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I restored a 1957 Bolens super ride-a-matic Brian

Great pictures guys...love that Elgin Outboard. Well, Ive restored (re-built) a number of Wheel Horse transmissions again this year, but I got into fixing up a bunch of old chairs that have been over at my Mom's for years. I think I have done about 9 or 10 this year. Here is a couple of picks...

Didn't do anything non wheel horse, but did finish my lawn ranger and 58, and worked on a 59 and 57 that aren't done yet.

Just wondering what you restore when not working on your tractor. This is what I restored this year. first a 1929 Maytag washing machine motor then a 1947 Elgin outboard. Next a 1925 Stover 2hp hit & miss motor and finally my 1964/854 Wheel horse. Different challenge on each project, but the feeling was the same when they cranked over the first time.

Did a mechanical restoration to get this ol' back on it's feet... can't speak to what extent the operator got "restored" though.

Hi all, I was lucky enough to purchase Ian's, quite famous, 312-8! I picked it up yesterday and have done a few things to it today. It's definitely going to be a worker As it arrived.. Removed the deck: Ags all round.. Testing the ball hitch.. Snow blade mounted.. Thanks for looking! Tom

I only finished two projects this year but came close on a third. Here is my David Bradley finished, my 1958 Gravely L that I freshened to sell, and my MW Chor Trac all painted but not re-assembled.

got the new rod in the k181 tonight got it all put back together runs great going to try the plow out tomoworo sometime

A GREEN AND YELLOW TRACTOR!!!! I restored myself and you ain't gettin any pics!

I bought a 1958 RJ Wheel Horse December of 2013 located in Oklahoma and picked it up with five attachments in March of 2014. One of the attachments was a front cutter bar or sickle bar. The 32 inch bar is often seen on an RJ Wheel Horse. The front cutter bar actually started as an attachment on the Pond two wheel tractors and was converted/redesigned for the four wheel tractors Pond/Wheel Horse was making before 1958. I already had one of these front cutter bars and even though we had three RJ's I did not think we need two of these attachments as I had completely rebuilt the one we already had. I sold to another Red Square member and delivered to the "Big Wheel Horse Show" in Pennsylvania in June. Checking I found a two page operating and parts manual which I made a PDF of today and I am posting for others to use. One of the interesting instructions on the first page of the manual is about moving the cutter bar to the right side -as a side mount when cutting taller weeds ! This manual is for the 2 wheel Pond/Wheelhorse tractor. Here are some photos of the Oklahoma Cutter Bar: My restored Wheel Horse front Cutter Bar done in August 2013: Original Two Page Pond/Wheel Horse Cutter Bar Manual and Parts List:

I have restored a 10" Brinly moldboard plow.

My Renegade . Before & after .

Thanks Steve, here's a bit more for you to read Even though I have not posted anything about Why Not for a few weeks work has slowly been happening.. When I left off at the end of the last update I had just started making new wheel centers.. Like so Which eventually turned into this... The raised bit is a nice tight fit in the center of the wheel which means the new wheel center is centralized in the center of the wheel And from the outside it looks like this.. Please note the widened wheel rim was used for photographic purposes only and won't be going on Why Not.. Bolt holes drilled... The extra two holes were the result of me making a jig out of ally to drill the holes accurately.... The trouble with ally is it's rather soft to use as a jig and one of the new holes ended up a couple of mm's in the wrong place! Time to break out the welder.. Lot's of tacks to stop it moving with heat.. Fully welded in.. A mixture of neat strong welds and not quite so neat but still strong welds The blackish ring seen on the inside shows good heat penetration.. Next up was to remove the old wheel center... Once it was cleaned up you could see the join between the new wheel center and the old metal, so I carefully ground out a V along the join and.... Back filled the V with plenty of weld With the welds and the raised center carefully ground down to make it all smooth and level.. I could finally bolt a Wheel Horse wheel to a Reliant rear axle

I picked up the fittings that I needed to finish the plumbing on the lines today and some hoses resized for a better fit. After getting it all plumed up I started to fill it with oil and bleed the system. I found out 2 gallons was too much. I need to put some kind of sight glass to know the level of the tank. It squirted oil out the vent all over the place. [emoji107] too cold out to dig the hose and purple power to wash it off. Any how it works ok but I need to get a better belt. This cheep one stretched out fast! There was no feathering of the levers for slow movement. I am thinking it was the slipping belt causing this. I ran it many times through all the motions and felt the speed of the bucket up and down was very good. Tilt was a little slower but still very acceptable. Any how pics of the loader and 3 point on at the same time. This one has all 4 tires off the ground eaven know it doesn't look it the rears are about 1" in the air. Very happy so far [emoji3] It fits in the 12' deep shed with about 6" to spare.

I can't believe how much I have missed the "Tomahawk Chop". Can you tell I am being sarcastic??? I can't believe they allow that stuff in the Rose Bowl.

Well, not that I am happy abut how SEC has played becasue I had many picks with them, BUT I am happy that they are not dong justice to the SEC Conference. I thought it was supposed to be the toughest conference in College Football.... Does not apprear to be that way in the bowl games.... They sucked worse than the Big 10 last year! Rob

I can neither confirm nor deny the statements made here today ...

Thanks Steve ,, I am where I deserve to be ,, I had all my picks on a text thought about them .... sat there again - looked again and changed a few (5) winners that turned out to be losers . I played odds that these would be upsets. Only thing upset is my feelings.. By the way I know this member eats , sleeps , and dreams of #6. I got better things to do than that. Best of Luck to all those on the green side of the grass while I'm down here still lookin up.

Geno, or the ?

Hey,keep it under 10,000 RPM with that new rod in there.Just kidding.Nice tractor.Have fun with it.Happy New Year

TP Tools has everything you need for blasting Including the proper type of vacuum! http://tptools.com/

maybe this will help

The bearings are easy to replace I've done a couple I'll post a pick for the needle bearings and seals it looks worth saving

I dislike the new format too. Took me a while to figure it out. I also hate that you can't see who started a thread just by reading the header. You have to open it and scroll back to the top. Who ever created Tapatalk obviously doesn't use it.

New doors on the house, a new kitchen stove, and little trinkets. This was the year that my wife and I decided to put money in to the new house. My son Zach was the big winner with a new blade for his tractor. He was pretty excited when he went outside!

I always keep an eye out for my next scheme that may work, and one day that hair-brained scheme came my way in an ad on Craigslist that caught my eye. A listing stating a wheel horse collection was being sold off. Buying in bulk never scared me, and I always look for someone selling off bulk Wheel Horse items! So, naturally I called the man and was immediately interested in this scheme. When I mentioned it to another local collector (ricksrj58) this scheme came to be reality. Yesterday (New Years Eve) we made the 3 hour trek to take a look at what it was we may be getting ourselves into. We were pleasantly surprised to see most of the contents of the collection were quite nice and all quite useable parts. Along with a few attachments and even 3 complete tractors! We made a very, very fair offer, and they accepted! We brought the first load home with us last night, it was all of the stuff that sat outside. Upon digging through the items, none of us could identify some of them. Not only would I like this thread to document this lifetime collection, but use it to help identify some of the unknown parts. Below will be the photos of the first (of at least 3) load. Tomorrow I will start sorting the parts and begin listing them on eBay. The parts in this load are mostly Raider, Commando, Charger, Automatic, Electro, and no name tractor parts. As I sort I know there will be many unidentified parts and so will start the game of wheel horse parts trivia! I hope you guys can help with the identification of some parts. Here are photos of the first load. More pics to come soon, and more loads to come this weekend

Got out to the barn today, the 953 measures 70" long, 36 1/2" rear width and 33" front width. I think it is about 650 to 700 pounds if I remember right. Happy Trails bringing back a few new members of the herd.

Lowes carries Valspar but nothing in the way of restoration series paints..

Yep...3 pretty good games today. The Big 10 held their own...I think. The Wisconsin game was a good one to watch also, but what a great game for Michigan St.. :happy-jumpeveryone: BTW...I think Minnesota played a great game also against Missouri...they were in it. Watching the Oregon / Florida St. game. Is John Deere Oregon's largest sponsor ??? Holy Cow, can't see them guys in the grass...except for their shoes.

outstanding!

Too much work, and it seems like everyone must have gotten Christmas money or something, I sold 3 things on CL today. Not tractors, other stuff.

Thanks k2wilson. Ironman no issues to my knowledge,a lot of companies and models used the Ross box. From what I have read Wheel Horse switched because they couldn't get enough Ross steering boxes to keep up with production. As for the spindles,I would say no because the ones on this tractor look fine after 50 plus years but this is the first 953 that I recall ever seeing with this style of spindle so I really don't know.

Sorry I'm Late Steve too Much Capt'n Last Night!

I actually felt sorry for the Ol'Miss Q-back - he took a beating. He didn't have time to do much and was always under pressure and like you said wasn't very good at avoiding the rush. His O-line sure didn't help him any. When the "wildcat" Q-back was in he struggled as well and he is fast.

If you said he was "Cutler-esqe you wouldn't have had to type all that and everyone would have understood what you meant!

Geno's been to busy helping me and my ball joints ... lol Think He's been working on one to get it sold, has quite a few issues to address before he'll let it go out the door...

A 12' x 16' Tuff shed with heat and electricity. Set for construction Monday Jan.5th. really looking forward to getting out of garage.

Another success story Keep that old Horse running!!

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How bout that TCU game! Complete domination of the only team to beat Alabama. Got to give Ohio State fans some positive vibes and a little more confidence.

I agree it's terrible

yes, and I hate the format now. cant work out where timeline has gone either.......

No luck yet with the flintlock. Plenty of doe, but Owen is holding out for a buck. We are getting some quality time together in the tent. Hoping the other three Grandsons follow Owens lead, and catch the hunting bug.

My Horses aren't big enough to handle the mowing and pick up but...They make it a lot easier to put the equipment in the tight spaces of the barn. I have never mastered backing up a 4 wheel wagon, the front hitch makes it much easier.

Heres a shot of the - rather worn - spindles on my well documented 1054 s/n 50203, as can be seen they have the gussets.

416-8 with a 60inch blade and chains

Well the old bird is starting to come together... the rear drive is completely rebiult and she is standing on her own feet!

hi again this is just a test photo to see if I have it right please bear with me first time I ever did this I warn you she is not fully dressed missing some of her clothes I will get a shot of the light switch install in the morning

tt well I did not have to pull the dash pulled the 2 bolts from the pto bracket unhooked the throttle cable slid the bracket of the throttle cable. installed the switch in that hole tt pointed out, oh had to disconnect the pto rod no big deal installed the wiring put her back together and whala bug eyes well thanks to you tt no more holes and looks really good thanks to all who gave me suggestions I really appreciate your help dave sr happy new year to all you guys

last summer i traded for a 520. i wanted a 520 for a dedicated snow blower tractor for my 2 stage blower and hopefully ad a cab to it down the road. i was told when i got it that it possibly had a bad trigger on it. my friend that i got it from took as a trade in and hadn't fooled with it. the po had taken it to another dealer and they told the po that it needed a trigger other things and wasn't worth fixing. i thought i was told the coil had been replaced but don't remember for sure. any way i brought it home and cleaned the carb and checked the trigger, it checked out ok so i proceeded to get it fired up and added my 2 stage blower. it ran okay but not great and started harder then i would have liked to have had. i changed the spark plugs out and that helped but didn't correct the hard start especially when cold. when cold you would have to crank and crank on it to get it started. i tried several different things to get it started like spraying carb cleaner in it and nothing helped, finally last sat i tried to start it and almost gave up. i needed to carry a heavy motor out of the back of the shed and the dang thing wouldn't start. ​ i walked away and got another tractor and cart to help hall the motor to my truck and decided to try one more time and luckily it did start. it always would start after the first cold start and it had some stumble when throttling up around mid range rpms. i was so disgusted i was ready to swap motors on it. so i talked to my friend who i got it from and he suggested plug wires and check the coil. i replaced the wires last night and still no start. so i found a used coil that i had laying around and hooked it up and it fired right up. i just went out to the shed and tried it again and it fired right up. so i think i fixed it for now till something else goes lol . so i thought i would share my experience with everyone else and hopefully help somebody else out of a jam since this is my blower tractor i needed to be able to depend on it and i wasn't sure that i could till now. so now i feel a lot better eric j