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I've been wanting to do this for a very long time...needed to do it. Pictures of the process... Hey, there is house back there. Needed some of this Oak trimmed also. Done trimming the Oak, and I got to keep the fire wood. Out come the shrubs. Setting up the new look. Planting the new with the mulch. They just put the new sod down yesterday. What a difference. No horses or people were hurt...cool. Thanks for looking. Sod is done and bushes are starting to bloom...the 2 little bushes are burning bushes...should be great in the fall.

I'd love to have another C-85. The 8hp engine I think is a pretty good workhorse and it runs forever on a tank of fuel.

No falling from trees. No trip to emergency room Looks like a pretty successful days work.

Hey guys, I bought this mower off my father in-law at the end of last year. I put a new battery and spark plug in it and it started right up. It actually ran a lot better than i thought it was going to. Mowed they yard once before grass stopped growing. This year i pulled it out and actually started to check it out. The air filter was packed with dust and pollen so i replaced that... Mowed the yard, but noticed that it wasn't cutting at all on the left side. Missing a blade. not broken or anything just gone. I was looking at maybe selling this and getting a mulching mower but after looking around it seems this is a good machine and worth hanging on to. Can you wheel Horse guys help me out here? Suggestions on what i should do / replace to keep this puppy running well? Like i said earlier, i actually think its running good now. No smoke power seems fine. Maybe it could be better? Oh.. almost forgot. The reason i found your site! Looking around for a replacement blade has been a major pain. Conflicting information and all that. I've not pulled one of the other blades off yet. I plan to tomorrow. Anyone know off hand or where to find the part number? I have pic of the deck plate. 42MS02 is the model number. Here are some pix of what im working with I know.. it needs to be cleaned!!

Hi eveyrone. New member here from PA. Hopefully making a purchase this weekend for a 520h and figured i might as well join up. I've been here before, reading posts and stuff but never joined. Look forward to chatting with ya'll.

I am a new member and would like to introduce myself. My name is John and I live in Manito, IL. This is my first Wheelhorse. I just purchased a 1975 B-100 automatic. It is in decent running condition but I can see some work that will need done. It will need totally rewired and does not have a voltage regulator. It looks as though the filter for the transaxle has not been changed in quite some time if ever. What filter does it take? I have a set of wider 5 bolt wheels and tires off of a Cub Cadet They are 23X8.5X12. Will these fit? Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

She is a little wild, but Im going to rope her tomorrow and bring her home. She is a B80 but should tame pretty easy

Just curious if anyone has tried one of these. I just don't have the room, the money or other needs for a large compressor to run a normal blaster so I thought this would work out better. It just connects to the pressure washer to add abrassive to the stream plus it will be much less dusty.

Well I got a call from a guy I had contacted about some implements he had for sale. I was too late for those but he remembered me and was wanting to sell his Grandfathers tractor. It had been redone some time back. It was about 30 miles from me so I went and looked at it (look at it HA!) I bought it. He thought it was a 1962 702 but it is actually a 1964 704 from what I can tell. Let me know what you all think. It has a 7hp. Kohler and he had all new tires put on it when he had it painted. Haven't had it running yet because he wanted to put a new rope in the recoil and couldn't get it back together. The deck is at another place so I don't have it yet.

Im going to walk her around on a lead for a little while first.

I finally finished the the 657 today. the last thing was the Carb. When it was all hook up it Fired rite up. I have never had an engine start this easy. This tractor has been sitting for 20 years under a porch and forgotten in Mideltown Ct. As u can see the paint is gone. Marvel/M/Oil has taken over. So now all I have to do is find a set of 6/12 turf tiers for it.I have to say It has taken me meany years to find this tractor, I believe because of the engine u do not see meany of these up here with a Tecky in them. Usually a Harbor fright or a Honda. I do no that this not the original engine but it seems to run good. I hope you enjoy the picks Gary B.................

There you go...In NY too!

Thank God no ladders were hurt either. How did the toy saw work?

Wow! Big Landscape projects have a way of not turning out to be exactly the way you wanted them too-BUT- in your case-it's awesome! Really looks great-certainly worth the work. Now at least you can tell us if those pesky Rooskies are coming!-Thanks-Al

You and Sarah Palin can see Russia. lol It looks great Steve, you picked a good crew for the job! :thumbs:

You must be very happy with it, looks great and gives it that "curb appeal" we all want. Thanks for sharing

I would imagine the problem you would run into is the limited size of the reservoir. When the cylinder is filled it takes a certain amount of fluid, when it is retracted that amount is less due to the volume that the rod takes up. Therefore your reservoir must be big enough to accommodate this volume change. With a standard Wheel Horse lift cylinder this is not much, as the bore, stoke and rod diameters are small. On a log splitter this volume change is much greater as the cylinder bore is much bigger as well as the rod diameter and the stroke. Also the flow of these units is also limited so that it may work, but it may take several minutes to pump enough fluid to fill the larger cylinder. So will it work, in theory yes but probobly not practical.

YOU WEREN'T KIDDING WHEN YOU SAID HUGE!! Looks good

Yes it is Denny...Now...I can see Russia from my house.

Definitely!!!!!!!!! It doesn't matter AT ALL if it's a beautiful show tractor or just a worker. BRING at least one. You'll see some of the crusty rides I bring. It's a large area and you don't want to walk it several times over. You can cruise around EVERYWHERE and get to see much more and even participate in the parade if you want to. Makes a great way to get some seat time too. Bring a trailer cart if you are shopping so you can carry all the goodies away. I'll try and fit one in for everyone to use but not sure if it will make it. This could be an excellent shopping day since Stevebo and his trailer won't be there. Usually we have to sift through his leftovers. He has got to be one the best show shoppers around for parts and tractors.

Speaking as one who has 14 years experience in the commercial pressure washer business, I have had very good results with the siphon blaster. You can use different types of media, and your right about the dust, however it will leave a mess wherever your working, so be aware of that. The only problem I have had with this system is that the feed rate is very touchy, so it’s prone to clogging up. Also you have to make sure your media is very dry, if it’s be exposed to high humidity it will be a nightmare to deal with. Better systems use a pressurized pot to feed the media to the mixing venturi, and is less prone to clogging.

I can sell you a 414-8 with a good running Magnum 14, a rebuilt carb and a 42" SD deck for $350

Here is an older manual that may help Garry

My puller's name is Hoof Hearted. Jim

I wouldn't call it a settle either, more of a good move IMHO. If I were to pick one of the bigger WH models, it too would use Kohler power. They might not be outright better engines than the Onans, but serviceability will be a lot easier to handle down the path, and they will all need that at some point in time. -Mark-

I would not exactly call that "Settling". #1, You've got the Kohler Engine. You probably will feel better about that. I know I do with my KT-17 series 2 #2, Your 18hp Kohler has plenty of power to spin a 48" mowing deck. #3, You have the same transmission as in the 520 #4, There is some "Cool Factor" associated to the 417's and 418's I would say you made a wise purchase. I would have done the same if it were offered to me.

Very nice addition to your Herd!

Operator manual in 3 parts http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/files/file/348-tractor-1987-400-series-om-pt2-810473r1pdf/ http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/files/file/1519-tractor-1987-400-series-om-wiring-pt3-810473r1pdf/ There are some service bulletins but don't think they are posted here yet. #409, #438 and #440 Adding There may be more that are more general in nature but have not figured out a way to link them to a message. Garry

My dad, Clifton Ralph, grading gravel in his driveway with a 1979 Wheel Horse C-121 hydro and a 44 inch grader blade made by Ken Stephens (Fabricator on Red Square) on Sunday April 21st. The C-121 preformed well with Ken's grader blade design and dad had never used a hydro before. Once he got into it he was off like lightening. He used his 1964 Wheel Horse 1054 with a lighter garden plow we have to break up the gravel and soil with the garden plow point. You raise and lower the garden plow with the hydraulic pump on the lift and make "rows" to loosen up the gravel you need to grade and contour the land. He also used another Wheel Horse 1054 to haul the excess stone to other low spots. He spent four hours doing this on Sunday.

Nice looking horse!

Here's my 1960 400 suburban.

No no no. The 4 bolts that hold the housing to the deck need to be removed. After you remove the pulley and the blade hub of course. Once to remove the spindle housing you'll be able to lift the bearing/shaft assembly out in one piece and replace it.

Hello all, new to forum and I have a question On right peddle PTO disengage for mower there is a lever that swivels Which appears to be a lock to keep pto disengaged. How does this work? I can't figure it out for the life of me. Just restored tractor to use solely to take care of my property. It will be a worker in fact just mowed my lawn today with it for first time. What a sweet ride. Here is some tractor porn for yaall. I am also very interested in getting a complete plow setup for it.

Ill take a nice d-series (with 3 point hitch) and Lawn Ranger

I love my 856, for a verity of reasons, Big enough to do the jobs I need done. Small enough to get through yard gates. Simple enough to repair, most of the time The parts I need can be found at the local Hardware store. Time tested technology from the 60’s that Was good enough to put a man on the moon. And face it, grass and snow hasn’t changed, That much in the last forty years.

D-180. I've been eyeing one up for a little while now

C-195 with loader 3 point and PTO

if the price is right, a nice D-series with a 3 point hitch

A "D" series would make my day. Not a fan at all of the black hoods.

A big part of the reason the balance gears came to be was the “horsepower race†in garden tractors. As opposed twins started being used on some larger garden tractors, is was quickly noticed how much smoother they operated than a single. Tractor manufacturers asked if they could get that same sort of smoothness from the singles to spare the expense of using a twin for smaller HP machines. Along came the balance gears and rubberized engine mounts for the singles, John Deere’s 200 series tractors is where the biggest push for this to happen with Kohler came in the “Q†Quietline K series engines. If you listen to a Deere 212 throttled up next to the older 112 model you really see and feel the difference of all the garbage installed to smooth the tractors out and quiet them down. They didn’t quite reach the smoothness of a twin, but the improvements helped keep the K singles around for a couple more decades. Do you need to have the balance gears? No, they can be removed with no ill consequences other than a slight bit more vibration at slower engine speeds. Should you remove them due to failure paranoia? Myself I wouldn’t go in and do it without reason to believe they have a problem, as in noise. (Ye olde not-broke-don't-fix-it theory.) I have them in my K301, and don’t give them a second thought. If they haven’t blown apart yet after all this time, they won’t likely do so without warning. -Mark-

I see the youg 'uns over there are much the same as those over here. Stand with hands in pockets and watch us oldies do the work.

Checking the key ways in the input shaft and hubs is the first thing to do...if they are OK, it almost has to be the hi/low shifter fork being broke. If it is the latter, it is fixable, but you will have to split the transmission case. Take a look at this thread...you may have the same thing wrong. Click on the link...let us know. BTW...Welcome to Red Square.

i would do like kelly said,i have a peice of metal roofing that i nailed 2 peices of 2x4 to at the front sandwhiching the metal,then a rope attached to it,i can pull a tractor on it,rocks,my wifes planters for her driveway flowers and you just have to roll the stuff on,not lift it