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Found this pic the other day of my father pulling me in the wagon with our 701. Thought I'd share it with everyone. Those were the good ol days! :-)

Good Day, I just wanted to express my sincerest thanks to the contributers on this site. I have spent many hours reading the posts here and they have helped me figure out the "secret code" of the Wheel Horse electrical system. I would like to send out a special thanks to Nick (KM3H) "416 No Start Electrical Problems" and to Gino for his great advice under this topic. I'm looking forward to learning much more here. Your members have a wealth of knowledge they share on this site.....I just wanted to say THANKS! Best Regards To All, Dave

Mounted my mid mount grader blade to the 314 last night. I was hoping to use it for removing the english ivy in my front yard. I purchased the grader blade off of craigslist for 100 bucks. It is a home made job, but is pretty heavy and I think it will work really well. I bolted some cultivator tines to it so it would rip into the ground a bit better. After using it a little bit last night, I think I am either going to have to flip the tines over so that there is only about an inch sticking below the blade, or move the threaded rod that is used to set the grader angle. Currently the blade cannot be lifted all the way off the ground which makes for driving in the yard a bit of a pain. The thing that is hitting the frame of the tractor is the threaded rod. The blade is so heavy that I did not feel the need to put the solid link onto the tractor, but after using it, I believe that I will. Grader blade w/out tines: Grade blade w/ tines: Grader blade mounted to tractor: Ivy: Ivy: No after picture shots yet

Well some of you know that KenB is big into vintage boats and outboard motor collecting and restoring. He got me hooked... Here are two of my boats before and after pics. I want to thank Terry for all his help in making the decals. He made a set of reggie lettering and Crestliner side decal that is being shipped now for the aluminum boat. I love the horses but as Ken says it is a nice change to have another hobby.

Ok Here is another Thanks Duke

Okay, here are more pix , after the action was done . See below. Sorry this took so long to post. A storm this morning caused a few branches down and I needed to clean them up.

Got my W.H. Push mower out today taking it to the big Mansfield,Ohio show this weekend (Sept 6&7) featuring Wheel Horse...

Lookin good Steve. I'm still undecided about which boat to bring to the meet this Saturday. One yr. I was so undecided It came down to this..

This show also has a very cool small scale train set-up you can actually ride on for free...

Nice pics everybody....Thought I'd add a few of my own now ........A few snap shots of wheel horses in the parade.

I don't get not running at full speed for cutting grass. Here in GA, our grass gets dry and tough and even with sharp blades can be hard to cut unless you drive slow. I wanted to be able to cut grass in high 3rd with my 160 so I upsized the pto pulley to spin the blades faster. I set the high idle speed to 3600-3650 with a tach and keep it that way when mowing. For other lighter jobs, its set to give enough power for what I'm doing. As far as splash lubrication in these motors, I can promise that there is plenty of oil flying around inside at the 1200 rpm idle speed if the oil is full. Imagine dipping into the oil 20 times a second. Oil everywhere.

Bob has a sense of humor? HAHAHAHAHA!

Can you guess how I got this $100.00 520-HC home? YEP! Good ol' minivan. It was a tight fit.

This is my first, and probably, only restoration. I couldn't have done it without the help of you good folks, and I thank you for all the help and advice. Thanks especially to Steve, Gene and Zane, and there are many others whose names escape my memory right now. This is my first attempt at posting pictures also, so I hope they are there. Thanks

Hey guys.. i found me another horse for some weeks ago.. it is a 68 commando 7 that is in ok cond.. but need a alot of tlc.. i also got a blade whit it and a deck,, but deck has a few rust holes that i need to fix.. or ill might leave it as is.. not sure yet. it has a really cool headlight.. ill need to get me some parts for the pullstart(recoil) so if any one have some parts for that pm me or so... Lars

And Andrews "all in one" Garden Ranger set-up. All in all a Great show Looking forward to next year!

And this little guy was built with a hit and miss engine.....Really cool to look at...

The honor is mine, Thank You!

Yes indeed Sir! It would be an honor.

Dang it! You mean that's a bad thing.. Is this where I start step 1, admitting I have a problem..[emoji14]

You mean you haven't downloaded the mobile app & have a RAM mount for your phone so you can type while mowing ?

That makes me want one even more!!!

Bought a lot of stuff and this was in the lot. 518-h needs engine work. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The Commando 7 was an export only model, built in South Bend, only sold overseas. As far as I know, you'll not find one in the U.S.

Now I feel really left out! With all the Hawkeye logo stuff I seen laying around (Wah,wah,wah). Looks like MJ has found a new hobby, just as long as she can keep you at bay!

Well I did build a dump truck when I first got into the hobby and was doing a lot of fabricating. I didn't us a Wheel Horse though because I had quite a few 'FREE' Craftsman's around here. I used two frames mounted end to end and overlapped. I did a lot of work on that project and learned a lot by building it.

That was funny! Bugs lost his head!

I have 5 k181 8hp wheel horses I have no complaints about them they are hard working little motors I'm impressed what 8hp can do.

Jasen, don't be surprised if you get differing opinions. I respect them all. For mowing and I run them wide open. For pulling a trailer or just driving from point A to point B, I run about 3/4 throttle or a little higher.

Here's a couple I wouldn't mind seeing!

next thing to do is adjust the clutch discs in the trans. I believe that explains my acceloration issue. OK Van, here is what a 6'3" 260 pound guy looks like on a short frame. My size 14 clod hoppers don't fit very well on the foot pegs.

Here are some more.

Have you checked the point gap? Try about 18 thous and see if it helps with the knock.

Its been about 3 years since we've done this level of service to one of our machines but we have one scheduled for this work in late October. Somewhere I have some 35mm photos of the first one we did many years ago. If I can locate them, I'll try to post them. Last I recall, the bill for a comprehensive service including pulling and cleaning the engine was over $600. This also included all fluids, filters, tune-up and blades, deck cleaning and leveling I think. This very first "super service" was prompted by higher than usual temp gauge readings. The concealed parts of the engine were chucked full of debris. The service tech. had never seen anything like it before and he asked that I come see it before the clean-up started. In that I had just bought this used machine, I photographed everything while it was apart and sent a friendly note and photos to the seller. This resulted in a voluntary $200 "rebate" from the previous owner. It helped salve my initial disappointment.

Good thing you found a Clydesdale James.

N9MB ................... Put enough control surfaces on it..........and we'll make a barn door fly!

Is it in time. A warm/hot engine out of time turns over very hard.

Talk about setting the hook Jim...the bobber I was watching just went down.

Jason...don't tell Lars that kind of stuff...OMG. A one of a kind horse in Norway...that is calendar material for sure.

The one that started it all with my brand new kindergartener. He's actually driving but 1st gear low you can't tell. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for sharing that old photo. Love the glasses. They're coming back in style you know. Oh, and I love the old 701 too.

Nice tractor Lars. Thank you for the pics. I always enjoy seeing the Wheel Horses that were offered in Europe.

I wonder if the product made by rust oleum called Never Wet would work on the chute? Geno, try a mop head like this one. It works great on my epoxy floor with non-slip in it.

Hi Rob, Wow, you were up early today! You do make some valid points. I know "the incident" was only 2 days ago so you are probably not going to cut again for another 4-5 days. It would be interesting to see if the problem repeats. The gauge and temp sender could also be suspect, but I don't know of any way to test that theory. The mystery continues.

All due respect to those who run less than full throttle, but every small engine manufacture states in their literature that it is to be operated at full throttle at all times. Many of these engines do not have oil pumps and get lubrication from a splash. The faster the splash the more lubrication. The faster the flywheel turns the more air circulates to cool the engine. When you turn three blades as fast enough to cut grass it takes a lot of horsepower. Remember that the blades have an upward curve which uses energy and causes air resistance.

I need to study mine to come up with some suggestions. The idea of the shroud is to keep the air plenum as tightly sealed as possible so that the cool air flows from the back, over the cylinder heads and finally over the muffler to exit at the front. So what would happen if you drilled a 1/4 diameter hole in the plastic shroud behind the heads so you could insert an air nozzle (the kind with the 4-6 inch tube) into the hole to blow out the fins? I don't think 1/4 would effect things that much. You may even make it larger providing that you have a rubber plug to put in the hole afterwards. Of course, drilling a hole in this confined space is all but impossible unless you have a right angle drill head. I am guessing that is why Jim is going to use a cutoff wheel. BTW, despite my woes about my xi shutting down when it gets hot, I have never had the engine temp gauge go much beyond a tad to the right of center, still well within the green. Also, the fact the gauge is green and yellow (v. green and red) would lead me to believe that there is more margin of error than we think. If there was not a gauge, would we even know? The Command Pro in my 314 does not have a gauge. It is a single cylinder, but when I bought it, I pulled off the tins and the main shroud was packed solid with fine dirt. You could even see where the flywheel had worn a groove in the dirt, yet the fins on the head were free from most debris! Finally, running lean will increase cylinder temps. I assume Rob checked this as well

This thread is cracking me up.

Oh you aught to to see the router setup. It only took about 5 hours with cleanup!

The first thing I would do is check the coil when it starts to misfire. Easiest way is to simply switch plug wires at the coil. If the front cylinder misses then you know that the coil fails when hot. Not sure about the Onan, but on the Kohler twins I used a coil from a Harley Davidson Motorcycle on my 417-8. Lots of other guys have done it also and it works like a charm. You will need to make sure that the voltage feeding the coil is correct as there are two different voltages. I am sure there is someone here who can tell you which one to get. The Harley after market coils are very reasonable. Mine was about $32.00 new. If you have not already done so, you should remove all the tins from the engine and clean the fins thoroughly. The rear of that engine gets caked with debris and causes it to overheat. The maintenance manual states that the engine should be de-carbon every 500 hours. Bet this has not be done before. Heavy carbon can cause all kinds of problems. So I think you should solve the coil issue first and then remove the engine no matter the coil is bad or not and give it a complete cleaning and get that carbon out of there. Here is what my engine looked like after 535 hours.

There isn't a crank shaft bearing listed so it must be a bushing engine. It won't take the side thrust of the manual PTO you would have to use an electric clutch. That make it another couple hundred more it you don't have a 1" electric clutch or a thrust bearing off a Briggs power Wheel Horse.