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July 11, 1972, Honda introduces its first Civic, a new breed of subcompact, fuel-saving car. It arrives just in time for the energy crisis of 1973, which brings higher gas prices, long lines and occasional fistfights at the pump.

Aluminum is very susceptible to galvanic corrosion when in contact with a dissimilar metal. Stainless steel fasteners should have been used.

Our volunteer fire company did a how long will it run without oil and coolant pool on a 1952 Chevy six. The engine was warmed up, shut off, fluids drained then restarted with a brick on the throttle pedal. Tickets were sold as a blind pull, you didn't know how how many minutes you bought until you pulled your ticket from the drum. We sold sixty tickets at $ 10.00 each who knew it would run for over an hour without oil and water. It began rattling pretty good at about twenty minutes, stunk real bad at about thirty minutes then started slowing down and backfiring at about fifty five minutes but kept chugging until about an hour and fifteen minutes. The winner declined the opportunity to own the old Chevy, just took his $ 300.00 winnings and donated a hundred of it back to the fire company.

If easily accessable, remove the shifter & boot and fill thru the hole on top. A good excuse to see if the boot needs to be replaced. That angled fill on the side is a carryover from the old 4 speed design that held 1-1/2 quarts.. You need to fill higher than that. Two quarts. As mentioned above - look at what comes out... not uncommon to see a milky mix of oil & water. Extreme cases - loose bearing needles, chips of gear teeth...

Just fill to the top of the plug it will be enough. 80/90 weight. No need to flush unless what comes out is milky. Take a pic of what comes out and we'll tell you if it needs flushing. Many of us like to jack the front up as high as safely possible. Another cup or so will come out "over the hump".

Not wanting to do too much to this c-161 that is mostly original, I'm making an exception for solid shaker mounts. That last one seems to always be a challenge but I loosened one of the mounting blocks and was able to start that last bolt. This shored up the primary ground wire while I was at it so that's a plus.

@bradleydavidgood Welcome to Red Square and the relentless pursuit of the "next" Wheel Horse... As @c-series don said, you will not find a nicer group of tractor enthusiasts than right here on Red Square! You are a hop, skip, and a jump from the annual show in Arendtsville, which was just 2 weeks ago. Dan

@bradleydavidgood Welcome to the forum, one thing that I don’t believe was mentioned is that the nicest people are here on RS. The amount of CORRECT information here is second to none. I’ve seen on FB sites responses to posts that were incorrect and sometimes downright rude. That sir you will never see here. You might however see some old coots doing some good ole fashioned bantering. You guys know who you are! I’m not going to list them because then I’d have to include myself 😂

That looks fantastic. Shame to cover it up.

I’m getting the 68 back together.I wired it up using a solenoid and a 103990 Ignition switch as suggested by @953 nut it was tight but I found a spot by the tower. I put on a new drive belt ,had to cobble together some fuel line wile I wait for replacement line. There is a outer bearing that should be replaced on the generator.It wines a bit even after greasing both bearings but is working fine. Today I’ll flush the trans and replace gear oil. The deck is ready I just have to sharpen the blades. I have to say the 68 commando has an interesting drive set up for the deck with the gears and belts but everything seems to be good.’ Shes running great with zero smoke . The intake valve is slightly out of speck and I’ll have to replace that too. But she’s running great let’s see if I can post a video IMG_2212.mov

And then a few years later, Hightower had driving lessons.

I zinc plated more M37 parts yesterday. Many of these parts will eventually be painted, but the plating will give them extra protection.

I’ve been in this toolbox for over 25 years. I’ve never decorated it up with stickers like some guys do because i’ve never really found many that i was ok being “stuck” with. Kinda like deciding on a tattoo. I guess that explains why i have no tattoos either. But these stickers were an obviously worthy addition.

Bradley You will find in time that collecting these tractors is habit forming. It is all about the chase and the excitement of finding them. Also fixing them up and making them a runner. Also you live in one of the hot spots for collecting. Enjoy what ever you do.

The back of the my camper shell was ever so lightly loose so I decided to tighten the bolts a bit. I decided to check the other five bolts and below is what one of them looked like. One failing isn't much of an issue but if the majority of the others had rusted, this could have lead to a disaster Easy to miss some important maintenance.

I got lucky at the big show and got a pair of hardly used blades and a pair of new ones without a box. I invested $80 for them all

@bradleydavidgood Check out Brian at K+B Wheel Horse Parts. @76c12091520h He is in our vendors section and should have a nice fender pan at a reasonable price for you. He sells quality parts, no junk at a fair price. Brian is my go to guy for two reasons, first he’s a really nice guy and second he’s extremely knowledgeable when it comes to these tractors.

I am an advocate of using an electric fuel pump. This is a pump many of us use and like very well. They can be found on for about $ 25.00

Recently purchased this lawn tractor which I believe is a lawn master for a whole $75 with hopes of restoring it to its former glory and eventually getting some attachments and using it. Trying to identify and get most of the parts I need to do so but have been stuck on the trans axle mainly but also what this thing started out as. Has the frame painted like a porter cable and one other lawn master I’ve seen but obviously was repainted red and even found some small spots of yellow paint on the frame. Anyways can’t find any peerless models that match the trans axle exactly and with some research found out when dura corp first started making the lawn masters and moto mowers they used a trans axle they built in house. But with how much was modified on this thing I’m hoping with these pictures someone on here can help me. On the bright side the 6hp kholer isn’t locked up and still has plenty of oil in it, the gas tank was dry as a bone when I picked it up and the gear oil in the trans axle doesn’t look all that old so my hopes are high for getting her going again, just gonna need a lot of cosmetic and electrical work. I appreciate any and all advice and tips!

We had a Dodge Dakota at work for pickups & deliveries that had a cap... one day it came back minus the cap - it flew off on Rt 95!

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@Natejc_98 's '73 8 HP 4 speed. Hood off for ease of access to repair.

Just in the nick of time….Front end Friday. I would have gotten a better picture but I had shorts on and bare knees. Gravel and skin don't mix well.

@buckrancher Got the rear cargo carrier slot hitch mount mocked up using pieces from the carrier kit and some scrap laying around.

Revenge is best served cold!

I am running a 48 deck on my 414-8 and the 14 hp Kohler has no problem with it.

Evening, This is for sale on marketplace couple hours from me.. says runs but doesn’t idle. What model and year Wheelhorse? What size Kohler.. mower deck size? Worth the 350? Rare tractor?

1964 34R/34E Lawn Ranger The two holes on the hood are for thumb screws. The left hole in the dash is for the ignition kill switch and the right hole is for the throttle. The lower center hole is for the electric starter switch (34E) i think the choke may have been on the engine. Round hoods don’t pop up for sale that often any more, at least not around here. The 32” deck appears solid. Bearings are available. Never had a need to replace the blades on any of mine, just a quick sharpening. These gear drive rear discharge decks cut beautifully, and they don’t blast grass all over anything in your path also. Cutting height on the early gear drive decks is changed by unbolting the deck wheels and moving them up or down in a series of holes. The rest of the hood appears solid and reasonably straight. The cut area could be repaired but i would probably leave it if it’s going to be a work tractor. As with any hobby, you can throw more money at it than it’ll ever be worth, but spending maybe $500 total to make a good mower out of it is far better than throwing money away fixing up a big box store model in my opinion.

The Civic is the more modern replacement for the prior Z600 MicroCoupe that had a 2 cylinder motorcycle engine for power...

This is the pump I have on all my tractors.

Those are for the choke and throttle

Going by factory spec that's challenging for a 6 or 8 speed. That side fill will barely allow 1.5 qts. The fill quantity is 2 qts. Can the tractor be lifted from the left side >>safely<< enough to get the full amount in?

Good job as always getting those motors running. If John and Keven are there guaranteed it would run. running.

do you have the rear axle bracket to attach the plow FRAME to underneath the rear axle?

Moving the amount the rod moves also changed the amount the clutch idler moves. Decreasing travel may lead to the belt not releasing.

Yes, it will fit. And it looks complete, but without the optional bent metal skids. But by using the Dial-a-Height adjuatment, they are nice to have, but not absolutely required. How is the cutting edge? It is symmetrical and can be flipped over - if that has not already been done.

Yup looks to have started out as a Lawnmaster... That face takes a bit of getting used to though...! The bug eyes & crooked smile!

The ebay price 875 for a 48 SD deck only with rust perforations letting light though (no front mount carrier no gauge wheels) is ludicrous.

George, I'm curious too. I like the grill on that unit but am not sure why the box was added to the hood top. There were so many small manufacturers of lawn and garden tractors in the early to mid 1960s that it is hard to keep track of all of them. If the engine has a spec. number you could do an internet search for that number and some sites tell you what applications it was used on.

The year model doesn't make much difference as all the 414-8 are basely the same. I have a 312-8 that I don't know the year model. I also don't have a Wheel Horse that hasn't been modifited in some way by me.

Note that unlike a mid-mount deck, where gage wheels close to blades control the cutting height, this one is suspended from the frame and supported by the casters and the tractor’s font wheels. Those “rollers” are there for anti-scalp and are not intended to be in regular ground contact. This style is helpful, though, for poking the deck under things like fences and shrubbery. It is a 48 (and you mentioned 42’s). So it’s weight for handling and room to store it need consideration.

I believe in stock form the Wheel horse rears are just as tuff or tougher than The boo boo Cubs . Them pullers like the cub running gears because of the Big tractor style clutch and say they loose power from running belt drive which I can see there point but Ive seen a few belt drive Wheel Horses that were hard to beat on the pulling track. Absolutely I have had a few restored myself in years gone bye (Cockshutt 30, Cockshutt 50, Oliver 66, Afew JD's and several Older Fords) I tractor pulled with both the Cockshutts and the Oilver 66 and done very well. These WH's give me the same satisfaction and joy but are so much easier to store and fool with, quality's I appreciate the older I get.

plus peace of mind of not burning up a good engine because of gas in the oil pan.

Install an electric fuel pump.

Loaded the log splitter for delivery to my son tomorrow. That front hitch on the 312H sure does make it easy to push equipment around. Then mowed around the neighbor's fence lines. They were busy picking canteloupes.

I'd start with checking all your grounds and redoing the battery cables. That positive cable looks like it needed replaced 20 years ago.