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I installed strip of old conveyor belt on the edge of dozer blade. Belt is 3/8 thick. Front stabilizer for snowplow is ready too. When I install the plow I will drill a few holes in stabilizer rod for different levels. Next move -- tire chains probably.

So somebody else who shall not be named Sylvia decided 12 psi was not enough in a tire and figured these where 8 bolt rims that needed 80. And promptly blew out a tire that was dry rotted for from sitting flat for 20 years. Ok fine no big deal a set of new shoes in order right? Well to hell with that lets just put some slime in ... along with a can of tune up in a can with rings that are smoking in a electric motor. Alrighty then... wonder if the poor sob that wanted to do things right had to deal with that? Good thing you took a real day job Kev and didn't have time to deal with this crap. The rim was a real pain to get off even with a special hub puller... then deal with the slime. I've had tires & rims a lot older than this better to deal with! So all said and done right ready to work as the Good Lord intended. New shoes/blasted and painted rims. Did I mention fronts don't hold air either? Blasted and painted them too. Bead sealer works wonders. Still have to deal with the battery acid that was sloshed down around the pan and started corroding things. You boys don't wanna see a pic of that mess. She likes hauling saw gear out to the wood lot tho.

Hey Guys I was DarrellF before, Been awhile but im back. Real life was beating me up some, but ya can't keep a Wheel horse guy down. From Pennsylvania with my blessings 🙌 thanks Darrell Francisco.

October 24, 1981 The “Chicken Dance” is introduced in the United States during the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oktoberfest by the Heilbronn Band from Germany. They wanted to demonstrate the dance in costume but there were no duck costumes available anywhere near Tulsa. At a local television station, however, a chicken costume was available which was donated for use at the festival. And that is how the "Chicken Dance" got its name.

The horse trading yesterday in Boonville, Indiana went well! Ken McKrendee and i both had a great visit! I got a new to me 701 that Ken bought several years ago from Larry Greener and i traded an RJ and 4 wheel Wheel Horse wagon!

Slowly cleaning up and prepping this C-145 for winter snow chores. Wheels and tires are done! Rears are Carlisle All Trails in 23x8.0x12 Fronts are Carlisle in 18x6.50x8

I looked into new bearings and it would cost about the same for a new replacement tranny. I replaced the belt and idler, no change. Everything seems tight so just run it!

Jeez. I feel old now. I thought the Chicken Dance had been around for much longer than 1981.

Quick clarification. @Pullstart's kick start is a re-power; kick start was never a stock WH engine My two cents on merely adequate horsepower needs on mechanically efficient equipment: - to move a tractor & operator on relatively level ground: <1 hp - to climb a hill at walking speed: <2 hp - with a 32” two-blade mower (sharp blades, moderate grass): ~4 hp (for 36” mower, ~5 hp) - with a 42” snow blade or 1-stage blower moving ~6” of moist snow: ~7hp - pull a 7” soil plow through moderately firm ground: ~6hp (sod-busting may need more) Things that can add power needs: - hydrostatic drive (add ~10% but reap convenience!) - lots of belt pulleys - dull mower blades - chains on drive wheels - rough ground and steep hills - poorly-tuned engine - higher ground speeds

I was a '50s hot rodder, but we lowered the rears to get the look. I do swap out the front 6s for 8 inchers on all my tractors and leave the 6" spindles but I do it to get more clearance under the front axle for higher lift of plow frames. The look is a bonus.

Cents yo live 49 miles from civilization, that thing have enough battery power to make a round trip to sneak off to the nearest distillery?

Thanks for the replies and help. GREAT NEWS, it tries to run with carb cleaner, that's all I had to use besides gasoline. Probably got a 3 to 5 second run time. Followed everyone's advice and found the reason for no spark was mainly the breaker points gap was too wide and they never closed. Couple of questions though. 1- The side of the coil wire that goes into the coil was very black. The coil itself looked like new and the PO said that he had replaced it. What can cause that as it fit pretty snug into the socket? I cleaned it. 2- One of the 4 screws that hold the flywheel dust screen to the flywheel is turned out a few turns and works great to help turn the flywheel. Anyway, When testing the breaker points open/close with my ohm meter, the meter would give a tone when that screen screw was at about the 3 o'clock position. As I turned the flywheel clockwise, the tone stopped (points opened) at about 10 o'clock. Is it normal for the breaker points to stay closed for over 1/2 turn of the crankshaft? AH, maybe this 1/2 turn is engineered for timing adjustments? Did not attempt timing yet but great video. I couldn't find the timing marks on the flywheel through the peephole. Ok, so I guess next is to get fuel to the engine. The tank is pretty dirty inside and I don't remember seeing a fuel filter yet. I am thinking that i need to remove the carb and disassemble it to see what shape it is in. Outside has some white powderish oxidation, I believe it is and looking inside the throat of the carb, it is the same. The choke cable will not move and I believe the cable is fine but the choke rod is stuck. I did pull out the high speed needle adjustment screw. It was a little hard to turn but did come out ok. ITs a little tarnished but overall looks ok "to me". Doesn't appear to be bent and no signs of being over tightened in the jet. Yes will be taking the gas tank off to clean it as well as new fuel lines and filter. The fuel tank cut off valve has a find screen on it. Should I attempt to remove the fuel cut off valve at the tank and clean it or leave it alone due to the rubber seal? So where to from here? I do have small fuel tank can use as an IV drip for testing. Once running then I will remove the cylinder head and do that work. Also there is the water I found in the transmission. Both PTO pulleys were frozen along with at least one of the mower deck bearings. I am guessing that the idler pully for the clutch may be bad also. Question about rebuilding the carb. I have rn across several articles and one that goes into great depth about rejetting these carbs or replacing the high speed adjustment needle. There is an article here on our forum I believe about drilling out the high speed adjusting needle. Does anyone know anything about this and what it does? I ask because in my carb parts there is a new high speed adjusting rod but it has a couple extra holes already in it. Thandk Charrie

First off thank you Pullstart for bringing this one back and saving it from one that knows no better. I'll mention no names here Sylvia but what the double hockey sticks happened here? Wanted to smoke one??!?!? Good Lord for NOS this thing sure looked like it been in the hands of somebody didn't have a clue... just sayin .. for never have mowed a blade of grass ?? I have no clue but I ain't even close to done roasting you Jimbo! Hope you haven't left yer sense of humor in the top drawer! Original thread here ... stand by for how It's done RIGHT!

You may want to rethink that , the IGNITION COIL is doing that, not the condenser (Capacitor) it protects the point from an arc.

Me too. then again everything that occurred less then fifty years ago all happened yesterday! Wedding Receptions and some Celebrations of Life wouldn't be complete without a good Chicken Dance and the YMCA.

Dan comes to stay the distillery makes house calls. Sylvia working on a tractor ... known problem Mice & wires understandable ... the fix? Richard ... here I thought yours had a bad tranny bearing this one is just as loud if not more. Funny thing is the A-81 gasser @jeremi3210 has now has the same tranny and i don't recollect it being noisy at all. Maybe just couldn't hear it over the roar of the mighty Briggs!

Ja, Ja. "Squeezebox" Party Music... a staple at Father-Daughter Dances across the Nation.

Wow. Mice ate the wires on the deck. Known problem. Dry rot tires - only one didn't hold air. Yes I tried goop. It has worked fine on other tires. Not this one. Known problem Battery blew up - I cleaned it up but apparently not good enough. Known problem. Price more than reflected the problems. Less than 50% what I spent on it originally and for batteries etc. My apologies.

Emulating some old 50s & 60s hot rodders that liked the front end canted up a bit. Yeah, I'm that old...

What all the other guys said!! I can only add it's like this when your steering it all day you develop muscles 💪 or bad shoulders. Tuff machine!! If your really going to work it replace the 5/16 normal bolts in the bull gear to 3/8 grade 8 or 9.. Remember to be sure you have the parking brake off never forget.. these machines are tuff but look up all the few things that are weak and fix them cause parts are becoming hard to find. These machines remind me of a old D9 Dozer but remember, up keep is going to save you in the long run! My 2 cents.

the Xi series garden tractors are amazing, with nearly a truck frame under them! Please check out the front axle pivot, it’s the only known weak spot in them. https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/topic/92609-xi-series-front-axle-pivot-repair/ You’ll find a Wheel Horse plow mounts to the rear axle, where load is driven from. JD plows transfer that stress to the front axle. I’ say use or modify whatever Wheel Horse plow you need to use their design. The tractor will thank you.

I wonder if these bearing might be salvageable. I'm going to submerge them in some solvent tomorrow and let the soak for a few days.

We've been at our Ky location for a few days working in our woods. We got the A Liner camper set up, and have a list of small projects to work on this trip. Today's major chore to take the 16' utility trailer into town to pick up some building supplies turned into anadventure. No problem to and from town. I took the trailer to the end of the driveway to unload it. No problems there. Nowhere to turn the Ram 1500/16' trailer combo around, so I'm thinking back the rig out. Go slow and no problem. After all, it is only a couple hundred yards. Made it about half way, when I lost track of the back wheels on the truck and dropped the left rear off the edge of the road. Had the left wheel at full drop and the right rear at full rise. No traction to lift myself out. EJ the 8N to the rescue! Hooked up with a 3/8" chain, had Mrs 8N in the truck to feed a bit of throttle when EJ started pulling, and out it came. I clamped the receiver hitch onto the MF's fel and pushed the trailer the rest of the way. Got to look into installing tow hooks on the Ram.

IF you have access, using a drill bit about .010 smallet than the hole from the backside to align the block & shaft prior to having the pin engage the shaft takes the fishing part out easily... IF you have the room. Get the pin thru the first side of the block, into the shaft & pull the drill bit out...

Those were packed with Bentonite (sp) grease. If you want a stinky mess on your hands, open one up!

I'd be interested to see a picture of the elbow and valve. On my K161, the drain plug is on the PTO side of the engine. I've not figured out a good reroute that doesn't interfere with the deck belt and idler.

On the transaxle that I just picked up, the parking pawl lever just flops all over. I can feel crunchiness just from rotating the axles. At a minimum the axle bearings are probably shot and based on the parking pawl movement I'd say there's also a bunch of metal chips floating around. At best this transaxle will be a parts unit. The original transaxle in the B100 feels good and everything is tight, the oil was clear when I drained it, the problem is when the engine is running (and smoking!) as soon as I move the motion lever the engine immediately dies. No sputtering, it just stops. My best guess is the parking pawl is engaged. I have not yet taken time to play with the parking pawl while the engine is running, mainly because I borrowed parts from the engine to get my B100 8-speed running. If your C-120 transaxle works and doesn't need to be split, the drive might be worth it

Welcome back!!

Uncle Jim, welcome to the A-60 Club.

Great deal! We’ve got to keep that old iron moving, they sure don’t make ‘em like they used to!

Those style wheels are rare. Very old school RJist . Treat them with kid gloves. Eight inchers I restoed.

Further proof that our dog is NOT SPOILED

The other two wires coming from the rectfier/regulator are probably white and come from the engine. Unplug them from the regulator with the engine runnIng at 2/3 throttle or better test for AC voltage AC between the two of them. Should be around 30 volts AC

@Ed Kennell I believe all 417’s came with a Series 2 and baby moons. I think some 300 series came with baby moons too? Only a true Wheel Horse connoisseur like @Handy Don would pick up on 8” wheels and 6” spindles. Some may in fact think “What is this guy talking about?” My 417-A runs a 44” two stage blower like a champ!

I do concur. Balls up front make for a far more pleasurable trailering experience... And mirrors on a break the number one rule of Italian motor car racing - Whatsa behind you Issa no Matta...

They are readily available and inexpensive...

Having and not needing is always better than needing and not having....

So it’s kind a inbetween machine .. too heavy duty or finkiy with steering, hydraulic and attachments ?

Turning the dirt!

The first pic was giving me a stiff neck..flipped it for ya!

Welcome! Yes, pictures of all are needed to see if it is a "Show Case" or a "Show Stopper"!.... One thing to consider - all the implements for any of the D series - D180, D200, and D250 are unique to that series and do NOT interchange with the more common B, C, 300, 400, 500 series.

Another shot of 701 but I was feeling pretty patriotic after making a new front axle pivot pin and making bushings for the wore drag link. Using my homegrown flag bracket and the bestest flag in the world. A special thanks to my shop fan for helping with the shot.

Couple a pics of C160 with the new to me rear wheel weights.

My 867 after a lengthy restoration.

I've only met Don in real life once but I think it's safe to say no one knows his breed.

We had planned to get this girl long before post 515 so a 1000 mile round trip to MO and brought this one home. Wow I thought I was a empty nester! Whose Idea was this anyway? After this one is house broken gonna start looking for Don's @c-series don breed. I'm a glutton for punishment... Bonus on the trip ... had a nice visit with @ronwh and his wife Michelle. They live less than an hour from the breeder. Got to see his (my dream) smoker. Warning Ron if I make it down that way again there will be a 953 sickle bar coming home with me! Thank you guys for putting us up for a nite!

That's a tough call Jim. We are dealing with a similar issue with one of ours. Kidney failure. We asked the vet that question. He said she will let us know when it's time. That seems like good advice.

Update

Abbey goes to work with me every day and she's become quite the beggar around the office. Guy I work with took her picture and plugged it in to AI

I'm a happy camper! As I've mentioned this K-161 spent its life running a pump at the mouse in Florida. I got it from a friend and coworker of @19richie66 Sorry Richie, I don't remember his name. That was about 7-8 years ago. I originally had other plans for it but in any case it had sat for all that time never once starting it. All I knew was that I was told it had an easy life. When I decided to convert it to a battery ignition and start from the mag/recoil setup. I can't tell you how many times my wife would say "you don't even know if it runs" as I was working on it. The same number of times I told replied "I have confidence". Today was the moment of truth. I hopped on and hit the key. I was almost startled how fast it started. I had squirted a bit of oil on top of the piston so, as I knew it would, it smoked some at first. That quickly cleared up and I took it for a drive out back. She was purring like a kitten. Got back to the garage and tweaked the carb adjustments but they really didn't need it. As I was redoing the oil drain I noticed there was a bit of crud on the bottom of the pan. For that reason I decided to drain the 15 minute old oil. You can tell by the 'old' oil that I'm already well on the way to getting that cleaned out. I've got some paths to trim with the sickle before it goes to bed for the winter. I'll give it another oil change after I do that. @squonk I went to NAPA to get the belt you suggested. They didn't have one in stock but they did have a 7315 which is in between the too tight 7312 and the 7320. I gave it a shot knowing I could return it if needed. You can see where the adjustment is. You guys with small block starter/gen Kohlers you can use either the 7315 or 7320 and be fine. I can't decide if I want to put 754 decals on it. I used the original 181 tins on it because the red matched better and the 161 shroud has the threaded holes for the recoil starter. With the 181 riveted spec plate nobody would ever know. Can't even measure the piston since they are the same. The only difference I see is that the 181 has a quarter inch longer stroke that the 161. All that's left is to find the muffler I want on it.