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for those of us who don't have FB, can someone share a picture here? sounds cool! and a bit tough, if you ask me

Had a few of the horses out this afternoon while I was working on a couple others. Here you go... L to R: C-160, C-120 (step-daughters new machine), 520 H, B-80 & D-200. The C-120 has been (poorly) painted orange, and needs to be RED. I told her she has 1 week to make it RED if she wants to drive it in the upcoming parade.

No need to go undercover- I'm a busy guy but I usually post pics of all the WheelHorse builds on this site. I have updated my Facebook sites and will get something on here providing the owner doesn't do it first. Its his and he does deserve to have some fun showing it off also. For those who are on facebook I have a page dedicated to the 4x4 tractors only and it can be found at www.facebook.com/totallyarticulatedgardentractors. Anybody can join and watch what we build in all brands.

I gave her a bath tonight after she dried I couldn't wait, I broke out the wd40 and 600 grit paper this was the test Of course I couldn't stop I like it![emoji106]

I had the opportunity to meet a red square member a bit over a week ago and I went home with a sickle bar Diablo was a great guy and needless to say I'm very happy with my purchase! So far I have slid it under a roller to test fit it. It seems like a good fit

Just got home thought I'd share some pics of this beautiful 1045. Plan is to oil her up and parade her around. Starts right up, motor is strong.

A few weeks ago I got new tires put on, I decided too stick with the original split rims. The truck now rides and handles like a new truck. Not a squeak or rattle in it. Squonk asked for some under hood pics....

Well it's about as close to done as it gets. I've got to repaint the mule drive as I had the front wheels on backwards (actually they've been that way for 20+ years and I put them back on the same wrong way they came off). The wheels being on backwards causes the tire to rub the mule drive when turning full lock left. Oh well, I'll get it painted up and add the final decal. He's a some pics I snapped with my phone. I need to pull it out and take some pics with a real camera! It deserves it!!

The Wheel Horse 420LSE Worker Story.... I bought this 420LSE number 77 late January of this year from a guy from Western New York. He was the second owner of the tractor as the first owner only own it for only 1 year. Well this tractor was used and abused by the second owner as he racked up almost 1400 hours on the 420lse never knowing this tractor was collectable and limited edition. So I get that call to come and take look at this suppose to be 420lse tractor on the coldest day of the year 2 degrees of course outside. He opens the garage and there it is 420lse all rough up and mean looking sitting there with a flat tire. I check it over and everything matches up like it's suppose to be and it came with the proper paperwork. The bonus is it came with a 2 stage snowblower. The story is he used it to cut the lawn of course and snow blow every winter. He said he always keeped it outside and never had room in the garage since he restored cars for his hobbie.The last 6 years he just used it to lawn roll his lawn. So the tractor had some dents,scratches and rust but still through all that it looked good to me to buy and take home. The funny part is I never got a chance to run it because it was so cold he couldn't even jump start it but I took a gamble. I even power washed it that night when it was 0 degrees I just wanted to get the salt off. So I decided to keep its patina orginal survivor look and did very little paint touch ups. The hood and rear seat pan I left alone they had little rust spots and scratches and the hood had a few dings. Alot of mice nest in the tractor. The deck was shot but i keeped the chrome deck wheels.The rims had rust damage because he had them loaded and they sat for the longest time. I repaired them and drained all the fluids out as i had to cut the tires off. I changed all the fluids, plugs,filters,etc. I did some wire repair and replace all the fuses. Alot of cleaning and detailing went into this tractor. Today I truly started it up for the first time and it ran awesome with no smoking or any unusual noises! It drove perfect and had tons of power. I was very pleased it turn out this good. The future for this 420LSE Worker survivor tractor number 77/200 is retirement he going to relax and become and Sunday driver. Everyone once awhile he going to pull a cart around to feel cool again. He's not going to win a beauty shows or get all the girls but he's cool looking with all his battle wounds over the years......

Hi Everyone, With some feedback I got from you all on the forum I am going swap in a 23hp Briggs and Stratton Vanguard V-twin engine conversion kit from smallenginewarehouse.com I spoke to Zandy on the phone with a bunch of my questions and he was very helpful to me. I am hoping to get it Thursday or Friday by truck delivery. I am hoping it goes well in the swap and I can cut grass again and use my old snow blower attachment from my old C-120.

Here she is after a wet sand of wd40 and 600 grit paper. Thinking about sanding to 1000

Hi all, Finally got the lawn ranger out for a ride today. Very happy with the way this one turned out, runs great and looks good too! Just have to do a couple paint touch ups and paint the letters on the hood and its done. Thanks, Jake

That's pretty sweet! That would work great trimming under the pine tree's running around the perimeter of my property.

I think your work is phenomenal. A+ all around. Seeing Brrly s in person clinched it. Glenn

Wrapping up a long 3 days of "logging" in the back yard.

Hi all, This sure seems like a strange post to me but I did end up joining the 520 club! My local show was last weekend and had a guy approach me wanting to sell his. We agreed on a pretty reasonable price and both walked away happy. I have not looked up the year on this one yet but it must be pretty new with the toro decals on it. It has 630 hrs on it which didn't seem too bad to me considering my c175 has 900 now and is still doing great. It needs a little bit of work but nothing major. All the guages except tach work, however it does not want to stay running he has an electric fuel pump on it but it does not want to work right so I will be on the hunt for a correct pump or a kit to repair the one on it(if that can be done) I also am planning to reset the valves and decarbon heads like everyone says too because I definitely don't want to get stuck with the valve seat issue. It should be a good worker and is most likely going to replace the c175 for now.

For those of you who don't look at the Wheelhorse Junkies FB page; Bob Rock put up some pictures of his new D-200 articulated 4x4 -- As always great looking machine

Yup

I recently took a trip to Auburn Indiana where Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg cars were built back in the 30s for their annual gathering and didn't realize it was so close to Southbend. Those cars were another fine product to come out of Indiana. I live in Oklahoma where the company was purchased and moved to in the 60s and I work on the cars in the factory in my spare time, great machines just like Wheelhorses.

All three of you know what is coming next don't you?

I work for the collings foundation where I work on all of those cars. I run them every year.I love my job

I had two cords and a 1932 duesenberg back in the fourtys. one of the cords had an olds motor in it. the dues had 32,00 miles on it. that was my car the last year in high school. 1947. those cars were very cheap back then. I paid $200.00 for the dues. from a buick dealer. russ

Wow !! I really like that tractor. Nice job.

Now THAT's what I'm talkin' about!!! Nice.

Right on, they are meant to go in tabs in the vinyl on the bottom near the foot rest and get pulled back tight and hooked in somewhere on the frame. I wil have to crawl under mine to see, I dont remember. They keep the material tight against the foot rest to keep air and snow from blowing in on your feet i guess. Mine were connected to cotton straps with knots in them that ran through grommet holes on the bottom of the vinyl cover. One end of the spring then connects to what ever part of the tractor that's available and won't interfere with the tractors or implements operations. Sorry, no pictures available. Dave Burley Sent from my tractor seat.

Easy Peasy. Pressure switch operates the electric clutch on the pto.

Holy Cow that is a mean machine , any more pictures ?

I'm guessing a carb float problem. Could be dirt in the bowl, hole in the float, or float not level. TO

That is a beauty, as is your collection Sir!

The problem was using the travel agency. the airlines can't do anything to change the ticket if you bought it through a travel agency. And she took the cheapest option ($900 round trip) with no refunds or changes possible. And since she was late, she was considered a no show. They taught us not to jump as long as the plane was still flying.

Custom made brace made to clear PTO lever

If you need the wire, ceiling grid wire works just fine!

Seems Brandon agrees with me!

That is the correct belt and pulley. Do you have the belt guard on the horse? The belt guard funnels slack toward the engine pulley when you push in the clutch thus enabling the trans input pulley to stop. Actually, the belt guard is your clutch.

That sure is a sharp tractor! Nice work on the resto, great story as well!

I got my new engine this past week and I started taking it apart after work this week. I have the old engine off the tractor. The new engine has custom brackets and is wired up for a bolt in conversion. I think the kit is well worth the money I spent. I will post some pictures later this week.

30W oil Napa #75-110. My store has 81 qts' on hand. Not hard to find.

I didn't see random. Which conference are they in?

Hank I tend to be the court jester at many events. Weather people are picking on me, or a joke being played on me or me playing one on them. Tell her you gotta see it! Also tell her if shes comes Ill lay by the pool and let her push me in, that would be the same as watching green peace saving a whale! Lmao im looking forward to this! I know the guys at work are too! The last one was our shop stupervisor bought a c model from another guy in the shop. It has a nos eng on it, maybe 5 hrs of run time on it. His dad was coming up to look at it so at lunch I sprayed a half a can of wd 40 down the muffler! You should have seen his face when he started it for his dad! Oh Im so bad!

Kudzu, I asked pretty much the same question a few months back.I had found that in the K series some users did not have the balance gears from Kohler.As I understood it the gears were an option from Kohler.I was told that leaving them out would not hurt a thing.I just rebuilt a K301 and found no difference in vibration by leaving the gears out.This again was in a K series,the answer may be different in the Magnum series.Hope this helps,JAinVA

Yeah boy, I'm gonna do the tractor parade... wouldn't miss it...too much fun cruisin' around town with all the big guys. Been the only there for the past couple years.

I'd be shaving my ugly mug in the dang garage . SPECTACULAR !

Well you know this thread needed an update when it was three pages deep! Sorry for the delay, I've been chipping away at it. I got the motor back from the machine shop and luckily everything turned out fine. I have my 6 thousands just like Kohler specs. I worked with the local lawn and garden shop owner and put together the engine. He taught me a few things about the Kohlers I didn't know. We fired it up and ran it on Sat and it runs like a top. I need to get it painted this week. I ordered high temp engine paint from Eastwood but it's a smidge too bright of a red for me compared to the PPG I sprayed. I've been reading a lot about engine painting and most seem to just spray an etch primer or epoxy primer and a top coat or urethane or enamel. I think I'm going to spray the same epoxy/urethane I did the rest of the tractor with. Any thoughts or suggestions? Here's some pics of the progress. I also got the hood/fender wet sanded and polished. I super happy with how well they turned out. Looking forward to getting the engine painted so I can make some real progress on reassembly. Back home... New valves.... Head after coming back from the machine shop.... Head after I got done lapping it on my granite slab.... Engine steam cleaned and ready for reassembly new governor gear in... Compression release on the cam "realigned" Getting close.... Break in time!! Paint all buffed out!! Bob's dash is in! Looks awesome! Brand new 42" RD deck I bought off another member ready to go on...

Looking mighty fine Mikey! I hope you can fit in there this Winter with all your boots and Carharts on. You are not a small guy, so make sure you can get all of you in the cab before you go too far

Steve if they have the capability for muti-screen buzz me in. I could go for some back row heckling right about now!

Took a few more pictures of this when I privately offered it up for sale recently, thought I'd share pics showing what I think are the best features... the tilt deck and swivel tongue feature. To date this is still the only two place Wheel Horse snowmobile trailer that has been found that I know of, and I spent several years looking for it before dumb luck brought it my way. As you can see I never got it restored, and the crappy green brushed on paint was slowly washing off showing the nice old original red underneath. I have sold the trailer to another collector. I'll let him post about his purchase and eventual restoration in his own time. My last picture. Been fun owning this one, I've used it to haul some Wheel Horses to shows for the last 6 years. It will be missed.