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Bought Wheel Horse 312-8 today for $60.00!!

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Wheel-N-It

Marty, slide the PTO bell off the crank and grease the big needle bearing inside. Work some high quality oil inside the small bearing. Total of two bearings.

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tunahead72

I may have missed something...  What did you do about the PTO switches?

 

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oliver2-44

Now that she's running, that horse looks like it would shine up like new with a little polishing compound and wax....or just pt it to work there great machines.

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Yavorcik

@oliver2-44 I agree. I am gonna power pawsh/ polish and wax her. I can't believe I got her for $60.00 and a little work! 

 

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oliver2-44

@yavorcik Here's the thread on my 312. it turned into more that a partial restore, and I learned a lot from the great members here. Of course there any many good restore threads,  While I enjoyed doing the full blast & paint route, it was a lot of work. i hope the polish and wax works for you!

 

 

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rtfbg
On 7/9/2016 at 5:48 PM, Yavorcik said:

Update: I got her running and working! I changed the oil/ flushed all the old gas out/ cleaned everything and put her back together and bingo she runs like a dream! She is a beast. Now I need to replace the PTO clutch belt and reattach the mower deck. On the look out for a brinly plow now to expand the garden! 

 

Thank you guys for all your help and advice. This place is great.

 

Marty

Hold on there bucko ... what about the chrome?????  Fancy paint???  Geez, let's not get ahead of ourselves with this work crap!!   LOL

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jay bee

There is nothing better than a happy ending!!!  :text-bravo:

Jim

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Yavorcik

@gulftane hahah I am still gonna work on her restore. No worries. I just was focused on finding out how solid of a machine she is as I bought her. I have to tell you I followed the advice and I started her and ran/ drained oil/ran/drained oil and re-filled with full synthetic and there is no smoke at all...I mean ZERO! She turns over instantly and runs perfect. Now I am going to take my time and do it right. There are many things that need re-done and chromed for sure and that is the fun stuff! I have an amazing fully operational Wheel Horse for $60.00 purchase....$50.00 delivery fee ....$50.00 battery....$7.00 pb blaster can and several days of hard work! I Could not be happier :-)

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Wheel-N-It

OK, now give some thought to becoming a "Supporting Member" and lets keep Red Square going :) strong!

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Yavorcik

yes, i will become supporting member

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WheelHorseNut
On 7/9/2016 at 5:48 PM, Yavorcik said:

Update: I got her running and working! I changed the oil/ flushed all the old gas out/ cleaned everything and put her back together and bingo she runs like a dream! She is a beast. Now I need to replace the PTO clutch belt and reattach the mower deck. On the look out for a brinly plow now to expand the garden! 

 

Thank you guys for all your help and advice. This place is great.

 

Marty

Nice going!  Is she all back together now?

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Yavorcik

yup! all back together and running! I would post video but it wont let me here

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rtfbg
2 hours ago, Yavorcik said:

yup! all back together and running! I would post video but it wont let me here

Email the video to me, bob@btes.us   and I will add it for you.  (Once you are a supporting member you can do this).

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rtfbg

Here's the video .... my "welcome to Red Square" favor ... which I will probably get yelled at for!!  LOL   Oh well, just trying to land a new supporter!!!

 

318.mp4

 

 

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rtfbg
50 minutes ago, gulftane said:

Here's the video .... my "welcome to Red Square" favor ... which I will probably get yelled at for!!  LOL   Oh well, just trying to land a new supporter!!!

 

318.mp4

 

 

guess I named the file wrong, what do I know, I'm a "D" guy!!!

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Duff

I'm a little late coming into this thread, but let me join the rest in saying :WRS: ! I've done full frame-off rebuilds on two 312-8's and a 310-8, and a lot of work on another 310-8. All four are now workers. You'll find they're very easy to work on, and as was mentioned before, jump in here with any questions. From what I see in the pictures there's a lot of cosmetic work waiting for you, but these machines are built like tanks so the mechanicals may pleasantly surprise you once they're cleaned up. And most parts are still readily available on both the new and used markets. The electrics can be a bit snarly, so be prepared to be patient as your sort through the wiring. T1257 is right - don't push too hard on anything. Have fun, good luck, and keep us posted! 

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tunahead72

Hey guys, Duff's back! :thumbs:

 

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Yavorcik

@gulftane wow. That is very interesting

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TDF5G

That's a Red Square no-no.

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