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Proud papa here. My daughter defended her dissertation two weeks ago and earned her doctorate in higher education. No she will not become a professor in all likelihood.. She is employed by the university and does research projects as directed by them. She loves her job and is getting good feedback and appreciation from her group. She is living in Ann Arbor so we see her when we can. As always Go Blue!!

I was contacted by someone who i had sold a tractor to in the past. He said he had a 701 he wanted to get rid of and I was the first person he thought of! Only cost me a B1 Allis Chalmers! (He's an allis guy). He had two decks for it and i bought a plow too. Got home late so I didn't mess with it, ill save that for later this week. Its been sitting and gonna need the carb gone through, but it did start on carb cleaner.

What have I done to my Wheel Horse today?………I bought it!! Hey guys just joined the forum as I bought my first Wheel Horse today. I had been utilizing the forum to do some research before I pulled the trigger on one. Brought home what I believe is a mid 90’s (could be wrong) 314-8. Seems to be fairly well taken care of, best I can tell so far the only thing not working is the headlights. It’s missing a few pieces like the pulley covers on the deck but overall really excited about it. Look forward to learning here and hopefully many years of good service from the 314.

C-105 Black Hood I purchased couple weeks ago..but the hood was all red . Little amateur painting today to fix that.

Kind of a long read here, but I wanted to share a funny story. About a month ago my folks and I were coming back from TN hauling a trailer and we got some bad diesel at a shell station. The truck threw a "water in fuel" code and went into limp mode. We got to the walmart parking lot in Whythville and changed the fuel filter and siphoned out all the bad diesel. We were back on the road, but the truck was making some weird noises. Not being familiar with diesels, we decided to call AAA and tow the truck back to the house. The towing contractor was actually in the same gas sation where we were parked. So when the guy got the call, he walked over and introduced himself. We only had coverage for the truck, not the truck and the trailer (lesson learned). So the driver helped us come up with a solution to get the trailer home. Anyways, mom (who is introverted) and I loaded up in the single cab with the driver, and dad waited for another truck to haul the trailer. Well, I'm pretty extraverted, so we weren't 3 minutes into 1 hour drive and I decided I wasn't going to sit through that long of time with small talk. I started asking the driver questions in effort to find something to talk about. It didn't take long before he mentioned that he had been working on his "vintage lawn tractors" that day before coming to work. I said, " it wasn't wheel horses was it?" And he turned and looked at me like I was santa claus. My mom was relieved that she didn't have to say a word for the rest of the ride, and I had some great conversation! He has several different lawn tractors, including some odd ball brands. The wheel horse he is working on now is a D200. I talked about the big show and how awesome the people were in the hobby. I tried to convince him to head to the big show this June and also to join red square! So Josh, if you are out there, come out to Biglerville next month! Hope to see you there!

What did I do to my Wheel horse today this week. I added a slot hitch so I could pull and lift the new tiller. This required removing the weight rack and moving the support legs to the outside of the drawbar hitch to make room for the slot hitch. The seat and fender pan had to come off so this was a good time to clean the hydro and change oil and filter. Nice surprise when I picked up the filter...NAPAs oil was on sale. Also installed new fuel lines, e-pump, and filter rerouting everything outside the tunnel and ran it along the outside of the right frame rail.

It's alive!! 20260510_105802.mp4

My $5 marketplace score - 6 miles from my house!

Just put an electric fuel pump on my 520-HC

This afternoon I decided mow along the side of our county road~about 1/8 mile long. One side is maintained by the land owner, the other not so much. The grass is getting knee high-and much of it taller. Our county roads are chip and seal which is nice and the side I was mowing basically has no ditch. It seems the county only mows once a season. The problem with overgrown grass is the road way appears to be smaller and bi-passing drivers hesitate to pull into the edge of the road. I used the 520H and it completed the task quite well. I don't think our zero turn would have handled the job at hand as efficiently and comfortably. Having the weight on the front end and a steering wheel was an asset. For the past several years, I have also sprayed weed killer around the stop sign because the Johnson grass will block the view of traffic until the nose of the vehicle is nearly on the state highway.

That I can believe! ( There probably wasn't much room for her. Did she sit on your lap? )

Same here. burning the candle at both ends. I went to the oral defense of the dissertation. Brutal questions. She was a little shook at first but finished strong.She had some huge stress in her personal life and we were holding our breath . Friday is our Golden anniversary and have to attend a funeral. So its always something. The secret of a long marriage is finding a lady who will put up with your faults....and a barn full of Wheel Horses

Pressure washed a bunch of stuff after work. Love-hate relationship there for me. 16 Auto, FEL sub-frame, a bunch of parts and these front weights that took two years to pry out of my brother's hand's They'll be Regal red soon.

May 10, 1869 The Golden Spike is driven, completing the first US Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, connecting the Central Pacific Railroad with the Union Pacific.

I must say I don't even have any play in my steering wheel. I'm very happy with this. But just like the 400 series I had. I'm back on the hook for wheel horses. My wife is like hmm savings account hasn't gotten any bigger. And I'm over here thinking welp it's not any smaller. We doing good baby

Made a little 3-hour road trip to pick up this '74 C-160 Automatic. Everything feels tight, no slop in the steering or drive tensioner. no leaks. K341 Purrs like a kitten. When I got it home, the thing was dead as a door nail. I though "Oh Crap"! Turns out I had just never owned a tractor that still had all of the safety switches working properly. Pressed the brake and double checked the PTO lever - BOOM fired right up. Heck, even the internal parking pawl still engages!

I bought it just for the key. Seemed like a good excuse to build a tractor around it.

Finally had the V61s mounted for the C120 and the AGs mounted for the 10-8

The more modern Tachmatic on the C series is a better setup and opens door for more attachments.

Riding a 308 Wheel Horse with a four gallon fuel supply you will get saddle sores before you need to refill the tank.

Almost done just got to finish the wiring and put new diesel oil in it and finish putting back together

I am a bit of a pack rat and rarely throw anything away. I have accumulated a decent collection of belts. Figured I would have a 72 inch so i could test the hydro on the 875 junker I got. I have 69.5 71 73 and 74 no 72. She came with a dead B&S 10hp. So I got out an M8 I have had and got it installed enough to test but no belt. Engine hasn't been used in a few years fired up and runs pretty well. If the hydro works have to decide if I make it permanent. The front end need work Axle pivot is wobbly and the steering shaft flops around, Never realized back then WH did not put a bearing on the front end of the steering shaft.

Brought more horses home. One is a Commando 8 that runs and mows and the other is a project 800 auto someone gave up on. The wife is growing concerned I may have an addiction. Shame the tires are dry rotted, both rear sets appear to be original and say Wheel Horse on them... which I think is just so neat. Swapped the tall skinny's from the 633 onto the 8. It looks semi-ridiculous but at least it's functional for now.

See me at the show Paul. We can probably fill in all the gaps in your belt collection.

Looks great @Sparky!!! Tell your C-105 that her Michigan cousin says "Nice new coat! And Cheers"!!! Love the Black Hoods!!!

May 15, 1940 Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California.

I have a rotisserie for doing body work and some disassembly and assembly tasks. You can swing it around until you get to a comfortable position.

Tonight the boy and I went over to his girlfriend's house. Their tiller needs some work, so I picked that up to bring home, said boy is going to be doing the work. It's just a simple fuel line replacement, may need to clean the carb, don't know yet, and I'll have him go over all the grease zerks. Her (the GF) mom also asked me to sharpen the blades on their JD, that was bought used at the end of last season, because it's been cutting like crap. I jacked it up and found three new blades that were installed upside down, so the blunt end was doing the cutting. Flipped them over and that was that.

May 13, 1610, Annoyed by guests picking their teeth at the table, French Cardinal Richelieu is said to have ordered the sharp tips of his table knives rounded off. The new implements also spread butter better.

In other words Tree be a cold day in hell before any horse in 500 miles of us gets scrapped ...

May 12, 1994 "Pulp Fiction", directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson premieres at the Cannes Film Festival.

Restoring a tractor? Painting an engine? Watch this video on why you need to have clean metal (no paint) for your grounds and how it effects engine cranking,

May 11, 1947, the B.F. Goodrich Company of Akron, Ohio, announces it has developed a tubeless tire, a technological innovation that would make automobiles safer and more efficient. . While Goodrich awaited approval from the U.S. Patent Office, the tubeless tires underwent high-speed road testing, were put in service on a fleet of taxis and were used by Ohio state police cars and a number of privately owned passenger cars.

That appears to be a 1960 Suburban give or take... the first "Wheel Horse" was made in 1956. Pics of engine installation / sides & back would be helpful. Also---all 4 wheels and tires are wrong for originality. Be prepared for much lower offers.... Tony

Rear axle bracket for XI 518 through 523xi

Picked up some 1054 parts on my way to Indiana and what looks to be complete front mower mount at the Nappanee show this past weekend. 42" deck is pretty rough, but the one behind it is good!

And here we go putting tubes back in. Tube should be mandatory for all low pressure applications. Like when you lose air in a tire at a show and it rolls off the bead...

And shortly thereafter, did the Tire Tube Manufacturers go crying to the Feds for subsidies?? With the mass implementation of turbochargers (and prior use of Catalytic Converters) in domestic vehicles back in the late 1980's, the OEM's saw thw need to change the vehicle exhaust components from mild steel to stainless due to the increased heat. That did not sit well with the three big chains of Muffler Shops, as an exhaust system could now outlast the vehicle. So they petitioned the Gov. for a handout to stay in business. Uncle Sam told them to go punt. Basically it was "So, your Business is centered on under the vehicle parts replacement, right?? Learn how to do brakes & struts instead..."

Only known photograph of the May 9th actual connection date... Bob, Hank, Gus and the Other Bob are seen discussing how to inform management... The formal event was postponed a day to allow the Four Stooges pictured to rectify the situation. They are still fighting over the contract change order...

You can trust your mother not your ground....

Checked the S/G this evening and it's pretty clean with smooth tight bearings. Brushes are decent. Wiped it out, put her back together and bench tested. Tomorrow is electrical day...

Can we assume Kev is teaching the class?

@Fj40z, You can leave the gas dampener in place and just add the clutch return spring as pictured below. Jut need to remove the left rear wheel, no need for a full disassembly.

All packed up and ready to go to AJ's tomorrow!

Got my Kindergarten cubby hole cabinet installed. Boy thought I would have all kinds of places to put stuff and its already full of WH parts and other stuff. Threw a bunch of junk away (that I will need tomorrow), and still could use more storage . Also started mowing yards 2 down 2 more to go. I used to ride (Opie) around when he was a puppy and he still thinks he’s a puppy.

And a cardiologist opened up next door...

I have two tables, one I built years ago to work on tractors and then I bought a lift table from Harbor Freight. The first one I built so I could roll it under my workbench when it’s not in use. The second one I made a wider top out of plywood and painted it. Obviously it’s adjustable in height. I don’t really use my original one for tractors anymore now that I have the lift table, but I do use it as a roll around workbench occasionally. As far as the height goes it’s hard for me to pick one because with the adjustable table I use different heights depending on the task at hand. I have a bad back and I’ve said it before, I should have bought the Harbor Freight table years ago. It’s not a terrible amount of money ( I think about $500 ) and it’s a game changer for me.

I have arrangements to pick that one up on Saturday morning. Plans are to pass it on to my BIL as a thank you for several things that he helps me out with. Not sure why the status on that has not been changed.

That board has nothing to do with starting. Battery charging only so the addition of a solenoid will not fix it. The magneto ignition is self powered and the wire going to the ignition switch simply grounds the magneto coil to shut it off. Adding a solenoid would remove the heavy starting load on the ignition switch and a good idea to keep the expensive switch working.

Wasn't looking for a snowblower, but happened to catch a good deal on a really clean tall chute nearby our office in Plymouth, MI. Should be a nice upgrade from my crusty old short chute. Just need to take it the @peter lena school of lubrication before I store it for the summer.