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I have just about completed my 854 project and it looks good, in fact my wife stated this morning that she wants her own Wheel horse. She has been very supportive of this project so why not restore one for her. We got hooked on antique engine and tractor shows this year and love it. All I need to do is find a 1965 or earlier that needs a good home. We love this hobby.

Working with fiberglass is over rated... if you can machine a stainless tractor you can mix epoxy and watch it cure... Hell I used a trash bag as a release agent. There is not one hint of filler on this hood, just a coat of primer surfacer, base coat red and unwet sanded or buffed clear.

MY STEERING WHEEL IS GARBAGE The original wheel is made by a company called SHELLER after some searching on the net I found one I could use as a replacement also made by sheller with a slight difference the new one is for a 3/4" tapered spline shaft and the original is for a 3/4" tapered key shaft found this NOS military surplus wheel on E-Bay vintage WW2 looks to be a exact match to the original First thing I did was use a tapered 3/4" pipe tap reamer to remove the splines then I made a small fixture and tapered broach guide for a 3/16" broach to cut a new key way the small alum fixture is to hold the wheel at the correct angle so the broach is straight up and down after cutting Brian

After reading Firpo701's thread, I decided to describe my recent experience with modern medical science. I was at the Doc's for the 6 month visit necessary to get my med scrips renewed (you all know the deal) and after listening to my heart, the nurse asked me if I ever been told that I had an irregular heartbeat. Well, as it turns out, I had atrial flutter, where the upper chambers of the heart beat irregularly. I was referred to the cardiologist, who told me he was handing me off to one of the "electricians" on staff. This man was in Maui on vacation, and had to wait a week for him to return. The first cardiologist, a "plumber" was concerned enough to call the Doc on vacation to give him a heads up. After pre admission testing and copays being paid, I found myself in the Levinson Heart Hospital at the Chippenham campus of Chippenham Johnston Willis Hospitals yesterday, being prepped for a esophageal echocardiogam (to check for clots in the atrial chambers) and a cardiac ablation procedure. The cardiologist uses a catheter to make scar tissue so the bad circuit is broken. All was a success, thank God, and I am home resting for a week. The only symptom I had was shortness of breath, and inability to carry a heavy load for long. I blamed it on being old, but by ignoring it, I had set myself up for a blood clot in my heart and a stroke or worse. Now I am wondering if the shock I got from an improper wire connection on a strobe power supply (that almost threw me out of the trunk of a police car) had anything to do with the bad circuit in my heart. As Firpo701 said, DON'T ignore things that don't seem right in your body. They don't always fix themselves!

THIS IS SO CLEVER...JUST THINK, A WHOLE NEW ART FORM !! -----

I just picked this tiller up and it seems to have the wrong engine on it compared to any other pictures I can find. The engine is mounted to a thick aluminum plate which is then mounted to the frame. The way the engine plate is mounted seems professional, possibly original. Engine is a cast iron Techumseh/Lauson 8HP. Any information on what I have here would be greatly appreciated.

Do a search on here. Much has been posted on the subject in the past couple of years. I can give you all the paint numbers for what I use at work, but unless you have access to buying powder from the big suppliers such as PPG or have a contact, the info will be useless. As far as colors go, I use Case IH Red (now called AG RED UD Polyester) for the red, some form of medium gloss black from either case ih (MS45 black UD polyester) or john deere (F9TR) The older off white I use is 'oyster white' which is an RAL 1013. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

BAD BOYS !! BAD BOYS!! Whatca gonna do when they come for you!

What a great score Brian! As for working with fibergalss... there is this idiot I know who made one from scratch for an RJ. I beleive he even has another one in the works...

A few more pics from my overloaded Wheel Horse gallery! 1958 Wheel Horse RJ with a Parker lawn Sweeper 1967 Lawn Ranger, L-157 with Wheel Horse dump cart 1978 C-121 with Wheel Horse Tiller 1963 Wheel Horse 633

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

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

Ive gotten some decks that looked worse than that and mowed nice and quiet one thing I've learned about these horses you can't judge a book buy its cover

All jacked up... as usual.

...and not a day over 62.

Guys came over today and started to install sliding doors and hardware.

Gerry - you may want to keep an eye on your wife wondering off to far, or for very long! She may get Horse knapped by someone looking for an individual to care for their horses!

Consider this thread Hijacked..

Save me some brownies! Don't let Jim eat all of them, it must have been one heck of a brownie the way those picks look, surprised you didn't eat the whole pan!

Today's word is eight! Please use eight in a sentence. " I watched her eat 2 hot dogs, and then she eight a bag of potato chips!"

One ah,ah,ah Two ah,ah,ah Three ah,ah,ah He is always watching Glenn! Careful what you ask for!!

I would say that Terry's decals are in many ways superior to the originals. But we also do have better materials today then they did back then.

I've got two and neither one of them run.

I think Martin works for a powder coat co. He does some really nice stuff.

Martin is the man for this question. Im pretty sure all of his tractors get powder coated!

I really need to find the aisle you are shopping on!

Surprised that no other damage happened considering the picture. I agree and good call on replacing all of them while it's apart. I'm sure others would help you out,..but everyone up your way is over @ Steve's building a barn.

There is a lot of awesome tractors on here so I'm not sure my black horse will make the cut but I'm going to try. So here's my '87 414-8 In order from beginning until now.

Here is one that I took a while back. I don't own one of the tractors anymore but I think that it is still a neat looking picture

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. .

My daughters 2000 jeep has 230,000 on it. No smoke but does leak oil. It has a leaking valve cover and hopefully thats the last I have to do to it for a while. I just put a fuel pump in it, radiator, hi flo water pump I had left from mine I never used, and a crank sensor, oh and a new coil pack, ecm, injector o-rings and fuel rail supply pipe, belt, headliner. Lol. Not much left to replace. She went to a friends to stay for a week and was supposed to leave her jeep at home so i could do the valve cover gasket but no..... She left it at her friends in thier barn. Rat decided to chew on her wiring harness at the #4 injector. Wires touched when she got back and drove it home. Shorted the ecm injector driver for that cylinder. Bought one used that was plug and play, HA HA. She has the security key option. Put old ecm back into the jeep and off to the dealer we go. $142 later it was programmed. While it was sitting in the mechanics bay(which was a friend of mine), the coil pack shorted. Off to napa for a coil I could afford. Drives it for a week and dies in school parking lot. Replaced the crank sensor while all her friends watch. 3 days later it starts leaking at the radiator tank seam. New radiator in and 2 days later, stalls at the gas station. I get it going and drive it home. Shuts off twice. Get it going and haul butt down the road and the hood flies up. Bends the bottom edge. But I did find the missing plastic piece for the injector wires i was looking for. It was jammed in the bottom of the hood lip. They are both black so you couldnt see it. Stalls 1/2 mile from the house and wouldnt do nothing. Towed it home with the C-81. Fought it for three days. Found a broken wire going to the coil pack behind the head. And I wonder why I dont get any tractor stuff done?

The dates for the next Annual Garden Tractor Daze have been posted. This is an all brands show at the fairgrounds in Portage Wisconsin, just about 10-15 miles south of the Wisconsin Dells. There is a swap meet area, and last year they had a Garden Tractor pull. I thought it was a great show, and am planning to go again. This year it will also be the 50th Anniversary of the Case Garden Tractors, celebrating the first (130 and 180) models. At the bottom of this post is a link to last year's thread on this show. It was a good time, and there were a few of us Wheel Horse guys there. Be nice to see some more this year. No matter what you want to bring, it's sure to be a great show! The following was posted by Bret Esse on the Facebook page. Here is a link to last years thread on this show.

Its nice she is supporting the hobby. Looks like she got bit by the bug too!

There is a dealer service bulletin from about 1992 that details how to weld brackets to the front of the 60" decks to add anti-scalp wheels. I have a 60" deck with this modification, and one without. I don't think there is any difference, and I woud not recommend putting in the work to add them.

Not to bore you with my story, but back in 1995 I was involved in a near-drowning incident. The only lasting after effect was atrial fibrillation. After a regimen of medications prescribed by my "electrician" cardio doc, semi-annual treadmill stress tests, and the realization that I had a problem, seven years later, the a-fib was gone. Now, 19 years later, I have lost nearly 50 pounds, walk 4 miles daily, and visit the cardio doc twice a year. Getting a "message" about your mortality can do wonders for getting you to take better care of yourself. Back in February, at age 64, I was cleared to run my first 5K race, and have done two more since. Had I not had the "incident" I probably would have either had a stroke or worse. Glad everything worked out for you :thumbs:

found one through a member that he is selling!! james

Brian, If you find the thread I made about the work I did on my Senior (now Neils), you will see that I found a replacement steering wheel, which Neil would have if Martino didn't swap it out for his . I was also able to rebuild the steering taking out all of the play. I found a donor steering column with the only difference being the length of the outer tube. I also spent months looking for steering parts. I even contacted a place in California that specializes in the Willys and parts for that specific Ross box are just not out there. When you get here I can go over with you using the one I have what I did to restore mine. I will also give you the info on where to get the replacement steering wheel. Jeff

Sent off a check this morning, can't wait to see them installed.

i like the 60" decks with the " shoes" on instead of the wheels. the ones with the wheels tend to make the front tires on the tractor push when turning because the deck carries the weight and makes the tractor push, were as the one with the shoes the tractor carries the weight and allows the tractor to turn. the problem come into play is more weight on tractor more stress on the frame. my 96 520 had a broken frame when i got it but it also had a valve seat out. the price was right so i bought put another frame in the tractor and fixed the valve seat eric j

And people wonder why I gave up working on cars. I was working at a Chevy place in late 80's to the early nineties and they acquired. AMC Jeep. Renault They were bad enough but then came the Eagle Medallion and Premier. Talk about junk!

point well taken John. Kudos. Glenn

Hmm why not just get a K&N filter??

Had some more help today and was able to get the upper deck railing built and the remainder of the back siding done. Thanks again Fireman and Cousin Timbo !!

some nice ones to choose from there, love the close up dirt......

Thanks Chasm. By all means Geno do the deed and call me. I bought a new seat for my rebuild and it stinks. I thought it was going to be a lot bigger than it was. The problem is it is high enough but to narrow for my big jackass. every time I make a turn I feel like I am going to slide off.

Here is a couple of my tractors, My gt14 Senior with our little overnight camper RJ 35 being guarded by my little west highland terroir Skye , who is blind Raider 10 being driven by grand daughters

This is my inexpensive GT14. ($20) The previous owner had a K301A motor mounted on it and that just wasn't going to work! He gave me this K301S and I installed it. I don't have any history on this motor so I didn't know what to expect. First attempt to fire it up with carb cleaner was a success! Looked like Westley's garage on "Last of the Summer Wine". Smoke rollin out the door! That was yesterday. This morning I put somemore parts on the motor and tried to start it with the temporary fuel cell. Would not start, no fuel to the carb. Removed the fuel pump and disassembled. I never saw so much rust in such a small space. (sorry, no pic of that) Wash it in the sink, reassembled and installed. Restart? YES! It runs on it's own . Even took it for a ride around the yard. Not too good up hills but the belt is way too long and slips. OK ... it's back to the garage. Here's the pics.