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August 17, 1933 MLB player Lou Gehrig plays his record 1,308th consecutive game.

Haven’t had a Wheel Horse for about 28 years since I gave my 852 to a brother of a coworker to restore and never saw the tractor again. Just purchased a 520xi with 48” deck and single stage snow blower in good condition, 880 hours. Will pick it up Thursday as there is no rain in the forecast (Hoosiers will understand!). Semi retired Reliability Engineer so I over analyze everything. Looking forward to contributing and learning!

Needed some bushes removed, have a 520 serviced and ready for sale, figured why not

A bit more progress, hubs done, wheel adapters done and it bolted up in place. Looking good 😍

Welcome! Yeah, that Engineer thing never leaves you, even after you retire.... This sums it up well I'm afraid...

The best paint I've found is Rust-oleum Satin Black, you can't tell it from the Factory finish. This tractor has all OEM paint but the front black I had to redo because of several large scratches.

Some old pics i found of the “hay maker”. I don’t normally mow wet grass, but when it rains for days and the forecast doesn’t look any different…

I keep this one around as a reminder: Completely embedded until I split it.

I installed new rear anti scalp rollers on my 42" SD deck. No bushings needed in the new rollers, as they have a 1/2" bore. Rounded edges on the rollers too - should cut down on the axial load on the snap rings that retain them. No, I didn't have my phone with me so no pictures. Y'all are just going to have to believe me!

Good rainy day to get some much needed crab trap maintenance done while the 312H watches. Then finished the crabs we caught last week.

Welcome.

to the BUG.

Since the flywheel has obviously been spun on the crankshaft you should also take a good look inside the flywheel bore.

I put that type PTO on my 1055 but had to remove the handle due to interference with the angle adjustment for the snow plow.

The clutch on a 1965 Wheel Horse looks like the photo below. This owner manual should be helpful too.

Agreed. It looks to be using the PTO components from a Commando 800 or similar era tractor. Functional, but..... nothing else is there. No deck mounting brackets, no tach-a-matic. Maybe intended for a snowthrower setup??

Maybe not. There was a smaller drive pulley on the early PTO kits.

Someone probably replaced the ignition module but never properly torqued the flywheel bolt when they put it back together, which made the key shear. The long key is used to hold the trigger ring in time. Someone else on here had the same problem with a sheared flywheel key due to the PO not torquing the flywheel bolt properly. Does the flywheel bolt have the correct thick washer with it?

That flywheel had definitely spun before and probably because someone put a little woodruff key in there. I don't see that as being the end of that shaft though. Just put the proper key in it and it will hold. I'm no Onan expert and barely know them but most every other engine uses a taper fit lock instead of relying solely on a key to hold them in place for a reason. That's a straight shaft fit so the long key is definitely required

That’s the plan, I hope.

you guys are a lot more knowledgeable than I am but I sure would clean it up good and try it. just my though.

That was one of my first firewood processing tool build projects. It's made of old posts recycled from a deck I built years ago and tore down less years ago. The trailer has had at least 3 axle setups that I recall. Its current iteration seems to work well. Big enough to hold quite a load and not too big for the heavy Cinnamon Horse to pull. A lighter weight tractor would be much less useful. I've been considering adding width to the vertical posts but it works well right now.

Washed the furnace filter, did a couple loads of laundry, mowed the lawn with Morgan, after putting new anti scalp rollers on, picked up a pile of sticks & acorns my wife had raked up, carried a bunch of stuff out to the new A Liner camper, and pumped the accumulated rain water out of the pedal boat and washed it. Oh, walked the dog and took a short swim in the lake. Waiting for foil dinners to cook now.

Here is the key you need:

I'm lucky I know EB otherwise I wouldn't say this BUT. was thinking more like Elton John Grace Slick, one of my favorites @stevasaurus

possibly a K161 or K181…. Might become a 1960 Suburban 800 4x4

Finally got to mount up my JD brand front wheel weights. I painted these twice the first time just made a gooey mess, I dont know what kinda yellow paint they use but think that may be where the slogan ”nothing runs like deere” came from . FYI This style weight will NOT work without drilling new holes and are to wide/thick to work on the regular style wheels ie c series, older square or round hoods.

there’s an intermediate reduction at each end, I might do it all in chain!

I just did this a few weeks ago on my 161 thinking it might help when I installed the FEL. I used a 60 grit flapper wheel on an angle grinder to take the top off the axle. Washers and bearing were only 1/8" and it was surprisingly easy to take that off.

Sounds like fun Eric! Watch out for White Rabbits, Alice !!!

Pulled up a couple more loads of firewood.

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This reminds me of when I was cutting a grapple load into stove lengths. An 8" red oak, 3" in I got sparks. flipped it over, same thing. Cut out that section to avoid destroying another chain. On splitting it, there was a small HORSESHOE in the center of the tree!

Happy Birthday Jim Stay a simple man! Trust me, when you have an hour and 10 to watch and listen to the whole thing you won't be disappointed. The guitar battle in "T for Texas" is epic and Billy Powell lights it up on the piano.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes fellas. i don't know how to act my age I've never been this old ... Was a good day spending it up here in northern WI. worked on getting a outboard running for my sister then went fishing on a private pond but got skunked. Went out to a cool place called Lost Land Lodge for Friday fish fry and old fashions which is a Wisconsin staple. Finished with white Russians and a fire pit.

Requested pics.