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Would just like to give a shout out to a class act guy. Pullstart. I was looking for a hard to find front muffler through this forum and he contacted me to let me know he might have one. Just had to look for it. After a few days he let me know he found it. Gharged me a VERY reasonable price, not the ridiculous prices out there. Just a guy out to help a newbie and not get rich from it.Fortunately we don’t live to far from another and we’re able to meet up. A very nice man. Hope to get to know him better. Thanks again Pullstart.

regular stuff to talk over an issue / problem with the grandkids , dissecting a screw up , wrong issue , is taking it apart and talking it over , its important to emphasize to learn from wrong. it won't kill you , it will embarrass you , humiliate you , make you think of next time correction . my younger grandson has learned to just step up apologize and correct the issue . he has been paying it forward to others , with calm explanation of the fix opportunity. no shouting or confrontation , but breaking down the cause / reason . eliminating the typical sarcastic in your face stupidity , with a back and forth explanation of issue / cure , makes our talks much better , my granddaughter is also catching on , conversations are much better , and being honest / up front with feedback , is terrific . they like asking about anything , knowing we won't add on to the issue , pete

For my 1000th post i am happy to say the last shroud bolt on my briggs and stratton came right out i learned that all ratchet dont all rotate the same so i guess i was tightening when i thought i was loosening i got confused because on my dad ratchet the switch flipped to the left is loosen but on my ratchet to the right is loosen so my dad taught me to check before trying to loosen a bolt and the bolts aren't that long and if the bolt is the right material we can weld the tops back on to get them out also i remembered while i was loosening it to spray it with wd 4d to help it come out but one thing is is that the shroud seems stuck on somewhere but hopefully i can get it off today but thanks for all of you for helping me as my dad is away alot for work and cant always help me but i will try and get the shroud off today. Kollin

I regret selling this c 120 to my friend. It has a rototiller, mower deck and plow blade. I bought it years ago for $800. I sold it a year later for $800 to a friend. A year after that he wanted to sell due to health problems. I told a friend that is a collecto and he bought it for $800. I should have never sold it. His mini oliver started as a gear drive wheelhorse. He brought both to the toy and tractor show in Sublette Illinois, and it hurt a little seeing the c 120. Its all original and the paint looks good. I miss this one.

hopefully not too many of ‘em, it won’t feed many!

I don’t know how to say this. My good buddy Max had a warm heart and was always on the go. Sure, he ate more than his share, but he meant well with his intentions. It happened when nobody was around and it was quite the shock to find him still. I’m not sure what his age was, but we joked that the greys in our beards were just wisdom anyway. He never told me when he was going to show up, he was just there when you least expected it. RIP buddy. Sorry. I had to.

I got this poor thing, 93 4x4 S10, two weeks ago from my stepson. Plans to put it back the way it should be. Already removed the plastic bed liner, rusty brush guard, found the coolant temp sensor broken and the IAC motor plug turn 90*out. Replaced the coolant sensor, cleaned the throttle body and plugged in the IAC correctly and she runs like a sewing machine. Found a set of wheels for it. Getting ready to remove the body lift. It’s about 97.6% rust free. Gonna be a nice little truck one day.

I was fortunate to score carlisle turf tires for 7.99 each at TSC today, normally 79.99. I’m wishing I would have gone sooner to get tires for more tractors.

Back in the early 90's when I had a large garden I used my Farmall Super A with a moldboard plow followed by a disc harrow and finished it up using a long railroad tie as a drag to smooth it all out, worked great. @Rob R

Just took the pics.

One other option for getting a motorcycle battery in a tight place.

No difference that would impact shifting. gears inside are the same. difference is 10 pinion differential vs 8.

Stop calling me Shirley, that was my Mothers name @WHX??

Cluster gear is the same & looks like the others are too. I would run the reverse gear they all look like that. Fer sure a new third gear from Lowell and he may have the others as well. Don't scrap the old ones I know a guy who repurposes them....

Eric - while waiting for those in the know to chime in - hows about looking thru the parts manuals for a model with a 4 speed, another one a 6, and another an 8 ?? Could make for some light reading in the can...

Here is my walk behind mower used for ditches and banks. I have two one not operable right now, but it can be fixed. This is the other one. 1964 Eddleman built local It was rusting away a couple of years ago when I bought it for $200. Cast aluminum base, steel transmission with brass gears, chain drive with clutch. Will I cleaned it up greased the bearings, new tires on the back and new blade. Good for another 50 years. I don't used the cart as my lawn is not level and I didn't ever have brakes, but I fixed it anyway, I know a little about them I assembled them one summer back in 1962.

While striping the paint off from my gas tank today I noticed that there was a lot of flaking paint on it. This is never a good sign as that usually means that there is a leak some place. Really made me wonder because the inside of the tank looks like brand new. After getting the paint off I found history of a JB Weld repair. Sorry but as this tank showed, JB weld is usually not a long term tank repair. After cleaning things up completely it looks like the seam either rubbed through on something or someone hit it with a grinder. I silver solder the seam, spread a baking soda past on it and put some gas in to see if I had the leak fixed. It was fixed but noticed a leak around the petcock plate. Gas was leaking around one of the rivets. Dump the gas out, clean the area well, and silver solder the rivets. Put gas back in and it has been sitting for 4hrs now with no leaks. My solder job ain't real pretty but it's holding.

I cut the grass one day last week and all went well; the new belts appear fine so I put the guards back on today. I also put some traction tape on the foot rest as I have to unmount similar to a Horse "of course".

Well now we have a Silvia... and a Shirley... didn't I say Dan is the tranny queen?

The parts manuals have the answer to your questions.

Sorry Trina I just listened to the intro to Shine on You Crazy Diamond with David Gilmour and I'm in a really good mood.

Tell Trina to start using the clutch a little more. You know I would never have the........ to say that to her face don't you.

The cluster gear is available on any Wheel Horse gear driven transmission. They are all the same from three piece RJ’s thru last one built in 2007!

Just one. It goes up top by the lever handle, but the adjustments are made down at the engine where the lever bolts on.

Still a bit cool and windy to work on the 1067 out in the barn, so I started on a 1948 Maytag Twin that Tasha bought at a show we went to last spring. I got the engine running shortly after we got home from that show, but she wanted it restored so here we are. I got the engine fully disassembled, and most all of the parts cleaned and degreased. Good thing we tore it down, while it did run and ran quite well it had been ran on a pretty lean oil mix at sometime. Lots of scoring on the pistons and cylinder walls. Had another Twin on the shelf I bought at an auction a while back for a parts engine, it had a set of jugs and pistons that were in great shape so I salvaged them for use on this engine.

@formariz @elcamino/wheelhorse @Achto , while thats going on , my wife has them doing food prep , and learning how to prepare and make a meal , every step , even table clean up after a meal . grandma has them , making and baking what they like , so they can do it for themselves , both of us grew up in homes ,where you had chores to do , so it was a very easy thing to pass on . they think its amazing that people were brought up that way . you never forget , pete

. I only have a shroud on 50% of my small block S/G. I have the other one just never got it cleaned up and installed... Live dangerously But seriously they are pricey and since I have no real use for this tractor not sure I want to spend the $$ on S/g conversion...

When we put the Tecumseh HH100 in Trina's Military Tribute Tractor the change to a S/G wasn't an option. She bought a thinner motorcycle battery and we strapped it to the frame directly behind the engine. Only thing we'd have done differently is maybe find a vent hose that was longer. The acid vapors and some condensed acid caused the paint to peal below the hose in short order. If I'd had a 12 HP Kohler engine and generator? Find the brackets. Make it look like something Wheelhorse would have built.

That doesn't look like an Accident. Quite a hard "Golf" swing to bend that rod. Mighty Mouse will be after you for this!

Dan's got a bucket o gears as he is the official tranny parts queen. We been pickin through it pretty hard on our builds tho.

Also have parts from a 6 speed if you need.

I got a couple extra stuffs laying around if you’re in need as well.

The green one is on sale! $239!

Six speeds were only used in 1967 and 1968 but as you surmised the internal gears were common to must uni-drive transmissions from earlier years. Changes have been made over the years to improve the transmissions and new model numbers assigned even though only one component or type of part was changed. I have one 953 transmission that had some internal gears that didn't match any other units I had rebuilt but it was a working unit so I replaced bearings and seals and put it back together; works fine. Lay the parts out side by side and school us on what looks like it is compatible.

Tim wanted to see the truck. I wanted to DRIVE it! Don was nice enough (and brave enough) to let me drive the return 40-ish mile trip. I very much enjoyed it! A very nice, one owner truck! Tim's tractors are the rare exception that look even better in person than in pictures. He was even brave enough to let me take the Work Horse for a spin. A very nice day indeed. Been over a year since we got together last. We definitely need to do this again!

If it still doesn't spark, pull the flywheel off. Was there ever a mouse nest under the blower housing? Chewed wires? The condenser and magneto magnets are all under the flywheel so you will have to take a peak

I had a similar tragedy occur when one of my tenants missed the on ramp - about sixty feet up: He never even got the chance to catch up on his unpaid back rent.

So today was productive repaired the backyard gate got the c1054 6 speed going then the steering linkage decided to pop out. MAX FINALLY DRIVE HIS 1277!! Drug the sears out of the front yard and started to put the Techumseh back together. received_909210250400591.mp4 received_909210250400591.mp4

…so I brought some reading material with me while I’m in Guam to satisfy my tractor addiction. I’ll be hitting the Guam Home Depot Monday or Tuesday, I’ll see what they have for tractors . Surprised to see the Kmart is still here and equally surprised that there IS NOT a Wal-Mart on the island! Or a Dollar General !! On my second flight from Chicago to Hawaii there was a veteran of Iwo Jima sitting behind me! Real nice guy (97 years old), I did chat with him for a couple minutes. He was hard of hearing and planes are kinda loud so we didn’t chat much. His son was taking him to Hawaii, I assume to visit Pearl Harbor.

I have the Dewalt lawn mower - uses 2 of the same batteries as all their power tools... 3 seasons and no complaints... very nice cut...

What gears do you need.

@jay bee https://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece-pipe-nipple-extractor-set-93822.html this what you want along with kroil penetrant for a frozen plug , done a number of things to free up a blower , typically there is so much related drag / resistance to any movable spot , its a wonder it works like it does .re greased related bearings , with hi temp / stress grease , related belt pulleys , same regrease , might even add an idler chain sprocket to that buzzing spot . added stronger spring to idler pulley frame , detail grease that frame for movement , super lube under that chute base , lots of improvement spots , can / should spin up by hand , at belt drive areas . also get some super lube into that cable so it moves without resistance . just some ideas that I used , eliminate drag / make everything move easily , your pto lever clutch drive should not be screaming at drive start , thats your main feed back on , drag areas , pete

The scale of mass production is mind boggling. I worked in the steel wheel industry for 40 years. One contract we had was the spare wheel for GM full size pickups. The typical production lot for those was about 4000 parts per press setup on that part number. That job used to run 3 or 4 times a week, meaning that 12000 to 16000 trucks were built per week.

My wife had to stop hanging her undies on the clothesline… the dog wouldn’t stop jumping through the leg holes…😝

Yes, but a carbide bit will cut although they are hard and easy to break. Some have used a carbide tipped concrete bit. Some have used left hand bits to back out a screw. Some prefer a carbide burr and grind the screw out.

the engine is a replacement engine, i don't think i have a ground wire for my key switch/magneto because there is a little button on the points cover to kill the engine. im gonna file the points tomorrow and set the gap again. i will also check for ground at the points where the magneto connects.

Installed some new barrels in an IH 656 this afternoon. As always having the correct tool for the job makes thing much easier. In this pic I'm pulling the old cylinder sleeves out of the block. Block machining had its tolerances at the factory, so much tolerance that the o.d. of the sleeves had to be adjusted to fit the holes. They did take the time to label their tolerance though. O.D. needed for the holes in the block were marked at the factory on each cylinder A - D. If you look close at the pic you can see the stamping next to the cylinders. This engine had 1 A bore, 1 D bore, and 4 C bores. The new sleeves that I received fit the C bore perfectly. The D bore was almost .001" larger the the C bores so I measured all of the sleeves and found one that was .0005" larger on the o.d. than the rest. I installed this sleeve into the D bore. For the A bore in this block, I used a rigid hone to clean the hole out to fit the sleeve. New barrels installed, block cleaned up, good enough for today. Doing this job at a relative's place in an unheated shop so when then sun gets low & the cold sets in, I call it a day .

I’ll be working at Naval Base Guam (not stationed).