation kicked my legs out for a few years.

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