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Here's some nice pictures of my 520 and 416. I was going to use the 416H for a FEL project but decided it was to nice of a tractor so I made it into a mowing machine....

guys and girls if you receive something from other members and you are happy with it,would you please pay up.To the people that like to stiff others how would you like it if you sent a product and never received any money.We are all here for the same reason I would assume so pay up please.

Not sure what this is in reference to, but as a reminder here's the classified rule on what this may be about:

Pics like this make me angry thinking what a shame it is the Wheel Horses are not manufactured anymore. My Grandson will never know how it feels to walk into a dealership and see all the new tractors and attachments....................... Sorry I started my post like that. The pics are terrific!!! I need a neighbor like you

That.....last....picture....is.....just............................EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CALENDAR MATERIAL!!!!!!!!!!

Well I have been busy since the show I didn't unpack the trailer until yesterday, I didn't pick up a whole bunch of stuff but I did PU a WH Cart. I had been using my rare 50's WH dump cart that is in excellent shape (and I want it to stay that way) I picked that up for $100.00. Below in the Box is a new old stock 56" plow that goes on a zero turn. I already have a brand new old stock A frame and I plan on doing a special SNOW PLOW modification project in the future to add to my snow removal team. Ya cant have too many tractors to fight Ole Man Winter! I picked that up from Dave's Tractor World for a $100.00 dollar bill. I have an old lawn ranger that I need to fix up for the grandkids that I picked up last year for $125.00 buckaroos. The Engine runs like crap and incidentally is Squonks favorite. And since what Squonk says makes sense, I wanted to honor him, and buy two more of his favorite engines so I have plenty of parts to fix the ole girl up. I picked up a seat cover from Dave Fun Engineer for the ole ranger. As far as what else I purchased it was just a bunch of smalls, parts and maintenance pieces. At the Raffle drawing MJ won us a set of Cart Wheels And the best part is I brought home a bunch of laughs, and memories from all of you that I met which made the trip extra special. We had a great time and we thank you all. ~Duke & MJ

That's it... my 10'x10' is going back.

Howdy there Tuna. I have, in the past, worked as a "line technician" at a couple dealerships for Chrysler and Ford, so a sick engine is pretty obvious to me. On this Kohler, all you have to do is remove the dipstick, and the smoke and "putt-putt" of blow-by is readily discerned. The crankcase vent is clear, so this outgassing is excessive. Too, she uses about a 1/8 quart of oil per hour. Lastly, and I am not all that familiar with Kohlers, it seems she should have more juice. There is also some blue smoke during operation. Given the age of the tractor, and that it appears to have never been overhauled, I figure it is time. Wear that I have noted in the clutch pedal, and all of the other linkages suggest many, many hours of use. The PTO bell rod had to be welded and dressed down to size by me recently due to wear. The hood hinge pin was cut nearly in two. This isn't a low hour tractor, just one that has been relatively well maintained, and stored inside. The green critter is my 1949 Ford F2 (3/4 ton). Dad taught me how to drive in that truck when I was 13. Be 56 in September. He gave it to me in 1982, and I have drove it (mostly) since then. Drive it back and forth to work now, and since the kids are all grown, have started seriously doing resto work on it. Mechanically it is near perfect, but the body looks awful. All original with a flathead 239 V8, Armstrong steering, drum brakes, and concrete shocks. I use it to haul the Horse out to my country property to mow a couple times a month. The drive is 50 miles one way. Have to set stakes to see if the truck is moving, but Hey!, it gets me and the tractor out there and back without so much as a cough. Just takes a bit of time. Wouldn't be afraid to drive it to California. Truck would do the trip OK, but I don't figure I would live long enough to get the job done. This thing is SLOW.

This sentence caught my eye, and I had to smile. You're talking about a 29-year-old tractor, and yet almost everyone here would indeed consider it one of the newer Wheel Horse tractors. Nice work on this one so far, just curious about a couple of things... How's the engine run right now, and why does it need an overhaul? In your third photo, what's the green vehicle that your tractor is squaring off against?

I almost got run over several time by the same couple of youngsters while at the show. Being new to the whole thing I just moved on. Some of those tractors had big engines in them with the governors removed and foot throttles. That's OK if the driver has a bit of discipline and is careful but when they want to hear the rumble of the engine and show off a bit it is a bit scary. I was thinking of the vicarious liability on the show sponsors if someone got hurt.

So I guess my question is, why would anyone spend $100K on a car, when in the end it only takes you from point A to point B?

I was pulling some metal building steel to the back of my property when I heard the axle bearing protesting. I don't hear that well so I decided to change them. That went real well, but the belt came of the drive pulley while I had the trans/axle out. Removed the belt guard and found the top belt guide bent up at a 45 degree angle. Knocked it back down and cracked it so I took off the bracket and welded it. While I had it apart decided to fix the warped foot boards.They were bent down in the middle and gave ever time I stepped on them. I beat them back straight on an anvil with a rubber tire changing hammer to keep from damaging them. Then spot welded a 3/8" steel rod under the lip. They don't give now when I step on them. Will look a lot better when I get them clean up and and painted. I went ahead and put it back together to try out the new axle bearings.

So I acquired a 3 point hitch and tiller attachment from a roper. Going to attempt to retro this to my 518H. My plan is to fab a 2" receiver and then weld a piece of 2" square stock to the main mount of the 3PH. This way it will be a quick release sort of setup. Let me know if anyone has any good suggestions. Thanks Jay

Hello, my name is Jamie and I'm from Aberdeen, MD. I used to think John Deere was best, then I married a Wheel Horse girl! Her mother bought a C-125 Automatic at the direction of her farm-raised father, and now we get it! It's in pretty good shape, hasn't been used a whole lot in last 10-15 years or so due to everyone having to move frequently. It has spent its whole life in a shed, up until last year when its current problem started happening. Its been getting water in the tank which causes it to not start, and since I'm new to tractors in general I figured it was something more serious so I gave it to a buddy to diagnose. He had it since last October, figured out it was the water issue probably due to a cracked gas cap and sitting in the rain for a while. He was able to get it started, then he fell off the face of the earth until we finally went over his parents house and picked up the tractor, which we thought was fixed, just this last Saturday. We couldn't get it started to drive it on the trailer, so we used a come-along and winched it on (I could never find the screw responsible for decoupling the transmission to push by hand). We figured out that water had gotten into the gas again and tried to drain it, blow out the lines, and put in fresh fuel but the grommet that holds the fuel cut-off valve broke we tried to remove it. So now I need a part in addition to getting the water out of the system. Sorry for the long post but I hope to find answers here.

White River Valley Antique Association 30th Annual Antique Show September 4-7 Elnora, Indiana Feature: Oliver Venue: Daviess County Fairgrounds, Hwy. 57, 3 blocks east of Hwy. 58 Contact: Bill Bays, 812-345-0064 Website: www.wrvaa.org

just bought my second wheelhorse.i have id #.need to find what i got.where do i find out?

thats cool you can run a blower and then use a back blade to scrape up the excess snow

I tried the double blades on a 30" single blade mower and could not keep them at 90 degrees but that is a long blade. I cut about a 4" disc out of 10 or 12 gauge metal with a center hole for the spindle. This goes between the blades positioned at right angles. Bend 2 sides sticking out down for the bottom blade and the other 2 sides sticking out up for the top blade. This is just explaining how it works. I actually made the bends in a break so it could get a good tight fit to the blade sides. It works well. Garry

Here you go Craig. These will give you a little more of an idea of whats going on with the hood. I started stitching in the top filler panel and got this far before it started raining(or sweat) . Maybe a little of both. Anyways, I trimmed the bottom but still have to clean it up and weld in the small piece in the back. Getting there.

that's a great ideal and would love to see more pics as you fab up to the tractor steve with your 3 point hitch is it separate or is it like a clevis hitch?meaning you can only run one attachment having a clevis hitch

Derby , huh ? Well , howdy neighbor !

That 416 was yours I made it into a mower instead of a loader...

Great looking tractors!

those are great tractors

Nice collection Love that pump!!

50+ Wheel Horse tractors in collection!!!?!??? My God man, your ruining the hobby with that lot all holed up in your barn!!! Get real depressed looking at my garage with one puny Horse flag on the wall, and one not-so-puny 312 sitting all by itself. "One is the loneliest number...." Three Dog Night

It got one of these at ****'s Sporting Goods for less than $50 on sale http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2935027&cp=4406646.4413993.13243208.32193776 You can get in red if that's you're thing and if it breaks, throw it out an get another. I have had this one an another like it for about four years and they have held up fairly well.

I think I ate your share Mike

Cutlas3391, That is one awesome collection you have there. Enuff to make any collector go! ~Duke

Hoard 'O Horses! No wonder I can never find any for sale. Nice pics., thanks for sharing.

Well my 227-5 doesn't have a filter as standard, so I put one on James

this is impressive stuff cutlass. Both tractors are marked 416 though? The gas pump is extremely cool, is it operational? it would be crazy cool if that's how you gassed up your unbelievable herd. which brings me to my next comment - that is one hell of a horse stable you have there!!! I am local in Lancaster would you be a potential contact for used parts? At the moment I have a 312-A with a smoking 12hp magnum which I intend to rebuild in the coming months. If I could find a good used 12,14, or maybe even a 16hp magnum I would definitely be interested. If not no problem I just wanted to put that out there. Have fun with all your awesome stuff and thanks for sharing!! Paul

Love the gas pump.

Look at the pinned thread at the top of this forum. That will get you SKF seal numbers and bearing #s that any auto parts store should be able to get. You could also try motion industries or any local bearing supply house.

Could be motor isn't running???

It had the eaton 7! I was able to resolve the issue by removing the vent plug. It went down very slow. It took around 6 hours and runs excellent! Also changed the rear end fluid and it was bone dry! Nothing came out. He is one very happy 252. Thank you very much for the help! I used a shop vac to clean all the garbage from around the seat pan and deck and greased all the grease fittings. I also have a 520-H that is having a problem driving. Within the next week or 2 i will be posting another post about wondering how to fix it. Im glad i came to the right wheel horse website!

Nice tractor and real good advice JD. I like your plan and it makes total sense to me. Thanks for sharing it with us.

here is a point eliminator for guys who didn't know! just one wire and a ground and you can eliminate your points if there is an internal problem! kohler part # 257 57 10s Also here is some updates we ordered for a customer: http://www.kirkengines.com he ordered the billet covers pretty nice!

Have read your posts, and examined the photos you have put up on your recent acquisition. That is a fine, one-owner tractor there. Noticed the repainted muffler right away. Want to repaint mine, but haven't found a new gasket yet. Went down to NAPA, and they said it wasn't available???? Surprised me. As for being "tinny", I have considered actually using a micrometer and comparing the sheet metal between the newer tractors and an older one. Outside of the tin, there is about zero difference in frames, trannys, etc. I have wondered that the tinny feeling may be only the fact that the hood area is so much larger on the 3-500 series machines, thus has more flex. I am pretty sure the belt guard and fender pans are all the same gauge of steel. In the day, even Wheel Horse must have felt the new hoods were flimsy, as they added the "V" brace behind the grille.

thanks matt for the rims!

And here is how she looks now. These photos were taken this past Saturday. I have gotten all of the loot I garnered from the Big Show installed, the new steering wheel button and shift knobs from Glen Pettit (thanks Glen!), and the near NOS seat. The seat is exactly like the original, sans the horsey logo. I had just washed and waxed too. Quite frankly, I am very pleased. Even my neighbors are pretty impressed at how good it looks, and are surprised it is almost 30 years old.

Some more pics in action and finished product.

I want to compliment the present and past board members for a more than spectacular show. What a great weekend! So much work goes into putting on this show and one of the reasons it is great is because these ladies and gentlemen put in a lot of time. We must realize that there are people who sit in the registration building working for the entire show. I do remember at one of the very early shows we had a miniature pulling sled as well as slow tractor races.

#1. You can afford a luxury vehicle, you need to get what you like! You have to live with it and enjoy it. There are pros and cons on all vehicles and there are NO perfect cars out there. I am a auto tech and was asked what is the best car to buy? My answer was " one you do not have to work on" So go with what you like! You got a nice budget, so that means you can afford the proper maintenance on what ever you decide to buy witch is key to making a good vehicle last a long time!

Yeah I don't know about that..... I wonder why Elvis AKA the KING drove Cadillac's??? If he were still alive I picture him pimpin in this, not a Lincoln! The new Caddy's ain't no joke.

This is an outstanding show. Really big, but smaller than Portland. Have gone off and on for over 20 years. Keeps getting bigger and better every year. Last time I went, the garden tractors were pretty well represented. Lots of demonstrations, events, and displays. Even have a small vintage machine shop, all flat belt driven. Food stands everywhere.

another vote for an impact gun

I too attended the Evansville show.....I was set up right next to Larry & Judy's Raider! Here are a few photos that took. Here is my 875 with my wife's ride!

1/2 inch drive electric impact plug in style not battery operated works good

@Gary - there were at least four different "reds" used between 1946 and now - and that doesn't include formula variance, mixing error, application technique, and difference between brands/suppliers. Modern aersol paints may be close, but none are an exact match to the actual paint used by Wheel Horse and/or Toro. (and that includes their own touch-up paint) Choosing the "proper" red for a Wheel Horse is much like throwing a hand grenade...... all you need to do is get it close.