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As promised, all my Horses lined up at home waiting for drivers for our towns 155th birthday. Left to right: 654, Work Horse 700, 875, B-80, B-100, Raider 12, GT-14, C-160, D-200 Some implements: Waiting for the parade to start: 1st place trophy for Agriculture entry:

...and my tombstone saga continues.

Finally finished the chicken plucker implement. Okay, it ain't purdy, but it's going to be put to use tomorrow. Will take video of it in action. It's a bit on the heavy side, but it attaches in two parts. The primary frame attaches to the tach-a-matic. The secondary frame slides from left to right into a receiver on the primary frame. The secondary belt is installed at this point, the secondary frame is then slid left to take up the slack in the belt. A hand knob on the bottom is tightened to secure the secondary frame and secondary belt. The primary belt is the tiller belt, repurposed, threaded from pto to the mule drive to the 10" pulley on the primary frame. The secondary belt further reduces the rpm 5:1. I designed the gear reduction to be approximately 12:1. For the C-125, that should result in variable speed of the feather plate between about 175 to 280 rpm. I put a photo tach to it and got a reading of about 100 rpm at idle. At WOT it was about 275 rpm. Low end was out of line. Either the engine is idling too slow or I've got some slippage. I'll have to check it more thoroughly as the numbers were jumping around quite a bit. I may not have had the best conditions for accurate measurement. Anyway... here it is! After I use it tomorrow, maybe I'll knock off some of that rust and give it a paint job. Or, maybe I'll just start the next project!

Happiness is... a mirror full of rainy daze and sunshine.

WT-EFF? Chicken plucker you say?

Spent a little time with my tombstone this afternoon.

Just thought I would post a pic of my latest creation...a homemade small engine dyno built real cheap. Its actually somewhat accurate too. Not really interested in 100% calibration but it will tell me if what I do makes an engine better or worse. And let me know where my peak torque is. Also works good for breaking/breaking in new engines! Haha

Last weekend I sold the 108-5 rear engine rider and got a classic. I found a complete, running and mowing 655 on CL. The deck needed to be attached and it was missing the belt to the mower deck. Got a replacement battery tray with the connecting bar. Do I leave it as-is, or do I do a restore? I'm so happy! Greg

Tried out my spike tooth harrow today works good separating the rocks and grass from the dirt

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Yes Geno, I have been there and done that too. How about when you are looking for one of your several drills and can't find it. You look and look and suddenly there it is right out in plain sight. You have spent half an hour looking for it and probably saw it half a dozen times, it just didn't register. So then the rest of them pop up too.

Just got this 416h and its in good shape except the bottom of the hood where it attaches to frame has rust. Not just rust but rusted out with holes. Thought this was odd since the rest of it is very nice other then a few scratches. Everything works and I was suprised at how smooth this motor is. Never had a Onan before. Is this an issue with these models? Are other spots rust trouble areas that I should know about? My guess is that it filled up with wet grass and the owner never cleaned it out. I bought it anyway and may have paid to much but other then the rust spot its really clean and cuts well too. Have 3 Wheel Horse tractors now and a Cub Cadet 169 that I may sell. Getting hard to explain all of these when my lawn only takes me 20 minites to cut with a push mower. Sorry to anyone who responded to my last post that I did not get back too. Had a internet provider problem.

PLUS 57 YEARS. RUSS

So are we gonna get a video of it in action (with a chicken!!) Very cool one-of-a-kind attachment ! Mike...........

I bought an LED outdoor floodlight last year. I needed a light in the basement so I mounted it in the ceiling. Now everyone says "why is it so dark down here?". It's really bright to look at but very little illumination 8 feet away. Same thing when I put LED backup lights in the van ... they looked "cool" .... but didn't light-up anything. I knew the ones I got for the GT14 would be the same but I got 'em for the COOL factor. YEAH! It is a 70's tractor!!!!!!

I need some quick attach foot rests though... my RJ's belt guard got a work out today...listen to that belt slap.

I didn't think that little girl was ever going to get off that tractor, she had the time of her life!

Just got home from the Mentone show. Had a great time. Enjoy talking to everyone and I bought lots of stuff. Really love the moldboard plow I picked up it will look great on the back of my tractors. Can't decide which one it looks the best on. Also enjoyed that "Chops Fire Pit". That is some good BBQ.

Well... I really only got a couple good ones.

No...no Geno...don't leave. Come in, have a seat on the couch.

Just picked up this cart. Not sure if it's a 1955 or 1958 Utility cart.

That and 5 lbs of flour will make one hell of a biscuit. Really cool.

Well, that didn't take long. Now I just have to make a 9 hour trip one way to meet Bob!

I signed up for Daily Motion, don't care much for Google's spying and privacy policy. Gonna try it again. <iframe frameborder="0" width="480" height="270" src="//www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x25vp42" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25vp42_417a-exhaust_auto" target="_blank">417A Exhaust</a> <i>by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/Wheelhorses" target="_blank">Wheelhorses</a></i> http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25vp42_417a-exhaust_auto Well crap. Maybe someday.

I would take that to the engravers and get the inscriptions on that ASAP! You want to make sure it's correct before it's "Too Late!"

Well I dont have a lot intresting things to talk about so far on this project. Ive only had a few minutes a day to work on it so im still just taking a couple parts at a time off when I walk past it to "take out the trash" or whatever else I can come up with to walk through the garage... so here is my progress for the night. While I was "sweeping out the garage" Over all It seems to be in pretty good shape just a little dirty. So the parts needed list so far includes.. thumb screws for the hood, front wheel bearings, eventually front tires, and a motor..

This Thread is where I will post images of decals I am working to replicate that many have requested. If you see something you are familiar with and have any accurate measurements or model identification it will help me a ton in trying to provide as close to oem decals as possible. and of course you can leave any requests along with images of decals you may need now or in the future on a new post. I will respond to them there. Thanks for all your help. Please keep this thread for Terry to post items he needs help with. To respond to a request, please start a new thread with the tractor model in the heading. Thanks, Eldon.

thanks amc rules didnt even see the wanted section..

That thing has to be quite noisy. Those birds will really cackle when get tickled by those magic fingers.

Believe it or not, I did actually get some tools put away. Then I got sidetracked. My garage is an attraction for the neighbors and they stop by often. We had a few beers and after they left I decided to do a little more on the tractor. Got the shift plate on and the fuel tank. Don't want to get too far ahead as I know I will have to drill a hole in something after I get the foot pedal from Matt. I also got the brake band on and bolted down the dash pedestal. After I get the foot control all bolted up, I will put the wheels on and get it down on the floor to finish it up. I need to get new tires for it but that will have to wait till next month.

Is pretty incredible... considering Russ just turned 28.

The diesel is Russ's tractor and it came with a 10hp Kohler 50 years ago. Russ loves to stick diesel's in his stuff.....so far he's done it to a 1054...a 417...and A CORVETTE!! Yep, a 1962 Corvette. Mike........

Here's a pic of the light when it is off. How groovy is that reflector? It's like a disco ball!

Its a really simple setup that anyone could build. Basically a brake mounted on a shaft with a torque arm attached to it that has a scale on the end. Once I get all the bugs worked out of everything I do plan on having a buddy of mine thats an electronics guru help make everything electronic. Then hopefully I can hook to the computer and graph data. So far I only have about 200 bucks in the whole setup. I figure with electronics that could easily quadruple though. Once I get some action videos I will post em for all to see. Joel

There is a Safari close to me for cheap.....does not run....just letting it out there in case there is interest....

yeah...but just think about what is waiting for you.....

So what I'm hearing is Briggs isn't a bad engine choice, it's just that kohler is a step above ??? I can agree with that...

Geno that sounds great!!!

Old Man's Disease!!!!!!! I represent that remark.

At least I'm not the only one here with old man disease.

sounds just like how i work too. i have an added bonus of having a teenager who 'borrows' my tools as well. they are easy to find afterwards though, i usually spot most of them outside while I'm mowing or doing any yard cleanup.......

Seems it's the only time I get any peace... when I'm at rest with my .

I think this was answered in the main forum. Yes they were and they were also made in Canada under the name Linamar. Cummings owns them now. Onan's as we know them are no longer made.

Nice "monument" Craig!

You're outta control Geno.

Well, I got a little more done. Only about another 99 hours of restore to go! I got the air filter and intake ready thanks to "HORSE JUNKIE". And I test fit the headlights. I made the lens. Here's the all important pics!

I've been wanting to do the wheel hub mod for a while now so I am giving it a try..... Got the hubs at Surplus Center...the 5 bolt low speed hubs for 1" spindles.... Then I got some 3/4 X 1" brass flanged bushings and some 1" X 1 1/4" X 1" brass bushings. Also a couple 3/4 X 2" bolts w/16 thread and a couple castle bolts.... TSC was selling the 3.75 X 8 inch 5 bolt wheels on clearance....got 2 of them.... I think you probably get the idea.....The bushings needed pressed into the bearings....I reversed the inside one to conserve room.....Had I known this I would have just got straight bushings without the flange...I thought I would need the flange to press the bearings together....now I know and can save a bit for the next time...if there is one... The straight bushing was trimmed down for the inner seal to ride on.....it is only about 3/8 inches wide.....all hack sawed and then used the grinder....no lathe in my shop.... Then I cut the spindle down and welded a section of the 3/4 inch bolt on the end...so easy a caveman can do it...well it looks like a caveman did it.... From the outside......still need to drill a hole in the bolt for a cotter pin..... Inside ...seal running on the trimmed bushing...... Total cost...... 2 hubs....33 bucks shipped...Surplus Center bushings, bolts, nuts......25 bucks....Fastenal 2 wheels.....20 bucks Less than 80....