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No need to go 3/4" That's really pushing things as far as the amount of meat there is. The hole is actually a few thousands over for a 1/2" NPT tap. I used a taper tap (on the right) and followed up with a bottoming tap (in the makeshift tap wrench). That allowed more usable threads but I could have gotten by just fine without it. Stuff an oil soaked rag in the hole and have at it. It taps pretty easily. Just make sure you don't leave any chips behind. To extent the pipe the proper distance to clear the hood stand I used a 1 1/2" long nipple and a 1/2"x3/4" street elbow. Both styles of taps are readily available for under $10 shipped on Ebay. The reduction in pipe size for that short distance is insignificant.

As I was going through the local junk yard for some parts to convert my 520H to have foot pedals last week, I came across this little stallion that needs someone to rescue him. A 653? I don't know these machines too well but it did shift through all the gears and the deck seemed pretty solid. Seems like someone can save this from the crusher....

I brace the steering wheel hub against a tree using a 2x4. Then I can pound the pin out ... sometimes right into the 2x4.

Here ya go Ian. It took me a while to find and scan these slides. This is my brand new 1972 Super Beetle...stripped by Chris Christopherson. He did the Chevy also. His work has been featured in a bunch of the Hot Rod magazines. Just thinking that pin stripping might look real nice on a horse.

Then what is this called? WESTERN ULTRA MOUNT 7 1/2' CONTRACTORS GRADE SNOW PLOW I used a snow plow to plow snow all over own for 17 years...I even plowed down some mail boxes!

I WILL BE 87 ON APRIL 21 I will not give up my wheel horses. I have had wheel horses since the 1950's. I broke my neck last dec. but still planning to go to the big show and about 9 more with my diesel wheel horse.

I do not like the violent sudden engagement of electric PTOs i prefer to feather a manual. Started working on a new to me Electro 12 that had an electric PTO. Look at the PTO key. I have seen damaged keys but this one obviously beat itself over the years. I am not sure what implement she will be married to but I may put on a manual PTO.

been awhile haven't had this tractor out since last fall didn't have any snow to plow this year. Took off the plow and chains last week. put my ag tires on. all tires on this have washer fluid in them and wow what a difference it makes!! there a lot of weight pulling this roller especially when it is up and down hills. makes the ole 8 horse grunt a little . got into into an argument with a guy called my 857 a lawn mower dam I got mad . them things you buy at lowes and walmart a lawn mower i told him not this. them lawnmowers wouldn't pull this roller they would smoke the trans on them. was at my local lowes yesterday and looking at the crap they have there and no way in hell would spend that kinda money on them crapy green and orange mowers.

This is for sale locally and I am thinking about picking it up but I'm a little inept to the specifics on these older models. I know the motor is not original, the hood appears to be cut in the back, the original muffler appears to be missing and heat shield, but I may be wrong on some of those items. And approximate value would be appreciated. I know it needs restored. All help is appreciated!! Thanks

OK, all this activity has worn me out, so I think I'll become a "DOZER" while Mrs. K prepares dinner.

I GRADE my driveway.

iI've got my garden plowed, disc'ed, tilled, And Planted. I'm going to add another 40x50 plot as well

You have the next seven or eight months to work this out before we need to have snow relocation devices out! In the mean time I plowed my garden a couple of days ago.

Yep that snow cab and 2 stage and rear weight bracket I made are pain to put on and take off, the single stage not too bad mower deck and front blade fairly easy, tiller about like the single stage, then the rear box blade, plow,culivators,disc, land scape rake fit the clevis hitch about as easy as pinning the 17 cu ft cart or roller to the draw bar...more tractors more easy...right? Jeff.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plow It appears plow (or plough) used alone is a farm implement, and snow plow is used for snow removal.

Well I am 68 and only have been a member since July 2015 so this will be my first show. I will be running around looking at everything and everybody like a 5 year old on a sugar high. O when I joined last year I have two working horses and a roller. Now I have one roller and 4 horses. Bad addiction.

Does it run and drive? The little things will nickel and dime you. Based on condition=wrong engine, rusty front rims (look rotted in pictures), cut hood, rusty controls=I'd assume the mechanicals are just as bad. I wouldn't give more than $200 as is. Looks like a $100 tractor to me. It's a 1960 400, not an RJ. It's not exactly rare. Don't get in over your head. Nicer burbs are out there for reasonable amounts. I gave $600 for a restored 401 with correct engine, solid gas tank, nice tires, solid rims, good steering wheel, and good sheet metal.

Too bad the hood and stand are cut but you don't necessarily have to restore it and dump tons of money into it. I drive and display a tractor which kind of looks like that at every show I attend. Only has a better hood. Gets as much attention as the trailer queens do because there's nothing wrong with an old tractor that looks like an old tractor and still has it's own character. Of coarse it costs money to go through the mechanicals but at least you would be starting with one that isn't missing all the expensive little parts like the controls and belt guard. If you're just in it to make money or break even then it's worth more as parts before sinking a dime into it. I'd say go grab it and enjoy the ride!

I paid $50 for this one. Stuck $ 150 in the transmission alone.

The transmission went from a three piece to a two piece # 5007 and the choke/throttle controls were changed from the levers to the pull type. May be others that I'm not aware of.

I often choke thinking, "Plow the garden", "Plow snow". A plow equals, "turn the earth". Guess I'm losing it but, gag when I hear, "Plow snow". Guess I need a shrink. Yes, plow the garden. Yes, push snow. No, plow snow.

PB Blaster and a roll pin punch should do it. The roll pin it hardened so making an attempt at drilling it out will only ruin a good drill bit. If you have a good small (Victor #00) gas welding tip you should be able to get a neutral flame small enough to heat the roll pin from both ends to break the rust free, this would also soften the metal enough to allow you to drill it out once it cools.

It took you this long to figure that out?

Salty and AMC the best way offset a purchase of another horse would be to give a present from the jewelry store that places their jewelry in blue boxes with white ribbons. It would also mean that a trip to New York City would be required. If I told her the next horse would be her's she would give me detailed instructions on where to stick the horse.

TELL YOUR WIFE IF YOU GO TO THE BIG SHOW YOU HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER HORSE, BUT IT WILL BE HERS.

Cleat, your wagon project is most impressive. And on another note, the best advice I've heard on backing a wagon is to "Cut it both ways and come straight back!"

will somebody please tell gravity to start doing its job correctly - apparently it works OK in western NY state

Don't think you are gonna get any arguments on a 520's thirstyness Jeff. Starting to catch on about a tractor for every attachment tho!!

523Dxi....opened the water drain on the fuel filter only fuel came out good sign?...but a rodent has been in it look at the air inlet box/tube...oil low and filthy...battery dead probably a new 1 needed as well as 520H...good washing and compressed air cleaning...fluid changes and paint buffing...oh boy looks like a summer's worth of work ahead but hopefully all worth it,Jeff.

So I had a little time this morning after a busy weekend and here's a few pics of the haul from Friday after these I hope to move/start a new thread on these new to me ,thanks all ,Jeff. The 520H first...

3-28-1979 Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island At 4 a.m. on March 28, 1979, the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island fails to close. Cooling water, contaminated with radiation, drained from the open valve into adjoining buildings, and the core began to dangerously overheat. The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant was built in 1974 on a sandbar on Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River, just 10 miles downstream from the state capitol in Harrisburg. In 1978, a second state-of-the-art reactor began operating on Three Mile Island, which was lauded for generating affordable and reliable energy in a time of energy crises. After the cooling water began to drain out of the broken pressure valve on the morning of March 28, 1979, emergency cooling pumps automatically went into operation. Left alone, these safety devices would have prevented the development of a larger crisis. However, human operators in the control room misread confusing and contradictory readings and shut off the emergency water system. The reactor was also shut down, but residual heat from the fission process was still being released. By early morning, the core had heated to over 4,000 degrees, just 1,000 degrees short of meltdown. In the meltdown scenario, the core melts, and deadly radiation drifts across the countryside, fatally sickening a potentially great number of people. As the plant operators struggled to understand what had happened, the contaminated water was releasing radioactive gases throughout the plant. The radiation levels, though not immediately life-threatening, were dangerous, and the core cooked further as the contaminated water was contained and precautions were taken to protect the operators. Shortly after 8 a.m., word of the accident leaked to the outside world. The plant’s parent company, Metropolitan Edison, downplayed the crisis and claimed that no radiation had been detected off plant grounds, but the same day inspectors detected slightly increased levels of radiation nearby as a result of the contaminated water leak. Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh considered calling an evacuation. Finally, at about 8 p.m., plant operators realized they needed to get water moving through the core again and restarted the pumps. The temperature began to drop, and pressure in the reactor was reduced. The reactor had come within less than an hour of a complete meltdown. More than half the core was destroyed or molten, but it had not broken its protective shell, and no radiation was escaping. The crisis was apparently over. Two days later, however, on March 30, a bubble of highly flammable hydrogen gas was discovered within the reactor building. The bubble of gas was created two days before when exposed core materials reacted with super-heated steam. On March 28, some of this gas had exploded, releasing a small amount of radiation into the atmosphere. At that time, plant operators had not registered the explosion, which sounded like a ventilation door closing. After the radiation leak was discovered on March 30, residents were advised to stay indoors. Experts were uncertain if the hydrogen bubble would create further meltdown or possibly a giant explosion, and as a precaution Governor Thornburgh advised “pregnant women and pre-school age children to leave the area within a five-mile radius of the Three Mile Island facility until further notice.” This led to the panic the governor had hoped to avoid; within days, more than 100,000 people had fled surrounding towns. On April 1, President Jimmy Carter arrived at Three Mile Island to inspect the plant. Carter, a trained nuclear engineer, had helped dismantle a damaged Canadian nuclear reactor while serving in the U.S. Navy. His visit achieved its aim of calming local residents and the nation. That afternoon, experts agreed that the hydrogen bubble was not in danger of exploding. Slowly, the hydrogen was bled from the system as the reactor cooled. At the height of the crisis, plant workers were exposed to unhealthy levels of radiation, but no one outside Three Mile Island had their health adversely affected by the accident. Nonetheless, the incident greatly eroded the public’s faith in nuclear power. The unharmed Unit-1 reactor at Three Mile Island, which was shut down during the crisis, did not resume operation until 1985. Cleanup continued on Unit-2 until 1990, but it was too damaged to be rendered usable again. In the more than two decades since the accident at Three Mile Island, not a single new nuclear power plant has been ordered in the United States.

Don't you mean... good addiction?

$ Have you priced a 3/4 pipe tap lately, not to mention the 15/16" drill bit.

Use standard pipe tape . I have the same issue ,I'm going to make a flang and weld my exhaust pipe to it , and use my studs .

Tecumseh recoils are built tough! They have to be because they have to work 10 times harder to try and get a Tecumseh to start....

I guess it doesn't matter whether you're pushing, or pulling it through the paticular material you have on hand... as you see here, it's still rolling off of a mold board plow.

Pretty sure... this guy here, claims that title. Go Russ Go!

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I have always felt that if I can't give something my all, then I shouldn't be doing it. I have stretched myself too thin and some things had to give. I am not leaving the Square by any means. I just can not justify being a moderator here when I have only been checking in once a week. Thanks to all of the support I have received in the hobby and especially our show. This is truly a very special place to be!

Its on a 1996 and has rubber all aroind it ,, so ill do the pb blaster and air chissle with a role pin punch i guess,, thanks for reply bud!

Tankman, I've got to agree with you on this. I've always wondered about the use of "snow plow" also. I reckon it's correct to "plow snow" according to Webster's, but I've always said "push snow", or "clear/clean the drive." The Wheel Horse nomenclature is dozer blade and grader blade, not "snow plow." WH also calls them snow throwers, not snow blowers!

I know she rules...Mr Rules.

There's enough meat there...so either size will work fine... like Bob suggested, just use a tapered tap. NPT taps are sourced pretty cheap all over Ebay.

Couple of thoughts. I have been disassembling 3 electric PTOS. First there is no friction material. Simply two steel plates yanked together by the electro magnet. Do not use it for a while and guess what, steel rusts Two rusty rough surfaces do not engage smoothly. The case mentioned above of the frequently used tractor working smoothly probably meant the use kept the steel plates clean and smooth. Next on design. WH didn't make these PTOs You can figure that by the use of a NLA bearing The larger inner one. 6207-40NSL Searching for a source revealed complaints at other discussion boards about Allis and simplicity that they used the same odd bearing. Also looking at pictures the design is the same.

OK, I wasn't sure we could understand the adult version, so here ya are. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowplow

http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student&va=snowplow Here Ya go.

It's awful, snow plows. Makes me cringe.

Get this and a gearbox to slow down the spin and get a churn'n! Or use a WH generator to power the electric motor I'll stop by and see ya for my free ice-cream! http://www.cabelas.com/product/AmeriHome-Ice-Cream-Maker/1621810.uts?productVariantId=3532287&srccode=cii_328768002&cpncode=37-173720005-2&WT.tsrc=PPC&WT.mc_id=BingPLA&WT.z_mc_id1=03717127&rid=20

If I were at the company I would want it to put on display with a caption, "another life saved". So glad you escaped serious injury, I would still go to the Hospital to have a medical conformation that it is just a head ache.

About a half mile from my house this was for sale today ($450 with snow plow)...missing a cylinder for me, lol...then I saw it driving around 7pm up the road the other direction, oh the things people will do to own a wheel horse