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So while I was out mowing for the first time this year on the 314-A, I looked down and saw that the transmission belt activation lever was missing the little end pieces that make up a handle. I hopped off the tractor and started to look around in the grass. All I was able to find was half of one of the pieces. Looks like with time it just fatigued and cracked. Seeing how simple it was I got an idea. I am a designer/engineer by trade and do lots of model making and prototyping where I work. I looked at the part I quickly modeled it up in solidworks (3D cad software) and ran over to my 3D printer and knocked it out. I made it so one of the pieces can hold a lock nut so it should never work its self loose again. Attached are some photos of the printing process and final parts on the tractor. Everything is back to normal and it works great! I'm trying to think of other common parts I could model up and print as the old plastic starts to fail on these great machines! Justin

Had to move the 60" deck from the garage to the barn and did not want to take the mid mount blade off of the C-195 so I squeezed it under the C-160. As long as you don't want to turn sharp you are ok! Looks pretty cool under there though.

I finally got to have a lil fun today. I dumped 2 1/2qts of 85w-140 into the transmission and went for a cruise. I don't know how much oil the factory would've recommended so I filled it till every thing would get a chance to dip into the oil. It is not real fast but it is faster than any vehical without brakes should be. A view from the drivers seat while on my cruise.

While working I stopped at a small engine shop to ask about tractors or small engine advertising. The owner said he didn't have anything to sell, his wife reminded him he had a sign in the back so she went to get it. Was a brand new Briggs aluminum sign still in the cardboard. Asked him what he wanted for it, and $20 later I had it on it's way to my garage. Before I left he told me to go by his house as he remembered he had 3 more signs he would sell. 1 is Briggs, 1 is tecumseh, and 1 is kohler engines sign. Gonna call him Monday and see about getting them also(they are in good shape but been displayed for along time!

I have been dormant here and in my wheel horse activities for 6 months or so. But now my wife and I finally have a house of our own so now that means my wheel horses have a yard and driveway of their own. That also means I have to nurse them all back into health... The first being my 1056 witch will be my main mower. It has its work cut out for it the yard has yet to be mowed...

I have my google set up that when anyone who posts a youtube video for "Wheel Horse" or "Wheelhorse", I get an email alert. Here is the one from today entitled, "Wheel Horse and My Dad". Wonder if it's anyone here? Here is one from a couple of days ago.

Not Wheel Horse: That is a "TROY-BILT" Rototiller plow. Slides on behind that two-wheeled tiller, those square holes on the sides are for "wings" to hill and move the soil out further on each side. Yours looks unworn, new condition. Goggle the tiller name for images. Michigan Glen If you're going to the Mentone Show on June 03, and want to sell, I'm interested.

There is a large bearing that is seated into that bearing plate. It will sometimes prevent the plate from coming off easily. Since the plate is loose, stick a couple flat blade screwdrivers between it and the block,then tap on the end of the crankshaft with a hammer, protecting the threads with a wooden block. You will need new bearing plate gaskets. shims, and an oil seal when re-assembling it.

Ohio Mutual Insurance Group Cincinnati Ohio sent out a bill on 30 April, [according to their records.] i got it in the mail yesterday on May 4th. Late fee of 15 bucks after May 16th. I called my agent and they said that Ohio mutual would then cancel the policy if not paid by the 18th. Wow So lets say that I am on vacation for two weeks when the bill hits. If my house burns down before I realize that I owe a bill and they have cancelled my insurance, does that mean I lose everything after being with these guys for years and years? i just love these bills that have zero information on them My payment is for TNC 8515523, and that is all they tell me So now i have to look up the policy number to find out which property the bill refers to.. It might be time for a re-bid, But then if every little thing is not perfect, it might be harder to change companies than just stay where you are. We do have online banking,so at least we have created a file for each billing event, I am a real person and resent being treated like a number. It should be a law that bills are not due until 30 days after postmark.. Rant over

Hate it when the wheels come off!

Insurance of any type is just a fraud. Their big dollar conglomerates with law makers in their pockets im a contractor, and have been plowing snow as a sub contractor for the town I live in for 9 seasons. Every plow season I adjust my auto policy as required by the town to commercially cover me in case of incident.....this spring my general liability insurance is now up for renual, after being with this company for 13+ years, part of their new vetting policy is to ask if you plow snow. Now I'm required to carry snow plow coverage for the entire 12 months, although I'm pretty sure I do not plow snow in July and August, but who am I to say. I still can't get a clear answer as to why I need this 12mo coverage and why all of a sudden I'm required to carry it after 9!years of not having to. From my experience and by required by town, all they require is the proper auto coverage. They create policies in which they say you MUST subscribe to or else your dropped for being a liability they ALL can kiss my A$$

I use autopay for all my bills, so late payment is not an issue. I did recently changed suppliers though. After using State Farm for vehicle coverage and Erie for homeowners for 40+ years, I was informed by Erie they were no longer issuing homeowners ins. So I made copies of all my policies for home, autos, camper, and boats, and took them to 4 different agents for bids for the same coverage. The bids varied by over $1000. State Farm would not enter a bid. The least expensive was from a small independent agent 1/2 mile from my home. He just searches for suppliers that have a good reputation and offer the desired coverage at the best price. In 2016, he settled my lightening strike claim for over $3000 with out any question. I simple got electricians and appliance repair people to supply estimates to repair or replace all the damaged equipment which included TV, garage door openers, cloths dryer, microwave, answering machine, meter base , and all new breaker panel. I submitted all the estimates and the bills for all the service calls, and received a check 3 weeks later for the full amount. I was amazed and glad I made the change to the local small independent agent before lightening struck.

up here all of our premium fuel is no ethanol,so we can get it at every station

Your engine's manual recommends only 89 octane, that makes a noticeable difference (fuel additives can help), with older engines we do have to baby them a little. Ethanol has only a 30-day storage life: In my State, Michigan, the only place you can still get 'regular gas' is at Marinas, because boat owners may go weeks between uses they don't want their engines to gum up, but the gas/fuel places are only allowed to put it into the boats fuel tank, not a red plastic container. Note: all Michigan politicians have their own boats.

HOOOOWWWWWAAAAAAAARRRRDDDDDD!!!!! Who needs brakes?

I saw this one for sale on a while ago and saved the picture for future reference. It uses the hitch pin at the rear of the transaxle and bolts to the axle housing, Take a look, not too hard to make and gets the hitch ball up where you need it.

OK,,,,gonna clean up the one in storage and go for it,,,,,,,pics will be coming shortly Thanks guys

No doubt about it, a lot of insurance companies are more interested in protecting themselves, not you. If they have to pay a claim, it's a loss, for them -- so they'll do anything they can get away with to avoid paying a claim, or at least the minimum they're obligated to under the contract. Not all are that bad, but may are, including some very big names. Had a situation where we were just moving into a house -- everything had been inspected and was fine. I'd even gone to check on the house before move-in day while the heating oil delivery came in. The oil guy did an inspection of the furnace and burner because it was a new account. Everything worked as it should. A few days later, we moved in on schedule and when we arrived, we discovered that the oil burner had stopped working. Cold house, frozen pipes in a hot water loop heating system.We had to stay in a hotel until the next week while the pipes were repaired. The oil company inspected the furnace again and said that the control for it had been damaged by an electrical surge, caused by a storm that happened a couple of days after they had first inspected it. The homeowners' insurance accepted the claim, but then mid-way through decided to not only deny the claim after work had started, but then cancelled the policy because the claim had happened during the first six months of the policy. Apparently, they had a company policy -- not clearly described in their contracts because it was a separate rule -- that they won't honor claims in the first six months because they consider them suspicious by default, and then they invoke the contract that says they can cancel the policy for any suspicious claim. So basically, you'd be paying for a policy that's useless during the first six months. And the state's insurance regulating department was aware of it, but couldn't do anything because this insurance company had good lawyers and already won court cases over similar incidents, so they'd made it legitimate even if it was unethical to people like you and me. I've found it's better to get insurance from independent agencies instead of company franchise agents or direct sales. Whatever you might save by going more direct, you lose when you don't have somebody else in the middle to keep them honest. The agent can remind a big company that if they treat one customer badly, they can always just stop selling any more of that company's policies. That seems to keep them more honest than anything else.

This is what I use

or CR11124...excuse me SKF 11124 still Chicago Rawhide for us old farts.

Well, sheered off my 3rd woodruff key on my 1277 with loader. To the tractors credit, I have been treating it like a rented mule! Anyway, probably need to replace the hub, axle shaft still looks pretty good. Here is a pic while trying to get it back to the shop. Randy

Not sure why I bought this. Maybe because it was only $100 which I'm sure was still too much. Runs good and got it from the original owner. Figure it's at least a conversation piece.

It lives!!!!

You may want to look for a sickle bar and hay rake.

I would not SHOT blast the tins. The shot could damage the tins and create a rough surface. You would get a much better prep for painting with a sand or walnut shell media. The media will find it's way into all openings including around rubber axle and shaft seals, breather cover opening, points cover opening, steering shaft bushings, clutch cross shaft bushings. All plastic items , knobs, steering wheel, etc. need to be protected. I would be very leery of total blasting of an assembled tractor with out a tear down and thorough cleaning.

Deck looks big on what is a pretty big tractor, imagine a round hood model lengthened a bit, with the front axle moved forward and a deck like that hanging underneath. Turn some heads at shows!

Put some little 6" wheels on the front, and you should be good to go.

I'd love to have to kohler

1978 0r 1979 C-101

I am going to check and change the oil. I was thinking some gas could have gotten in the crank case. I now have a few hours on this newly rebuilt engine that it should be changed anyway. Thanks Slim. Mike, I just bought this horse from SmokinJoe two falls ago. I have not put an inline filter on this horse yet. This is something I was going to do with the 1st oil change. One will be inline before the carburetor goes back on. BTW, I got my new stickers for this horse from Terry on Wednesday and I put them on the 876 yesterday. Here is a shot. It is a 5' paint job. I have to paint the rims yet also. BEFORE:: AFTER::

Like for the 300, 400, 500 series? I do ave a set sitting around that i could model up and try. Interesting thought...

Not for gear shift trannies

Every insurance policy that I have ever had has a 30 day payment period, then a 30 day grace period. I don't know about Ohio, but that's the way it is in Maryland. In Maryland we have the Maryland Insurance Commission. Ohio a similar government agency. Take your complaint to http://www.insurance.ohio.gov/Consumer/OCS/Pages/ConsCompl.aspx they might be able to help.

That is the seal for any 1 1/8" axle.

These guys got you covered Howard, go for it.....

Wow, great upgrade on a proven hitch design. I am fortunate to have heavy duty hitches on two 520's and 2 lifting hitches that will also allow for the use of rear attachments on two others. You have combined the best of both worlds. Really a necessity for those with only one Wheel Horse. You really do come up with some great products.

Here is the frame-plate bolt pattern....uniform for 4, 6 , 8 and automatics. Thats what I like about these machines.....easy swaps. You MAY have some linkage issues, but those parts are everywhere available from members...

I agree with all of the above . But if it was sitting outside in the weather I go as far as pulling the gas tank off and washing it out, changing the gas lines and gas filter . I always change trans oil.if it's a 4 or 8 speed check the shift boot for cracks. Water gets in the trans through those cracks and will destroy a transmission. As ED said I always remove the tins. Mice and mud wasps build nests in there everytime.

http://www.napaonline.com/napa/en/p/NOS11124_0338963144?interchange=1

https://www.partstree.com/parts/toro/mowers-lawn-garden-tractor/31-12ke01-312-h-toro-312-h-garden-tractor-1990/transaxle-312-h-416-h/ 6449 is the Toro number Garry

Sounds like the guys got you covered Steve so I'll just sit back down and have another beverage.....whew this helping guys with their tractors stuff is a lotta work!

@ztnoo In this photo...the screw and washer and spring that I was talking about in your previous thread. This screw is threaded into the bottom of the spool. When the screw is removed, the spool will come out the top of the valve.....(with handle removed 1st)!

Glen Pettit (one of our vendors) has the knobs for sale...just saying............

Good showing by the Wheel Horse thugs! Mike....

Its not that exciting. Its really rather slow. That said next time I'm printing a set of these I'll take some video and post it up I can make a few sets if people are interested In theory its really simple. However, there is sort of a black magic to them to get a really great print. Different materials have different properties, even different colors of the same material can print drastically different. Knowing what is/isnt good for printing is also key as well as how to orientate and tweak the settings to get he best results for any given part takes a lot of practice and experience. There are at least 5-10 settings that I tweak for each print to get the best results. The other thing that is a huge disconnect is that unless you have the skills to model and design something in 3D cad, all you can really print is trinkets and random "junk" that you find online. I honestly think that's the biggest reason they aren't a household item yet. You essentially need that middle step between "I have an idea" and "I have a physical part in my hands" which is the ability to use a cad program. Then finally there are certain atributes about 3d printing that just isn't great. They are really only "strong" in 2 of the 3 axis'. When it a print fails its usually due to layer separation. Once again, you can avoid some of this with experience and designing a part that is specific to 3D printing that you may not design that way it it were injection molded. So is it difficult? Yes and No Well I thought I knew where my set was, I'll have to keep digging for them. I did find a set for the black hoods. I would think those are also no longer available?

Small can on Never-Seez and an acid brush last years. Every bolt gets a dab!

My list would include change oil, check air filter, spark plug & points if so equipped. Really all about there is with out getting into carb cleaning & such. Maybe checking & lubing cables & linkages. An oil change is a must just because you may not know when it has been done. even if it looks clean it may be a few years old. Some guys may have de-carbon the head on the list but that means taking (some of) the engine apart. Checking & setting governors is not the worst idea. Different model have different things so best consult the owners manual and see what is recommended there.