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Now need to get the mower and snowblower ready...🤖

'64 C-50 that just popped up local here on C/L... maybe my new daily driver???

I grew up with 2 types of cars in my childhood, mustangs and British sports cars. the old man has had this 66 tr4a for about 20 years. we decided to start advertising it and it sell off. it's barely been driven in the last 10 years. we had alot of intrest mainly from younger couples looking for a weekend car. unfortunately they know nothing about these type of cars and what's involved maintaining them. British sports cars are whole different education. so this week after some more thought we decided let's keep it for now and fix everything that it needs and at least drive it. this is a great car to drive on back roads. it's been awhile since I drove it. so as we move along I will keep this post updated and find some way to make it wheelhorse related. I know there's a few members on the other side of Atlantic.

Two RJ35's left me yesterday, but they are staying in The Prairie State. Sold to one heck of a good guy! I can't imagine what these are gonna look like when he's done working his magic on them. Good to see you Denny @dclarke ! Steve

No sense having 'em if your afraid to use 'em. Besides muddy tires look good next to shiny paint. I think that @WHX24 forgot that the act of restore 'em & work 'em was repeated again this year with Radpferd. @pullstart, Hot Wheels is looking great. Anxious to see him pulling a plow again.

What else were they built for, right?

Oooooh shiney! Ready for work!

Had to get your too scents in Jim. One of the best mechanical engineers I ever met had trouble spelling "it".

I had a 73 TR6 for almost 30 years... they don't call Lucas "the prince of darkness" for nothing! mine had an occasional issue where all the lights would go out... then they would randomly come back. lol

From the patent number learned what this unusually brass cup was used for. E. W. ROBERTS. PRIMING CUP. APPLlCATlON FILED JUNE 1, 1915. Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

They didn't teach spelling back when I went to school. They just gave us a list of word and gave a test on them every morning. I could some times get a passing grade by Friday.

Champion even made a spark plug that would accept a priming cup. I would have thought a wet plug would have made it more difficult to start the engine.

When he pulled up with that big trailer I was pretty excited and I was working him pretty hard trying to get him to leave with more stuff. Although, I suspect he'll be back someday for a certain two-wheeler! I've got another tractor that's supposed to be headed to Wisconsin soon, so we are working on populating all those winter wonderland states. Steve

If you are thinking about getting them from here https://wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/index.html you would need either Kit # 1 or Kit # 2. Kit # 2 is the same as #1 except it includes a pair of 1533 bearings which you may or may not need. You will need to open the transmission up first to determine that. If in doubt about what to order its best you call Lowell, the proprietor of that site, and he will get you on the right path. His phone number is on his contact us page. If you decide to source your own bearing & seals here is a crib sheet that Steve put together listing the required seals and bearings. UNI DRIVE TRANS 2.pdf

question , is the oil in the engine , look like a milky slime? if so the wrong oil has been used, these engines require a flat tappet oil, for cleaning and wear protection, rotella 30 wt , diesel is what you want , i have recovered a few engines with your problems. the combo of a fuel adjustment problem only adds to it. use stabil gas treatment in your fuel , to help clean it out. once its running its important to heat it up thoroughly to let you dump out that oil. that carb might clean out with the air cleaner removed and your hand over the intake , to make it suck out the debris. this is kind of a regular issue with an engine that has not had regular service. took me a number of hot oil changes , and carb clean outs to finally get it running well. good luck with it, pete

Craig, I waited 'til almost dark so I wouldn't get caught. lol

The M37 and M274 are mine the M35 belongs to the kid down the hill

Nice Tr4. We had a '75 Triumph Spitfire 1500 a few years back. Had a few BSA's and a couple of 650 Bonnies plus an assortment of around 40 other bikes.

I am tinkering with my favorite 953, Hot Wheels tonight. I tweaked the choke a bit to help with cold starts... but now that it’s warm I have to wait until tomorrow to see if I did accomplish anything... and the governor seemed to let it run away a bit once in a while, so I double checked that too. All seems good enough for who it’s for!

On vacation using the old laptop with a questionable keyboard........ Oh well, baking is good too.

definitely looking forward to getting it back to a point where it can be driven to shows. it still runs and drives but needs attention. first items on the list are to rebuild front brake calipers and get the twin su carbs back in adjustment and check the timing. car runs really rich then replace the exhaust system. this car is amazingly solid with no major rust damage on the body, floors or frame, which was another factor to keep it. the interior will need the seats redone which I will do over the winter, and swap in a new dash pad. it's alot of small tasks, I am sure the list will grow.

You've probably read and other places that I'm looking into shoehorning a Kohler 23 horse twin into a C Series. I'm going to have to make some height adjustments to the hood as you did on that tractor. I'll be fine tooth combing that thread again and I may reach out to you at some point in the next few months for advice if it's okay.

The latch lever is shorter on the newer mid mounts...about 1/2 that length. The other difference I notice is your deck is further forward. The swinging cross bar is normally nearly vertical when the forked tab is hooked on the correct rod. Yours is slanted to the rear which pushes the deck forward.

Jim, I've been trying to downsize my herd but believe me I could of filled the trailer with no problem. Steve has some Nice tractors..... I guess my idea of downsizing is buying smaller tractors.

I wish I could, Jason. Just a little "light" in the wallet right now though.

Those look like some true gems Steve! @dclarke Denny... leave 'em on the trailer and head north. Le Sueur is this weekend. Come on up!

Hay, hay, let's not be picking on the deuce, I've had mine up to about 62, on a down hill and good tailwind! C-85

if you're sitting in the seat it's heated. If you're holding the steering wheel, that will be heated as well. So I'm going to say yes. They both work perfectly fine.

I wonder if the heated seat and steering wheel still operate correctly?

I don't know Jim.... i think I'd put my duckets on a 653... if it was a 753 i believe the Kohler would still be in it!

I thought WH stopped making Suburbans in the 60s.

@Charley No need to be afraid of splitting the tranny if need be, @stevasaurus has some great video's on rebuilding a transmission. Here is a link. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0WxpigBM-CFt3jm0aCxvxw If you should need any parts for your tranny @wheelhorseman has almost any thing that you may need. Here is a link for his on line store.https://www.wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/transmissions.html

Lookin more like a 753 fellas. Drain that transmission and refill with kerosene or diesel. Refill through the shift hole and get plenty in. Tip the front up to get all water out you can when draining. Like to tell you run it with the cleaner (diesel) in but that's probably not possible at this stage. No harm if it sets with cleaner in it. Main thing is to get the water out and some kind of petroleum product in. Things check out down the road here you may not have to split the tranny.

For a 2011 Suburban?

Might have been sold for tool a grinder mount.The ones I have used were metal with a Borazon or Carbide grinding surface.That style of wheel was also used on stationary valve grinders.Put a metal rod in the mounting hole and tap the disk lightly with a metal object.If it doesn't ring slightly, junk them.

Hello to the forum from Mick in England. I'm located in Barnsley South Yorkshire and I have a C125 currently in pieces and being rebuilt. Hope I can find some help and inspiration on here. The Kohler K301 engines my biggest challenge and I hope it's one I can deal with. Regards Mick

About 2and 1/4 acres of saddle time yesterday after new brake drum seal and brake pad, new axle seals, and changed all fluids. Not bad for 33 years old, my first horse.

I'll be more than happy to help you out Eric.

The Austin Healey 3000 is my dream car. Ever since my father opened the dining room door and rolled a Dinky Toy model one, across the floor toward me. Alas well out of my price range now. There's a company over in the UK, that also specialises in Triumphs. Rimmer Bros. That's where I got my Spitfire parts from.

from Cumbria, Mick. You'll get plenty of help and advice on here. My first Wheel Horse was a C-125 now sharing workshop place with C-81 and C-121, plus a Raider 10 basket case. So you can see they are addictive. Meetens at Preston are very good for Kohler engine parts. I've used them a few times. BTW. Photo's are a must.

Overkill is in the eye of the beholder Or something like that

Some pics of the B80 when I got it, then one with the 8" front tires I borrowed off my dead 416H. Despite the terrible paint job, it appears to be a nice little tractor. I got it running fairly easily once I got all the ethanol residue out of the carburetor. It has decent power for the 36" deck (deck is a 1999 model. looks like it's seen very little use) I cut my front yard with it since I already had it out, and that grass was pretty thick! I like the rear discharge.

Denny you old snake in the grass! You gotta be getting kinda tractor heavy now? That's ok just keep on moving them further north! What's up with leaving 500 special's place with empty spots on the trailer tho!?!?

Cool little car! I like pretty much any thing with an engine, specially if it's capable of carting my tail around. Lucas Electronic's (The Prince of Darkness) usually keeps my interest away from early European vehicles though. Gonna chime in to keep up to date with your project.

I have a cousin in Kansas who is a member of a club for British sports cars. I've always liked those and mg's quite a lot.

Collection?!? Ha!!! His Collection consists of a bunch of mutts put together with a rosebud and a coat hanger for welding wire! The only reason we keep him around is he does have half @$$ed mechanical skills, knows how to use a BFH and he brings decent booze to tractor shows!

Nothing in side but bearings & gears, oh! & some 1/4" de tent balls & a spring.

They are dyed. They dye the salt themselves . I wasn’t able to take a photo but watched them actually doing it. They also use dyed small river pebbles for small details . The amount of salt used is nothing short of incredible. There are a few miles of the stuff on the streets. These are all fishermen and their families that do it. The residents of each street do their own street. There is a lot of pride and dedication that goes into this. Whole families down to small children work on this. A lot of them are cod fisherman that stay out to sea for up to a couple of months. They live in the small houses along the narrow streets and are extremely religious and proud people.