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I hid my truck in the brush... Put my ghilli suit on and didn't waste any time snappin the pic. They are always out there watching! :ROTF:

I bought this at a yard sale for $100 back in March of 2011 because I needed a riding mower - that was all. I didn't even know what a Wheel Horse was. That first summer, I spent a lot of time on the Internet and money out of pocket just getting it mowing again. Thanks for letting me lurk here and learn how special these Wheel Horse tractors really are. In the process I've developed an appreciation for how well they were built - and started to realize that some day I'd do a full-on restoration. By the way, I graduated high school just two years before this was built and I've never restored anything. I've spent my entire live avoiding things mechanical, so every time I picked up a wrench, it was a learning experience. In fact, now that the project is finished, I've amassed quite a collection of tools I've never owned. Sometime around September of last year I decided I was just going to paint the air cleaner cover... I swear I just wanted to see what kind of results I'd get with a can of IH Red and some sandpaper... nothing serious. A mild winter, a lot of paint, elbow grease, mistakes, and successes resulted in this. I love this photo - looks like it could be out of an advertisement from back in '75. This winter, I signed up for a small engine repair class at the local high school. I figured that if I was going to pull the motor, I was going to do it under supervision, but I really just wanted to get my hands on the inner workings of an engine. I had it soda blasted before dragging it back and forth to school, and worked on it for six weeks both in class and out of the back of the station wagon (way to heavy to drag all the way back to the barn every week.) I think it looks pretty good now, and runs great too. I didn't do any body repair - maybe that's the next class, but somehow leaving the dings and dents in says "I worked hard and deserve this." Perhaps that's me talking and not the Wheel Horse. The mower deck is mechanically restored, but still needs a few coats of paint - some time this summer. Again, thanks for all the help in this forum. It's been invaluable. Now, if I could just get my head around the governor/linkage/throttle thingee, I'd be a happy camper. I'm gonna take a break and ponder the whole thing while I bask awhile in the glow.

The swept axle increases your overall length about 2 1/2 or 3 inches and width by about 4 inches depending on the tire. My 416 is 36" wide or thereabouts and the 516 is 40". I have to lengthen the snow plow/dozer blade in order to fully angle the plow. If you are doing a lot of mowing around stuff the wider front end does not allow you to carve in as tight. I used to have a 416 & a 520 both with 48" decks. I liked mowing with the 416 because it was narrower and there was more deck out beyond the wheels for me to get in a little closer. I thought about the conversion because of what I said above but decided to do it anyway. It was nice with the weight of the 2 stage blower. I like the wider stance too when I mow my ditch.

Yeah...that's it. :teasing-tease:

:woohoo: Think i might have finally sussed this photo bucket thingy wotsit! So hopefully heres some more pics of Tom my little lawn ranger. Heres the chassis with paint stripper applied. http://i1249.photobu...angy364/029.jpg And after wards all paint free and in incredibly rust free condition http://i1249.photobu...angy364/035.jpg Now all cleaned and attatched to my engine stand so i can turn it over to get to either side easily to paint it http://i1249.photobu...angy364/039.jpg Went out and bought some goodies http://i1249.photobu...angy364/033.jpg Sorry if its all over the place. Havent got the hang of this photo malarky yet. Need to take more pics as ive progressed a long way this week and nearly everything except the wheels, bonnet and dashy mudguardy bit is ready to paint red. the only thing stopping me is ive gone and bought another tin of red paint thats more orange than red!!! Cheers for looking. Ian

Confirm you are using a 12 volt coil with a primary circuit resistance of approximately 3 - 5 ohms. A coil intended for use in capacitive discharge ignition systems usually have a very low primary resistance and will overload the points in standard points based systems. A quick resistance check from the coil (+) to (-) terminals should read between 3 - 5 ohms. A capacitive ignitioin system coil will read lower than 1 ohm.

Hey Jeff...I think it means you guys missed one. Kloe, come to the Big Show if you want to see some round hoods...may find some parts you need also. Nice find.

That's looks 100% better than the original fender.

I swapped the front end on mine with one from 520 with gear reduction. I had 2 things other than bolting right on: 1- I had to drill 2 extra holes in the frame for the gear fan box. 2- I had to slightly modifiy the lift "ear" if ai remember right I had to heat and bend it a bit. Overall not a difficult job and I love the results !

Time for a little update which could be called "One thing leads to another...." The resto will wait till next winter but having given the tractor a fairly thorough checking over before it spends the summer working there were a few other bits to attend to. Rather than continue by tracking down individual parts for it I picked up a C-121 that had already been used as a donor and stripped of some parts. It didn't have its original engine but a flat pan K301 had been slung on the frame as part of the deal which had also been relieved of parts like the air filter, points and coil. Another distraction in that I've started to put bits on to see how well it runs and if its worth 'doing up'. Anyway, as a result the C-120 now has a working transmission brake, a better front axle assembly and although there were a 'useable' set of wheel bearings on the parts tractor it seemed silly not to replace them with new ones now rather than next winter. Here in the UK, Toro spares are handled by Hayter who were bought out by Toro a couple of years ago. Unfortunately only dealers have access to parts information on the Hayter website and parts can only be obtained through dealers. Whilst handy being just a mile away, my local garden machinery outfit seem to take ages to get parts and on several occasions it was only after enquiring about my order that the parts actually materialised. Hayter suggested some other agents to try and informed me that to speed things up a dealer can get Hayter to post the parts direct to the customer. I was pleasantly surprised to end up talking to a guy at one of these who knew about old WHs and said that they have some spares on the shelf as they still maintain a few for customers. They didn't have the axle seals I needed but those were ordered that day and I received them from Hayter a few days later - b.... marvelous! (If you're wondering where all this is leading - read on.....it's worth it!) Today I needed wheel bearings for the C-120 and they had them on the shelf. It's about a 30 mile round trip but rather than getting them to post them I decided to go over to see them and pick the parts up. Their showroom contained mainly large beastly looking plastic bodied Toros and a couple of other makes but there were two little tractors definitely not for sale and I thought I'd share them with you. Andy

I'm sure no Rambler owner ever needed anything above second gear, to put any Caddy to sleep Steve. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1c4QZGQw5o

I can't do anything but add more confusion to this discussion... I changed the differential out to an 8-pinion on my Bronco 14 (just because I have a phobia of 10-pinions), and it had ATF in it. Prior to 1973, this was what was used in the Sundstrands. I can tell you my transmission was the cleanest, rust free, and wear free of anything like it I have ever seen. The teeth on the gears were sharp-edged and all the bearing surfaces were smooth and quite frankly looked absolutely new. I mic'ed all of those areas and found no apparent wear at all. To this day, that transmission runs faster than any other hydro I have, and has no power issues at all. It also is ready to work from the moment it is started even in freezing temperatures. Of course, the tractor was serviced regularly before I got it, so I'm certain that is a contributor as well. So, in my opinion- If the tranny has ATF in it, and it works just fine that way, stick with it. The stats on the Hy-Tran Ultra are impressive, but I can't give an opinion there simply because I've never used it. If you do decide to, please keep us all posted on how it works for you. It does appear to have some interesting qualities. Good luck either way.

Here are some pics guys, luckily no wife yet so I can spend and spend. So far I've been doing so small things like removing the terrible welds on the seat pan and springs and I'm pretty sure the springs are upside down with frozen bolts. I got it to mount to a setback that I like and marked and drilled some holes to bolt it to. Sprayed the pan with some IH red and mounted it all up, looks good. Found the tach-a-matic underneath it and that looks nice so as soon as I find a deck my grass will look nice. No holes in the hood for lights or the hood ornament and I think the rear holes are covered by the decal. There are plugs under the hood that look like lights but I have yet to fluke them and see if theyre energized or not though. The ignition switch has been replaced though so there may have been a position for the lights before. Here's the pics -

Call me curious, but what did he use to cut the grass before the bank took the house? Did they take his lawn mower too?

Banks screw people everyday.....let them mow their own yard! JMHO

I work for JASPER Engines & Transmissions....we remanufacture internal combustion ENGINES. We also own a company called JASPER Electric Motors....they remanufacture electric (AC & DC) MOTORS. Tap53...if you want to argue with me, you will have to pick another subject!

I hate to bust yer bubble but there is an all electric Wheel Horse. Its called an E-141. A couple guys here have em. Scott has a real nice one. I know he has a thread on it here somewhere. Maybe he'll chime in with a pic or two. Mike...........

Bought my 84 WorkHorse GT-1800 for $100 US last August. Seemed like a great buy for a running and working tractor. Turns out the motor needs rebuilt, but I still love it. Needs an exhaust valve, carb rebuild, four new tires, new spindles, and paint and decal work.

Good score on the tractor! Sorry bout the damage to your truck. Makes for a good story though :)

Nice! I have a GT 1142 they're great tractors Dwayne