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I finally finished restoring my 701 ! I began a restoration thread a little over 3 years ago, and for various reasons (other projects , work, new products , hand surgery etc ) the project kept getting pushed to the side. But now it's done so just enjoy the finished product. Engine and rear axle completely rebuilt, everything stripped to bare metal, all pits in the metal were filled, all stainless and grade 8 hardware throughout, very hard to find NOS 1576 Glasstex drive belt, Carlisle tires , K & B greasable hitch pin, K & B tie rod, all new wiring, reproduction shower head muffler and all stainless exhaust, you get the idea....no shortcuts taken. It's just a shame that someone before me destroyed the originality because it had a very unique and provable early life. It was originally sold new locally with a mix of 1961 and 1962 parts when new ( 1962 hood , 1962 and later " thin " steering fan gear. Two of the previous owners are well respected round hood experts , and it was sold by one of them at a large local Wheel Horse only auction about 8-9 years ago with the original parts and paint intact . That's when it got messed up .

I’ve finally driven this project! Still have a list of things to take care of but she’s a runner For anyone not familiar with this project, it’s a 1991 520-8 speed that I picked up over the winter with no motor. Had a good Kohler Magnum 10 “in-stock” here so that became the power plant.

Sunday we had a severe thunderstorm with 80 mph winds roll through. It snapped the top off a big pine tree in my side yard, taking some branches of the maple tree next to it on the way down. Monday I bought bar oil and a new chain for the saw. Tuesday after work I got it all cleaned up wth help from the C-81. From plowing at @Pullstart's plow day on Saturday, to yard duty on Tuesday, she's been a happy .

Got the Work Horse out and hitched it to the wagon to do some yard work.

So, I stop by @Pullstart's Plow Day Saturday to get one of his tractors dirty and stuck, and this jumps into my trailer with a bunch of extra tie rods that don't fit, belt guards that don't fit (imported from Wisconsin by @WHX?? with a more than able assist from @Achto who, more importantly, brought cheese curds!) hand tight lug bolts and a slew of inappropriate cuss words about the virtues of my new little filly from said belt guard guy... Seems this was once a fine young , fully intact and owned by @Lil’ Pullstart, who for reasons unknown, sold it to pullstart, who proceeded to disembowel it for other projects... It was restored to roller status with a manual 3speed of unknown origins, seat fender tool box from an unsuspecting that thought pullstart was taking it on a date, and a swift kick in the rear end... Here's where I enter the picture... looking for a fine roller specimen to repower for fun, this is the best to be had north of the big show, apparently... So I get her on consignment to "have fun" and then "at some point" it goes back to pullstart stables for an unknown future... only rules: save all the parts and NO PAINT... The name? Thought you'd never ask... WHAMMC3PO_ - Wheel Horse Auto Manual Mutant Consignment 3 PO_. 3 is for the manual transmission and PO_ is what @WHX?? named it...with ample additional edited descriptive verbiage , edited of course for little ears... No relation to any droid in Star Wars and yes Luke, Kevin is it's father... More to come, maybe... Oh, this was the used tractor salesman I got it from...

Hello everyone, I'm posting here because I have not posted in about 7 to 8 years... so much was changing and has changed that I wanted to reintroduce myself. When I first joined 10 years ago I had just bought a house and gotten married to my HS sweetheart. We live in SW Michigan. I acquired thru trading my first 312-8 and found my 2nd love lol. In those days I was working at a local scrap yard and was bringing home tractors and implements daily. I had 14+ wheel horses at any given time. Also 7 years ago when I stopped posting we welcomed our first daughter into the world and in turn my world really changed. Wow did I have some learning to do. In that seven years I slowly found homes for most of my wheel horses and got down to only 2. Most went to kids for free with a first right of refusal clause. Then my second daughter came along. My wife graduated college and I started a demanding career. Our lives were a whirlwind. So now I have my amazing wife and 2 beautiful little girls, I'm truly blessed! Through all of this I held on to my favorite horses my first 312 and my 310. I also somehow ended up with a 312-A. Most summers they sat in the back of the pole barn as I mowed with a zero turn, winters they spent put away as I plowed with my bobcat. I never lost my interest just my time was precious. Recently I dug out my 310 to go live at my good friends house for his twin boys to enjoy they are 7 years old a very excited. This made me get my very first wheel horse the old faithful 312-8 out and started. It really hit me then. I have been missing my horses. Now my girls are old enough to enjoy garage time with me. (Dad keeps kool-aid jammers by the dozen in the garage) this lead me to buy a project for us. Im excited to share this with my girls they may never be gear heads like me but I want them to have understanding of doing things for themselves and quality engineering. I also would like to raise them with some awareness of things mechanical. So I stumbled across a big single 16hp k series from a C161. Out back behind the barn I have a complete minus engine C85. The plan is to make us a new horse with these. We are hoping to do a kinda restomod tractor. My list of horses now go 1988 312-8 1987 310-8. going out on longterm loan 1986 312-A. been on longterm loan for 2 years, getting its second rider now that big brother moved to a larger tractor. Unknown year C85 frame Unknown year 416 frame Tons of parts scattered between a pole barn and a shed. Numerous implements behind the pole barn.

Progress is slow with the weather in the 70's one day, 30's the next then repeating the pattern. I did manage to get the dash housing painted. Rattle canned with the Squonk touch. Final wet coat of red and immediately a wet coat of gloss clear. It came out great and the dry time was much shorter. I already had the dash dolled up. The PTO needed some loving. Both bearing were good. I didn't want to try and remove the needle bearing so I closed up the end and flooded it with mineral spirits. It cleaned up great. Greased it up and installed a new seal, put the outer bearing back in and it's good to go for another 47 years. Covered up the tires, a light sanding and rattle can primed the wheels. The color coat of custom mixed sorta almond linen beige will be done with a sprayer so I gotta wait on the weather. Then it will be new sealed bearings.

Upgraded the hood attach hinges on the 312-8 today!

Got optimistic & took snowplow off then installed mower deck. Lawn service already fertilized last week so grass is starting to grow. Also changed oil & greased all fittings.

I took the blade off the 312H and installed the front tiller. Then ground some dirt.

"Fireball 8 " is all assembled waiting to be dropped into HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!! Just waiting for some warmer weather so I can get the hose and power washer out so I can degrease the carcass.

Put the rear weights back on the 310-8. These new wider wheels required longer bolts, so I fired up the mig bolt extender and added an inch. I know, the carriage bolt head is supposed to be inside the wheel. But I don't like the nuts sticking out on the outside.

Raining & snowing today so I turned my attention away from the tree mess in my yard and moved back to my tractor. Ran into a snag when I was putting the PTO parts together. When I originally grabbed the parts for it, the linkage that attaches the peddle to pulley arm was pinned on with every thing else. This linkage had an offset to it. I scratched my head several times and tried to fit it several way but it just was not going to work. Getting frustrated, I decide to take a look at my 854 to see what it had for linkage. The 854 had a strait linkage. Well the 854 didn't need the linkage for now so I removed it, cleaned it up and used it for this project. A pic of the 2 linkages. Any one know what model used the off set linkage?? Kept at it and made some pretty good progress today. Decals are ordered and I will need them to continue any further. Starting to look like a tractor again though. Will be no work on this baby next weekend, as I will be going to @Pullstart's to roll some dirt.

Here’s a few. I’m in the process of jockeying around tractors getting ready for plow day. I have maintenance lists to complete on the house machines. I’m getting the Senior out this year instead of Jackie the lever steer for now. Jackie has a new plow, if I manage to have the time for set up. It’s big, maybe too big.

Pretty much done with this project so I thought it was time to share some final pics with you. There is a couple small pieces that I am waiting for, but apparently Huck Finn's Log Raft Transport across the Mississippi river must not be running right now. One of the last items that I did install was the hour meter, I made a bracket and found a nice place to install it. On with the final shots. Thanks for coming along on this build. Now I have 8 months to figure out which one of my tractors to restore next.

As of today, both the 1989 312-8 resto-mod and the 1989 310-8 are now sporting NOS mower decks. No more patching rust or getting dirt in the old eyes while mowing.

This show is an hours east of Dallas and 4 hours from home. Not a real big show, but I like to go to different ones to see different things. I brought my Mayrath on the back of my truck to keep it simple. My wife drove the truck with Mayrath and I drove our Class C RV. We made a 4 day weekend of it. Did a little exploring around tins area of NE Texas. Here a few of the “different” ones Interesting Sesrs I love the looks of the Gibson with hoods The Silver Kings are not very common down here This 8N had an aftermarket lift with longer front spindles and larger rear tires this miniature John Deer B was built on a Cub Cadet chassis stretches in the front. Rare to front tires with one rib Nicely restored International This Farmall M with a factory lifted front end and taller rear drop axles really made it look like a much bigger tractor. @ClassicTractorProfessor this made think of you and your M I like this belt pulley from a Farmall Cub retrofitted to a 1961 Cub Original. The main shaft through the transmission and rear end is replaced with the Cub shaft. No custom modifications required This Allis Chalmers B dropped custom had a great hot rod look to it and it was amazingly simple to lower. It was a grandfather/grandson project. It has @Pullstart written all over it. The front axle is flipped over and steering rod modified The rear axle factory drops are rotated 180 so the drops are to the top He said it bolted up with no modifications except to brake rod I spotted these steam belt pulley power units and had to stop for a few pictured. Regrettable the place looked shut down.

Tackled a bunch of smaller tasks on the 510-8 today. Charging system repaired. I don’t think the volt gage has moved in a looooong time! Check out how it isn’t faded where the needle has been sitting. Wiring cleaned up (about 96% done) All gages are working (volts, hour meter and fuel gage) although I dont know how accurate the fuel gage is yet. Steering wheel center cap glued on. Front tire resealed (leaked down in 24 hours)

Went and picked these 2 up today. Couldn't go wrong for $200

Put the 417-A snowblower tractor away, because I’m pretty sure I won’t be needing it until next year. I fully serviced it in the early winter, but never got to use it. The most snow we got was around four inches so I handled it with the 418-C. Had to shuffle some tractors around so I figured “Hey it’s Side Shot Saturday!” I did a little sweeping with the C-141, I live on a dirt road so I swept the dirt off the driveway aprons.

So it is that time of the year when the weather breaks and spring has sprung. We are all getting ready for the 2025 big show. We will use this thread so post our buy/sell/trade items only please. Try your best to keep it to this topic. I know Squonk will get off topic but that is ok… lol At the moment I don’t really have anything looking to buy sell or trade but if anyone has an original senior or a rj25 let me know😂

Cleaned up this 45 year blade and finished with some decals

We went to Baton Rouge, and ended up driving to New Orleans to the WWII Museum. There are a lot of exhibits, displays, photos, etc. of the war, both the Europe and the Pacific wars. I didn't really take any pictures of some of the interesting stuff, it was so crowded it was hard to take clean images without a bunch of tourists in front of them. It was busy and crowded. I did take some, more as an afterthought, and of the larger displays. They even had displays of what homes in America would have looked like during the war, I.e. kitchen with war time appliances, and a living room complete with a radio next to a fireplace, I.e. Roosevelt's Fireplace Chats. BTW, it isn't cheap including the parking. It's close to the Super Dome in the business district of New Orleans.

I got Power of You (Employee of the Month) at work for this month. That was cool.

Reassembled the 520-8 (or is it a 510-8 ) The wiring works, just need to take it back apart and connect it up properly without the temporary wire nuts. Hopefully get that done and the battery installed and take it for a test ride tomorrow.

This…I installed the 3 dollar Harbor Freight reflectors. They fit where the old ones were perfectly.

Vietnam Veterans Day is annually observed on March 29. It commemorates the hardships suffered and sacrifices made by nine million Americans during the Vietnam War. However, the holiday does not only honor the former soldiers but also their families who supported them before and after the war. The Vietnam War was a lengthy and costly conflict between Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It occurred from November 1, 1955, to April 30, 1975 — a total of 19 years before the fall of Saigon. As Vietnam’s principal ally, the participation of the U.S. significantly determined the fate of the war. In 1961, former U.S. President John F. Kennedy sent a team to Vietnam to report their conditions. It was found that there was an American buildup of economic, military, and technical aid to Ngo Dinh Diem to defeat the Viet Cong. Due to the “domino theory,” which suggests that if one Southeast Asian country falls, the others will follow, Kennedy increased the American aid in Vietnam. By 1962, the U.S. military presence in the country reached up to 9,000 troops. By March 1965, U.S. aid continued in Vietnam with the support of Lyndon Johnson, Kennedy’s successor. By June of the same year, American troops reached 82,000. A month later, 100,000 more troops were delegated, and 100,000 more a year later. By November 1967, the number of U.S. troops reached 500,000: however, 15,058 were killed, and 109,527 were wounded. November 5, 1969, there was a massive anti-war movement in Washington. More than 250,000 Americans participated, calling for the withdrawal of military troops from Vietnam. On March 29, 1973, U.S. President Richard Nixon officially withdrew the American combat forces from Vietnam. A year later, the first Vietnam Veterans Day was held.

Ready and willing and able!

Finished hauling the last of the wood today. 308-8 did it’s part as usual, but I also broke out the 857 from its long winter nap.

Hello Everyone, The information here has been invaluable as far as getting this old wheel horse I purchased back in service. Some parts home made, the motor generator is ripped off a 2013 Yamaha, some salvaged parts. I bought this little bastard some months ago, it had to be dug out of the previous owners yard and lifted with a backhoe. It had not ran in about 40 years. Thanks for taking a look.

Aaa--nd We're back. Work has me on a screwed up schedule of 4 tens with rotating days off. Today was my scheduled day off & my body needed a break from dealing with the tree I had taken down, so I took today to get back to work on my tractor. Decals came in so I was able to move forward. The original shift pattern serial number decal was placed over these holes in the dash / gas tank stand. OK. The original decal stayed in place for 62 years, but usually decals do not last long if they are placed over holes. Water can get behind them and cause them to fall off. To ensure the new decal stays in place, I decided to make a bolt on plate to stick the decal to. A piece of sheet metal, a couple of bolts, a little welding and bam. One decal plate. Plate worked out great. With the arrival of the decals I was also able to install the throttle and choke cables. Had everything I needed to see if it would start. Turned the gas on, turned the switch on, pull the rope.. nothing, pull the rope again... nothing, repeat, repeat..... OK, figured out no spark. Disconnected the condenser, checked the points, .2 ohms to ground closed, they are good. Unplugged the kill wire, still no spark. Changed the condenser and I had spark. A couple more tugs on the rope and it fired up. Always a great feeling to hear a fresh rebuild fire up for the first time! A few more parts to throw at it and this job will be done,

Thanks for the add. Purchased my father-in-law's 1999 314-8 that he bought new, he used it for mowing his 3 acre yard until a couple years ago when he bought a zero turn. It was in pieces when I hauled it home, got it put back together and running. I mowed with it for about a year, and now it has sat for about a year. Need to do a little more work on it, but that's for a different post. Thanks all.

Changed oil in 854 yesterday and did some touch up painting where she had some working wear! 1 1/4 quarts -and I put in 1 1/2 by mistake thinking I remembered how much. Went back to the chart and had to take out some to get it right. I have a chart but apparently have not memorized it! I changed oil in the 314-8 too ! We had 3 3/4 inches of rain yesterday and early this am. o flooding here at home but my sale I installed between my neighbor's house and mine worked great again!

Had to put a new ignition switch in the '68 Commando 8, so while I was at it, new fuel lines, shut off and filter.

Picked this little guy up a few years ago. Gave it some paint. Never did try it out living in the city in all. All of your pics are making me want to give it a try.

@ebinmaine This is how we get logs out of the mountains to the sawmill, three at a time with the D4 dozer

I boycotted winter weeks ago already to get summer tractors out. Then we got snow! It that a rat rod plow lift lever on the B hood Don???

Swapped the 9.5’s on narrow wheels for 10.5’s on deep/wide wheels on the 510-8speed

Little more done on HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!!

Haven’t taken new pics in awhile…snapped these today

A buddy welded up the fuel tank/fender support rails in the 520-8. Both sides cracked.

Credit to @Pullstart for the senior.

This downsizing is not working out. Took some furniture to my MILs new residence at a nursing home and came home with this. Never know what may happen when you talk tractors with strangers.

Rosie The Riveter Day is celebrated on March 21 to recognize the part American women played in America’s victory in World War II. As the Great War raged on in the early 1940s, all the able-bodied men were drafted to fight, and women were called upon to support the workforce. The symbolism of Rosie the Riveter stands for the millions of women who left their homes for factories to keep the country’s manufacturing processes going. After decades of sustained activism, the U.S. Congress heeded the calls and dedicated March 21 to this cultural icon. Rosie the Riveter Day is a fitting recognition of the legacy of working women in America, and the contribution of women during the Second World War. Being a total war, when every able-bodied man was sent to fight for the Allies, the nation’s manufacturing leg came to a halt. From heavy machinery to steel mills and freight ports, every male-dominated industry came short of personnel due to abrupt drafting. Hence, the federal government issued news releases to encourage women to join the industrial workforce as a patriotic duty. The iconic poster with a woman in a red bandana raising her fist was used to recruit women. There are conflicting reports about the real identity of Rosie the Riveter. The most legitimate claim comes from Naomi Parker Fraley, a waitress from California who disclosed the details to People Magazine in 2016. The total number of female industrial workers went from 27% to 37% in the years between 1940 and 1945. More than 19 million women held jobs outside of the traditional women’s workforce for the first time ever. Soon enough, Rosie became a cultural icon. Hollywood immortalized Rosie the Riveter in 1944’s critically acclaimed movie of the same title. The campaign proved to be a social reckoning that changed the nature of women’s involvement in the workforce forever. Riding on the hot wave of the suffragette movement, the U.S. government inadvertently became responsible for the second wave of feminism in the west. In 2017, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution to mark March 21 as National Rosie the Riveter Day, a day in Women’s History Month. The movement had lasting effects on the collective American psyche, and the resolution acknowledges this vital role played by women during the Second World War. American singers Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb release a song featuring Rosie as a tireless worker, coining the term “Rosie the Riveter.”

I stripped some weight from this massive plow. It’s still super heavy, I’m sure it’ll wear me out before it gets tired.

First mow of 2025. Had to use my tractor for the spots the Scag wouldn't fit...

Bought this cultivator at last years big show. It wasn't in really bad shape to start with. Just a wire brush on drill to clean it up then prime & paint. Some new bolts/hardware also.