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Hey Men Missed this site for a while, life threw us a curve ball. But we seem to have the road ahead graded, not paved but the ruts removed for now. So I was able to move my 854 out of the shed an into the shop. I was able to find a 854 that was unmolested. But in need of a refresh. So the tear down begins, as normal I will need some guidance from you all. Think I am going to take it down and do a 100% redo. Not going for a show rig, but a real nice example of what it once was. I know you all like them there pic's so here ya go.

Let me see if I have a couple pictures 1076 before. After 400 Suburban before After Mclean 4 wheel tractor before After Raider 12 before After 1045D before. After

There have been several questions asked on RedSquare about replacing a Battery Ignition "K" engine with a Magnum engine. On a battery ignition equipped Wheel Horse if the PTO is on the seat switch closes to allow power to the points when you are in it and opens when you get up removing power from the ignition coil. With a magneto ignition system, the seat switch is open when you are in the seat allowing the magneto to operate and will close when you get up causing the magneto to ground killing the engine. To convert from a battery ignition to magneto, you could change the ignition switch and seat switch or you could use a relay. The installation of a “kill relay” would be an easy fix if you are comfortable with electrical work. You can pick up a five-pin relay and socket at any auto parts store and wire it in. Terminal 85 or 86 would be connected to the wire that went to the ignition coil and the other to ground. When you turn on the ignition switch this will magnetize the coil and activate the switch in the relay. Terminal 87a will go to the magneto on the engine (the kill wire) and terminal 30 will be grounded. When the key is off the 87a/30 will be grounding the magneto preventing it from running, when the key is on the flow of electricity through 85/86 will open it up and allow the magneto to work. Your safety switches will continue to protect you and the cost of the relay and socket is less than $ 10.00. Hope this helps.

My first Horse- a 100% worker. IH2150 polyurethane, Wimbledon white poly on the wheels. Threw in a couple closeups of the red over red oxide 'patina', RJ hood decals, 60s style belt cover decals. Wanted to make it look more like an older horse, howd I do?

414-H with a loader...its for sale...and me and Dad could use it! Its for sale for $1500... a guy said “no problem, the buckets worth $1500” it’s got dual wheel hook up and a weight box. Worth the $1500?

A friend of mine just sent me the picture of this beauty I'm still waiting to find out where it exactly is located but wow!

I saw a hood the other day.... just can’t recall where...

Three years ago I brought home my father's 312-8 and always struggled with the choke and throttle. Back in January there was a thread discussing choke and throttle cables which encouraged me to check the ones on my horse. I pulled them out and lubricated them. Today I fired up the tractor and am very happy with how smoothy the cables are operating. They worked so well I thought they were disconnected. I checked the choke linkage to be sure it was moving. Liquid wrench to loosen and then a bit of oil worked in drop by drop. RS was a great help in this improvement.

A good warm spot for the ole bugger

I AM 91 AND EVERY DAY IS STILL A GOOD DAY.

A good friend of ours, her father will be 101 this year. Old farmer that chewed tobacco all his life, ate what he wanted and enjoyed life. Enjoy life and those around you. Thank God every day you can pull the covers off your head, put your feet to the floor and have another go around. I Wish your Mom a Happy Birthday. Now about that pulled pork .........😁

I give you... My honey, BBT, Trina. Plowing. Go to about 1:25 and watch for the smile n wave about 1:45 or a little later.

This 953 now belongs to @pullstart (or should I say it belongs to his daughters?) They have named it "Hot Wheels" and I am glad to see them enjoying it so much. Here is the only Before picture I have of it. Picked it up on and made a street rod themed out of it. Kevin and his family have given it a good home and it is getting more seat time than I had given it in years.

A few of you know I picked up the GT the other day. I'm hoping to bring it back to life. While doing repairs I hope i can do some upgrades. Hold onto your hats guys I will be asking a pile of tech questions. I will have pics posted later today when I get the paypal thing straightened out and I can become a supporting member

Home Swet Home!. Made it home about 6 pm. 1786 miles. Makes me reconsider drive to the Big Show one of these years. Of course if when I do that I,ll make sure to have a driver or two to trade off with.

Wednesday update: Overhead door installed today.

Got my steering wheel center. tomorrow starts my weekend. Can’t wait to tinker with the 953

Just the FEL is easily worth that

Believe it or not fellas I was at an auction and most of those hoods were stacked on a pallet. I had no interest in them but some guy bought the whole skid for 20 clams just so he could have one hood off the pile. I asked him what he was going to do with the rest of them and he mentioned scrap. I says oh no no no no.... I'll take them your going to do that...yours he says! So I got them for that four-letter word we all like that starts with an F! You'll notice many of them have the original ornament on them! The your fav the multi color one on the corner Kev... I got the rest of the tractor in the same patina on another pallet. Frame, tranny, seat pan & everything. Someday I am going to put it all together for a tractor with some character and an unknown story to tell!

It is a pulse pump. No lever no worries. Yer good. @buckrancher sells a replacement diaphragm for them. Saw your classified ... You should be able to rebuild that one. Great to see you back !!!!

Hi RonA, to nice story, but here counts - there is nothing happen without picts we can ignore your drooling 😂

953,your truck is beautiful. and its the right color This is my 1960 with 460. My best friend Sam, says he would never paint a truck that color. Thats all right Sam, the Beautiful women like my truck

He must have fat fingers Richard I thought he said an ultra rare 869?!?!? He did I know it... he musta been excited! Since your a little shy on your pics Ron here's a little red porn for ya..... all 67s in my herd. Third pic is your 867... my go to worker. By the way anything '67 trips my hammer... you too will soon be looking for a 857 & a 1277 & a 1067 & a....yer doomed...... lemme know anything else I can do to help yer problem! No Kev @pullstart you cannot rent my 1257... but I do have a choice repossessed '68 Raider all set up to plow!

Sounds like a family full of gear-heads. I have had a lifelong fascination for anything with an engine, my only remaining street rod is a '48 Ford F1 that I built over 30 years ago, still going strong.

Frank before and after...

Putt Putt before and after...

520H Before After a bath and building a FEL.

I got my new hitch and weight carrier from fellow member n1defan. Awesome workmanship and precise fit . This thing is really well built . Thanks Tom.

The brass should strip the threads before the cast. If that hole is in the cast block. I'm not familiar with that engine. You might be able to just run a tap through the existing threads. Load the tap with grease and the grease will trap the pieces. Go slow and you should be fine.

As long as all the hydraulics are non leaking and no oil leaks aside the oiltank and the oilpump was found, i think you find a good Thing. It‘s worth the price, but take a closer look also on the hydraulics tubes and valves. If they spill or leaking, they can be fixed even if the lines or the cylinders are defect or leaking but additional costs will occur in that case. I would check and try the hydraulics, if the oilpump is working correct and no leaks occurs in working condition if all can be answered with a „yes it works like it should without leaking“ it‘s worth the price. Good FEL and a nice tractor too as add on.

We know... we just like yakin about this kinda crap...

Always a good idea for future documentation sake

Depending on the condition and how many parts come with it and everything like that they're worth anywhere between $1,500 and $2,500 just by themselves. Never mind the tractor.

Yes you could!

The surface gap plugs are typically used in applications where the piston would hit a conventional electrode. Small two strokes with high compression ratios don't have much clearance. The side electrode is also the hardest part to get heat out of between cycles, so eliminating it gets rid of a significant hot spot in those high compression engines. Just curious, but how do you guys quantify any improvement you would get from this? Looks like a good way to spend a lot of time and effort optimizing something that you really can't confirm the results of. I've spent hours on a dyno with 250-750 hp engines and stuff like this is what you do when you are looking for that last 5 hp at any cost. Doesn't seem like it's worth it on a tractor unless you have a noticeable misfire and that is likely from a bad component.

Here’s another one

I just crossed the Texas state line. It’s good to be back in the Lone Start state it sbout 6 more hours to home Had a great visit with @new2horses and a retired coworker in Hot Springs Arkansas. Looks like I’ll have rain most of the way home

Knocked the pin out gave it a couple of twists and she popped right off. Can't wait to get to the hitch pin.....last one I had to remove from a Commando 8 gave me a fight. I ended up cutting it into 3 pieces and using a torch. Had to machine up a new one, made it out of stainless so no more worries about rust.

Those answers were so easy, Even I could have answered them !

I have a "Medina Mary" that's where I picked her up, Medina Oh! She is all decked out now with a FEL. Nice story. Welcome and from time to time I hear "what goes on up there in that barn?"

Before After

Brinly moldboard plow.

Suburban 400 before: After: 657 before: 500 Special before: Combined what was good on both tractors to get to this after (still not 100% complete):

Excellent thread idea Daron!!! I don't have a decent before pic of Patriot although here's a video of the day of Trina's first tractor drive ever, on Patriot. When we first got it from @Stepney it was all "patina". Cinnamon has a build thread with it's nastiness in all its glory. Here's some of Trina's Pony before and after. Then the others as they are today. The one on the right is the 1267/1287 mongrel that didn't work out so I disassembled it. Near to far is Pony, Pigpen, Cinnamon and Patriot.

!982 C-125. Before. After. 1978 C-121. The Black Horse. Before. 2nd from left. After. 1979 C-81. Bought part restored.

IRV!!