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Last night I saw a mower sitting at the side of the road waiting for a scrap collector to pick it up. I knocked on the door and asked if I coukd take it. The guy was very happy for me to get it out of his way. I could see the recoil spring was out of its cassette so a simple fix. He asked if I knew anything about mowers, he has bought a brand new one from Amazon to replace this one and it would not run. I took a quick look but it wouldn't even offer to fire. I brought both mowers home and put the new one on the bench. It has a B&S OHV engine, checked spark, no problem. No fuel getting through though. Took off the fuel line, OOPS! engine oil drips out. Dipped the oil and sure enough, sump full of ⛽ petrol. So a thorough clean out and fresh oil and fuel in the right holes and the problem was solved. The guy was lovely, he had suffered a brain injury after being badly assaulted a few years ago so struggled with some things, hence getting the fluids mixed up. He was delighted I had fixed his mower and I was happy I'd been able to help him out. Rewound the starter spring and the old one runs like a good un. So all in all a good day for someone who doesn't fix lawn mowers lol. Mick

I have a very good friend who is a realtor. She calls me from time to time to see if I want things that some of her clients dont want to move. She called the other day to see if I wanted an old chest and some old bottles and a sewing machine." Why wouldnt I ? " I replied. I went to the house and loaded them into my truck and brought them home. The bottles were old quart glass milk bottles and some old glass soda bottles. The bottles as far as I can tell are from the fifties. I washed them all and added them to my antique ice boxes and cooler collections. The trunk needed some help. Was pretty dirty. I washed it down, then took some steel wool to it. Cleaned off the rust, steeled wooled the wood. I took some paint and painted the stamped metal. As far as I could tell I think it was gold. Took some gold paint and painted just the stamped metal. let it dry then took steel wool again and rubbed it all to age it. Then took some boiled linseed oil and rubbed all the wood with it. Then wax polished it. Came out so nice I am giving it to my mother for her 80th Birthday tomorrow. The sewing machine is a Singer 404 Slant Needle Machine. It is a very nice machine in a cabinet. I know we once talked sewing machines on here so I know I am not the only one who has interest in them. I cleaned the gears and ordered some bobbins for it. Here are some pics of the chest. Before and After

Took me a long time to find the final Parts I needed to get this useable. But it's finally complete enough to install on a machine and use. After a little service and clean up of course.

Got to tow the new ( to me ) trailer a couple times now and I have to say I really like it . Tows beautifully . No sway Backs up straight . Minimal "bounce" ( bike is about 700 lbs wet ) . Future projects : Epoxying some type of plastic strip to the bottom of the ramp frame where it slides into the cavity underneath . It's aluminum on aluminum now and squeaky and a bit difficult to pull out and push in.Guess I'm getting old . 2 new ratchet straps as I don't care for the hooks on the rear ones . Maybe some type of diamond-tread box for straps and misc stuff ?

Loaded and heading for our first pull of the year.

story #2 , I actually just remembered very similar to yours, a free push mower on the road, looked to be only a few years old., I stop to pick it up, the guy comes out and says it has very little power and bogs out. seeing it was very dirty and dusty from cutting up leaves, I took the airfilter off, gave it 1 pull and roared into life. I handed the guy his very dirty airfilter as he thanked me and took his mower back

Thanks for sharing the story Mick ! Makes you feel good huh? Back in the day I used alcohol (maybe some other things as well) to "feel good" but now that I'm getting older, it's the simple little things like that. Sending out free parts, helping a neighbor, lending or giving money, etc. etc. and that good feeling is stronger and last much longer, plus there's no hangover and it's cheaper. Don't get me wrong, enjoying a good cocktail or two or three every once in a while still works too!

But... how well do they mow? Will they have adequate traction for snow plowing? Will the tiller spin too fast? And of course, will the furrows be as straight given the lack of steering when the front end is off the ground?

Big show idea? lol

Hello y'all, I hope everyone is staying safe and staying healthy. If not, i pray that you or whoever is afflicted be healed soon. I hope to learn a lot from the forums and hopefully can use some of you young whipper snappers for your brains (ideas, how to's and such). Lol. Btw i am only 30, much respect for the older generation(s)! For me, well... If i would have found this 5-6 years ago, i would have said I am new to Wheel Horse. That is about the time my dad bought the 312-8 (that i now own). That purchase and talking to my dad about implements/attachments that i could purchase is what got me so interested in wheel horse. Like i mentioned, i started with a 312-8. When i purchased from my dad, it came with a mower pan and a snowblower (wrong model tho). Wisconsin winters were brutal and a regular snowblower was taking me 2+ hours to clear the driveway. Thats when i bought my B-100, included in that deal was a mower pan and a plow. Boy... that B-100 has plowed a lot of snow. I love it. I had also bought 2 lack luster tillers at some auctions. Well, that made me look for a tiller attachment. Found one relatively close and went to go look. $200 later, i had a tiller loaded into my truck and i had asked if he had the tillers mount for the rear axle. He said he wasnt sure, but he has a wheel horse sitting in the back. Told me to go look. I look over this 854, and there is no rear mount. Just as im getting up, he asks if i want the tractor. I said i only got the $200 i gave you. He said free of charge. And thats how i gained my 854. (854s hood is in my shop) I want to start restoring my wheel horses, pretty paint, new decals, clean them up. I am proud of what i own. And now im looking at getting a D200 with FEL and a backhoe. Its a sketch time to buy but i could use the tractor for house and cabin work. Pics are attached. Please ignore the messes. They aint the prettiest tractors, but they all run.

Not sure if I have posted this pic before, it was last fall I think when I took the last of the stump out of my yard.

A few more pics taken this morning on the 310-8 refurb. I decided to order OEM parts for this tractor and the 420 refurb from a different source something I normally do not do . For over 30 years it has always been the WH dealer. I placed the order on the 19th of June and just received them yesterday. LONG STORY and I won't bore you. Anyway between that , the heat and humidity I was hoping for completion by now. If their not completed by the Meet & Greet they will be pushed out and lined up with all the others for a Side Shot hopefully.

My hobbies all started from three very specific things.. in fact I had things waayyy older than the WH before I actually 'got into WH'. (A 1929 Fairbanks Morse gas engine when I was 9, to be exact) A book, a steam engine, and of course.. Gramp's tired out 1968 WH Electro 12. Which was the first thing on wheels I ever drove, think I was 3. And somehow I distinctly remember that day. Riding on his knee. he got off, eased it into drive, and let me stand on the seat and steer. I ran it into bushes. Wasnt strong enough to steer it just yet.. About 2007 it was retired and replaced with a new Scotts and my grandparents moved here to Maine. Somewhere in the same time I tried to take the key out for some reason and broke something in the switch... gramps was not electrically inclined though a great machinist. It sat in the yard a while. Local shop tried to work on it but found changing the switch much too difficult, and wired in ... something.. Never could make sense of it. But when it arrived the magneto ground wire was now going to the + of the battery.. and somehow it did run for a day before the now toggle-switched ignition blew the mag out. Sat some more. In efforts to get it going I cracked the magnets in the starter.. so I simply dismantled the starter and took out the chunks. Still worked fine and still does to this day. Getting into 2009, I bought a hit and miss engine. In 2010 I bought a '66 Cub Cadet with a K241 battery ignition engine. Between the old hit and miss, the Cub, and logic, I patched together a battery ignition and rode the old Electro off again. (Why I never just looked up a wiring diagram .. to this day, escapes me) We had a newer Huskvarna rider. It blew up. We bought a new Sears in the meantime.. it blew up. Replaced those excuses with a really nice 1974 B100 Auto in about 2010. Since then, I've had over thirty WH's of all sorts come and go.. In that time I sold Eric his B-80 which I saved from a dilapidated flower shop and had hopes of restoring but was just too young for the project at the time. Horses and me have plenty of stories so far as oddballs.. for a while I had a strange habit of tripping over exclusively 1966-67 10hp automatic drive hydraulic lift machines.. The old Electro is still here and used occasionally. Needs new axles and hubs as well as a hydraulic system overhaul. The engine from the donor chassis to EB's Cinnamon Horse is now sitting in it. Perhaps the moodiest and most unruly 16hp K series to grace the earth.

Hi Wheel Horse People, I picked up a new to me 1977 B-80 last night. As a kid, I spent a many hours behind the wheel of a 1967 Wheel Horse. I've always wanted my own. When my shifter lever broke off my constantly failing Craftsman two days ago, I took to the Craigslist. As luck would have it, there was a Wheel Horse for sale within an hour of my home. I don't know much about the different models, but I think the B-80 is going to be perfect for me. It has the 3 speed manual trans with high and low range. I'm excited to have a real gear box. The tractor is mostly original. I think the carburetor is a replacement unit and the mower deck is definitely newer. The deck has warning stickers that just look way too safe for 1977. The B-80 will mainly be serving duty as a lawnmower and wagon puller. I have a bigger Massey-Ferguson for heavy lifting. I think the deck on this unit is 38" which should be perfect for my lawn with many trees. The tractor does run and drive, but it has a few issues to work out. I replaced the front tires last night when I got her home. The previous owner had picked up some new units, but they weren't installed. The fronts are now tubeless and even hold air! Unfortunately the wheel bearings are a mess and there is an assortment of washers and different snap-rings on the front spindles. I'd like to get some new bearings up front and have the correct order of parts. The PTO clutch for the mower deck is not engaging. I pulled the pulley off and there also was some odd washers and snap rings holding this together. A really neat washer with roller bearings inside was hiding in the grease of the pulley. I believe I found where it rides. Again, I'd like to replace the bearings here and get everything in the proper order. The 8hp Kohler, which I believe to be original, runs smooth at high rpm. At low rpm it doesn't hold idle and makes some bad noises. It sounds like it could be piston slap, but I'm not a master of small engines. Future projects will include new rear tires, lights and a small stack with the quietest muffler I can come up with. -Rich

This is a must show for Dan @Achto his family and the whole mafia crew so we were estatic when we found out the show must go on damn the covids. I figure the Good Lords gonna call me home what better way than a show. Might be better than a tractor accident anyway. Dan took second in 3000 lb with the 30.. Lots more to come as I get near some real internet.

The fire hydraunt was one of my dump finds years ago, the long base removed with the hydraunt affixed to a metal plate. I gave this to a friend who has it placed infront of his house which is miles away from any fire protection service. Got a chuckle today when Russ told me this afternoon just how handy the fire hydraunt had become when his insurance agent asked him how far the house was from a hydraunt.

Our meager lineup... quite pleased @PeacemakerJackshowed up with a 953 and a Super C...

Trina and her mom pulled up a couple more loads of wood and spent some refilling the outside wood storage. I took a ride on the Cinnamon Horse to get the splitter out of the forest for a little maintenance and cleanup. Then use it near the yard for a bit.. Also did a little disassembly in the Charger.

Hay bales and snow fence as crash barriers?

Have confirmed pickup date for Thursday this coming week - can't wait. It's quite a buzz getting new ones, even if the drive can be a bit tedious. We are going to head down on Wednesday night, stay in the van then grab the C125 first thing Thursday morning and head home. I'm telling Marie that it's a romantic COVID friendly date 🙄 Going to be awesome if that machine starts up and runs. Need more machines as I have somehow collected a lot of attachments in the past six months.

I have an understanding wife too. She understands that if I have a to work on it gets me out of the house and she has piece and quiet!

Awesome! We must have been working on hydros at the same time. The C-145 We were working on runs and cuts now too.

Finally got some time to do some work on my stuff for a change; finished tearing down the hydraulics and everything attached to the center console area. Stripped it down and repaired and reinforced the rear bolt holes where they always break out, applied the correct satin black and added some fresh hardware.

I had better start a thread on this new outbuilding thats going in next to our new vegetable patch - there are some photos already of progress but sticking it here is easier. The "complex" is going to consist of a 3m x 4m central section for parking wheelhorses and storing implements. To each side will be a 2m x 3m greenhouse type structure, they will be hand built from wood and not really a greenhouse at all I guess - but plants will be grown in them. We have rotovated 1/4 of the garden and put in the fence that will connect with the buildings. At some point a compost heap will be added, possibly some permanent paths etc. Anyway, sit back and watch the painfully slow progress!

When I disposed of the last Craftsman tractor I rolled over in my yard, and switched to more stable and higher quality machines, one of the first things I wanted of course was a front end loader attachment. I had learned to weld, I had a machine shop, I had wheel horses, I just needed the right frame of mind. Years, a new house and job, and a new boat later, I finally have achieved it. Last year after I lost my job, while I was preparing to move and look for a new job, a caught an ad for a GT-14 FEL, for $1200. More than it was work I am sure, considering the condition. The frame had been half modified to put on a D series, the motor was missing and there was no motor mount. I reconfigured the frame, built a hydraulic motor mount and today, I fired it up (and used it) for the first time. Never give up!

Here are a few progress pix of “The Low Rider” that Nathan Amyx built for me. It’s ALMOST done. Nathan is an incredible fabricator. tell him how you want it, and he pulls it out of your head and makes it a reality. Pinstripe guy came today. A True “Old School” artist! Still have to get the seat replaced and tires white lettered. Hope to have that finished in the next week or two.

Trina snapped a couple pics of our visitors today.

No pics today, but ordered an air filter, oil filter, and pre cleaner today. The 315 has been working all weekend on a 7,000 dollar mulching job at a big commercial property. My landscaping buddies 15 thousand dollar ferris couldn't handle pulling 40 yards of mulch up the steep grade so i ran home and grabbed the horse😂

Side shot of my project tractor and the hood it’ll get once she’s running right

Concrete pads were laid last Tuesday for the two greenhouse parts. Today in between heavy rain showers we managed to get the shuttering ready for the middle section. This will have reinforcing in it to cope with the weight of the vehicles.

I like the saying on the one bottle .... " You can whip our cream, but you cant beat our milk " Phone 2334

@Richcz28 Jim here, Go on Parts tree and enter your Model #'s on the ID plate on the left side on the hoodstand and it will bring up the parts in the correct order to ease removal and install. Also go to RedSquare herd and check out the dates for the N. Berwick Maine Meet & Greet, hoping to pull it of again this September and you are invited. Good Luck

Tony—is your son going to pull too? Please get some pics and post them here along with how you guys do in the standings!!!!

I seen a commercial on tv in the 80s, then a big add in the local paper that spring. Prior to that not sure if I had knowledge of the brand, I wanted to upgrade the ariens fairway I bought three years prior. I looked at many brand's and went with the 520-H 1989. Fifteen years later I started to look for used attachments, they seemed over priced. Finally found a c-125-8 with a tiller good deck with new agricultural rear tires and the original tires came with it and they were in good shape. Thirteen hundred, was the original owners fathers and very well maintained. I tried to talk him down but he would not budge. I paid up for it and glad I did. Then came a c-105-8 with a nice tall shoot snow thrower and deck, then a 418-8, 518-H, 312-H, C-111-8, another 520-H, another 518-H, and t 1067 from the same owners. I have less in the last nine than I paid for the first 520-H. I'm lucky seems like in my area you can find a nice tractor, good runner for under four hundred dollars. Lucky also my wife don't mind, the last two, the 518-H and t1067 I had been looking at but had not worked out a deal, ended up in the hospital with a bad blood inflection for seven day's. Last Thursday she brought me home and they were in my yard. She sealed the deal and had a friend pick them up for me. Been playing with the 1067,runs good, paint not great,all original except the steering wheel. Cool tractor, has a cigarette lighter. Love the way the hood latches, big tool box under the seat. I'm addicted, could do some parting out and recoup some dollar's, don't think I will though.

My Dad bought his first Wheel Horse, an 854, on 6/6/66. I grew up on that tractor and learned to mow with it. On 12/26/79 he traded it on on a new, left-over '79 C-101. He didn't like the fiberglass fenders on the '80 Wheel Horses, so he went with the left-over C-101. I did a lot of mowing with the C-101 on our small farm in the years following. After my Father died, I inherited the C-101 and still have it today. It is undergoing a mild restoration after I rolled it over earlier this year. In 2012, I got nostalgic for the old 854 so I drove to Ohio and bought the one in my signature and then restored it. Later, I picked up an early RJ-58 that had been restored improperly (and had a Briggs engine). I put a proper Kohler on the RJ and fixed the drive pulleys. My Grandfather had a RJ-59 until the mid-60's when he traded it in on a new Bolens. So, I pretty much grew up around Wheel Horses. Many fond memories!

FYI. Cole hersee 24612-10-BX from Napa similar to this picture. Hot from batt on right above that starter switch. . Left side is starter and small terminal left is to ground. . Ah hah. 4 terminal non Ford style hooked and working on my pull horse. . Batt cables swapped. Fuel lines ran. Now just have to wait on my custom fuel tank (6in stainless pipe,12" long,approx 1 gal) and to order a new fuel pump

Trina and I played car mechanic for a bit this morning then she and her mom played in the forest for awhile. They moved a BUNCH of wood around, split some, brought it up to the yard. I got the Charger Hydro moving on its own power.

Loft is complete. Looks like I'm going to have room for the grandsons 701 when we get it back together.

Another C-125 has found it's way into my herd. Although it's a 14 hour round trip, it was cheap, has an attachment I wanted and could be a spare parts machine.....although that never happens! Comes with a wheelhorse sweeper, they fetch about £70-£100 over here and I got the whole lot for £200. Should be a winner even if it never starts. My wife is so understanding, I think she enjoys the wheelhorses as much as I do.

It's computer generated Pepsi and kettle corn. Both infinite and bottomless. Take yer time.....

Heat is good just beware there is a crank shaft seal just behind that pulley. Before you put the new pulley back on clean all the surfaces well and add a smaal amount of grease or some here use never seize. lf you need a pulley post an add on the classified section .

I’m just going to drop my data plate in here for my own future online reference. And, a quick link to my model on Parts Tree. https://www.partstree.com/models/71-08k801-b-60-toro-lawn-tractor-1977/

Like I said... I didnt have time to mess with the inside. If my mother wants me to paint inside I will. Here are the bottles and sewing machine. I also got the ginger ale 6 pack holder as well. Believe to be from the 50s. Not a bad Chest full of Treasures !!

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A few years back I was checking on a price for the electric clutch for my JD GT262 at my local dealer . The parts guy said we my be able to rebuild the old one and asked one of the tech about it. The guy was an older fellow and he said yea they can rebuild it, as the parts guy walked off the tech gave me a name of a company and said you can get the same clutch for less than half of ours, (gott'a love them old guys) He told the best thing you can do for these small engine PTO electric clutches is to back off you throttle to about mid RPMs when engaging and disengaging them. My Hustler Z-turn guy told me the same thing a couple of years ago.

I'm in South Hiram a little over an hour south of you. @JCM and @Stepney are fellow neighbors, sort of. I'm not sure how to remove that pulley with the PTO stuff there. None of ours have that PTO in place. Perhaps the manual section or another member could help you out. I don't have a spare pulley. Parts can be had from our own members via a want ad in the classifieds or by calling Lincoln at A to Z tractor in PA. When you get to tearing into the spindles post a pic or two of what ya need. It's highly likely I'll have those.

Would this help? Garry