Leaderboard

Put together this . Nice 91 with 301 hours . Cab and blower only used one season .

Weather was great and there was a good mix of tractors and engines including a few . This little Lawn Ranger was sold before they got it off the trailer. This C-81 had the hard to find Pizza warmer option! Love these barbed wire spark plug wires.

Decals on

Awesome thread and cool cars. We’re a Ford family and I’ve had the Torino’s for a couple decades. The cop car my son and I bought at auction to flip but I liked it so much I bought out my son and kept it for a few years. A few weeks ago I posted the Torino pic on one of my Torino forums and a guy asked if they were for sale. I told him no unless it was for crazy money. He asked for my crazy price so I came up with one and he said he would take them both so I kept my word and sold them to him. I sold the Vic about a week later and made my wife very happy with the thinning of the herd.

In the dark, just keep moving it around till you hear water splashing, your close enough .

Welcome to my second Wheel Horse Project, the GT-14. To date Ive now managed to get the tractor running sweetly, with everything else now working as it should. The cutting deck, however, is going to need some serious TLC. Here in the UK, its very difficult, if not near impossible to find parts, so any help would be appreciated. For the tractor, I'm currently looking for a steering wheel. For the cutting deck I need new bearings and blades, plastic rollers and one replacement shaft.

What if you are nearly deaf??? why is my foot wet?

Seat down, it’s a toilet....... seat up, it’s a urinal

Done with everything except the decals! They come Monday! I'm happy with it!

A few pictures of Wheel Horse row at Portage WI.

After my last update I set too and completed the wiring which was pretty straight forward, basically LED work lights and a LED tail light (don’t want to get rear ended) Then the sound system got tackled, this involved removing the old exhaust nipple and fitting a new slightly longer one allowing a better fit for the silencer. A couple of days ago my decals arrived. Thank you very much Mark and Ewan (RESTORATION DECALS.CO.UK) you make excellent decals (trouble is they make my paint look like cr@p). So this evening after dinner I spent a very pleasant hour applying them and here’s a pic, more tomorrow. Curse you LED.

New seat for the old Wheel Horse, a great reproduction from Bob Ellison. Was looking to put a new seat on my 1054, have been sitting on an old kitchen chair cushion all these years due to a flat seat. It is great to keep it looking as close to original as possible. Thanks again Bob, great job!

I have a 70 GTO that I need to finish putting back together. Nothing special but one I have owned since about 1977. My first hot rod was a 55 Pontiac Chieftan hardtop with a transplanted 389 with an Isky camshaft. Was a stick shift car, transmission changed to a Chevy box. Of course it had to have the Hurst shifter!

Craig I don't know if I'm sad for you that you let them go (Ford GM or Mopar doesn't matter), or happy for you that you just increased your 401k and vacation funds (or maybe a NOS 522xi I know hiding out at my old Dealer)...I keep telling my wife if someone offers what I ask the 'BU goes after owning it since 2001 (30th B'day to myself), Jeff.

The oil level is over filled. Oil should not be reaching that high to the breather cap. The oil level is at the highest when all rams are retracted all the way, it will be at a lower level when they are all extended. The difference in the oil level is from the volume of space of the rods. They take up space when going inside of the cylinders, = higher reservoir level. And then allow that volume of space to be filled with oil when they are extended out of the cylinder = lower reservoir level.

Thanks Guys once again for all the input, stories and pics...I am happy to share these experiences with you as long as you want to enjoy them with us. @Sparky saw this truck as I was driving by our local auto shop. Jerry has been an auto mechanic in our town for better than 30 years. He finally started building his own dream truck a few years back. It isn’t finished yet but it is a beauty... Custom touches everywhere yet understated color and wheels... Tubbed, custom suspension, fuel cell, auto tranny with overdrive, Great example of a Shark Nose Pickup and still has a hitch to pull his vintage car when he wants to...

The 4 hungry bellies look alike.

Out for breakfast. At the Red Apple.

I've had heated floors in my bath since around 2002. Best investment ever made to improve our comfort year round. When we remodeled my daughter's bathroom we used the Schluter Ditra system. Great stuff and easy to install. Constant 83 degrees feels like walking on the beach. Now about that urinal...how did you ever convince the wife to let you put that in?

Nope, it's not on the parts list. I have the original owners manual as well the original parts manual for my 76. The cover on both show an ornament as well as a tilt back fender and neither show on the actual diagrams but Squonks has both. I'm thinking his is an early 76 that Wheel Horse did their common thing of using up inventory. from the previous year.

Couple shots of what’s keeeping me from more horsin’ around... The window is being replaced by two daylight windows 50” x 12” on either side of the vanity. The vanity is a 1930’s dresser with copper vessel sinks and I’m building the shower myself. Tub is a 6’ soaker/jet tub. This bath is getting its own water heater and will be tied into the wood boiler for those winter months. Theres room in the corner for a urinal, but I haven’t figured if I’ll fab or buy one. We’ll have in floor heat too.

DONE!!! Decals came early! Thank you @Vinylguy!!! They are perfect! I am quite happy with it on all levels - rides perfect and I think it looks great! Thanks for following along!

My first Malibu was a '79 Landau V-8 factory 4spd, then my ex wife thought it was too much car so I sold it and regretted it for several years searching for another till I bought this one, and that dark burgundy metallic 'Stang sure looks sweet sparkling in the sun, my current wife's father had dark blue '16 'Stang turbo 4cyl auto for till last fall.

Jeff, It was a tough day when the Torino’s left. Even my wife was a little bit emotional so I’m sure at some point I’m really going to regret letting them go. The upside is that my neighbor bought a new 2018 mustang GT last year with a six speed manual. His wife doesn’t get along with it so now he’s looking at upgrading to a 2019 with the 10 speed automatic. This guy is crazy about taking good care of his stuff so I may be able to work out a deal and have a place for that money I just made on the other three cars. Here’s a little video of it leaving my house with my neighbor in it. 78572535-2A31-442D-AA0D-FA489B9B071A.MOV

It's going to quit on you again in the middle of your yard with a storm minutes away. Check your ammeter connections now. Takes 10 minutes.

I would still check your ammeter connections.

But honey, i had to make the doorway wider. Why else would I agree to build a custom shower except to be able to wash tractors in there, The tractors really like the heated floor to!

Honestly Onan is way underrated, wonder why Cummins bought them out instead of Kohler or Briggs ...

That is correct. If you want to upgrade the florescent without changing the entire fixture buy the rolls of leds that you can cut to length. Much more reliable.

I’ll see what I can wrangle up for ya!

Glad you got it home ok and I’m sure you will sort it all out.

Just won a bigger mig/tig welder at the auction, pick it up next week. I’ll come up with something fun to pee on!

Thank you for taking the time to post all the photos. I enjoyed looking and reading about your adventure.

Well I guess I better get a bigger shoe horn.

Found this at Brian Miller's site Ignition Points Pushrods for Kohler K-series engine models K141, K160/K161 and K181 Used OEM pushrod to be no less than 1.265" in length and .184" in diameter. Ignition Points Pushrods for Kohler K-series engine models K90/K91, K241, K301, K321, K341, K361, K482, K532 and K582 Used OEM pushrod to be no less than 1.500" in length and .184" in diameter. Garry

Mike, I can see your point about heat damage but doubt our engines will overheat a battery when cranking. I would think overcharging would be the more likely source of heat damage. I should probably adopt your battery replacement schedule. I always hang in there until at least the second time I have to resort to jumper cables and then the battery is NOT on sale!

That is from a "D" series, like a D-200 it helped cool the hydro lines/fluid and would have had a thermocoupled switch in series with the wiring These mount at the back above the transaxle.

Fender pan ready for paint then install decals, paint front wheels, wheel weights and install new tires. Oh and paint a few of the rear pto parts and shenis done

As a general rule, The more cranking power the shorter the life. The case size is the same no matter what amp rating so they squeeze in more plates for more power. Heat is the battery's no. 1 enemy so a squeezed together battery has less room for cooling. Got this right from the DEKA rep when I was at Napa. Of course some batteries last 1 year some last 10. I get 230-340 Amp units and keep them on a tender. I change batteries out every 3 yrs. Never had one actually fail but when they go on sale I pick out the oldest and replace it.

That’s why we switched foods this week around our fire pit. Strictly an economic decision

We had a great time in spite of a couple of bursts of rain that lasted for around 15 minutes but it was mostly overcast which kept the nasty temps at bay until mid afternoon before the sun broke through. Richie—there were a whole bunch of the 1967-72 GM trucks there this year! It seems that that segment is growing more every year. Two wheel drive, four wheel drive, slammed to the ground, jacked to the sky, bone stock original, custom to the max, perfectly preserved patina, trailer Queen only paint, and the list could go on. I remember when a guy would only see a couple out of the thousands of vehicles there, yesterday we must’ve seen at least 50 of them! Mom came through by texting me some great pics which I’ll share here... I love this three generation pic of Dad, me, and Caleb! We are standing next to the actual car once owned by Reggie White and used in the film “Reggie’s Prayer”. Mom bought me an IH motor trucks hat and when we saw this one I had to get my pic taken by it wearing my new hat! Mom got an opportunity to meet a blast from her past—Eddie Munster! He was there by a clone of the Munstermobile signing autographs. Mom watched those shows as a kid! After one of the rain storms, we got out the shammies and were drying off the cars. I had forgotten how many little leak areas I have on the Goat diverting water into the trunk goes to show one of the reasons why I generally only drive it when the weather is good. Anyway, I was reflecting on how cool it was that dad, mom, Caleb, cousin paul and his friend Jolene could be there with cars to participate and not just spectate. The first 10 years that we went to the show only as spectators until 2001 when we showed my car and mom’s red and LeMans for the first time. I was talking with dad about it while we were working when I noticed this young lady had made several laps around my car. Then she stopped to ask me about it. That is when I noticed the cameraman. Turns out she works for a variety of muscle car rags and even internet and tv stuff and she is interested in doing a piece on the old Goat! I find that fascinating because the car is special to me and my family but isn’t that great compared to many cars there—condition wise, option wise, originality wise, etc. So, we exchanged contact info and we will see what comes of it. One of the highlights of the Day was to see the Fonz (Henry Winkler) in person! He was there signing autographs and hanging out with the folks— All in all a fun day and I feel honored and privileged to share it with my family and my RS wheel horse family too...

If you leave the seat up enough are don't raise it at all, she may give in.

Does your wife know you are thinking of a urinal for the new bathroom??

I see the Mafia was using the designated driver plan but the question is "who decided who would drive and who would ride ". Don't see any tools so they must be relaxing . Love the pictures thanks

Your secret will not be safe with this crew. HA HA

Due to poor marshmallow crop.

Caleb, my first car was a '31 Chrysler sedan which I bought when I was about your age. I had no power tools except a 1/4" electric drill and had very little adult supervision. I pulled the 331 CID Hemi from a '53 Chrysler and was installing it in the '31. The owner of our local welding shop spotted it in the barn and stopped by to see what I was attempting to do. He talked to my parents and offered me a part time job at his shop. He told my dad I would have killed myself if I got that thing running! He was probably right. Long story short I learned to weld and did get the drive-train put together but never got it on the road before I went in the Navy and my dad sold all of my junkers while I was in the service. I don't blame him a bit, but sure would like to see s nice street rodded '31 Chrysler if you run across one.

Grandpa’s first car was a ‘66 Tempest with a 326 and a 3spd. By the time he was done with it, it had a souped up 389 Tri-Power with a 4spd out of a junkyard ‘Vette. He also went to the “guards” with a buddy that drove a 327 powered ‘66 Nova that was really high winding and quick! Sparky—it should be pretty easy to find a “shark nose” Chevy! Those are pretty common around here. Sarge thanks for the stories and a great bunch of cars to choose from...

Well Sparky, my honey and I have talked it over and we think this Saturday might be pushing it just a tiny bit. A little. But in all seriousness, we are actually aiming to get this tractor ready for July 21st for the Owls Head transportation truck and tractor show. Barring unforeseen circumstances and stupidity we should be able to do that. Tonight's performance is a repeat of the past several nights. Clean. Wire brush. Prime. Paint. You know. Super extreme exciting stuff like that.