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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

IMG_1759.mov After a few setbacks since the Saturday post, My father and I got it to run and drive last night. It ran like a top with no issues.

Those Wheel Horse decals are photoshopped into the pics. Look at the rope in the second picture. Internet is full of inaccurate and “scam type” pictures and information.

If it does end up being a valve cover gasket... I think I can understand the use of RTV or whatever to make a replacement. I can't find 95-9708 anywhere.

Looks like an updraft to me.

Now back to your regular programing

@PWL216 This chassis look familiar?

Tools are investments, not frivolous expenditures. That’s what I tell myself and wifey, anyway.

I did a lot of spuddle today. It would help if I had all the parts for any one of the 5 jobs I'm sitting on at work.

I would also check the oil for a smell like fuel. If it does, change it before running again. The engine would have to get way overheated for oil to ignite if it keeps from the breather otherwise. These old engines can be rebuilt for much less than replacement and it will run another 40 years. You won't get such longevity with any engine currently manufactured.

Not today, but I’m just getting around to what I did in the fourth. Drove our FD tanker on the local parade. 1996 Pete with a 425 hp Cat, 9-Speed coupled to a 1973 Trailmobile 6200 gallon tank trailer. We are one of only two departments to have tractor trailer tankers on all of Long Island. I was on the purchasing committee for tractor and am very proud of it. I have supplied countless thousands of gallons of water for all kinds of fires.

This isn't a "what I did with my wheel horse today" post (although I did some trail mowing with my GT-1848 after it cooled down a bit...) Yesterday my wife and I went to our local county fair - lucky for us the fairgrounds is only 4-5 miles away. They were having their tractor pull and we hadn't been there in quite a few years. Turns out the sled for the big tractor pullers didn't make it there in time, so it was only garden tractors. I didn't get pictures of all of them, but I particularly liked this one (it took third in it's class) - "Wicked Horse": It had a V-Twin in it but can't tell what brand or size. They had a lot of mostly big, some small, tractors on display inside a pole barn. Here are a few pics: Thought this ice cream maker was pretty cool:

Yes, I see that pulley is toast.

Started assembling the parts to swap over to 5 lug trailer hubs.

Just in case anybody wanted to know. This damn thing is heavy. Approximately 115 lb. Perfect front counterweight for a heavy towing tractor.

Well it's be a long time since I have posted here. Life got pretty busy and hectic last couple years but Im still into and working on wheelhorses in my spare time. I have recently started building what I call a C-170 always wanted a C-160 but I think @ebinmaine bought all the ones on the east coast 😂. Anyways here's where im at with this one. Acquired a KT17 and then went though it and bench tested it make sure would run. It did so now it's been mounted to a 73 chassis and the rear of the chassis has been modified to accept a rear wheel horse fuel tank. I also stacked it. I have to wire it all up make a battery box and then body work it paint it and new tires and go through the transmission, but for most part the entire tractor is there not just sorting it out and paint. Hopfuly will be done with this one soon because I have a 417-A for my next project. Never had a hydro wheelhorse so it will be a big learning curve! Hope everyone is doing well!

Hauled a load of firewood for my Dad today, and then gave the Horse a oil rub down- Devon (England) is super humid, so it keeps the rust at bay!

Girlfriend & my mom spent most of day out shopping, flea markets, etc. So..... I had time to get the recoil fixed & hopefully the idle surging on the RJ. Also got yard mowed/trimmed. Made time to get the hit/miss engines started too. Plenty beers consumed as well!

Strictly “preservation paint” … not a restoration whatsoever.

All 400 series had 1 1/8" axles with 8 pinions and 8" front wheels. Some of the 300 series had 1" axles with 4 pinions and 6" front wheels. I think that is the main difference.