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Well I was sitting in garage today waiting to go to work and I had the set of 8 inch hub caps from the 520 sitting on the shelf for display until I found a tractor to put them on... then it clicked! And ranger got some much needed chrome! Now I just need the tiny front hub caps.

I was looking through some old pics and thought I would share a picture of the Radio Flyer I redid for my grandson. I bought this for his Dad when he was little from a garage sale. Paid $10 I think. Its a Radio Flyer 2000 from the early 70's. They didn't make too many and you can't find many pictures on line. This was my grandsons first birthday. He will be two in May. Here is a picture of his Dad in the same wagon. Randy

Had some weight brackets made up, one is an RJ58 tombstone bracket and the others and a front weight kit bracket. Time for paint now, the front weight kit brackets will each be going on a c195 and the RJ bracket will be on dads RJ58

Sunday I decided it was time to get the tractors ready for the nice weather. Took the 44" blower off the 3/15 first, then the dozer off the 12. Chains came off the 15 haven't gotten to the 12 yet, the cast iron will remain though. I used the 15 to haul my trailer, blower and a couple rakes and my old power thatcher today. Got all the dead grass up then blew it into the woods. So much easier to operate without 350lbs out front. The kids love the tractors and why not?

There is a little jeep forklift in town that I will try to get a picture of. The guy reversed everything, including the transmission,so he has 8 speeds in reverse--err forward---depending on where Dennis' butt goes The guy is quite a character and just builds everything he needs-- including a car crusher. I am afraid that if he ever quits or passes, the little yard where he cuts and scraps stuff might be a Superfund site due to maybe PCB's or who knows what seeping into the ground. The city fathers are too busy regulating the wrong stuff to have a clue what is happening right under their noses. There is a gas station right by the Ethanol plant in a zero foot traffic area. Construction has ceased because the city got the land annexed and is demanding sidewalks. Just one of many examples....

Nothing makes an Engine run as good as Draining out the GLUE! The 522XI came home Saturday and today had to do some much needed maintenance. Warmed it up good degreased the tractor engine, drive train all underneath front to rear with 4 cans of Gunk Foamy Engine cleaner. Drained the Glue and put on a new filter and filled it up with the best. Changed the filter and pre filter. Tomorrow will do the hydro the same as the engine.

Not too old, but pretty high numbers on the hour meter.

As Dennis's rear end needs questions answered , it will be part of tonight's 'instalment', first however,.... Hello Mark, how's it going up in the frozen north?, way to make me not feel guilty,...thanks. Maybe I'll change my username to Dark horse. And ohiofarmer, your experiences are all to common, doesn't matter where you live, I think they call it 'progress'. Right now though iiittttsssss loader time, with the help of the cat, (I love my cat) I swopped the subframe for the tractor on the bench and then promptly stripped it down to axles, frame and engine, having already done a bit of measuring. I split the frame from the transmission, blocked it up then wrestled the subframe back into place, first seat mock up But with nothing to go from, steering wheel wise. And the engine was a pita so I got rid of that. l placed the whole steering unit in place. And of course because it's a it slotted right in. So, bearing in mind I wanted to keep the wheel base as short as possible the first thing to work out was the position of the fan gear for the steering. This means lengthening the steering wheel shaft so I wasn't banging my hands against the loader towers. Adding a seat on the beer crate made it more... comfortable. A picture from the other side, and I felt I was on the right track. The bit of measuring I did earlier, (before tearing the tractor to pieces) involved the placement of the transmission belt idler. I would have to replicate this...so I did. It is removable, you just have to separate the tractor frame from the subframe to get clearance. Tomorrow we'll touch on steering and tractor frame.

I've sold three of the front reel mowers at past big shows... let the buyer set the price...complete set up fetched from $250-300.

@Jake Kuhn sells all of the bearings, bronze, seals and gaskets as a kit. He is in Michigan, and I am sure he would ship the whole kit over to you. It looks like most of your gears are OK. If anything, I would try to find a better input shaft gear and a different 1st/rev fork gear. The whole thing should clean up real good.

A fun way to dethatch!

Came home to this brand new 7x16 enclosed trailer sitting in my driveway! This is a huge upgrade from my tiny 6x8 open snowmobile trailer lol! Will be towing my horses in this to the big show. Working on painting the walls and putting black and white checkered vinyl flooring on the floor!

Sometimes one should consider adding just a little ATF in with the oil. Let her run and get warmed up and then drain the oil. You will be amazed at the junk that will come out and how much longer your new oil (after dumping the oil/ATF mix) will stay clean. ATF is a highly refined oil and an excellent cleaner and it won't hurt a thing. I would think that any avid collector wouldn't mind a oil change with ATF simply to clean the inners. It costs a little bit but my experience is it really cleans and makes your new fixture one that might last just a little longer because its cleaner. As most probably have realized there are a lot of engines on mowers out there that haven't been service like they should have been. Yes, I also feel the engine seems to run better and makes a little more power because its a happy clean engine.

oh my!!!! you go quiet for almost three years and then come back with this.... you've got a nerve What an awesome project Rex - it's a variation on muir hill, Bray, Weatherhill. The wheeled loaders I remember as a kid. Great steelwork and welds too

I have followed quite a few of the projects in this section of Redsquare and notice that many contributors name their creations, having given it some thought I've settled on 12 Automatic ILS (Industrial loading shovel) as I think this may have been how wheel horse would possibly have badged it. That is of course, if they had ever produced such a thing! Also one other thing that I failed to explain as a reason for building a ILS and not a FEL. Many members on RS have FEL's on their tractors and rarely if ever take them off, and with four other tractors myself I'd do the same. So sacrificing a tractor to be a purpose build loading machine made sense to me. Anywho in tonight's brief episode....welding the subframe towers and boom. Boom pivot plates at the top of the towers. bottom of of the towers and the bottom lift ram mount. This picture shows the driving axle lower clamp plates. (the angle was spot welded on the subframe to maintain square, later removed) And another view of the same. Back to the tractor tomorrow, Thanks for following along.

Well guys Its coming at us at 22,000 miles an hour and theres nothing we can do about it,,,,,,Yup...THE BIG SHOW,,,,,,,,,,, I didn't think I was going to need to do this thread,,,,,But the other day,,,i was sent a P.M. about the mash MASH POLE,,,,,, He was a vendor inquiring about space on the pole and how much $$.......So,,,with this post ,,,I hope my message is on point and clearer than I usually talk,,,, The pole is more about the person,,,the passion,,,and 3 days in June,,,, The cost is NOTHING,,,,,you get a space that is all yours,,,,18 inches long X 4 inches tall.....you bring it,,,it will be mounted aiming towards your hometown,, But this year,,,,its gonna have a change ALL vendors get a space 18 X 8 inches,,...AND make them look like AD space Mr Vender !!!!!!!! ,,everyone gets to do both sides,,,,it should tell ,,miles from home,,,your name,,,,your screen name,,,,,only 1 single exception !!!!!!! just remember when creating this,,,,the last 4 inches on 1 side will be against the pole,,,,, NO GREEN NO YELLOW,,,,,,no mower blades,,,no mower decks......No chain saw chains,, Anyone that can get this message to Bill Jenkins ,,please inform him,,,,, also,,,if anyone has contact with the WHEEL HORSE CLUB....it would be cool to see a sign,,,from the Heads of Wheel Horse Community,,!!!! Karl,,,,I know yours will stand out,,,, I will supply screws,,,screw gun,,,and official Bus Stop Commander ..the Original SQUONK to personally install it.....and if you show up reasonably on time,,,, If I have not mentiond you by your name,,,,than I am depending on you for a sign.,,,,,, I do ask a favor,,,,,,will someone post a pic or 2 of the pole.....and the Bus Stop Sleeper,,,,he is an official and needs recognized ......... I want to thank Richard in helping my head create this,,((,,or what ever you want to call it)) Show creativity,,,,,,Show your devotion,,,,,remember,,,,This is the GREATEST TRACTOR SHOW ON EARTH !!!!!!!!!!........ OH,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I almost forgot,,,,,,when you present your sign,,,,,ask for your ID Badge,,,,, any pics of all this is appreciated !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Howard 857HORSE ,,,,,, thanks for all the support !!!!!!!!!

Saw this on CL and was wondering if they were from the factory with a Briggs. I had thought I read somewhere that Kohler was in the midst of a strike so they were putting these in some models or is this a repo? Id be all over this for the price if it had a Kohler

Here's the view from seat of the eMax on the little hill next to the house, Jeff.

I got a soft heart for the old tired ones but the price was too good to pass up. I will dig into them this weekend and see if they both will fire up after new plugs, cleaned carb and fresh fuel. 1994 314h with 900+ on it; All four hub caps 1991 520h with 1200+ on it; All four hub caps 2x 42" SD Deck. Both spin and are quiet that I could tell in the spindles.

The answer is zero...that is a thumb that I have showing. Are you into the Rock & Rye??

Its a mess indeed but at this point actual engine may also be a mess. You should then in the very least take the head and pan off and see what it looks like in there before you go through the trouble and expense in converting an engine to points just to find out that more serious stuff is wrong with it. There are K321s out there running for a reasonable price.It all depends how much time ,money and effort you want to spend with that one.You still don't know how the hydro is also, and that could make or break the whole thing. I believe the easiest thing right now without spending any money and with the least effort is to see if there is spark from that system. Not too difficult.Refer to my answer to your last post on thread #1. If there is spark you can at least start engine and check everything else. If not you then have bigger decisions to make.It all comes down to common sense, time and money. I have been guilty in the past of not having enough of the first one and too much of the other two.

I believe some of the '74s had Teckys in them. Buy it, change the plug, clean the carb and you'll probably be happy with it. It looks pretty well cared for.

If the price is right, jump on it and re-transplant!

Purchased the set new from a going out of business warehouse. Did pull the gang easily with an 8 hp Horse. The idea is, riding, whatever machine, mow, mow, mow. Slow down (mow less often) a bit during dry weather; i.e.: August. Was studying agronomy at Penn State at the time, my lawns were textbook.

Jake's a really great guy too. http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/profile/4240-jake-kuhn/

@Adams94, thanks all I needed were the dimensions as I can fab 1 up where I work, just didn't want to go into it too blindly, here's the ones I made for plowing ect to hang suitcase weights on, again thanks Jeff.

Jack up one rear axle at a time so all the oil runs to the other side. Change seals on the high side, then reverse for the other side.

The trailer weighs 1400 pounds empty. I can pull it up hills that I can't stop on, if I stop it will drag the tractor backwards.

Is it just just my imagination but do motors just seem to run run best on a fresh oil change?!?!

I finally got around to mounting 1 set of new tires front and rear on my "Good Friday" 520H after 22 years the original Dico brand were weather/dry cracked through the sidewalls only tubes were holding the air inside, @HorseFixer, Duke the 23x10.50-12 Nanco brand Ags mounted out to 9.5" not 10.50" but still more than 8" wide ,I don't think you would've been happy with that for your set up, but I'm OK with them being a bit narrow, means a bit more traction and bit less flotation for my intended purposes mowing,gardening, and snow pushing. The fronts are Trac Gard 16x7.50-8 turfs they were an PITA to seat the beads but got it done, had tire shop do the rears, also did inside MF approximately 45# and outside weights CC 30# on them and put my one off powder coated wheel covers on (they hide the "blue" weights that were originally MF red) all this today since I'm on 4-10 hour days now Friday is going to be project day, anyways here the goods, Jeff.

Got my 1st wheel horse tractor for free ! It's a work horse 1848 & runs & looks good ! Trying to find a manual for it !

@Ed Kennell Ed did you notice @857 horse lost all his hair looking for the screw gun or was it the chair he lost.

Looks good! Yeah this one is my sons, was his 4th birthday present last year. I left it out by the tree today while I went inside til him and his mother got home, I didn't notice it was raining lightly... well I went out to meet them as they got home and he was crying badly... because I left his tractor in the rain lol

If it is a 400 this should help.

Marinas have non ethanol fuel and some gas stations to Try this https://www.buyrealgas.com/Ohio.html

There's been so many people liking this one, that I am thinking that maybe we should do this photo every year.

Well for now I may... ha ha. This one is a bit newer in it's wiring design so that might prove to be a learning experience. But yes I do like working on them. It keeps me busy and learning and that's always good for the mind! And hands as idle hands are satan's workshop! I enjoy the task of problem solving and seeing progress so this is right up my alley. My Dad has been a Mechanic for many years so this is kind of second nature for me and something that I really enjoy. Thanks Eric! I will definitely check into that. I did hear a miss in the engine through the range of Rpms. I did notice when I pulled both plugs to clean them up that the rear plug looked good and the front cylinder plug looked fouled. So that will definitely get looked into. I appreciate you mentioning it though! I have to pick up a compression tester for this round of repairs. Thanks. This will definitely keep my busy and you know I will be posting photos for the gang! ha ha- You guys love them so it's the least I can do for all of the help that the members have provided.

I'm an Army guy, having served as a 12B, Combat Engineer. So, I'm a little out of my league when it comes to discussing Navy vessels. But, due to my job, I spent some time on Navy bases, and on a few Navy vessels, mostly Frigates. But, as I said, I was on the USS Missouri, and did go down into an aircraft carrier in San Diego to do some work on Harpoon missile related stuff. And I was on one, or in one submarine, boy was that a tight fit. Having said all that, I was impressed with the vessels I was on, and was impressed with how contain they were, as in, how life related stuff was contained when onboard and deployed on sea. I don't think that kind of military life would be for me, but I can understand the lure it may have on others. I do believe it's a good thing to spend some time in any branch of the military, it gives one some perspective to things other than themselves. This is a very cool thread.!!!!!

Welcome to the forum. We do not have much on that model. The wire belt guides are usually adjusted so they almost touch a belt when the belt is tight. Garry

coach717 I'm unfamiliar with that machine, but sure there with be others on here who are and can help you out. What I would suggest (if you haven't already done it) is try to find the model number on your mower. It's usually on a little plate with a serial number. Go to the Toro lookup site, follow the instructions and you should be able to identify all the relevant components, with part numbers. Maybe you have broken spring, tensioner or whatever, ....it's a place to start.

Your right! Any fresh Oil change you can give an Engine no matter what brand you use, is good for the engine.

I've been going over it in my head for a while, maybe eventually I'll come up with something that works.

There was snow on the ground a few days ago. Today was 70. Welcome to Buffalo.

From what I've seen nothing beats a reel cut! 'course you got to mow often.

My son in law delivered the K90 motor over the weekend. So, now in my "not so spare" time, I can actually start working on the tractor. I am definitely going to need throttle and choke cables..and maybe controls? Here are a couple of pics of the engine setting in place on the chassis. Almost like it was designed to fit here!

Amen!.... Same goes for a pickup truck. Always get a kick to see these suburban Subaru or Prius drivers try to fit a box or a piece of lumber in their nano-golf carts! Can't do the job, if you don't have the right tools!

I dunno Dan ...another dinner out night might appease her! By the way since this is my thread and I can go what kind of crack were we on when we checked that 241 bore.....come to find out it was already bored to .030! And I ordered rings for .010? I guess I should have sobered up and saw the .030 on top the piston instead of the .003 I thought my eyes had saw. Oh well $it happens... ain't been my first screw up and morn' likely wont' be my last! Richard...that's enough! So back to reel mowers. .. @Rp.wh has got him down to 275 on the mower, is that good? I have no clue.

Yup. After an awesome Italian dinner nothing like settin for a spell and lettin the air out! Squawk?

Well Mastiffman it sounds to me you've got everything under control and that's what I do when I get a new old tractor. But some guys don't understand what they got and what needs to be done to these machines to keep them running. I'm glad they both run I wanted to get them but I'm about done working on old machines that need a lot of work. I see you really want to fix and repair them just like I do. It's a lot of time and money to bring them back from the grave. But I love to get a great machine back to doing what it's meant to do. I still think the Wheel Horse is the best tractor ever built and no other brand has parts that fit so many different years and models B,C and 300-500, What Cecil Pond did for wheelhorse owners is unheard-of today.

As Dennis seems very concerned as to where his backside goes I'd like to clarify,.. it's not behind the steering axle, and at the same time point out that, other than a small amount of cosmetic detailing, the LS carries no ballast or counter weights. Looking at the 'honey bee' I can't spot a steering wheel either, maybe it was autonomous.