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Took the 520 with blower out to the pond to get the heavy snow off then used the GT1848 with blade to get a nice surface.

I FINISHED THE 310-8 TODAY,I JUST NEED A NICER SEAT. REPAINTED THE WHEELS,FRONT AND REAR AXLE,FOOT RESTS AND HOOD GRILL BLACK. THE REST WAS SOAP WATER AND POLISHING. YOU GUYS LIKE PICTURES HERE THEY ARE. I THINK I WILL SELL MY 1982 SK486 THAT I BOUGHT NEW. IT IS UNRESTORED $1500

Work on 520-HC is coming along. Foot motion control is installed along with new bushings throughout. Made new front axle kingpin and installed. Steering is now nice and tight. Dash and gauges are installed. Wire harness is awaiting the new 9 pin connector before being installed. Engine has had heads pulled , all carbon removed, valves set. No wear at all in the cyl. bores. Engine has also been cleaned and de-greased on the exterior. Once new 9 pin connector is installed, engine will be re installed. Cleat

Yes, I did. I lucked into a guy with a 4x4 tow truck with a snow plow. He had to plow a path on a ridge at the rear of our property. Only able to get about 100' from the pond he had to winch it out. The tractor kept catching on the ice and he actually overheated the winch but he finally got it. He towed it off the ridge to the road south of us then back to the house. A total of about a mile. I took the seat inside and removed the cover. Once the tractor thawed I changed all the fluids and took all the precautions I could think of. I expected the worst because the motor was still running when it went in. Danged if that Briggs didn't start right up and ran fine. The only damage was the clutch rod that got all bent up. I got lucky. Even luckier was the fact that the tow truck driver who spent 3 hours there on a Super Bowl Sunday only charged me $40. He said that will cover his costs and the entertainment value that day was priceless.

In my experience, I would have to say that quite the opposite is true. The K-Series is one of the toughest engine out there. The rod is not a weak point if the engine is maintained properly. Old oil, lack of oil, and general misuse will cause any engine to have problems. Sometimes, when someone rebuilds an engine, they will install the connecting rod backwards with the oil hole in the cap pointing away from the camshaft, or they will not torques the bolts tight enough. Other times, in the process of disassembling or reassembling, they will damage the dipper, causing it to break off under load. I currently have 6 Wheel Horses with K-Series engines, and none have thrown a rod in all the hours they have been in service.

SHOOT IT!! With Red Paint

I recently bought one of these McDonough go karts , I understand these are used by Shriners in the US fo parades , these are extremely rare here in UK .

Ever since I won the lottery plowing has been fun.

This particular tractor was purchased "just to get me through winter plowing" while I located a new engine for my 520H. I don't know who had it before WHfan74 but Scott cut me a deal and Tom hauled it my way on one of his trips through Indiana. It ran so nice and I found it a very capable machine the more I worked it. Most of you are collectors and I've had my fair share of them over the years but this one really surprised me. I put a 48" deck under it and it cut my lawn with 1/2 the fuel my 520H. Even if the lawn got away from me in the spring it still did a decent job in tall grass situations. I have bad shoulders so I converted the front end to the forward swept axle and gear reduction steering. I put the 8.5" 520H rear rims on it to match. Being a huge fan of the hydro I didn't like the ground speed so after some reading I purchased a 5.5" hydro engine pulley from Kelly. 2nd gear hi and 80% throttle works perfect and I saved additional fuel and got the job done 15 minutes sooner. My ***ONLY*** dislike it reverse is to fast and you really have to watch it. I just plowed some with it today and took a few pictures of it. The charging system works perfectly. This is now my favorite Wheelhorse I've owned since I've started.

Well I had some nice weather today so I cleaned up the electro 12 took the rear fender and tool box off to give the hydro trans a good cleaning and engine shrouds this thing was probably the dirtiest one I've had yet but everything seems to work good hydraulic lift is nice also changed out the hood the one that came on it had been ran into something pretty hard here are a few pics didn't have time to put the seat back on

Zamboni time!!

Nice team... looks like they work well together.

Nice job! Looks like lots of seat time too.

If the battery tests OK , measure the voltage drop from the positive battery lug to the power terminal of the starter.. Make the measurement while the starter is cranking. Good wiring will show very little voltage drop (less than 0.5 volts). Poor wiring will show several volts dropped and therefore slower cranking. You can perform the same measurement on the ground wire from the battery to the starter case. This process will allow you to tell if the poor connection is in the positive wiring or the negative ground wiring.

If you have a voltmeter, just measure the voltage drop from the battery lug to the Generator terminal on the SG. I understand these illustrations do not show an SG system, but the concept is identical. Make the measurement while the SG is cranking. Good wiring will show very little voltage drop (less than 0.5 volts). Poor wiring will show several volts dropped and therefore slower cranking. You can perform the same measurement on the ground wire from the battery to the SG case. This process will allow you to tell if the poor connection is in the positive wiring or the negative ground wiring.

let me run a pipe cleaner thru my brain and put on something I can understand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMqGpuQdIwk

Ken , previous owner was a vintage car dealer & had this car for years , he didn't really want to sell it but said he needed the space. I have only had the car a couple of weeks to haven't managed to get her up to top speed yet but i am told will it will reach a scary 15 mph .

Another hobby of mine is building electronics and electronic systems of all sorts. I've cobbled together all sorts of wire, cables and connectors for those activities. From that experience, I don't think the wiring harness on the D250 would be all that difficult to build yourself. I'm lucky, in that most of the wiring on my D250 is in relatively good shape. But I do have a couple of shorts that seem to cause the occasional lighting flicker. I've already begun to look at the possibility of replacing at least some of my wires on that tractor. The wires in my '76 D250 all seem to be 16 or 14 AWG "color coded" wires for the 8 amp circuits, or the '70's metric equivalent of these US sizes. The terminals are all crimp-type spade or push-on (the flat guys) connectors. These all can be found at the likes of your favorite auto parts, hardware (HD & Lowes for sure) and RadioShack or Best Buy. With this, you can simply replace one wire at a time, with the existing wires and the diagram as a reference. Unlike the autos of today, these tractors don't have a true cable harness with Molex connectors, but rather a collection of wires zip-tied together. I've learned a couple of tricks for automotive type wiring: I like the crimp terminals with heat shrink wrap for a permanent connection. They do well to protect the copper wire coming into the connector. I don't recommend using a flame to shrink, heat shrink. It will often melt the wire jacket. A hair dryer or heat gun are best. Crimp twice and tug. Make sure the connector doesn't slip off with a solid tug. "Bundle" wires where you can, once they are all flowing in the same direction. Zip-tie down any individual wires through their path, every 12-18". Rattling wires can be incredibly annoying. The same stores I mentioned sell sheathing that you can either wrap around a set of finished wires, or feed them through and zip-tie or tape the ends. This does a few things: - makes for a nice clean compartment, with wiring - provides added protection from the elements - keeps one wire from getting loose and finding it's way into moving parts While you're replacing wires you may also want to consider replacing the original fuse block with a new one. Generic ones are available at the auto parts store for less than $10. That will give you the opportunity to switch to the type of automotive fuses we use here in the US, which are much easier to come by. If you feel comfortable with a wire cutter and a crimper, you should have little trouble replacing the wires. Good Luck! ~Greg

You can mix or match parts and it will still be a Wheel Horse. Another Wheel Horse saved, and you did it your way.

When we went up to Niagara Falls Canada a couple of years ago they were using Flymos all over the park on slopes. They tied a rope to the handle and lowered it down. When it got to the bottom they pulled it up, moved over one step and did it again. I was as fascinated by that as I was the falls. Almost.

Lawn Rangers

During my recent project I decided to build an engine stand for Kohler single cylinder rebuilds, this is what I came up with.

Just as the title reads i was thinking.... (what in its self is dangerous) but it still is a little chilly to go in the garage and start the real work i have a 654 that is getting a complete redo and a 604 with no spark and needing some tlc so i do have a little work ahead of me so why not even f dream of more.. so here it is i am laying it all on the table i am dreaming of taking some parts and building myself a tractor do you guys think this would work? first think of finding a fairly nice donor frame with a cool hood it has neat lines then add a set of these what you think looking good with the parts now a little some of this stuff is there any way that i could end up with this not really sure what the first one is but i really like the 1045 and as the saying goes "if you cant find one build one."

got the new rings installed today in the commando 8 along with the tire chains and later I will put the wheel weights on yahoo

I think you should buy the 308-8 because parts are easier to find and attachments, also it is easier to fix. Good luck

I have both and the only difference I've found is the decals are different other than that I think they are the same

T1257 I have a Commando 8 with a K181 that also had a bad fuel pump and didn't like the new plastic ones they now have with snap in fittings so I installed an electric pump under the fuel tank mount.

I have a 314-A, 314-8, 314-H, 520 and a 1968 raider 12 and i like them all. My wife wants me to scale back but i can't make myself sell them off. It really is a sickness!

That might not be a good idea! I can attest to the fact that the water is a tad chilly this time of the year.

Now you can cut a hole and go swimming!

My wife will be at the show. She said we have to take 2 tractors this time.

Time to throw on the hockey gear!

Looks like fun!! Reminds me of being back up north. The pond was about 800 yards behind the house. I was clearing it so my daughter could skate. I was just about done and decided to make one more pass. I suddenly discovered that the ice was too thin to support the GT-1100 I was using. In we went totally submersing the tractor and me, in Carharts, up to my chest. Getting a 4x4 tow truck with a snow plow on a Super Bowl Sunday was a trick but I found one.

Better pack your lunch.

The very first thing I would do is ditch the Tecky power...

Before you run the above tests, I would advise measuring the battery voltage AT THE BATTERY TERMINALS while cranking the engine. Battery voltage dropping under 10 volts while the engine is cranking is a sure sign of a compromised battery.

I would guess that your generator is not charging properly. A fully charged battery should be around 12.6 volts or a little more. At 12 volts it is down a fair amount in cranking power.. An alternator system should charge around 14 volts and I would think that a generator should also, . I would check all ground connections and faulty wires first and then I would throw in the towel.

Well went to the DR. this afternoon. His suspicion is maybe some bone fragments around a disk in my lower neck. Going to get x-rays in the morning and hopefully he can pick something up there. Was sent home with a script for a muscle relaxer and a steroid. Go back next Friday for follow up and results of x ray. If that doesn't work then its an MRI. Looks like I will be doing some muscle relaxing this weekend.

Well, that is a little different....maybe. Did the tractor start before you tore it apart?? Did you have the starter off the engine?? It could be a low battery (check that first), it could be a shim under the starter to line it up better...if one was there before, could be a bad ground keeping the starter from getting all the juice it needs. Check battery and grounds first...then you will have to pull the starter. it did sound weak in your video. If you do a search in "Engines" and in the "Electric" sections...type in "starters" a number of topics come up...some of them for the 520H.

The shaft the Bendix spins on could be dirty. You can pull the starter, spray the shaft with brake cleaner and lube (I think) with dry lube...graphite. Some NAPA's used to be able to check your starter and/or send it out to be fixed.

Sounds like the starter Bendix to me. It is first turning and then extends against the flywheel with out engaging.

I took several piles of parts from donor tractors and built this from scratch. It's not a 1045, but it is proof that if you can dream it, you can build it.

I never realized what a sweet machine the 414 was. Great pictures and comments guys. Glenn

I have a 4-14 for snow duty also. This was a picture from last year when we actually had snow to plow. She is patiently waiting. This one is an all original survivor that is great all around condition.

First would have to be this little bundle of joy.. Close second might be my 420, I never thought I'd have one.. hj

I've owned many of these along the way. Simplicity is my other favorite brand besides Wheel Horse. The Garden Tractors are very stout and used either Briggs or Kohlers. I Never saw a "Techy" in the Garden Tractor line.

My littlest has decided its her seat

I am a member of a half dozen clubs who's shows I attend, I join and pay my dues because they provide me with the chance to enjoy my hobby. After seeing the kind of show the WHCC puts on I plan to join (even if I have to use a postage stamp) and make the big show next year. We are the show, but the WHCC has their act togather and provides us a great chance to enjoy our hobby; we ALL need to join.