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Picked this up today for $300!!! 1989 Town Car w/69k miles. Been in garage almost 30yrs, never driven in winter. Needs minor maint, fluids, tires, & fuel pump. All original rust free paint will buff out & shine when I get done with it. Couldn't believe how rust free underside is too. Interior needs a light cleaning. Old school luxury......I like it

I cleaned, lubricated and sharpened/balanced the blades on the 36” RD deck that’s on the 308-8 I bought from @Docwheelhorse Ill do an oil soak and dry once we see the sun again MA. I recently installed the ceiling, mounted electric winch on a trolley system in my garage and that thing has come in handy a few times so far. And like I do with most everything, I just had to weigh the deck

World Kebab Day is celebrated on the second Friday of July (July 11 this year) as an occasion to commemorate the kebab and its multiple varieties. Kebabs are hugely popular because of their meaty texture and an amazing array of spices and aromas. There are known to be more than 20 types of kebabs that are prepared differently in each region or family. That is quite a lot of variety to experience for just one day.

Years ago when I had my Lund Pro Sport I was talking to my friends wife and she mentioned they were interested in buying a tampoon boat someday. Must of been the alcohol. They did buy one.

Block painted. Not perfect but looks better than it did. Yeah that's a cheapo carb on it. The original is badly corroded and is gonna take a lot of work. It'll get rebuilt soon. Spark plug is just a dust cap. Not even threaded...

OK it went from a tractor show to a family reunion...

Preparing for my brother's medieval-themed birthday party in Devon (England)

These are from a 3 speed transmission. The 2 shifter bearings are 1/4". Mine measure 0.247 The bearing usually can be hound at you hardware store (ace, etc) in all the those grey or brown drawers. The spring diameter is 0.245, length is 1.142, Spring wire dia. 0.040. The spring has 15 coils.

Deck maintenance day (well, need more than one day, not finished yet). Two 48" SD's cleaned up, lubed, and blades sharpened. Third one just came off, will get to that one this weekend. Been a lot of mowing going on here lately, and the last time, I got caught in the rain and hence had a lot of wet grass clumped up in the deck. Got the pressure washer out and gave it a good bath. Not sure the other 2 will get a bath this time around but at least scraped the dried grass out from underneath and sprayed on some rust deterrent. Don't know if anyone else uses these little 3-wheel dollies from HF but they sure make sliding the decks in and out a lot easier. Still need to check all the fluids in the tractors and maybe give some of them a bath also this weekend.

Need I say anything?!?!? Just glad it's off my trailer ... room for a real ...

I've just become aware of the Kohler L181 liquid cooled variant. It got the gears turning. What is your positive input?

A cut down nail works for the pin. File the ends smooth.

They haven’t moved much. Definitely waiting. Hope to have them covered soon. Of course Skittles is enjoying her spot.

Started this project about 5 years ago during that time was looking for parts for it findly was able to get the rest of the parts I need at the wheel horse show it was in bad shape like my 704 was

Sometimes you gotta throw stuff against the wall and see what sticks.

Pull the head. Sounds like a bad valve

Also works as an accelerator pump weight on a Chrysler Slant 6 1 barrel carb!

It's a better solution than what I screwed up in my shop. When I built it, I thought I was being slick and installed 2 full size ceiling fans that are always powered and have long pull strings to turn them on. All that was fine and works great, but where I screwed up was my LED lighting. I installed surface mounted LED shop lights to the ceiling, all daisy chained together and running off power from the light switch at the door. By themselves, they also work great, in fact exceeded my expectations great. What I didn't think about, was having the LEDs ABOVE the fans......big mistake. It works, but can be very disorienting depending on what you are doing. Sometimes it doesn't seem to bother me, other times I feel about half nauseous. I feel like i need to hang one of those seizure warnings on the front door of the shop some days. It gives off a strobe like effect. So most days, the ceiling fans stay off and I turn on the old trust box fan

I do not know the length of the pin but this was previously posted It has be reported that the up to 1965 original stop pin part # 3573 is .695" long (11/16" = .6875") 1965-on revised stop pin # 5614 is .740" long (47/64" = .7344") .740" - .695" = .045" or approximately 3/64" longer

I think I see what you mean... the gunk is pretty uniform all the way down the outside of the tube. I guess the blue goo caught my eye. I can clean it up, change the oil and run it, and see where it's coming from.

Yep, I read about that, thanks! Going to have a look at it when I change this tire.

Momma and the fawn cruising the back lawn just now

Absolutely justifiably agreed.

I planted March 10th to 20th. We plant Onions Early January and harvest late May. cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, kale, are fall cool weather crops

5F6E9877-466D-4EBE-850C-379B10EE66D8.mov I along with my fathers assistance got the 1978 C-141 Frankenstein running and moving after 2 months of steady work and an education in Wheel Horse electronics.

Treated myself to a Milwaukee M18 trim router today. Needed a router to break edges in the Murphy bed i'm building. Had the bits here in Mi. but my router is in Mo. It is a neat little machine. Capable, accurate depth adjustment. The Murphy bed project is in the painting stage now. Hopefully, it will go into final assembly tomorrow.

Happy 4th of July

Sometimes when I make a vehicle or motorcycle or other big-project purchase... I start a thread in a related forum to track what I do with it. I've currently got active threads for two vehicles and one motorcycle in three different forums, and I was pleased to find this forum a few weeks ago when I started shopping for a WH. This forum is an incredible resource, and it's clear there's a wealth of knowledge and experience in the member base here... A couple of years ago, I picked up a 518xi with 2-stage snow thrower and 48" deck for my father. He loves the think, and it's a tank. He only uses it for winter duty, and he offered up his deck if I were able to find a tractor for it. So, after a few weeks of poking around FB Marketplace, I picked up a 1998 520Lxi with 588 hours. It came with a 4' plow, 48" mower deck, wheel weights and chains, a belt-driven blower and bagger, and a milk crate full of random parts. The seller reported an issue with the battery not charging, and he replaced the regulator to no improvement. I'm thinking the problem probably lies with the stator, but I'll get to that later. The day I unloaded it at home, I removed the bagger and blower and mowed about 80% of my overgrown lawn before the PTO engagement started acting up (a clue that the battery might be getting low on power), and the next time I shut down the mower, it wouldn't restart. I left it on a charger for a few hours and finished up the lawn. One problem I was seeing was that the water temperature light was coming on solid for maybe 30-60 seconds, and then going back out. The temperature gauge looks good. I plan to flush the coolant and change the oil soon anyway, so I didn't worry too much about it. In the back of my mind, though, are the plastic gears in the water and oil pumps that apparently plagued this model/year. I did take my leaf blower to the engine bay and cleared out a bunch of clippings, but that didn't resolve the light coming on. Yesterday, I decided I'd take a look a the air filter, and... oh, my. A desiccated mouse and his kingdom of debris were packed tightly around more than half of the airbox. Maybe that explains my temperature issues (real or otherwise)? I've got a paper filter on the way. I did not order an outer foam filter, and I wonder if it's necessary to have one. I'm going to be able to keep the mice away from the tractor from now on out, at least. I haven't started the tractor yet since cleaning out the box, but I don't expect it to run worse...! I put the plow, deck, blower, and bagger in the Classifieds and on FB Marketplace. A guy about 2 hours north of here said he'd take the lot. I'll be driving that way in a few weeks anyway, so I plan to deliver it to him. I've got a lot going on this summer, so I'm hoping to find time here and there to change fluids in the WH and find a snow thrower so I can use it this winter.

Does anyone know the spring size and bearing size for the shifter

Well @Teddy da Bear62 glad you got things rolling again. With the holiday and then everything getting flooded here in NC, I've been having to work pretty much around the clock so this has pretty much been sitting and waiting on me. I soaked it with penentrant for over a month now and tonight I put a pipe extension on the pipe wrench and just decided that it was time to move it along. It ain't pretty but it's out and now I can get moving on the reassembly. I don't think that thing had been turned in years.

wait... you mean Wheel Horse never produced pontoon boats???

As long as the application and usage is done correctly, RTV should be perfectly fine there.

Welcome! WH made a change to the shift fork shafts to help with the cold weather problem of being stuck in two gears at once dur to "sticktion" of the gear oil in the shaft bores. They added a flat along its length to allow air & oil to escape ( and used the shorter pin as Garry mentioned). If it is still apart, consider it......

Thanks guys you helped me a lot much appreciated I am restoring a 1964 Wheelhorse 1054 3 speed trans and this forum is great Thanks again

That belongs in the "My belt flew off of my mule drive" thread!

Niiiiice. I believe these have been properly referred to as "Hoobie-Doobie" balls in the past.

The 633 has reached its new home! New owner was wondering if there was a part or 2 missing? It has K141 Kohler with tillotson downdraft carb. Instructions for changing oil include how much oil to add for air filter? Don't think there is a container for oil, for air filter. Can someone show me a clear photo of the end of a 633 w/tillotson carb??

Fantastic!

IMG_1759.mov After two months of work, I with the assistance of my Father got the Frankenstein C-141 running and moving tonight. Now to put the hood, drive belt side cover, and modify the shift plate to allow for reverse. Then its off to paint and getting the lights to work.

After some electrical education and troubleshooting, it was ready for a test fire. During the test fire the engine smoked a bit through the shroud. After a thorough investigation, must have been trash on the stator. Nothing else had burnt. In the interim, I painted the shroud IH Red, and painted the exhaust BBQ black. reassembling the sheetmetal on the engine after the paint dried. I also started attaching the body panels and buttoning things up.

Those WHs look like they are just sitting around waiting for someone else to come along and do the work!

Government jobs in PA are not as good as they used to be. The state nixed a lot of it's better benefits pre-Covid and doesn't pay very well. I haven't ruled them out, but most are not really what I am looking for. I would like to own my own shop, and I keep an eye out for ones going up for sale, but so far I have only found detail shops up for sale. I also already take in as much side work as I can, but I don't generate the volume I need to transition off full-time work at the dealership, and I have to be very careful with zoning issues as I'm in a residential area. I have also looked into the instructor positions. I like that idea because I enjoy teaching my trade and have had a number of apprentices over the years. Most went on to become successful techs, one just settled an insurance lawsuit for $500K and is in semi-retirement. Unfortunately there are only two places around me with auto tech programs where I don't get 3 hours tied up in commuting every day, and so instructor positions can be hard to get. I should submit a resume to those places just to do it. I have also been looking for advisor positions. I know I can handle the desk because I have to do all that when I'm running my own one-man shop. We don't have any impending openings on the service desk that I am aware of (we have two other shops next town over from my location, I don't know what their upcoming staffing looks like), but I have been putting the word out to guys I know in other places to let me know if they hear something is about to come open. I've even been considering looking at bank teller positions. I know it isn't glamorous, but I think I could stomach it for a few years while re-doing a lot of my expired IT credentials.

Dropped the transmission out of the 314-8 that I picked up at the show stuck in low range. I suppose there are a lot of different ways to drop a transmission. This is one way I do it. I put jack stands under the foot rest rods. Place the dolly under the center of the trans with a block. Jack up the front untill the trans rests on the block. I removed the high low pin and unbolt the trans from the frame. Low the jack a little so there is room to remove the high low shiftier. Of course I am splitting this one and have removed the hubs, brake drum and drive pulley. If anyone has a high low fork they are willing to part with let me know. tks.

Here’s a video of the show. I still have more footage too, and will likely create a longer video as well. There are licenses needed to be able to rightfully post drone videos, and I need to make one with and one without the full drone footage, in case one gets taken down.

Finally got the extended seat pan painted for the winter xi project. I don't like shooting metal below 70 and to cheap to turn on heat. lol

.... I started with coffee as any sane person should. Loaded the car for the transfer station. Moved a load of firewood from down back to up front. Went to the transfer station. Decided to chip some bark and sticks. PTO disc went bad. Fixed that with an NOS disc from stock. Did the chipping. Then resting. Then more chipping of branches. Now resting a bit. Then .....??