What year for this 16 Automatic

[phrog 2]

My Dad left behind an 1970's era 16 Automatic mower in my barn  Trying to figure out what year it was manufactured.  Is there a resource where I can look this up by serial/model number?     It has a Kohler engine and the model number on the plate is  1  0440 8, and the serial number is 966637.   I'm a noobie here, any help would be appreciated.

 

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[pfrederi 17,739]

1973 "No Name" tractor.  Super great tractor!!!!

 

Welcome!!!!

Edited April 21, 2020 by pfrederi

[ebinmaine 67,517]

 

 

Others will likely confirm. A "16 Automatic"  should have been made in 1973. Before that, they had names like Raider, Charger, Electro.. After that, they were a series letter like B C or D.

[ebinmaine 67,517]

1 minute ago, pfrederi said:

.  Super great tractor!!!!

Agreed. Those 70s 16 horse or C series are very highly desirable and great work horses.

[pfrederi 17,739]

Some manuals you can download here.

 

 

 

 

[bottjernat1 2,190]

Im trading a round fender john deere for this one. its a no name as well. great machines

[bottjernat1 2,190]

1 minute ago, pfrederi said:

Some manuals you can download here.

 

 

 

 

Thanks i will need these to!!

[SylvanLakeWH 25,570]

[Herder 2,354]

[WHX?? 48,820]

Engine and transmission manuals here too if you need.

[rjg854 11,362]

Here's my 16 Auto, plenty of power for almost any job you ask it to do 

[stegs 325]

Looking at one here in the next couple days

 

Im assuming these can accept any "tach o matic"  attachments

 

In particular a 79360 tall chute snowblower?

 

Looking at buying one pretty much for snowblowing since it has hydro lift/hydro drive.

[ebinmaine 67,517]

6 minutes ago, stegs said:

Looking at one here in the next couple days

 

Im assuming these can accept any "tach o matic"  attachments

 

In particular a 79360 tall chute snowblower?

 

Looking at buying one pretty much for snowblowing since it has hydro lift/hydro drive.

 

 

To say for sure, you would need pictures or ID numbers from the tractor. If it's labeled simply, 16 Automatic, it should be a 1973 model year and it should be nearly identical to a 1974 or newer C160 Automatic.

If that's the case then yes, standard tachomatic implements would all work fine.

[stegs 325]

tag say

 

16ks04

6144?

[ebinmaine 67,517]

8 minutes ago, stegs said:

tag say

 

16ks04

6144?

 

 

Have you seen any pictures of this tractor? Looks like that 16 kso4 could indicate that it is a 1976 c160.

 

[stegs 325]

Just now, ebinmaine said:

 

 

Have you seen any pictures of this tractor? Looks like that 16 kso4 could indicate that it is a 1976 c160.

 

getting them now as i type this

 

[ebinmaine 67,517]

1 minute ago, stegs said:

getting them now as i type this

 

By the way. To help you out. The way I got that,

Copy/paste the number into the search  🔍 at the top of any page.

[c-series don 8,708]

The 1973 autos had the motion lever in between your legs, 74 on had the stick up near the right side of the steering wheel. 

[stegs 325]

pic of the tag say

 

16ks04

 

So, yes looks like a 1976 wheel horse c-160

not a "auto 16" after all

No decal showing a c-160, but the metal tag shows that model number

im excited now. !!

[ebinmaine 67,517]

12 minutes ago, stegs said:

pic of the tag say

 

16ks04

 

So, yes looks like a 1976 wheel horse c-160

not a "auto 16" after all

No decal showing a c-160, but the metal tag shows that model number

im excited now. !!

 

Equal excitement is ok. 

Both really the same tractor.  

 

[stegs 325]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Equal excitement is ok. 

Both really the same tractor.  

 

 

Yes but now i feel much more confident that it will have the ability to run my snowblower. 

[ebinmaine 67,517]

2 minutes ago, stegs said:

 

Yes but now i feel much more confident that it will have the ability to run my snowblower. 

I can see your logic there. Not knowing the tractor. But a 73 16 automatic would be exactly the same capable as a c-160.

Same engine. Same transmission. Same frame. Same weight.

 

[ebinmaine 67,517]

I know I for one am looking forward to seeing pictures of what you get

[stegs 325]

On 10/12/2023 at 2:57 PM, ebinmaine said:

I know I for one am looking forward to seeing pictures of what you get

 

Still waiting on him to get it out of storage. He parked it there years ago and its buried

 

So he has to move alot of stuff just to get it out, could be a while

 

In the mean time i picked up a few other horses

 

wheel horse work horse 1800

 

wheel horse 520-h

 

both came with a bunch of attachments i dont need, so check out the classifieds here! lots listed

[ebinmaine 67,517]

1 minute ago, stegs said:

wheel horse work horse 1800

We have one of those too.