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I've been watching these 2 horses on our local CL for a couple weeks.Fella had them listed in separate ads.I made a package deal price and got them last night.One is a C-195 that will run only on ether.Has a 48 in SD mower deck and a single stage snowblower with correct lift tube.Not sure if a C-195 ever had a single stage blower,but it was included.Other tractor is a C-105 8 speed that supposedly has a broken connecting rod.Has a poorly patched mower deck.I didn't need these tractors.......I wanted them.I'll check out the fuel delivery problem on the C-195 and probably consider some kind of interesting re-power on the C-105.Enjoy the pics.

Some job training landed me in Baraboo Wisconsin for the week. Just so happens the Badger Steam and Gas show was on. What an awesome show. Very impressed and highly recommended. Low on Wheel Horse, but high on fun.

I don't know how far it is for you to go get the tractor but you should buy it if you like it and want it. That's all there is to it. If it's worth $400 to you, that's all that matters IMO, not what other guys think. You can't go wrong with a whatever model it is! Those guys might be trying to talk you out of it so they can go rustle it for themselves! We're all in this thing for different reasons, but one thing we all share is a love for 'em!

Update: I found a picture of my C125 from a couple years ago.

Hello, Just joined the forum and it seems this placeis a wealth of knowledge.... Anyway, I am currently in the middle of a small restoration job on a C 125. The tractor was given to me by my grandpa and he was the only owner. The tractor was in pretty good condition to start with, just a few small problems. Sorry that I dont have any starting pictures but ill try to find some. I'll try to post updates as I progress through this project. Hopefully this post will spark some good discussion. Thanks for reading!

Here are a couple from today, Friday. Cloudy in the AM, but the sun burned thru creating a hot sticky day. Eric's new import.....from Michigan that is. The. Druck family toys. The New Yorkers enjoy lunch. Always good to see the @buckrancher. Had to wake Zeek up from his nap for the photo. I can't be there Sat or Sun, so please feel free to add pics. to the post.

Weellll Maybe not the ONLY one.....

Also check both wheel hubs to see if one of the axles is spinning inside the hub. There are keys in them as well as the input pulley. It only takes one of the three to fail and no drive. Garry

Mark, please don't take photo tips from Fred. He has the only auto antifocus camera available.

2017 Ford F-250 Superduty6.2 gas burner.Regular cab.8 foot box.First brand new truck since 1998.They sure have come a long way.

Your take is the same for all but 1 of my tractors. I dont need them, I want them! Ultimate Wisdom!

Just go git both and be done with it!

Not long if every member here showed up with a plow rig!

I always love to hear of a being passed down in the family, your Grandfather will be proud of your work.

Tap can be defined many ways. Get a puller to take it off, clean up the axle and hub to put it back on. Use never seize so it comes off easy the next time.

WE COULD HAVE HAD A PLOW DAY!!!! Good luck ED. Amish can be great neighbors or a big PITA. A guy I work with has a big clan on his border. They keep cutting down his trees and plowing up his property. He's had the law and lawyers involved but they just act all innocent and as soon as backs are turned the're back at it.

@Rick 55 BB to Check with member @wheelhorseman as he makes new cables. He is in our vendors section.

Check the key in the transmission drive pulley. The pulley may be turning, but not the shaft.

Big_Red_Fred, Knowing what I know now and knowing that I actually work my tractors, I like the C-175. BUT.BUTT! Big BUTT! For all the failings and knocks on the Onan powered WH tractors, the C175 has a BIG issue with the Series 1 Kohler. (The Series II is great). Both are points ignition verses electronic sparks. The C175 Auto has an earlier version of the Eaton 11/1100. So a C175 AUTO powered by a Series II Kohler KT17 gives you a very modern tractor comparable to a 520H minus 3 HP and forward assist steering. My Series I runs long in the tooth and forever on flat ground. Amen

@AMC RULES You made me laugh so hard i fell off my chair ole buddy, heres the pic That 1 has a better seat

I'd say stay local, NY is a terrible place to buy tractors. We have bad roads and big taxes. Down staters don't like horse rustlers. So you need to have to worry about that when you're in state and have out of state plates.

1 week to go on the old job. This is for @WHX12 & @ACman ! 90 + degrees today with the dewpoint over 70! we had a big power outage in the morning and even the transfer switch breakers tripped so even some of the emergency power didn't happen. Took a few hours to get it all back up and running. Enjoy the short videos. Be sure to wear hearing protection! TecoChiller 150 ton natural gas chiller powered by a 454 Chevy marine engine: McQuay 350 centrifiugal chiller. Trane 350 ton absorption chiller with 2 Cleaver Brooks boilers feeding steam: Music to my ears! Trane 200 ton RTAA Roof chiller: Old Tank: Trane RAUD 100 ton chiller: @stevasaurus Here's a pic of the thermometer near the donut table in the boiler room!

http://www.redoyourhorse.com/a-81-and-a-111-rear-engine-riders-1984/

Yeah, right... I"ll bet you are.

A few said the SK is still a little high in price, i think they would flip it 1st, understandable, its a 1 owner Tractor, I look at it this way, Ya can never just have 1, When i'm gone , my Oldest in my Pictures gets them all, he has 5 at his place, & uses them all for work, I was shocked when he said no Green Wienies ! JD that is LOL I will post a Parade of him, 3 kids & 1 on way & his Gal riding them, He has a large spread of land in mountains of Pa I will display all the black hoods soon on here, Ericj called, hes at a show in york, said bring lots of Money hahaha, he has a boat load of horses there, He said buy his 520, no more black hoods LOL, he has a C195 there too, Now i spilled my Geritol

We got PIE.

and congratulations on your first Horse , especially one that's been in the family since new . Yea don't take any camera tips from @Big_Red_Fred ... still debating if it's grease for his truck or greasy fingers from the French fries he just ate on his lens ... ... !

Nobody is giving the nod to the SK486 you mentioned. Not that it's any better than the other two but there's just something about the models they made to use up leftover stock.

I still like the Onan power. I have both Kohler and Onan. Opposed twin with pressurized lubrication and oil filter is superior. The 520H is king of the hill. After the years pile up, there are going to be issues on any piece of equipment. With the 520H, it's lack of maintenance created problems, 9-pin connector and ground problems. And sometimes things are just plain worn out. Never buy any worker horse without a deck in good condition. Just walk away without the deck, unless you already have a deck.

Here is a link to the website for your cable. https://www.wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/parts.html

1978 D200

That's right plenty of room in the back of that big new Dodge and FYI I've heard from a few people the cupholders in the back are quite large!!!

Thanks Tom for the information, that will provide a good base from which to work. I'm happy to have any information posted here of this tractor further back, if it is known... Thanks also for the pics with the AG's on it, looks nice. I know they aren't original but I like the deeper dish GT 14 rims on it now even more than the correct depth originals, but that is my taste. Tomorrow we will give it to Dad! I'll have a link to a video and pictures here with his reaction.

@PeacemakerJack the tractor actually came from a trade from Lowell, I remember pulling the head, as I always do with a new to me tractor, and found a big ding inside the cylinder wall. I was going to rebuild until I found the same kind of a ding on the crankshaft journal. The current engine was and industrial 10hp Kohler I picked up from and ag service. Was a great runner. Trans was opened up to find some severely worn bevel gears, which I replaced cleaned out the trans and put back together. Ross gear was not in the best of shape, bought one off put in new balls and retaining rings. Engine pulley crankshaft hole was egg shaped with a piece of shim stock trying to fill the gap, found one on a parted out tractor in a little better shape. I had 6.70-15 goodyear ags on it with inside weights which I kept for my 1054. New lift cable. Have pulled a 10" plow to me seemed a little underpowered, also Terry pulled an 8" plow. It is a run tractor to cruise the shows with. Hope your dad enjoys it. Maybe someday we will meet up plowing.

Sparky has a good point . Lately my emphasis has been on clean original one/two owner tractors and I try to buy them right. I know sometime in the near future I'll have to onload them and hopefully for a profit . If the C175 is in the shape they say it's in , that's where I'd put my money . Just my .

I won't tell you what to buy, that's just personal preference. But I will ask...what's your plans for your next tractor purchase? Worker? Restored show machine? Something to putt around shows with? Maybe to flip for a profit? Just want the number of tractors you own to go up by 1? Both those tractors (all tractors actually) have their pro's and con's. Figure out why your buying it and your desision might be easier. Mike....

Well, I know you guys are waiting for the results of todays auction. Here's the bad news....I ran out of cash at 350 and it eventually sold for 477. My pockets just weren't deep enough. I think you all thought I went to buy a tractor, but it was actually the 38 acre farm that adjoins the back border of my property. The good news is it will not be developed and the farm will be worked with horses and mules. This elderly gentleman put down the $477,000 required to outbid the developer. His pockets were pretty deep. Sorry, If I confused anyone, but your clue was , this was not in the tractor forum.

Did you get the power plant job you were wanting?

you could always try am LED light bar

Hope you guys have great weather, it is a terrific show.

Hilarious Elliot I'm still chuckling ...been there done that! So I hope you won't mind I put up some pics of my own. So in cleaning out My boy's closet I found a box of the small bottles of Testo's paints from his model building days. Took them out to the garage to clutter up things a little more. Then proceeded to do a little hub work on the 520, throw some tubes in, check the bearings & just general clean up. Hub caps got thrown up on the bench and just happen to land next to that box of paints. The went on! Now these caps are in rough shape but cleaned up ok. A couple are pitted and one has a divot where somebody got a little close to something they weren't supposed to so I figured what the heck...good ones to experiment on. Now I am no artist by any stretch ...I can't even draw a stick man... but didn't turn out too bad as long as you look at the from a distance! Will get some more pics up once the black is done and back on the tractor.

You need another one or three Bob say the word and they'll be in a box and on the way! ..I've got multi's I never even seen. Some ain't much but they still work fine. Couple of them even have thermocouples for calibrating the Mrs stove! I've even got an old Simpson 360 analog.

Raining there now. next weekend looks nice though.

A $5 Harbor Freight meter!? Heck 6, they give them away quite often. They even work Since this thread has already hit a sandbar I figured it couldn't hurt to add this. I used a high end Beckman for many, many years. I purchased it in the 80's and proved to be a reliable tank but it did finally give up the ghost a couple years ago. Now being retired and not using a meter as much I purchased a $30 brown thingy from Lowes. With just occasional use I never seemed to have issues with it. For some reason shortly before we moved from Florida I checked the voltage on our house down there. It read 156/285. I knew that wasn't right but I was so involved in the home search and multiple trips to Indiana I just put it away and forgot about it. Our new place here in Indiana has some issues with the electrical and one day I pulled it out only to find the voltage here was reading in the same vicinity. Ain't no way!! I checked to see if it was still in warranty and discovered it was about a month out. A $30 meter isn't worth much effort but I decided to send the manufacturer an email. I even inquired about getting it calibrated. They said there was no calibration procedure for that model and told me to return it to Lowes for replacement even though it was just out of warranty. I did just that and had the email in hand to show them. What a runaround. At that time I just had a temporary Indiana driver license as i waited for the permanent one in the mail when they asked for my ID. They said that was no good. I explained to them that my temp license was good enough to get me on an airplane so why wasn't it good here. Nope. Frustrated i just said something about giving my future business to Home Depot and walked out. I sent another email to the manufacturer and they said that was ridiculous and immediately sent me a shipping label to send it back to them. Whew! long story to get to the short point. While I was waiting for the replacement I still needed a meter to check what could be a serious issue with the house that concerned me. They I saw that HF dad a coupon for a free digital meter. What the heck, I went and got one. I guess my point is that even a cheapo can do the job for you. I now have a new $30 cheapy that works right but the free HF cheapo helped me out when the first cheapy failed me.

My buddy sent me this pic that he took this year at the July 4th parade... It was really fun to take the garden tractor in the parade. Multiple times, I told young kids that I cut lawn on it as I was there age.

Well there ya go! You just answered your own question. Mike....

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I degreased and then used 000 steel wool with Windex to thoroughly clean my 606 roller. Then I put a couple coats of Matte clear coat on everything. It retained the patina without adding unnatural shine that old paint wouldn't have. Plus. It protects the paint well since it's kept inside.