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"Another topic!?" I hear you think.. yes.. this thing has been sitting in my yard for way to long. Now with the darker, colder and wetter weather coming up I would like to get it going. The idea is to use it around the house and for the better half to use it to rid the paddocks of horse crêpe.. Bought it off my neighbour a few years ago where it had been sitting long enough a small tree grew through it. "It" in this case is what started it's life as a walk behind Toro Greens Aerator. Kind of a coring machine specifically for golf courses. Somewhere in it's previous life somebody deleted the aerating part of the machine and put a dumping bed on the frame along with a seat. What you see below remains. Lots of stuff to do. Started to clean up the rims, ordered new tires, valve stems and a bit of paint yesterday. Took the fueltank which was full of water off along with the improvised hydraulic oil tank which was also full of water. I'm hoping the pump has survived, if not I might have to order one for it. Good news is that it has a Kohler 16hp engine which seems to be in good condition. Carbs' clean, airfilter Ok-ish, oil on the dipstick. Only thing is the starter does turn when connected directly to a battery however does nog engage the flywheel gear thingamabob.. might be a solenoid issue?? Stripped down a bit for cleaning/inspecting Other side. Note the hydraulic pump is driven off the flywheel side of the engine. New rubbah.. Quite a wide load. Thanks for reading! Greetings from the Netherlands, Mark

When I hear "Greens Aerator" I think of my HS days working on a golf course. We had a tow be-hind unit about 8 ft. wide with hundreds of knives, similar to the one pictured here. It had slicer knives and also could be fitted with plug knives. They were held on with 3 bolts. When it rained, we had the job of switching the knives to the pluggers with nothing but 2 wrenches. One day we sent a guy to the clubhouse to get us some cans of pop. One of the guys wanted Grape soda. When he arrived with the pop he tossed the other guy the Grape and he juggled it and the can hit a knife and Grape soda spewed all over us and everything. All of the tools in the shop were sticky for weeks!

I look for those gold mines. Buy it all by the bucket full.

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Very cool! That "seat" pedestal will keep you toasty warm!!!

The illustrated parts list we have is shared with other models at the time so be careful selecting parts. If you look at the engine page you may be able to identify the included models. This is what Toro has

If I am not mistaken, Toro bought Wheel Horse in 1986. When I visit theToro site, I don't think the parts list goes back that far. There is a 50 yo mower repair shop going out of business and they had an initial sell off last year. Now they are just trying to empty the building for the most part. 3 days left before they close permanently. I am trying to make a list of parts that I might need in the future and see what they have left. So if I could find a good parts list with part numbers for my 1985 416-8 Model #3116K801 serial #11370 ? Also I welcome all suggestions for parts that I should be looking for. I also have a 1994 520-H They seem to have a small Kohler parts section and no actual Wheel Horse section. He said that some local Wheel Horse fan already came in and bought most of what he had. Also, he did not have a full carb kit for the k341 but gave me two different packages with carb parts that I believe do fit. Maybe someone here knows? Kholer 25 757 11 740 kit Kohler 25 757 03-s Kit, Float Repair Thanks Prts I did find Fuel cut off valve Kholer fuel pump 2 sets breaker points, No condenser. 1 spark plug PTO to mower belt Air filter and pre-filter.

Thanks! I hope to get a chance this weekend to take the starter of and clean it. I'll post an update ASAP. I think my SO will enjoy that quite nicely with the colder weather coming in. Point of concern might be that the leg/calf area will get a bit too toasty but there's only one way to find out. No more grape-juice-juggling for that guy I'm sure

Neat machine!

VERY nice! Steering wheel restoration like that takes a lot of work and time and it looks real nice.. Since you are going through all that work to make it perfect, you should trim off, or grind off that protruding shaft above the collar in the center of the wheel before painting it. I've never seen a factory steering wheel with the 3/4" shaft protruding above that collar. They set them ALL flat Just my

Yep ... cant eat them horns and boiled tag goes down kinds rough.... just sayin ...

@Achto made a set of wide rims and cut them with a grinder

@Racinbob i fixed it for ya

The boss wanted the front porch/deck spruced up since it was getting pretty ratty and she's getting tired of restaining it every year. She wanted composite so we bit the bullet and after much research went with Trex. If the cost of the actual decking doesn't kill you the additional odds and ends will do the job. Started with this. As with most projects preparation is key and often time consuming. Composite requires a minimum of 16" c/c joists and we had 24" so I added a joist in between the existing. Looking in the window you'll see that I was closely supervised along the way. Some (many) of the existing joists were marginal so I replaced them. I should have just torn is all off and started from scratch. I ladder back from each post to the house so I could 'picture frame' the new decking. I'm thinking it was a step that was more work than it was worth. Finally got it done, coated and ready for the new planks. I didn't take many pictures along the way so I just fast forwarded to the final project. Railing, post wraps and redesigned steps. I didn't expect this to take as long as it did between the weather, a host of other projects and the fact that I don't get the mileage that I used to it consumed a large part of the summer. Next summer the rear deck gets the same treatment. It will be even more involved as it is larger and I want to tear down or move that funky structure.

That's great, thanks for the help! Yes, I have two 41BB18 idler gears. The 41 pitch / 18T idler is what the original parts diagram calls out.

Lowering the standards Ed Dog? Yes Sir. My days of sitting in a tree dawn to dusk for weeks waiting for a Pope & Young is over. The first legal mature buck that presents a standing 20 yd broadside shot goes home with me. No room on the wall anyway and I luv venison. Last year I was only in my stand one day for 45 minutes when this guy followed me home.

Update time. Because my better half has horses the one of the first things we had to do is get the fencing up around the pastures. We put up around hundred fence posts in one day with a couple of people. Simultaneously we had someone come in with an excavator to "rotate" some soil for making a riding arena. Not bad for a day of work. The following day the piles of dirt got flattened spread out and compacted to get a nice base for the riding arena. After that, in the following week(s) we could also put up the fencing around this part of the horse accomodation. First ride in the new riding arena. And in Dutch we have a saying that translates to something like "after hard work it's more enjoyable to rest"... Next update: working on a roof or two.. Greetings from the Netherlands, Mark

A little work this evening. Worked on the steering wheel. Bed liner all stripped off. More PC-7 and sanded. Now it's primed in and just need spot putty in a few places. Now primed in. Just a little more finessing, then painting. Dave

Nice! The starter spinning but not engaging sounds like the starter drive Bendix is gummed up and sticking. It has nothing to do with the solenoid... Clean the drive, do not use oil or grease. Dry lube only.

On Tuesday we were able to snag a 6 speed for a Ulysses S Grant

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Think i have one

HVACR? ...small world that's what I do and run a small business doing that. Lennox dealer for over 50 years. We'll have to introduce you to @squonk that's what he does or so he claims. He's somewhat of an idiot but we let him hang out 'cause he knows abit about and has alot of NAPA part numbers memorized! We all love Cases here as well as other brands. Tractor shows are right up our alley as well. An 877 is on my bucket list. I have just about every '67 model but that one. Short frame plow for one should be an easy find. I absolutely hate to see tractors get parted out too but get that some must die so others may live. I myself have gotten one good vintage tractor out of two. Currently have two 953's to make one out of. Articulating??? We want Need any help with your WH here is the place. 953's & 1054s are a definite favorite here. Nobody knows more about them than @953 nut Manuals, IPLs it's all here. Files section is amazing. Feel free to browse.