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There's a whole bunch of C's ..... I'm sorry for the bad joke, I'll C myself out....ok, now time to get serious. Just brought home my third C-Series a few nights ago, a good condition C-195. Thanks in large part to @HOOCHIECOO for picking it up in Indiana, and bringing it partway for me, met him in PA and took it home from there. Another Indiana tractor moving to Connecticut Now to look out for some attachments for the 3 point hitch, and possibly a PTO, I plan on doing a lot of groundwork this coming spring with it, working on leveling out my property and expanding my lawn!

Does this mean I am going to have to pick up a couple D's to match my grades? Good thing there was never an F model I'd have to have dozens of them! Wow we are gonna need some pics of that girl in action Alex! A man after my own heart too with the R-4s! Those are probably 6 ply and can run with no air in them! They really fit on that beast. That fender pan looks really good shape! Only problem I see going the wrong way! Someday maybe my tractors will grow up to be a big one like that!

Snagged this little fella from @Super-C 4 me today while picking up parts to fix up my C-161. She is a little beat up, but not off to the glue factory just yet! This should make for a good winter project bringing her back to life. I don't plan any kind of restoration just yet, just a good usable horse. Hoping the engine and trans are in OK shape still. I'm excited for the extra ground speed. I might turn this into my every day mower.

I picked up another 520-h over the last week. I think I'll be cutting grass with this one. The guy I bought it off of said it sat in the garage since 2007. I did a few things to it like fuel lines, filters,, cleaned the carb and an oil change. I threw on old battery in it and bam ! It fired up and purrs like a kitten.

So earlier in the month I was getting ready for winter and when mounting the 44" 2 stage I realized it didn't fit. Everything about the fiberglass black hood is just wrong for trying to use this snowblower. Well I started looking at this 161 and the 416 I have sitting beside it and got some ideas..... Well fast forward to today. Took a 6 hour ride round trip to go see @Super-C 4 me. He was nice enough (Thank you again) to supply me with the parts I needed to convert this black hood over to a 300/400/500 series. Just like I had thought...Snowblower now fits like it was meant for it. I do miss the black hood but I need a working tractor and snowblower a little more. I just need to get some new throttle and choke cable assemblies and its good to go.

Excellent ! That is the sweet thing about these tractors a lot of parts interchange and I'm working on a 1067 right now that is basically a Franken horse. I'm putting different parts from different years and making it stronger and better.!

@TIGman thanks for sharing the pictures here of your 1054. That sure is a beautiful machine. You were very fortunate to start with a nice looking machine to begin with and then rolled up your sleeves and made it look great! My dad loves blading his driveway with his 953 as well... Ironically, dad hasn’t needed to run chains on his but that is probably because he blows all deeper snows. He loves having the “one-two” punch of a blade machine and a blower machine ready at a moments notice!

That was my plan with the 418-C I picked up a couple years ago, then one thing led to another and I gave it a much needed cosmetic upgrade. It ran and drove so well it would have been a shame to not show it a little love. Well worth the effort in my opinion.

It's amazing what all will interchange on these between years/models. I like it! The 3/4/500 series hoods look better anyways!

I do not claim to be a “Super-C” expert and so I hope that this thread will be found by those in house who are and they can shed more light on this special model. What I have found is that it was made for three model years only 1982, 83, and 84. The first two years were pretty similar but the third year included the change of locations of the aforementioned hydraulic control levers. I’m including these pics of my 1982 model for reference... mine isn’t bone stock. It has larger front wheels swapped on to it from a D-series tractor by @elliot ness before I purchased it. I like the look of them though and won’t likely change it. This is a good picture of the location of the lift levers. Notice that they are right in the path of your foot when mounting or dismounting the tractor. here you can see the repair made to the right “down leg” on my fender pan. I have cracks on both sides of the fender pan and those were covered with the black strips of skateboard tape. One curious thing I saw on your fender pan is the gap between the pan and the tunnel that mine doesn’t have.

This is so great excellent! I knew I could count on Red Square. Thank you everyone. Rick

I am lucky enough to own a Damascus knife. The knife was made by Ray Johnson, who was a blade smith at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. My father purchased it for me when we were up there on vacation 10-11 years ago. It is an excellent knife, but I have never used it much. I know I should, but I'm afraid of damaging a knife that cannot be replicated now that Ray has passed on. On top of that, it wasn't cheap! He told me that if I used and treated it correctly, it would be a useful tool that could be passed down for generations. I don't doubt that a bit. Here are a few pics:

I'm kinda partial to the older C series and black hoods myself. But I will say that this style hood is much nicer looking then no hood. It is pretty amazing that you can literally mix and match whatever combo of parts you want to make whatever you want...Like this C161. It doesn't even know what it is anymore.

Gotta love the “Super-C”! It’s kinda funny when you put that phrase in the same context as your school grades. It is kinda hard to imagine your parents saying that about your tests unless you were a “D” average student. I really like that 1984 style with the hydraulic sticks up on the fender instead of down close to the tunnel like mine. It makes it even seem more “tractor like”. I can wait to see more pics of that thing when it isn’t housed in a pickup bed. They are substantial machines and with so few produced over the three year model run collectible as well. @Adams94 was offering brand new reproduction fender pans for them. I don’t know if he still is but I would like to purchase one of those for mine sometime in the near future

Okay, I like the way you think. Thanks for "pun"ishing us with that. If it was my report card, I'd be alright. Never got many A's. Don't much like the A-series anyway. Quite a few B's. Hence my fascination with the B-100's. Lot's of C's. Only ever had a C-101 and a C-120 for parts. D's? Never had one, and never had a D-series. Our school gave out E's, not F's, so I might have liked to have at least one E. The E-series electrics have always fascinated me. That's a very nice looking C-195. I would love to have one of those C's to help support my report card.

This manual will give you all the information you may need. Remember to hot torque the head after it has been run a few minutes.

Starting fluid reminds me of that hairspray that we would use in a potato gun. I usually just hold my cup in front of the carb and let it suck in what fumes it needs. Leave the choke open a touch.

Looking good. I see nothing wrong with that. Enjoy

The 418-C are good machines and yes there's a little more ground speed but nothing to crazy. I'm retiring mine from snow blower duty this year and putting the big 2 stage on a 520 HC, so we'll see how the Kohler is compared to the Onan. My first Onan powered tractor. Don't really expect much difference except for the 2 extra HP on 20. I know that Magnum grunts right through some heavy loads when throwing the sloppy heavy DOT drifts out at the road. I might consider selling the 418-C since I really don't have the room to keep it altough it has a whole bunch of good stuff for making another custom ride.

I thought that might be a possibility as well especially because I haven't seen any pictures of any other 195s with the gap. It also wouldn't surprise me because I just measured the tires compared to my C-175 and they stand 4" taller That being said, if it isn't factory and somebody did that themselves they did a real good job because everything is clean and looks good. It's definitely not a hack job.

I’m no expert but I think Alex’s fender pan has been raised to clear the tires. It looks fantastic by the way. One day I would love to find one.

Nice buy! Could you not have put the blower on this Horse instead of modifying your C-161?

I have not had the pleasure of owning or using a Damascus knife,I have wanted one for year's. I have head they hold a very good edge.but chip or can snap if abused. I have cut up many deer over the years and it is good to take your time in the end. Venison is incredible, deer fat not so much!

There are a variety of plow days across the Midwest and some in other parts of the country as well. Most are for antique full size tractors but over the last 15 years or so more have popped up that are for GT’s. I have been to about 10 different PD venues over the years that I have had an interest in it. My uncles farm a combined total of about 350 acres of land every year and I usually have the privilege of doing some plowing there. I’ve been to Iowa and Illinois for plow days as well. Jim’s Plow Day is a lot of fun because the soil turns so easy. Some of the plow days that I have attended have pretty hard ground and that takes a lot of the fun out of it. We cover much of this in the Plowing thread. If you ever can make the run up to Jim’s, I highly recommend it! Maybe someday we can start a thread in the shows section of the forum and scout out the plow days in a given calendar year and post dates/links/etc so that everyone is aware of them...

I’m glad to see a float in there, but there was pond scum looking mess everywhere. I adjusted the float level too, it was quite high.

That looks a bit better.... for now.

The difference a little elbow grease and some 180 grit will do! I’m not sure how the paw prints lasted so long in the paint either...

@pullstart here's the tires that are going on the back. They'll be on a narrow rim so the cross section will end up around 7".

Pulled a few tiny stumps from the pile and pushed them into the burn pit.

Finally got my Fairbanks rewind assy finished that I got at the Big Show :

My Commando 6 we call “Jane” is the dedicated tug around here. I have a flat drawbar and a 1-7/8” ball that are easily interchanged and that seems to work great for the majority or what needs movin’ around these parts! Being so light in the front end is a bonus, it’s always good for a fun ride with a heavy load!

Here's my 64 ready for snow. I have the inside rear weights, really help with traction. In spring I pull a two bottom 12" plows for the garden, hydraulics are great.

I put the boosted 522xi to work today around the yard doing firewood and tugging logs. I cut and split about a quard of wood this am by hand. It feels like it's about 10 degrees out with the wind. This log has to weigh about 2k+ pounds. Now the xi scales in at 10 pounds shy of 1500 lbs. It tugged it like a champ though. Was worried about it rolling don't into the driveway on the left and into my trailer then further down rolling to the right which is about a 4' drop into the neighbors shed and taking the tractor with it.

They are in fact some big honkers. 27x10.5x15 While looking at the tire size I found out they are 8 ply!

The 418-C is a real pleasure to drive. It has become my #1 snow plowing tractor because of its power and the hydraulic lift. The only weak point I found was the fuel pump being on the top of the engine and I replaced that with an electric pump mounted low on the frame, problem solved. It can sit for a month or longer and fire up immediately. Never had an Onan and the only other Hydro I have is a GT-14, both are very quick!

I definitely prefer the looks and simplicity of the C Series. But that 418 "C" is one I'd consider...

Lucky to find someone to fix that, and well worth it. If you opened that trans, did you take any pictures of the insides, and could you post them here if you did.?? thanks

Ouch Kevin...hard to imagine how quickly that thing failed. One would think that it would at least last long enough to use it for the tractor for some sort of job, then when it was as far away from the shop as possible, the pump would die—leaving you stranded. That is typically Murphy’s Law At least this way, it never left the shop...

Sounds pretty awesome. I've seen a few garden tractors with hit and miss engines on them. Never steam... Love to see pics or video of that when you can.

I've looked at R4's for a while for my C-175 but never pulled the trigger, so when I saw this machine I had to jump at it. The pictures of it in the truck don't do it justice, it is a mean looking machine standing on it's own, and of course I know the forum rules and I will oblige once I can! There are a few cracks, and previous repairs on the fenders, but overall it's in pretty good shape. I would love to try to get something fabbed out of metal though at some point to replace it potentially, but that is a far away thought for another time.

I put the bolt through the hub and then a nut on the bolt. This goes into the mounting bracket with a nut and lockwasher added to mount the assembly. Then the first nut is adjusted to eliminate any play in the bolt/axle and the second nut locks everything in place. Used a bolt that has enough unthreaded shank so the inside bearing is not sitting on threads. Cut off any extra threads. Garry

I don't have any thorned trees around anymore. I think I will try tubing them. We have a Tractor Supply 2 miles away so I may try there per the suggestions. I have a stack of tubes out of some old tires too, might try filling them up and holding them in a bucket to see if they leak.

That is one nice 701 Craig. How is it you get the pic of Denny's litters?!?!?

I use a plow with a small single stage walk behind for clean up and walks... No maintenance on a plow...easy to mount / store... Works for me.

Those bolts are accessed thru holes in the mounting plate. You also have screws at the ignition coil. The housing really is no fun to remove. The first thing I would check is the oil filter number to see if it is correct, the next thing is to check the oil filter to see if the gasket might have stuck to the engine and not come out with the filter. Some have had problems with the oil filter mount gasket, so check there.

this weekends agenda is taking apart the shoot and greasing it up. It has intermittent binding, nothing really severe but annoying. How does that plate come off? I haven’t dug into this thing yet but did get it mounted up, spins nicely with no vibrations. I greased the 2 zerks, sprayed the chain i and sprayed every moving part with oil.

Like I said, it was bugs. Like, literal bugs. Little grubs, or something. All I know is that the fuel tank was full of em. Good thing I rebuilt the starter on the other magnum. It's a revised version, and after I cleaned up the brush surfaces all good, I tested it I got probably 5 times the amount of torque then I did originally. That thing was anemic, couldn't even turn the motor over without the spark plugs. Looking at the head bolts, I think the head was pulled and the head bolts weren't torqued properly. They are all grimey and sootey, same as the front and top of the block. I did find out that the valves were actually hitting the spark plug and flattened the threads on the one side, it's supposed to have Champion RV17YC, it has RV12YC, which is WAY too long. Probably also what contributed to the bad running...