Leaderboard

After looking for a larger used Cabinet Blaster for a few months I decided to build one. I did some research reading through several builds on the net, and looking at manufactured models. My cabinet work area is 48"w x32"H x 39"D and takes some design features from units manufactured by TP Tools. A lot of my designs start with available scrap and I had a lot of 3/4" scrap plywood, and a pile of scrap 18-20 gauge sheet metal to work with. Here my cabinet lined with sheet metal. I'm going with a front load design because loosing shop wall space for a side door opening was not a good option. Here the cabinet side view. I suspect I may add a side door for long items some day.I used contact cement to attach the sheet metal to the plywood. Used 2 coats on the wood and one coat on the metal which worked very well. I cut all the sheet metal with an abrasive blade in my table saw. The seams are sealed with silicone caulk. The cabinet hopper has a 1: steel pipe fitting in the bottom to attach the media siphon valve The Tacoma company sells an upgrade kit for Harbor Freight cabinets. I purchased it and it has a foot air valve, media siphon valve, air regulator and blast gun. Dave at Tacoma was really good to talk to and helped size the blast gun nozzle and orifice in the media valve to my compressor. I'm getting excited to try this out! The front load door is my last challenge,

HO slot cars! My 11 year old grandson came over last weekend so we got out my mega collection of slot cars and track! I have 4 tackle boxes full of slot cars and a few other original Thunder Jet slot car cases full of oldies! I have Thunder Jets, A/FX Magna Traction, Tyco Pro and 440X2 mostly. This is a fun hobby and my buddy and I have been doing it since we were about 13 years old so that is 40 years worth of collecting and racing these little buggers! Anybody else into this hobby? I think Lane Ralph is into it. I may have more slot cars than Wheel Horse tractors!

I moved this post here. Did not mean to hijack the thread it was in As many of you know I bring something special to the Big Show each year for the RedSquare members who post back to me. The first year it was Red Square coffee cups. Last year it was personalized RedSquare magnets. This year I am bringing RedSquare Wheel Horse Popcorn. I will have 12 ounce sample bags for all who are going to the show. We are a little less than 5 months so start replying so I can make a list of members. I Want to make sure I buy enough but dont want to buy more than I need. The bag in the following image is a 32 ounce. 12 ounces still makes a bunch of popcorn. RESERVE YOUR BAG NOW!!!!

I'm posting this in "Engines" since it is an Onan P-216G which is the source of my frustration. The first rule of Murphy's Law says: "If anything can go wrong, it will". There have been many variations to that law, one of which is "if you drop something, no matter it's shape, it will roll to the farthest corner of your work area". The distance it goes it directly proportional to the value or availability of a replacement. So my story goes like this. I am in the garage last night doing some more assembly work to the P-216G. All the covers are on and I am completing the repair and reinstallation of the wiring harness. Then I notice that I have failed to install the linkage that runs between the carburetor and the governor. Well that's simple enough. Remove the air cleaner housing, and install the darned thing. All goes well until I attempt to install this. Over the last few years, I have lost sensitivity in my finger tips, so holding on to small objects is a challenge. As I am inserting the rod into the clip, I drop the clip. I grab my LED flashlight and start looking down into the area of the engine where it logically could have gone, but I don't see it. So...off comes the front engine cover, ignition module, etc. Still no luck. Checked the floor, under the shelving, in my shoes, everywhere. So I go on to my local NAPA store this morning and buy a new one. Came home and decided to take one more look, and there it was, stuck between two of the magnets on the back side of the flywheel. So I am creating a new law called Maynard's Law. If you can't find something, just go buy a new one. The old one will show up immediately.

Where I used to work the boss always called them Jesus clips,Because when they flew away he'd say Jesus where did that thing go.I have used the term on many occasions my self.

We called them salamanders, and you are correct diesel or kereosene if not lit right they can realy through some fire.We had them years ago in the back of utility trucks when we road in the back with a tarp over the back. They make very good heat but probably not OSHA approved. Had them on many work sights for getting warm. Brings back lots of old memories.

Here she is again grazing in the Garden State. Just realized looking at Ken's photo that she still has the same battery five years later. Besides the obvious power and traction when plowing, the ease of the whole operation is probably my favorite. No reaching to lower or raise plow, no clumsy lenghty gear changes, instant foward and reverse, and it is FAST. Incredibly also she will run on one tank of gas for close to three hours on full throtle. Starts with the breakerless ignition is just a second, as soon as engine turns it fires. And to think that some people want to stop the Connecticut tractor swapping! Please lets not go silly here. There is one upthere now with a lot of bling bling that I want.

I dug up a pic of the Electro I traded to good buddy formariz, Overall the Electro was my favorite snow pusher I've ever had. I bought it from an old German guy who bought it new, he took good care of his stuff. I can remember him telling me, son this old girl will push a ton of snow. When I told him I was planning to make her beautiful again man was he happy. He was 100% right, she can push!. He was only selling it because his days were numbered. She is in good hands with Cas...

The 32 incher sounds like overkill for home use to me, course I don't know how much you have too clear.. Most times a blower like that isn't needed. At work I have the Ariens ST 10/28. Lots of sidewalk area to do here and there is always drifting, its a beast. I also use a smaller sno-thrower for the smaller stuff. This past fall I bought a new Ariens 7/22 Path Pro single stage job to replace the some what tired 9 yr old Ariens two stroke singe stage thrower. The new Path Pro is the bomb, with the 4 stroke engine it really digs in on the deeper heavier stuff. Squonk probably knows, with lots of walk way to clear ya gotta have options! Sometimes smaller is faster... My father in laws Simplicity is either an 11 or 12 hp Briggs. While a Tecumseh will get the job done it is so much easier on the ears listening to the purr of the Briggs... I don't have a headache when I'm done using it! I had a Snow Bird, it was an absolute tank and it would really throw some snow. No problem with traction on mine. I got rid of it, way too much of a work out to use. I was worn out after using it and I'm not really a little guy...

It is the largest longest thread I've seen on RedSquare.

Can't wait to see the progress! I like that model of tractor. Can't wait to see the progress! I like that model of tractor.

Mine is a 1972 Bronco 14 that I bought as new from a showroom floor in 1973. Next to the C-160, this is the best tractor Wheelhorse ever made....hands down IMHO. About 4 years ago, I had to replace the engine to trans drive belt...for the 1st time. In the course of doing that I also replaced the belt idler pulley and spring. I have never had an issue with the Sundstrand Auto trans (90-2046) and I use this tractor almost daily during the summer. It has full hydraulic lift and an electric clutch that I installed a few years ago. I also upgraded to the Tach-o-Matic system by installing a mule drive in front instead of on the right side. The engine oil gets changed twice ...spring and fall, and the filter on the Sundstrand in the spring. I change the ATF on 2 or 3-year cycles. These older machines have a lot of endurance and longevity. The key is periodic maintenance, cleaning (not car wash), and common-sense operation. I've never power-washed it...not even after rolling it over into a ditch. Suprisingly, after righting it, and a few minutes for the oil to settle, the engine started right up and I drove it away....to finish mowing the embankment at that ditch. I love everything about this Bronco 14, except the 43-year old paint which is now faded to almost brown. I have 50 or more obstacles in my yard to mow around and the auto trans makes it a snap to wiggle back and forth to get around them, and back again. So much easier than clutching from gear to gear...fwd to rev... every time a bush, tree, rock, flower, pliers, or whatever gets in the way. Over the years, I have rebuilt several of these Sundstrand power units and could probably service yours as well. My direct email is: daveoman@windstream.net and you can contact me there if you'd want to pursue restoration of that old Bronco 14 in the barn.

This thread is a riot...but so true. I always figure an extra hour for any job...just cause I know I will have to look for something. Two days ago, I was looking for my can of PVC cement. I was fixing my rotted out trap under my concrete deep-sink in the basement. I had already been to the Hardware store and thought I had bought all I needed (I knew I had a can of PVC). Has anyone ever been able to do only one trip to the Hardware store when doing plumbing? So, back I go, and I buy a small can of the glue. I finished the job and started to put everything away...then I put the little can of PVC cement right next to the can I already had. I must have looked right at it 25 times when I was searching for it. So, I did the job in only 2 trips to the Hardware store. That is a new record.

Try 7 feet in 3 days

If the battery cables are in decent shape, just slip a section of red heat shrink tubing over the battery terminals to provide a visual clue to which cable is positive and which is negative. A high ratio 3:1 or 4:1 shrink rate may be needed to slip the heatshrink over the terminals. If the cables will be replaced, by all means use the red = positive color code for the replacement cable.

Ok Gents, I'll be picking up a rough 520H this saturday; I was told it ran only a matter of months ago until it "lost spark". Being my first Onan, I'd like to know what you onan guys think I should look for! Possibly even a checklist to run through once its home. I'm looking for any and everything! I'll be checking the system overall but I'm hoping for a few Onan tips. Let the instructions and tips fly guys!

Good sign, the fire company just left. They were here about an hour.

What amazing voices. It worked Jim!!

I realize there's no universally accepted color code when it comes to wiring harnesses in vehicles, but I have to wonder why the D160 wiring diagram indicates a color code that is converse to every other vehicle I've ever seen (not that I've seen a lot). Can anyone explain to me why Wheel Horse thought this was a good idea? If they had used a positive ground system, I could at least make some sense of it that way. Also, I'm probably going to rewire the entire harness. How do most people handle this? I'm inclined to swap the reds for blacks and vice versa. Good idea? Bad? Thoughts?

I own a 928 Honda for the last 12 yrs. unit starts so easy it's scary ( pull start) the bad is its hard to steer . It will power through anything I've put it through. The thing is excellent on gas consumption. And yes its heavy and even if it's drive is disengaged it's still hard to move. (Put on dolly) personally I won't buy a Briggs, but that's just me

Nice setup, I love the cab.

Just thought I'd bring you boys - n - girls a little ray of sunshine . Put 96 miles on the sled today . Pic was taken off my helmet cam a little west of Springville NY .

Sure doesn't look like a tractor in a pile of parts....does it?? Sure will be nice when completed!!

5 years in the making starting here

I would like to add that you shouldn't take my comment about the sunstrand being a bad trans just the one in my bronco 14 is bad but I have had good luck with them I have a charger 10 and electro 12 both have sunstrands and haven't gave me a problem

I have 3 of these and have never used them! Might as well sell them.

Like our tractors. Go to a local dealer of pro equipment and stick with name brands. Simplicity, Ariens, Toro, Honda. You really can't go wrong.

Bet you did not know this!!! If you were in the market for a watch in 1880, would you know where to get one? You would go to a store, right? Well, of course you could do that, but if you wanted one that was cheaper and a bit better than most of the store watches, you went to the train station! Sound a bit funny? Well, for about 500 towns across the northern United States, that's where the best watches were found. Why were the best watches found at the train station? The railroad company wasn't selling the watches, not at all. The telegraph operator was. Most of the time the telegraph operator was located in the railroad station because the telegraph lines followed the railroad tracks from town to town. It was usually the shortest distance and the right-of-ways had already been secured for the rail line. Most of the station agents were also skilled telegraph operators and that was the primary way that they communicated with the railroad. They would know when trains left the previous station and when they were due at their next station. And it was the telegraph operator who had the watches. As a matter of fact, they sold more of them than almost all the stores combined for a period of about 9 years. This was all arranged by "Richard", who was a telegraph operator himself. He was on duty in the North Redwood, Minnesota train station one day when a load of watches arrived from the East. It was a huge crate of pocket watches. No one ever came to claim them. So Richard sent a telegram to the manufacturer and asked them what they wanted to do with the watches. The manufacturer didn't want to pay the freight back, so they wired Richard to see if he could sell them. So Richard did. He sent a wire to every agent in the system asking them if they wanted a cheap, but good, pocket watch. He sold the entire case in less than two days and at a handsome profit. That started it all. He ordered more watches from the watch company and encouraged the telegraph operators to set up a display case in the station offering high quality watches for a cheap price to all the travelers. It worked! It didn't take long for the word to spread and, before long, people other than travelers came to the train station to buy watches. Richard became so busy that he had to hire a professional watch maker to help him with the orders. That was Alvah. And the rest is history as they say. The business took off and soon expanded to many other lines of dry goods. Richard and Alvah left the train station and moved their company to Chicago -- and it's still there. YES, IT'S A LITTLE KNOWN FACT that for a while in the 1880's, the biggest watch retailer in the country was at the train station. It all started with a telegraph operator: Richard Sears and his partner Alvah Roebuck ! Bet You Didn't Know That!!! Now that's History!!!!! And now, you know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glen MmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

When I was " squeezing " one of those small C clips on linkage last fall I had one drop , heard it hit the floor - went over the garage floor with a broom and a magnet and never found it. I always buy/keep more than one of those smalls because of that.

I lost one of those clips and never found it. Mine might still be stuck to the magnets like yours was. Didn't know NAPA had them so I ordered one over the internet. My latest Murphy Law event is after removing and cleaning the carburetor on my 520Xi I dropped the carburetor needle down into the engine coverings towards the back of the engine. There is no way to get to it without removing the engine. I can't just leave it there and replace it because the needle is rubbing against the flywheel. I have to remove the engine from the vehicle in order to take the engine covers off to retrieve the needle. Not such an easy job on a 520Xi. I am getting to know a lot more about the machine than I wanted to. I was not aspiring to be a 520Xi mechanic but Murphy is making me do it. A momentary slip up is turning into several hours of wrenching. Working on a 520Xi seems more like working on a car than working on our typical horses. The engine is buried down in the engine compartment and connected to a drive shaft.

But Bob, at least you didn't lose anything down the Carb! I lost a Onan exhaust baffle/cover bolt down deep under the intake manifold and couldn't reach it with needle nose pliers and didn't have magnet to retrieve it. finally took the little Stinger wet/dry vac and sucked it out!

I still have never found the key that I popped out of an axle keyway and I have completely cleaned the garage since that incident.

So amusing I'm sitting here with tears in my eys, Everything fits and I'm sure glad I'm in the same group That's just as crazy as me. I'm just not going nuts alone !!!!!

I have a story that beats all of these. It happened to a friend of mine. He has these high tech hearing aids and dropped one. Looks all over for it and cannot find it. He suspects that his dog may have swallowed it so he takes the dog to the vets. A few x-rays and a few hundred dollars later, there is no hearing aid showing up in the dog. So he goes back home and looks around some more. After two weeks and still no hearing aid, he goes out and buys a replacement at a cost of between $2500 and $3000. A week or so later, the new hearing aid arrives. A week after that, his wife is cleaning and moves a dresser. Yup, there is the missing hearing aid, it had rolled under the dresser. It must have been Maynard's Law or Zeeks Law at work! I hate it when that happens!

And to think that the wife complains that I spend too much time reading about tractors. Where else, why, and how would i ever come across this little tidbit of history? Great post.

Making a list and checking it twice. Going to found out who's, Well you know This list is numbered for a special reason. Everyone who posts will be added to the list and will get a bag of RedSquare Popcorn. (You must be present to get your Popcorn) Just come visit me at our tent and pick up your Popcorn. BUT!! If your username is red remember your number because there will be a 5pm drawing Friday evening at the show for a special RS Forum support member prize I am bringing. You must be present to win. Thank you all for supporting this forum. 1. Vinylguy - N 2. 953nut - N 3. Trouty56 - N 4. Geno - N 5. 19richie66 - N 6. buckrancher - N - I already had you penciled in Brian 7. 8. 9. AMCRULES - ? - Is nine your lucky number Craig ? 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16 17. 18. 19. 20.

Geno's meet + greet coming to a town near me. Saturday Dec 6 is the day beginning at 9AM! A big one is in the future for next Spring but I thought about what several of you have said on the board, in pm's and on the phone and it makes good sense to try to do something soon to just hang out if nothing else. Big thing of course is the unpredictability of the weather this time of year. I have 3 dates in mind and would like to know how many can come and what date is best for you. If weather totally stinks on the date we pick and you guys want to postpone it a week then that can be done also, I am flexible. If it's not really bad like a snowstorm we can all hang out at the shop, if it's really warm and no rain there is 300 acres to play on right across the street. I assume bringing tractors or whatever will depend largely on the weather, let me know if I'm wrong there. This will be a learning experience for me and will make the big Spring one better. Please let me know a date from the ones below, and if you plan on bringing anything. Blue will be here with the big BBQ outfit serving up the food and Sandra said she may whip up some things as well. Also let me know what type of sides salads you like. Dates - Nov 22 (Sat) REMOVED Nov 29 (Sat. after t-day) REMOVED *** Dec 6 (Sat.) Any other input if I forgot something is appreciated. Saturday Dec 6 is the day beginning at 9AM!

I can't find the picts right now, but I know they've been posted here... of the gorgeous little round hood with the white Danco loader that is in one of the buildings... at the big PA show every year. So nice, I always make time to visit with it. Found it...pict credit goes to Kevbo, 2013 show.

Get the electro 12 with the limited slip rear end 48" blade she moves snow!! I have used different Horses over the years as plow tractors any where from a C81 to a C175. The Electro is the best. You do not need tons of HP you need traction. (and I have to admit the hydro lift is a good thing).

wheelhorse logo I made in woodshop

Not really art but here's whats in my shop tonight.

I'm 95% in, and you're right it gets smaller real quick. My wife felt sorry for me and said I can store my motors and horses in her side of the garage that way my small shop won't become a storage shed.

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

I have been all day yesterday and today learning Corel X7 and trying to get this thing to suit me. You guys wouldn't believe how my head hurts. It's very close but not complete yet, there's still centering to do and I'm still playing with the B to L connection in Stable. We are also trying to do the phone # in a home made WH font to match the rest. These will be decals I put on things, ideas are appreciated.

Trail ride would be cool. I was watching some off road tractors videos yesterday. Im not wanting to hit any mud holes but it would be neat just to go cruising around. I am going to start cruising my neighborhood with the dogs in tow when I get my 418 back together. Load them in a trailer and hit the road.

A few observations....hood is from a 701, foot pads 701 also, the shifter with the extra bend was used in 1962 since the 702 had the option for a hy2 hydraulic lift pump therefor they had an extra bend to fit the pump, mower deck is 701 since the wheels are "hidden" within the deck. A lot of parts from the 701 and 702 are the same such as the front axle, gas tank is 1 piece with a bolted on cover, clutch/brake pedal is smaller and more rounded than the 1963 and up models. I believe you have a 702 with some 701 parts on it or the other way around. Here is a picture of mine you can see that the shifter has only on bend.

It is held on with 4 screws and was used in 1962 on 502 552 702 and lawn ranger. You can order the correct 701 dash from the vendors section and put it on in place of the cast one also the correct split key ignition switch can be found on ebay they were used on massey tractors to20 to30 etc, the push button starter switch on mine is from a snapper rear engine rider, and the correct looking throttle and choke cables can be found on ebay they were used in early Jeeps. Here is a picture of the one I ordered from ebay for around $20 to my door.

Looks pretty nice! Does it have the plastic dash like most 701's had or a newer style dash?

The only and I repeat only country I will listen too is Johnny Cash and maybe a little David Allen Coe or Charlie Daniels. As Hank Williams III says in "Dic in Dixie" "pop country really sucks" But mostly it is Classic Rock, Zeppelin, Floyd.... I also listen to metal like, Iron Maiden, Pantera...