My Sons Score for the weekend

[Burnerman 758]

My son asked the local scrapyard owner to give us a call when he gets any WH tractors. we have bought a few from him. The owner calls my son today and says a Wheelhorse just came in. Stop by in 1/2 hr and take a look. Well.... $150 later...

Its an amazing score.

Whoever scrapped it drained all the fluids and pulled the filters. I wish I had filters! It looks like it just needs a good going over.
  Tmw we’ll get it fired up. 
420H with a pretty near perfect 48”deck and a 2 stage snowblower. I think we’re missing some parts for the blower though. If this thing runs and moves it’ll top the Massey Executive find from the same scrapyard. 😁

OH! And the best part is last year the carpenter at work gave me his binder from the 520h he had and sold. He had compiled everything you could get into a big binder. I think I have every bit of paper work for this tractor! Repair/service manuals and owners manual. 
😁👍👍
 

Edited September 6, 2020 by Burnerman

[Sam Pasch 449]

She's purddy for 150 bucks.

[SylvanLakeWH 25,524]

Nice!!!

[JAinVA 4,619]

That's the way you do it! It is amazing what you can get for the money if you are constantly on the hunt.Great find for the price! Got a feeling that my e-mail box will be filled with comments after seeing this score.

Edited September 6, 2020 by JAinVA

[ebinmaine 67,390]

Excellent!!!

[Retired Wrencher 5,450]

Sounds like you have a good contact. Hope it all turns out good. Enjoy it.

[Pollack Pete 2,273]

WOW.........Great find and save.Hell,the muffler and chrome heat shield is worth what you paid for the whole sheebang.Have fun with your new toy.Hope it purrs like a kitten.

[953 nut 55,155]

10 hours ago, Burnerman said:

son asked the local scrapyard owner to give us a call when he gets any WH tractors.

Great score!                           Need to remember him at Christmas time.             

[rjg854 11,356]

Hope you've found a diamond in the ruff there, if not you sure do have lots of parts!

[c-series don 8,677]

Perfect example of one mans junk is another mans  treasure! What a steal, I hope it purrs like a kitten. Please keep us updated! 

[Pullstart 62,829]

Let us know if you figure out why it was there... looks like nothing’s too wrong to scrap it!

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Whow nice ride.

[WHNJ701 4,165]

26 minutes ago, pullstart said:

Let us know if you figure out why it was there... looks like nothing’s too wrong to scrap it!

There probably is nothing wrong with it, with this stupid covid thing, alot of people aren't selling at yard sales, facebook etc... If they need to get rid of stuff it's going to the dump or out by the road for free.  

I have seen alot of good stuff for free this summer.

Also folks aren't buying either, I had a few push mowers I picked up and got running again i don't ask much for them 20 or 40 bucks,.  Not a single one sold this year, I don't have a need for them and don't winter them over so I gave them  away for free

[Burnerman 758]

Put a battery in it and all of the electronics are good. All the safeties work and she cranks over. No spark. Coil is bad. Got pulse from the module and 12v to the coil. Wires and grounds are good. Compression is good so far. Not too much crap under the cooling tins. 
 What a PITA to work on this thing. Lol. Kohler singles are so much easier. Haha. 
Got a coil kit on the way. Hopefully we’ll have a verdict by weeks end. 

[Bill D 1,916]

I can't wait for the video of it running.  Bill

[Burnerman 758]

cleaned things up a bit. Missing the chute crank rod for the blower and drive belts for both attachments. Everything else looks good. Tranny fan was shot. ☹️ Hopefully the trans isn’t toast. 

[Bill D 1,916]

Based on the hours, if accurate, the PO probably didn't use it for long periods of time.  Does anything smell burnt if you pull the dipstick and take a sniff? Those transmissions are pretty tough.  Even if the trans is shot there is over $1000 there if you part it out.  Bill

[Burnerman 758]

4 minutes ago, Bill D said:

  Does anything smell burnt if you pull the dipstick and take a sniff? Those transmissions are pretty tough.  Even if the trans is shot there is over $1000 there if you part it out.  Bill

The trans fluid,what was left, was clean. All the fluids were drained for the scrapyard. It looks like it was just used and then parked. The snowblower got a lot of use And has a bit of wear. There was grass in the tire tread and the blades are worn out but the rest is perfect.  It was definitely garage kept. There’s no water or rust damage on anything. There is a film of oil and dust and dirt over everything.
It’s gonna be interesting to see how well this runs when I get it going.

 As far as I’m concerned my son bought a solid 48” deck for $150 and got a free tractor and snowblower. Lol

[Burnerman 758]

It runs.  

I followed the troubleshooting guide in the manual. It may have been a bad ground. Anyway it runs pretty well. Goes backwards fine but forward is slow. About 1/2 of what it should. It has plenty of power and will spin the rear tires under load but doesn’t go very fast. 
gotta get a new hydro fan and my son can mess with the hydraulics. Lol. 
 Update, the brake pedal isn’t returning back all the way pulled back on the pedal and she zooms down the road!!😁

 

Edited September 7, 2020 by Burnerman

[Burnerman 758]

On 9/6/2020 at 2:53 PM, Bill D said:

I can't wait for the video of it running.  Bill

[Sam Pasch 449]

I would guess the linkage is out of adjustment if it has full power but is slow.

[Burnerman 758]

23 minutes ago, Sam Pasch said:

I would guess the linkage is out of adjustment if it has full power but is slow.

Yes. The brake linkage is binding and it’s way out of adjustment. I yanked back on the brake pedal and it goes great. I just have to remove the little parking brake handle to get the side cover off. 

[Bill D 1,916]

Sounds great!  Before you use it too much clean the 9 pin connector and make sure none of the pins are burnt.  I ran an extra wire from the rectifier to the main battery stud on the starter to take some of the load off the 9-pin connector.  I was in Home Depot today and discovered that they started selling PAR 36 LED landscape lighting bulbs.  I bought 2 for my Onan powered 416-8.  Changing to those will lessen the load thru the 9-pin as well.  Try mowing with it on a hot day.  Onans are notorious for governor fly ball spacer problems.  The plastic ones without the tab can slip when hot and cause the engine to race.  Yours may be new enough to have the tab.  I changed to a metal spacer on my P216 as it would race when hot.  So, what are your long term plans for this tractor?  Bill

Edited September 8, 2020 by Bill D

[Burnerman 758]

Thanks for the heads up on that connector. Now that we know there are no serious issues we’ll go over the whole machine. I’m pretty sure we’ll find a bunch more little things that need correcting. 
 My son will probably keep this one. The deck is in great shape and the snowblower shouldn’t take too much to get going. 
 
 

[Burnerman 758]

So I dig into it today after work and it purrs like a small diesel at idle. Carb bowl had crap clogging the main jet. Cleaned it all out, fixed the crappy trigger wire, new coil, condenser and plugs. Put on a fresh air filter and it’s awesome. 
tmw the deck gets a cleanup and fresh blades and we’re mowing.