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Sitting in my garage on Sunday, when a neighbor stops by. He hesitates for bit and then asks if I want another old tractor. Being careful I say maybe depending on what it is. He tells me it is a Toro. I am thinking it might be one of the newer models and I am not sure I will be interested but decide to take a look anyway. He drives his truck around back and I discover it is a 416H, with a very good deck and plow. Not wanting to seem to joyous, I carefully ask what he wants for it. He tells me I can have it that he was going to take it to the dump. This guy has become my favorite neighbor!!!!!!!!

If you're around the horses for very long you'll hear of the very scarce 1533 differential carriage bearing in the stick shift transmissions. The obvious reason for this is simple - they havent been made for many, many years and what few are around are dwindling at an alarming rate. I had heard of guys "machining" a case to fit an oversize bearing but never knew any details, so being a fairly decent home shop machinist with a nice large Bridgeport type mill and lathe I thought I'd see what I could come up with. With member Groundhog44 having a couple sets of cases the 2 of us started looking. The original 1533 bearing is/was 1-1/2 x 2-1/2 x 1/2" - the nearest thing to that (that I could find!) was a R24-2 rs or zz with its diminsions being 1-1/2 x 2-5/8 x 9/16". With only adding 1/8" diameter and 1/16" thickness the case appeared to have ample 'meat' to handle machining out this amount. This size bearing is very common and is relatively inexpensive, so I got 4 of them to see. The first puzzle was to get the case 'fixtured' on the mill to do the boring - this was stumping me til I called my "machinist by trade" buddy and with his years of experience quickly pointed me in the right direction. He was also able to furnish the 2 heavy steel bars needed to 'hang' the case off the mill table. Let me pause here and state the rather obvious fact - this is not a repair that can be done in most of your shops, but I would think many of you know of, or have friends that have the necessary equipment - and its very possible in the not to far future that a visit to a machine shop may have to be done. In order to get a grasp of what we did, I tried to get enough pics to see the set-up... This is the 2 heavy bars mounted to the table with the mills head swiveled around in order to reach the case that will be mounted off the right front of the table to clear the mills knee. This is the case mounted in the fixture where I am about to locate center of the existing bearing bore in preparation for the boring Here I am starting enlarging the hole. The depth of the hole needed to be increased from the original 1/2" to the 9/16" which is only .0625, but has to be done. I finished this step before enlarging the hole the extra 1/8" (this is only 1/16" off each side) And this is the new bearing sitting in its new home - this is a R24 rs bearing meaning it is a sealed unit, its only necessary to 'pop' out the rubber seal to allow oil to flow through, which I have done here (this same bearing in zz designation is a shielded bearing and doesnt require anything)

Ebay find - 1983 Wheel Horse C175 twin - advertised as non-running - $ 500.00. Picked it up - hit it with started fluid - turned on the gas valve - started right up. Mowed the lawn with it. No leaks. Needs some maintenance.

Had a great opening day on Sat. Got photos of some jakes and two year olds. Only saw one shooter longbeard, and he never got in range for a photo or a shot. Monday was a different story...This 3 year old 20 Lber with a 9" beard and 7/8" spurs came to the call like he was on a string at 8AM. Sorry , he didn't give me enough time to set the camera and get some live photos.

My 4 year old grandson was looking at it this morning and saw the group picture and said "there's me and Papa". Yup, there we are. Great issue this month. Sent from my Moto G using Tapatalk

Taking the two 1958 Wheel Horse RJ's !

My name is Nick and I am down in Torbay, Devon. I have a C141, which I have owned for the last 10 years or so. We love our wheelhorse! This is my son and wife.

Here are some of the pics of the Greater Minnesota Two cylinder club (Little Falls MN) Wheel Horse was the featured garden tractor and Scorpion was featured snowmobile. First pics are of the mighty Miss going thru Little Falls, had to take pics of the sheer power and speed of the water. Few other misc. pictures, then the tractor line up, brought to you by Joebob, Pronzy, Terry M ( and Andrew) and Shynon. Last pic is the grand prize for exhibitor in each feature class AKA Shynon. ( I will be getting the Wheel Horse refrigerator as I do not own a scorpion snowmobile)

Hi Everyone, My name is Collin, I live in Des Moines, Iowa and have a 1971 Raider 10 inherited from my Grandfather. He bought it new in 1971 and it has been used every year since then for either mowing or snowplowing...sometimes both. The old horse is in pretty good shape really, I am working on slowly restoring it but like all projects, it seems to go slower than anticipated. I have attached a couple photos, the first one is of the Wheel Horse in 1993, that's me riding with my Grandpa on it. Over the past few years I have also picked up some various horses, a 1969 Charger V7 and a 1988 314-8. I have since sold both of those, but I will always have the '71 and I imagine I will acquire more over the years. I have lurked here for several years and thought it was time to properly introduce myself. Thanks for having me! -Collin PS:Anyone else on here in Iowa?

These children will remember this project for the rest of their lives. When you are long gone from this earth, you will be fondly remembered as the teacher who cared. I venture to say that next year you will have trouble with the amount of students who will be clamoring for inclusion it the new project. When you mentioned that they were going to build that shed, I realized it would soon be too small for you needs. Your school is so very lucky to have such a giving teacher. You just do not see that kind of extra effort in todays world. You are doing Gods work, molding the lives of tomorrows leaders.

Not the thread I was expecting when I saw the tilte, but you came out very well on that dumping!

Nice!!!

All I get from my neighbors are mangled beer cans ,cig butts, and an occasional bag of special pancake mix from Maine

Man, you can't have that thing in Baltimore. They are not allowed. Let me come down tomorrow and pick it up. Just kidding...I don't have neighbors like that up here in the burbs. You don't mind being dumped on when it's something like that.

maine is very high on prices along with taxes

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Doesn't it amaze you what folks will just give away. We have become a throw away society. The average Joe will not get things repaired. They simply toss them on the garbage heap and go out and buy something cheaper. That is one fine machine and will probably outlast you.

I just recently painted my New Old Stock K582 for my 18 automatic used Gloss Black Rustolium engine paint. These pics were taken of the mechanical fuel pump but you can still see some of the block. Mark.

I'll bump this back up again. I'm sure there's some folks that haven't seen it. After hearing about it when we all were on Skype I just looked it up today. What a great read! And what an incredible build on that tractor Lars. It inspires me even more on my 400 rebuild. My talent will run out well before yours though. Simply amazing!

Canning and freezing the excess.

I spray mine with duplicolor engine enamel. Rated for 500° and oil resistant I paint the fins and all and their red is a pretty good match.

I'm gonna guess you guys are growing way more veggies than you can eat. What are you doing with all of the excess?

The regulator must see battery voltage before it can regulate the current from the stator to turn it on so to speak. A good test to do that is not often discussed is to turn the key to RUN with the engine NOT running, check the voltage at the regulator +DC terminal and compare it to the voltage across the battery posts. It should be the same and if it is the regulator is seeing the battery voltage so it knows what to do. Dirty connections can cause a difference so the regulated voltage may spike trying to compensate. This test also verifies that the path the current takes to the battery is not compromised. Sounds like you are good to go. Garry

I actulally got my issue before some others this time !!! I wonder why Van's " jet fuel" wasn't mentioned ???

i think he tried to headbutt a bullet Koen

I put in 50 ft of garlic last autumn and that looks fantastic now , shallots, onions and potatoes look well, but that's it so far on the plot. Heavy rain storms wont let me get on outside, indoors I've got tomatoes, peppers and butternut squash..... Itching to get on.

Pretty cool isn't it? Front cover. Center spread. And a great article by Scott Mehlberg about his Harris elementary school tractor club. Job well done everyone. Sent from my tractor seat using Tapatalk 2

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If your fuel pump is the rectangular 1 1/4 by 2 1/4 approx. walbro fuel pump that a lot of those Tecumsehs came with, you can get a kit with new diaphragms on the bay. Search for Tecumseh walbro fuel pump. Its not a big job to unscrew and rebuild.

Wheelie the horse...of course.

Yeah, git-r-done Ricky Bobby.

Wish I could get out there for a couple days Lane, really need a vacation and a tractor show..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How about Mac the tractor from the little kid books.... Nate Yes I know Mac is a farmall but hes RED

ATF is clear Cherry red (like kool aide) The brown maybe someone mixed in some motor oil or you got water (makes it cloudy). Do you have a hydraulic lift on your machine?? If not flushing may be the way to go. (The hydro lift makes flushing more difficult.) I will look to see if there is a recommended method...I would start by draining and then just turning it over with the starter to push out some more fluid. Refill with really cheap motor oil (if there is such a thing) run it around for a few minutes then drain it again, and again use the starter to slowly turn her over . Each time change the filter...this may be a time to use a cheaper Fram replacement. You have to repeat this until your drained out oil is consistently tan. Then use good oil and a WH filter.

I did it the other way Brian

If you Really Really like the John Deere and you are happy with it I'd hold onto it. Why set yourself up for possible disappointment? Maybe you can paint the John Deere red?

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The 669 Peerless 4-speed transmission was used in two tractor models with an 11hp Briggs & Stratton engine model 252707-0150-01 1978 B-111 4-Speed model 82-11BP01 (11=11hp, B=Briggs & Stratton engine, P=Peerless transmission) 1979 B-111 4-Speed model 92-11BP01 (11=11hp, B=Briggs & Stratton engine, P=Peerless transmission) The 1979 B-81 6-Speed model 92-08BF01 used the 4000-5 Foote transmission. (08=8hp, B=Briggs & Stratton engine, F=Foote transmission) The 1979 B-111 6-Speed model 92-11BF01 used the 4000-5 Foote transmission. (11=11hp, B=Briggs & Stratton engine, F=Foote transmission) Peerless 669 parts list Garry

Frank...forget everything I said above. Not knowing what the tractor was...I assumed wrong...sorry. The B-111 is a different animal. Have you taken this thing apart yet?? One thing about Red Square...you always have good people behind you...and Garry is one of the best. Let me try to help this way. You still may find some help at the Mentone Swap Meet in 2 weeks. Click on this link and do a post with what you are looking for...hope to see you there. BTW...I have some friends in Grand Rapids. Come on down and meet some of the members.

I also have the same problem with 2 different Rims I'm working on Lars. I have to alter the Hub Tube length to match them up. No chance of finding another Rim the same. So I understand why your unhappy with your odd ones.