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For years I've just had my sockets in drawers assorted by driver size. In many cases, I have three or more sockets of the same size and point making it difficult to find the size I need. I know a person can purchase holders but I wanted something that fit my drawers and needs. These socket sets seldom, if ever, leave the shop as I have other smaller sets I carry in the pickup. I used scraps of wood and the pictures show what I came up with. I can add more pins for additional sockets as needed. The spares I wired into "necklaces" and hung them on screws out of the way. I've got a couple of lifetimes of sockets. In a few weeks, I'll bring the 520H into the shop for it's annual going over and hopefully I won't have to dig among the sockets scattered in drawers.

Cataract removal ...another modern medical miracle. When they removed my patched eye and I left the office, I could not find my wife's gray dodge mini van. Finally I heard a horn blow and saw my wife in a tan van that we had been driving for over ten years. I just got home from a 4 day vacation in the York Wellspan Hospital where I experienced another medical miracle. Seems an artery in my upper sigmoid colon ruptured on Monday causing immediate massive blood loss. Got me in the tube for a CT scan that was able to locate the exact artery. Then got me stable enough to go in with the endoscope, find and cauterize the leak with the laser. Enjoy every day guys. Ya never know when a hydraulic line may rupture.

Well, in between house projects for the wife, I’ve managed to get pretty deep into the disassembly on the C160. It’s crazy… I have not come across one single frozen bolt yet! Gotta love that. I sanded down the front of the frame, primer’d it and painted a little section to see what my paint choice looked like for once the other components all get ready for paint. I think I’m going to go with Sunrise Red Rustoleum. I painted the mower deck and fenders and seat pan that color back when I was just tinkering with the beginning of the restoration and I like the look of it. For the rims, I am thinking about Rustoleum Antique White. From what I’ve read here on the forummany of you guys have used it and it looks pretty good… That nice creamy off-white look almost like Ford Wimbledon white. lol, even though I’m a pretty confident Mechanic after all my experience with the case tractors, I have been videotaping the important segments of disassembly and labeling a lot of parts just to be safe. Best, Jason

I was hoping I didn't have to put a plow on one of the 's this winter but no such luck. It's started to warm up on & off around here enough to turn the nice base I had built up with the snowblower into slop & the snow on the garage roof to start sliding off. It's supposed to be even warmer tomorrow & rain all day so I spent yesterday switching the ag tires out for a set of 9.5" turfs with chains on one of the C-81's. Dug out the brand new 48" plow I bought from a guy about five years ago, it came with his when he bought it from the dealer & never put it on. So today after work I got her out to see how she liked moving slop without wheel weights... She didn't, after two stabs at the roof pile she was back in the shop getting the the weights put on. (in my mind this was an experiment,not laziness). Round Two... Success! It's amazing what 8 hp, gears & traction will do...

New throttle cable installed, way better performance. Thanks to Forum I've been able to remove that knob with ease....

Nice! Do check for rust & cracks on the "F" plate of the frame - particularly around the four Underlive mounting holes.... If there is an issue, NOW is the time to fix it right.

It is now officially in two halves🤣 next step is going to be some serious cleaning and sanding/media blasting. I’m not going gangbusters on the sanding on this one… My hands took a real beating when I redid my CASE 444, so there’s going to be a lot of media blasting work done on this one. J

Thank you to @stevasaurus for letting us know of the passing of Butch a long time member of RedSquare, on October 4, 2025. Rest in peace Butch. https://www.radzieta.com/obituaries/Harold-Luigi-Delaney?obId=45851880

Reminds me of a tractor that came through had all the oil changes in sharpie on the underside of the hood.

I am a fan of the painters tape under the hood. I change it out at every service. Even my truck has a piece in the corner of the windshield. Inside of course.

On December eighteenth celebrate National Re-Gifting Day. Passing along the fun surprises we can't use — it's recycling with a sprinkle of unexpected joy. There are plenty of different holidays out in the world that we all know about, from Christmas to Saint Patrick’s Day. But there are some that we don’t know much about, or don’t know at all. National Re-Gifting Day is one of those lesser known holidays, unless we work in an office. So, for those of us who don’t know what it is about, let’s dive right into the history of this holiday and see how it came to be!

https://wrenchwiki.com/splitdorf-spark-plug/ Splitdorf Magneto and Ignition

This is what I started years ago when I realized that there is no way I remember when I last serviced all these tractors. Tractors with oil filters I write the hours, date on the filter plus write it down, but most of them don’t have engine oil filters so I use this journal. Just now I brought it in the house to take a few pictures and saw this oil stain on many of the pages. I’m not sure how this happened and I’m a little bummed 🙁 I didn’t take pictures of all the pages, just a few so you get the idea.

So sorry to hear this. Butch was one of my first friends that I met at my first (2010) Wheel Horse show. RIP buddy.

Added a fuel pump to the C-105 snow plow tractor... wow what a difference... Primer bulb worked great for a few years but this year I was doing the "on the fly prime" to many times while plowing snow... so Game changer. Separate switch to operate...

Used that on my 867. Looks really nice!

Mods, if this is misplaced please move. Just want to wish each and everyone here a Blessed Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year, and remember,the reason for Christmas is Easter ! Bob

Transmission dipstick tube ready to be installed. Transmission dipstick tube liquid Teflon applied. Transmission ready for tube to be installed. Transmission tube screwed in then tightened using a 7/8" crowfoot wrench, extension, and ratchet. Transmission dipstick and silicone grease ready to be applied. Transmission dipstick silicone grease applied to rubber seal. Transmission dipstick installed.

When I was younger, I could lift this entire rack of sockets out of the box and load it in the truck. Not anymore!

I was thinking it’s some sort of points adjustment wrench.

After you grind the back of the screws off work the screws back and ford as you remove them. Out a little, then back in, repeat, repeat.

My tool box is pretty well organized, but my sockets? Well that is another story! 😂

There is no wrong place to wish our fellow Horse-A-Holics a Blessed Christmas and a Healthy and Prosperous New Year.

Glad to hear Ed. Hope you mend quick. May everyone has a great Christmas and Happy New Year.

Really glad to hear everything worked out well for you

I think you did right by asking. I've seen stranger things dreamed up by engineers.

Call me crazy, but that just looks like you picked up some hay bailing twine that wrapped around the splindle. I say this because I live on a farm and have to pull that stuff out of every mower deck I have... I've never mowed over it on purpose, but it finds its way to my mower every year.

Whatever works. ...works!

He'll be going into hibernation after he finishes my driveway. Merry Christmas (or holiday of your choice) to all of you.

You continue to be an inspiration on this score, Ed. Merry Christmas to you & Mrs K.

The bearing installation instructions in case you don't have them. Click on the picture in the link.

hope dat aint you Wifes meatloaf pan in the floor full of oil

I'm pretty sure every husband KNOWS the "LOOK"

Done & ready to button back up. No leaks. Not a terrible procedure but not fun. As usual removing 30 pounds of stuff to get at 1 pound. Would have been much easier without a cab on. Cleat is still my hero for getting the spool out with the valve in place. Even moving the front plate forward not much room in there. Note the clearance to the oil filter.

Nicely done. We have a set that lives in the toolbox. Most of those are on "rails." Some are still in the plastic hinged boxes they came in. The mobile set is a 3/8" drive impact set on a magnetic dish tray holder. That lives occasionally on the outer wall of the tool box but usually is just setting with whatever job is going on. Those are by far the most commonly used set.

Wrench and gauge for setting points.

You cant tell me what to do!

Spark plug wrench with feeler gauge. Probably from a military vehicle, possibly two-wheeled, German manufacturer would be my best guess.

Obviously, it's for split dorfs... No idea... waiting for the brain trust to weigh in...

No, like I was likely to be coffined to the doghouse, but we don't have a dog house.

Exactly how my knuckleheads think! Leave no evidence! Mom made dad a cake? The only way they voluntarily wash the dish it was on!

Thanks for your suggestions, I tried welding a nut on to the remains of the bolt but found that the weld would break with relatively little force. I also tried welding a bar on, but the same thing happened. In the end I drilled the old bolt out and used a helicoil. Something that I had never tried before, but not a difficult job. I’m thinking that whilst the head is off it may be sensible to re grind the valves. I don’t think that this is the reason for it not starting but it can’t do any harm.

I guess you know your 56 year old sunstrand hydro is still working okay and that you have enough weight and chains when you drag down and almost stall a healthy Magnum 16 pushing back drifted and previously piled snow....The 56" blade gives the whole unit a work out.

I have a to do list for each tractor, a parts list for replaceable maintenance parts like spark plug, filters, air/oil/hydraulic etc…and sizes of belts, tires etc…since I’m one person with 3 working tractors it may be a while before I need to do maintenance. It’s all on the notes 📝 app on my phone. When I change a hydraulic filter. I write the date and engine hours on it. And….I document it in the What did you do to your Wheelhorse for the forum…..😄

The plow is not on the 14-8, and won't fit the C-195.

How they build them these days is so much different from years ago. Mine was put in the early 80s and nothing like what's done now. You guys probably know this but they are sized by no. Of bedrooms. Pumper dude told me once a municipal system is 90% efficient. Ours are 30 at best. Interesting about the butt wipe KP... i never used to use septic safe but never had a problem. That's all she tries to buy now. I don't use septic safe stuff in the camper and it comes out completely disintegrated. Just assumed it did that in the tank.

@kpinnc usually have mine pumped out every 4-5 years , just the 2 of us , also regularly add a concentrate cleaner / enhancement , over holiday times , been here 45 years with no real issues , also have a note pad on cellar wall , for any problem or related service date . my central a/c is also in the cellar , great for regular service , and note sheet , for upcoming filter change and coil flush down . installed that while still working 30 + years ago , stay after it , pete

Clever! We got about 5” of pretty heavy stuff. Wound up doing my driveway and street sidewalk and three neighbors’ driveways. One real steep and I didn’t want them trying to use their small snowblower, one where their snowblower kept clogging, and one where the owner is recovering from cancer and shouldn’t be doing major exertions. Gotta admit I enjoyed the seat time while being neighborly! Now the clogged-blower neighbor wants to know what a Wheel Horse and plow would cost--we’ll talk!

That oily grunge works exceeding well to control rust and corrosion. Several of my machines have that protection. Almost none of my equipment will ever rust out from the bottom up