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Little more fit, finish and figuring things out in between rain storms. Wanted to get the front on. Lost my battery tray somewhere in the shed, lol. I dont have the correct hole in the block for the belt guard so I have to get something there worked out. No big deal. I have plenty of duct tape. As she sits today......

A friend of mine asked me to come over and plow her rather large garden. I’m really busy right now, BUT not too busy for some seat time on GhostRider with a Brinly in tow! I gave a shout out to my local circle buddies and Dan @Achto decided to bring out his newly restored Raider. We had a great time turning earth! I had added the front wheel weights and decided to plow with the Punisher which may have been a little ambitious given the damp soil and plowing uphill one direction! However, GhostRider handled it fine. spun a little here and there but —MAN—did it feel good to be back in the saddle! So thankful to Dan for coming out and playing in the dirt with me, we finished just ahead of the rain. Can’t wait to do more plowing with all my plowing buddies. More story, pics and video in Dan’s resto thread for his Raider...

Can I just say here once again—“I REALLY ENJOY PLOWING!”? Dan’s creation not only looks amazing—It plows really well. Soil conditions weren’t great and we were up against some rain moving in but we still had a great time. Thanks Dan for the seat time! Dan gave me an opportunity to drive it last fall at Jim’s in its original state. We were having charging issues and I made it about 10 Feet before it ran out of battery! So, I was excited when Dan handed me the reins today and said take it for a couple of laps. The video doesn’t do the exhaust justice. It really has a cool sound and the fit and finish makes it feel like a brand new machine. Dan had the plow preadjusted and I don’t think he even turned the handle after making a round. The hydraulic lift handle is in a very convenient spot and the only thing that was stretch for me was the stirrups. However, Dan has longer legs than mine and it suits him just perfect. This tractor is a 10 and once again proves that ‘s when properly setup make fine plow mules! Even though we didn’t get much time to talk, I always enjoy hanging with my local circle buddies. Great friends—and great times!

Terry I would like to claim one of the places that are left. Here are my pics. Thank you so much for doing this for us.

When you pull a 12" then you may charge admission

Excellent work!! I see a calendar pic here.

Well, I've started going through my truck to see what all I have. Lots of goodies in totes and boxes. A lot of this will come to the Big Show. I do want to keep the H-5 headlights though along with some other items. Even got never mounted rear axle bracket and sleeve hitch made by Lowell. One pic shows Emory's push mower. Rain stopped me for the night.

Dan excellent restoration thread . Don’t know if it’s the end but you couldn’t have a better ending with those shots working in the dirt !

WOW !! Looks Great, you should be very proud of that little tractor.

What do you do after you spend a few months getting a tractor back into shape? You put it to work!! Today was the day to get it's new coveralls dirty!! @PeacemakerJack found some land that needed to be turned & I was more than willing to help. Of course it didn't happen with out pictures. I'm quite happy with the performance of this machine. The soil conditions were not terrible but the very damp clay was not the easiest to pull the plow through. It sure made the exhaust bark a little. Josh was nice enough to get some video while I settled the Raider into it's new life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPKnAJe3axo Josh took a few rounds with my Raider. He thought that it preformed very well also. Two proud 's showing off their work. Had a great time hangin' with Josh & giving my newly restored it's first work out.

@bmsgaffer This is the fan I am hoping to use. I have an oil filter wrench that I am turning down for a hub to fit inside the fan. Going to cut out the center of the fan so the fan slides over the pulley snout and then I will epoxy the “hub” inside the fan to make it all one piece. The bolt will go through the center and rest on the pulley snout like the original. Crossing my fingers

that thing wasn't even breathing heavy. no problemo!

I have a twelve inch I have pulled behind my Raider 12 in the past. It did fine with it

Bring on the double 16 at Jim's I'm game.

Front seemed to stick pretty good, no problem steering or climbing out of a furrow. Could use a little more weight on the left rear, but I will soon have that covered. I was thinking that pulling a double 16" trailer plow might be worth paying to see. But if it only takes a 12" plow to impress Tom, that should be easy enough.

I ain't sceerd!! Actually looking forward to trying a 12" behind it.

Another project Horse followed me home, this time a 701 and it’s toys!

come on down to the Portage show and I can hook you up.

You got it buddy! Threw in a couple extra pics just for drill. So Jason comes in to the tent and dumps a box full of parts out. I first thought he was giving up the hobby was bored and was gonna play with one of his kids old erector sets.Turns out he threw together a nice little drag harrow. My wife Cindy and one of our Iowa bros had a front row seat! Personally i think it came out so nice cause he put it together in such good company ( that nice 1067 to his back)!

And what about the Lady? Story time?

I was waiting for you to weigh in on this discussion since you now have a video to look at! Dan’s Raider is definitely a great plow tractor. @Rp.wh Ryan (another local circle buddy) also has one just about like it ‘Cept with manual lift. It will be fun plowing with both those tractors out in the field! Time to start looking for more 12” Brinly’s

Outstanding build, Dan! Gotta love this tractor!

So I have a leg injury that’s keeping me outa work for a few days and out of a tractor seat . Had to get my son to get one of my tractors into mowing mode yesterday and today my 76 year old father is mowing my yard while I watch. He tags along to the WH Show with me but has no interest, just love going on “adventures”. His mower at home is a JD STX38, one of the littlest ride ons JD makes. This is his first time ever driving one of my Wheel Horses.

I took apart the distributor, and it turns out the little ground wire next to the magneto was completely destroyed, as in there was one little copper strand still connected. I'll have to solder the connection back together, clean up the points and verify the gap, and hopefully that fixes it. Hopefully tomorrow I'll take some photos of the tractor for reference.

They seem to be attracted to fresh green currency... The problem I have using that bait is I never seem to get it back..

My two sons treated their Mother and my four Grandsons treated their mothers to dinner at the Texas Roadhouse. I tagged along and took pictures.

If your Honey ends up wanting one, make sure you let her pick the one that suits her. Kelli loves her Big D—actually cut lawn with it on Mother’s Day. I told her I would be happy to do it and she said she wanted to enjoy the fresh air. I had built her a tractor years ago with a hand hydro. She never felt comfortable on it and said that she wanted a foot control. Set her up with that and power steering and she actually will tell me periodically that she wants to cut the lawn! Great video—thanks for sharing!

Click on the picture Garry

Prolly just got soft... from all that time in Hawaii.

1-0120 is a 1973 No Name. 8HP 4 speed. My 73 12 HP no name Hydro.

Use a long extension bar and insert thru one side... make it bottom against the opposite side bearing and tap the bearing out with small hammer. Flip over dnad do the same for other side. To install, just lightly tap in place with a wood mallet of 2x4 blockk.

I got released to stop wearing my walking boot Friday so I’m fully back on 2 feet. Now that I’m able to do things one of the Patio and outside shop lights will get motion sensors installed this weekend. Steve I still work for a living (but not for much longer). So the majority of my shop time seems to fall after dark.

That is what is on my 1963 Wheel Horse 603 !

Was digging through some old posts for something and realized I never updated with how this turned out. As displayed last summer at shows.... The Brinly SS-500 Drag Spike Harrow. Pretty sure @WHX17 has a picture of me doing final assembly of this at the show!

You will get to check it out @ AJ's Denny!

Jim, I just saw this. My prayers and I am glad you are healing. After 60...good lighting is essential...and what are you doing out of bed after dark???

This is the info that will be on the data decal on the engine Kohler M10S-461521 up to engine S/N 1919902922 should have 3 amp charging system Kohler M10S-461521 engine S/N 1919902923 and up should have 15 amp charging system If you are jumping from the battery cable side of the solenoid to the small solenoid terminal and it clicks and the starter motor runs both the solenoid and starter are OK (You are bypassing the tractor wiring) If you are jumping from the battery cable side of the solenoid to the large starter cable side of the solenoid and the motor runs the starter motor is OK (You are bypassing the solenoid and tractor wiring) Check the engine oil level. You have a switch in the engine that if working properly will prevent the start circuit from operating if the oil is low. Do not try to remove that switch until you get the instructions for doing so. It can be easily broken. There is a recommendation that the switch be removed and cleaned as a regular service. It is a float system with a magnet and filings from engine wear collect on the magnet and prevent it from working. Garry

Have a digital ohmmeter? Remove all the wires from the coil. A Measure the resistance between the small terminal on the left to the spark plug wire terminal. Record reading B Measure the resistance between the small terminal on the right to the spark plug wire terminal. Record reading There should be only a small difference in the readings. If the left terminal gives the highest resistance reading that is the (+) side. If it gives the lowest reading it is the (-) side. Once you think you have it C Measure the resistance between the (+) terminal and the (-) terminal and record. D Measure the resistance between the (-) terminal and the spark plug terminal and record. E Measure the resistance between the (+) terminal and the spark plug terminal. The reading should equal C and D added together. Garry

Reminds me of my wife, once riding the Stallion, it was hers. Rear discharge towing a sweeper, that was the end of my seat time. The boys took over the snow plowing chores. Guess it was nice pulling into the driveway, lawns looking good or snow cleared. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! The guys have their own Horses now-a-days. Finally my turn!

Ed, I hope you don't have residual effects from it. You're probably one of the first to get diagnosed.

Good luck Posi... been there. I also spend a great deal of time in tick country and got nailed once. Yup...lyme's and not the East Lyme as in the town in CT Sparkeye. Had the telltale bullseye and went to the "up north" doc where I got bit and he right off knew what the deal was as he had seen it plenty. He says we caught this real early so the cure was easy. Thats the key he says ...catching it early. I never got sick or anything but the worst part was no alcohol for the eternity I was on the meds! Get well soon!

I had to watch from the porch swing perfectly healthy and sipping a cold one while the wife mowed!

76 year YOUNG! I know the feeling, had to sit on the porch and watch a friend mow mine a couple of times after spinal surgery. Hope you heal up quickly.

Looks to me like Pop can be converted to a W/H man.

@WHX17 Jim you need to change your name to WHX77 nut..... ! At the rate your going you’ll be at 77 soon enough and the second part is self explanatory

Watch out for those...roc... s...never mind.... my wife drove mine one time...mower deck running ....ran up on a stump...it sat there running... she got off and said she didn't want to mow anymore.....went to the house....

Well my restoration has almost come to an end. Only thing left is to find a rear work light that I like. Kinda wanted some green grass for the pictures of the finished product but I settled for the white lawn that mother nature has left us. A thanks to @WHX17 for ideas, setting me up with some parts that helped me finish this project, & for the wet sanding help. First a peak under the hood. The Century Fox hydro pump fits very nicely, almost like it was made for the application. Thanks to @wheelhorseman for making the parts to keep these old Hein Werner pumps working as well as the tranny parts that keep our tractors rolling. Thanks also to @Shynon for hooking me up with a better engine shroud. @Vinylguy Did a fantastic job with the decals as always. The dash decal is always a bit challenging for me to lay down, but the end result looks awesome. My steering wheel turned out OK, might keep my eyes out for a different one though. I like to have an hour meter on my tractors for maintenance purposes but didn't want to cut a hole in any of the factory sheet metal. I decided to make a gauge mount for under the seat. The sides of the mount extend down so that the wires don't get damaged by loose items tossed into the tool box. Now a step back to show the whole package. Now I can start thinking about next winters project. I've done two stock...ish restos in a row. I'm thinkin' that it may be time for a custom next winter.

@Sparky yes, definitely will be installing some motion triggered lights. @Tractor boy While Im laid up, I really need the carb job/tune-up finished on my C-160. My right foot may be injuries, but with the C-160,s large Motion Control lever on the right side of the console I could be mobile again. I could drive my WH all around the neighbor hood and practice being retired around here