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I do Wheel Horse salvage and the goal of A-Z Tractor is to provide quality used parts for Wheel Horse tractors. I buy and sell complete tractors as well as NOS parts and attachments for Wheel Horse. If you are looking for a part and have the part number go to http://a-ztractor.com/ and type the part number in the search box and it will tell you if I have the part, how many and the price. I also salvage and have NOS parts for Kohler, Briggs, Onan, Tecumseh engines. So I have what it takes to keep your Wheel Horse tractor going. Also I am a dealer for Stens products and they handle a large selection of OE and aftermarket parts for a large selection of brands and applications.

...to Parker Schnabel's house.

A Practical Mechanics issue from June 1940. Stumbled on it during a search for using Shellac as a paper Gasket seal. The important bit that's relevant here is the number of different Garden Tractor Ads I found near the bottom (start from page 122a), including Harold and Elmer Pond's 5hp Speedex. Another surprise for me is that I own a little Miller Simons Paint Sprayer Compressor in original condition, but without the Gun shown on page 136a !....spooky. One very good read if you have the time. -LINK-

They are not just bolts, they are cup point set screws and lock nuts.

My stove is an outside wood boiler. It heats the house, shop and water and I have also included some pictures of my wood shed and trolley system that I made to fill the stove.

Bought a Commando 6 with a snow blower and wheel weights for $250. It was in bad shape and kind of mangled up, so I'm just rat rodding it out. I had a spare Tecumseh HH100 sitting on the shelf and that's also what came on the tractor I bought, so I'm taking the two and making one that runs. It's not going to be original but it sure is fun. The picture is after I completed a lot of work. Thinking about keeping it as my winter set up when I'm done with it.

11-22-1927 Snowmobile invented Carl J. Eliason of Sayner,Wisconsin created "the first snowmobile" in 1927. Although Mr. Virgil White was the first to use the term "snowmobile" on his modified Model T Ford, Carl Eliason's invention was the first purposed built form of transportation to be specifically used for snow travel.

Well I made some more progress. Just a few more odds and end to do: paint touch up, fuel filter, attach the deck. Amazing how these things can be transformed in about a month. Many thanks to all who helped out with advice and parts!

I'm not getting any younger and everything I work on gets heavier.... picked this up the other week for £30 ($33) and with some recycling of an old bike rack brought back from the US that was built like a tank. I've got this A handy crane with a 4ft boom that swings inside the workshop (the axle is for my 3rd 4x4 I'm designing)

I was sitting in geometry class in the 8th grade. It was report card day too. I came home with 4 D's and my parents didn't even care. Lucky for me.

Well thanks to Richard and Craig's help I've made some, the only problem was the plate I had was thicker and didn't want to bend even in the press so I ended up cutting and shutting but I think they look ok He's a couple of Picts before I stripped it down It won't let me add any more photos !

Here's a pic I took last night. MIght be worth noting that all the firewood I get is "jonny on the spot" firewood. Have been burning for over 15 years, and haven't paid a dime. The way I see it, if I have to pay for firewood and do all the work, I'll just walk right over and turn up the thermostat.

I brought this home the same time I picked up the 856. I really love these little tractors. It had the wrong engine but i managed to also acquire a correct Kohler k90 for it and promptly installed it . Needs a few minor things but I'm happy to have it.

I was on the flight line @ Shilling AFB (formerly smoky hill) returning a B47 to the ready line from our recovery section. Didn't know if we were going to have to use them. Marvin

As old as I'm getting I might as well like the old look too; oh, you were talking about the RJ! I like the way it looks now; rusty and dusty.

I like old stuff like this - onan power equip. was advertised too....did you ever notice how skinny everybody was before McDonalds , potato chips and fritos ?

In third grade. The whole school went out to the flag and did the pledge. Teachers were a wreck.

I was at Emerson elementary school in Indianola Iowa struggling with math problems when the intercom sounded and the principle made the announcement. I remember some of the girls started crying and the teacher left the room as we all just sat there looking at each other with our mouths wide open.

At school in the 9th grade wondering what was wrong with the world.

HHHMMM...If you paint that door green you may be in trouble with the natives here at Red Square...A nice shade of RED would keep you out of harm's way...

Cosmetically, yours looks much nicer than mine. I just built a ripper plow to bust the hard ground so my tiller could handle it. I was amazed and pleased at the way the c160 handled dragging what is essentially an anchor. It pulls without loading up or bogging down even with the throttle at less than half speed. It's my first Wheel Horse and I'm sold on them now.

No problem! Can you please explain why they build electronic stuff with that magic smoke? Every time it gets out, nothing works again!

So I spent this morning digging parts out and got the 35 more complete. Put a painted seat on, correct tires and wheels, and I think I'm just going to put new stickers on and do a oil rub.

Found a parts blower for short money to convert my short chute that I reconditioned last year into a tall chute. Very easy to change over. I ordered a new chute gear ring and retainers as there was too much play in the chute to rotate smoothly. Also got a set of wheel weights with the deal, 50# a piece.

Ok, I got my New Holland 2 stage and cab home today. Its going on the 522xi. I would like to have an extra belt around and maybe a extra chain. This came off an 80 hour machine I dont anticipate problems, but thats when you get bit. These were made by toro wheel horse for new holland. Identical but for the paint color. There is a picture with model / serial number. Who knows where to get these items? we all luv pictures, so here are a few, I have plenty of dirt to clean off them, and some touch up to do. These 2 stage xi units are BIG....... oh, and a fwiw, my mint used twice and not by me xi single snowthrower will be in the classified shortly, WITH my xi blade. keep your eyes peeled. I dont need 4 snowblowers and 4 blades. Enjoy and thanks for any help. Glenn oh, and for a laugh, the jumbo dolly I made,,,and NEVER used it for the 2 stage ,,

I was home and polishing my brass for tomorrow's ROTC drill platoon competition (which of course as cancelled). When school resumed I was a member of the firing squad for the memorial at the school.

Mine is Rustoleum Regal red.

On the dash of my 875 wheel a matic i have an empty hole to the left of the steering wheel. Was that for a cigarette lighter?

Depends on the temperature of course but if it's below 20° out twice a day and above 20° once a day and if I'm just heating the water in the summertime about once every 5 to 6 days

Kudos to AMC Rules - two fine videos - the Alaska Highway video - the men of the greatest generation without question..thanks for the videos..

I was eating lunch at school. 7th grade. We heard rumors as we were finishing up. A couple of hours later we where told by one of our teacher. One of the strangest day of my life.

Yes I remember -- I was sitting in Mrs McNew's 6th grade class at Striped College Elementary -- Someone's mother walked into the classroom and told us

I would've been in your equivalent of the 6th Grade at the time. It would have been about 7pm my time and probably doing my Homework. Also recall that promotion of the distribution/screening (in UK) of the Film PT109 soon after.

Eating lunch from my brown bag in 7th grade JBJ High School Boswell Pa. will never forget that day what a sad day.

Rehearsing a play in 8th grade English class and likewise wondering what was wrong with the world

I was at my grandparents house watching it on an old Black & White Zenith.

Walking back from classes thru the Amory @ University of Illinois, later we had a march thru campus to the Assemble Hall wearing Black arm bands on our uniforms (Air Force ROTC). Eye opening time of my Life.

DRIVING ON I-95 TO WESTPORT, CT.

I was home from school that day. My mom was working in her home based beauty shop. The radio was on and I heard her say "Oh my God. He's been shot".

We went with a pellet stove after using a nice Vermont Castings Wood stove in our last home. I love cutting wood but it's gotten harder to do as I age and I really didn't like hand splitting the logs. So now I get my real fire fix outside in our fire pit. Here's some info in case anyone it thinking of going the pellet route. Our pellet stove is an Avalone "Arbor". It sits in the corner of our living room and heats 1380 square feet. 110 volts and a very short 3" chiminy through the side wall with 3" make up air. It saves a lot on propane every year. I use about 2 tons of pellets every year at +- $200 a ton. Probably save over $1500 on propane. I have it hooked to a programmable thermostat in the hallway to turn on at 6am and off at 11pm. Keeps the livingroom, kitchen and dining area at 70-72 and the bedrooms around 67. We used to run it 24/7 but when the power goes out it won't evacuate the smoke. If you loose power, smoke leaks out.😩 This is the main drawback to our stove so we shut it down at night and if we're going to be gone for any length of time. We keep the gas furnace set at 67 so anytime we're not home or at night the gas furnace heats the house. This helps keep some heat running through the heat runs in the crawl space which helps condition that area as well. Here's a couple of pictures of my current wood pile. Notice the lack of dirt, bark and melting snow 😝

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There is a wiring diagram here that may fit the bill What is your tractor's model and serial number? Some of these models originally used a heavy duty ignition switch that is no longer available. These did not require a solenoid but if a lighter duty ignition switch was used as a replacement a solenoid was added. Adding a solenoid for use with a HD switch would extend the life of that switch. Breakerless ignition is self-powered. The ignition terminal is simply grounded to the chassis to shut the engine off. Do not allow any battery voltage into the ignition wire. That will release the magic smoke. Garry

@Rhondalea Nice looking tractor and attachments. The mid mount grader often sells for $200-$300. The snow/dirt plows go for $100-$150.

In the old days it was steam, but the high pressure was dangerous. So in the interest of safety, now we use low pressure smoke. 😂 And if you will buy that..... Mark.

Looks like a great score!... no oil rub though.

L99ks like you are ready . I did a total rebuild. my first wheel horse project both tractor and blower here in North East Ohio . bring it on

Here's a picture of my 1076 dash with the cigarette lighter. There is a cig. lighter on ebay right now for $24. It is a WH receiver, but not the original WH lighter. The all original ones do show up occasionally on ebay, and there are always a few a the Big Show in PA. If you're not trying to restore your 875 to 'original', then a good hardware store, like Ace or True Value, should have metal plugs that fill the hole. Jim

@WHX7 Jim, that was a R-26. 2nd generation of RER for Wheel Horse. If you find one... they fit nicely inside a 4 wheeled wagon for storage. (this one was mine about 4 years ago)