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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?

Why....are the counting police coming for me? Glenn

Glenn, Does the valve cover on that blue engine have 4 or 5 bolts?

That would be a great motor for it

Geno already got all the tractors in Ky. That's why he is traveling out of state. Hello Joey and welcome to

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

It is not just Briggs. Wheel Horse went cheap on several models and the Kohler on my 310-8 has AC head lights (seem to be bright enough but she isn't used at night), and a 3 amp unregulated charging system. That is more than enough to keep the battery topped off and power some LED tail lights.

I'm a bettin' that you get that little gal working like new and showroom redi ... Nice find for your money

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

Glad to have you aboard. Now Geno has some competition and won't be snatching up ALL of the good horses in KY. We like pictures, so don't forget to post a couple when you get the chance.

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

that's a great picture!

I figured I’d post this one again. A 1972 Commando 800 and one of my favorite rebuilds. Purchased in the mid 80’s by my Mom, she used it in the original configuration for close to 20 years before her health told her no more. This is a well traveled Commando 800. I hauled it from northern Indiana down here and tore it completely down. The picture was dated 2005 and was taken in my backyard down here. I’m not sure if the camera date was set right but that sounds pretty close. The aging paint was stripped and repainted with Regal Red. The rear tires were upsized to 22-7.50 from my 76 B-80 as well as the original seat from that tractor, adding the seat pan for more leg room. Once completed the original 36†RD deck went back on and I hauled it back to Indiana for my grandson who is still using it on their 14 acres.

Very nice score, can't wait to see her all fixed up.

Its not that you selling tractors that makes guys mad its sometimes the way you go about doing it. I'd really really like to leave it at that.

heres some of the herd

"Spirit of 76" C-160, 73 12 8 speed "Ezra", 64 704 'Reddi" , 59 RJ "Redball Jet" and why not, 77 Power King "Elvis"

I was driving them around when I was five but then again we rode bikes without helmets, cars didn't have seat belts and our tractors didn't have a gazillion safety switches back then. For my girls I made extensions that clamped on using bolts as set screws so they were easy on/off.