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Today I did something I’ve been meaning to do for years. Take the transmission and hydraulic system out of this 416-H. I took out the wiring harness and might save the spindles and steering wheel. This tractor was given to me and was already in rough condition. I lent it to a buddy to use around his farm. He is not known for taking good care of his equipment, so that’s why I let him use this particular tractor. Well after a few years of use he called me and said it’s making a funny noise. I went there and listened to it, it was knocking like crazy. Checking the oil I found none on the stick. I was not surprised or mad because I knew this could happen with this guy. Luckily the transmission oil was full so I drove it around and it worked fine. I brought it back home a few months later and it sat in my back yard for a few more years. So I decided today was the day to finally do this and junk the rest. While I was working on it my granddaughter decided that she wanted to clean and work on her tractor too! I was absolutely thrilled to have her in the garage with me! ❤️

Trina's family has a look looonnngg standing tradition of Goin' apple pickin' 🍎 every year... for DECADES. They figure they haven't missed one in at least 30 years. Even then it was because some folks were 1000 miles away but some folks still went... My own past was also into the tradition but not quite so often or steadily. Well this year the grand baby is 16 months old and starting to walk/run explore. Most apple farms in this area have the standards in place. Apples in trees. Apples on the ground. Apples in bags for sale. U-pick. They pick. Whatever. Then some attractions like a playground and/or old machines to stare at. Cute little farm stand or store with various apple or other products for sale along with an assortment of ... various variables. Trina's daughter wanted to try a more "retail" farm with lotsa stuff to do. Ricker Hill Farm is all that & then some. The place is it's own destination. All of the above and on the grand scale. They even run a literal tractor & hay wagon commuting service for the whole day. Yesterday we happened to be there during a Craft Fair as well. All local. All home made items. This is Jaxon eating an apple his way. 1. Peel with teeth. 2. Discard peel. 3. Eat the nummy section below ridiculous annoying peel. This is how we hunker down below a tree and really set to munchin' Don't mess with him in this mode. We tried to get the kid to make a funny face but only the Bear succeeded. This bouncy house obstacle course was HUGE. Trina - being an average 5 year old - had to go through it. So she took the kid. These red standing pieces would bend towards you and knock you sideways. Jaxon kept going near, getting knocked over, and laughing really hard. Repeatedly. So eventually Trina stuffed him through. Here's the hay wagon ride settin with "Pappy Bear" nice n comfy after a busy few hours...

Pork. Cooked. Slowly. Celebrate this classic North Carolina-style dish on National Pulled Pork Day. And bring along your favorite barbecue sauce! Fun fact: Back in 2016, Sonny’s BBQ set the Guinness World Record for the “Largest Serving of Pulled Pork” — a hefty 2,012 pounds of this dish. Eventually, Sonny’s decided — along with other BBQ industry members — to designate October 12 as National Pulled Pork Day. So no matter what your sauce preferences may be — tomato-based, mustard-based, vinegar-based, etc. — just be sure to slather it on to help celebrate.

Ethanol Pearl sacrificial annode???

Did a few things today. New wheel on my B-80 36 inch mower deck. working on a transmission to change on a RJ. Cracked the drive pulley but had a couple extras. Also put Schnacke recoil back on my new to me RJ. With one of the new 1 1/2 inch hex nuts i had made. 7/20 fine thread on both ends of the 1 1/2 inch long 7/8 hex nut. Made so you can turn it around and use again if the hex gets rounded by the three recoil fogs!

Had our contest today. And the winner. And a pumpkin cake. Got some, post them here?

Do you remember the episode of M*A*S*H when Hawkeye and Trapper were disarming the propaganda bomb that landed in the middle of the compound? That is clearly the part they removed from the tail cone of the bomb.

Yesterday I had to move some things around to work in my garage and also make room to store things away for the impending Nor’Easter. So I figured I’d snap a few pictures for you boys!

I picked up these wheel weights from @JoeM a few years back, and they have been collecting dust. They didn’t quite line up with the holes in the wheels, so I used a step bit to open the wheels up a smidge, used a 13/16” drill bit to open up the holes in the weights, and made up for the 1” difference with bolts at a little angle. Good enough! Oil change is complete and I’m ready to go.

Had to give her a try. She's officially a runner now! Engine is burning off assembly lube, so she smoked for about 5 mins...

There’s nothing more satisfying than using a Wheel Horse to perform a chore. Unless, of course you’re using two!

Welcome back! I am not certain your old account was Boyd, I think it was Boyd W, but if you would like open a topic in Talk to the Moderators and we can help you get back to one account by merging your accounts together.

As per the original verbal agreement with our friends this GT1800 is now ours. They're moving soon and won't need it so we bought it back. My intention is to remove the maroon color and repaint it a tone of Gray. Since I can't duplicate the original color in a spray can, Trina suggested some sort of Military Gray. @Sparky wheel colors perhaps.....

You will need a 12pt 1/4" socket. PM me you address i will give you the 2 O rings you will need. Your 1973 Hydrogear Sunstrand is slightly different from the one on Squonks post and uses two O rings. #52 and #55 in the picture.

Suspect it is for a "revised" part number but not showing what the new one is. Same page here https://www.partstree.com/models/06-44sc01-toro-44-two-stage-snow-thrower-attachment-1990/dual-stage-snowthrower-44-in-111-8-cm-vehicle-identification-number-06-44sc01-0/

The newest addition to the Herd. This is the 1984 Workhorse GT1800 we built for our friends a couple few years ago. They're moving. No longer need the tractor. So we bought it back. This was more of a "Front End Friday" ish pic so I cropped half of it off. We'll be doing some needed cleaning and maintenance and also a partial disassembly to change the maroon back to gray. @Vinylguy will be supplying all new decals. @kpinnc has a thought process about using an older style C series seat/fender pan. I may steal that idea.

Right Lane, the rubber rock and roll engine mount wins the design team finest hour prize.

Hopefully not the ones sitting on the plow mules...

Spaghetti lots.

This falls a week early. Can I postpone this day till @WHX?? plow day next week?? We'll be cooking up a few butts to share. Well, maybe I'll do some ribs today to celebrate.

I think I’m ready for plow day!

No home is complete without at least (2) FELs! I think that C-195 pedal tractor is shines just as good as your C-175, adorable little helper! Back to the 416-H, what do the 950 rear tires look like?

No shingles will ever be installed here. Metal roof. The BBT and I like the look and the snow slides right off. Metal is LOUD if the base layer isn't right. Rain storms are a wicked cacophony. When we had the house done we left the asphalt shingles in place. Thats the noise reduction layer. This roof should outlast me easily & we don't need to keep it shoveled.

What you see in the photo is my neighbors' yards. The closest neighbor (with the pointers) has caught the Wheel Horse bug also. All of the lots are normal width but extend way back (1 acre). Mine is loaded with massive trees.

I didn't wanna go off on Plunge's thread ... ahhh to hell with him he'll get over it ... tellem EB made me do it...

Mechanically ready to go. All wired up and ready. Gonna tackle my hood wet sand and buffing tomorrow.

Psstt ... and your telling us??? Did you not see Lane's garage??? Gave a 55 RJ chassis a bath before washer goes bye bye for winter ... now if I could just get at the motor in this disorganized mess ...

Just Google 3/8 aluminum Welch plug and choose a vendor. There is no need to replace the plug over the idle mixture screw. Be very careful drilling the plugs, a little too deep and damage will occur.

Nice score. Enjoy cleaning it up and bring it back to life. Kohler changed from Series 1 to series 2 engine pressurized rod oiling design at spec 23400. So that is a Series 1 engine. Series 1 engine are good engines if used on flat land and oil kept a little over full. On hilly ground the series 1 engine some parts got starved of oil. 1st order of maintenance might be to jump the starter for a compression test and to listen for any rod knock. Since it has been setting a lond time make sure the carb intake is clean (no mice nest etc) Maybe spray some light oil in the cylinders since they are dry from setting so long. Then spin it over with plugs still out. Of course check crankcase has proper oil level. Others more familiarize with the KT 17 engine can help you if you have more detailed questions. Then give poor oily horse a bath.

Rare to find one of those mule drive cast pieces that isn’t welded, brazed or broken! It was not the finest hour for the Wheel Horse design team! It was just one more step to a better mile drive process !

This is all that's left in that bucket Richard.

She keeps me plenty busy with her own projects.

I've heard a friend in real estate call em Finger lots.

7mm 12 pt socket will work in place of the 1/4"

@Bill D Yes I was contemplating stripping the engine or just trying to hide the entire thing somewhere! As I said a few weeks ago though I am beginning to suffer from TMS Too Much Stuff in my life. Sometimes I look around and ask myself if I need all this stuff?!! It’s mostly Wheel Horse stuff and I have a hard time parting with things. It’s one of those things where I think if I get rid of it I’ll need it the following week! But I’m running out of space and don’t want a disorganized mess. Like most of us here I wish I had a big barn to neatly store everything in one location. @Dan 312-8 the rear tires are shot, one has an actual hole in the sidewall.

Well, the one steering wheel is on a cutoff shaft. Everything appears to be solid steel. I think I'll have a go at it. I was going to drill out the roll pin, but I'll wait and see if electrolysis has any effect on it. There is a strong likelihood that the hub inside the steering wheel is aluminum and galvanic corrosion has a good grip on it. Since it is on a cut off shaft and the roll pin won't budge you may want to drill progressively larger holes from the top and bottom until you reach the roll pin coming as close to 3/4" as you can get. Next drill holes alongside the roll pin as large as you can manage to get them. The heat from the drills may assist in breaking up the corrosion, At that point the remaining shaft pieces should be able to be removed.

@Ed Kennell probably has a bucket full of them, send him a PM.

Metal version of the baffle. ??

I've got a steering wheel I want to swap out on an older C-series. I don't have access to any heavy presses or machining tools. But my crazy brain got to wondering.... Has anyone ever thrown their wheel and column in an e-tank and let it percolate for a couple days?

That engine has some valuable parts. Carb, intake, muffler, ignition module, coil, stator. I hope you're planing to save some of that stuff.

You probably shouldn't use galvanized on the exhaust and especially close to the engine. The pipe will get red hot and smoke off the galvanize coating anyway, plus that smoke is poisonous. Black pipe parts

She really did well!!! She use yours for bait?

East shore on Mille Lacs MN after a fruitful day chasing walleyes.

Never known a Nor'easter, but we got one coming supposedly. But it makes pretty sunsets...

Just over 28 years ago I was on this house (my brand new house) nailing on the 3 tab shingles myself with help from a buddy that was good at roofing. Today I watched a crew strip it and re-roof it. Quite a bit of compromised sheathing unfortunatly. Done one day before a massive storm (rain & wind) will hit us.

Cool find, need to frame that literature.