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Keep Windows XP, no reason to change it. Microsoft has stopped supporting it, make a good backup, download the latest patches and enjoy. My personal opinion, if the laptop is older, time for a new laptop. Put a little aside each month and buy a new one. Putting a modern OS on an older computer is usually a recipe for poor performance and potential incompatibility. Keep XP on your machine and make a plan for a new one.

Whenever tachometers get mentioned there seems to be a lot of interest. Recently Mark (meadowfield) showed that it's possible to modify an existing standard one. Having some understanding of electronics and having been known to design and build circuits from time to time, I too have been thinking of having a go myself for quite a while now. Fine for me, but not much use to others, and the reality is that making them for others would be a very time consuming thing to enter into. It occurred to me that there must be another way that others can do easily if it works. So a while back I purchased a universal marine tachometer made by Durite here in the UK. Cost me just under £50 for a 52mm guage that's very nicely made and water resistant. A bit of a gamble but in the end there's no other way to be sure. 'formariz' made this comment in another thread about regulators.... There are at least a couple members here that seem to be knowledgeable enough to accomplish that. The same goes for modifying an analogue tachometer to be used on Kohlers. Probably would be a bit expensive but I think many of us would appreciate and use those services. so I thought oops, I really must find time to try out my Durite tacho - happened today. I bought it for my 316 so it was a case of will it work with an Onan. You need to have something like the digital hand held tacho on the right to be able to set up a 'universal' tacho like the Durite. Mine is a really cheap one off ebay that I bought to set up the idle and governor on the first Kohler I rebuilt - it's been an invaluable thing to have ever since. You stick a piece of reflective tape on a rotating part, aim the laser at that part when it's spinning, press a button and hey presto, a digital readout. (sorry no pic but only one pair of hands today). There's a whole bunch of wires come out of the back of the tacho. One's for powering it on a 24 volt system, one's for the LED back light, and one is apparently 'not used' but it must have a use at the factory I guess. I only needed to use the other three for a test and it only took a couple of minutes to hook it up to the battery and one wire to the voltage regulator. It worked (once I'd found the right one of the pair of wires from the alternator) For some reason the first one I tried gave a reading but as engine revs decreased the tacho reading increased. In the photo the wire is connected to the rear most tag - the one that worked correctly. The initial reading was high compared to the hand held tacho's reference so it was a matter of adjusting the Durite to match. To do this you remove the sealing grommet at the back and inside there's a little trimming pot to adjust. It covers a wide range so turning it a small amount makes a big difference to the reading. Adjusting it gently is the order of the day with a little cross head screwdiver that fits. I checked it at different revs vs the digital one and all seemed good - happy horseman and happy horse! (don't know why but he always seems to be happy) Could have left it there and got on with making a new dash panel to take three dials for the 316 but I knew you'd kill me for not trying it out on a Kohler. Didn't really want to go through calibrating it again on another engine (only kidding) so...... Sorry about needing to use flash but it was at the back of the queue in the barn. Yes it works and it didn't need recalibrating so I guess there's the same number of coils & magnets to an alternator on an Onan Performer and a K301 that has the complete set of stator coils and magnets. I didn't do a full check so it might have needed a small tweak but it WORKS! Don't ask which of the two wires from the alternator I connected it to, they're both the same colour and it worked with the first one I tried. I was kind of 95%+ sure it would work as these are 'universal' and have to be able to work with almost anything from a Mercruiser with standard external alternator to outboards where it's inside the flywheel like a GT. This particular marine tacho also had a 0 - 4000 rpm scale, bonus! So all I can say is that it worked for me on a 16 hp Onan and a 12 hp Kohler with full set of coils on the stator. It should work for the rest of the engines in the same ranges but I don't have other engines to test other than a 10 hp Kohler. Will any make of tacho work? I hear you ask. I don't know if the Durite range is available in the US but I'd hazard a guess that a similar 'universal' marine tachometer that's adjustable and made by a reputable manufacturer should work. I've used the Durite 052510 product that's a 52 mm (standard meter size like the voltmeter and hours meter on the 316) and 0 - 4000 scale . They also do a bigger 85mm model with 0 - 4000 scale for those who suffer dashboad envy. The one I've used is 80mm deep, not sure about the bigger dial one. The full range can be found here http://www.durite.co.uk/pdf/2012/5/05.6_Equipment_and_Accessories-Dashboard_gauges_Automotive_and_Marine_and_Accessories.pdf I could have gone for something cheaper from China that claimed to be universal and wasn't or that needed adapting in various ways but at the end of the day just under £50 for one that's water resistant, made by a well known manufacturer and carries a warranty was to my mind a good deal. If you decide to take the plunge with other makes please do report back to this thread - stuff gets easily lost on RS as time passes. At the end of the day this worked for me today when I tried it - that's all I can guarantee. Hope others find this useful. Andy

Having finally got the GT's 3 point finished yesterday, I wanted a relaxed but fun day today before I start on some serious rust repairs tomorrow.. So Pete and I decided to go for a little drive on the GT to have a look for good places that would be a challenge for my 6x6 and Nigel's Noddy Holder.. The looking didn't last too long as it was such a nice restful place down in the valley, lot's of wild flowers, the sounds of birds chattering and a babbling stream.. I love it down there Sorry about the quality of these first four photo's, my video camera is much better at video than stills.. It's a shame that the orchids around here grow blurred! And then suddenly an idea I have had floating around for a long time popped into my head!! So back to base for a quick bit of lunch, and then back on the GT for another drive in the opposite direction this time armed with a good camera So welcome to the first 3 of my "Clocks out of context" series.. This ones called "A crack in time".. "Time for a hanging" The next two are simply called "Don't jump" 1 and 2 As an added bonus here's "Don't jump with colour" I love the colours on the bricks, lump of rock and the tree root. A beautiful spot with the sun shining on the stream. Have a couple of the bridge brickwork.. My area is well known for clay pits and brick making, so I guess there bricks are slowly returning back to nature.. I'm not sure Pete would of driven over the bridge had known of the big crack in it at the time And that's been my relaxed fun day.... Fun eh

Stick with Xp till it breaks!

Clean barn out and reorganize it!! Also sell some of my junkyard tractors off when the ground dries up..... Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk

I started making a new chassis. Not sure if I should post it. Heres a fwe picture of it.

Wow $250 shipping costs, what a bargain & what a beautiful tractor. I paid quite a bit more than $250 to ship my tractor across the pond last October 2013 i wished i had gone to the company that you used, it may have been a lot cheaper . I used UPS to ship 5 of my tractors from US & they required me to also have them crated up , but i am glad i paid the extra cost to crate them as the guys in the loading depot are not too careful with the forklifts , as the crate in the first picture has been damaged & that could have damaged the tractor if it wasnt crated .

Thank You All For Your Continued Support. After 4 Years And Countless Hours Of Design Time I Have Recreated Many Of The Most Common Vintage Wheel Horse Decals Needed To Restore These Great American Tractors. If You Do Not Find Your Decals On My Website Please Contact Me Or Leave A Post With Your Request. I Will try To Get Them Developed When Time Allows. I Am Now Using A High Quality Digital Print Vinyl With Air Escape Technology That Is Much More User Friendly. It Is A Bit More Expensive But Better Quality And Easier To Install With Less Chance For Bubbles Or Wrinkles. You Can Still Use The Windex Wet Application Technique That Is Popular With Many Of Our Members. All Decals Are Made Up As Orders Come In To Assure You Have Brand New Fresh Decals With A Long Shelf Life. If You Find An OEM Decal In Most Cases They Have Been On A Shelf For Many Years And The Adhesive Has Most Likely Eaten Into The Liner Making It Difficult If Not Impossible To Use. We Are Making Every Effort To Improve Customer Service And Delivery Time Though Most Of You Know I Run A Full Time Graphics Shop And It Has To Come First. With That Said I Can Tell You That Most Orders Usually Arrive At Your Address In About 7 To 10 Days. Some Times It Can Take Longer. Thanks Again

Last week I was going through the Ebay postings. Wheel Horses, especially round hoods, in Florida are as scarce as snow in Key West. But.......I found one and it was 15 miles from me. I contacted the seller and went to look at it. A Surburban 400!!!!! That was really cool to me because that's the very model that was my Dad's first Wheel Horse in 1960 when I was 6 years old. The hood in all there and in decent shape. The tool box and fenders were pristine. The K91 ran real well but he had installed a crankshaft from a generator and it had a tapered shaft. He welded a pulley on it. He did a pretty nice job but that's gotta go. The tranny jumps out of 3rd but I'm not concerned about tearing into it and making it right. He removed all the plastic from the steering wheel because it was cracking bad. It won't be hard to remove because he had cut it to get it off the shaft and it was just bolted on. Here's the resto tractor I've been looking for . I really don't see anything that should be a problem. The first thing I'll do is flush the tranny and then it will be reduced to kit form. Of course I'll be on here looking for some parts when I confirm what I need. Yea, I know. I'm lying unless there pictures. The plan is to pick it up tomorrow morning and then I'll post pictures of the 'before'.

Morning Everyone, A few months back I brought this cart/trolley off a friend who had only used it as a table in his shed for years and not for it's real purpose, he had nailed a divan bed base to the floor to make it a little longer, when I caught eyes on it, i popped the question and asked how much would he let it go for... After a bit of thinking and discussion, we settled on a price and so be it I was then leaving and going home with this cart. So far all I've managed to do is sort out the hitch so it can be pulled behind the horse or cubcadet, and cut the floor, weld four corners in, and the tailgate latches, I now need to buy done nice wood for the front sides and back, make the tailboard up with the hinges, buy two new tyres as they are odd, and then paint, paint, paint, although I haven't quite settled on a colour yet... The wood will be stained, but I'm not sure of what colours to paint the frame, Yes... My welding isn't none to good, but it holds and once it's painted it should look alright.... This is the cart in the sorry state I purchased it in, Cutting the floor Removing the handles

it needs some work. sorry the picture quality isn't real great.

I've owned a troybuilt for over 40 years and they were always great machines. i got a 312-8 last year after all the hype i heard about them, and a month ago i picked up a good tiller for it for $300. Well, i put it to the test today, and all i can say is, goodbye troybuilt !!! well i guess i'll will keep it to weed between the rows, but no more real work for it, i got a real tiller now.

In this area, in that condition,running with deck, plow and extra belt guard for $400.00 it would already be next to the others here. Be carefull though, try to have at least six months between tractors or you will be just like many of us.

I'm with Kelly. Sure there are a few things not original to the tractor but I think its pretty darn clean and all of the tin work looks nice and straight. 600 is obviously too high of a price but if it were mine and someone came to look at it and offered me 200 they would be going home empty handed. Does it need to be 100% original to do what you want it for? If that engine runs decent I'd give 150 bucks for just the engine in a heart beat. Be careful you don't insult the guy by telling him he has a running parts machine...

If you fill your tires for weight, stay away from Calcium Chloride as it will destroy your wheels in time. Rim Guard (beet juice) is the new best thing for weight and environmental safety.

Certainly will be Mark (on my desktop at least). Anyone that's made the journey from Windows 3.11 to XP will have experienced progress towards an excellent operating system for desktop computers though I'd have to say that the improvements were driven more by third parties producing useful addons along the way that MS subsequently incorporated into each new release rather than it being the sole result of MS innovation. I've always built my own desktop computers, the one I'm typing this on is just over a year old. I can't harness all of the speed of the motherboard using XP but its fast enough and powerful enough for all that I do often with multiple applications running. I bought a laptop about 5 years ago for use around the house and that had Vista on it - I still hate using that laptop so my wife uses it mostly to surf the net, do her emails etc. I did install Windows 7 on the computer before this one (ran a hard drive which booted Win 7 and another which booted XP) After a couple of months came to the conclusion I hated Win 7 more than Vista. It will be interesting to see what happens next - I suspect in a year's time there will still be huge numbers of desktops running XP and MS won't understand why this is so. Simple to my mind - they lost the plot big time. Just my Andy

I have both the troy bilt Horse and a C160 with a tiller the WH will till faster, with less work (a lot less), but it will not go as deep the troy bilt is the Cadillac of walk behinds

Dave is no longer a vendor here on RedSquare, but you can find him on eBay as "wheelhorseplethora". He still has a few brake band linings for sale for $20.00 delivered. Or you can get the raw material from McMaster and Carr and make your own. http://www.mcmaster.com/#6175K813

Cutlas - I have to send you an instant message..... I travel to Buffalo quite a bit... Would love to stop in and see your collection.... RC

XP hell I still have an old functional laptop running Windows 98 although I have not turned it on in about 3 years...

Awesome. Thank you all for the info. I agree with the prices you guys are posting. I'll see if he is willing to bite. I'm. Looking to buy it for my son. He won't care if it is a bit of a mutt. My understanding is that the 633 was built with parts on hand hence some different pedals an such from one tractor to another. The engine looks correct for the 633 and not the 702. It's amazing how much you can learn quickly on this forum site with the help of you guys. I'm very happy to be on board with all of you. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Just got it home! I think I did good. The seller is a great guy too. The serial # is gone. Once I get to that point I'm thinking I'll see if vinylguy can modify the overlay to just say Suburban 400 instead of SER. NO. As I mentioned, I need to find a crankshaft and the tranny gear but I want to get it torn down to confirm what I need. After I flush out the tranny I'll tear everything apart and do a complete restoration. Sheetmetal work is my weak link but this one won't be a problem. The hitch will be replaced with an era correct slot hitch. The cable is there. I'll be able to rebuild the throttle/choke controls I want to find a new steering wheel but this one will do until that happens. There's a lot of little things but I can't type fast enough to list them all and I'm sure you folks will see some I haven't mentioned. I did ask the seller if by some chance he had the guard and shield. No luck. He winters down here and lives in upstate New York in the summer. He was debating taking this back so he'd have more potential buyers but he didn't have the room to haul it. This is going to be so much fun. It won't be 100% original. I'll use a lot of stainless hardware and tweak a few things. Of course I'll post my progress but it will be a long process. My wife is happy for me but said last night "Just don't let the projects around the house come to a halt". Gotta do my best to keep her happy.

thanks Steve and Brian. I owe it all to TT. It all started when I was looking for a muffler for a gt1848.

That tractor should be easy to do. Take the following parts off and repaint. Then Clean the frame tranny and front axel and paint with a spraycan or air brush. If you mask things off you can even do the engine after its clean. The below parts is what catches the eYe and you want them looking nice. I like the rims to be White cause they really POP just my opinion. Click on the pic of the 417A below thats kinda how I did her. On a tractor that runs well you dont have to take it down to the last bolt. Hood Seatpan Foot Rests Belt Gaurd & L Side panel Wheels ~Duke

I broke one of the fine spline carriers in my cub. Till I made my own updated one.

BAM! Ok. That was the last one. I'll get a video asap Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

5. Put a new worker together with various parts I have! I had no idea that Johny Cash was part of our forum!!! . Let's see who will chime in and understand that!!!!! RC

On the flip side of the coin, the Maryland Terps with my Great Niece Malina Howard are in the final four!! Good luck Malina, Go Terps!! I can't believe you basketball loving fanatics would totally Diss this post. Not one supportive comment.

Congrats on the score Craig! I don't think you were actually walking behind the tractor..... more like strutting!

Ive just bought one of those . & they are real handy for lighting your ciggarette

Glad she's purring Ed. That roller doesn't look like a lightweight either!

Here are some updated pictures after the re rusting of the tractor's sheet metal bare spots then wiped down with I do not think it looks great by any means but I think I can live with it until I figure out what I am gonna do. Once I get the new seat and paint it and the wheels and tires she may be fine but we will see....

Thanks folks. I had all but given up hope since I live down here. I had an opportunity when I was up in northern Indiana last fall but family issues made the logistics just too much to handle and I had to set my priorities. I figured a few members here saw it on Ebay. There was only one other bidder but that didn't surprise me much down here. I think the $286 it cost me was a decent deal. Not a steal but I really wanted it. I knew I needed to seize the opportunity when it was slapping me in the face. When I told my wife about it tonight she just grinned. The fact that it's the same model my Dad first had meant a lot to her as well. No worries about the pictures. I'll be snapping away tomorrow.

Hey all is there anyway any of you can help me identify this horse. I want to restore one like he had. I am the fourth generation wheel horse owner.

1. Spring cleanup 2. Keep up with mowing ( let it get away last year) 3. Get my "farm" in order (new buildings/ fence) 4. Restore my basketcase rj58 and new dump trailer 5. Put a new worker together from various parts I have.

Sunday paper? I think a piece of Saran Wrap wii do the trick!

Spring cleanup and herd reduction has started I am listing a lot of parts, tractors, advertising, manuals etc. I am using ebay and craigslist to sell if anyone sees something they are interested in give me an offer and I can end the auction if I have no bids. Tractors currently on ebay are a 551 and a 502.

Here's a back end view Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Had a hard winter in Michigan. But the ol' C-160 Hydro did great Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

No weight box came with it Mike... from the images I've seen, should be easy enough to fab one up

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

Hello Duke...Michigan won 15 minutes ago...and you are not in here yet...Lake Effect??? Time Change??? Getting the heart paddles out??? Looking for a little Rock & Rye??? A little electrolysis on the ole horseshoe??? Realizing Michigan is OVERRATED??? Keeping a low profile??? Abducted by aliens??? Found a RJ59 with the sticker serial number??? Celebrating with MJ??? Well, anyway...congratulations on the 2nd Big Ten team making it to the ELITE 8...

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.

engine oil + touch screen=mess