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I've been a body man for 30 years, Lead is NOT for filling holes nor is Bondo, they are for filling dents or maybe pits, lead if you've never done it can be hard to master, I can do it but bondo is faster and cheaper, and no if done right bondo will not crack or fall out, it's not for making sculptures, its for finishing off dents or minor imperfections AFTER the metal has been repaired close to orig. and has been prepped properly, and I use Copper as a backer when welding holes shut, I have used brass but for me copper works better, if your not good at welding thin metal, might be best to farm it out to someone that is, once you warp the hood, you will have a VERY hard time fixing it after that, buy some sheet metal the same thickness or a junk hood and drill a few holes and practice, like I said you screw it up it could look worse than it did with a few holes in it.

I havn't got many new tractors in lately, at least nothing to post about, but this mini haul has a couple nice pieces in it, guy wanted it all to go to one buyer, and I was it, and only 45 min drive from home, and yes most will be up fore sale sometime, the main thing that caught my eye in the pics I seen was the 603 that looked pretty good, and I was pretty happy to find it looks like a complete unmolested survivor, and was told it was running when parked years ago, but had carb issues, common to Tecumsehs it's too cold to mess with it much but everything looks to be there and all orig. and other than a few dings and surface rust all in nice shape, except the deck that has a few holes, the Suburban 400 has a little newer 6hp Tecumseh in it I have not ran the numbers yet, tractor has been fixed up at some point, he was plowing with it last winter when the trans locked up, he said it runs great, he just put some money in the engine all new governor parts and gaskets along with a carb rebuild, gas tank looks like new inside, seat is very nice, overall a pretty nice machine, then I got boxes of spare parts a parts RJ58 tag is mostly there on it hood is fixable, some nice extra ag tires, duel wheel spacers, mower deck for the 400, lots of little stuff, I kinda miss getting the big hauls, so I guess small ones like this will have to do, til the next big one comes along. enjoy the pics

Well I started on another project yesterday, really should finish some others first but didn't have anything to do for the day, and this one was on the list of future restorations. I picked up the 400 at the big show from Scott Mehlberg as just a roller, and found most of the parts it needed at the show or already had them. I got it complete and running, and now I'm going to make it nice, the hood and fenders had been repainted, but weren't very nice, they were just rattle can and the hood had fish eyes in the paint. Here's a shot of it as I got it together and complete, not sure if I'm going to use the weight, think I like it better without but that may change down to just a roller and most of the parts are in this pile I won't be using the motor or trans out of this tractor, I already had a motor torn part way apart that will be going in this, don't have any pictures of it yet as its in a couple different locations....and the trans is already done and it was in its own seperate topic in the transmission section Hope to get most everything blasted tomorrow besides wheels, frame and hood, and start on body work, this will probably be a slow project, but should be able to get most of the body work done in the next month or so as its not in too bad of shape.Will add more pictures as I go along. Thanks, Jake

This past Christmas, one of my favorite gifts I got to give was a 47" 2 Stage Bervac Snowthrower for my 10 year old son's Wheel Horse. We went around town finding driveways we could plow and blow and the video is cleaning up some snow we piled up at a local Church. The snow was very wet as we got drizzle for about an hour, so the blower didn't throw it as far as I think it would if it was a little finer. I had my 11 yr cousin on my 518Xi and he was going behind the blower cleaning up what landed on the sidewalk. Pretty good teamwork. Thad (Ohio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT7R4jYoHtc

this will take you back..

Thanks TT...that would explain it! For what it's worth, I did discover that when I got the old part out that someone had erroneously put one of the spacer washers between the steering shaft and base instead of on the "cotter pin" side. When I reinstalled the old shaft I put the washer (and one more shim) on the correct side and the steering hasn't jumped a single time, including in all the snow pushing I did last week. So, it's still a win!!!

I guess, depending on skill level and resources available any of the above maybe ok for most people. For me though, if the hole is sheet metal, that is what I'm putting back there, either by welding up with the mig, or if it's a big hole, cutting a blank the same thickness as the surrounding material and mig welding it in. I've never been happy with bondo filled holes in sheet metal, looks terrible from the back and unless you dish the repair area, it won't be an invisible repair from the good side. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I guess, depending on skill level and resources available any of the above maybe ok for most people. For me though, if the hole is sheet metal, that is what I'm putting back there, either by welding up with the mig, or if it's a big hole, cutting a blank the same thickness as the surrounding material and mig welding it in. I've never been happy with bondo filled holes in sheet metal, looks terrible from the back and unless you dish the repair area, it won't be an invisible repair from the good side. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The rain didn't come through last night so the snow stayed pretty much intact. Turns out we were in one of the heavier bands of snow. The ice underneath started to cause problems with clogging. I didn't have problems with the two neighbors driveway that I did today (the third is in Florida - too bad) but when I went over mine that I cleared last night, a lot was turning to slush. The county truck has yet to come so I couldn't get down to the other two neighbors. I will probably need to plow them as we are going in to the low 40's today. Here is today's crew ready to get to work. I use the Ariens for my walk, and I will be getting a load of fuel this week so I will cut a path to my tank fill. And Paladin working.

Auto body lead is still used. www.eastwood.com

A copper welding spoon from Harbor Freight works for me. Less than $10 with a coupon. See it in action here: http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/harbor-freight-welding-spoon.html. It's in the first part of the video. The guy is using it clamped for TIG, but you can hold it in place with one hand and MIG with the other.

My friend I bought my tractor from called and said he had something for me. It's amazing this stuff survived four owners in 46 years in new condition. It was quite a surprise when we met up!

I took this about 2 or 3 weeks ago. About an inch of stuff to clean up. Just having fun! Of course, this was the last time I will be using my 310-8 until the spring. I was having serious trouble finding gears (listen for some grinds ), and while I'm sure the fix isn't too hard (I think it's just the roll pin on the shifter) It is just too cold right now and I don't have enough space to tear down the back end of the tractor to fix it. Sorry about the filter, I had my phone on the wrong setting. it just made the whole ground tough to see. You can see what I'm plowing though, for the most part! Last night we got about 5" of snow, and then it slowly got warmer as the day went on, making the snow nice and heavy. Good use for the Work Horse with the blower!

Don't forget IF you use lead there are special prep things needed before painting and primers not RATTLE can stuff, if not done your paint job will show it, to buy the tools and supplies to do a CORRECT lead job will cost you more than you think, blast the pits and use a good grade of Auto body filler/Bondo, were not working with bondo from the 70's the stuff now days is easy and good stuff, you can buy a gallon that will last most of you a life time, not that it will be good that long, for under $40 try to buy it from a shop that sells paint supplies, they will have better grades of filler, NOT walmart or Auto Zone

1974/75 B-80 4 speed models were a "medium frame" with a (roughly) 43 1/2" wheelbase. 1976/77 B-80 8 speeds were "long frame" models with a (roughly) 45 1/2" wheelbase. The difference is in front of the footrest mounting bar, so the lower steering shafts are different lengths.

Kelly is spot on. Bondo and lead are toppings not fillers. I use either brass or copper as the backer when welding in holes. the trick that works for me is to use the backer on the finish side and weld it in from the back.

May be my age and arthritis, but operating the 520 blower at 5:30 AM this morning while sipping coffee and listening to the radio inside the 55 degree heated cab felt kinda nice. I will confess, after it warmed up to above 40F this afternoon, I got the 4 wheeler out and enjoyed some 20MPH clean up plowing.

The forecast was for 3"-5" of snow but changing to rain tonight. I wasn't sure what would still be remaining in the morning, so I thought that I would at least do my driveway. I was surprised when I went out as it was at 10" - and still coming down when I cleared this! Unfortunately the snowthrower makes more noise than the sweet sound of the diesel. I'm still only running a partial throttle until I get a tach installed, but I did bump it up about halfway through the second video. Tomorrow I'm going to try 1/2 throttle.

My newly gone over rebuilt 310-8 doing a fine job .

There are lots of how to's on the internet including videos. Just ask Mr. Google. Google something like: "filling a small hole in sheet metal" These are from Eastwood: http://www.eastwood.com/blog/project-pilehouse/how-to-shave-unused-holes/

Well its not Thursday, but with all the snow thought I would re post some pics from the 1st year I joined... late for the show Me on the Raider-10 Hated snow then & still do...

Glenn, the truck showed up about an hour later. by that time, he had gone to a neighbors house and plowed out their driveway. they were an elderly couple that had just moved here from Houston and only had a snow shovel, and about 75 ft of driveway. he's a good kid, he's always helping one of the neighbors with something

Just to add...... Even if you don't have a welder, can't weld etc it's worth the effort to seek out a pro to fix them properly, I think you would be happier in the end...... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Any one ever tried J.B. weld this stuff works good. I have used this many times for all kinds of applications. Just make sure every thing is clean around the hole.

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Had a great time at the show. Not much red in a sea of green. Hope to change that next year. Met Chris (clueless) from N Fl. Super nice guy. My friend Mike (jd110) my wife and I went friday morning. Too much to look at but did get some pics. Nothing spectacular, some nice and some hacked up. Chris did bring something red home but Ill let him spill the beans. I fell in love with that Holder

the 500 ran today,its been a long winter so racing makes me think of spring

I agree, it ain't what it used to be. I was once a DIE HARD fan but when my guy died on the last lap of the Daytona 500 back in 2001 I lost a lot of interest. All the old school guys are gone and we are left mostly with a bunch of whiney sissy boys. I do pull for Earnhardt Junior and Tony Stewart when I watch, two of the only guys that are close to old school. Shoot, Tony Stewart won a championship a few yrs. ago as team owner/driver which is unheard of these days. I would have puked if Jimmy Johnson won. I really don't know why I can't stand him, I have always thought he is just an average driver in wicked awesome cars. He never had to pull out a win in a junk car on a mediocre team. Since the day he arrived he has had nothing but the best equipment. Back almost 20 yrs. ago I met and talked with Ray Evernham for a few minutes. Being an Earnhardt fan I wasn't a big Gordon fan but my son Jesse was! We all saw each at about the same time and Jesse started shouting Ray! Ray! Ray! and pointing at him. Ray thought that was the coolest thing and walked right up and talked a bit with us. Man did that make Jesse's day. Heck of a nice guy! On our week long vacation in North Carolina we visited at least 20 Nascar shops. BY FAR the nicest people were in Gordon's shop and Earnhardt's shop at Richard Childress racing where by chance we got to meet Chocolate Myers! Myer's really liked my car..

Before I started ripping it apart I would crawl under it and start lubing up every thing that moves, rotates, twists etc...with penetrating oil. May take a few applications, once things start moving start applying grease. Mike..........

Kelly- I would like dibs on that seat cover if it is clean and original ..

Hey Chasm, next time you stop by the fairgrounds, clean off the bus stop bench for me!

Well...what cha gonna do now.

my 212-6, took off blower because i like plowing better.

Ya the 603 was a stripped down model, and yes mini haul, most of my bigger hauls include stacking tractors with the side racks on the trailer, or borrowing the neighbor and his 54' semi flat bed to make 3 trips, this was small

Those were the days...

Love it! Pierce Arrow Museum in Buffalo is planning something like that on a smaller scale. http://www.pierce-arrow.com/frank-lloyd-wright-filling-station http://www.pierce-arrow.com/

I had fun, watching him have fun. Bet he wished the plow truck broke down. Glenn

Hi Steve, Thank you for the U-Tube Link on the Wheel Horse Transmission. This should be of great help, when it come time to work on the transmission. Frank

Back the hole with a copper or brass block...Then lay in the weld with the MIG.

My Grand cat Charlie. He lives in Buffalo with my son. I have 2 Charlie Cats in the family!

Nice!

This came with my one owner 653.

I've been forced to use Tapatalk due to the fact that I have been away from my computer and all I had was my phone. The latest upgrade did make a few improvements, but I would still prefer the original Tapatalk that I first downloaded about 2 years ago.

Follow the ASPCAs advice....Bring those pets in when it gets cold outside.

I took the time today (all of about 10 minutes ) to put the snow blower on Work Horse 700. With the upcoming weather forecast, I figured I better get ready! I absolutely cannot believe how easy it is to put on! Literally, one bolt, run the belt, and the lift arm bar, and that is it! I tried it out on what was left in our front yard from the other day, and I am very impressed, It works great, really throws snow far! What an exciting little tool!

you want pictures of a wheel horse 2 stage blower well then here you go it's 93 520-H and i forget what year the blower is not trying to hi jack this thread but he asked. i'm sure there are a lot more in the galleries eric j

Going to give my 1966 12H.P. Hydro a whirl this winter, I still have to put the weights & Chains on..........

I'm using a 72 Bronco 14 automatic with a blade for my snow removal this year.I'll put up some pics soon.

I mentioned this to a number of people, one of my favorite parts of RedSquare is our international community. The Euro section as it stands today is actually take 2 on the area. The first attempt was in 2008, which was a complete failure. After 6 months I removed it since mine was the only post in there. I think that it was just too soon, without a large enough member base. This second iteration however is awesome. For us Americans, where else could you possible see a Wheel Horse in front of Stonehenge? Sure, it's in the book now, but it was HERE first! I look forward to more and more members joining and making the Euro section even larger!