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Found a surviving 1075 on Craigslist a couple weeks ago and pounced.The gentleman I purchased it from bought it in 1966.It came with a Snowblower,tiller,snow/dozen blade and a nos deck.It has the factory headlight option as well!It's so hard to believe he used this for 49 years and its still in this condition!He had the motor gone through a few years ago and the starter/generator rebuilt 4 years ago.I said I would never own another hydro but I couldn't pass this gem up!I paid a respectable price of 500 dollars for all and I'm happy to be its caretaker from here on in!The deals are out there,Be patient!

The grass is finally growing here and I had the chance to mow with my 520H for the first time. I bought this 520H last year in pretty rough condition and have been restoring it since (I use that term loosely as its not on par with many of the restorations I see here Heres some pics of the tractor and deck when I bought it And how it looks now: I honestly didn't have much hope for the deck, the metal had a few rust holes and welded plates when I bought it. However, the spindles were in good shape with no noise so I tried to salvage it. I used JB welt to patch the holes, we'll see how it holds up. The engine itself runs great, smokes a little when you throttle it up but doesn't smoke when running and doesn't seem to burn large amounts of oil so hopefully it has some good life left. I have to say that Onan and 60" deck sound pretty awesome when running. My neighbor came outside just to comment on how cool it sounded. Now I just need a new seat, but it has to earn it first

On Saturday the little Electro went to Cajun Model Fest here in Baton Rouge and did alright. After winning in its class it took "Best Auto" which is one of the top level prizes. It might be a bit of a stretch to call it an auto but I was able to enter it as an off-road vehicle which made it eligible in the Automotive category. Thanks to all the Red Square members for the enthusiastic support. It wouldn't have been such a success without you!

Had my new 1277 FEL tractor out for an oil change today.

Found this one on craiglist about an hr from me....very good price. Its a mostly complete 604. I have everything to put it back together other than a correct motor. So I will be on the hunt for one later on. Has some of the nicest wheels I've ever seen, not any rust pitting on them at all. Well here's some pictures, who likes the custom round fenders?

Nope, you made your bed now lie in it. It will be locked tho. Mike......

Koen

I disagree, I think Jason bought a nice tractor at a nice price. If he did anything else with it, that's his choice. I never hear this negative stuff posted toward others that find a great buy on a tractor. I have read in the past some of you not happy with him buying/selling, but you guys fueling the fire, then getting all wound up over it? I guess you have a right to be upset that it was listed on eBay already, but what is the the appropriate time frame from a buy to a sell ....and who is the authority on this? If I can buy one today and have it sold yesterday that is fine with me, it's no one else's business. I believe Jason is over 18 and the seller also over 18. The business Jason works for makes money, why should he not be able to do the same. I find it hard to believe that others on here would pay more then someone's asking price, let alone telling them the value and then paying them the actual value. I remember a post in '07 that an early member made on another site saying something like....."The guy I got it from just wanted to get this "old" tractor out of the garage (it's been garage kept since new too). So I kept my big mouth shut, loaded the trailer, handed him the cash and shook his hand then got out of there before he realized what he'd done. " Time and time again guys on here are complaining about finding tractors that are out there, but the owners think they are gold and too pricey. You can look right in the venders section here and see that they are bought to resell for a profit, I don't see the negative posts toward those guys. What's the big difference? Talk about taking the wind out of a guys sail. Very nice tractor Jason..... The only comment here is I am jealous I didn't find it first, but then again so are others.

Yep, where you'll find all of us waiting in the parking lot for you to arrive Chas... screaming, and pointing... "clown car's coming!"

AND next thing you know...you'll be having a shinndig ...or a hallabalu gathering or whatever you kids call it nowa days Up in the mountains... In the middle of nowhere ...drinking & talking about those thingys or who knows what... And with my luck it will probaly be just miles from me....

Just a bunch a crazy RED NECKS

YOUR ALL A BUNCH OF HOODLUMS .. running around on those thingys ,mowing & blowing snow everywhere.... And now BOMBS You all need a good tazzering .... . Mind you ..I am writing a letter to the authorities on ALL of you characters .....

What'cha gonna do when they come for you? At the top of your lungs, scream...don't taze me bro.

How do you get yours to stick to that 90 degree incline?

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.

Today my 1981 IH Cub Cadet 582 Special was finally picked up. It was sold a year ago but the new owner never retrieved it until today. Tom Rupprecht's hitch with crane attachment for the HF crane came in handy as the Peerless 2300 transmission was locked in gear. The previous owner of my house had pushed it into the field where it was abandoned. Not wasting any time (much to my wife's chagrin!) it was off to the local tractor show where I bought this 1952 David Bradley Model 917.57560 "Super Power." It has a 2 1/4 hp Briggs model 8 engine. The first model sold with the more powerful engine, it still retained the red hood. This one runs compared to the Cub! Being from Illinois originally, I had to have a piece of Illinois history. This should be an easy restore as it is complete. Just to give a size perspective, I parked it next to the 518xi. The 16" wheels are impressive! Downside is when I go to replace the tires, they will cost three times what I paid for the Bradley. But seeing as the Cub was free and the Bradley cost the same as what I sold the Cub for, I am ahead in the game - so far.

Just picked this up yesterday from a relative. 2nd owner tractor with 1359 hours. I always liked the Suburban 400 tractors and last year I finally got a Suburban 550? and a RJ58/59. This year I got this. I see a trend. Anyways, its a real nice tractor.

The Kids had a great day yesterday a the Yorkanna Gun Clubs annual Egg Hunt.

Fenders are a bit odd bit I'm digging that wooden motor mount! Mike...........

Dang...God forbid your tractor backfires a couple times in a row the swat team will be called!!! Lol

Thank you Duke. The pics help. I'll have to get a bore gauge, borrow or buy, and check that out. I did pull the plugs and stuff a small shop rag in each hole, just to make sure both pistons were still moving, and they popped right out when I turned it over. Just a quick simple way to check the engine before I bought it. Cylinders were obviously taking on oil, and the seller was honest about oil consumption. I figured I could sort it out by winter. I paid $100 less than what was advertised, and with all of the little extras, including mailing me a new trans fan later, I think I got a good deal. Sometimes it would not start, and it was clear one of the switches was the cause, seat, PTO, etc. It was easy to solve, have to hold the PTO and listen for the click so it will start. Worn out bushings on the handle. Another $100 in small parts, missing handles, new PTO brake, gas cap, hood stop rod, etc, plus the engine parts, and it will be a great tractor. I was a little worried about purchasing it, but Red Square came through. The biggest help was how fast people replied. Thank you all! Matt

Stop resisting.

Wait a a gosh darn minute there Mr. AMC!! There is a lean-to structure on the back of your shed. That's how you fit all those goodies in there!! "Ignore the man behind the curtain" Wiz of Oz Sigh! and we thought it was magic! Dennist: looks like the Coffee mate I put into my java this a.m.!

I converted my 414-8 to a forward swept axle and gear reduction steering and put a deck on her to get it ready to mow next week...

Not for sure where this falls in topics, but look if you want to. Specialwheelhorse Jim would have taken 1st and 2nd place for show but they wouldn't vote wanting to make all feel as had best. We hope in the future more of these shows will come this way. Many good folks, food, parts, implements, and memories! I am still wondering what I'm gonna do with the plow, although have been wanting one since acquired WH in 1981 Ummm, jambalaya, sausage samich, home made ice cream and tractors! Footnote: Yes I realize this is a WH small tractor forum, but I am proud of our American mechanical engineering ingenuity. I tried to get some of those fine examples, represented pictorially here. Brings back the farm hand days.

Hello everyone, I just picked up a 1977 B100 last week from an estate. I have a feeling it was sitting for a while but at least it was in a garage when I bought it. I wouldn't say I am a vintage tractor collector but I have a fond appreciation for anything older. I feel this was an era when stuff was well built and were made to last. My father bought an 11hp 1978 Gilson brand new which I still have. It was passed onto me, I gave it to my sister to use, she got a lawn service instead so back to me. I gave it to my father in law to use a few years back since I was in an apartment and didn't need a mower. I had ambitious plans to repaint it a few years back but I honestly know I wouldn't get to it. It runs so well and it used every week, I don't want to take it apart. Now I have a home with a nice little yard I can use a rider on. I came across this thing while looking at some cars that were for sale. Next thing I know, I am making an offer on this (I don't know what it was that made me even ask) and a week later they accepted my offer on this and a 1978 F150 Ranger pick up. Since I am big on research and history (I work as a classic car broker) I tend to do this with everything I buy. I hit the internet and found this forum. It seeming to be full of knowledgeable people plus I was grateful to be able to download the B100 manuals. I have some questions on the tractor, mainly with the lift lever and how it attached to the mower deck. I don't know if its missing a bar or something in between the two for connection or what. This is all new territory for me. I am assuming the Implements and Attachments area would be best to post this question. As with most forums, I am sure you guys like to see pictures so here they are. Thank you very much for having me JT Burkard Brick, NJ

Kids n trailers....gotta love it! Mike...........

I saw that and thought it was an option. Glenn.

Looks like a hot rod with out the hood on. I grew up on a 604.

Yeah, a great day for an egg hunt. We make a mean doggy also. The one grandson went for quantity, he got 58. The other one went for Quality. He was looking for the egg marked " grand prize" and ended up with six. There were only six kids in their 9-12 age group, so after the hunt they shared eggs with the younger kids and a few kids that showed up late.

first pic shows the 416 (p216) engine harness, second shows the 520 (p220), the only differences i see is on the 416 9 pin the tach and cylinder temp wires aren't connected to anything. the best thing i would suggest is since you have both harnesses compare them. get the plugs oriented the same way (some of the pin holders on the connector are round and some have flat spots to key the plug a certain way) and see if they are the same........

They found all those eggs in the first pict?

Dittos Duke. Though my journey with the horses is not nearly as long and extensive as some, I find that when my interest starts to wane, I think about the great WHCC show in June. That short little weekend, and the few short spring months leading up to it is like a shot of adrenalin. Only 2 months, 6 days to go.

I was lucky enough to get a C145 with a Wheel Horse loader and a 10 hp 8 speed, no tags so I don't know what it is. They came with a 42" rear discharge deck, a 48" side discharge with a blower unit, 3 mule drives and some msic. parts. My poor old Range almost over heated bring it all home I guess it is time to quit adding to the herd or get a bigger truck. Photos are on Photobucker at: http://s1004.photobucket.com/user/tractor_jockey/media/April%2012th%20haul/IMG_0077.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2 Ed

I dethatched, Swept, and overseeded the yard with the 704 and I think I managed to kill the fuel pump yesterday. Had to push er in. Will be rolling with Ezra today.

Looks like a good time was had by everyone!

Here are a couple pics. Make sure the holes below the throttle plate are clean.

Nice tractor and a great deal!

Wasn't feeling the best yesterday (chest cold) It was the Best day so far it was 72 deg. I went out in the garage tried to start a Wisconsin Engine I got off flee bay (I didn't try real hard) I got tuckered out pulling the recoil Sat down in the chair, drank a beer, got up turned the light off and went in the house. ~Duke

Yeah I got alot of black tar looking stuff out of the gas tank I think I got the carb fixed it will run under its own power now with half choke but I does sound good when I get some more time I think I will get it right . WHO hooo!!!!!! Dad is already wanting to plan another trip!!

Ed. Nice find you lucky dog. Thanks for the pics and best of luck. Glenn

You may be in luck for parts http://www.outdoordistributors.com/dana-foote/dana-foote_search.html Here is an illustrated parts list from that site http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/files/file/3517-transmission-gear-foote-6-speed-4000-iplpdf/ Garry

Five or six years ago our oldest daughter called me up saying a neighbor had a a lawn tractor for sale. I ask her what kind, she said she didn't know but it was red in color and there were items to go with it. I said I'd be in there in shortly. I didn't even get to her house when I saw a red Wheel Horse sitting in the neighbor's yard with a for sale sign on it. I'd seen the Wheel Horse there many times before with an older gentleman mowing the grass I picked up my daughter and went back to the neighbor's place. A knock on the door followed by a nice young fellow coming out on the porch. He and his wife had just bought the place, the previous owner, the elderly gentleman had passed away. I asked about the Wheel Horse. Turns out is was a C-145 Automatic of 1983 vintage. The young man was wanting to sell it, saying the battery was always dead when he tried to use it. I asked the price, he said $150 and everything went with it. The "everything" turned out to be a 42" deck, a like new snow thrower and a hard to find Wheel Horse winter cab. I forked over the cash immediately then made arrangements for a buddy with a trailer to pick up the C-145. The Horse arrived at my place the next day. I jumped started it and it ran fairly well. Long story short, I swapped out the voltage regulator, rebuilt the carburetor and replace the rubber hood hold downs. Also changed all fluids and the transmission filter. My daughter used it for a couple of years then left it set in her garage. She's buying a new mower. I picked up the C-145 a few days ago then changed the oil, put on a new front tire and deck drive belt. With some good gas in its tank and a quick priming of the fuel pump, the K321 Kohler fired right up. Next up will be a transmission fluid change and some engine tune-up work. After that it will be my back-up mower in the summer and my prime snow removal tractor in the winter. The classic Wheel Horse tractors are great pieces of equipment.

I hated working on Ford's. What leak, I don't see no leak! As far as my least favorite GM motors to work on it was the Quad 4 (headgasket no fun) and the Olds 307 gutless wonder boat anchor...

Neil, I am sorry that I missed you today (Saturday). My Mom called just a few minutes before I was going to call you. She went into the hospital yesterday for a new battery in the old pace maker, and she called me to bring her home just before the call. She is OK, but her timing sucks. I'll try to call you tomorrow.

Just a follow-up to an earlier conversation concerning Van Sickle IH Red paint. Being that I am doing a refresh on my 857 and not a total "show queen" restoration, I decided to give Van Sickle paint a try to hopefully save some money. Although I thought that what I was getting was acrylic enamel, I ended up with alkyd enamel, which is what the old Valspar Restoration Series paint was. When the paint arrived, I did a spot test on a panel that I had previously painted with Valspar Restoration Series IH red. Results? No comparison. The Van Sickle is a much brighter (lighter) red with an orange tint. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with the color, it's just not the look I'm going for. I now have two quarts of paint, one pint of hardener, and a 12oz spray can of Van Sickle IH red for sale.

I bought it today. I had some time away from work and it was close enough, and I figured waiting gets you nowhere. I immediately took the plow of my 314, which is cherry original, bought new by my mother, and put the mower/bagger back on. I put the plow on the 418 and put it to use. It took some time to get used to the automatic, up is down on the lift, and all of the smoke! It does burn some oil, although not incredibly bad. The 418 sounds like its almost electric compared to the 314 which sounds like a seriously powerful engine. I don't know if it is the trans, or the engine, but the 418 was pushing stuff around like a freight train, yet it didn't sound powerful. It was absolutely filthy, like it had never even been hosed down. Apparently some don't think tractors should be clean. The guy I bought it from was great though, giving me oil and other stuff, even oil for my chainsaw. The chains are brand new, the weights are cast iron and heavy, the snowblower had new parts, and the deck had new bearings. So, it smokes a little. Before it gets any worse, can you just change the rings on these engines to fix it, or are these more complex and I need to take it to someone?

The tractor is starting to come together now. I had to build a few items that weren't in the kit like a taillight, lift valve, lift cylinder and neutral pedal. Oh, and a fuel filter, too. This is it on the tip of a toothpick. Detailing the battery always adds some extra visual interest. That's the kind of thing that helps make a model look real. I took a little liberty with the transaxle and painted it aluminum. I thought that would also give some visual interest - sort of an eye catcher - but I'm not really happy with it. Before everything is done it will end up being red! Now, this next part was fun to do. Wheel covers are an essential part of an Electro and I had an idea to make them out of a soft drink lid using a hollow punch. It worked like a charm! The horse decals didn't want to snug down on the shiny Alclad painted finish and a couple of them had to be redone but in the end they came out okay. After a little bit of paint, she was up on all fours and ready for some test fitting and even some assembly. I had already painted the fender unit but during test fit I realized that it needed a cutout for the hydraulic hoses. Now it's waiting to get repainted. The weather the last few days has been very rainy and I don't want to paint the "shiny bits" until the humidity goes down. That really affects the finish. In the meantime, it's starting to sprout wires and hoses and this is how it sits for the time being. Hope to make more progress soon but right now I need to check a weather forecast!

My primary plow tractor is Sundstrand Electro 12. She has the limited slip differential and she is a beast. The black iron wheel weights are 69 lbs each, and I have another 60 on the draw bar (front wheel weight from a Case VAC tractor). I don't have really steep hils but she is a worker.