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Here is a quick up date on the 607. I had to paint this before it gets to cold so here is a couple picks. And the leaves are starting so there is all my time gone..... I hope you enjoy the picks. Gary B...........

I'll be 70 in January. I check the obituaries in the news paper everyday and I haven't seen my name yet.

There is a ridge in the bottom of the tranny case that traps some oil in the front half of the tranny. You have to jack the front end up to drain it all. You said it was nasty before you put in your good oil i would but in a half gallon of DF2 (diesel fuel) or kerosene, run it around for a few minutes then raise the front end and drain it again. If it is really nasty you may have to repeat. Fill it with good oil thought the dip stick (or pull the shifter and go through that. Leave the fill plug open at first, it will speed up the filling. then close it and keep adding slowly til you get a good read on the dip stick

Heh! at 75 I've found the "golden years" are more like "lead/tin/brass years"

Well you know the Old saying it ant over till it's over.

Heck, I am only 29; though I have celebrated 41 anniversaries of my 29th birthday.

If you ain't hurtin'... you've been sandbagging.

Heck, I am from the Paleozoic era...I am afraid to go to sleep anymore.

I have a couple more sets of wheels but they just don't look quite right. I'm not going for an all original restore but these wheels just look right to me. I look at it as a labor of love. Good thing too because this whole tractor needs LOTS AND LOTS of TLC.

im not plannng on using it right now. I'm going to service it and detail it a little. Are you going to use your NOS 520?i I'm going to put the 420 LSE to work too. I'll mow with it next year. Probably 5-10 hours a year. Its a shame to let it sit. It was built to use. I will pamper it though.

Thinking about making one more mod to my 520H snow blowing machine. Left foot.....add a rocker pedal to control the lift Right foot...is used for F/R motion control Left hand..... can then stay on the steering wheel Right hand... chute rotation, chute deflector, coffee cup, and waving to the neighbors as I clear their driveways from inside the heated cab.

Getting old is all in your mind.....................If you can remember where you put it!

Filling through the dipstick tube is definitely easier, you'll need a long skinny funnel to reach down there. And be aware you might not get it to take the full 2 quarts, especially if you didn't get all the old oil drained out. Your old oil was "nasty looking", as in milky or bubbly? That would indicate water got into the transmission, probably through the shifter boot. Make sure you check that too, and replace it if necessary. -------- EDIT: Actually, your funnel doesn't really have to be very long, it just needs to be skinny enough to fit snugly inside the dipstick tube. If the tube has been removed for some reason, the funnel would have to be long enough to reach into the opening at the top of the transmission.

Good choice! I would not let it sit, i would use it too.

This is how I've made my horse steer better C-85

It's #143 I do not have the plate. The woman who owned it kept the plate when Thad bought it. I think she worked for a wheel horse dealer and ordered it for her husband. He passed away a long time ago and it sat unused. It has 387 hours on a working meter. It was a 1000 mile round trip. I thought it was worth it. It's really hard to find low hour Wheel Horse tractors in Wisconsin. I drove it maybe 5 minutes. I really want to service it first. I have a few questions. What air filter and oil filter would it take. The air filter looks like one that would be used on a 16 horse kohler. The engine is model M20QS, I didn't get a manual with it. The question about the seat. Which one? The 420LSE or the 520H? I was going to have a new owners plate made for the 420LSE. Would someone that owns one post a picture of the plate? It's in good shape. It's going to need some detailing and a little sanding and paint touch up in a few spots. The 520H feels like a brand new tractor. Everything is tight. It's really clean too!!

A few days ago while I was complaining about my sore shoulders from wrestling this "killer tiller" through my strawberry beds along side my pole barn, Mrs. K made the comment " all those little tractors...can't they help you". Sure enough, the next day when I went to the barn, there sat the 314 Hydro with the blade off for a new scraper bar that a member made for me.........It looked like a mount for a TILLER. A little cutting with the radiac and its ready to mount up. Drill a few holes, add two braces, and make a belt tensioner. More seat time...less sore shoulders.

It's a competition to see which part part of my body hurts each day. And then on rainy days - it's a real race!

Make sure that there isn't something blocking the drain hole and not letting all the oil drain out. It has happened to me some nasty sludge built up at the drain and wouldn't let the oil drain out I poked it with a screw driver and the rest came out but still I can usually only get about a quart in one Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

I built this one on a Westwood tractor chassis.

No, there's not enough for two complete tractors. Hopefully I'll have enough tranny parts to make one good one and there are enough tractor parts for a good one. The majority of the parts on the 657 and 500 Special are identical.

The gentleman that gave these to me said most all of the Wheel Horse stuff he had started out in Michigan so freezing could be a possibility. The rails and forks are in great shape and there wasn't any slop. Providing the case on the other one is OK I'll just use it. Hopefully the gears I need will be in good shape. I do have a spare 3523 in very good shape (per Mike) that came out of the 5010 on my 400 that I can use if needed. Remember that little research project I did on the 3-speed parts? The only internal difference between a 5025 and a 5053 is the updated shifter rails on the 5053 (3515/3516 vs 5615/5616).

After reading above posts I have no right to be feeling old. Only 55

I fixed that problem, got rid of the wife.

I'm pretty much an 8-speed guy. The hydros are ok but I'd rather change gears than change hydro fluid and filters. I don't know about the rest of you guys but I have more than enough maintenance to do ( on all my equipment combined ) without the added work of hydro maintenance on Wheel Horses. I have had a few hydro Horses but am happier banging gears LOL

When you pry off the caps there will be a zerk fitting in the center of the spindle gear You may need to dig through the grease to see it. Grease it heavily it will come out and lube the bevel gear. Packing the whole housing doesn't get grease down into the spindle and its bearings as well.

Just wanted to throw in a pic of the V61's mounted up, (sorry the garage is being reorganized):

Hard to say, I have a 416-h and a C-161Auto, and C-161 8 speed so I would say try to get both!!

Well I bought it. Ill post pics tomorrow. The hydro is very strong. Very fast forward but slow in reverse I think the lever needs to be adjusted. The tractor frame is in great shape. The loader has one very poorly welded bracket no stress cracks though (Ill fix it eventually). It can lift a lot of weight. lifted me and 3 ret wall blocks at around 450lb with ease (however with the soft front tires very hard to turn with that much weight ad soft tires). It doesn't look nearly as good as Elliot's.

Still a good buy, The 520 makes a great loader tractor, I have had a few of them and my current one works great and has all the power you would ever need.

Yeah, keep em both. Then start looking for more storage space. Cause when you pair em up, they will multiply

Don't drink... and drive that one.

I think I have an extra one, and I'm not too far from you. I'll have a look tomorrow.

I don't have it figured out yet but I thought surely some of you would have by now! So the hubs would need to be removed, and I've gathered that can be an ordeal, then the weights bored out larger. Fastening them to each other is easy enough, but surely they are then attached to the axle or hub. I see no bolts, nuts or other fasteners. No, I still don't quite understand...

Nice work.

Funny, we have one thread going on the subject of front tire traction while plowing snow and another on down-force lifting the front tires,go figure!

This is a good example of why a volt meter is superior to an amp meter. With an amp meter you wouldn't be aware that you were cooking your battery.

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A big "Thank You" to #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #6......from member #7 (remembering the days at Yahooooooo)

Congrats on the buy! Just take your time on it. Micro-Compact Loader-Tractors are very unstable on uneven ground. With a load on the bucket, be careful on hills, slopes and uneven surfaces. And above all, have fun with it!

Can we do a spread pick this week? I'm definitely in favor of that for this week. RMC

Def ok, The regulator is designed to run about +10-20% over nominal battery voltage for proper charging and electrical system supply; it will probably "settle" a bit over the next few days to 13.5-14.2V. Sounds like it's fixed!

Welcome to the 420 LSE club! You found yourself a very nice one at that. If I get a chance, I will try and get out to the barn and snap a few pictures of the plates for your reference. Enjoy!

Effin Skonk's... gonna be unstoppable

Over the years I have lurked around other sites on a variety of topics and never been inclined to join. I talked with "Wild Bill" at the Florida Flywheeler's show a few years ago and he told me about Redsquare, it took a few weeks but finally checked it out. Posted a question and within an hour I had a couple of great answers, a manual download and a dozen or so welcomes. I was very impressed! I have been a regular here and I look at it as a "cyber, sitting around the shop shooting the bull meeting place". I can identify with Bob as far as the recuperation; the first four days following my spinal surgery I had no access to the internet and was having withdrawal syndrome! .Granted, I was getting some real gooood pain relievers, but I still missed it. Though I have only met a couple of the members in person I consider all of you to be good friends. Sparky, Karl and others who laid the foundation deserve a big from all of us.

If you take out a top bolt and fill to much, oil will run out of the hole and make a mess. If you haven't gotten the filter yet, get a Napa 1410. A better filter and usually cheaper than Toro

Like the look of those lights.