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Picked this up tonight! 530 hours! 200 mile round trip. Very clean machine

I've been working on this project off and on for just short of 4 years. This tractor has all my favorite tractor components. Diesel, 8 speed, 3 point, and gear reduction steering. The engine is a 3 cylinder Shibuara from a Ford LGT14d. As you can guess, it was not easy to find room for everything under the hood. But with the help of some skilled welding friends we made it all work. The 3 point is winch operated, and works very well. I plan to put a loader on the tractor down the road when I am able to find one. I was only able to post a few pictures in the thread, but if you want to see images from the every step in the build I included a google photos album. https://photos.app.goo.gl/3Hoxk1nWrTwBiJP37 The start of the project Final Mock Up Paint

Nice day to take out the tractors

I put about 40 hours on the C160 with the dozer blade, grader blade and rear box blade doing a lot of drainage shaping at the house I'm doing an addition on. The C81 got in on the work with about 10 hours of grader blade work. The fill cut from the back yard was used to level the area for this 30 by 40 slab. Some day a building will rise on this slab for future edeavers I didn't get a picture of the front, but the new garage foundation and addition on the front of the house was about 3ft high. First I got 8-12 yd truck loads of free fill from someone putting in a septic system near by. Then got another 6-12y loads from a pool being but in nearby. We got to use the pool contractors skid steer for a few hours to rough it in and slope the front yard nicely. My son and grandson took a turn on the skid steer. Im not a great skid steer finish operator, so the Wheelhorses did an excellent job smoothing it out.

Youngest grandson Sam over to check out papa's tractors. These are the best days.

Just fitted a pair of little spot lamps with my 2 year old helper. Sorry about the John Deere overhalls😂

I got my 314-8 a few months ago and just finished a minor refurb. I had reseeded my front lawn and started to roll it flat by hand. Never mind all that fun - hook the WH up and have some real fun.

can someone tell me if I can use this plow on my 312-8? it is a craftsman plow. is it to big? I still need to get a clevis hitch,just wondering if I can use it, I got a good deal on it.thanks

Pick up a 418 with a 42" snow blower last weekend. Farley low hours and very well kept. The guy said he didn't like the way it mowed, well I found out why when I looked under the deck... See pic

I'm officially fed up of digging. This whole week I've been like a crazed mole digging sewer pipes out for repair. Last night I found a rainwater gulley was broken so needed replacing. I did that this morning so I reckon my drains are pretty much done for a while. Hopefully back to some workshop time now. Mick

The 1277 is getting a buff out while the shop stove cooks my late dinner. This ones getting a shine on what’s left and done. Probably a very good idea to put something other than hops and barley in my belly, was a rough week👍

Dug this out of a hedgerow today, took a battery, gas, oil and carb cleaner along with me, and lo and behold, with a little coaxing and a few shots of the carb cleaner it came to life. Course the mouse wasn't all that pleased about me cranking the engine over. Got it home, pumped up the tires, they seem to hold air for now anyways, cleaned out the mouse nest, ran it some more so I could adjust the carb. It seems to run better, so there's the start of going through the tractor and giving it some much needed TLC. The hydraulic lift works fine and I see no leaks, even the axle seals are good. I think this will just get a nice buff and and oil down, real nice surviver.

Well Its official I am the proud owner of this ! Going to need alot of help with this guys. Gonna start a new topic for it soon. It is a 1964 Lambert 655 but built by Farm-Ette. Needs a lot of help. I dont know where to start. Right now I cant even get it off my truck as there is no tie-rod on front wheels and the rears are locked up. Please keep an eye open for a post in the " other brands" section for better pics and see if we can get it rolling again . Thanks in advance.

You poor man.You don't seem to have any Horse's that you can actually use.Come trade a couple of those shiny ones for a couple of mine.Haha,Beautiful tractors you've got there.

Yep, and only going 60 feet 1/2" should be good. I have one building at 110' and I used 3/4" and it worked good. When my son built his pole building, we burred 2" conduit and pulled 1/2" red and blue pex though it so he could have hot water in the building too. It was 50' He has a stationary sink out there and it sure is nice to wash your paws up instead of going into the house.

OK I pulled the trigger and picked this up last night. It has been sitting outside a long long time. Before I went to pick it up I asked " Does it roll?" . His reply was " Yes". Well I got there all 4 tires flat. Because they were sitting in one place so long no saving them. No tie-rod on the front wheels so they go in any direction they want. Here is the bonus... rear end locked up. Not to mention its out in a field. I just couldnt leave it there. Drove my truck through the mud as its been raining past 2 days and him and I lifted it up on to my truck. Little did I know at the time that that was the easy part. So this morning I had to figure a way to get it out of my truck as I have no one to help me. While it was in my truck I tac welded a little piece of pipe to keep the front wheels straight while I attempted to get it down some ramps. Remember the Speedanza got away from me when I unloaded it. Well it went ok, a little hairy but its down. So after that I gave it a look over. I believe the engine that was on it is toast. I disconnected the belt and the pulley spins very easy by hand. I dont think it has any compression. All the wires from the key switch, push button start, and rear light were all hanging loose. The battery in the back was an oldie and it was split in two right down the middle. Rear end is chain drive and the chain is as tight as a guitar string. The shifter wont budge. I opened the drain on the tranny pretty much nothing came out. So here is where I am at. I got it on dollies so I can roll it around. I power washed it. I used up 2 cans of PB Blaster spraying the chain and every nut and bolt I can find. I took out the battery. Tried to get anything that is supposed to move to actually move. I poured Kerosene into the tranny. Its still soaking. I cant fill it to the top though. Its on an angle so I think like 2/3s of it gets the Kerosene. I figured the engine is shot so I took it out to make things easier. Did I mention that most of the nuts are square and I dont have sockets that fit square nuts. Not easy getting a wrench with no leverage on rusty nuts and getting them to turn. I do not know what kind of tranny it is. I had read that they came with T-92. The whole project stops here if I cant get it freed up. I would like to take it out but not sure how. I also dont know the shift pattern. I can push the lever down, like in a car when you want reverse. Thats all it does. I think you just stop and shift like on my Speedanza, no clutch? I tried to break the lug nuts off the rear wheels and failed. They have to come off sooner then later. If you guys can walk me through trying to break these tranny gears free i WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL. Thanks

Grandpa wouldn't line up in right way. Stubborn. Nice day today, got some of my herd out. 315-8 w/42" deck to mow. D200 to disc w/tandem disc. 520H w/36" tiller. And RJ59 with 36" Parker Sweeper. These horses done me well today.

Been looking into getting some weights on Trina's 867 to help keep her front end down while moving wood. Found these on CL almost zero minutes out of the way from my home commute. PO says these were on a mid 70s Kubota or also maybe a late 70s Cub at some point. This one weighs 40 lbs. The bolts will just span a Wheelhorse frame. This one is 45lbs. And this big home made deal weighs 115 lbs. The smaller cylinders are about 4 x 10 or 12. The large one is maybe 6 x 5 or 6?

Cleaning in the back barn today... in an attempt to A: remove Norman from winter storage B: make room for just one more tractor look out @WHX24 @dells68 this’ll make 21 for the time being!

OK! Let's have a hat comp'. Here's my rather battered and worn Australian leather bush hat. Bought when in Oz. Can't remember the make and the makers name has worn away. Must be 18yr old at least. And on it's equally battered and worn owners head.

Got the engine pulley yesterday.

I learn by making mistakes, seeing what I did wrong and coming up with a solution. Not many of my projects go without a hitch that needs addressing. I seldom work from a set plan or scheme of work. I prefer to do a bit of thinking, a little sketch and a lot of figuring as I go. Not perhaps the most efficient way to do things but it works for me. I don't remember where I first heard it but one of my favourite sayings is " the man who doesn't make mistakes, doesn't make anything" Mick

Great to see another diesel horse on here! If they didn’t make what you wanted to start with, build it. I love your tenacity to see such a long project through to completion. I wish you many hours of happy use. well done sir.

I make it a habit to point out my mistakes to my girls. It shows them that it’s ok to get on with it, take care of the problem and move on with the day. It’s ok to try and fail, it’s not ok to never try in the first place for the fear of failure. Thanks for sharing with us, and how you fixed it! I recently posted a video to YouTube where my idea did not work, in fact might have hurt my progress. I was ok with the failure because I learned from my mistake and moved on.

If you need special bolts, here is a chart.

Today it's cosmetics, painted the wheel weights since they were looking grungy. I also greased the deck while it's off and will get to work on replacing the brake shaft seal. One front tire is dry rotted so I'll toss on that spare in the foreground. Oh yeah and added an "aircraft style" switch cover just because

Photo of wind chimes I made yesterday as promised. Just to keep Eric happy. Today a got the lawn sweeper out and swept up the green I mowed yesterday as well. And the lane verges.

Was messing around in the yard earlier and realized that there's a lot of RED around here lol. With the exception of the Case (and they even call it Flambeau Red , looks orange to me) every tractor we own is red. Someday I'll have everything put together and get a complete family photo, though I might need a wide angle lens to do it. Pictured are the 1963 753, 1981 C125, Rodger's 1951 M and my 1948 M. Not pictured are the 701 2 seater, 1277, C141, and my son's Commando V8 Also a couple bonus pics of the C125 sporting her brand new dump cart I picked up at the farm store when I went to get a carb kit for Rodger's M

You were asking for running board ideas for "Colossus" the other day. I think I just spotted a good one.

When you backfill around your hydrants use nice easy to dig gravel or fine crushed stone in 25 years it will be a lot easier to dig it up when it fails, Yes Virginia they do fail and not the innards that are replaceable. The galvanized pipe rusts through. Happened to the hydrant outside my workshop and the one in my brothers barn. Digging them out is not fun as mine was back filled with clay and rocks....

Hi Norm. It has a sump type trap at the bottom and I will suck it out with my wet vacuum as I do with the other pot traps. They cant be rodded because of the sharp bend. Mick

I had a tan version of this hat a few years back. My hiking hat. It was getting a bit nasty but..... I lost it. Tried a couple other full brim hats but they just didn't "feel right". Sooooooooooo..... Trina ordered me a new one... I LOVE IT!!!!! @ZXT @oliver2-44

I bought a low hour machine from a guy that didn't like the way it cut as well. After I mounted the deck correctly, leveled it, set the transport height and put the belt in the right groove, it mowed just fine. That's the way to buy them, many owners don't know how to treat horses.

Thanks Kevin for that reminder, now I have to go back to three months of therapy to forget😂😂😂 Colossus is going to be one massive and sweet machine when done. I’m enjoying all this talk of lead filling and that monster front axle. When I was regularly shooting in cowboy action, I cast a lot of my own bullets. We would melt down any sources of lead that we could get our hands on. It was neat to take the dross off the top, get it all purified to our liking, and then cast away. In CAS, you must keep your bullets at slow speed-often near subsonic-so the softer leads don’t foul like they would in a high pressure/high speed load. I like the idea that Wallfish had about using lead shot and filling the open axle. That would be less messing around and would still give a lot of weight!!! I know I haven’t said a lot Eric but I am really enjoying this build!

Www.supplyhouse.com out of Vineland, NJ is a pretty good store to shop online

You’ll have to set up the plow for the tractor, but it’s adjustable. Check out the Brinly plow manual. It is a bit of a read, but well worth it. here’s a thread in our instructions section.., it goes over a thing or two! Rolling dirt

Everything just slid on originally. Good location for some Never-Seize on reassembly. https://www.partstree.com/models/05-42ms03-toro-42-side-discharge-mower-deck-1984/side-discharge-mowers-42-48-in-107-122-cm-vehicle-identification-number-05-42ms03-4/ Garry

With the engine running and the key off, jump a wire from a good ground directly to the key or the switch body. If it shuts off, it's the ground for the switch body. They ground from the panel connections and bolts through the tower so sometimes it's best to actually run a ground wire to it.

You'll need this CLEVIS hitch... some call it a SLEEVE hitch.

Did her first bit of actual work in a few decades today. Still soaking the shroud trying to get the horrible mouse stench out of it. Can't run it too long.. but at a nice sloe lope it had an easy job of dragging 325lbs of dead weight around like nothing was there.

Something my father always stressed to me .... The mark of a professional, is being able to fix your own mistakes. Great job

when I was a kid don't recall neighbors or police fussing much about tractor noise but two stroke dirt bikes ... ? ... different story ... lots of complaints years later most of that property was developed ... many of those open areas were transformed into office and shopping complexes ... bet many of the people with issues with the dirt bikes would trade back for the woods and the dirt bikes ...

I used to do that too! I had a round hood with a V-Twin, straight pipes that was built by @clintonnut and is now owned by @AMC RULES Neighbors couldn't figure out what caused a late 40's LE guy to go screaming up and down the street on a old tractor that sounded like a Harley! Nice job on the tractor!

Tilled the garden today with the 312-8. And got some peas and onions planted...more to come. IMG_0349.mp4 IMG_0350.mp4

Should be able to stick a 1054 in there somehow...

I'd say PEX would be an excellent choice. It's approved for direct burial. I'm not a fan of the push on fittings but if you just have a couple to do you may not want to buy the crimper.

Hello again gentleman, still working on project along with a dozen others. Lol Finally split bull gear, pictures will follow. Steveasaurus, you were correct, are last conversation, what I thought was a slip/lock collar, is actually part of outside case. So with everything wrong with what I have, I'm def looking for whole trans. I know I can get a least one half of correct case, but then I need 2 more pieces to make this correct. So not on front burner as of now but definitely searching when can. Will update with my progress. Thank you gentleman

Red with envy

A “six speed” transmission from a Raider or the like would have limited slip and low range, plus be able to utilize your brake configuration. Swapping to an 8 speed is doable Iike on Putt Putt, but I still don’t have a parking brake and had to modify my linkages to accommodate the different brake band setup. I recently picked up a 6 speed and am torn between putting it in Putt Putt to accommodate my plowing desires a bit more, or install it in one of our 953s or the pile o’ parts GT-14 I grabbed up last weekend..

I have one like that but with out the vent holes. Bought in Oz when I was there some years back. Looking very much worse for wear now.