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Buy a new shifter boot if needed they are very cheap and should help keep water out

Found this 414-8 suffering out in the weather with the hood up and no rear rubber. Stopped knocked and wrote a check, ran home got trailer. Worked on her for about 30 minutes and threw on some rubber. Then yes I mowed the yard. Im still not sure what was wrong with her, I threw on a push button to start it. Not a good idea I know but well I just had to see her run. I gave $250 for her she runs and mowed decent. Also put on a new choke cable the old one was rusted up and frozen. More pictures

There should be a drain plug in the bottom that requires the use of a 1/4" allen wrench to remove it. It is located to the left and just in front of the hitch.

Your transmission holds two quarts of 90-140 GL-5 gear lube. Drain the junk oil out, pour in two quarts of kerosene or diesel fuel, run it around for a few minutes, drain it out. Lift the front end of the tractor to allow all the oil mix to get over the hump in the bottom and exit the transmission. Fill with the 2 qts. of new oil. If 90-140 is not available, any good oil 85W, 90W etc will work fine.

how many ya got?

Here is some more pics of my custom Army Wheel Horse tractor, Model # 762. Formerly the very first 702 ever made, I added a 6 Speed High/Low tranny, hence the 762. It has alot of custom made parts on it and rare WH parts as well. Some of the features are custom front bumper with attachamatic brackets, 100 year old barn wood push pads, HL5 head lights, dual 953 tail lights, dual rear hitches, 1045 front tires and monster rear tires, NOS 701 dual belt set up and NOS 701 belt guard, Army oil can with leather strap and custom battery hold down bracket that holds the oil can, 2 grenades just in case, widened drive belt guard, new style brake band and pulley set up, step down foot rests and the Army paint and decals. I used a copper fuel line and a few brass nuts and bolts. Custom Fuse Ignitor (NOS WH Cigar Lighter) and head light switch box. A ton of work went into this tractor to make it look original. I forgot how hard it is to restore a garden tractor, especially when we started to assemble all of the parts on the tractor! It is a matter of trial and error for sure. Put a part on and take it back off. If you get parts installed in the wrong order of assembly, you have to take them back off to install some other part! It all came together late in the evening one day before the Sugar Creek Tractor Show. It was received very well at the show and made quite an impression on those who saw it. A very special thanks to my buddy Larry Packrat Eads for all of his help with fabrication and assembly! He knows his stuff for sure! I still have some paint touch up to do on it and some US Army Numbers to put on the sides of the hood. But for the most part it is finally DONE! It took more than 5 years to finish this top secret machine and now the cat, or Horse is out of the bag!

Wheel Horse rear axle hubs do one of two things. Either constantly come loose, or attach themselves permanently to rear axle. I've buggered them by pounding on them, pulled snap rings loose from the inside of the axle with prying, and snapped them with three jawed pullers. Heating will help, but that always ruins the paint at best, the seals are also in question afterwards. Not too mention the just pain in the butt it is to do all that stuff. There has to be a better way. Tell you what, there is!!! Take a 6" square piece of 1/2 steel. Drill 6 appropriately placed and spaced holes. Tap the center one to 1/2" fine thread. Weld a 1/2" fine thread nut over the center hole just for good measure. Grind a small taper on the end of a 1/2x6" fine thread bolt. Cut off the points of the "square" for good measure. Using 5 bolts of appropriate size, attach to rear hub. Just set center bolt snug. Even up pressure on all 6 other bolts. Using a 3/8" impact on low setting, watch the hub slide of the axle harming NOTHING in the process. Takes about a minute to attach the puller, pull the hub, and disengage the puller from the hub. SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What prompted me to finally do this? Having freshly painted the wrong hubs on the Lawn Ranger transmission and not wanting to mess up the paint! Should have done it years ago. Dale, tickled red in Michigan

As most know I reduced my collection down to just two tractors due to lack of space. In the last few weeks I have been selling off some other large items in my shop and garage including the loader for my John Deere. We have been also cleaning out the garage and getting rid of some bikes the kids don't use anymore and other things so now I have a lot more space. I have always liked the mid to late 70's "C" series. I created the "C-200" which has since been parted by a new owner. I always wanted a "Big Block" C-160 8 speed but could never find one around here except the one Russ sold which I should have bought. A few weeks ago a member posted a 1977 C-160 for sale and I just couldn't pass up on it. It runs great but is rusty from sitting outside. I figured I would just clean it up a little and have something I can cruise around on and not care if it sits outside. After getting it and playing around with it a little I decided that just wouldn't be good enough. I decided to look for some replacement parts for the ones that are really rust. Joe's had two that I found and really couldn't find anything else. Well while looking for parts on Ebay I came across this 1976 B-60 that I see is local and recognize the sellers screen name as a member from Redsquare. I PM'd the member and asked about buying it outright and he agrees. It just so happens that SteveBo is working 2 miles from his house and saves me the ride to go pick it up. It's a one owner tractor and came with all the original manuals and paperwork. Very clean and tight machine. The parts on the tractors are all the same and this will save me from hunting down anymore parts. So now I have a new project to work on. This is a one shot deal. I'm even going to sell the left over tractor made up of all the parts I don't use to recoup some of the monies. So here starts the rebuild!

Stumbled on this the other day, and while it predates the forum, I don't remember ever discussing it here. We all know that when we're in a dispute, feud or war with people (sometimes even neighbors and friends), it's often not the conflicting parties that are injured, but the collateral damage is more horrible. Such a case is highlighted below. Be warned... this is a bit of a troubling story.

Here's my plow team

I'll post a before and after pic after I'm done. Like I said it's just a re-paint with new tread on the rears. But man...once you start, you can't stop! (My wife hates it haha) My little girl said she wanted a horse. She needs to be more specific in the future!

Thank you for the info guys. I bought a C-175 from a different guy that was very well taken care of. It is all original with low hours. Again... Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

I got skunked! Mostly my fault. I forgot my bug dope and couldn't sit still. I'll be trying again a couple times a week. There's a conservation area between work and home. See ya in September.

Pulled the trigger on the 1973 tiller today. Got more info on it as well.....Used about 4 times and has sat covered in the back corner of the garage since 1977. He can't find the pulley set up or the belt... he is going to look tonight and the price for it all was decent....FREE!!!! Well not really as I dickered with him and I'm going to stain his brand new 25'x15' pressure treated deck for him. He's probably 70 or so and neither he or his wife can do it so we made a deal....I stain the deck...I get a free tiller.... nothing wrong with a little sweat equity!! Hope to pick it up tomorrow!!!

Bolt it directly to the pan I've been through this before

How old is the battery ? Are you sure it holds a charge ? A bad RR should not keep it from starting or running.

What? No room in the house?

Congratulations! I called Kwik way and they were kind enough to send me a manual.

On the head.... Sad.

Thanks for the link, that will come in very handy. I want to get an electric clutch back on there so the hydraulic pump does not have to run constantly even during startup.

7473 is the belt # and should use only Toro/Wheelhorse OEM.

I need to find one of those brackets, it is missing. Here is how I rigged up the cub muffler. Its fairly quiet… Been mowing with it. Mows real nice, do they make mulching blades for the 48" deck? Rod knock has not fixed itself I think I am also missing a bit of linkage for the snow thrower. Not sure what yet… Ill get a pic of what I have.

Lane, I can see your vegetables are doing great, but where are your weeds? Just kidding....great garden and looks like you put a good amt of time into it. Very nice and early planting compared to us.

Nice, you will enjoy that for a long time. Congrats.....

I'd say get it out of the weather first, grease everything and change the hydro fluid. I can't remember, but you can still download a manual from Kwikway or there might be one in the manual section here. Nice weight box you got too!

AH! Looks like I have a 1969 Charger 12 And it's sitting right in front of my patio so I can look at it all day long.

Here's a little tease, I'm still finishing up a few little things.

Best picture of them all Future red square member No but I would love to have one

Lane you have a very nice looking garden!

If you scrap it do it at my house

Great deal. Those front mowers are great machines, and the JD 1435 is at the top of the heap.

My tribute to all of "nature's A students" that have succumbed to bullets or bad brakes ...

well we finally completed other than a decal kit for my Johnson loader its not bad but we had paint issues but it looks good from 20' but here she is see what you think?

https://www.surpluscenter.com/shop.axd/Search?keywords=electric+clutch

Here is a pict of a horse that was for sale for a wile back it is really cool.. wish it had been closer to me...

Very cool.

No snow in May this year! Yet!!!!