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Fellas. Busy with the kids now. Had to post a couple pics. Anyone pass me and my brother on the road today? Glenn

Thanks craig. My brothers new dump trailer. A beast itself. One more pic have to feed the kids. The Mrs away till tomorrow. Glenn

What a nice tractor. Can't wait to try it out. Glenn

So, Today was a nice day, So i figured I would take some time to fool with the 's As of today I own a 1988 211-5, a 1986 310-8, and my newest addition, a 1982 C-105. I love all three tractors, they all have their own special things about them. I hope you enjoy the video and pics I have! Thank you all! -Tom (Click these pictures to make them bigger)

So you're wife went away, and you went out and bought that...... She's not leaving you alone for a while............. Was that the plan? Nice new toy!

Started in welding on the worse rim so I fired up MR.TIG and first started with the holes that were seen in the rims. Next were the large craters caused by the chloride (that's stuff should be outlawed) after that I went after all the small craters. Before I finished I used 5 sticks of filler rod. I ran the tig torch slowly over all the bad areas and a couple burn through's occurred so I filled them. I feel confident that I have enough material and have brought the rim thickness back up where it should be. I then spread in some Lab Metal time will tell how this product performs so far I like what I see. Here are some pics. ~Duke

I just picked up a set of Die cast banks to add to my collection.

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

Hello to all, I'm new here and looking to restore a 1277. This was my grandfather's mower, and I want to go back thru it and redo it so I can use it. It hasn't run in prob 10 years or so, but isn't locked up. I'm gonna try to see if I can get it running this weekend. But any tips? Once I get it mechanically sound, then I want to paint and decal it. I really don't know a lot about it, I never used before? So any information would be great, the body is in really good shape so that shouldn't be to bad. Thanks for reading my post, and any help you guys can give.

well as we all know the winter has been long and cold, so buying stuff has been limited for me, but now with the weather warming a little (it was 23 deg today) and snow melting, I'm getting calls from people wanting to sell stuff, this is a deal I picked up today, nothing great but still a good deal. Tractor needs a head gasket that is why the PO stopped using it, it has been spray bombed but don't look to bad from 5 feet, deck has been patched, but works. I havent ran the numbers yet but I know it's a 76 or 77 B-80 8 speed with 36" deck. This was the bonus part getting a box of goodies, blades, chains, PTO parts, deck parts, and more, a very nice homemade set of weights about 75lbs each, extra set of ag tires, weathered but good tread, the orig. rear tires and wheels and a mid grader, that we found digging stuff out of the barn. All in all a good deal, even though it was COLD and windy out.

Took this the other day!

Nice bunch of WH's.

Welcome fellow vampire-state red tractor enthusiast .

Glen, what else did you get with the deal???

Tom, thanks a million. Its interesting seeing peoples horses and hearing thier thoughts on them. Glenn

That's real nice Glenn!

Nice find! I think from these pics, it made me realize how large these 522's actually are, I've never realized it before!

Thanks guys! I'm just hoping everybody enjoys looking at my stuff as much as I enjoy looking at everyone else's stuff!

I enjoyed the pics and video Tom. Thank you for sharing

Original owner. 221 hrs. Glenn

Nice haul...and hauler.

Nice lookin' collection you've got there.

Looks like a suburban 401...It is probably worth 100-150. The Fenders almost always sell for 100 bucks on ebay, and the trans is probably worth 50-75. If parted out you wouldn't lose anything...but as a whole 150 is the very top of what it would sell for.

Was given this by our local dealer It was a promo item when Toro bought WH. At least thats what I was told. It has a place to put the dealers name on the bed cover. Both doors open along with the hood The underside just says limited edition Anyone else run across one of these, I haven't seen another

I would say you will jsut have to keep a watch out for used ones from Joe's and place an ad in the "wanted" section here. Since these tractors are hard to find parts for, you may want to just look for a parts tractor. Another 18 auto that you will be able to pull from. There was one at a reasonable price around here on CL for a loooong time but someone finally swept it up.

Thanks for the comments guys! Terry, I really doubt that you can kill these old Fords. This one sat outside and forgotten for a few years, and was run without an air cleaner for who knows how long. I put fresh gas in it and a battery and it fired right up, and runs like a sewing machine after cleaning the carb. A cool thing is that you can go to Tractor Supply and they have parts on the shelf for these, from tune up and cab kits to steering wheels! They had that suspension seat for $80, may have to put one on my C-121.

looks great Bob, as long as the rim is structurally sound the rest is just cosmetic ,I know not ideal but even if it last for 5 years of more gives time to aquire a replacement rimor find an alternative . although not as bad, mine are in a similar state of moon like surface , besides i think its sometime nice to see a few battle scars..

My 75 D-180 came with several attachments that WH offered except a FEL and it had 3/4" spindles. Over the years the right side got scored from a bad bearing, and I wanted to add the much beefier 1" so for several years I watched for a replacement set and finally Joes Outdoor (thank goodness for Joe!!) offered a set at his usual very reasonable price and I ordered it up. The I" set-up has to be a unit to change over, everything is now 1" - the axle, the spindle bore and the center axle pin. You will just have to start a concentrated search for a used set-up (hopefully Joes will get another - maybe they will put you on a watch list??) I recently did a 1054 build and found the spindles on it are rare as hens teeth and I had to do some creative rebuilding.

Stevebo gave me a call that his cousin Toddbo was looking to sell his Commando 8. I really didn't know where this tractor would fit in with my collection but after thinking about it over night I decided to grab it. Besides it was only a two mile trip to Toddbo's place to pick it up! I decided to part ways with my 657 wood hauler. The Commando 8 has factory lights and a charging system with a battery, something the 657 lacked. Though the factory lights aren't the brightest they'll do when I need to clear snow at night with it. No need to light up the neighbor hood, just a few feet in front of me will do the trick. I'm only going to throw a new seat at it and call it done.

Uncle Buck, Roundhoods are not my thing but if one of my friends brought it to my house to sell I'd give them $40 just so I could have the seat and fenders.

You really need to measure the spindles on the tractor before you buy anything. 1" spindles were an option on D-series tractors, i do not know for sure if they were an option on an 18 automatic. In any event if it is being used as a loader tractor someone may have swapped out the front axle and spindles at some point so until you measure no one can be sure what size you need. Incidentally an M-1 Garand is a weapon or rifle not a gun...at least in the Army

Yes the extra 1/2 inch on the fronts do matter. If you look at the front end of many of these seniors they have been "knotched" so the inside of the wider tires do not rub. @Duke there are different true widths of the 4 inch wide tires so I would search for the the narrowest set you can find....

Thats the ticket Duke, lookin good!

Nice little tractor, thanks Kelly

First, if your tractor is a 1973 it is not a D-180, if it is a D-180 it is a 1974 (or later) if it is a 1973 it is an 18 Automatic. Second, the front axle is different for the 1" spindles than for the 3/4" spindles. The axle for the 1" spindles had a larger O.D. at the area where the spindle bore is. Third, the Model # 10501 could this be 1-0601 ? If so, your rear tires (assuming they are original) would be 27 x 9.5 - 15 Turf-Savers. This consequently would indicate that you have an 18 Automatic. Mark. (P.S. Someone may correct me if I am wrong.)

Mower is finally off of the truck. I've been to tied up at work to make much mechanical progress. New tube in the OE Dico 1991 front tire (for now). I'm gonna make it earn those turf masters ~ after I do the filter service / oil change / and clean the cooling fins. The no start was a rusty seat switch by pass. Unpluged the piece of rusty steel and plug the seat switch back up to the seat and the Horse will start and run on it's own. Old fuel is out / new fuel is in.... No grass cutting yet, but time is near.

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...

I am doing a little research on the 633 theory. I'm thinking Speedy May be on to something. Thoughts? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

those are 4.0, but does the .5 really matter? Koen

Those are 4.0 not 3.5 wide unless I missed something..

these? http://www.bandenservicezuidwest.nl/webshop/artikel_detail.php?i_art_id=8496 and for the rears http://www.bandenservicezuidwest.nl/webshop/artikel_detail.php?i_art_id=8986 both are bkt brand tires, don't know where they come from but they are pretty good for their price Koen

Original front tires for that tractor are 3.5 wide but are now easy to come by. If anyone has a source please let us all know.

I think the link in my first post will work now. I'm definitely not brilliant when it comes to these, but I have spent some time around a few models. When I was younger, my pap had an 861 Powermaster. My uncle has several 800/900 series tractors - including two diesels. Those tractors are all straight 5 speeds, so that's why I posted the info for that pattern. That doesn't mean the one you're working with is too. Two years ago I spent a lot of time with a 9N and did a lot of studying. It was winter - and actually quite interesting - so I read a lot. We have a '74 3000 Diesel and a '93 3930 at work.

While getting my mask off, I managed to get this picture. This is with the side view mirror.

My first AMC blackhood. Confirmed now...it's an '83 model C-175. Man, does this thing sing like a beast!

During the quick getaway, while struggling to get my mask off... my camera captured this image today.

This thing followed me home today on the trailer.

There's a Martian following me!!

Gettin' ready for the big 2013 show...don't forget to snap one of these on the way there.

Well it's not a mirror shot but out the back window......