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Yesterday I posted a humorous article on the Square. It generated a lot of funny comments, but was taken down because one person posted an inappropriate response. Out Moderators do a great job of keeping this a family friendly site for all of us to enjoy. Please, if you have an ethnic, political or disturbing reply you are dying to share with the world find an appropriate web site and have at it! RedSquare is not the site for that type of trash.

Richard, Good post. First off, we have a Joke's section, so if a post or thread can be place in that venue, please do. Just remember, even in that section, political, ethnic, and religious comments are forbidden. Second, we all have our political views, our religious beliefs, and we all have opinions on things. But, they're your own personal views and beliefs, and rather we believe it or not, not all members are going to share your opinions and views. So please keep your political and religious opinions and views to yourself, and please no ethnic or racial slurs. If you have to share your opinons, then share it with friends and families on facebook and other social type medias, or try the old fashioned way, through face to face conversations, phone calls and emails. Keep it off the site. I have my own strong personal views, but they probably won't agree with everyone here, so I keep them to myself.

Okay...I have a friend who is a honcho at a local power tool rental shop and he called me this morning to offer me this hydraulic hose crimper. It's an oldie for sure (he says it was there when he started 28 years ago). Anyway, I'm not about to pass up a freebie such as this, so here 'tis. It's a bench mount, but unfortunately I don't have room on either bench at the moment. There might not be much of a cost saving factor here because of my cost for hose and fittings, but I have to check it out.

Here are a few things I'm looking at obtaining. I don't need any of these, but when has that stopped any of us. A C-161 Twin Automatic, a cab and a 42 inch snow blower. Cab and snow blower are from the same seller, the C-161 Twin is from a different guy. Do I need these, not really, but........

Wow comes to mind, I kinda like the two key thing, maybe the po used to work in a missile silo, , (don't turn both keys to "start" ) lol. Personally, I would've snot welded a pair of ape hangers on it instead of "that" steering wheel. All kidding aside, she doesn't look that bad, just needs a little love! I also live in SW Michigan, hello neighbor!

This is my first post on the forum. I am about to do my first lawn tractor build. My dad picked up this ltitle Wheel Horse for my kids around 6 years ago, he never done anything with it. A little over 2 years ago he died. It has been setting there by his barn reminding me of him and his purpose for having it. Today I picked it up and brought it home to my workshop and started disassembly on it.

Many of you know about our move back to our home state of Indiana. Well, the closing date has been set for March 10th. I just found out yesterday that the seller is going to leave these two items. There's a lot to mow and I actually thing the seller is trying to do me a favor. She doesn't know that I have real tractors The Agri-Fab will probably get some red paint and I'll just use the trailer to haul the grandkids around. I can see that the mower has an 18.5 hp Kohler Magnum twin and a 46" deck. Does anybody know the model? On my trip up to close I've got a cargo trailer reserved and I'll be bringing my Wheel Horses up. The plan is to leave them up there along with my truck and fly back here. We will then have a semi trailer sitting in the drive to haul everything else. Once we close on this place my wife and I will come back up in her car. When I unload my tractors I'll be sure to keep them as far away as possible from this thing.

Hi friends good to talk to you all. Today I brought home what I think to be a C 121 today, and wow the amount of "cheap" fixing is staggering. I will explan some but I also have pics don't worry. First pic there are two key switches in the dash and neither work the gentleman had a piece of wire to jump from battery to starter you can see it hanging on the pto lever. The second pic will show two different size tires on the front with mismatch rims. The double muffler speaks for itself, well the list goes on and on i will show you all the pics and let you have fun spotting all the great engineering don't be shy pick it apart. With that said the motor runs like a Swiss watch and the transmission works goog.

finally got around to cleaning the nos one up

Holy cow! I didn't notice the dates from the previous posts. Back to the grind! I used Rustoleum Regal Red and hardener, cut with acetone and it came out nice. Just to see how it would wear, I painted my mailbox last June or July. It still looks brand new. The before and after. Keep up the good work!

This is what I bought for 150.00 I'm not into good looks! Just functional!

All I can say whether you have one or many, the collecting bug is easy to catch... Joined this group May 25 last year with one now I have 5. Now to be completely honest number 6 is on the horizon......

Is your tank under the seat or attached to the engine?

FEL is that not a front mount crane ? eric j

I like the idea of having the crane in front as viewing the load is a lot easier. The issue with mounting in front is, I am assuming, the mounting point would be the front Attach-A-Matic. That is not as strong as mine on the rear using the 2" receiver hitch. If balance is a problem, just hang weight on the front.

Well guys I started on the 1054 the body seams to be in really good shape. I got the new front tire on, it came with 1 new tire and rim but I have to pull it back off. As I was trying to mount the tire I used silicone spray and it messed up the paint that I sprayed on the rim. I made a new seat and backrest for it. I had to buy a industrial sewing machine but they came out really good. I wanted to make it red like @Martin did, I really like what he did to his. Mine won't come close to his but it will be a lot nicer then what it looks now. @Lane Ranger made his like the original white/black . The seat needs the wood wedge cut from a 2/4 and the padding added but its ready for mouning after I clean and paint the seat frame. All the sewing is done.

The 1st tank is the style used on the early vertical shaft tractors...i.e. Charger V8, Commando V7, etc. Looks like a later replacement as the original ones were red.

The tractors, well and the kids. I still get to visit em all, but don't have to feed any of em. I will still be called on for servicing the tractors, I'm sure. But that's okay too!

He just needs a to pull him out.

The 110 was on top of my list too. Mine's a "66"

i just got rid of my workhorse gt1642. when i got it had no engine. i put a 12hp kohler on it from a c-125. i will tell you this. if you plan on putting a 18hp briggs on it look for a belt guard off a workhorse gt1642 has they are different from what is on your machine now

This will be an add on tip to Sarge's.....I've used the same trick, minus the high-tech tooling, as all I have is a Dremel*. But sharp, name brand screwdrivers are a MUST on this type of work, not the 3/$1.00 rubbish. I use Snap-On* as I have boxes of them. And I will grind down the sides to fit inside a carb well if necessary, when working on Main Jets. Others have suggested using Gun-Smithing screwdrivers, as they have the strength to do such work. Again, this is a tip, more for the inexperienced than the posters that have already been successful. GLuck, Jay

It depends on what you are cutting, how level the ground is etc.. The 300 series brochure says 36" RD/37" SD, but others may have differing opinions on what they can power with their 8hp horses. Oh, about your location. We quite frequently go out to Deep Creek Lake. We've been known to take side trips up to Ohiopyle. Visited Falling Waters in summer of '14. Beautiful part of the country.

Will guess it is a 5134 rear axle quick hitch for a BD-4264 or BD-4264A dozer blade. Both photos are looking at it from the rear of the tractor with it being upside down in the first photo. It mounts on the front of the rear axle housings. Garry

He should have split the exhaust pipe and run another set of duals out the other side to" balance " things out!

I have the parts you want....just sent you a PM a few inutes ago. daveoman@windstream.net

I am also waiting on the new Bronco. A small turbo diesel would be great. The 5.4 in my 2002 F-150 is so thirsty. Cleat

Just come on in...have a seat, & please state your name.

For those of you that opened this wondering what is a McLean, here is a link to some history on the tractor. It is also the most information that I have found on the McLean.http://www.tractorfriends.org/lawngardentractors/mccleangardentractors/mccleangardentractors.html Last year when I bought my Suburban 400 I also saw this strange little tractor sitting off to the side. I had no idea what it was but my interest was peaked. I took a couple pic's then kinda forgot about it for a while. Eventually it came back into my thoughts and I decided to do some research to find out what it was. I posted my pic's on here hoping some one would recognize it but I seemed to have every one stumped. After a few days of searching I finally found a picture of one on the net. Great! I thought, now I can find some info. Well there just isn't a lot of info out there on these thing, unfortunately. I did manage to find the owner of the one in the link that I posted above. He's a great guy, I spent some time on the phone with him and he was willing to send me some pic's to help me out with my project. Below are pics of when I brought my McLean home. Really rough shape, probably not worth fixing but it's a rare tractor so I was willing to give it a shot. A tractor needs an engine so I started there first. The K90 that was in the tractor was locked up of course, but after a month of dumping ATF down the plug hole two times a week it broke free. All of the tins and the bearing plate were junk so I started to look for parts. Then I found a K91 close buy and decided to go with that engine instead. I will tackle the K90 another time. There are many great engine rebuild posts on here so I'm going to keep mine real simple. 1 2 3 Next was the tear down on the rest of the tractor. Most of this went well, a PO had made a lot of changes that I had to cut out. I will share those as I go along on this resto. First thing that I tackled was the front end. The steering shaft had an aluminum pulley on one end and an aluminum steering wheel on the other, both of which were locked on to the shaft. i decided to cut the shaft in half so I could deal with removing the pulley & wheel on the bench. The steering wheel I did not remove because it is wrong anyway, but I needed the pulley. A little wax and some heat helped start to get things moving and then "Sha doobie Shattered Shattered". Well I have no way of casting aluminum but I did find a nice chunk of aluminum stock laying in my garage. It was 3 1/4" dia, I needed 2 1/8" dia. Time to make some shavings. Finished product next to original. A PO also cut part of the steering arms off that will be required for the differential to work. I made new pieces and reinforced the axle where it was worn. Then carefully measured and lined things up so I could weld every thing back together. Removing the old steering arm was great fun! Front end mocked up and looks ready for paint. Next it is on to the transmission. What to do with this mess?!

Thank you Sarge will take that tip under advisement and thank you Denny, I find it takes less work by paying attention to the little stuff when building then to get it assembled and say "why the #@€& didn't I think of that when I had it apart and easy to do?!?!

Bob: I recommend poplar or a better grade of wood then pine for the 2 x 4/ cuts. I also coated the plywood bottom frame with two or three coats on Minwax polyurethane. It seals the bottom and will lessen moisture absorbing even if covered with another material.

Looking forward to it! Mine is an Ark 550 as well.

haha it's all good i'll take some pictures tomorrow! it's a slotted hole that bolts underneath the frame. FEL is an Ark manufacturing . backhoe is brantly mfg. more pics to follow, as well as the trans rebuild!

I think if a "cradle" frame would be made/used like that for a 2stage blower attaching to the front and mid attach-a-matic points and maybe even brace it to the rear attach-a-matic like the Xi's 2stage setup then it very well could be stronger than a rear mounted version and then you see exactly where your steering and what your picking up ect, just thinking out loud, Jeff.

The last one with metal tank is the setup up until early 68 before they switched to the red plastic tank with longer platform which ran until 73 and then in 74 they went to the black plastic tank same size. My early 68 Raider 12 is just like the last pic too which is before they switched. The first black plastic tank I'm not sure of but would also like to know. Here is my 68 Raider 12 for comparison which is completely original

Just picked this up this weekend. I have mostly wheel horse but Always wanted one of these.

I really like the wheel weight idea!

Be really careful using electricity to remove a bolt - if done absolutely correctly it works fine , if one little thing is out of place you'll end up fusion welding it in the hole.... For slotting smaller screws like the 10-24 and similar sizes , try using a nearly worn out fiber reinforced disk , or the HSS slotting saw on a Dremel . The Foredom units are basically an industrial moto-tool with a much larger motor and cable driven hand wand - they are vastly more powerful than any Dremel and much easier to work with on delicate objects , yet still have the power to do the work . Good quality solid carbide cutters are getting hard to find , if you want to go that route for use in harder materials stick with US made bits . Just be aware , carbide is amazingly brittle due to it's hardness and can snap easily when side loaded too hard .Use double cut tools on ferrous metals (iron/steel , ect) and single cut tools for non-ferrous metals such as aluminum . Sticker shock soon to follow - I've paid $15 for one lousy double cut flame head long radius cutter in 1/8" shank , just used it yesterday to finish removing the last brass machinery tag off the head unit on the Clausing drill press - those are some of the hardest steel rivets I've ever encountered . Sarge

Also, I read about all the problems with the Onan motors on this site too. It really scared me away from them. I understand now that they need a little more care. I've been using the 520's for about 4 years now. I really like the power they have. They throw snow pretty good!

He did say... Swiss watch.

Sorry Steve but not a clue on that. It was several years back and I wasn't picky on parts as every time it failed i was limtied on time and just needed parts. 2 of the trannys were from friends and the others were bought from salvage yards and used tractor parts guys from my area. If it looked close I took it apart and used what I needed. I do have today they are a greasy mess inside and I added a 1/2 quart of 80-90 to the last 2 repares and they did last longer, but they only have fabric seals and they leak every were but lasted twice as long

I really like your attention to detail. Very nice work!

Looks like you have competition!

I used Rustolem Rusty metal primer (paint on not rattle can) The fish oil formula is tough stuff, and can take hi pressure washing.

As I am reading the thread laughing, my honest-to-goodness next thought was, "Ooh, I haven't checked the classifieds in a couple hours...*click*"

When my wife and I bought my first the seller asked how many I owned. The wife asked, do people collect them? Now she knows the answer is YES!

I have a hydraulic claw for my loader tractor,lift the log up clamped in the claw and cut away,at easy height,never binds,no hitting dirt,its the way if your so lucky,i also use my skid steer with forks,no clamp but just take cuts off each side,i try to never cut on ground,anymore,we heat with wood at my job so I do a lot of firewood ,I have a professional chain sharpener too but don't need too much as the chain never hits dirt this way

Just a note here, the muffler on it now is Deere's replacement for the original. It's okay and is what I have on mine, but if you want it to look original, HAPCO sells the reproduction originals. Unfortunately they're out of stock now, but I'm sure they will get more in soon. Contact Kate at Hapco. http://hapcoparts.com/muffler.aspx

There is no seal on the inside of the wheel...the cone bearing must take care of that. Do you have another horse you could compare to? I'd bet almost anything the parts would be the same in any 60's horse.