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Just got back from Scott's Meet and Greet last weekend with a couple of side trips on the way home. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Tour and of course Maker's Mark distillery tour, any time I'm in Kentucky, This was my first real Wheel Horse show and it was amazing! Many beautiful tractors. Scott and his family put on a great event. Met a lot of Red Square members and now can put some faces with some name. Everyone I met was very friendly and hospitable. Just what I expected. It was a little cold but even a wimpy Florida guy didn't think it was that bad. Still have my keister, Racing Bob. Did some trading with Jake with a 400 burb in some disarray for some 3 piece trans work. Jake and his dad, great people. If I ever do grow up I want to be like Jake. For a while it looked like I was going to be the one who came the furthest distance, but then I noticed some ladies who looked a bit out of place for a Wheel Horse tractor meet. I finally asked one of them where they were from and she said they had just flown in from California but were originally from China. Very impressive. Didn't sell my 520H wheel set or my steering wheel, nobody seemed too interested. That's when I noticed the truck bed looked empty so I bought another 400 burb with snow blade and a tub cart. Whats a guy gonna do. If we ever get a foot or more of snow in Northwest Florida, I'm set. Once, again I want to thank Scott and his family for putting this outstanding meet together, and I may be back next year! Who knows there may be someone from Australia next year since this thing has gone global! -Chris in Florida. Here are the pictures of the new burb.

Had a Great Time At Scott's Meet -N- Greet Took My Quad Down And Got Some Aerial Footage! Enjoy! 6th Annual North Central Indiana Meet & Greet Aerial VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_tcnp9FB4U 6th Annual North Central Indiana Meet & Greet Aerial PLOWING VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50gR2Q9_7sM ~Duke

Didn't the old time used car dealers use saw dust? I'm pretty sure that or draining all the oil out would stop the leak!

Short jerky vid https://youtu.be/vpCzrREpkBM

Found this at a yard sale last Saturday. '79 C121 It has a good 42" deck. She runs but she's a smoker and it's complete. Seat is roached. It's pretty much all original, unmolested with the exception of someone has bypassed the ignition switch with a push button for some reason. Transmission seems to be in good working order. I'm not real familiar with the Hydrostat trans. My other WHs are manual trans, so I have a question. There is a lever to engage/disengage the trans. Is this supposed to put it in neutral so you can roll the tractor?

Scotts Meet and Greet 2015 " clueless " from Florida Glen Pettits' Booth Mrs Duke (HorseFixer) and Bo HorseFixer few more to come Last 4 pictures above 1st pic.. Far left front end of table Blueberry (Doug Kuhn) and IndyWH (Marshall) in the chair close to camera. Don't know the others. 2nd pic..Eric (Lonnie's son), Lonnie , Bob Rock , WHPNY . Bob makes the articulated horses..3rd pic...Brrly1, IndyWH, Stevasaurus, Pullstart, XRayGuy75 - Matt - my son.4th pic...Brrly1, Horsefixer, IndyWH, Stevasaurus, Shorts, Clueless, Pullstart, jackhammer.

I got my Wheel Horse No Name 10 a cpl. months ago. It came with 62 lb. home made wheel weights. I took them off, cleaned all the rust, painted them and made some decals. I used 1/8" pinstripe tape and ran a pinstripe around the outside then clear-coated them. Not too bad.

This is the planned finished model:

OK Steve, that post has been edited LOL I don't want to be banned from owning a Wheel Horse, that would be more than I could bear! Please don't take away my right to keep and bear Wheel Horses ! That is an amendment to the US Constitution isn't it?

Van, go back up to one of your posts and delete that comment about trying Stop Leak in your transmission. It only takes a few minutes to replace that seal. Anybody that even thinks about putting Stop Leak into a Wheel Horse transmission ought to be banned from owning a horse!!! I wouldn't even think about doing something like that...even if I was selling the Horse to someone I did not like.

Maybe I could come and show you how to roll it onto my trailer. Marvin

Been a long time since I originally started on this. At the rate I am going it will probably be a year or more to get it finished. Marvin

jm the onan engines from about early 1986 used a plastic flyball spacer. ( they probably saved about 20 cents ) these are known to get loose and or break. when this happens they over rev. the original ones were steel. i do have the steel ones ava. if you end up needing one boomers_influence@yahoo.com or call 651 437 2826 M-F 10-7 S-S 12-6 cent time. thank you. boomer ( the used onan engine parts guy,also NOS and new )

This is what I think I know about the snowthrowers for the long frame tractors 1983 model 06-42ST03 was the first to use skids 1984-1987 model 06-42ST04 1987-1989 model 06-42ST05 was the first to use a 7/8" diameter drive shaft 1990 model 06-42ST06 1991-1993 model 06-42ST07 was the first to use the tall chute 1993-1998 and 2000-2001 was model 79360 1995 model 79360 was the first to use the 8" high shield in the front of the chute 2002-2007 was model 79362 Garry

Sawdust would deff. Quieten it down.....for awhile.

Glad to hear you made it back ok. Now just set back and wait for the first snow. That 400 has a lot of miles on it as I told you. Started out in north west Ohio and made at least 5 trips to Minnesota and a few local shows as well. Have fun with it.

#5 SAE ORB is the fitting size in that goes in the cylinder. You are not going to find it at TSC. Some ideas Note Price in ORB#5 Hose end...I have not found a source for swivel elbow SAE5 Hose ends at any price

Just thought I would post some semi final pictures of the barn as it stands today. Over the past few weeks since the meet and greet I was able to stain the wood and paint the windows. The last thing I need to do is to install the snow retention system on the front of the roof eave and then decide if I want to install panels over the front door or maybe go with a wood shake with dark stain? Not sure yet.

Looked like a Good video to me JackHammer

Great videos and photos everyone! Thank you so much for taking the time to post them. I think this is the first year that I completely forgot to snap any pictures. So seeing all of these are just awesome! Steve.....it may just happen one of these years. Oh by the way, I have enjoyed the 70 degree weather the past two days!

Nice find! All I ever see at yard sales are baby clothes and worn furniture.

I'll have to make sure my Charharts will be ready for October 2, 2016. Maybe next year, we will be moving & blowing snow...you know it is going to happen. Where are those group shots that MJ took???

You didn't realize the cold, 50 degrees, not June weather by any means. There was too much action , equipment , tractors and friends to see and meet.

Another out of the ballpark homerun... way to step up the game Duke.

great job Duke, the rocknrye speachbubble made me laugh

Here it is! Where do I find the serial number so we can figure out what year this bird is? I was told 1990 but according to my searches on here the decals look to be more like 1994-5... I love the look of this tractor, even on its unkept state. So, as I'm loaded and getting ready to leave, I ask the owner what it takes to use garden implements on this tractor. He begins to explain about the Brinly adapter hitch. He tells me that he used to have one for this tractor but he sold it. He opens a cabinet in the back of the shop and there it is!!! He says, "I guess I still have it. You can have it if you want it!" I like it for three bills!!!

We'll see if this way works http://vid274.photobucket.com/albums/jj267/baerpath/DSCF9003-Copy2.mp4

I got sick and tired of messing around with the vacuum fuel pump on my GT 1100. It has the 11 hp briggs. So after some thought I went to napa today to see about a universal electric pump. I also think this may be good for one of my kohlers if ever those pumps fail. The one I got is PN 610-1051 it says 1.5-4 lbs of pressure. It is actually better than I expected, seems well built, comes with a filter for the inlet side and a hose barb for the outlet(brass even!) The pump is 1/8 inch female pipe thread on both ends. Seems to work great. I jumpered it to run constant while checking for leaks and found none, float seems to hold needle shut just fine. The cost was a little tall at $50 but some of the replacement mechanical pumps are near that and it seems like it will last. Anyway thought I would pass it along.

They were there the other day. Had same issue in another thread that they disappeared in. As for machining new ones, anything is possible, for the right price.

I couldn't be there, but thanks to Stevasuarus, I got my "Indiana" on today.

I recently decided to give BG a try. The MSDS shows what I would call more active ingredients than Seafoam. But after using both BG and Seafoam I think I've still got to order a carb kit... Hard to fix lack of PO maintenance (well, sometimes even current owner...)! Unreasonable to expect chemicals to remove what a fuel filter should have!

Chris, It was a real pleasure getting a chance to meet you and I am very honored that you would take the time and resources to spend the day with us. Our conversations were great and I am glad you stopped by on Friday so that we could have a chance to chat a bit. I am glad you made it home safely and are even considering coming back next year, we would love to have you. That 400 you picked up traveled a bunch of miles in a few short days. It started in the back of a truck in Missouri, headed to our show up in Northern Indiana, and then hopped in your truck and made it all the way back down in Florida!!!! I had a great time with everyone and am thankful for the folks that want to spend the day with us.........Year #7 has to be good weather right????? :)

http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/topic/34909-installelectric-fuel-pump-on-a-c-160/ http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/topic/38994-electric-fuel-pump-revisited/

I use seafoam on my small engines also and it seems to work pretty well on jets and other orifices in carbs that are partially restricted. Another company I find helpful is BG products. They offer a variety of helpful chemicals for automotive use.

Very often stuff in a can can't help but man when it does! Numerous times I've had Techron smooth out a miss in my transportation. Many times Seafoam has done the same in small engines. Several times a stop leak powder has stopped radiator leaks and stop leak additives have stopped oil leaks. Just saved me from tearing into the rear end in my van! Was leaking 90w bad! Now, not at all! Auto trans fix in a bottle has solved more than one issue. It has also failed more than once! Now I'm not saying that a Engine Rebuild In A Can has rings, bearing, seals and gaskets included, but I know for a fact that some of the products work some of the time. Some only work for awhile but even that can be a life saver to buy you some time to arrange a proper fix! I've fixed several radiators and if they are on the verge of falling apart nothing in a container is going to fix them, but still might but some time. On the other hand if a slipped wrench puts a tiny hole in an otherwise solid tube some powder might just fix it! Now I'd still rather solder it up but not everyone can or can easily afford to pay someone else who can. Probably a lot of money wasted buying wishes in a bottle but sometimes they can be a godsend!

Pretty wild, Duane! What size tires and wheels?

Yeah, how awesome would that be... wonder if they have any trails to ride 's up there?

Hey TD, That lever actually has two functions. No. 1, It releases the tension on the drive belt idler pulley disengaging the transmission from the engine. You should always disengage the tranny when starting the tractor. That lever also locks the differential inside the case when you pull it up , thus it is a parking brake. As Davoman said, Never try to move the tractor when the lever us up in the park position or pull it up to the park position when the tractor is moving. You will break off the locking pawl inside the case. To tow or push the tractor by hand, you need to take off the parking brake by pushing the lever down, and you need to open the tow valve as Chorus guy and Kelly described

No. Under the drivers rear fender there is something called a tow valve. It is a small peg that sticks out toward the front if the tractor. It is either a square it will be slotted for a standard straight blade screwdriver. Probably about 3/8" and maybe sticks out about an inch. The neutral position is simply a stand still position while the tractor is in use or parked. I believe you turn the tow valve counterclockwise about a half a turn to push or tow and clockwise or closed when operating. Make sure it is closed when you operate it. And make sure it's open when you push or tow

It is obvious that you understand the laws of physics, having the front of the frame strapped down prior to adding the weight of the transaxle. very nice work

Right John...is it a weekend for the Home Teams??? Is it an Upset Weekend??? Do the Undefeateds fail?? 4 of the 6 unbeatens are away. Will the weather be a factor??? If Illinois has a defense, will it show up??? Is Northwestern for real??? Does Michigan lose at home??? How good is Navy, is this like a conference game for ND??? How good is Indiana?? When is Nebraska going to play through the last minute of the game??? How bad is Maryland...could they be the next Virginia Tech??

Wonder if Steveasaurus ever got his rock n rye... great videos!

I appreciate all the advice. Here's my horse.

Very Nice Van! As far as appearances go all ya need is a Mrs. Buckrancher seat cover on it and she's done!

Isn't it amazing how simple it seems at first. My problem is I forget to factor in how long it takes to actually do what I can think of.

OEM, and someone here will be in with the part number. Not hard to change: Pull PTO hoop, loosen or remove foot rest, you may have to remove tab from clutch idler its different over the years, push clutch in, remove old belt, rinse, repeat in reverse. If you search youtube, our very own @Stigian made a good video showing how to do it. Ah, here it is:

the 310-8,312-8,314-8 are all great hard working horses

This past weekend cousin Timbo and Toddbo came over and we continued to work on the lights in the barn and outside. Maybe one more weekend and we should be pretty close to being done. Got the sign hung on the wall over the main door. I made the frame out of 1x rough cut shiplap siding. It comes off pretty easy to get at the lights behind the sign. Here are a few pics.

I came home to this yesterday courtesy of Mollie and Morgan. This was a full box!

Bigger Smaller on the thrower would make it spin faster. (I fixed this - just in case someone decides to call me out before reading the rest of the thread.) The pulley on my 1986-ish 42" thrower is big enough in diameter that the drive belt will not fit between it and the wrapper (auger housing) without some friendly persuasion. Throwers (single stage) are not blowers. (no fan) If they get the snow out of the way, they're doing their job. I never expect mine to throw snow into the next county, but it does a great job of launching frozen dog crap about 40 feet. :handgestures-thumbup: