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More weekend progress on the hot rod.

Had another good year at Pioneer Power... we hit a max of 50 display tractors, not counting at least another half-dozen that were seen at various times driving around the show that weren't displayed. This year's feature was the Historical Construction Equipment Association, so there were some great examples of some of the old heavy equipment. Enjoy the pics... I am not posting everything I took, as others will have some to share too.

I found this 1997 520H for sale. Seller says all original. Only has 277 hrs on it. Am picking it up tomorrow. Wow what a nice tractor. Been looking for a while. Finally found one. Don’t care much for rear tires though. Will be putting tractor lugs on it. Seller says this tractor never mowed grass. Was basically a show toy. Can’t wait to get it home. Will probably change all fluids. Not knowing how long it’s been setting

My first time here but not my last.. Enjoy... http://www.edgarsteamshow.com/ Hauling tractors to the show grounds. Weather was crappy on Friday, rained pitch forks and hammer handles, and Sat Morn but cleared up. Dan's Mclean was water logged and wouldn't start so had to be towed behind the driver retrieval sulky. Did get it started after some dry out time. Just tons of big steamers at this show. Rat Rod being stolen by a Mafia guy! Our small but worthy line up. Note my wife tipping the jug already! Our Saturday morning bloody mary bar ... one thing about our shows there is no shortage of wine, food & fun!! To give some guys a rest drinking hours were limited to 8 AM to 6 AM! Little bit of toe tapping with good country rock bands both nites...... Dan's wife being stolen by the same Mafia who stole the Rat Rod! This guy had a pair of Olivers that were well detailed. Crome acorn nuts everywhere.. pics don't do them justice. Did manage a little plowing including a fresh cut corn & grain field that was hard as rock but the horses handled it.

Just brought this home and it's in great shape but all I know is that it has a k90 rope start there's another one I'm going back to pick up that says suburban on it with fenders and a under seat tool box will post pictures of that too

I installed my 42 inch sickle bar mower I rebuilt today. I still need to get the idler pulley setup on the footrest rod and sickle frame plate but so far so good. It took about three hours to set this up. Still need to install the sickle frame plate that goes on the bottom that I had fabricated from and original.

Here’s under the hood looks new

Yes, quite so... From the forum we had displays by @joebob @Shynon @prondzy @wheelhorseman @wheel horse men @JamesC-120 @mnWHfan @pumper.atv @Terry M and myself. The weather was a little up and down... during the show days it was mostly nice. Some light rain and mist on Friday morning. It poured after hours on Friday night, and again on Sunday afternoon during load-out time... but otherwise not too bad. Saturday morning @6wheeler stopped to chat a bit and check out the show, and if there were any other forum members, sorry I missed you. The Show grounds expanded a little this year, they're up to 110 acres. I believe they added an old-time baseball game out in the back field by the pulling track. I don't remember that being there before. There was a game by a couple teams from our area league. Something to see if you never have. Period uniforms, and no gloves. Had a nice little crowd watching that, I'd imagine they'll bring that back again if they can.

My early Wheel Horse LTD -24 dump cart had some small rust holes in the bottom when I purchased it . I decided that the best option was to place a new bottom in it that was tig welded into place and coated with black spray truck bed coating. I oiled down the ret of the trailer and have since doing oiled it about once a year. I bought the trailer and a 1958 RJ together and I decided to keep them in the general condition I found them. I painted the wheels and upgraded tires and motor on the RJ but they are a pair for sure.

I bought a great big heavy custom-built trailer that has a an old Generator inside it. Two cylinder engine of some sort. Going to try to get this thing fired up at some point and see if it works. Tucked into a shed for a long time so probably not... No worries. Trailer will be good for firewood or something anyways. So to pull it down to the back of the house we used my honey's 657. To say the least, she was pretty excited to be able to use her little tracta...

Welcome to the site, as a fairly new person here, all I can say is the people on this site are great. They are ALL very helpful.

Finally got to try out the farm PTO on the 1257!

Beautiful machine Kyle

Brought in another trailer load of pumpkins with the 312 8. Tinkered on the 655 with a predator motor..my misfit tractor.

@953 nut, and everyone else. Here's a short video that walks around the tractor showing the features of it as I've seen them. My apologies for the crunching sounds and scruffling noises. I don't know how to mute a video on YouTube. There are a few things that I'd like to call your attention to. The frame is from a long frame tractor. It measures about 38 inches from the front of the transmission to the front of the frame. The transmission is a four-speed. The hood is obviously a mid-60s vintage. The single pedal on the left side is also a mid 60s vintage. It is a Clutch and Brake combination pedal. The front axle is a piece of 2 inch square tubing that has the spindles welded to the ends of it. It measures about 24 inches to the outside across the tires. Roughly 10 to 12 inches narrower than the other tractors we have here. It also has custom shortened tie rods and bump stops welded to the axle so you can't steer too far. There's a custom built battery box that measures about 3.5 by 5 inches. Also, take note of the small metal gas tank that has been installed. It looks as though the rear fenders were made from the front inner fender liners of a vehicle. They are metal. They do look like they have some sort of custom cut contour to them. There is no right hand side step or belt guard. The seat was probably new when this tractor was being worked on a few years back. It's in fantastic condition. There is a regular farm tractor spring style seat bracket and then also an additional spring below it for extra support. The rear tires are 6/12s and are new but the right-hand rear tire has some weather cracking. Should be perfectly fine with a tube, especially for show driving. The front tires are 4.10/4 and in fantastic condition although I don't know if they're brand new. The bead has come off the right hand side front tire so it is currently deflated. Looks to me like somebody put some thought into making a miniature farm tractor model the way the front of the frame sticks out from the bottom of the hood, miniature battery box, miniature fuel tank, narrowed front end, and just the general overall shape. It's an adorable little tractor that I'd like to take the time to put into it and get it running and driving but it's going to be way down on the project list so I'm thinking this thing should probably try to find a new home....

I knew Elmer Pond built some experimental ride on tractors prior to the RS, but I kind of doubt that this was one of them.

You know that saying "just when you thought you've seen it all" and the other one "you ain't seen the half of it" Well I think I've been witness to both........ Almost lost for words what he has. The Canadian holy grail. I was there for over 3 hours and saw just over half of them. There were another 40 - 50 in a shed near by I didn't get to. A super nice guy who admitted to collecting way more than 20 years and he has been selling on and off for about ten years. Has slowed down since having a stroke but still quite able. He knows his models inside and out. Now get this....... people around there know him well enough that when they go to auctions or sales they would buy the horse for him". Understandably, I found him to be a bit gun shy at first. He said he reluctantly sold a very collectable JD to a guy (for cheap) who really wanted to restore it with his son and so he thought that was good enough for him. One that had a brass gas tank. He later saw it being parted out on EBay. Said he knew because he had marked the tank with paint where there were pit holes that needed repair. I'll load the pics in a few batches Anyway........ I'll be back there with a shopping list and a look in the other shed at some point. Hope you enjoy......

I am not picking on the guy, but I have been to numerous places like this where none are for sale, and if you ask it's either I am going to fix that one and if they are they 10 times what they are worth, sadly when the time does come the family auctions them all off in an afternoon for penny's just to clean up the mess, as mentioned in a post above my wife is great I can bring 100 of these and she could care less but I enjoy my collection at 10 to 15 nice running machines rather than having a bunch rotting away in my lawn

Take a look at this thread, should answer all your questions. http://gardentractortalk.com/forums/topic/10576-snappermf-1650-ross-steering-rebuild-help/ PS; I will be heading up to the Syracuse area in a couple of weeks. If you want that pesky early 953 out of your way I could bring along a trailer.

This is a family friendly site and we enthusiastically support the younger generation becoming involved in . As others have said a few hand tools will get this job done. The pivot pin that retains the front axle is held in place by one 3/8" bolt (9/16" wrench) The tie rods will require a 1/2" and a 9/16" wrench. That and a couple of jack-stands and you will be in business. Feel free to post any questions you may have. This manual should come in handy.

thanks Jim, I will order new tie rods, if I have to replace one i might as well do both,

but no problem, see @wheelhorseman for a replacement. You have now Pete Only way we will have it Are you saying you got a whole new axle? If so replacing it is easier than you may think if you have even just basic hand tools. I would hold off on a spindle although they are readily available. You may not need one.

First let me welcome you to this forum and as you already realized it, "the Wheel horse obsession".. Now let me advise you to put your seat belt on because you will be in for the ride of your life as many of us can attest to. As for your current mechanical problem, it is easy to fix and you should definitely be able to.Any questions or difficulties can be addressed by countless members here who are willing able and always ready to assist. You will not find another group of individuals as capable and knowledgeable as this one here. They will not only help you but also encourage you in learning all about your Wheelhorse and learning how to perform just about every aspect of maintenance and repairs on it.

Two clear-cut championship-winning calendar shots right there

Here ya go Richard. He loves it!

That screams “Hotrod”. Great job Kyle.

Too much stuff. I hate to see tractors used to pile junk onto.

And more

After running it a while I've torqued the head bolts again, the decals are on and the letters on the front of the hood are painted. I wrapped the exhaust nipple in header wrap and made a heat shield for the stack. This project is done.

This was at the old gas tractor show in oakly mi this year, I'm sure its not a wheel horse but thought it was still cool to see.

Some of my pics, an IH car & truck. Steam roller A view from the rear platform on a steam engine. One of the feature tractors at this show. Minneapolis Moline engine #8708, the last steam powered traction engine to roll off of the line at the MM factory.

Best site on the internet - no worries about content. Only great people always willing to help!

Engine is running just fine when mower will not climb a hill.. The blades seem to be turning just fine. However I will check on this again tomorrow and get back to you guys Thanks for the help so far!

!!!!! Family involved projects are the Best!!!! You have come to the right place for help and information. I predict that additional Wheel Horses will be added to your herd! I needed one, now I have 6!

@bigcreek to

That was a very nice thing to do Eric.

The plug on the side of the transaxle case that you can turn with an open end wrench is NOT the drain plug (first photo). The pipe plug on the bottom (uses an Allen key wrench) is the one you want to use for draining. My limited experience only in changing my 312-8 transaxle gear lube: 1). Leave gearbox in gear. 2). Block rear wheels. 3). Raise with a car jack under the center of the front axle being careful not to snap off the Zerk fitting that lubes the axle pivot point. I made a special 2x2 with a notch cut in it so it would straddle the Zerk fitting. Raise the front end 18-20" and place jack stands under the axle. 4). If oil is cloudy or dirty when you drain it, put one quart kerosene and one quart ATF in the case through the dipstick tube and run around your yard for ten minutes to loosen up the junk in the case. Don't subject to any steep inclines or work the transmission too hard. 5). Drain case again and add two oz. Lucas oil treatment and top off with 90 weight (or equivalent) gear oil. The Lucas product gives the oil "sling" like chainsaw oil and prevents dry gear starts. Check oil and lube regularly. It's very cheap insurance. Cheers! Dave Latrobe, PA

Compost! Green grass breaks down fast!

Well, that is just that many more tractors that haven’t been melted down into a new MTD mower. Rather see someone have them than the salvage yard. Everyone collects something, his just happens to be tractors. I have 10 and realize my limits. I have enough to keep me busy for a long time.

Great work, where’s the videos of burnouts and donuts?

A lot of parts there, good Ag tires and that 4 speed tranny is probably a match for your B80 or Trina's 657 (or both).

no respect from me on this one, that's not a collection it's hoarding, unless he has some sort business selling parts or tractors there's no point of keeping that many. there's 10 lifetimes of restoration work there.

Structure loss is already settled. But the contents is the hard part. I have 10 pages of things lost. Thankfully I have replacement coverage on homeowners policy. It's a little more but as I'm going through this, I'm glad I opted for it.

Shouldn't be any reason to remove the tank to clear the blocked valve and/or screen. Pull the valve out first and that will release the rubber grommet/bushing. To install the new valve and grommet, insert the valve in the flanged end of the grommet only to the first barb coat the grommet with grease Insert the grommet completely into the tank by pushing on the grommet flange then push the valve fully into the grommet

heck I have right around sixty of them and still buying Brian

Not quite done! Don't see any Grand kids riding on it.