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Not sure it's calender worthy but here are a couple of pic that I took over the weekend with my senior in background , the rainbow appeared for just a couple of minutes & may never appear here again. .

Ok guys. Me and the brother just picked it up. The 50 dollar wheel horse. The owner let me have it for 40 dollars. 10 bucks off. At least it was saved from the scrap heap. AND only about 3 miles from my home. Glenn

Here it is 4:00 in the morning and cant sleep, up looking for something to work on As I wrote in another post that I am being treated for cancer. I feel like 40 again. The Oncologist told me it would be like this .He also told me it will not last for long. He said next week I will be sick as hell. This is because of the Steroid in the chemo. I just keep going and going,up and down the stairs,cleaning things up, moving things.LOL it's cool to remember how you felt and what you could do. This lead me to the subject of steroids and sports, I don't know how but the connection came up.I am certainly no athlete. But this episode of my steroid use has made me believe that any award given, and any bonus paid to an athlete should be taken away.The award and money should be given to the next player who is willing to be tested and passes the drug use. I know I could not be doing all I am doing now without the drug. And I'm not just talking steroids, I mean all performance enhancing drug. OK that's my enhanced rant for today,so there's no charge

Been a few weeks since I had any seat time so my yard was out of control with leaves. I just did a motor swap on the 312-A so that's part of my reason for being down for a bit. Here are my twins ready for duty Here is my Wikco sweeper that was purchased way back by my grandfather which he used with his 1985 312-8. These sweepers and parts can still be purchased, price tag today is 1299!!! I save it from the weeds after it sat for a few years cleaned it up and painted it wheel horse red. Have a wheel horse decal for it but haven't put it on yet. With some good ground speed I was able to get the sweeper pretty full All together I was out for about 3 hours and figured I dumped the sweeper 50+ times and also filled my 3 place snowmobile trailer 3 times. I was the good neighbor though and did my next door neighbors front yard. I should have taken a pic of that because her leaves were so deep I thought about going to mount the snowblower attachment Hope you guys enjoy the photos!!

that's a great picture!

A well deserved rant and oh so true. Our prayers are with you for a complete recovery. Hang tough and rant all you want.

Took a 2hr road trip for this one. 1055 with push blade, grader blade, duals and HL lights. Can anyone tell me about the lenses for the lights, are these correct? If so how common are they? Thanks for looking Tom

Bob, your picks look good. He's just whining because his nw puttycats got there butt handed to them!!!! I'm undecided on the last game so time will tell Maryland got "Lucky"

lost my senses awhile back and bought this wheel horse senior that needs help bad. It started when I called about an add on craigslist from a gentleman selling a wheel horse collection but there were no pictures or any tractors listed. when I called I asked what do you have for sale and he replied what are you looking for Sooo for the heck of it I said a wheel horse senior there was a moment of silence then he said I have one but I was not going to sell it . so we talked for awhile and found out we knew who each other was from the wheel horse show he was looking for some information I had so we traded e-mail address and hung up later I e-mailed him the information we was looking for and told him that if he ever decides to sell the senior to let me know. about two months went by and I received an e-mail from him wondering if I was still interested in buying the senior well one thing lead to another and a deal was made and now I have my work cut out for me too save this one this one will be a learning experience Brian

Just finished this one for a friend, B80 with 12hp kohler

I'm new to red square wanted to post my first resto projects 64 1054 and a 68 lawn ranger already got a ton of great info from this forum

Just brought home a 520-h here are the raw pics. Have not touched it other than backed off trailer and tested the mower. got the wagon in the deal too! Looked up numbers and looks like a 1991. Motor runs great hydro works great po said mower cuts uneven. will keep u posted on cleanup.

Picked up an almost new brinly rear grader blade sun afternoon. Its 38" wide, and am thinking of making it up as a mid mount blade and also still be able to mount on back aswell. What do you guys think?

Brain, Don't even mess with that steering assembly. I have one in better shape you can have. Jeff

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Dealers no longer have these available, so we are reproducing them: (Note: only have Red available, until early December; will be making more this month . . . ) 1.5"ID Red Front Wheel Rubber HUB CAPS These are available in RED, Black and Ivory/White and will fit every 1.5" wheel hub. Our Reproduced Logo Hub Caps will also come with a pair of 1.4" Black or Red "Upper Spindle Caps" (tell me which, otherwise we'll send black) to fit over the upper axle end, (see examples lower left in the photo), that is where most of the dust, dirt & water gets down & in. These are all 'fresh', newly made parts by us here in mid-MI. The logo we use is about 30% larger than the original . The majority of factory Hub Caps used were RED, but White & Black were issued on some models. Be sure to measure your Hub size, these fit onto a 11/2"OD Hub. Be sure to tell me if you want the Black or the Red uppers, and which color Logo Hub Caps; Red, Black or White, otherwise we'll send Red. $20 /pair, including the uppers, plus $2.50 First Class shipping. Extra -- Black or Red UPPER 11/4" Spindle caps are only: $1 @, or 6/$5 or 12/$8 (plus shipping) Prefer personal check or m.o. over PayPal (or just add their 5% service fee): Combine orders to save, contact me for cost.-GlenPettit@WheelHorseForum.com . ( for PayPal transfers, use: GlenPettit@WheelHorseForum.com ) Glen Pettit * 1541 N. Michigan Road * Eaton Rapids, MI 48827-9225

What he said.^^^ There may be nothing wrong with that motor other than a float valve leaking. A carburetor kit could be all it needs.

right pulley Glenn just on backwards Brian

looking at the stuff that is coming out of the oil hole, looks a lot like the oil a mate of mine had in his home made atv, it had a carb that didn't stop overflowing, might want to check that and get it running for now so you can test the trans and deck Koen

How come I can never find deals like that?

I am not a big proponent of filled tires, but I know that many of you are and have been using that technique successfully for many years. It has been over 40 years since I took Engineering Mechanics, but I do remember that rotational inertia must be counterbalanced by the strength of materials. Inertia can be your friend as well as your enemy. It is a good thing the designers of the WH Unidrive way back in the 50's over designed the pinion and differential gears or else those tranny's would be littered with broken gear teeth. Weight placed close to the center of rotation is a bit easier of the drive train. But hey, who am I to argue with success. If it works, go for it!

Here is the one I made for my 312-8 afer the original rusted through. I made it from stainless & copied the original down to the internal volume, # of holes in the tubes etc because it is fitted with the Walbro non adjustable carb, but then bought a Kohler carb from Joe's outdoor power, it is very quiet Doug.

hello guys and girls i made a trailer to a short film i will be making (of coarse it features my tractor) its a spoof of the fast and furious francise) sort of a joke type video if you ask me. enjoy james

The odds are posted. My SWAG picks were almost spot on (not that it means anything) with the exception of Northwestern being 1 point favorites. I don't always go with the favorites and with it being a home game for Northwestern (puttycats? ) they could pull it off. I'll stick with my gut feeling on that one. I do like donuts

You gotta change those brake pads Geno.

A lot of work is right! Great job!! Just do us a favor and don't end up like Paul Walker ok?

Thanks Steve but ask Rob what happens when you change your picks The way I figure it, I'm not doing so well with my usual method so why not change things up. Wait a minute.......change 4 picks??

Yeah it's going to be a great hangout for us guys who live close! Steve's even gonna let me keep my restored horses in there so I can free up some room in my workshop. Hopefully we can get the roof and siding finished this week. With any luck the main guys building it will get the doors and the rest of the windows installed and it will be weather tight.

This one is not mine, but very famous. The cup not the guy holding it.

Not sure if this should be posted in this section, or in the "Other Brands" section. Feel free to move this if need be Karl. There has been quite a few people that have fitted these engines to Wheel Horses, and there is quite a bit of info on how to do the swap. However I haven't seen too many pictures of the inner workings of one. From the reviews I've seen, most people have no problems with them, but a few have had problems straight away. I have read that there is more than 50 different companies in China building these engines, and some are Yanmar clones, and some are clones of Yanmar clones . A friend of mine came across a guy who was selling some 10hp clone diesel engines cheap. The catch was that they were generator motors with the tapered crankshaft. You can buy a new straight (1") crankshaft for $80, so I decided to take the plunge. If this motor ever runs again, it will probably be in this guise: Got a little suspicious when I saw this sticker: Will probably need Chucks (SOI) help to figure out the electronics on this. There was carbon in the exhaust port, and traces of oil on the dipstick, so it obviously had been run at the factory. So after dropping it on the chassis to see if it would fit I started the process of swapping the cranks. Flywheel off, and cheap nasty looking stator revealed: Other side engine cover off and the internals are revealed: Whatever oil was in the crankcase has turned to a thick sticky treacle goop in the bottom of the crankcase. No evidence of any metal particles either in the crankcase or on the oil filter screen. A closer look at the "treacle": However this is what the PTO side main bearing looked like: Deep scores, obviously caused by particles of something passing through the bearing. The big end bearings look better - that is to say not scored up, but ugly wear marks nonetheless: The ball bearings on the other end of the crank, both ends of the balance shaft and on the cam feel awful. I haven't washed them up yet to see if they have crap in them, or whether it is just the treacle gumming them up. Severe galling on the follower that drives the fuel pump off the cam (sorry for the bad pic): And this surprise when I lifted off the valve cover: You can see the exhaust rocker missed its little socket completely. Yes this pushrod is now bent. That's about as far as I have gone with the teardown so far, at this stage I might as well pull the piston and reassemble the thing from scratch. Havent looked at the oil pump yet, I'm suspecting its not too good.

They're not quiet by any means even when they are right, you may be hearing the normal noise. Can you upload a vid of it?

Is this homemade or something different? What is the motor, I see no nameplates on it or anything. Runs like a top!!!

Yes. I think everyone here buys them from Terry (the link above), no complaints at all.

Good looking tractor! Definitely worth trying to save in my opinion. It does look lost in that massive trailer tho . Mike..........

Great start to a project, good luck on gettin it going again!

John, there is a movie title for your picks..."Bye Bye Brrly".

Hi, Thanks Garry, I hope it does. I will find out when it arrives. Tom

Tecky's making a comeback!

Steve - well, if you remember, my first week of picks, started off with 3 losses right away. I had somehow overlooked the picks. Instant loss. Then it just got worse, Each time I picked Iow or Northwestern to win, becasue they were the favorded team, they would not come through. Add to it, (2) new teams that nobody really watched or cared about i the past. You have a great combination for some terrible picks.... No excues though, it's football! Rob

Rob, Thanks for the complement. I have enjoyed the 314 since I've had it. I got some wheel weights which should help this year. That snow last year was an unusually large amount and it really caught the city off guard. If you google "raleigh snowmagedden 2014" you will see the picture that went viral last year with the car on fire and the Fred's beds truck that is stuck in the middle of the road. Nobody knew the snow would be that bad and when it came down at such a fast rate, all the schools and businesses let people out at the same time. The roads were gridlocked and people were stranded in their cars. Nice xi by the way! Looks like you are ready to rock and roll.

You need to save it even if you just buy it and sell at least it will go to a wheel horse person and maybe have a better life

Hey Bob, looks sharp and ready for action! I still have one more week of cutting and two more weeks of leaf sweeping before I convert my machine for winter duty. I hope your snowblower belt woes are behind you now!

I've had a lot of people try to figure mine out and they never come close. I started using cruisnblue in 2003 when I bought a new '03 blue PT Cruiser. I was also a fastpitch and slowpitch softball umpire at that time. Players affectionately called us "Hey Blue" because of the color of our umpire uniforms. So, I was the Blue with the Cruiser. Then about a year later 2004, I bought a 1960 era early modified vintage dirt track race car that was pretty much junk, apparently a race car that somebody starting building in the early '60s but was never finished. I have been a dirt track racing fan all of my life and this car reminded me of the old race cars from the '60s when I was a kid. It took me about six years to finish this car and now the past four years, I've been driving this old race car at show and exihibition track time events at all of the local south central PA dirt tracks when they have vintage race car nights. I was 48 years old when I bought this vintage race car, painted it metallic blue and put a number 48 on it. So, now I am cruisnblue48.

I was doing the math and figured out that Iowa and Northwestern are responsible for 7 of my 21 losses...so far this season. That is 1/3 or 33.3%. I'm 50/50 with Northwestern...4 wins and 4 losses. I have actually done better with Iowa...5 wins and 3 losses. You would think that I could figure this out...and I would think so also...until I looked at the games for next week. Iowa is at Minnesota and Michigan is at Northwestern. Give me a break... Put that with Ohio St. at Michigan St. next week and I think we will finally see some movement in the standings. The other 2 games are Penn St. at Indiana and Wisconsin at Purdue...so we all will get at least 2 wins next week. My congratulations to Jackhammer and Horsefixer for their Perfect Slates this week...those 2 and myself were the only ones to pick Maryland over Penn St..

Probably already been there.

I do want to get mine out too.

Decided on a bit of a tidy up, so put the horses to work in the woods moving a few tons of stone. Some pieces were pretty big and required special treatment....project bendy handled it with ease One of my sons tried to help but his C-121 is no match for the slope out - lucky for him we could tow him out Here's a few pics and a video... http://youtu.be/La0LFlOp6a0

Agree with Bob,, paint marker is the way to go, but like hammerheads idea too.. this is my 701 done with a paint marker

Didn't think they had the balls to carry a plow... let alone, actually push one. OH SNAP! Did I just say that out loud?