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12 to 14 inch drifts of the fluffy stuff. oh what fun. my buddy threw a rod on his k301 so i had to help him out till he is done rebuilding. too bad i had to clear out his driveway and sidewalks for him. i know it was tough for him too run the camera instead of his "trusty" steed. (he has blown a "ton" of snow before the rod let go. oil leak=bad news) cant even see my 15 inch tires in last pic.

thanx everybody. snow is fun but yeah spring is coming and cant wait to use the new grader blade to smooth out driveway. heres a pic to "THINK SPRING" (after im done playing in the snow a couple more months)

Howdo all, the time had come to give the GT a bit of love and attention and get done a few small jobs on her, I guess she didn't want any attention as she has been fighting me every step of the way! When I fitted the bigger engine in the GT I couldn't get the drive pulley off the original engine, so instead I fitted this slightly smaller one from a C-175.. A little while ago I bought a new pulley, not 100% correct size but I was sure I could sort that on the lathe.. The internal groove of the pulley is the same size as the original but the outer diameter would need 5mm trimming of it and the groove widened a bit. The trouble was although I could trim the 5mm off my lathe is too small to be able to widen the groove.. There was just no way I could get a cutting tool anywhere near it! As the pulley was only 5mm oversize I decided to fit it anyway.. Only one slight problem.. The belt guard which wouldn't go on because the pulley was too small, now wouldn't go on because the pulley was too big Oh well, I thought. I've run it without a belt guard for a while (not that I like doing it I should point out), so I can not have one until I can get the new pulley trimmed to size or get the original pulley off the old engine.. So my thoughts turned towards trying to get the snow plow to fit.. These thoughts didn't last long as the GT was needed for 6x6 rescuing duties. The engine which had previously ran not spot on but quite well decided it was going to be a pain to start and stall under any kind of load! So off came the carb for a good coat of looking at.. Other than a little bit of dirt in the float bowl it was nice and clean inside with no blocked holes. "Cough cough"! Yep it is running a bit rich.. and yes the carb needles were set to the correct "unwinds" before starting the engine! No matter how much I tweaked the carb settings it still sooted the plug up very fast! Out of interest I thought I would compare the main jet/needle thingy with the one from the original 14hp engine.. The top one is the 14hp. I can't decide the 16hp needle/jet thingy should be that shape or of someone in the past has snapped to very end off and reshaped it! Any thoughts on that Guy's? Out of even more interest I thought I'd try the 14hp needle in the 16hp engine... A big thank you to Stevasaurus for you help looking through your engine books while we were chatting on Skye the other day Now the GT has been known to back fire in a loud way, so time I was prepared Who would of thought it... Yep the GT is running in this photo.. No smoke and it revs cleanly. As it was raining Datsun cogs I didn't fancy going for a test drive and getting soaked, so I decided to make a quick "Red neck" belt guard made from an ironing board! Ok, it's not pretty but it will do the job for now.. And I also made a start on making a new shifter panel using some ally and a decal Mark gave me er... last year at some point.. To replace the rather shrunk and warped original panel. So yesterday was GT test drive day.. It started up just fine, no smoke... But once it warmed up it just struggled to rev with wanting to stall, and that was with no load of any sort on the engine!!!! Yep, the GT-14+2 is driving me nuts!

(turn on your sound)

Alan...Alan...Alan...Alan...Al... wait that's not Alan...That's Steve... Dino...Dino...Dino...Dino...Dino...Dino...Dino...Dino... Just couldn't help myself ...

ol550 has a good point there, my normal line of thinking would be to go for the bearing with more rollers in it. I really dont know now. I'm not surprised that the odd bearing got damaged at the factory, have you seen the pictures of the gearbox assembly line? A big automated press installing all the bearings in one side of the case in one punch of the button!

well its just four weeks old! what happens every year is my boy that shares my workshop calls the scrapman in about christmas time to get rid of what he calls quote" all that crap you have been saving for the last year" so this year i beat him to it and made this it consists of these parts front and rear axle-electrac mower back wheels-wheelhorse bonnet-mayfield merlin mudgards (fenders)- 40gal oil drum engine-deisel-from a water pump seat /steering wheel-old fergi tractor it wiped the smile of his face when 2 differant people have tried to buy it from me for good money and i would not sell it, cos when we do shows over here we always get the anaraks over here who know it all well ime going to enjoy it this year when they scratch there head and say my grandad had one of those on the farm in 1908 etc

Sycoticca's success building the plow for his horse got me motivated to start mine. I've got a bit more to start with - this Deere plow was given to me. I tried briefly to sell it and got no bites, so today I started the process of making it fit my tractor. I've now got $38 bucks into it after stopping by the steel yard and picking up some 1-1/2" square tubing and some 3" angle iron. Just got the plow setting in front to size things up and get some measurements here. Over the next few days I should have something going on this. I would be interested in seeing underneath the rear of anyone's plow setup if you've got pix to post. I'm mostly concerned with how low I should have the rear of the frame - just below the axle tubes maybe? Let's see - I've got a couple pics here somewhere....

well here is the video on the new carb on the 657. as I said in the vid this is a sweat little tractor. real easy to move around real light.CLICK VIDEO TO RUN. Enjoy the Video. Gary B..........

Just thought id say hi. Im in northern Indiana. I don't have a lot of wheel horse stuff. (I collect them all) I do have a couple. I have a rj 58 currently and also part owner of a custom suburban. (split three ways between my dad, brother and I) It was a father son type project. It was done almost 12 years ago. Im old enough now that im the care taker of the tractor. I go to some shows around here so you may recognize it. Not what everybody likes but its what we like. Sure does get a lot of attention.

Thanks Jim for posting this....Needed to see that tonight. Have had a very stressful weekend.

That may help but not sure that is necessary and that is not the cause of the problem. One of the biggest culprits is grass plugging the flywheel screen and reducing cooling air flow when mowing with the side discharge decks. Especially on hot summer days in dry dusty conditions. Another problem is neglecting to do periodic inspection and cleaning of the cooling fins. There is also a rubber gasket that goes around the oil filter to keep cooling air flowing onto the rear cylinder fins and those gaskets are often missing. The few cases that I have seen happened when the tractors were being used for mowing. Also, excessive carbon build up can occur if the engine is not run at high enough rpm and that can cause problems.

Van - I've been good, as far as not encouraging the wrath of my Wife/Boss - LOL!!! I resisted a chance on a C-85 and instead bought a couple of dust caps for one of my 520H tractor front rims... Nothing new to report - but there's always tomorrow... Bill

If you can wait and attend the big show in June, I have a frame, a snow/dozer blade and a coil for it if necessary. There isn't much else to the ignition since you already have the points and condenser. May have some front wheels and tires for it too but I'll have to look around for a good matching set. Bring it with you and we can get it going so you can drive it around on cruise night. Shoot me a PM if you're interested

I got the exhaust nipple out today. I ended up putting two pipe wrenches on the 180 degrees apart, pushing down on one and pulling up on the other. It finally gave in. Got a nice new one and put my custom muffler on! Its an IH muffler that I had a piece of pipe welded to and I painted. I like it a lot. I also put my uni drive sticker on. Not a big deal but it breaks up all the red back there. After doing ALL this and putting all new seals and bearings in the trans I almost regret not rebuilding the engine. But I ran good and didn't smoke..

I have a 316 with the same engine but the cheaper version with no oil filter - it's still going strong after well over 1000 hours. There's a lot about the Onan 16 hp on this site and Onans in general but from what I've read the 16 hp is less prone to the typical heat failures like valve seats coming loose which certainly seems true in respect to mine. After 500 hours you should really check and adjust the valve clearances but I found that mine were only a tiny bit out after 1050 hours. It's well worth cleaning out the grooves and recesses in the engine and head castings (as has already been mentioned). I didn't find it clogged up but there was an accumulation of fine grass clipping dust that had got quite thick in places. On the matter of heat issues I always let mine idle and cool down a bit for a minute or so before switching off. I also read about increasing the air flow by modifying the belt guard but haven't got round to this yet as it's probably not as important with the 16 hp Onan. Hope this helps a little in putting things in perspective in terms of my experience. I did post an overhaul I did with pics to solve a hunting issue may provide a bit of background reading for you just for interest sake. Andy

that is soooo funny , my son has the the little guys shouting alan , alan , alan as his ringtone

Yeah, cute production.

i figured a few of you would notice the argo. owned that for around 8 years, had a kohler 18 horse magnum. fun machine that fits the whole family. only sunk it once. Ha

Can almost feel that Techy's power.

kelly had a thread on fixing up a 314 he had. he fabricated replacement steering parts......

Yep, ready for spring myself. The snow can be dealt with but the temps in the single digits are horrible. Cant do anything outside for more than 5 minutes! I can feel the "cabin fever" comin on! Mike.......

just don.t brake them plastic retainers, They are not cheep! had to replace all 3 on mine and it was like $46

It's pretty cold here so I didn't take the time to get an uncluttered outdoor shot, but here's my C195. It has a gear reduction steering and 520H tie rods and rims. Also has foot control for the Hydro.

Looks good Lane... you can never have too many of 'em.

Hey where is your wheel horse in your avatar??

Must be nice to have fresh tomatoes in January. Here in va. I won't have a fresh tomatoe til the first of July. I need to move to Florida

Matt and Brandon, I'm with you on the 40lbs. I think that would be enough to keep the front end down. Matt, that is one nice looking set of weights you have there on the new tractor.

Stupid question Why didn't you offer to see if you could fix the blower for him ? Gives you a chance to see what it is, makes for good will, and what I would have done for neighbors.

That's a nice it of fabrication work on the frame and rear hitch, it would be a good idea to fit the cross bar Brandon mentions. It will help with strength and getting the plow on and off with ease.. Here's a pic of a rear hitch I made for my 312-8

That's my honest opinion as well..

BIG THANK YOU STEVE, Martin just gave me this link, its just what I need. And thanks to Martin also. Glenn

Yes, looking backwards is a pain in the neck, literally. This tractor has no front PTO so short of hydraulic drive the rear will have to do plus it keeps the loader free. I am looking forward to using the wheel horse next winter. My old Ford LGT 165 would break the blower nearly every time I used it. Cleat

Gosh, Didn't know how nice a clean one looks you two. Be there one o these days!

Well that sucks .Keep us posted Kelly...I guess on a lighter note... the JB weld held for 3 years

My 1974 B-80. It wasn't my Dad's. Heck, it wasn't even in the family. I got it in trade about 5 yrs ago for a non running GT 14. (Didn't understand the Wheel Horse "thing" at that time.) It was my first Wheel Horse that made me appreciate what a WH was. I learned about wiring on it, changing a fuel pump, adjusting the carburetor and more. I learned to work on tractors by fixing that thing. She has never failed me in the past 5 years and I have grown quite sentimental towards her. Funny thing is I got the GT-14 back last summer........running! (Now I appreciate that tractor also!)

My guess is you will be just fine with the extra 40 pounds. Loaded my C120 many times withour any weight on the front without issues but I did take it really slow and my trailer isn't too high. I'm going to need to figure something out so I can keep the weights on while loading the tractor as I actually have been removing them to get the tractor up against the angle iron at the front of the trailer and the weight bracket prevented that.

got the trans down a little more. heres some more pics...... some of the gears have some burrs from grinding the gears, they will need some tidying up and the shift rails might need just a tickle.........

I will never get rid of this Wheel Horse: I seriously hope I'm not on a tractor when I die.

Tough questions since they are all keepers. If I could keep only one it would my first 520HC. I have 3 but the one below was the first. Next would be one of my C-175 Twin Automatic black hoods. My collection includes mostly the smooth running and powerful twin flatheads with hydros. The 520HC is the grandfather of the 520H Series. The C-175 Automatic is the tractor my Dad had and how I developed the addiction.

For me I am attached to all of my tractors, but the one that must stay in my family is my deceased fathers 1966 model 656 picture shows my dad enjoying a ride at a local tractor show. Miss you dad..

Thanks, and I know what you mean about the steering. With the tiller up it didn't steer very well either, especially if you were on loose dirt, but it does much better now. Hopefully it will warm up soon, so you can get your garden in. I don't know Van, but as soon as I try it, I'll let you know. I'm really enjoying this C160 Van, and I think about you, and whc160 often when I'm using it. Its good to have friends watching out for you. Thank you. Matt

Your engine should have a WICO 29692(FW2681) magneto. All h55d spec 2113 engines i have do so. Points are Tecumseh part #28524, condenser is Tecumseh part #29559. Both not easy to find.

We have them here too Nigel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak_(slang)

Any day you get another horse is a good day! Besides, what fun is it if you can't work on it?

Just found the video clips I put together last year and the kids gave me an idea Not at Ian's (stigians) level yet, but i found it amusing to make enjoy

Thats a mayrath mobile tractor. ive seen only one before at the great lakes show. the old briggs im woking on mounts in front and thats it google image shows a deluxe model also with body panels. going to fix motor and get tires and oil it and thats it. i cant wait to drive it

Nice looking machine, Kelly! Now I've got to go out and have a look at some spare lower steering shafts I've got kicking around to see if there's enough material to possibly thread one like what you found...... Duff :thumbs: