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Found a nice little RJ 58. It was still owned by the original owners family. So I guess I'm the second owner? It has not been used for 20years but stored in an old wooden barn high and dry away from pickers till I come along. I do believe the only thing missing is the serial # tag. Shields are all accounted for. I did get the mower deck and snow plow with it. Just thought I'd share, so excited to have another one.

We have a winner. I just got it somewhat back together with the Sears strait pipe and it runs smooth (although loud). Thank you everyone for your help. Now I have to figure out what to do about putting a muffler on the tractor. I have seen posts on Red Square about how much they have been selling for lately so I will have to decide how much I want to spend. Once again thank you so much! Chris.

I found a new in the box 520H anniversary model. What should I offer to pay? Are implements that fit (snow blade snow blower) hard to find because of the swept front axle? The fact that this tractor has been sitting so long going to have issues such as bad seals, fuel pump diaphragm failure rusty internal parts such as engine cyclinders and bad oil?

Ha Ha , just looked at the title . Don't know how to raise a Horse , but I do know how to raise a Renegade

an incredible basement? I love stuff like this.

In what forum would it be best to upload a short tutorial on how I repaired an OEM K-301 Nelson muffler. It came apart at a great spot to show how they are assembled, and how they operate. Please bear with me, as a "tutorial" has never, ever escaped from this PC. But I have gotten so much knowledge from other's, here at RedSquare, I feel its time to try my hand at it. Pictures always help, which I have. Wow, what a winter this has been so far.

Well the posty has been Plans to make, stuff to do, back soon....

Van Im not sure how many tractors are truly made in America anymore. Yanmar makes all of the tractors for Junk Deere up to the 4005 Utility Tractor so they're made in China, From my understanding AGCO is a conglomerate that makes Massey Ferguson, New Holland, Case/IH in America, Canada and some in Mexico but uses many different manufacturers for parts. Mahindra as we said is Indian and Kubota is Japanese but makes everything themselves so maybe thats a good thing. Its a shame where we have gone as a country. Nothing really good comes from here anymore and when it does people don't want to spend money on a quality tractor. I think thats why Toro killed Wheel Horse. We are just an assembly point and thats sad. Ive driven a Mahindra machine they are heavy duty, I would say you can't beat them for the money. I never knew they built for International Harvester though.

Those are the ones that are so hard to find. That is a perfectly preserved survivor. IMO any type of repainting or restoration to something like that one is a sin. Clean it up with some soap and water, get her running right and enjoy !! (If you were Clay-RJ35 Hunter you would not even clean it) lol

Yes it's Indian alright but at the same time it's an updated International tractor. Also too it's American as it has an EATON transmission and rear end. Mahindra was building for International in the 1960's, and this particular model came forward from that time. It is one tough Son of a Gun! The three point lift is unbelieveably strong. I have taken this tractor with the blade you see on it and lifted the rear of a Chevy C10 cargo van loaded down with scrap metal, and pushed the whole van (with four flat tires) uphill and onto a dovetail equipment trailer so we could take the van to the scrap metal yard. Really I was going to buy a new John Deere or Massey Ferguson, but the John Deere's are too narrow and the bodywork is plastic. They are not made in America. The Mahindra is all steel. The Massey Ferguson's are not made in America either, so whats a Wheel Horse guy to do??? I have a friend from India who is a Mechanical Engineer and is very familiar with the Mahindra operation. He told me this series of Mahindra tractors were designed to run for 75 years. This is why I refer to it as my Mahindra Horse; It's Red, It's Heavy, It has an American Transmission and rearend, it's all steel, and it's designed to run for 75 years. That my friends is about as close to being a Wheel Horse as you will ever get

Last year it was mugs for members. This year I want to bring personalized member magnets for all RS members who are coming to the show. There is no cost to you. All you need to do is reply to this post and we will personalize your Complimentary RS MEMBER BIG SHOW 2014 MAGNET and you can pick it up at the show. We hope to be located in the same area as last year. The Magnets are designed using Speedy the RS Mascot as the default design. You can also choose to use one of your pictures in place of speedy. simply email me the image you want to use after posting to this thread. Last years Mugs for Members campaign was a lot of fun and we look forward to seeing you all again this year. The designs below are preliminary and will have a few small changes. I will update with the final design soon. Just wanted t get an early start to this years MAGNETS FOR MEMBERS campaign.

Ok, here I go again, I just keep finding myself pulled deeper and deeper into this great hobby called WHEEL HORSE. After months of reading and facination with these tractors I feel that I shall and will have to have a 520. And let me be honest, yes I squaked on the onan, and yes I understand the onan is tempermental and needs attention. But I am readying myself for the challenge. So a month or so back inbetween family duties and obligations, and tearing down the 854 and working on the 416 I started my search for the elusive late model, low hour 520. The problem is,,,,where the heck are all of them? If one gets listed the add is removed in a day or two. Who is buying and hiding all these 520s? I am sure a bunch of you guys have them hidden away under lock and key. Like a fine expensive wine where the cork is pulled on a special occasion. Anyway, let it be known, I have started the hunt, must be something to owning these 520s, just based on what I have noticed on sales of them to date. Just wanted to make that comment and see if you ol timers have found this to be true on getting a 520. Comment wellcome from the board. Thanks Glenn

A week ago, I was just finishing cleaning up the latest 12 inch snowfall with my single stage blower on the 416, when things started flopping around in the PTO area. I quickly disengaged and determined that the thrust bearing on the PTO had finally given up. It took me about 15 minutes to remove the PTO pulley, remove the snap ring, and drive out the old bearing. It took about another 15 minutes to clean things up, go to my stash and get a new bearing, some new snap rings for the stub-shaft, and re-install everything. 30 minutes later, my machine and I are good to go back to work. Try that on a Cub-Cadet.

I would change the fluids, grease everything, and FIRE IT UP!!!! Who puts tractors in a box in the back of some wharehouse? Like locking your kids in the bedroom so they don't get hurt. Wrong. Just wrong. If I had the chance, it would be blasting down my driveway at full throttle right now! WRITE THAT CHECK! ....or let me have at it....

If I could watch Hogan's Hero's reruns with a mounted TV while mowing the yard and some brew. I'd be close to heaven.

Ok, so earlier I started the engine and put my hand in front of the muffler discharge and it was pushing warm air but was kind of pulsing. I attributed that to the miss in the front cylinder. So I just got done taking the top off the motor again(exhaust and manifold) and I wasn't finding anything that looked off. So I was sitting there and decided to put my mouth on the muffler and give it a blow. The rear blew nice and easy. I put my mouth on the front hole and blew through it and about popped a vein in my eye trying to blow through it. You can blow through it but it is under a lot of pressure. So I am going to reassemble with the other muffler and try it out. I am not sure what happened to the muffler to make it so hard to blow through but I am really hoping this is my problem. Thank you everyone for the help so far. I will update the thread once I reassemble and try it again. Chris.

Ed...glad you got all that snow off your roof. WOW..16' with a 1' drop and it's shingled...you have some work to do in the spring. There are times that I just hate water. Maybe a corrugated metal roof is in your future.

I would fall asleep in that seat .

Get one of those little snowblowers and leave it on the roof. Then get to it before it turns to elementary school white paste,

All the 520s I have owned none had Goodyears on them, older ones had Carlisle Turf savers on them newer had Dico R/S I think is the model, but Dico for sure

$395 List Price And here is an August 1, 1958 dealer's price list for a lot of other Wheel Horse RJ attachments! Just click on the pic to see the prices in a bigger size!

My garage has just turned into a boat house on the lake in my back yard...does that count??

Everything counts Chas, and Craig, you just need a little "organization".

Yeah, how 'bout junk...does that count?

IMHO - it would be unlikely that the Eaton (or Sunstrand) would be bad. As much as we love these Kohler engines and as durable at they are - it's funny that in some ways the engine is the weak link on a Wheelhorse tractor. It just takes about 20 years to destroy the weak link...

Does a basement full of junk count

Thanks I have 3 children who are expert stone movers.... :hide:

I have an incredible basement if your into dungeons and spiders

In the box? THAT"S EFFIN" AWESOME!!!!!!!! If you have the money pull the trigger! Let us know what happens!

I'm in total agreement with what you have said here Jeff. I had to put up a quote because what you have written is definetly worth another read from everybody here, and more especially from the younger members who don't know or remember how good American manufacturing was in it's Heyday. Thank you for adding in that Massey Ferguson is owned by AGCO. I was not 100% sure of that as I was making my earlier post which is why I did not mention that fact. This is one of the reasons I did not purchase a MF. The new Massey Fergusons are not made by Massey Ferguson any more. Plus I did not want to put my money down on a new full sized tractor with a Chinese engine in it. Thats just not me. Also to Bill. Thank you for adding to this thread with your information regarding AGCO and Fiat.

Here is the early chain set up, sounds like yours is routed wrong, you can add the upper idler, you get better chain contact with the big gear, but it will work as I have pictured, this is of my early blower I use on my round hood. And yes there is a rod missing that runs the blower mounted PTO but not needed as you have the engine PTO Set you chain up like this and you should be all set.

Agco owns/makes Massey Ferguson and Fiat owns/makes New Holland and Case IH. The Fiat company is CNH.

Wheels from TSC work great!

Nice RJ-35 you found there. I picked up my own 1955 RJ-35 a few weeks ago. These early RJ's are really cool tractors... but yeah, you really don't want to drive it in reverse.

I had a similar issue with an 89 520 Onan and the problem was a blown intake manifold gasket. Replaced gasket....still runnning strong today with <500 hours.

Ok it has the channel frame,, original hitch is missing,, IMO I agree with Buckrancher early 56

Sorry but I had to chuckle out loud about the 2 threads above

OMG...now there are 2 Iowa fans?? Are there any that actually live in Iowa???

Well, some good news! The fuel shutoff valve was seized in place. I twisted it back and forth a few times and it broke loose. When I cranked the engine over I noticed the fuel flow through the fuel filter was constant and had much more volume than before. The engine fired right up and ran like it should whether at idle or full speed. Regardless, I am going to have Scott's dad go though this machine completely. It has oil leaks, the fuel lines are old, the plug wires look old, and it needs a brand new paint job and body work. It should be neat to see what it looks like done.

Wheel Horse belts are between an A and B in profile. Buying aftermarket belts will never work as well as an OEM belt. It will ride either higher or lower depending on what you buy. Either way you are not getting proper power transfer to you pulleys and often they will slip or not work at all. Another thing Wheel Horse did was to make their belts an odd length so that you can get close but it will be either too long or too short. Speaking from experience, I have taken the cheap route and tried to buy other non OEM brands…its not worth the hassle and I will never waste my time or money to buy junk again

If you run the 2-stage on the 520, The entire membership of OPEC will stand and applaud each and every time you fire it up. Talk about a "Gas Hog"!

Got the new fuel line and tank hooked up today. cleaned the bowl , strainer, and jets. Put a pint of gas in and gave her a shot of starter fluid and hit the start switch. She fired up and ran rough for about 30 sec. , then smoothed out and purred like a Happy Onan. Plugged some lights in and she lit-em up. The Idle-matic setting even works. In this setting, If there is no load, a solenoid pulls the throttle back to idle speed. When the Gen. sees a load, the solenoid drops out and lets her go back to 3600revs. Bring on the power outages..... we got ONAN.

I usually try to place some lubricant once a year in the areas of the lift handle and the rockshaft (in the frame of the tractor under the tower) so that it does not rust or bind up. Mt 1967 Lawn Ranger has a spring on the outside of the lift handle that is easy to access to grease. The later model tractors had the spring on the inside of the handle at the lower end. Greasing or lubricating should help with lift. You could also have an alignment /binding issue with some of your other parts. Have someone else lift while you look at lower lift handle movement .

I've been building from Lego Technic for 35 years, if it had wheels, gears and tracks I built it as a kid. As an adult it's great for prototyping, especially when it's expensive to order parts that 'might' work. If it works in Lego, then I can move onto cutting metal and spending money :)

A fantastic photo for sure, but I do like to keep my 'orses under cover if I can

As far as I know, TT has the honors of being the first.....

Had another 30 minute play/test drive Found another niggle too High speed chain shot And what happens under load in reverse, it needs a tensioner! Another short video http://youtu.be/QjlydTkam-8

plow blade and front of frame from a Deere - 1-1/2 square steel tubing welded up for the rest of the frame