rjg854 11,361 #26 Posted August 31, 2018 to the house of Wheel Horse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyK149 62 #27 Posted September 4, 2018 I went to mow last night and things didn't go great! - Got on my Husky (primary mower) and noticed the blades didn't come on smoothly. I hadn't greased the spindles in about so I went for my grease gun. - Grease gun was empty so I went to put in a new tube - Back of the grease gun metal ripped out (another Harbor Freight delight) so no greasing - Decided I will mow with the Wheel Horse, it will just take a lot longer. - Started mowing with the Wheel Horse, 30 mins later, tractor shuts off. (investigation points to fuel pump) - Came inside to declare defeat and wife says the A/C upstairs isn't working Both mowers down, yard mowed about 30%, hot. Momma said there would be days like these! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyK149 62 #28 Posted September 8, 2018 WH fixed. I got a replacement pump on ebay. It looks like I was replacing a non-oem pump since it was also plastic. So maybe this is pump #3 for the tractor? We are back in business. Got a new grease gun which works really well. My old one always seemed to suck air in from places and need to be bled. The grease actually had nothing to do with the issue on my Husky though. The blade belt had jumped off and was stuck under the spindle. Both tractors are back in business and greased A/C seems to be a write off, so that one is going to sting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyK149 62 #29 Posted May 5, 2019 Today I replaced the transmission pulley with a 4.5":after struggling with the too-slow-two and too-fast-three gearing for decades. It was raining hard today so I only did a quick run up and down the driveway, but my intial impression is that two will make a very nice mowing speed. 3 will be way too fast but good for moving from A to B. One is actually a little usable now too. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jay bee 896 #30 Posted May 7, 2019 I'm assuming you had to change belt size. What did you change to? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyK149 62 #31 Posted May 7, 2019 I bought this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CRDLTI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I'm not sure if it will stretch at all, but if it doesn't, I would want one an inch longer. I mowed with it yesterday, I like the speed change. Really makes a guy wish he had a hyrdro, but this is a better combination FOR ME than the OEM ratio. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
