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Apparently I’m easily distracted! Started out this morning cleaning my garage....found a half empty semi-gloss black rattle can. Next thing ya know my C-105 is getting masked off and prepped for paint. Garage will get done next weekend

Oh yeah? You think you are a tough guy? I'll plow you under.

So I came across these tubes of Wheel Horse Lubricant part # 200050 If any one has the history of use and time frame these were given I would grearly appreciate it and any other info.

Honey ..... can you bring me the gas can ?

Don't mess with me, Hombre. I'm a ruffty, tuffty ploughman.

How did I end up in Iowa?

The 1st Sesame Street Muppet on a Wheel Horse. You guys did see the arm control thingy under his right hand??

It’s a slightly better view when driving now

I just poured my first cup of coffee this morning so maybe I'm better now. Thank you Richard and yes, things will work out. We are very fortunate. Room for the herd? Yes and no. There's an attached 26' x 36' garage and that will get us by for the winter. Next summer I will be adding a building. The size it yet to be determined. The house is just over 2000 sq ft with a full unfinished basement. I'm not going to finish it other that utilizing it for storage so that will play a factor. We've got the winter to decide. The second best thing is that all the living space is on one floor rather than 3. The best thing is that it sits on the south end of 10 beautiful acres. My wife knows that I'll spend more time out there instead of in the house and she loves that.

Saw this repowered WH today.

Looking for feedback on this to decide if this is a feasible undertaking : since dad closed the doors this spring he's been toying around with bringing some needed parts to market for our Wheel Horses and this is one of the items he came up with. We all know how expensive these are from Toro, and some of us are handy enough to come up with some do-it-yourself solutions but we'd like constructive feedback before we proceed. These are a direct replacement but are 1/16" thicker so it should offer a 50% longer lifespan than a stock replacement. The backer plate is brand new also. We'd be looking at a price of around $55 - $60 shipped. They have been tested and work great. Let me know your thoughts, Thanks.

So what does Everyone do for storing their tractors for room? I had some time this past Saturday to organize my round hoods to make more room in the basement. Yes that is my little helper too. Now 3 take up the space of 2. Here are some photos. Enjoy

Took the weights off the loaded wheels that was on the 68 Commando 8 and swapped them over onto the 877 which will be the plow tractor this year. Put the axle bracket on and then the plow. Put the front wheels on that have the weights and roller chains. All that's left to do is put the chains on the rear wheels at some point. Now both tractors are ready for work

Look Babe Wheel Horse has Wings

20 acres done...What’s next???

Installed a new carb and rebuilt the pump

Gave 2 of my future projects a good bath before winter:

Fifty year old Lister Petter with a Stamford 15 kw head, I'm expecting this to arrive sometime next week.

And tucked away in my shed waiting for leaf pickup and snow removal chores.

Good evening all. Just spent a couple hours with Red Square member Historic Horse. Looked at his treasures, We struck a deal, I went and came back with a trailer, he busted his hump in my absence and made a path for me and my truck/trailer right back to his shed and the goodies. We backed the 417 on my trailer (he did ,I pushed ), the rain made my planked deck as slimy as deer guts on a door knob. Then I found a couple cool ones in the back of my of my rig and we popped a couple.The rotto tiller was next, and then the plow. I think we cracked a couple more open then. The rain got no worse than annoying. Strapped the old girl down, and he came out with the wheel horse spreader,NICE! Into the truck bed with that and three suit case weights . That delighted me, I've been watching for some of them. Then came the rototiller mule, belt and helper spring. I think at this point we needed to get out of the lower twenty and back to his garage. However the tail gate had to be closed, and the trailer gate/ramp as well. Uh oh, that cost me another cold one! Then a final check in the shed and he asked me if I wanted what appeared to be a home made cultivator frame / hitch with no tines. I said sure why not. Then up to the garage to get a bag of tiller accessories he had.Wow! He comes out with the coulter wheel and hardware he didn't know he had for the plow. Then out with another box off goodies he comes. A slot hitch, a sleeve hitch, and pin, New tiller lift chain brand new hardware. A lift cable, clevis,s and more. One more trip, a large wooden box,and in it 8 brand new tines for the home made cultivator and shafts. I.m forgetting stuff I'm sure. You get the idea. Two happy guys with a great deal each. No better way to enjow a sunday afternoon.

All I heard all day.... “There’s plows in the furrows guys, let’s go! C’mon!”

Crop circles... Crop circles... I don’t know nothin’ bout no crop circles...

What are you looking at !

An old man, a rattle can of black spray paint on a Sunday and a C-105........ We are all proud of you Sparky!! And if you were lucky the wife didn't want you to take her to the last Farmers Market of the year in the middle of the paint job........

That's a typical day for me, but I have Attention Deficit Disorder. Been trying to pressure wash my deck for the last three weeks. The washer is buried in the back of the shop, as I start to dig it out, hey I've been looking for that, another day shot . May be spring before the deck gets done. Nice job on the tractor.

The cross shaft has far less movement and the clutch feels a lot smoother and positive.

Looked at the RJ SPR- 42 manual and parts list for the RJ snowplow/ dozer blade I am redoing this am. I was surprised to see that the original RJ plow used a tool pin to angle the plow!

Yes it does! Thank you! Looks like i am missing a bolt and nut and a bushing. Probably have all of the parts in another box

Really not that hard. I replaced the wear bar on a 48" dozer blade, and after drilling the holes I used a small right angle file to square the holes. It doesn't take but a few minutes do all the holes.

Pulled the engine in the 522Xi this afternoon. Good thing too. I needed to replace the coils but all four engine mount bolts were loose, oil drain fitting barely in the tube,filthy nasty inside on the front cover/fins. Going to get a good cleaning tomorrow and then start reassembly. While it’s down I’ll disconnect the “not so smart steer”. What a pain backing up something.

Excellent find! Wish I could help... I speculate they had these products in the late 60s and early 70s. I have seen that tube before in the hands of another collector. Not the same, but with a similar part number, I have this quart of gear oil and i have seen a quart of 2-cycle snowmobile oil in the same style bottle, and they only did snowmobiles from 69-72. I also have this spray can of graphite. Always wondered what role that played in wheel horse maintenance ... i use it on my locks and garage doors.

I do not. It is an air cooled hit or miss which I don’t think I’ve ever seen. I didn’t get to talk to the owner. I’d love to see it run. It has the drive belt pulley mounted to the crank behind the flywheel. Very well done.

Nice Mike!

Ok, so the brake band is back and fitted. The clutch cross shaft was quite sloppy in the chassis bearing holes so I bored them out and made two bronze bushes. Much more secure and positive now.

my first 'tractor' when I was a kid was a small lawn tractor almost identical to the tractor in my profile picture huffy 5hp (?) single speed with hard 'semi-pneumatic tires' lol grew tired cutting parents grass with bad push mowers - so I found this tractor for $40 later - found a junker tractor - similar but better model with 3-speed transmission and pneumatic tires - and transplanted the transmission and tires onto my tractor transmission sprocket was larger - so had to add a few teeth to the chain so - bigger front sprocket equals ... ??? ... you guessed it - more speed ! the 3-speed transmission with the larger sprocket transformed this tractor into a go kart ! and could ride wheelies for yards ! not long after this we got a used Wheel Horse - model 704 which I still have today

Finally some good news. Got it out heat and kroil then beat it to the left. Then added oil beat it to the right. Then sawzalled both ends as close as I can to the transmission. Used a socket extension and tapped it through. The spare one I covered with never seize. Went in like butter. Just in time had to put the bagger on for leaves.

nice introduction mudrig my recommendation - if you have not already started : build an inventory of quality tools tool chest and tools they don't have to be Snap On or Mac or equiv *** - but still high quality ( *** if you plan to work with the tools professionally - Snap On or Mac or whatever might be the way to go ) quality tools are a great investment you will have for a lifetime

Do you know what engine that is? Looks like an Ideal but I've never seen one with the exhaust exiting the top of the head.

Does this illustration from a 1971 parts list help Garry

I find that before in tear into a non working engine especially one of a type i have not worked on before I like to look a t service manual. Keeps me from pulling flywheels looking for points on a Kohler.

By the way --- if you cant find the 3 hole one, a 4 hole will still fit just leaving one empty (or cut the extra one off with a dremel)

Adding on to that, if you still don't have spark after testing the coil, I'd replace the condenser. They're known to go bad especially after sitting. EDIT: Here's a picture I stole off the web. Should be the same procedure for you but with one extra spark plug wire tower.

Beat me to it - I was typing going to tell you to clean the points! Did you file them? If they have any oxidation on them, they wont jump spark. If you clean them, you should be able to open the points manually with a screwdriver and see if you have power down there. Have you pulled a plug out, grounded it (on the side of the plug where the wrench flats are) and cranked it over to see if you have any spark? It's quite possible that the plugs are dead or at least need cleaning. I've never looked at a KT coil before but I'll look up the procedure. Typically you test from the tower (spark plug lead socket) to one of the posts. I'd clean the points before you dug too far though if you haven't already! Also, testing the voltage on the other side of the coil as you did won't give you any information. It's always going to look odd on a DMM.

I have two good used fuel tanks.....no damage at all. $12 plus ship from zip 16433..

It would be easier if you took the implement arm off the tractor, then you could access the spring without taken anything else apart. It's only held on with 3 bolts.

Hooked up the Cyclone and went leaf hunting with the C175-8. Grass was still tall and green got about 50%grass and leaf mix. It is a heavy thing when full of grass It pushes the 1-75 around a bit. Biggest disadvantage it is a noisy beast.

I didn’t do anything to my Wheelhorses But I did Wheelhorse my truck again (new back window)