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Hello everyone. I already posted a couple posts and became a supporter, so I figured I should introduce myself. My name is Brett but everyone calls me Buck. Nickname from my childhood and now I’m 47 and still have it. I used to be in the hobby big time. My dad, uncles, and cousins all had wheel horse tractors. I had 36 of them. Between all of my family members and I, we had over 200. I bought a house, got married, and had a daughter. The tractors sat and didn’t get ran so I sold them all except three. That was in 2016. This spring, the boy was out in the shed and wanted to get one of them out and running. Well we got all three of them running and he was hooked and it all came back to me! So in the last month or two, I’ve bought a 753 that I rescued from someone’s woods, a 500 special and a B-80 out of a barn, and a 701 at the big show! So I’m back collecting and searching. I get to do it all with my boy and get to meet great people who enjoy the same things! Thank you for having this group!

Here is the main part of the speed problem. The throttle cable is on the bottom, goes to the black spring which goes to the governor arm which goes to the throttle plate. You push on the gas pedal and it is 2/3 of the way before the throttle moves. Top rpm is around 2300, idle is 1400 rpm. I pulled the spring and put stiff wire in, that livened things up. 4200 rpm and no governor at half throttle pedal. That got me to about 20 mph. Looks like a shorter spring might work.

Here is the steering system. In the second picture the tie rod comes from the front through the hole in the middle of the picture, goes to the lever which swivels at the top of the picture then heads toward the on the bottom tie rod. The third picture shows the rear tie rod attach point, also the articulation "hinge". The last picture shows the rear tie rod and the swivel.

Welcome! We're happy you're here.

More to come on my newest addition. Picked it up last Saturday and have made decent progress so far. It's the one in the background.

Might just be the valve seat let go. Is it the rear cylinder that’s at 0 psi?

It has a Salisbury torque converter on it. I pulled the part off the engine for a clean and lube.

He typically replies pretty quickly, give him some time if you just did this , everyone had a long week / weekend and alot of travel time with the Wheel Horse show.

Brad, I'm very glad that you were able to make a worker out of that B-100. Here is what it looked like when I found it - PO said it had been sitting for a "couple of years".... I like the new muffler you put on her.

Wow that looks great thanks. Looking forward to being apart of the community

For real old school look, IMHO nothing beats a set of chrome reverse rims & a set of baby moons.....

The newest addition to my team needed a transmission fluid change pronto! “1978 C-81”

My neighbor is a machinist. Over the years he has tried to emphasize the importance of safety glasses to new guys. His favorite line... "Wear your safety glasses because you can't hear b--bs". Told this to my wife and she promptly grabbed mine, shook them and said "He's right, they don't make a sound". Yup, I have a funny wife. 🤣

Super happy to see you got this! It'll be in great hands.

That's all I could talk @Raven AKA my significant other into posting a lot of pics this evening. I was in Mass and she headed to N.H to hang out with her sister. We met up with @Bill D and @Brockport Bill at the New York border last Saturday. We left at 5 30 am and returned home to Maine at 5 pm. Long day and haven't stopped working on it since. Will keep you guy's updated on the progress. By the way you meet the nicest people on Red Square. Two great members. Bill and Bill.