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I was given a 68 Raider 9 a while ago and had to ponder a while deciding if it should be rebuilt or parted out. I know parted out makes some guys cringe but the parts needed to save one have to come from something. This is going to be one of those 'somethings' and a lot of the parts will hopefully get in the right hands. The transmission, being a 5060 6-speed limited slip tweaked my interest. The hubs pulled without much of a fight. As I posted earlier, one of the lug bolts is mangled bad. I intend to weld a nut on the head but haven't done that yet. The hubs have two setscrews with both having a factory ground flat. I didn't know they did that back then. The input pulley slipped right off and the key fell out by itself. The brake drum put up a fight but I prevailed. The axle keys were ornery. I did end up getting one off with the usual hammer rocking method but one wouldn't budge. Enter the rotary tool and cutoff wheel. After 20+ wheels I finally created the clearance to get it out. Note the smaller brake drum key. It was like that before I attacked it. Fortunately, the keyway in the drum is fine. Of course I want to open it up for inspection. First I drained the oil. It was motor oil and pretty clean. Then I brushed on some Purple Power I've had on the shelf and hit it with the pressure washer. Not much need to be done before it turns red. Then it's flush time. As I've mentioned several times in the past, I hate the diesel smell. For years I've used Motor Medic Motor Flush. It does an incredible job with very little odor. I reuse it. After another couple days and spinning the input shaft now and then I'll drain it into a clean pan and strain it as it goes back in the bottles. I really don't know the fate of this transmission right now. I probably would have used it in the Dino project had it come along sooner. Now I'm thinking it would sure go nice in my 76 reborn B-80 since that tractor is now dedicated to the dirt/snow blade.

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Been in the fuel construction industry my whole life, both ground up builds and maintenance. Ive seen it ALL. Been ran over by many people, had people park and wait for fueling next to dispensers still on pallets...Had people pull sideways between the fuel lanes. But contrary to popular belief of self serve fueling, NJ seldom has this problem due to full service fueling. When there is no need to exit the vehicle to start the dispenser, the lazy person will typically wait until fueling is done then drive the 50 ft to the spot closest to the convenience store. A good fuel attendent not only pumps the gas for you, but also keeps the fuel lanes moving.

Ed, that's to allow room for the Firemen!!

It's their world......we are just living in it! I do have a story tho. i pulled into the station and all the slots were full. Wisdom kicked in and pulled up behind a car that a woman was putting gas in. I figured it was the best option for getting fuel quicker because she would see me waiting. She got done with the pump jumped into the car and bam, picked up her phone. I watching and waiting and thinking there is no way she could have not seen a full sized pick up two feet behind that compact car. Hmmm waited a few and then lay on the horn. Oh my it was great, she jumped and almost hit her head on the roof of the car. Pulled out right quick and I though that was just amazing. Once again It's their world......we are just living in it!

I see lots of terrible parking in the course of my job, mostly by entitled people who are too lazy to walk more than three feet to the door, so the block the door to the shop. But we don't have gas pumps. I think the worst one I've seen with gas pumps, and it was so much entitled as it was stupid, was this one guy at Sam's. He had one of those push-button start cars (don't get me started on how dumb those are). Anyway, he dropped his girlfriend off over at the store across the plaza and went to get gas. He shut the car off, pumped his gas, then remembered the key was in her purse.

You can eliminate all those inner pieces if you replace the 14-75 that has one retaining ring groove to a later version that has two retainers - one on each side of the bearing. A parts list showing the assembly https://www.partstree.com/models/r1-12k801-312-8-toro-garden-tractor-1990/pto-clutch-and-control-38/

On the return trip from a weekend leave when I was in the Navy I would stop about an hour away from the base and park by the pumps of a closed gas station to take a nap. They opened at 6:00 am so that was my wake-up call in time to make morning muster on the ship.

The spring itself is one “wear area” in an LSD. The other is also inside the differential--here the pinions’ teeth rub against the walls of their housing (pushed there by the spring) whenever the rear wheels rotate at different speeds. As @Achto illustrated, once the teeth/housing combo wears sufficiently, the pinions move away from the axle gears and eventually slip--catastrophically. IMHO, the “use case” for excess wear would be frequent turning while pulling heavy loads, especially without adequate clean oil in the transaxle. (The LSDs are unique in having “floating” pinion gears; all other WH diffs have pinion axles)

Since the weight of a hydro is significantly more than a manual, maybe they beefed up the housings for a bit more strength.

Yup. Working fine. All bearings are good.

Tom, go on line and google billboard trapes, they are used but still in go shape and in different sizes. They are tougher then regular tarp and last for years and they are priced comparable. After Ivan I bought a very large one, the advertisement on it was for a Drag Queen show with a couple of cuties on it. I told the the wife the next hurricane this ones going on front of the roof Queen side up.

best wishes - I've got up to another 14 years before I get my UK state pension! or I could sell tuff and retire now

When the LP Gas line for our house was berried they also installed a copper wire in the trench. If any digging is to be done the company will come out with a device that puts a signal on the wire that can be picked up with a radio receiver to tell the exactly where the gas line is.

I used a little spot putty on the small remaining dimples on the rear fender. Block sanded until as flat as I could get it.

I did not need to have Mis Dig come out, I was aware of these lines and everything was safely disconnected and plugged before digging. We haven’t had LP in about 3 weeks!

@MainelyWheelhorse FYI, that extension map be a tapered fit. That would mean the Kohler haft has a taper. But you can buy tapered sleeves on EBay it the Jungle toget you to the length and diameter you need.

From my C-120 The picture is kind of confusing, but there is a thrust bearing that the spring rides on - the spring is meant to apply pressure to push the outer PTO shaft (14-75) and push the plates apart when disengaged. Here's what I found the first time I took my PTO off.

That type of "Got mine, up yours" entitled attitude I see occasionally at the market - idiots parking in the Fire Lane.

My son spent the better part of last summer changing pulleys out on his b-80 “mud mower” some days I would come home from work and it would be crawling along in the back yard some days it would flying along. I think he has a 6” pulley on the engine now. It moves along but he still has plenty of power to play in the mud when we actually have it. I have to say he does have a 16hp v twin in it tho.

That's all? It seems like you buy another toolbox or 2 at every Zag show since 2015! LOL

Maybe one of those metal carports. You should get a 20 foot wide, for about $2500 or so. They put it up in just a few hours.

Maybe if WH decided they wanted to use a larger diameter seal they thought there was insufficient casting at the end of the axle housing to put it in so the made the axle housing a bit bigger???

Did the limited slip work correctly e.g. jacked up and you turn a wheel the other goes the same way?? Lowell has the spring for the differential as long as you are this far in....

to the forum. Always happy to see another Michigander here. There are wiring diagrams available here, but to get the right one, we will need to know what model Wheel Horse you are working on. A serial number will also help determine the year - important because electrical systems changed from year to year. Good bunch of folks here on the forum. Collectively, it seems like we've broken and repaired just about everything on a Wheel Horse that can be broken and repaired. Edit: Oops, @WHX?? Just beat me to the answer. He also recognized the year, model number, and serial number you listed quicker than i did.

I decided not to wait a couple more days since the motor oil was looking good when I drained it. And I'm impatient. No issues at all. New seals, a real gasket and some red paint and this thing is good to go.

Share your experiences with people I'm doing the gas pumps as parking spots. Extra points for stories that they don't pump any gas at all and just park so you cannot have access My story is yesterday I needed just a couple of gallons so I could use my stash of Kroger gas mostly a dollar off earned from fuel points. Speedway in Englewood Ohio takes the prize for half the pumps not working and shoppers parking at the pumps that do work. My wife was at one store and I was picking up some bits at harbor freight with that gas station close by. At least she was not angry at me for making her wait. Never going to that station again I have lots of ridiculous examples of selfish people, but I want to hear about yours

Our new one indeed has that! We fired up the stove and furnace today, for the first time in 3 weeks. I’ve had them out before. They service from the house to the road. Nothing behind the house is their responsibility, so I was told. Lots of help, when digging in the back yard.

It was a long, hot, wet but busy summer here in Florida, i keep alot of my equipment under a heavy 20x25 tarp between 2 of my outbuildings...keeps them dry, out of the sun, and away from the birds. Its also, pretty much 0 fun to get that tarp off..and after 2 or 3 months in the sun, good chance its going to rip. It's not my ideal setup but short of dropping 5k on a couple Conex Boxes or 25k on a pole barn that would absolutely attract a major hurricane...the tarp system works for now. I keep the 702 in a shed, but the 416-H and C-100 are 2 of the units that live under the tarp, along with a Simplicity Legacy XL, 60" Z mower, Deere 420, and a Deere 445. The Z is my rental for commercial clients, and the 445 i use every 2 weeks to mow about 3 acres for some older customers that cant do it anymore...those are on 1 end and easy to get to. But it has been about 1st week of June since i replaced the tarp and had everything out....had a torrential rain storm a couple weeks ago, instant rainfall amounts were 14" per hour and we got 5" in no time at all...the tarp simply couldn't handle it and tore. I keep a new one..so i pulled the one off, almost everything..surprisingly started right up, didn't have to do anything special to anything but the Simplicity. The 416-H i choked, it cranked about 8 seconds and ran as smooth as ever, C100 fired like it ran that morning...choke, full throttle, cranked a couple revolutions and caught. It was nice riding them around, i mowed with the C and used the 416/Blade on the driveway. Toro Z fired up fine, Deere 420 didnt hesitate at all. Simplicity...wouldn't start, pulled the carb..no fuel, pulled the valve cover fuel pump to find a broken check valve...ordered a new one...fired it up only to have it split a fuel line a minute later...almost had a big fire. I need to do something different for sure, it would be nice to have stuff be accessible, but lord is gotten incredibly expensive to build anything at all.

Your priorities should be to your horses! When the Amish start a new farm, they always build the barn first. I more or less did the same thing when I bought this property. Purchased the property in '99, built the barn in '03, it has a kitchenette and 3/4 bath. Built the horse barn @ 2015. Remodeled the bathroom in the house in '21 and redid the kitchen and dining room the following year.

I don't have a carb issue, everything is stock and I use the cheapest gas available. You probably saw that the OP mentioned the carb on his well abused tractor.

Bought a 520-H and a 656 today, kind of impulse buys, but I’m happy! The two are getting delivered tomorrow. What should I expect? The 520 doesn’t run but it’s in decent shape. The 656 on the other hand, a little worse, sorry a LOT worse. Pictures when they come tomorrow

Being a family member the Wheel Horse should enjoy having some fun with you. Pullies and belts can be quite expensive for a student's budget so you you will want to get it right the first time. If you have had an Algebra class you will know all about ratios. If not you can take a look at your bicycle sprockets. A large pulley turning at a certain speed will make a smaller pulley at the other end of the belt turn faster. If the larger pulley is twice as big as the smaller pulley it will be a 2 to 1 ratio so the smaller pulley will be driven at twice the speed of the one driving it. In the case of your SK-486 the engine pulley (drive pulley) is about half the size if the transmission pulley (driven pulley) so this results in a speed reduction of 1 to 2, the engine has to turn over twice to make the transmission input turn over once. The pulley that John @wallfish suggested should do the job, if you went much smaller you would theoretically go even faster but the belt wouldn't have enough surface area contact with the smaller pulley and would slip. Have fun and be safe out there.

WH#6449was seal used in Sunstrand and Eaton Hydros ...Bore 1.624 CR 11124 WH 100443 used in gear drives Bore 1.375 CR 11050 I guess WH wanted a spring to help hold in the thinner fluid???

Actually, if you note in the parts list 14-75 is the same 102872 pto shaft - Those inner pieces (7/16 stud, thrust race, thrust bearing, spring) are meant as a "return spring" for PTO to ensure positive disengagement of the PTO bell (pressing it against the PTO brake - listed as 14-105 , AKA 104730) That was added back when CPSC stepped in with some safety requirements (along with things like seat switches, safety switches, etc) , and then later on wheel horse eliminated that with a PTO return spring that hooked between the upper end of the loop (102938 / 14-76) and the engagement eccentric plate (102943 /14-83) that accomplished the same thing with more simplicity. - typically what then happened with that inner spring setup was the thrust bearing failed and the spring friction welded itself to the PTO shaft and wore away at the end of the stub until the snap ring fell off - it was a fairly common issue we had at our shop to find them that way... They can be left out, but then the PTO brake became largely ineffective and pointless.

People who park at the pump and go shopping inside are probably buying lottery tickets

Installed tires onto front wheels. Valve stem hole is taped off as it will get installed after wheels have the final coat of paint and clear applied. Started sanding fender.

The local station selling ethanol free gas has about 6 double-sided pump stations, with only the pair at each end dispensing the good stuff. And one day there’s just empty cars parked in them. I thought I was the only person finding this absolutely infuriating. People have zero regard for others, it’s just me me me me me all the time these days. That’s how they drive, too. Be careful out there, it’s like some kind of zombie apocalypse.

I've been wanting to get back to this tractor but I got other things taking my time right now, cleaning up the other tractors planning on taking them to a show this weekend. And then I have been working on building a chicken coop as well. Chickens are starting to lay eggs now and need a place for winter.

The 520 lives! I filled the tank with gas changed the oil and it fired right up! No spark problem. Now for the 656, what should I do with it?

But that's for two!

Yes, they are rough, but they are a good start for project

Fixed that for ya'

This would probably get you started speeding her up. No need to modify the belt guard by changing the trans pulley but you would need to get a shorter belt since the pulley size is smaller. https://www.surpluscenter.com/Power-Transmission/Pulleys/Finished-Bore-Pulleys/3-15-OD-5-8-Bore-1-Groove-Pulley-1-BK30-B.axd

The speed of the tractor is directly related to the RPM of the transmission input shaft. The RPM of the transmission shaft is determined by the RPM of the engine, the circumference of the engine pulley and the circumference of the transmission pulley. Pulley circumference = pulley diameter X 3.14 If you start with the existing engine pulley and decrease the size of a 5" diameter (15.7" circumference) transmission pulley to a 4" diameter (12.5" circumference) pulley your transmission input shaft RPM and your tractor speed will increase by 25%.

So with 15 toolboxes of various sizes and two vehicles also complete stereo system with four large 15 inch speakers and three wheel horses, the 24 x 24 is full. Oh I used to have a small refrigerator in the garage for the good stuff. But the refrigerator didn’t work well in a winter time so that didn’t last. Enjoy what you have every day.

Yepp. We know first hand up here. We wanted a large garage workshop barn apartment etc building for several years before we finally just bit the bullet and went to it. The big barn has been here 3 years now. Pricey? Yes. Worth it? DEFINITELY.