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...through with the snow Lord! Yes sir, me and the RJ are ready to put ol' man winter behind us... we're both praying you see fit to bring on some daffodils now.

Well, anything late model in my trailer is odd, but this 310 was so clean I had to have it. It needs a solid cleaning, wet sand and buff a couple minor scratches etc. but it runs and drives like brand new.

Current restore is a 704, traded for this tractor from Prondzy (my son) he picked this up in Iowa from a Redsquare member. It was all in a box when Prondzy received it. To date complete motor overhaul, need fuel pump rebuild. Trans has all new bearings and a few new gears. Have purchased all new stainless hardware, decals. finishing up paint work then final assembly and bring this beauty back to life. Can't wait to hear that Kohler sing. Enjoy Thanks for looking Tom

Yeah, that's really it Steve. To me this thread kinda pointed that out, just looking at the topic then reading the posts, it became a supportive thread which helps strengthen the community.

Well, I'm back at last. I haven't been doing much tractor-related thins lately. I just finished restoring my 13th table fan.. a 1903 General Electric. Done at last.. Anyway, an older man saw me out plowing on my Ford LGT-145 the other day. He flags me from the road and says he has a "Rusty old tractor" dismantled in a field, last being seen in an old shed about 20 years ago.. he said it was mine if I could find it. Didn't give me a single clue as to what it may be. He says it was boxy, maybe from the mid-60's, and about the size of my Ford. He gave me an approximate range of where it once sat. I set off to search for it.. and judging by the pictures, you may say I found it..! My digital camera was on the fritz, it's -20*f here. But the engine and frame were all there! She turns over, seems complete, and just by spinning the transmission she seems okay. The only reason I found it was because I saw remains of the shed in the snow. I've been excavating it for the last 3 days now. By the small wheels and 8HP Kohler, I'm willing to bet it's a B-80. I gave to clean off the tag to see if it's even readable. Already got bits of it torn down and cleaned. With any kind'a luck.. this may roll out of the shop at nearly the same time as the B-80 I started months ago! I plan on restoring them side by side.. just for kicks.

Well I upload some pictures of the 1267 I bought on Friday. I might not get them all loaded today but will try. Please take a look at these, you guys know way more about Wheel Horse than I do. as you are looking them over can you please let me know what is incorrect with the tractor so I can start making it correct. thanks for the help and enjoy. set #2 set #3 set #4 Will add pictures of the attachments later

oh god, i thought chearleaders were good looking

Thankfully for all concerned I'm not using gowns. It's a full blown effort to protect my eyes as well. Lol

I took the battery out of the Snowhorse today and put it in the Mowhorse

Did someone say daffodils?

Any bald eagle watchers out there? The Pa Game Commission, HDOn tap, and Comcast business has installed a live stream camera on a local eagle nest here in SC Pa. She has laid two eggs that are due to hatch any time. She has been feeding on fresh trout stocked by the fish commission last week and delivered to the nest by her new mate. Here is the link to the camera. http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=1592549&mode=2

I got one of those last year.. I've never bought anything from them. They must like guys named Mike!

Sweet!! As a preferred member I should see massive discounts.....right . Mike...........

I have one. Not for sale though.

Nice looking machine....to bad someone cut the grill tho. The steering wheel and/or steering shaft look like they may be wrong. All 4 Wheel horse tires is a huge plus in my opinion! I think I see bird poop on the hood......definitely not original . Mike..........

Very cool....I watched for about 10 minutes but never saw the other one bring in a fish...bummer! I see houses on the left side of the screen, must not be to far from civilization. And once in those 10 minutes the Eagle turned and looked straight into the camera (it seemed) and it reminded me of Sam from the Muppets. Mike.............

The opening goes in the back????

Ok, time for a little humorous yet frustrating hospital patient babble. After being transferred from the 4th floor to the 3rd floor the day after I got here I found the room to be the exact opposite of the previous room. I will never admit how many hours it took stop walking into the street side Windows while trying to get to the bathroom. However it wasn't long before the calls started wanting to know when the next ,"Hot Legs" show was, and could they send over some telescopes. WTH? Someone over there got my room phone # and wanted to know where I get all my candy bars and my name. I said that the guy next door who goes by the handle "Little Debbie" and he owns the company. His phone has been ringing non-stop since. More to come later.... (not figuring out smileys on the kindle other than the shout box)

No way guys... pretty sure these are Jim's team colors.

Same here Craig....I'm fed up with clearing snow! Mike........

I saw her working at the Winnebago plant in the early eighties. Her job was lifting the fridges on to the rolling chassis when the forklift broke down!

I am not going to speak for Karl...but I can speak for me. Have you ever heard..what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.???

As you might remember, I purchased an 857 on Wednesday. The 857 was purchased because the owner would not part with his 5.5 cu. ft. bathtub cart unless I took the 857 too. So, only wanting the cart, and not needing another 857, I sold it to one of our members. Now here is the "titled" story. I was getting the 857 ready for pick up this morning. It started and ran fine, but when I got it to my driveway, I noticed that gasoline was pouring out from somewhere. I stopped the engine and began to investigate. My first thought was that it was a loose gas line to the fuel pump. It was missing a clamp. So I put a clamp on, started the engine and leak was still there. So I replaced the gas line from tank to pump, and removed the fuel pump so that I could tighten the screws. Not fixed. I removed it again and replaced the diaphragm thinking that it was not sealing the two halves. Not fixed. Now I noticed that the gas was not coming from the pump, carburetor, or hose, but it was actually now spraying out of the hole in the breather cover. Hmm... I remembered a post on RedSquare about a stuck float that caused serious flooding and gas to come out of the breather. So always having a rebuilt spare carburetor on hand, I replaced the carburetor. With that, the engine started and purred like a kitten, but when I opened the throttle, gas came spraying out of the breather hole again. Now I was perplexed. It's not the pump, not the carburetor, not the fuel line. What could it be? So I pulled the dipstick to see if I had gas in the oil, and low and behold, when I drained it, I had almost 3 quarts of gas/oil mixture in the crankcase. I refilled it with the proper 1-1/2 quarts of 30W oil, started it up, and... ...problem solved. So I went back and found the old diaphragm in the trash and sure enough, there was a hole in it. I suspect that this hole was allowing the gas to be sucked into the crankcase. When the level got too high, the pressure just forced it out the breather. The original owner said that the tractor had no problems when it was retired in the fall. He did a normal oil change, and only started it once this year when we loaded it on my trailer. I suspect that over the winter, the diaphragm became hard from the ethanol laced gasoline left sitting in the pump. When we started it on Wednesday, the gas began to pump into the crankcase. Lessons learned. Don't use ethanol gasoline. Check the oil level frequently. Keep some of buckrancher's replacement diaphragms on hand at all times.

Sorry John...I think she is from some High School from around Cedar Rapids or Des Moines...check out your year book...the one from the 60's

take the top of the carb and clean it. the onan manual which you can down load on here will walk you through it. pull the jets out and clean the bowl area put it back together and fire it up no new parts needed only optional. i've clean a lot of these carbs and haven't had to buy parts to do it. have had to on rare occasion swap parts or carbs because i couldn't get them clean, but if i had a ultra sonic cleaner........ as far as the valve seats clean the block fins and block real good and adjust the valves and you should be golden eric j

Like I said in Shout box.... It was gone..... It was All gone & now Heee's back .....

Cause of death? Neglect by failure to clean grime off of cooling surfaces. I should post this in the engine section but anyone with a P Series ONAN needs to see this. I bought a 1990 416H with a bad ONAN engine a few years ago. I paid what the deck was worth for the whole thing including a new red vinyl wheel horse tractor cover. I finally got around to opening the engine to see what went wrong. The engine had about 1000 hours on it and the tractor was used primarily for mowing. The first thing I noticed was the extreme amount of grime around the cooling fins on the back and bottom of the engine. Clearly the engine overheated and the rod disintegrated. The cylinder wall was fine and the piston was still a snug fit in the cylinder. There was carbon but not enough to be the cause of the failure. I did not check the valve clearance on the back cylinder since it was clear the grime prevented the engine from cooling properly. The valves and valve seats looked fine. After seeing this I will be taking my ONANS off the tractors and giving them a thorough cleaning along with the de-carbon and valve clearance checks at least every 500 hours or so. This may be one of the main causes of the rear cylinder failures on our horses. The pictures of the engine are after a removed a significant amount of grime. Not sure what i will do with it but I did purchase a new rod and piston and new valves. Not sure how bad the crank is. The oil tube got destroyed also. If these engines are neglected and not allowed to cool properly they will be toast. Periodically cleaning the cooling fins on the entire engine is a must do. The way these engines are mounted in our tractors, it is way too easy to neglect the bottom and rear of the engine and it is not just grass accumulation. An oil temperature gauge may help provide a warning sign.

Got me a new set of rear tires for my gt14. Power king 27 8.5 15. I think they will work great.

Well Red Square friends, I just made a deal on the newest (wife says last) piece of Wheel Horse equipment (that will be) in my barn. A young fellow was mowing along his drive several years ago with a Wheel Horse 520. I later talked to him about it and told him if he ever wanted to get rid of it to please let me know. On Saturday, he called and said he wanted to sell it and I had 1st chance. I went all the way out of town (about 1/2 mile) to look at it. It is in very good shape and comes with a good (quiet) mowing deck and an almost un-used push blade with tire chains. He lives next to his dads farm and has farm tractors to clean/grade his long driveway, so the blade wasn't used very much at all. I told him what I would pay for it and he said he needed to discuss it with his wife. He called back today and we kind of met in the middle of what he wanted and what I would pay. That is what this wheeling & dealing is all about!! Any way, on Monday evening I will pick up my new 520 H and my wife is going to drive it home from his house!! I know the routine and I will post photos tomorrow when I get it, as I do not have any right now. I won't sleep a wink tonight!!!

I have been looking for some "old hot rodders" with a louver punch. I would like to do the belt guard on mine so it matches the louvers in the top of the hood. After following this thread, considering the hours on mine with attachments, I stole it. Sure did its winter snow chores with gusto. Yours is looking sweet. Glenn

Well, she's cleaned up and put her to work hauling brush to the street today. Amazing how these things clean up. Power washed and degreased, powder coated rims, new tubes, new seat cover, buffed original paint, new ignition switch, re-wired entire tractor, new belts, cleaned and set points, new plug and air filter, rebuilt carb, new engine gasket kit, de-carboned the head, lapped and gapped the valves, new tail lights and headlight bulbs, added an amp gauge, new lift cable, added a fixed pulling tongue, new tie rods. Fun little bugger. Before After

Really neat site Ed... we've got Eagles here on the Hudson, and surrounding lakes. Way cool to see them out fishing from the ice flows, but... there's no way you can watch 'em as close up as you've shared here.

Wow !! That's amazing. I love eagles also. Thanks for sharing.

That's cool! I just checked it out and it's offline right now so I'll try later. These were in the back yard a while back. Living on a lake we often see them getting their next meal.

Took the cab and chains off the electro 12 last week thinking it's finally over. Good thing I left the plow on, we got 4 inches yesterday haha. It's never going to end

Ummm, yeah... unless you're shipping them monkey banana fudgie bars, it does.

Yep, I could see that happening... remember, you've first gotta confirm the gown back is closed before getting out of bed.

Do you have the slot hitch on the back? If so you need one like this. This is an 8 " WH plow. Plow is on a 73 12 and an RJ

You got me thinking, using parts off one horse on the other, now that sounds like a money saving idea! Hmm still not sure that's enough reason to have two horses but I'll try that past the wife later, thanks for tip. :-p

Nova is the 1st #1 seed out OMG...that gives Northern Iowa a chance if they can get by Louisville. Hey Squonk...Google "Northern Iowa"...........it comes up empty!!! Again...It is the Legend...What Squonk says makes sents!!

Only had to plow once this winter, but as steep as our driveway is we would have been stranded without my .

We had some Daffys sticking out at work yesterday. 3 inches of snow on em now!

Why? The RJ looks so good with that front blade on it!

Calender material.

Chicago has enough problems, Send it to Michigan!!

Got about 2 1/2 inches here today. Robins don't know what to do.

Got the engine running, seems to run pretty good and not smoke, only has 50lbs of compression, but hopefully it will get better when it breaks in. Also got a batch of parts painted.

Hey.. i have done some upgrade on the horse and put on 4 bolt's on the front wheel's.. i have been thinking of that for a long time but never found the right part's for it.. but i finaly found a trailer hub kit that i bought... So here are som pict of what i did.. that axel was about 10 inch long so i had to cut it down to the right lenght.. and then i drilled a hole innside it about 1.5 inch and then it fit's on the original 3/4 spindel. And time to cut some more and both ready for some welding Finish whit welding time to try them on the tractor.. and as you can see they also has a greasepoint.. had some 10 inch trailer wheels that i put on so i could move the tractor and wait to ill got the other tires mounted on the rim's and finaly they are on the tractor Going to paint the rim's later dont have the time to fix that atm.. other project's whit higer priority.. Lars

Sorry you took it that way Steve. It's not ego, it's my attitude that I can do anything. It's what makes everything from Olymic champions to what has made me come so far in life. If that is the way you feel and don't care to listen to me or others that know me personally and can testify to it, then you have made the right decision and thank you.

I signed up on Geno"s site yesterday. I still love Red Square and I am a lifetime supporter but it's all about tractors and a bunch of nice guys and gals talking tractors.That's what we all have in common. What could be more fun than that ?