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My wife taught in the same school and school room for over 35 years. This slave clock was there all of those years ticking away. In her last year they decided to change the system so it was removed . She asked for it and brought it home. It’s been here for quite a few years now A short time ago finally got a movement for it and it’s working again in the shop. It’s got a date inside of 1923. We are quite fond of it.

I went with a voltmeter as the hole was already made by prior owner Checking for clearance to use the manual PTO Everything is coming together Everything aligns nicely A little custom fitting Had a set of tractor lamps might as well use them, don't like them mounted on the hood but couldn't find another bracket for the frame Vintage old school brackets Found a set of tapered wedges to bring them up some but not perfectly level. Left decal had debate over the direction of the angled end Settled on the angel towards the front as a majority of 800 Specials had them so View from toolbox Left hood stand Right hood stand Decal and later taillight All buttoned up

Painted the wheels on the 1045, waiting on a set of tie rods, to complete the punch list. The rest of the parts I need I'll pick up at the big show.

My grandmother had about a dozen mantel clocks, wall clocks and grandfather clocks that worked and chimed. When I was about ten years old I noticed that none of them were set to the same time so I did her a favor and set them to the correct time. A few minutes later they all began to chime simultaneously, it was defining! That is when I found out in no uncertain terms that grandma had them set differently so she could enjoy each distantly different tone.

Since we always use the shop door to go in and out of house due to its convenience she still looks at it every day. It’s like an old friend that is always there.

Hello All, I have a C160-8 that ended up with a hydro drive pulley somewhere in its past or a complete 16 out of a hydro. Well... I have a C160 Hydro with a knocking wreck of a motor and decided to pull this engine out to put in the hydro and swap a Mag 16 into the C160 at a friend's request. He wanted a C160 but doesn't like the K versus the Mag. In the past I've swapped Mags into Bs but the exhaust / muffler is too big and hood wouldn't shut. It was a pleasant surprise to see a Mag fit like a glove into a C! I'll have to measure but it's almost obvious the C hood is taller than the B. The 416-8 donor tractor was / is completly beat... the 2nd interesting event was that all I did was connect a battery, jam the fuel line into a can of fresh fuel and tickle it with carb clean. It started and runs great... been sitting for YEARS See you at show!! Tony 20220614_111050.mp4 20220614_111050.mp4

I would never stoop to placement of a BLD (bovine location device) on a . There’s enough identity and gender confusion in humans. Must we transfer that to our beloved Wheel Horses? What next? Green tractors in our garages? Oh the horror…!!! But, if I was forced to, I’d hang it on the mid mount so I could use my lift arm to bang it with the connector arm…

Flag Day - Fly the United States of America flag with pride and respect!!!

That school and room was my wife’s first and only job. Something that no longer happens today. We go to that area for dinner usually on Fridays. It is impressive and moving the number of people that constantly flock to her many she no longer remembers. Several times even police officers stopped their cars and came to hug her. Other times people see her sitting in the restaurant through the large glass front and come in to the table. It is nice to have made a difference in peoples lives.

This one hung in the train station in Long Branch, NJ for the longest time. It's unknown how it came to be in possession of the Treasurer's Grandfather... Still keeps perfect time, it's at the foot of the stairs. (of course, the Guardian Angel is a much more recent addition!) This one hung at my Grandfather's home until his passing... displayed with some of his other belongings. It too still keeps time but we don't keep it wound up. Then, there's this one. Yesterday I was going through some boxes that have been untouched for decades that were left when the in-laws fled to Florida. I found this cuckoo clock in one of the boxes, in it's original box. All the parts were there. The box had my MILs handwritten name and address on it. The newspapers the clock was padded with were from December 1955. Coincidentally, yesterday was the 20 year anniversary of her passing. She must have led me to that box! Cleaned and oiled the movement and it's now hanging in the Dining Room keeping perfect time.

I just bought this and would like a manual but i dont know what model it is. Can anyone help me?

24/7/365 In my truck too.

Previous owner of My M16 just slapped a metal cover over it. note it's mounted on the fan shroud and not the fan/flywheel itself. This way the cover doesn't turn. Maybe not the most beautiful option, but I prefer it.

Yes, made from a battery tray.

Hello, I just picked up a non-working Wheelhorse 310-8 from I think 1986. I've never used a riding lawnmower and got it as a project to tinker with. It was $200 and has a new carb, rebuilt starter, new battery, new front wheels, new mower blades. After cleaning out the fuel tank, replacing the cracked fuel line and put in a new clear fuel filter I got it to start today but it's running REALLY rich so i've got some carb tinkering to do. I'm going to have some more questions about this but I guess I'll keep those for the main forum. Mike oh, here are some Pic's

Oh and one more....

Well @SylvanLakeWH Jimbo. I told Trina a few hours ago I needed some pictures for Flag Day. Apparently today in particular she's feeling a little spunky. So here you go.....

I can't honestly say it's in the same room.. I do know that me, my father, and his father and a bunch of relatives from the previous two generations all had the same woman for first grade. Miss Cobb. Petersham Massachusetts.

I didn't realize that Indiana had such steep hills. Sure hope you are using the parking brake on the LR!

Just hang the bell on the cow's neck and turn her loose.

Little pick up is coming along. Finished the floor boards and front fenders. Started the hood mod today.

I built our grandsons a Lawn Ranger a few years ago so when our granddaughters came along they needed a Ranger of their own.

I just finished clearing out the scrub oak, what a PITA that stuff is. However, I did get plenty of seat time on the Kubota clearing the build site. The pad is now in with 10 loads of compacted modified. I had enough material placed for a perimeter all around the building of at least 5 feet, and enough modified in for a future concrete apron in front of the garage.

Been wondering what the best way is to mount a cowbell on a tractor. After all, if you have a Wheel Horse, you can’t have enough cowbell. Dave

I remember those slave clocks from school sometime in the Jurassic Era, the office had the master and they could never get done with playing with it. The clocks all over the building would be going around numerous times till all were synchronized. I hated that because clock watching was my favorite subject.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_clock

Oops... I think it's also important you wait for the belt to come to a stop. My raider likes to grind when I don't wait for the belt to come to a stop. It has the original belt guard and yet I have to countdown 3-5 seconds after pressing in the cltuch before I can kick it into gear without grinding. My c-141 doesn't mind it running without a belt guard. (disclaimer: it has a thinner belt) C141 first drive.mp4

I like the story…. Quite the Momento for her years of service!!! I bet there was quite a few times she looked up at that and wondered is it 330 yet!!! Lol

The past few weekends we - replanted the raised flower beds, thatched and reseeded the lawn, swept the property, got a good tan, oh and of course gave the old girl a nice bath.

noticed a few people having diesel related starting issues, also noticed there was never a fuel holding check valve close to fuel intake stage , https://www.amazon.com/EVIL-ENERGY-Return-Petrol-Aluminium/dp/B07ZB42CGT?th=1 when working on any problem , its always a try/ test scenario. since going over to clear fuel lines , and a VERTICAL FUEL CHECK VALVE , JUST BEFORE CARB , I am looking at fuel stage verification. its right there , no guessing , would also make fuel line routing change , to make VERTICAL FUEL CHARGE , a sure thing for starting, since doing that . my starts are near instant , looking at fuel in line and pump push to carb . did all my testing / trial on the first set up . then applied the same thing to the other 2 engines , result ? constant quick starts , and no issues , just an idea , pete

I had a young village PO in uniform walk up to me and address me by name. Startled, and wondering what was up, I didn't at first recognize the grown up teenager who'd been a member of our youth group (many) years before. He wanted to thank me.

One of the guys I was on the swim team in high school went on to become a police officer. One day, I was in the next town over and suddenly saw flashing lights in my mirror. So, I pull over, wondering what the heck I did, and up walks my old swim team buddy in his sheriff department uniform to say hi.

Ran out a ribbon of millings up and over the top this flag day.

@Manicmacanic question , did you put any hi temp grease in the pto cone , needle bearing ? bearing under quite a hot loading process. the higher the grease flash point the quieter the bearing , because the grease will stay with it . that also refers to whining mower deck and mule drive bearings . build going along well , pete

If the set screw is OK check to see if the donut is secure on the shifter. Some donuts are retained by a roll pin and if it shears the shifter gets sloppy. Others are welded.

Lol....You just took the fun out of me trying to do it on translate! This is gonna help out an issue that does happen alot. I run the dog point 'till fairly snug then back it off a burly one. Nice LR BTW briley

Chest has some substantial corner protectors on bottom pretty cleverly designed since they will keep bottom of chest off floor. I had noticed that they had some inscription on the very corners as oar of casting. They are somewhat worn specially towards the bottom from the obvious reason. However I was able to take a pretty good imprint of the best one. What is in there is essentially the patent date for them. It is Oct.15.1863. Along with other features this establishes a pretty accurate date for chest’s construction making it now around 159 years old.

72034 is not a Wheel Horse paint but a PPG automotive paint color. It is available as an acrylic urethane that is available in either a single stage (paint & activator must be mixed), or a 2-stage, base-coat, clear-coat. That code is also available as an acrylic enamel. 72034 is PPG's code for Wheel Horse red. I don't think Wheel Horse ever used PPG as a paint supplier. When is comes to paint, there are too many choices. However, if you decide to use an automotive paint like PPG, invest in good breathing equipment (respirator), and ventilation. All paints will damage your lungs, and paints with hardeners or activators can kill you, or make wish you were dead due to serious COPD side effects.

What are you trying to say there Jay?

Probably the shift screw backed out. Got instruction how to fix it in Dutch lol, Needed to help someone with the same issue, He did fix it thanks to the document Begin eerst met uw handel proper te maken.docx BTW: sweet Lexus

A lot of guys put a small bell on their motorcycles for luck. Some of our tractors could probably use one... @rmaynard comes to mind...

Mustang and truck are all original. I get all of my car related modding fixes from the Sierra. Now, most of my garage time is actually tinkering on my Wheel Horses.

It just snaps on those 4 little buttons on the flywheel. Outside diameter is probably all you need... incase anyone else has run into this, one of those buttons was broken off of my 16magnum. I drilled a tiny hole where the button was and used a small screw, about a #4 and a washer about four years ago. Still holding....

I think keeping the tools inside and dry is the biggest factor. After I use any earth altering tool, I clean/ wash it and hang it up inside to dry… Here is a example of a ditch spade that I restored…

Finished up the power dump cart today got decals in and painted the rims. Now just got to make a tailgate someday down the road. Also got my red square stickers in and added one to my 314!

Sorry for the long post, just wanted to add an update to my original ...I got the 875 back into working order yesterday with the addition of the fuel shut-off valve (replaced the leaking sediment bowl). And today I got the deck greased up (my first time using a grease gun) and did a trial run with the mower, just a few passes. My observations: When the deck is pulled up off the ground with the lift handle, the left side hangs down lower than the right side. Not sure if I re-assembled something incorrectly (the long rod from the mower that connects to the lift mechanism loads into the hole from left to right (cotter pin goes on the right side of the lift bar, if that makes sense)). Doesn't affect anything really, just hangs funny. The Kohler shut down when I first disengaged the parking brake tonight (didn't do it at all yesterday). I think maybe I need to let her warm up a little first before I put a load on her like that. Started bogging down/almost cutting out when I started adding the load of the deck into the engine with the right pedal. I had to slowly add that in. Part of that was I think it was the first time the blades had spun in a while, and I had just greased them so I think I had to let the blades come up to speed and let the grease get worked around before the engine would accept the load. Only took about 15 seconds for the Kohler to settle into it I still need to finish the deck engagement mechanism mentioned earlier (need to install a new roll pin). I don't know how the PO mowed with that mechanism not working, not safe and a pain to hold it down. But just as I was ending my test run and I pushed the right pedal to disengage the deck, the belt jumped from the outer pulley groove to the inner pulley groove, closer to the engine. I think it was maybe I pressed back too far and the belt got really loose (to where it was about 1" off of the pulley), then friction caught it and moved it in one. The belt from the deck to the engine is the only belt I haven't changed out...doesn't have any cracking but may still get a replacement Next time I remove/re-install the deck, I'm doing it on concrete. Gravel is not fun. All in all, in the 2 months I've had her, I've: installed a new carb installed new coil, wire and plug installed new battery installed new ignition switch checked that the clearance on the valves was to spec (can't adjust on these K181s, glad it was on point) did a static governor adjustment checked/adjusted points clearance and tested condenser (will be replacing points and condenser soon, since I've updated most everything else) removed, oiled, and re-installed choke and throttle cables tore out, tested, and re-attached the generator removed, cleaned, rebuilt original fuel pump (was being bypassed and working off gravity) replaced belts ran new fuel lines, replaced sediment bowl with shut-off, installed in-line filter (see-thru) calibrated the neutral position with the pedal (was gliding in reverse originally) tightened the friction on the forward/reverse lever (she had a tendency to speed up when going over bumps) On the deck (RM-366), I've: removed rust from bottom of deck and re-coated in rust-preventive paint sharpened blades, cleaned them up with wire brush inspected spindles, re-attached a c-clip that had shorn off and also re-attached a zerk fitting that had also fallen off changed belts greased and sealed it back up I'm pretty proud of myself for accomplishing all of this, as a newcomer to small engines, tractors, and riding mowers. And a big thanks to this forum, y'all have helped me over a bunch of hurdles. All that's really left is to get that roll pin re-drilled and installed to disengage the deck (hope to have that done this week), and then change the fluids and lubricate her. I'm really hoping I can get this 57 year old girl into shape to do regular mowing work for a flat 0.75 acre parcel of land, and I'm hoping my decision to get her over a newer riding mower was the right one (my wife hopes so as well). Here's a few shots of her I took yesterday with her mid-mount blade on, I'll get more pics of her with her deck on soon. Cheers from the west coast!

Put all new tires on and cleaned up my 416H a little bit. Used the card method to paint rims. Worked well overall although putting the cards on the rear rims was tougher as the slightest wind blew them over. On the front, they were very secure and stood more upright. Which is why I taped the front tires and painted the rears by the doors of the shed to avoid fumes. This machine is prob not going to be used much mowing anymore which is why I went with black rims.