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A few years ago I traveled to Ky and bought #423 of 425 60th anniversary with less than 10 hour. I drive it a few times a year and it still has less then 15 hour on it. Its in museum condition - maybe it should be in one instead of my garage in IL

June 4, 1896, in the shed behind his home on Bagley Avenue in Detroit, Henry Ford unveils the “Quadricycle,” the first automobile he ever designed or drove. Ford was working as the chief engineer for the main plant of the Edison Illuminating Company when he began working on the Quadricycle. On call at all hours to ensure that Detroit had electrical service 24 hours a day, Ford was able to use his flexible working schedule to experiment with his pet project—building a horseless carriage with a gasoline-powered engine.

I have looked for years and finally found a pedal tractor on ebay. It came with the correct sheet of new decals. I just finished painting and reassemble. It looks good. It was built by AMF in Olney IL. I grew up near there.

Henry's Quadracycle had no brakes and was able to go 20 MPH. Ford and the rest of the automotive industry has come a long ways in 130 years. When I was a kid driving $ 50.00 clunkers if a car or truck had 100K on the odometer it was destone for the scrap heap, now 300K is very common. Heard the other day that the average age of cars on the road in the US is about fifteen years old. My wife's car is eighteen years new and she won't even consider replacing it, my truck is seventeen years young and I feel the same.

I was at Wheelhorse when marketing did this. They did complete the Baja desert race with a STOCK 520-H. It had 3 options from the catalog. 1 dual tires, 2 cleated tires, and 3 aux fuel tank. I restored a 1991 520-H which came with the original baked, cooked sticker on the hood. since I planned on using it I put the replacement sticker on the seat. A body shop painted the hood and fender. Its a sharp tractor I still use

That’s not a rubber hose if I’m looking at what you are asking about. It’s part of the PTO clutch assembly.

That loop is metal. It pulls the PTO clutch together to engage the mower deck. Real nice looking tractor !!

I just bought #32. it has 1300 hours and is in very rough shape with an SS (super stupid) emblem on the hood. It will not start and run. it will fire for a few seconds with starter fluid. it has all the chrome and a 48 inch deck with a hole in it. #32 George F Schleicher now owned by Norman D in Rockton IL

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I’ve owned/driven Toyotas, Chevys, Dodges, RAMs, GMCs, Nissans, Plymouths, Hyundai’s and Kia’s (and probably some other brands) …but never have I owned a Ford. Closest I had was a 1976 Mercury Capri with a v6 and a 4 speed manual. Very quick car! Funny enough I’m researching the mid/size trucks right now and the 2026 Ranger is very appealing.

turned out it was the cylinder leaking. I believe it was wheel horse parts and service the rebuilt the cylinder for me. now it stays up for a few days. thanks ken

I use Mobil 1 High Milage 10w40 in my well worn C160 hydro

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No problem, I will get some photos of my battery cable routing as soon as I get home. As far as the unknown rubber hose, here is a pic of it circled in blue. On my tractor, it appears to be going to nothing on either end.

I have used a piece of inch and a quarter Schedule 80 PVC pipe to tap on driving the seals into the housing with a 1 1/8" axle.

Somewhere a vintage truck is missing its clearance lights, I love the look.

For less than ten bucks you can save your self a lot of work. https://www.ebay.com/itm/387663699009?_skw=garden+tractor+ignition+switch+pigtail&itmmeta=01KT96NMHBN9AGSJD2BNR8Y3HR&hash=item5a428e9c41:g:JoIAAOSwFexnSXIO&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAABAGfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xB7dv9Pw%2F3UTMMyXdo549kKSOJC%2BkZzMXRHpMSRWPhE3uFzHZ4GlRzpJcaNnqDwfh0cGWPi5cYWQPVf17rsgb8TFmgLA7y%2Bg8I5x2B7FaGj%2BkB563Um3yi8LbDfwmFv9D7uFoKqTkjzNKQeQWZRaqAplpjyKrNIbEcSO6SCEy4UX%2B5fezQnMrsS19oN9kQ3j77UTMOK6DlB04m6YaJdJ6Rxj9yYLqg9wjUmGLpB8saPHCVezGwFeI%2Fy0VSONfULPN0mFkYnZLaTDTds9ZKQpYZKHMclcGU0IlrOgn2bQwqy8Rs9wecDEaxYarpiPBRdsEw%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_DI1qbSZw

Eric if you become a supporter of this site, you can post all the pictures you want. It’s only 20 bucks a year cheap price for the pleasure that you get. Good luck with your project and enjoy the ride when it’s done.

yeah, by the looks of the rub marks on the top it is a tight fit to slide it off. I see a master link on the chain might be the other option??

@sqrlgtr I don't have much choice here in Poland, I had only 1 original (pretty new) and another one was worn out so a few months earlier I temporarily put even cheaper wheel,but now that red one fits perfectly.

Big Show at the South Mountain Fairgrounds https://wheelhorseclub.com/

Welcome to Red Square. Not a hydro owner so will leave that to the experts. Since you are new here is a link to two pages of search results for the 1-0481. https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/search/?q=1-0481&quick=1&type=downloads_file There are 2 pages from the lube charts in with the OM (Operator manual) Just click on the thumb nails and they will enlarge. Is the last digit of the serial number a 6 or 8?

Excellent point. The Eaton 11 relies on cooling from contact with the metal lines, the oil filter, and the transaxle case so making the bypass at the “implement” end makes good sense.

Welcome to the Forum! Just to help out, how about taking and posting a couple of pictures of what you’re looking at? Best are JPEG (HEIC, the default iPhone format, won’t work).

Unfortunately, I haven't had time for that yet. I plan on getting back at it on Friday evening - end of the school year stuff for the kids has the evenings booked up.

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Will measure later today .

953: I had a C141 one time and it had that same problem. So I went to see my dealer when they were in business with wheel horse he told me it’s probably because the engine was not in tune which created overheating and it bake the paint. And the other thing with the cradle mount to me that seemed to be a power robber with that big 14 shaken all over the place. This is just my two cents.

Still dont know if Im going to make it but will be no problem on hauling if I do. I might be putting up hay so????

You may want to get the plug in connector for the switch. You can get them with leads already installed and you just join your original wires to them. Wire colors can be switched around if desired by releasing the terminals. Click on the picture of the switch to see the connector. Releasing the terminals is explained here. Click on the terminal.

Its one of those no maintenance models

After a little over a month Sooki is finally starting to get over her ugly puppy stage of life. She sure is a ball of energy, all go all the time. She's getting her basic commands down pretty good, food is a great motivator of course.

Supposed to be GOOD VIBRFATIONS, not bad.

The BLACK and ORANGE seat switch wires being joined together with the PTO on will prevent the magneto from producing a spark, just like the operator leaving the seat. What was the outcome of performing this test?

I did it a few weeks ago but I got the belt guard put on

A few weeks ago we were able to find some of those wheels at rural king, all we had to do was hit them with some red spray paint because they were bright white.

@BradKahler "Was the saran wrap for getting the seal onto the shaft? If so, I didn't have any issues in that department, the problems was getting the seals pressed into the bores." oh misunderstood never had any trouble going into case (knock on wood) but I have made seal drivers that are true/sqaure on the seal side that really helps.

I file the edges of the keyway and wrap it with electrical tape to prevent damaging the seal. Also file any burrs that might be on the axle especially if there are extra set screws. And the chamfer that often needs filing is on the transmission case. And then like is mentioned oil the seal up prior to installing.

Yeah but you won’t sell me anything! I’m a cash buyer

When the paint bubbled on my freshly restored C-121 I showed it to the man himself,Cecil Pond. I asked him about this and he said flat out, well I guess that’s a poor design! That little picture in the upper left corner was taken 10 minutes after we had that conversation. Me, Betty and Cecil 2004.

! WI seems to have umpteen shows per weekend to choose from all summer long. You shouldn’t have a hard time finding one, but Portage, WI Garden Tractor Daze is always a favorite for my wife and I to drive to. Plus we get to hang out with cheese royalty like @WHX??, @Achto @Streetrodchev, @PeacemakerJack, @jeremi3210, @Wild Bill 633, @Coulter Caleb, @Edward Teach, @Jacob moll, and more!

Nice seat repair too

Looks like there was a hot time under the hood at one time, if only they could talk ant tell their story.

D 160-200 attachments are unique to that series. Decks, Blowers and plows from C 300/400 series will not fit There are two versions of D160 some came with Kohler K341 other with a twin onan.

from another Eric. You've managed to trip over one of the most desirable and best worker models Wheelhorse made. Best idea here is to clean the WHOLE fuel system. Remove, clean, and replace the tank, ALL rubber fuel line, filter, pump, and of course carburetor. Check the carb top shaft for excessive wear. For parts: 1. Place an ad in our classifieds. 2. PM @76c12091520h Brian. 3. CALL Lincoln at A to Z Tractor in PA. There are several other places to get general maintenance items. Luck!

Not to worry. Axles and differentials aren't shimmed like crank shafts. A bit of end play is to be expected.

Is the whole axle and diff assembly supposed to be able to move back and forth about 3/16 of an inch in the casing once its all together?

Remove the HEX plug on the trans case bottom. Replace it...change the filter, then use this no-spill method to refill... Don't over-fill it as the fluid will foam up resulting in poor performance. Run it for a little while, then recheck fluid lever...DO NOT OVERFILL.

125 miles per day on a 520? I wonder how many butts sat in the seat over 4 days? That’s averaging 5.2 miles per hour constant. I wonder if there’s any footage of it?