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As it came off the truck today. Had to remove the bucket to fit it into the shed...you know...gettin' kinda tight in there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkhSC52S8Nk&list=UUd_ptV1TUpPlW1VhCjxez_Q

This is about a tractor I got a couple years ago for Christmas. This is what it looked like before we started restoring it. We're restoring it because I wanted to put new decals on it and dad was tired of messing around with the engine. We started last Friday because plowing season was almost over here and we figured why not start now. We cleared a spot in the shed and put it on a bench so I could take it apart. We finished on Sunday the same weekend. Dad was cleaning parts with the wire wheel, while I was taking it apart. Dad started sandblasting on Monday and painted every day that week. Dad got most of it done Friday night, so I could get started putting it back together on Saturday. I put as much as I could together that day. We still need some transmission seals, a front rim and a clutch rod and stud. Dad also ordered me a new engine and parts to make new tie rods. I thought Dad was crazy when he made me clean the rust off the lift lever with Brillo pads and Coke! It worked like magic! We also flushed the transmission with lacquer thinner to remove the 46 year old fluid. I will post more when the parts come and we install them.

Where Do Old Bumper Cars Go? The ones in Westview Park or Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh or many other amusement parks from around the country in the 50's & 60's. They ran on electric . Had a pole on the back going to a metal electrical charged overhead cage. Remember driving the bumper cars at amusement parks or on the Boardwalk, don't you? They were so much fun. Well, now what do you do with old Bumper Cars? (and check out the license plates!) WHO KNEW? Yes, you read that right; these little beauties are street legal. They run on either Kawasaki or Honda motorcycle engines and co-opt vintage bumper car bodies into the most awesome form of mini-car we've seen in too long. There are seven of these little monsters floating around California and they're all the creation of one man, Tom Wright, a builder in the outskirts of San Diego who figured the leftovers of the Long Beach Pike Amusement Park needed a more dignified end than the trash heap. They were originally powered by two cylinder Harley Davidson Motorcycle engines but they rattled like heck because of the two cylinder Vibration and Tom replaces them with four cylinder Honda or Kawasaki 750's And a couple have been measured as capable of 160 MPH, which is terrifyingly fast in machines with such a short wheelbase. By the way, they are almost indestructible in accidents!

Not to high-jack the thread, but all the talk about jewelery made me remember what my wife told me once: "Jewelery prevents head-aches"!

Electrical wiring installed and new front and rear rubber mounted! [emoji3]

Us big kids have a great time also. Hope to see ya Terry.

Well Its been a long hard winter for sure, we had a total of 113" of snow here and I am finally glad to see some 55 deg weather which is just fine by me. I figure I would get the Ole Chucker out give her a Wash -n- Wax and clean her up head to toe inside and out, Lord knows she deserves a Lil TLC as she saved my back this year and If you maintain & treat your equipment right, It will Treat you right and believe me I have no complaints. I got plenty of seat time and logged 21.10 Hrs. I didn't keep track of times I used it but it usually takes me between 15 to 20 minutes to do my drive so I figure prolly about 40-50 times I had her out and used approx. 25 gallons of fuel. To me that's a small price to pay! So I have her all cleaned up inside and out and all the Cab Vinyl treated with mothers VLR conditioner and will put the Ole girl away till next year. So How many Hours did you guys log? ~Duke

Spotted this in the local Shopping Centre Car Park and had to get a few pics. It's only a light weight thing and modern, but it must be pretty handy for clearing light snow fall on the exposed parking areas and Ramps and Salt/Grits at the same time. Obviously it had no use this last winter. Couldn't get a decent shot of it, as some dipstick had parked right next it in a virtually empty Carpark. Honda Powered with Hydraulics and central pivot Body.

Gave the green and verges a second cut today. Also rolled them. Number three grandson turned up just in time to sweep up. Later he took his little cousin for a ride round in the trailer. Pleased they didn't turn up sooner. I'd have had no chance of a ride.

You need some kind of sticker(s) for the side of the tractor showing how many winters you've killed with that tractor, kind of like what would be on a WWII fighter showing their number of aircraft shot down!

You are correct... I am truly blessed with a wonderfully supportive spouse.

Found some more photos of the C-125 sending the snow across the yard. This was the biggest storm of the year here in pa. Pretty good for a single stage. Hopefully the warm weather is on the way now. Cant wait to try out the 520h. Kyle

wow Craig! and it fits into your magical shed!?!

There was a new soldier added to the frontlines here here today.

After Apr. 15th the heck with it! Blade and blower are coming off!!!!

BOOOO...yah.

March 30th... Spring is here correct?? I thought we were done with this white stuff

Got the steering wheel turned around. It took an hour of heat, P'blaster and a bfh until I finally got the roll pin out. The hood is the worst part of this tractor. Both sides of the hood had tears in them and 4 holes needed to be welded closed. I also had to fab a new tab for the front of the lower part of the hood where you bolt it on as that was long gone as well. The paint on the top part of the hood is toast. Most of it is gone and what paint is there is all cracked. I think this one looks better in pictures than it does in person... In the first pic you can get an idea of what the paint looks like on the hood, its much worse on the top part of the hood.. It does look much better with the wheel turned around like it is supposed to be and it is more comfy.. Thanks for all the comments and help guys.

Ken, that 603 cleaned up real nice. When you get the marbles out of that Techy...buy a lotto ticket. As you know...they are great engines when they run good...getting there is quite an accomplishment.

Thanks alot Steve and Ken for you comments. It is nice to be appreciated in the world of WH!! That is all I am trying to accomplish in this hobby. Spread the word of WH. My expertise comes from the years 1955 up through about 1975. Those are the most important models to me. I have newer tractors too but love the oldies better! When I started collecting, I asked myself, what would be the ultimate collection? The answer was, every model ever made! So I started on that, but little did I know they made so many different models over the years! So I backed off of that goal and wanted all of the oldest models they made. I have about every one except a 1957. So that is what I am hunting for now. I had a deal with Brrly on one once but it fell threw. I have alot of other WH's to trade for one if anybody has multiples of a 57. I don't know know who made the half moon steering wheel for the Pond's. It was probably cheaper than a full steering wheel. Ken's is on upside down, you want the rounded part to be up on the top for better control. When it is down low, it gets in your way a little bit. It is just more comfy in the up front position. The 603 manual shows it like that too. I have seen a couple steering wheels on upside down on people's restored 603's. Those rounded for 1964 mower decks could also be had on a 603. When they ran out of the old rectangular decks, they simply used the newer model deck on them. I have had 2 603's with that style of deck on them and 2 with the rectangular decks on them. So it is correct. Your 603 cleaned up very well, great score for sure Ken! Good luck with it!

OMG Neil......I didn't mean anything by my email. Just razing you a little. (Notice the "smiley" after that sentence in the post). I would have hoped no one on this site would be upset over anyone collecting WH or any make of tractor wherever your from. I have corresponded with a few collectors from Leiden, the Netherlands and Kruezlingen in Switzerland where my company has facilities that I have actually given them parts or arranged shipments. (BooVuc knows international shipping. It's what I do). And Wheelhorse was manufactured in Europe for your market so NO ONE should be upset about you or anyone getting parts, tractors, support or anything from this site. It is a credit to how things used to be engineered and manufactured that folks desire these older tractors. And I'm sure that in the UK as well as throughout most of Eastern Europe, your countries manufactured plenty of old iron that is desired more than what is available now to you. I am sorry I struck a nerve but believe me Neil, it was not intentional. I apologize as I had no idea you received nasty emails from people on this subject. I have nothing put ill will toward these A#*holes that feel that way. I have no time for stupid people, narrow minds and racists! None! (And no I'm not a Democrat or Republican, I'm not a conservative nor am I a liberal). I'm a registered Independent! I'm a middle class, where the hell did common sense go American. (And as Elvis would say.............Thank You! Thank You Very Much)!

It could happen...if the wife would get with the program over here.

Gave her a new job.... Hooked up the trailer and started cleaning the yard.I think I saw my dad smiling.

Just got mine also Steve … There's a chance Andrew and I will go again. It's a long haul for a one day show, but its a very nice " kid friendly" show and Andrew had lots of fun ...

Thanks for the encouraging words. Much appreciated. Well, its time for another update. I got the wheel weights painted, and on the tractor. While not as nice as OE wheel weight, they're very functional, and look decent. I'm currently running 115 pounds per wheel. I took the tractor out for a good workout today. We decided to expand the garden, and I decided to give the Brinly plow a go. This ground has never been broken before, and our soil is very, very hard to plow, till, etc.. Not to mention, this is the area we have been parking a big class A RV in the past, so it was well packed. While the plow works great, the tractor had a hard time keeping the plow moving. It did it, but it didn't like it! The pics below are of the hard packed soil. After that, I ran the plow through an area that had been broken last year, and it ran down through that like nothing. After breaking the ground with the plow, we hooked the tiller up, and finished it off. I also took a short clip of it tilling. I've ordered a hydraulic flow control valve for this Case, to help with tilling, and such. On Case Garden tractor, the travel control doesn't just increase/decrease speed, it also increases, decreases hydraulic pressure, so when your trying to go slow for tilling, your not putting much power to the ground either, so when you try to slow down, it ends up stopping, so you push the lever farther forward it goes to fast. Its very annoying, especially when your used to working with a that has an 8 speed. Gotta love those low gears on a Horse. Anyway, the travel control I ordered will allow a very slow ground speed, while still maintaining maximum power to the ground. I'll try to get a better video soon. Thanks Matt

Duke- Do you think there is anyway to save the rear rims? Maybe some sort of filler like a jb weld or other??

Thought it would be fun to make a topic on loader tractors and see how many or what everyone has found over time. There has been a lot of loader talk lately and I really get excited about that topic. I will share mine too. I have an 550 Ark that I have had on a C160auto first and now on a 90' 520-8 with gear reduction steering, which handles the loader better. Actually found my loader behind a garage of a friends uncle. His dad had bought it new on a D series. Even came with the original owners manual. The 520 was on craigslist. I had looked for a 520 for a long time. Finally found a 90' 520H first and the next week the 8 speed showed up on craigslist too. When it rains it pours as they say. Just couldn't pass it up. Sry I wish I had a better pic of it on the 520. So show em' if you've got em'.

Interesting bit of kit Richard - well spotted! I can't help look at it in the photos from certain angles and not think mobility scooter. If I ever come to need one of those I've already decided that a WH RER would be ideal rather than some battery operated thing and having seen this I'm now also thinking that with a blade on the front and a grit box on the back nothing would stop me getting to the shops in the winter. Andy

Sounds like when I retire next year I need to move down there and Intercept some of these! ~Duke

Put the Rj's in the living room. You can sit on the seats when you watch TV!

I had about 6hrs. ea. on 3 different tractors

Well since the hr meter broke on the raider, don't know for sure,but it was way too many Duke Is that .... THE SUN SHINNING at your place ???

So that's what that bandit run was about .

Took a little look today James and there's no facility to add one on mine that I can see so it's a matter of using an adaptor. I agree that it looks like there's the space to do it. The engine doesn't really need one but then it doesn't 'need' all the bits you've added so far but I can understand your interest in adding one to your custom 227-5. Andy

Neil, I would only have a problem if they were shipped out to be scrapped to make widgets. You have gone to some lengths to spend time and money, probably better spent else where, to save those tractors and I commend you. If others are so upset about seeing somebody overseas save these, then maybe they should get after it themselves? You guys have some interesting equipment over there, and believe me if I had a wallet big enough I would bring some over here. I would love to have Nigel's Holder!

Woke up to a couple of inches of ice this morning. I've got at least 3 weeks until things dry out enough. Mostly growing trees this year -- in home-made grow bags (old woven poly feed bags) placed in the fenced garden. Want to get seedlings a saplings started and large enough not to be killed off by deere and varmints the first year. Jeff

I went to look at a parts mower for a rider I'm fixing up to sell. Came home with these instead. The cart is not rusted through. A bent up rear lip and concrete on the inside in some places. Didn't think anything this old would have made it into Arkansas. Very happy!

Make it happen!

no question with a pour point of -54 F you wont be outside anyhow...lol http://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-product/motor-oil/gasoline/sae-10w-30-signature-series-100-percent-synthetic-motor-oil/?code=ATMQT-EA

I was think he meant the stig as in top gear stig nice videos Cameron

Agreed on the indispensable tool. When I bought my Ark, I never dreamed how much I would use it. It is used for everything under the sun around here. I would have to say it is one of the best investments I have ever made. If you have a chance at one I would not delay.

This is a good candidate for a resto I have never seen a SR wheel horse before. For the rims you might have to cut out where the steam goes drill it out and weld another piece in if there's enough metal left.

Well to clarify, the 603 Specials are made to be a cheaper priced economy tractor. The WH factory had a lot of older style parts sitting in their inventory so they were smart about it and put all different types of older parts in this particular machine. So they used up the old parts such as footrest's from as early as 1960/61 as noted by the early production straight shoe sole type of footrests that dropped down some for a boot heel to fit into and were only made for a short time before they switched to later shoe sole type that are angled outward like the 1961 WH's and didn't step down for the heel but were flat. There is a few 603's around that have the step down type and even more were sold with the flat shoe sole type. But once WH got rid of their older footrests which may not take long, they installed their new stirrup type of footrest's on the 603. They came out in 1962 and they used them for quite a few years. The hood stand on these machines were a 1964 Model year item but it was put on the late production Special Model 603 to start the new style. So the front axles, steering parts, front tires and rims were old style parts too. Some 603's have older style Suburban front rims with no holes in them for Wheel Weights like all the other 1964 WH's had. I had one 603 that I sold to a friend on this site, it has a old style 1950's and 60's tool box on it with no fenders mounted to it and the early step down shoe sole footrests too. It had a low Serial Number on it. The hood is also a 1964 style of hood. So you can virtually have a 603 with a lot of different combinations of parts. That is why I like them and have so many of them. They are all different from each other. As far as the hood goes, it didn't come with the indented part where the 2 inch square WH decal resides on one of my 603's pictured. That hood was repainted years ago by a WH dealer that repowered the tractor and placed the decals on there according to the original owner, a 90 year old woman who I got it from, a Miss Clara Bell Valentine! Seems she couldn't pull the original recoil starter anymore so they popped on a new electric start motor a 6 hp Tecumseh. So that 603 was converted to an electric start model and they spruced it up for her too. She kept the original motor as well! I left it as is to keep the story going in her memory. The new for 1964 hoods came with the decal there but just not indented anymore like the 1962 and 1963 hoods. The stripes that are on mine and Ken's new 603 are not correct, but they kind of look cool, mine is a double pinstripe. I think Ken's is a rubber piece of door trim from Napa or The Walmart. So I hope this clears up some of the questions on the 603. I am sure I don't know everything about the 603 so feel free to chime in. The 1045 was another inventory reducing machine that was produced late in the 1964 year and cleared out a lot of old fenders, tool box assemblies and square seats from the earlier Models. I have never heard the 1045's referred to as an Economy Tractor for a reduced price like the 603 was advertised to be. WH did it a few more times over their history and it worked out quite well for them financially. I thought most of this info was common knowledge to most WH collectors but maybe not. Nuff said...

Every human has the right to a "standard" of living. But not at our exspense. I have been trying to get out in the rural ag areas and see whats there. It is too bad all of us could not by 3 ot 4 parts tractors. And yes that takes time space and money. My son all ready wants my C121, which was my Dads. And I have first dibbs on Dads 312. He is looking at a Toro ZTR. And keep the 312 for snow plowing. He is 85 years old and the only way he accepts my help is if I just go do it. He wont ask. He is a Korean war vet and part of the great old self reliant generation. Our family is trying to do our part. Sent from my SCH-S720C using Tapatalk 2

I think you are on the right track. Im curious though how long it would be before you needed to open it up again to do a rebore after running the .003 rings on the standard piston. Im sure the answer is going to be revolved around piston to wall/ring to piston clearance etc, etc. But I think your correct in your guess. that is what I assumed also so your not alone.

I am having trouble posting pics but here is the story of how I got the 875. In 1970 my parents moved out to a semi-rural area and our new neighbor had a Wheel Horse tractor that he used too mow and plow snow and I thought it was the coolest thing. He passed away and the family that moved in got the tractor with the house. The daughter got married and took the tractor with her when she left. Last week I was talking to the son, who still lives there, and he was telling me his sister was moving out of state and she was leaving everything behind and he had to get it out before the new owner took over and he mentioned she still had the Wheel Horse and he was going to scrap it with all the other stuff she left. I told him I would help load stuff up if I could have the tractor and that was fine by him, so for a sore back and a tank of gas I have the tractor I first saw when I was 12 years old.

Looking good... got a snow plow for it yet?

I don't have a loader but I do have a Johnny Bucket Jr. like this ... (not my photo below) I've used mine on a 310-8 but I'm going to switch it to either a 416 or 520 for the extra weight. I picked it up for $200 on Craigslist and it looks practically brand new.

"Elvis"

Here is the motor and pump from a 72 sundstrand. The pump is the large lump with the pulley... there are two parts to this, the charge pump and variable displacement pump - early models were gear-piston, older ones were piston-piston (as this one is). The hydraulics are powered from the charge pump. First place to look when there is no power are: clogged strainer, clogged filter, tow valve open, inadequate travel on motion control valve, relief valve broken. The motion control valve is in the centre and you can see the tow valve to the right 4-5 bolts separate the drive pump and motor assembly from the main transmission casting. mark