I bought it !

[Achto 27,498]

1 hour ago, S416-8 said:

Can I call foul on the pics.. now I want 2 one with the loader and another for everything else

 

If you buy one tractor for each implement that you want then you won't have to spend any time changing implements.  It's a great time saver. 

[EB-80/8inPA 1,618]

36 minutes ago, Achto said:

 

If you buy one tractor for each implement that you want then you won't have to spend any time changing implements.  It's a great time saver. 

Words of wisdom here, brethren.  And at a fraction of the cost of those newfangled retail things (oftentimes found in a sickly green pallor).  A little difficult to maintain, maybe, but hey, there’s Red Square here to help.  Enlarge yer garage!

 

Edit:  the cost benefit

analysis of adding garage space is all yours, lol.

Edited May 20, 2022 by EB-80/8inPA

[Monstrosity 1,127]

Welcome!!  I just joined 2 weeks ago great bunch of fellas here all are eager to help out too! 

[S416-8 325]

thanks, the bug hit me at an auction maybe 10 yrs ago.. there was a big, like new, 520 that I had to go check out. First thing that hit me was that it wasn't plastic, big heavy steel that looked like a real mini-me tractor that could actually work.. then the bid started and couldn't believe the price that it went for and at that point knew that these were real machines.  

[953 nut 55,005]

2 hours ago, S416-8 said:

the bug hit me at an auction maybe 10 yrs ago.

Welcome to the club!

[WHX?? 48,740]

10 hours ago, Achto said:

 

 

I gotta git me one of them der new fangled panasonic camers... 

[Handy Don 12,109]

2 hours ago, WHX?? said:

git me one of them der new fangled panasonic camers

Be werrry careful. Dem der camers can be adicktiv. 

[S416-8 325]

GM and I am a red tractor addict. There admitted it so I can now justify the bid that I put on a 520-H before I even have my 416 ? 

[Moonshine*Connoisseur 435]

I'm 2 away from 30 horses in the stable. Wifey says she is just grateful that these red tractors are my only addiction. I wouldn't have it any other way.    Make fun of my chili, make fun of my mother in law but dont make any cracks about my Wheel Horses😎😎😎

[S416-8 325]

Tomorrow is the day that I bring the baby home.. can't wait AND I got a shocker and on the way I am picking up the mid mount grader blade  can't believe that I was lucky enough to find this at the same time I got my machine 

[S416-8 325]

On 5/21/2022 at 10:21 PM, Moonshine*Connoisseur said:

I'm 2 away from 30 horses in the stable. Wifey says she is just grateful that these red tractors are my only addiction. I wouldn't have it any other way.    Make fun of my chili, make fun of my mother in law but dont make any cracks about my Wheel Horses😎😎😎

 

Just read this one.. 30 horses what's the feed boll on that herd.. 

[S416-8 325]

was just digging on the Toro parts for the tractor and saw that the muffler is listed for $990.. this has to be wrong right ? 

[Handy Don 12,109]

14 minutes ago, S416-8 said:

was just digging on the Toro parts for the tractor and saw that the muffler is listed for $990.. this has to be wrong right ? 

Nope. Those Nelsons are no longer manufactured so any remaining NOS items have become gold plated.

I bought a broken-rod Onan mainly to get the very nice muffler as well as spares for some of the other bits. Cheap insurance.

[S416-8 325]

I got it home tonight.. runs awesome but does need a few things... wheels for the 48" deck, the guy said that there should be some rubber bumpers for the hood that are missing so the hood rattles and the battery tray and hold-down.. run through starts tomorrow,, fluids, cleaning and dielectric all the connectors, etc..

 

Additional toys I got today is the horse wheel weights and the grader blade

[Monstrosity 1,127]

1 minute ago, S416-8 said:

I got it home tonight.. runs awesome but does need a few things... wheels for the 48" deck, the guy said that there should be some rubber bumpers for the hood that are missing so the hood rattles and the battery tray and hold-down.. run through starts tomorrow,, fluids, cleaning and dielectric all the connectors, etc..

 

Additional toys I got today is the horse wheel weights and the grader blade

 

 

 Post a pic!! 

[S416-8 325]

will get some tomorrow and load them up.. 

cool power on this.. thought I was in 1st turned out I was in 3rd high and let the clutch out and this red thing did a wheelie.. freaked out cause that was never expected wow 

[S416-8 325]

 Ok busy day.. change the oil, tore off all the covers, clean out a mouse nest, changed the fuel lines and filter, cleaned the connectors etc.. put it all back together and this is how it is as of tonight. Question on air filters.. went to the Toro dealer, he pulled up the info on the tractor and then sold me the wrong one..  Also started to surge after maybe 15 min of running.. will pull the fuel petcock tomorrow to make sure that the flow is good. Fuel filter only fills about 1/2 way but not sure if that's normal or not.. 

[oliver2-44 9,661]

2 hours ago, S416-8 said:

 to the Toro dealer, he pulled up the info on the tractor and then sold me the wrong one.

 

 Also started to surge after maybe 15 min of running.. will pull the fuel petcock tomorrow to make sure that the flow is good.

 

 

Fuel filter only fills about 1/2 way but not sure if that's normal or not.. 

They built a 416 with a Kohler and an Onan. They may have sold you the Kohler filter and you need the Onan air filter

If you pull the fuel petcock from the tank you may as well get a new petcock and rubber tank grommet.  It challenging to get the pet Oct into a new rubber grommet and even more difficult to get it into a older hardened rubber one. Also it a great time to pull the rear fender, pull the tank and clean it out hood, then give that rear area a good cleaning. 

Its normal for fuel filter to be 1/2 full

 

[S416-8 325]

thanks..

[S416-8 325]

Ok first day playing with the new toy.. figured out the grader blade and wow got the end of the drive taken care of after 2 years of plow banking up gravel.. 

Plow blade is odd. All the videos I've watched on this has the bracket being bolted from below. To get mine to face in the right direction it has to be bolted from the side. It seems like it will work if I can figure out the lift. The bracket arrangement seems to push the blade to far forward to be under any lift but will dig into again later.. will take a pic or 2 as well. 

[953 nut 55,005]

There are two types of mid-mount grader blades, the new design has the attachment to the snow plow bracket on the rear axle. The older type attach to the bracket where the mower deck is attached.

   Older type.

[S416-8 325]

ok mine is the old one 

I also need to find a front mount for the mule. I was wondering why it had to bolts in the font and turns out that it is missing the swing mounting bar 'not sure of the name of it. 

Edited May 29, 2022 by S416-8

[Handy Don 12,109]

23 minutes ago, S416-8 said:

ok mine is the old one 

I also need to find a front mount for the mule. I was wondering why it had to bolts in the font and turns out that it is missing the swing mounting bar 'not sure of the name of it. 

 

You need the manuals. OM - Owner Manual, IPL - Illustrated parts list, and Wiring diagrams

Go to the search bar and type "tractor yyyy 416-8" (substitute the year of your tractor for yyyy) and click the options for "use all my search terms"  and under "search in" choose Files or Documents. Then hit Return.

Download what you need. The IPL will show you part numbers and name.

 

If you don't know the year, simply type the model number into the search bar and choose to search in Files or Documents.

 

Get the model number off your grader blade and do a similar search for its manuals.

[S416-8 325]

so far no luck on model numbers on the grader blade or tractor. will need to check the plow in the morning. 

Edited May 29, 2022 by S416-8

[JCM 9,130]

On 5/21/2022 at 7:13 AM, S416-8 said:

GM and I am a red tractor addict. There admitted it so I can now justify the bid that I put on a 520-H before I even have my 416 ? 

Now that you have an interest in 520's, hooked up to a 2 stage  44'' blower with a hydro is hard to beat when the going gets tough. Depending on where you live.