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Look what I found in a barn today!!! Granted this was in a collectors barn and we did some Horse trading. It had been just sitting for over a year and will need the carb cleaned. It started right up and cruised around on it. It is dusty from sitting but that will get taken care of real soon!

MY NAME IS SCOTT AND I AM A HORSE-A-HOLIC.

Well today was a day of surprises! 1. Cherry Raider 9 2. A set of the Wheel Horse sunglasses with built in radio arrived in the mail. 3. And finally a nice Manila envelope also survived. Once I opened it I started to search for a frame. The photo is of my wife's great uncle and Cecil Pond. The signature on the top was icing on the cake.

Two Page Manual for Wheel Horse LTD-242 Dump Cart-1961

I don't care who ya are, that's funny right there.

​I stepped off into the wheel horse craze today and have no idea what I bought. Comparing mine to pictures on here Im thinking its early 60s 653 or 633? It has an 8hp Kohler and thats about all I can find on the tractor. Where would a s/n tag be for the tractor itself?

Well I bought the first on from a Toro dealer and it was almost $13.00. When I got it there were no inserts supplied with it. What a bummer that was. Martin pointed me in the right direction and Dell City sold them for a little over $4.00 with inserts. So I bought three of them and some other things I will need for the other tractors. Dell City is a great company to deal with. The communication after I placed my order was great. They wanted to make sure that I was satisfied and had received what I needed. They also sent me a great catalog listing all the parts you can't get by walking into a local store.

Today I put the new fuse block in the 416H. The contacts were shot in the old one. Only one problem with trying to connect two wires into the same insert. Luckily when I ordered the parts, I got some extras. Also bought a new ratchet crimper and that made it a lot easier. Here's a photo of the old block. What a mess. No wonder it would not start. This is what the new one looks like. Quite a difference. Some tools I used to do the job, My new crimper. The crimper was a bit costly, but I have two more of these to do plus build a complete wiring harness for my 417A. Besides what good is starting a new project if you don't have the pleasure of buying at least one new tool. Got the parts from Dell City and they are really great people to deal with.

Who cares? It's a , it's got duals, and you're the proud new owner... what's not to love about that?

Wheel Horse Belts and Pulleys-How to Make Them Last Longer This one page sheet was in a packet for a 1961 or 1962 Wheel Horse Tractor. It is about original B.F. Goodrich made Wheel Horse Belts. Lots of good points made on this fact sheet!

...and it's Techy powered too.

I posted pictures of my tractors in my gallery. I tried to post in the thread but the pics were too big. Here is a video of my wife trying to ride the 800. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0192i3EPZuE and my son riding the other two https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27D5Qkn2mco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb99gNLEZRY

couple more items installed. footrest grip and new original equipment supplier hood latches, same as oem without the price ...(there is a story on how i found these floating around somewhere in this thread) and also a couple changes to the decals, Thanks Terry! not sure whether to paint the rivet heads black to help them blend in or not. I'm not even sure what finish they had, some searching is in order i think..... even though all the hood and seat pan decals are different from oem, i wanted to do this on the front instead of the horse head.

Hello from Northern Illinois! My father gave me his pride and joy this week, I loved driving this tractor in the 70's and 80's when I was a young kid. My father tells me when he purchased the tractor in 1968 that they installed an electric starter kit complete with cigarette lighter, they replaced the rear bushings with bearings , installed lights at the dealership but were not made by Wheel Horse. He also purchased the chrome wheel covers, dozer blade, mowing deck and snow blade. He also mentioned at the time of his purchase that they gave you a Wheel Horse push mower but it did not stand up to the test of time. When the dealership shut down my father was able to get his hands on several spare parts for this tractor. I was digging through all the paperwork and found several manuals for this tractor as well as many other models. I would love to hear more info and facts on this tractor! In the coming year I think we will be doing a complete restoration, so any ideas and suggestions are very welcome.

Not yet I finked out on the round fenders after seeing where someone (on here) used a set of squared off fenders from another model Wheel Horse model, looked pretty sweet. So I set about to finding a set of fenders that looked like they would fit the bill and what I found were Case 446 fenders that I will modify to fit, as well as modify the foot rests. I think they will give it the "big tractor" look without conflicting the lines. I also have a 520 swept axle set up that I am going to eventually install. All that said, I work away from home and won't be home for another week or so...but then, it's game on.

Thank you all for the information. It's much appreciated. These are a few photos taken by the guy I bought the tractor from. I'm hoping to get to use the tractor for the first time tomorrow. More photos to follow.

No it is a later one Craig. Mine is the LTD-24 -1958 to 1961 Model!

I don't see a lot of the red ones in my area for reasonable prices. My goal is to have 3-4 each of the Cubs, Cases, Wheel Horses and maybe one Deere.

Scott, was that your daughter driving the pink Wheel Horse towing the baby around at the show last month?

Get that historical pic professionally framed! WOW! Very nice, great, lucky you!

Hey Scott, just checked out your website and you are doing some great work. I saw your 500 special and about fell out of my chair. I just bought one of those yeasterday and you have inspired me to restore it.

Priceless find that envelope... can't wait to see you sportin' your new shades Scott.

Way to go Scott!!! That is a sweet tractor

sure, Terry rides tractors around all day and Lola is fighting back the crowds at the decal table........

Man that thing is awesome!

Martin - looks great!!!!

decided to use the oem black air cleaner lid that came with the tractor while i work on getting the chrome one redone. Terry did some 16 hp air cleaner decals when he did the dash ones using the same un-laminated method on the silver base. these decals really look awesome in person so i just had to post a pic of the lid with decal applied......

If the 8hp is original its an 854 (1964). I don't believe there was a model before that with an 8hp Kohler. Do you have a belt guard on the drive belt on the side of the tractor we cant see? Is there a 3 digit # on it? Mike.........

Another thing to lok at would be the fuel pump, it has check valves in it and if they are not working 100 percent the fuel can leak down in between uses. After it has been sitting a few days crack the fitting at the carb and see if fuel cones out right away or has a long delay. Hope this helps.

I see David's as puzzled as I am.....How long do you suppose this guy's been displaying this tractor in this exact spot?

WHFan Nice find I hope u enjoy this for the long time. And Enjoy the ride Gary B....

Should we start calling you Tom??? or Tom II

Nice score! You don't see many Raider 9's around. Mike..........

They did not have 3 of the bearings at motion industries. So I got 2 of them at napa and just ordered the last one on amazon. But everything else is looking great.

Dido to what Martin said. Also make sure that the little ball bearing that goes in the casting under the governor shaft did not fall out and roll underneath your work bench some where never to be found.....

What type of crowd will be at the silent auction? I once got a week for four in a luxury condo right outside Disney for 150 bucks in a silent auction. I wonder how well it would do if it was raffled off at the BIG SHOW? Tractor sure is lookin nice!

You will have pressure on the arm. It should force the throttle fully closed when running. Arm should move freely one way when the engine is stopped and you should only feel the weight of the governor cup and balls when pushing it back the other direction.

Sounds like the governor isn't assembled correctly, since you had the timing cover off I would say the pin in the back of the timing case isn't in its hole with the plastic ferrule correctly. Did you place the governor cup at the 3 o'clock position and line up the roll pin with its hole in the cup when putting on the cover?

Bring the original plate to a shop that makes trophies. With today's technology, they can copy that plate. You can buy a stamp set for the serial number or have them engrave that as well. I have done this several times and it comes out exact! Enjoy, Mike

That's why they put safety switches on these things. Funny story. Would have loved to see the guys face when that happened.

Tell me, who had more fun, you and your dad or the kids?

Happy, happy, happy.

Thanks for all of the comments. This is the first time I have lived out in the country and am glad the family was able to make the switch. So far so good. Everything is just about organized and put away. Now remembering where it is will be the tough part. Ken---we only own about 1 1/2 acres but are completely surrounded by farm land. None of the neighbors are close at all except for the grain elevator across the street. Here is the new place.....

Km3h: He has the older Kohler powered 416 that is a single cylinder. (Not an Onan).

Yep, My 2 wheeler and my wife's 3 wheeler.

Well there always has to be a first right? Hopefully I can get it done before someone else beats me to it.

It's crazy indeed but I love it. I can't wait to see more. Thanks for sharing Ian.

As previously mentioned the club was unable to finish by the end of the school year. We tried our best but just didn't have enough hours to wrap things up. Instead we are continuing the party in to the summer and have met two times so far. 2 weeks ago I was unable to snap any pictures, but this past week I made sure to grab a few photos of the 5 club members that were able to attend. Here they are in action. They really were able to get after it as much progress was made. While out at the "Big Show" Glen Pettit wanted to brighten up the walls a bit and donated one of his cool new flags. We were able to hang it and display it proudly! I just had to grab another flag to add some more color. Glen does great work! Make sure to support our vendors! Here is a photo of the club tractor. Slowly but surely it is making progress. We are also working on the C-121 that Clyde Potts from Wooster, OH donated to the club. Here is a photo of the two red stallions awaiting to be completed. This year I did not plan on going out to PA but as some of you are aware, the kids won the essay contest in the LAGT magazine. So off I went and retrieved the project for next year. It was an interesting journey as some of you know. A HUGE thank you to Van (Wheel n it)! I am looking forward to showing the kids the new project that will be tackled in August! We were also invited to help kick off our county 4-H fair on July 6th. The tractor will have the hood mounted and then transported to the builder of our club building. From there it will be placed on the flat bed of his old restored International truck. The kids will ride along on the truck through the parade. The truck and tractor will then be placed on display at the county fair for the week. The kids are pretty excited and I will be sure to snap some photos. Stay tuned folks......we aren't done yet!

Nice Horse! I had a few Horses carryin' on some probably from lack of use. Tried SeaFoam® in the carbs, smoke, WOW! After a while, clear 'n clean exhaust. My '85 416-8 (Kohler one cyl) and my '90 520-8 Onan (two cyl), are both purring now. Some needle adjust and SeaFoam® did the trick. Try some if you haven't already. Liked the results so much added some to my old pickup trucks fuel tanks. We'll see. Again, "Nice Horse!"