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We miss you @Stormin, today would have been his 78th birthday.

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First wagon I've seen like this one! I saw it listed on FB Marketplace. They're asking $1,000. South Bend, IN

All buttoned up and ready to roll. Before and after pics. Of course assembled bass ackwards on first attempt @Handy Don

Look closely at the choke lever. Half of the imports have the choke lever reversed.

I definitely agree that if original carb is able to be rebuilt thats probably best option. However, Ive bought 3 cheapo Amazon carbs & had no issues with any of them. Installed on C105, 604, & 654. The 654 is my regular mower & plow snow with it also. No issues with carb in hot or cold weather for last 2 1/2yrs......

Thanks! Yea, I am pretty good about it MOST of the time. Especially since I had my daughter I’m trying to take better care of myself so I can be around as long as possible.

Yes don't throw those out they can be used on a lever type pump.

Decided to tackle this non-running C-141A I bought Friday. Looks like the original owner had starting issues and took the wrong turn at every step along the way. They even went so far as to direct wire a push-button start (with 12 gauge wire)! So, I basically cut away a half mile of unnecessary wiring, rerouted the remaining wires where they belonged. Also swapped out an incorrect coil, solenoid, condenser, and fried points. Set the points timing, fuel looked and smelled fresh, so I just replaced with a proper filter. Oil in engine and hydro looked new, Hit key - started! Aired tires, drove tractor, tested hydraulic lift, attached deck, and mowed several strips in the empty park behind our property. Outstanding day 1 results!

Check this out! It all starts with a clothes hanger

1594 107"x1/2" spindle belt 102742 103.25x1/2" mule drive belt.

My gripe with most of the imports is the rather misleading application fits this series K91 thru K181. TRUE, it is possible to mount it on all of them - but - the bore size is that of the smaller K91 size carb. It is definetly undersized for optimal performance on a K181...

I, too, have had success with aftermarket carbs. Two things I’ve learned, though (in addition to @Ed Kennell’s pay attention to the choke lever warning): They normally come “ready to run”, i.e. with mixture screws already in the correct initial settings. Some folks will want to tinker and clean them before initial use. Fine, but be careful because the needle valve threading will be different than OEM. Make sure to count the exact number of full and partial turns needed to gently close the valve before taking it out--and write it down for future reference--so you can return the valve to that position after cleaning. Likewise, the OEM manual guidelines, e.g. “two and a half turns,” for an initial setting are unlikely to work! They are “fit for purpose” as a complete unit but typically built with metric tooling and specs. They’ll bolt in just right, but their other parts are not interchangeable with OEM parts or even parts from other aftermarket carbs!

For what it's worth - you are always better off to rebuild an OE carb, IF it is indeed not worn out beyond repair.

A good start for crabby Ed.

Yep I didn’t I just used a rag, and the air hose and a nylon brush for and got it the best I could All new bearings ordered from WH parts and more so now we are at a standstill for now Once we get it running and driving I am going to run it for a hour or so and drain it again.

Probably all but unanimous who among members here has done something like that--more than once. Looks good!

Of course I could have checked the heads on a surface plate using feeler gauges or an indicator, but I did a quick check right at the machine shop and handed them right back. They were better than that before he sanded them. He has a proper milling machine that was used to get them right. These cast iron heads use a thin metal gasket so they need to be right. It is surprising just how bad a head can be and still be pulled down with the head bolts, but I didn't want to be a test case. I have read various tolerances for aluminum, iron, 6 cylinder, etc. but there is no excuse to have the flatness out more than a couple of thousandths.

A thousand dollars!😂😂😂

Yesterday I published this video before this thread was created, to drop this morning. I was looking for a Charlie Chaplin silent film type piano music. Either way, I thought it was quite coincidental!

I would have cleaned everything before ordering anything. You never know what might be lurking in the other bearings under the crud. That bearing left the chat by locking up and destroying itself or rot. The other bearings can't be too far behind.

Yep me too. With the tractors listed it must be mid to late 70s. I'll go ahead and say that price is... a little ambitious. But I may be wrong.

Sady this tractor doesn't have alot of room for stuff like the solenoid and fuel pump. So I had just a couple minutes tonight and I cobbled this little double decker up for my battery box. I keep little brackets and in the case of these I have a drawer full. As with many battery boxes the back retainer strap was gone. This one won't break down before the box rots away. Plus it's 1/2 inch further away from the drive belt. First pic is all the stuff I gotta mount up. The rest is the box I fabbed up. Took less than 30 mins. About all I had time for today...

Some years ago, as I wrapped up and left a consulting assignment, my clients gave me a thesaurus as a parting gift. It turned out that behind my back for over two years they’d been calling me “Dr. Thessaurus." So I say, @wh500special, if you’ve got it, flaunt it.

I’m not sure being profligate in your use of the grease means you’re using it incorrectly, i just think once you’ve applied a thin coat that anything additional isn’t buying you much. And it’s messy. Parsimonious… My word choices aren’t usually an affectation (ok, a couple of these were😉), but it probably looks that way. I tend to really let loose when I’m typing on my computer instead of this little iPhone where everything is inconvenient. On the iPhone, autocorrect jumps in when it thinks I’ve spelled something wrong but I’ve instead managed to land on an abstruse (there it is again) word that’s not in its regular glossary. Usually I’ll pick something else when that happens. (As an aside, MS Office seems to have a much larger built in dictionary than these phones. It’s significantly harder to flummox it.) Believe it or not, I talk the way I write. I’m not sure it’s always a good thing. Steve

Friday night at the beach down the road from my house

Then and now kits contain the valves (small black dots) and springs for the old style pump as well as the newer style.

Pictures of my treasure, as promised

Rolled into crab camp at 3PM and moved in for the week. And the relaxing begins.

THAT PART'S TRUE!!!

I would avoid both simple green and brake cleaner inside of a transaxle. Mineral Spirits would be the way to go in my opinion.

Add this download to your files for future reference.

After all it has a Wheel Horse sticker on it, that has to be worth a $ 1,000. Everybody knows we are all crazy.

@WHX?? ...flush with the outside Jim...I am positive. @kpinnc...yes, that endplate gives it away...1 1/8" axles too. @TonyToro Jr....I would not use brake fluid inside the transmission. That stuff will be caustic to the seals if traces are still there. Better to use diesel fuel or kerosene. I would also take apart that differential and clean that also. If the other bearings are good, I would still change out all 4 the seals.

Almost forgot, big thanks for everybody's help.......

Yeah, I can see that. During one of my summer jobs I was given grunt work in a quality control department--measuring surface roughness on ceramic high-voltage insulators. We used a clever gadget that we ran across the surface--it had a phonograph needle and a wheel in a housing. The device calculated “frequency vs. speed” as a numerical index that we compared to the required specs for that piece. Why, you might ask? Turns out that too rough a surface allowed moisture and dust to accumulate which let electricity “short circuit” across the insulator. Not good.

1" Black iron pipe there are also 2 threaded holes for a bolt on muffler

OK kids, my 2 cents. First - that is not a milling process. It is sanding. Milling the mating surface of a head usually involves precision fixturing and linear motion of either the part or the head of a rotary flycutter. No switching belt grits from cut to clean to finish pass as most of us do with K series heads?? Material removal is one thing, but what is the surface finish that is the end result?? This ties in with Don's reply - part of the tolerance will be taken up by the microscopic peaks & valleys. The rougher the surface, the more of the allowable tolerance is eaten up....

Should totally do that with IDk teslas. NOT those cars. sheesh that hurt me a bit.

@rjg854 I pushed it outside in the sun yesterday after I painted it. I would have put it back out if I wasn’t working today.

Yep, those WH engineers were pretty efficient. A great example is the innards of the 8-speed Unidrives. I like the “loft” idea for extra mounting space!

The pumps I’ve had open seemed symmetric as far as the ports and valves and I’ve seen the inlet/outlet configuration in both ways on different WH engines! Be sure to keep track so that when you reassemble and mount it, the ports are at your desired ends, i.e. inlet toward fuel tank line and outlet toward carb line!

I decided this structure is too tall. The “upstairs” was shrunk significantly once I built this test frame.

@MainelyWheelhorse. If you want to change up the hood, and your cool with not being 100% original maybe add stripes ?

@953 nut, thank you for clearing that up for me.

Over Coopersville 5 minutes ago.

I always put a star lock washer under the bolt head. ( We ain't running these tractors 200 MPH at Daytona or flying them to the moon. No need to over think it.)

Original you bet!!! If the cover is not ripped you may be able to peel it off and new foam. I'll see yours and raise ...

Other side just for giggles...

You won’t find bolts 2 1/2 to 3 inch lg. with the thread completely up to the head, 1 1/4 inch long is longest you’ll find.