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Hope this is the place to share this. finally edited some video of the day I let My Grandkids take the Lawn Ranger for a ride on the north lot. Brought back the memories of my first solo. It made their summer.

Worked on the 520H I purchased yesterday as it was missing pretty bad. Last night I thought I had a bas head gasket on the rear cylinder, however I took a good look at it this morning and seen some blow by around the rear intake manifold. Took the muffler and tin off to get to it and removed the manifold to find the gasket was shot. Installed a new intake manifold gasket and presto, problem solved. Mowed my lawn and clean her up a bit. I had two others out playing so I took a picture of the three I had out today. 520H, 520H and a 418A. My other 520H didn't get to play today, she's getting ready for surgery.

Using the words "Indiana" and "defense" in the same sentence is an Oxy-Moran. Ya, Squonk...and if I had luck in this hand and $#it in the other...and I clapped them together...I'd be having a doughnut by now.

AJ's probably right but if Notre Dame keeps playing like they did last night they likely will be battered and bruised before their next Big 10 match up. I think the biggest shocker to me was how the Indiana defense handed Bowling Green the last minute win. With my uncanny lack of skills in picking football winners I better enjoy what will probably be my only week for bragging rights.

Brought home 520H #3 yesterday. I must have a hole in my head for bringing home another Wheel Horse. I think this makes 27 total now and I cant stop looking. Anyhow I went to an estate sale yesterday and found this 1989 520H with a 48" deck, plow, chains, wheel weights, mid mount grader, tiller and a pull behind spreader. Needless to say it found it's way on my trailer and to it's new home. It was running rough and initially I was thinking that it might be running on one cylinder. I sprayed a little water, from a squirt bottle on the cylinders with the engine running and got steam from each one. So I determined she's running on two. Then I sprayed a bit of starting fluid on the front cylinder and nothing changed, so I sprayed some on the back cylinder and she smoothed right out for a moment, so today I get to replace a head gasket. All in all it's in pretty good shape and should make an awesome snow removal tool this winter. It came with 4 really nice hub caps that should look really nice on one of my Suburban's or RJ's. My goal is to have a 520 for mowing, one for snow blowing and one for snow plowing without having to change attachments or maybe my goal is just having one more to tinker with who knows. Like I said---hole in the head.

I'm a B1G fan but I'm also a realist. This conference is not going to get better with games like Ohio State vs. Kent State. The Big Ten needs to start playing the better SEC teams and beating them to get some respect.It's that simple. I don't know what genius thought up B1G vs. MAC but he should have been strung up by the short hairs for that idea. Talk about a deliberate weakening of the conference. :*****: Ok, climbing off my now. P.S. I don't agree with everything Rob says..

You Purdont! :lol:

I use brake cleaner. Same material on the clutch as rear brakes.

I had a good experience with Fastenal also. I was approached to help ship a Snapper push mower for a gentleman outside McLean, VA. I packaged it in a box and strapped it to a pallet. It cost the guy $90 for Fastenal to ship it from Gaylord, MI. It was an easy process and I will consider using Fastenal again.

My L-107 cost $479.35....in 1967..., still working Plugged the amount into an inflation calculator. It would now cost $3,419.32

And a little more done today. I had to do some work for my Dad this weekend so garage time was really tight.

Very doubtful!!! So how's Northwestern doing this year Steve? Boom-shak-a-laka, botta bing!! I bet that is one timeout that Kirk Ferentz called that he Wished he wouldn't have, :03 left, he called timeout a split second before the kick, trying to ice the kicker well he got the timeout and the kick went wide left, second attempt he put it thru %&$#@@##$$$%%% I don't know exactly what I said but it wasn't good

Don't bring it.....lol Glenn

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:

No braggin' that week was terrible! John, this is why I absolutely loath Iowa! I root for them and they disappoint me each time I pick them! < Not going where this went last year, but . Indiana and BG was a toss up, the second hand was on the 12 when I looked up, so I had to toss a coin.... Heads, I lost!

Yes, hydros need to be ran at full throttle and speed adjusted with the motion control lever.

If its the GT-1100, GT-1142, GT1600 or a GT-1642 its an 8 speed. The only WorkHorse hydro's were the GT-1800 and GT1848. Mike..............

You can try the Seafoam treatment. It is probably some debris in the carb as I have had it happen to me exactly as you wrote it. Take the top off the carb and remove the float and clean the bowel out as best you can then spray out all the orifices with Seafoam. I have even left Seafoam in the carb for an overnight then blasted it again before putting everything back together. It will make a difference!

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

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

Your GT 14 should have a Sundstrand 90-2062 hydro. My C models have 90-1136, 90-1140, or 90-2046 hydros. So I am not familiar with yours, but mine all have been converted from transmission fluid to 30wt motor oil. If yours has transmission fluid (RED) now I would stay with that. If it has oil (TAN) now stay with 30WT oil. There is only one lubricant for the axle and tranny. They share the same oil or fluid. The TOW VALVES on mine are on the left side. One is petcock type 1/4 turn valve under the flip up seat on top left. The other one is a slotted screw one turn CCW to open valve behind the left foot rest on the left front of the hydro. I'm sure a member familiar with your 90-2062 hydro will help out.

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!

Do any of you guys remember the first time you sat and drove a horse? Today was my first time and I had to check my draws for brown stripes....lol I just shut it down and let my son drive it off the trailer and around the field for a bit. I just bought a 1975 D-200 with attachments which was posted in an earlier thread. I'm a large guy and the steering wheel is real real close to the bread basket. My son Ben and I will have to make some changes this winter..... Anyways, when running her thru her attachments we found the front plow doesn't have enough down pressure.....must be a adjustment underneath for sure but we didn't have time to look too close. The PTO belt is hurtin' because the tiller was bogging down along with the mower so I am off tomorrow to order a new one. I read the manual several times on operating this puppy, er horse, and all my son suggested was "Dad, all you need is more seat time" I am sure he's right, I just never drove anything like a horse before. Any suggestions and I do mean any, will be appreciated short of driving off a cliff.......been there done that. Thanks, John

One word description. AWESOME! Glenn

Nice string.....better switch out a couple decks for blowers though. 44F here this AM and the leaves are-a-fallin.

That's a lot of big tractors you got there.

Haha ok maybe I should say snow/dirt blade... thank for keepin me on my toes Geno... [emoji12]

You can find them right for sure. Jusr bought mine 2 weeks ago for 75 $ with a deck and found the blade under his deck too! In very good shape other than the motor..

Ok so not a lot of updates for the weekend had my daughters 1st birthday party on Saturday, hanging deer stands and painting the front door with the misses only left a few hours to work on the horse. But here is what I got done. Removed a few pieces for clean up and wire wheel. So I decided I needed to see some fresh shiny red color.. I also have all of the front axle parts waiting in my car to take to work for parts washing and sand blast tomorrow on my lunch break. Here is how she looks now

The one I just bought did that. Cleaning the carb took care of it.

So, i think my recently acquired 518xi was home to a mouse, or several. The last time i mowed (only the 2nd time), the temp gauge was just past 3/4 by the time i was finishing up. It was a pretty hot and humid day. But, i started researching, and it seems that's a bit on the hot side. So, i started pulling stuff off the motor. I pulled off the filter assembly, then the gold colored plate on top of the carb. I found some of what looks like mouse bedding. Blue thread mixed with mossy stuff. I started digging deeper, and found more. I took my air compressor out, and got the air gun going. I blew everything out as best i could. It took forever. Covered my garage with dust. Got tons of crap out. I even found some mouse fur, attached to what might be a piece of a mouse. So, do i need to pull the motor and clean this thing real good? How urgent is it? I don't have a lot of free time at the moment. I also don't have a hoist. Thanks.

Loved It, My oldest daughter is 33 lives 900 miles away. But always ask you still have the red tractor.

I believe pricing depends on who's selling ,who's buying , what someone wants for it, what someones willing to pay for it, the condition, where the tractor is, whats it going to cost to travel to get it or ship it...etc. - ect. I've bought several Lawn Rangers priced from" FREE" to as much as $500. can also depend on anything included with the tractor. I'm guessing this also is true in the UK. It just depends....Good luck and just keep an eye out for the good deals

I'm sticking with the cam shaft being worn. The pump should throw fuel half way across the room when the line is disconnected from the carburetor. If you have a spare fuel tank from another tractor, hook it to your carburetor and gravity feed fuel to it by holding it above the carburetor. I bet it will start and run. This will tell you two things. One the carburetor is good and two the cam is worn. If it does not run, you know your carburetor is clogged but you still may need a cam.

If I am understanding you properly, you are saying that when the hose from the pump outlet to the carburetor inlet is disconnected, you get a steady pulse of fuel when turning over the engine, yet there is no fuel in the carburetor bowl when you remove it? That sounds to me like the float valve in your carburetor is stuck closed.

I was Horn-Swagled!!!

More is always better.

Looks good hodge. Good goal. One each for each chore. Best of luck. Glenn

Man this is going to hit the news one way or another! Good, bad or indifferent -necessity is the mother of invention!

Here's a pic of the GT1100 that I redid this spring. It's all Wheel Horse! The only things I saw different were ... No height adjustment for the lift lever and ofcourse the Briggs motor. It runs and mows as well as a Kohler. And it is 30 years old.

WT-EFF? Chicken plucker you say?

Just got home......yes it was a very small show with no vendor area, but it was cool to just hang with the crew and yak about whatever (and tractors). It sprinkled once or twice but not enough to wet anything much. Here's the crew: (Left to right) Russ, Karl, Craig, Jeff and me. I took these before Craig got there: Mike............

From all of us that couldn't make it - Thanks for the pics and vid showing us around the place!

Dexron 3 (most auto part stores have a universal ATF for Dexron and mercron's older versions) You do not need the latest types. 4-5 qts

Thanks Garry! Sorry? You've been helpin' all for a long time! Thanks again, and again, and again, more. The Briggs engines do have a bit of negative attention, don't know why. Briggs have been in my barn for many years, they work.

How on Earth does she get all that done? We should call her Wonder Woman.

When I was young (MANY years ago!!) and had no money and drove some real clunkers I would put rings only in some really fonky looking bores and more times than not I would luck out and they would seat, or at least cut oil consumption/smoking quite a bit. Mic that cyl out and if only slight wear, throw some rings at it, should be less than a $100 so it anit gonna hurt the pocket book much.

Well i have not posted pict of the load of implements i got erly this summer.. but i got some really nice but rusty stuff... i got this winch that has been on a 1054 and it is bought as a wheel horse implement on this side of the pond.. not sure it you guys have something like this on your side of the pond.. when ill got it it was rusty etc etc since it had been sitting in the woods for about 10 years.. covered whit some steel/roof.. i have had it apart and went thru all bearings and chains in it, And i have fab up a new bracket so it now fits on the quickattach.. and gave it a new coat of paint.. so here you have some pict of it.. Time to get some paint on it So im almost done whit it.. just need to fab up a belt pulley on it since that one was gone when ill got it.. and some small more parts to paint and it is ready to be used!!! Lars

I have two of these units. One I found at a local flea market (seller had no idea what it was nor the value) and the second one was previously restored which I found at the show in PA this year. IMO they are rare and you should buy them if you come across them at a decent price. I have some NOS knife blades if you are in a pinch as well. Not sure how rare they are tho. I had to fabricate the engaugement pedal on mine. Fireman and I were able to do it. I think those measurements are on here somewhere. I also posted a video here of the the sickle bar unit mounted on my 58 RJ cutting some high grass. Check it out..