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What better day than today to spend some QT with my dad making some new wheel weights. Better add a pic of us [emoji2]

Do you know what these are??? Today, anyone under 30 has almost no idea what most of these were used for. Times change. Memories...

Been looking for my first Wheel Horse and located just what I wanted. It's an 854. Like I was told on this forum, get ready for a road trip. So I did , my wife and I drove from Texas to Missouri and picked it up. We got home and I put a battery in it and it started right up, no smoke and it drives in all gears. Going to dig into it tomorrow to see just what I really have. The seller was nice and threw in an original pan seat . I'm happy with the 854 and will be asking a lot of questions of this forum. Thanks.

Just need to drill some holes and counter bore them. And slap some shiny paint on them. And on the tractor!

Its starting to look like something Second lathe getting set up to turn weight #2

I bought this at Harbor Freight yesterday at the big tent sale all weekend. As u can see with the improvement it is at working level now not on the ground. No more bending over and straining the neck to see what I am working on almost eye level and under a $100.00. Enjoy the video. Gary B..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wOgcoIXLZ3c

Awesome!

Here are photos of my 653. It is 100% original. Even the carburetor looks like it has never been touched. Although not currently on tractor I believe I may have the original battery that came with it. Also not pictured is a never mounted plow with the hardware still in the sealed bag. Tires still have a lot of the "knibs" on them. Cas .

see if you have 12 volts at the voltmeter pink and black wires you have voltage at the gauges if the tach works the voltmeter watches rhe PINK wire

Those are really nice weights. Very sharp. I've thought about making my own, but the cost of steel is about what you could get the cast weights for use. Of course if you have a spare hunk of 11" round rod laying around taking up space, what the heck... nothing like a custom look.

Geno I now I am not in your league but I can do small jobs with this like Snow/Blower Jobs and Push Blowers and Push Mowers. I will be doing this on the side next year when I am retired. Just something to do to pass the time. Look for me on C/List I work cheap section. And thanks also Craig.

Would make it a lot easier to remember that way... where you left off with your dusting.

You should color code all the racks. And then keep a chart as to what tractor is on what rack. Then in 20 yrs. you can look at the chart and say Ok that 520 I rustled from Indiana is on the brown rack location F.

Everybody needs to look at the first picture so you will know what this rustler drives, and keep an eye out for him on the north side of the river

Dads the foreman of the tool and die room! Lucky me!

What better than to spend some QT with dad anytime, let alone making Horse stuff. And just where did you get all that fancy equipment?

Who's gonna own it next?? (Translation: I'm surprised trees grow in CT. Nothing seems to take root there!)

Thanks Guys! One of the construction workers that's working on the water main out front Said, "dang--what do you have their a Wheel Horse dealership or something?" I replied, "you aint seen nothing" He said, "you mean you got more and I said "yes lots more". he said your sick and I said thank you!

Hey Frank...at least he stopped and asked about it. We horse hunters have been doing that for years...looking down tree lines...along houses and barns. The difference...we stop and ask. It was probably Geno that stopped.

Geno wasnt in PA last week was he? Maybe he bought it so cheap the seller felt he stole it, lol

Here's pics of my 45 minute ride around the tree farm today. Got the fancy yellow saddle on the horse and leaving the pony at home! And Back home again!

Grade 5 will be fine... truthfully, Grade 2 (common zinc coated cheap bolts) are fine for most of the bolts in these tractors. The grading is the hardness of the bolt... what it's going to take to break it or shear it off. Most of the bolts on these tractors are just holding stuff together with very little shear forces in play. Using Grade 8 or 9 is a waste of money. Remember, the harder a bolt is, the more brittle it is.

Here is the tractor that I picked up off CL locally. I swapped the front and rear tires off another 520. It came with a very low hour 48" deck, tiller and 520 long snow plow. It has 650 hours and runs really strong. I mowed with it today and the deck is the most quiet and smooth deck I have ever used. I hope to paint up the wheels and buff it out and maybe new decals from Terry.

The 520H snow blower project is finished waiting for snow and the MTD 700 is cleaned and oiled and actually mowed the lawn Sat. So, today was the Commando's turn. This I what I started with. It actually runs and drives. After about 2 hours, I had this. An hour later Some of the crud I found Wonder how long it's been since this horse saw some maintenance. Hard to believe it could actually run in this condition.

Just brought home another load, a load of pallet racks to put Horses and Horse stuff on. 12,000 lbs per shelf rating should do it. Now I need a small electric walk behind forklift. If you guys want to organize and make more space this should do it. Got it all from a Surplus place in Indiana really cheap.

I think I'm going to look on Terrys site for a big horse logo. The entire plate thickness is 3.5"

The 5 gauges were the same, The HC had only one indicator light on the panel above the gauges. This is not a direct shot but you can see that besides the head light switch on the left there is only one indicator light on the right for oil pressure. I Like the larger air cleaner, the motion control on the floor, the maroon decals, the absence of the brand name Toro, and the faster speed. Many owners added the stainless steel cover over the muffler. The 520HC is my favorite horse. All ballz and built to work.

Shawn I see u have a lot of stuff on CL lately I been thinking of getting a hold of u to maybe corral some extra parts and hopefully get to see your awesome collection. I've still been thinking about the tractor u offered me with the 12hp magnum thinking maybe we can work a package deal?

Get leaked off at the guy who stole your girl & punch each others brains out . Back then in a couple of hours you licked your wounds & became friends again . Today , they call the SWAT team / FBI & the commander in chief & lock the school down .

Don't you just love it when you find answers to these kinds of problems. Trouble shooting electrical problems are always a headache. Especially since the 520 has a maze of wires going in all directions and circuits all seem to be interconnected.

Can't beat that price.

Very cool!

They should weigh about 80 ish each

I've been reading the last few posts. With my crappy eyes I thought I was reading SHIRTLESS wanderer!

Severed fingers would be my guess! Sorry, Geno... jk

I'm surprised you know about those. The 450 was the last of the gas start diesels. Dad had one of those, he also had a 540 tricycle he bought new, and a 68 756 turbo wide front end he bought new that we still have.

Only Clarkson and anyone who has rolled a Reliant says they are bad cars I like your thinking... Go for it Right guy's a bit of an update for you.. Work has been happening on Why Not, just not quite as fast as I'd like.. These two bits of blue box have been welded to the back of the body and screwed to the bench.. And a couple more lengths at the front.. These hold the bodywork in the right place so I can work out how the new chassis rails will run.. The time had come to get cracking on with building the rest of "Why Not's" chassis, but before I could do that I needed to make sure the rear axle was in the right place and would stay there.. So I dug out some old angle iron to make a pair of bolt on axle stands.. But how to find the center of the axle!! Not a problem... I bolted a thin steel plate over the hole and gently tapped around the edges of the bearing hole which kinda gave me an outline, but a rough one.. Once the plate was removed it had a nice smooth sharp bearing hole mark... Just right for marking out the middle The center mark was given a light nudge with a punch so it could be seen on the outside and then bolted back to the axle like so A view from the rear.. The axle is 100% in the right place now and is firmly fixed down to the bench.. And the prop shaft mocked up..

I miss the old fashioned hardware store that I grew up with. Stuff stacked to the ceiling, a crabby old man telling you what you need. Nails bolts and screws were stored in buckets, weighed and put in a paper bag. Now everything is on a computer, and hung on hooks in plastic boxes. Combine the computers, plastic boxes and the fact that so many retailers think that they deserve to be part of the new landed gentry and you get prices like we have. And everything is so far away now. My best hardware options are HD and TSC, both of which are on the other side of town. A twenty minute drive. There is a True Value (with crabby old men) in the next town over. I cannot remember the last time I saw an Ace Hardware.

Not tractor related but hey, sorta. I was at Home Cheapo yesterday picking up a few things work related and I needed a few washers. The washers I needed weren't much bigger than a quarter, they were about half as thick as a quarter yet they cost a quarter each! I've noticed prices sky rocketing on EVERYTHING lately..

I'm still working on a new formula. I have 3 games I've decided on. Still on the fence on the others. I'm taking Steve's picks adding them to Brrly's and dividing by 12. Then multiply that by 3. I'll take that number and add the number of snow plows Geno has and then multiply that by the number of items currently in Craig's magic shed. That number will go into a hat which I will pick out blindfolded.

Recently bought a 76 D-250. The ram that runs the snowblower and plow blade was leaking fluid.Brought the ram to the local hydraulic guy and he asked me to get a rebuild kit for it,because it is not a typical ram and he doubted that he would have the right parts.So I searched and then called the local wheel horse now "toro" dealer agreed with the wheel horse hydraulic manual and said for that ram(251238) it calls for a kit #101699,they could get one for $67.I looked on e-bay and a guy had a nos one for $42,so I snapped that right up!The hydraulic guy said it wasn't even close!The seals and wiper are metric sizes!Being that the tractor was built in Germany and sent to the US I assume the Ram was also built over seas hence the metric sizes. Have any of you D-250 people gone through this??There should be a D-250 club,not to separate ourselfs from wheel horse owners but due to the fact that the D-250 is a Unique beast(being built over seas) in itself, not sharing much in common with the USA built wheel horse.Real hard to find info on these tractors!

Reminds me of when I sold my Goldwing. Guy shows up in a beat up car and hems and haws about money. I still end up selling it for close to what I wanted. He comes back the next night with a new Escalade pulling a brand new trailer!

Original 1988 520H except for the deck was rebuilt and painted. Original 1994 416H. Still have some cleaning to do with it yet but it's getting there. My c175 is in really awesome shape for its age but I have not had time to give it some tlc since I brought it home.

What does the 'Lost In Space' robot have to do with this thread?? Seriously, we all need reminders. I almost lost sight in one eye from a blast of bleach at least 20 years ago, now I've have gotten lazy about eye protection. Glad you were one of the lucky ones John.

My 1989 520HC has hood louvers. I love the HC less gages, less chrome, swept front axle, and more speed...

I finished up the steering today. I replaced the two bushings on the steering system. I shimmed the smallest gear that works with the fan gear. I used 5000ths shim stock. I left the smaller block as it was. I felt it wouldn't have done much good to shim it. I now have 2" of play in the wheel. I'm very happy with that. It's the same amount of play as my other 520H that has 355 hours on it. Before I did this, there was about 4 1/2" of play. Next I'm going to clean the breather valve and baffle, cylinder head deposits and adjust the valves. How should I go about cleaning the breather valve and baffle?

All that dirt was preserving it. Glenn

I put Rim Guard in my tires. Payed $3.00 per gallon. 11 lbs per gallon. It is beet juice, molasses, and sugar, Good to -35. I used tubes, which I sucked the air out first and filled pretty much to the top. I got about 6.5 gallons in each tire. They are heavy....and did much grunting to get them mounted. I would like to get inside and outside weights also, if I can find some.