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My greatest fear is .....when I'm gone, Hun Bun sells my WHs for what I told her I paid for them.

Used the Lawn Ranger and snowthrower for about the tenth time this Winter tonight! We had snow coming down about an inch an hour from 4 PM to 8:30 PM. I used the Lawn Ranger which worked better than I ever remember for an hour until I sheared off the pushpin/cotter key holding up the lift rod in the back of the snowthrower. I will probably find the washer that held it in place sometime this Spring or Summer! I used the 1963 Wheel Horse 633 and the BD-4262 snowplow for the last half hour! It worked great but after an hour and a half of fighting Old Man Winter I was ready to get warm again inside! This is the Lawn Ranger after the workout tonight! Photo of the lift rod hanging off to the right of the snowthrower. I will get a new washer and push pin on it in the am!

I don't EVER over pay for any tractors....EVER! My wife believes that my barn is chock full great deals!!!!

We got another 4" of snow last night. Went out this morning and blew the snow off my 1000' private lane I share with other neighbors. Got the lane cleared and started to clear individual drives when my 520h lost power to the rear cylinder. It still ran so I drove it to the shed, took the blower and chains off, and put them on another 520H I have. I pulled out of the shed and noticed the tire chain rubbing on the fender bracket so I backed up into the shed to try to slide wheel hub out a little. As I was backing up, the snowblower dropped to the ground. I looked under the tractor and found my lift lever snapped in two. So I took the blower and chains off this tractor and got out my 418A . Third times a charm. The 418A finished the job. I guess this is a good reason that there is no such thing as having too many Wheel Horses.

Nope. Did I say it was a bad day? No heat in shed ! Hoping it is just a spark plug on the 520H. Have not looked into it yet. Might wait till it's warmer out. Not much of a poster but plan on changing that. Plenty of nice people here!

SYMPATHETIC .... Would that be an oil that was sorry your tranny died ? Sorry leave96...........I couldn't resist .....

$20 in tubes could solve the problem also.

You are not overpaying,if you don't believe me go to Sears and see what 1000.00 buys.

Hello! I joined this forum pretty recently and I'm probably not the typical forum visitor. I build scale models - usually 1/25 cars - and I've been working on an Electro 12 model. BTW, many of the model cars that I build are my favorite car and another South Bend native - Studebakers. I found this site while searching online for reference photos and manuals. It's a great place with a lot of excellent resources. Reminds me a lot of the Studebaker Drivers Club forum where the members have always been very supportive of my model building. Makes me want to have a real Wheel Horse (and a Studebaker). Anyway, this is where it all started: Probably not many people are more interested in the Wheel Horse than they are in the Indy Car but I'm building the tractor and may never build the car. The tractor in the kit appears to be Charger but after looking over this forum for a while I decided to convert it to the Charger's cousin - a 1969 Electro 12. I had already built the engine as it came in the box but I realized it wasn't correct for this tractor. This is what the first build-up looked like: So I stripped the paint off and did a conversion: The next order of business was building a mower deck since the kit didn't have one and what good is a Wheel Horse without it! I downloaded the manual for a 5-1422 (Thank you, Forum!) and started scratchbuilding. This has been a lot of fun! Here are a few shots from the build-up and the finished mower: The paint is Duplicolor Bright Red which is a GM color. I bought some IH Red at Tractor Supply but didn't really like the drying properties of the paint. The GM Red matches it very well and in fact I brushed on a little of the IH color as touch-up paint in a few spots and can't see the difference. Duplicolor is my preferred paint. It dries fast and hard. There's certainly more to come. I hope you enjoy. Most of the other major components are under construction right now and will be ready to post soon.

Watched the 7pm news on WNEP Scranton PA. First one showed a GT-14 ( I think) with an FEL in Williamsport PA clearing snow. I was trying to make a note when they cut to another piece with a 520 (I think quick shot) and a blower clearing snow in Hometown, PA. OK who are the lucky TV stars???

IMO if you find one that you have no intentions of EVER selling then you did not overpay.

Man, that story needs a good sound track to go with it.

Dino, you don't have any snow! Our entire yards are as deep as your bank! I was out to the west in Honor this afternoon and the banks along the road were within a foot of covering the road signs. I was in East Tawas yesterday and took a pic of a doe in an opening in the trees, buried up to her neck munching on small trees. If you look close she is in the center of the pic. The loader came thru the neighborhood today. Bet your Tecky would not throw over those piles!

got home today and these were in the driveway......... hmmmm......

personally what i think you guys are calling fair value is too low, i would pay more if i needed one, knowing what i know about their capability. For what they can do to help maintain your property and for how long they will still last if maintained, they're cheap say you pay 500 for a tractor, plow and deck; how much would you spend in one year on having your driveway plowed and your lawn mowed? when you take that into account is $1000 cheap for something to get these tasks done? to mow my lawn would cost $75-100 per week. (I have about 35,000 ft2 of lawn) just plowing for this storm at my house would be over $100. it's about $40-60 every time they show up this storm would have been a couple of visits mine have paid for themselves many times over if you are collecting them to fix up and drive around at shows then you may consider them expensive. You will put alot into them making them look better than new

Parts lists call for a 3/16" x 1" cotter pin in that location. I found that the hole needs to have the rust removed to get the 3/16" cotter pin in. Not a good application for a quick pin as they quickly get removed. Garry

I'm guilty of paying to much but I try to look at what I'm getting even if the its just a parts mower I try to look at what it would cost to buy the transmission or a steering wheel or a seat it all adds up right and you would be stuff your going to use why not pay 50$ for a mower that don't run but has good trans and other things you would use than ur money ahead

Before I would spend $248 for new rims I would go to another shop and have them mounted. Sounds like all they need is the side walls blown out to catch. Were the side walls crushed in when you got them?

Will never happen...if they all go in the box with you.

Inevitable. Can't pass up. All of mine were BARGAINS!!!! Marvin

Hello All, well as many of you know the (POS) 400 small block in my 1971 Nova SS decided to blow up after a fit of spirited gear throwing with the Muncie M21. I didn't build the motor and never liked it from the start.... After blowing it up I have had 99 different ideas of what I wanted to do to re-power my car. I always kept coming back to one nagging idea. Granted this idea won't be the easiest or cheapest but will be the "Coolest" at least in my mind and that's all that really counts. After looking at crate engines, used engines, rebuilding the 400, having LOTS of power versus having average power so I could let my kids drive it etc... I have picked up a 1968 Impala 250 Hp 327 Quadrajet motor. I have always loved 327's and there big brother the 427. Never had either..... but just didn't want to say "its got a 350...... siggggghhhhhhh" when people ask. I'm going to open it up a bit and see what it looks like inside---if its clean I will put in a timing chain, front cover seal, rear main seal, oil pump and whatever other gaskets I can. Motor has 96,000 and runs / sounds good. I just liked the idea that this motor is 100% complete and has all the brackets I need to run the non accessory bolt hole double hump heads, Plus I want to add after market AC at some point and the cool GM Frigidaire compressor and brackets are included. The guy I got the motor from pulled it out of the Impala to make room for a sick 572 cid 850 HP Big Block. Heres a pic of the engine.... yah maybe I'm crazy but its just plain cool. I expect to get all sorts of messages about "theres no replacement for displacement" and that's fine. This is enough motor for me at this point and if I want theres lots of room left to turn this into a Duntov 30/30 wannabe! Tony

Well today I started out with the plow, but it got ugly real quick, so out comes the blower to keep the CUT in the barn! Actually I just wanted to play with the blower. http:// http:// http://

It looks like you did get a little fun in even with all of the little fires you had to put out. I had a great day myself... I woke up to the phone ringing early this morning and I was told work has been cancelled for the day. PAID! Really? In all my years working I've never got a call like that but what the hell, I'll take it. I laid around on the couch this morning for a few hrs and then made my way outside to fire up the 417-8. I got a solid ft of snow here with a little weight to it. I had my fun but lucky me, no break downs. I've about had it with playin in the snow, I'm ready to cut some frickin grass already!

Dino the Ranch is just a couple miles north of me, cool place to snowmobile to with the log bar with an open fire in the middle. They used to have a great breakfast buffet on Sunday mornings. You probably drive right by the house if you go through town to get to Garfield to go up to the Ranch. Yeah, they tore out the Brown Bridge Dam reducing the lake to a very large mud pit with tree stumps. In the first stages they screwed up and flooded a lot of homes on the Boardman River. You can get cherries from McMannis again, but I can give you directions to a better place east of Acme behind the casino. Their apples are the best I have ever had. We do the guys fork truck work and let us hunt his property, talk about ALOT of deer!

Then your probably not dreading this Sunday are ya?? More snow-a-comin!! Mike...........

As many folks probably remember I bought this after the polar vortex, the plow blade just barely made it through that snow. So I go it hooked up and it ran for about a half of lap from the back of our house to the the end of the driveway and then stopped throwing snow. I was like WTF!, so I go back to the garage and the set screws on the gear drive at the top of the snow thrower was loose, tightened them and off I go again... I captured a couple of videos of me in action to show everyone... the driveway is after I hit it with the plow and then the snow thrower again to get it wider (swapped out dozer blade for Snow Thrower) ... This is about 10" of snow fall and 18" drifts in places... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-CLutXagMA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVG1NFspC0s I still need to make the bar for the dozer blade, got the stock, just haven't had the time, been working on my 76 Corvette RJMcEachern

Nothing to brag about, not as much as some of you guys, but we did get a heavy 10-12 inches last night, on top of 5-6 from a couple days ago. sadly, last nights was wet snow and pretty tough to push with the 310. had to clear the sidewalks with the snowblower, I'll have to keep an eye out for a blower for my horse! and to think over the weekend all the snow pretty much melted away, and in 4 days this much can come back, I don't really mind snow though, so

Roscoe...I know the deer are small up there from eating pine needles. Uncle...you have more snow then me. Nice pictures mate. What a winter...may put some water back in Lake Michigan...hope. I thought Kingsley sounded familiar...that is the back way I take to Ranch Rodolph. (sp) Tubing on the Boardman River. Used to get our wine cherries from McManis Orchards before they went private. We should never have as much snow as you get. I hear they got rid of the dam at the small lake that was there near the bait shop on the way to Traverse City. That was a nice lake. Jack...a lot of Chicago Land looks like Cleveland... Need one of those lamps for the front window.

Nice pictures fellows. We have not near that much. Lot of snows, just not much accumulation. Hey Steve, that neighborhood looks like where that Movie, The Christmas Story was filmed.

thanks Tom..... well just got them mounted on the rims, wow, that was the easiest rears I've ever mounted by hand. done a few now so i got it down fairly well, but these were 10 min each....... gotta go and plow with 416 #1 right now so now more work on #3 tonight..........

It's looking great Martin! Thank you for all the information on the transmission, I'm tempted to split mine and check it all over before I paint it. Good luck with the rest of it! Tom

We are pushing 5' now this winter...more snow Saturday and nowhere to push it. The last 2 times, I have plowed the snow to one side and then got out the snow blower to blow it over the existing snow. UNCLE... ...we need a thaw!!! Here are some pictures... The picnic table seats are like 17" off the ground... check the mound across the street...probably 7' 4' plowed and blown...plowed bank is about even with the top of the bed of that pick up... End of the drive way is a good 4' and no room left... The stars this year...the techy has been great...

OK, got a 70 commando 8. When trying to plow snow, 3rd gear NOW goes slower than secondand grinds going into gear. Seems like loosing power all together. there is pleanty of 80w90 gear oil in the trans. anyone got an idea what is wrong? see attached pics

I don't use washers I use a clamp collar that way I have infinate adjustment and it can never fall off http://www.fastenal.com/web/products/details/34269?searchMode=productSearch&zipcode=&filterByStore=&filterByVendingMachine=

When that happens to me the lift rod is laying in the snow and I'm out there kicking around in the snow looking for the spacers off the flag.

Nice!!

That's what I get for using the voice recognition on my phone when replying to these posts!!!!!!!! Maybe what I meant to say was - to be sympathetic to my tranny, I use synthetic oil...

Oh yes! Look there's some open fields. Lets develope them and build houses/super store. Develop to me means improve, not spoil. But of course it's cheaper to build on open land, than derelict urban land.

ya you cant buy any horse up here for 330,and a 16 hp would go for way more,years ago I paid 400 for my c160 with a thrower,i thought I paid too much but havnt even seen more than 1 or 2 since then and for a lot more,but if I had the money I would pay top dollar for 1965,like a 855 just to have it

Hey Steve, Most Track sets are readily available, usually as opened sets. Some rare unopened are still around. Most sizzler and fat track sets are not really very valuable. And most are missing the cars. Even a lot of the Sizzlers that survived have paint issues from the fumes emanating from those little Sizzler batteries. As for the regular HW Track sets, one of the rarest is the Great Getaway that I refered to earlier. Mainly because it has the Paddy wagon with the different roof than what came on the regular Paddy Wagons. In the end, they are still,as they were then..lots of fun.

So he couldnt get the beads to 'push out' against the rim? Am I understanding that right? If so, my next question is, are we talking about an actual tire shop? Have you tried seating them yourself with a ratchet strap? Like this: If I am understanding you correctly, when the tire is not seated, the beads are too far from the rim to seat them..... If that is the case, a wider rim is going to make the tire more difficult to seat, not less!

If you're willing to pay, you can have any part made. I'll pay to stay on mine forever! It's not all about the money. It's about the love for the machine.

Hard to tell anything from the pictures, but as I suggested earlier, just make a jumper by taking a piece of 14 or 16 gauge wire and go directly from the (+) terminal of the battery to the (+) terminal of the coil. That's the quickest way to test it. If it starts, then you know that the coil, condenser, points, plug and plug wire are okay. Then you can take a meter and check the rest of the wiring as shown in the diagram to see where the problem is. On the other hand, if it doesn't fire by using the jumper wire, you can safely assume that either the coil, condenser, points, plug or plug wire are bad.

Now I am going way off topic but here are more of my toys: Ford LGT165 with 42" mower deck. Ford LGT 165 with front blade. 2011 DongFeng 30HP diesel 4X4. 1985 Merkur XR4Ti.

I know I've said this before, but you have an awesome eye for detail, and you set the bar high for quality work standards. I'm quite certain that no 8 speed ever left Wheel Horse looking that good! This really is going to be a beautiful machine. Matt

Thanks for posting this video , you could have just saved me & my familys life Thank you

just for those that are wondering what differences there are between the jd 317 front axle and standard wh 416 heres a few pics i took earlier while working out what needed to be changed to use it......

Excellent...glad that worked for you.

My wife and Red Square member Kthack657 designed that flyer.

If I'm not mistaken the military MTBR (Mean time between rebuilds) for the K singles was 2000 hours. This goes back several decades. But, there is no reason a K series with regular maintenance that is ran within its HP limitations shouldn't last at least 2000 hours. As noted there are a lot of variables. The longest hours are totally unknown to me, as most of the tractors that used the singles didn't have hour meters, and on a lot of the twin cylinder IHC Cub Cadets I repaired the clock-hand style hour meters quit working long before the KT twins did. On the K181 my father in law used, I estimated he used it about 50 hours a season for 40 years, making 2000 hours when it blew. -Mark-