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Hello All, First off... I will NEVER believe that theres only "225" This is number 3 for me (sold first one dangit) Plus @Sparky has one in his garage and I saw another sell this week. There EVERYWHERE... Anyways... took a few days off from work and went on a road trip. Im 1000 miles west of home in Indianna. Picked these up today, doing a couple other things around here tomorrow--that will be another post. Supposidely the one on the back was fully rebuilt--engine and trans wise and painted by a member here on the Square. ( Ronald Castleman?) The dealer in pic was original seller and supposidely big time WH / Toro. Tony 6pm update... Got to hotel I'm staying at... unloaded everything and put that big azz deck on back to take the squat out of my truck. No need to kill it like that for 1000 miles 20251019_153909.mp4

National Seafood Bisque Day comes up every year on October 19 and we’re excited to help you celebrate. Originating in France, bisque is a thick and creamy soup, seasoned with any choice of seafood, including crab, shrimp, and crayfish. The basic ingredients used in a bisque are shellfish broth, cream, spices, and, occasionally, a dash of cognac, sherry, or brandy. The main choices of seafood used are shrimp, crab, and lobster, though recently, people have begun using clam and crayfish as well. An even more daring twist involves the use of mushrooms, tomatoes, or even pumpkins as a replacement for shellfish. Whatever you prefer to use, National Seafood Bisque Day is surely the most fitting day to enjoy this aromatic meal. Though bisque is often confused with chowder, the two are quite different. While bisques have a thin consistency, chowders are typically thicker and chunkier, more like stews. Some seafood bisques are reddish in color due to the seafood and tomato paste added to the soup.

With my truck still in the body shop because of the deer strike, we needed to take the boat out of the water today, my son’s Jeep to the rescue, it pulled the boat beautifully

Assembled some new old stock accessories :

Landed me the rare Thought to be BD42 blade for the RJ58. Have seen another post on here about it. I bought a RJ58 that still had the frame mount and it led me to search what it was for. Found the post and pictures of the blade on a RJ58, and now I finally found this blade. Thought to be the transition from Walk Behind version SPR42 and HD42. The person I bought it from, knew it came off a WH his dad had and used it to push PA snow. I discussed with him the different blades in those years and he said he knew this blade had a tendency to buckle up at the pivot when hitting a hard place. No springs on this version. Perhaps this was a reason not many of this version is found for Elmer/Cecil improved it to the HD version.

We freshened up the storage for the Herd today. New tarp on the portable garage up by the barn. We also got this second one set up. This is parts and projects storage.

I thought I'd show off my other tractor, this is the one I have had alongside my C-100 since 2015 It is a 1978 Westwood Gazelle W11. It has a 11HP Briggs and Stratton, 5 speed gearbox, and is one of the rare first generation of Gazelles (main differences from later ones are flat footrests, and central console gear shift vs the later collumn shift). It always looked a lot like a US Dynamark to me. These were made in England, in Plympton (near Plymouth, Devon). They are quite solid and heavy, this one has sat next to my Wheelhorse in my garage a long time

Details, Details............

Here's how the big mattress is held in the camper while not in use. Trina's mom came up with the idea for the fastening to the lower part. Deck screw and washer. The upper part is an S hook hanging on the storage shelf.

For troubleshooting purposes, one component swap at a time is best. I'm an engineer myself, and the one rule is "redesign the rules"! But again when looking for the culprit in any troubleshooting- changing one part and putting the original back if no change before moving to the next does indeed work.

Picked this up today. Little rough but should make a good worker Also with a snowplow

Happy Birthday @TonyToro, we are glad you were born.

@ebinmaine Between the new Camper and the Horse trailer it may be sooner than later.

What difference fresh paint makes.

Well I guess it’s been a little over a year since the last update… I’m still working on the truck around work and school and I’ve made some progress. The chassis is pretty much complete besides running wires and tightening a few things up. The project has snowballed a lot more than I anticipated, went from just cleaning the frame up to completely stripping it down and having every single piece of hardware zinc plated. Also went ahead and installed some traction bars to keep the axle under the truck with the power. I don’t know of if I mentioned before that I installed a 4” lift as well. I haven’t really touched the body yet but that’s coming up soon. The engine is back from the machine shop and ready for assembly once I get all the parts gathered up. I had an aggressive port job done on the head, bored the block .050” over to run flat top pistons from a 390fe v8, and decked the head .010”. I have a 268 comp cam I’m going to slip in then going to run a 4brrl Holley sniper and add some boost with a turbo. My goal is to be somewhere around 500hp. I have a lot of other plans but those come later.

After some hard earned results fiddling with the exhaust and the belt drive, I decided to take some easy jobs and fix the headlights, tailight, and paint the wheels to make it start looking a bit more presentable. Installed all new wheel bearings as well.

I keep a list of fuel pumps handy. Facet 60245 or 60304. Mr. Gasket 42s. Carter P4070. I use and recommend the Facet 60245.

The new needle bearings were an exact fit in place of the synthetic bushings. The tractor is performing flawlessly, with no further axle seal issues.

@ClassicTractorProfessor As you said there’s something to be said about watching the sun come up over the water! Here it is coming up over the ocean, yesterday morning. I took this after coffee! My wife and I are still able to go to work from here in about 15 minutes.

Picked up a C-120 auto with a snowplow and wheel weights today. Started to mess with it a bit but going to need some cleaning and a few battery cables and some good needed maintanece. Picked it up from the original owner and they were looking for the manuals and such but couldn’t seem to find them. Everything seems to be there. More to come soon.

Install an inline xenon bulb spark checker when running it. When it dies, do you have spark??

Remove the gas cap. See if it makes a difference. You never know. Dumping the carb fuel bowl is never a bad idea either. Condenser "usually" won't shut it down. Just makes it spit and sputter. But if you have specialized electrical components, I would start there. Swap only one at a time. Coil, then condenser. Plug, plug wire. If swapping a part makes no difference, put the original back before swapping something else. Clean your points with emery cloth. I'm sure you'll figure it out.

I put a magnetic cup holder on the 314. I’m resting now 🤪

Glued one of @rmaynard brake linings on today. Had an extra brake band and drum so didnt even have to take tractor out of line up for drying time .

I grew up painting cars - so I'm constantly thinking about painting my tractors. But then I hook up an attachment and put them to work and realize what a beating a fresh paint job would be taking. Or worse yet, when I'm working on one and realize I have tools and parts laying on every flat section of the tractor. Now that I have a few tractors to play with, I might choose one for mostly light duty and slap a decent paint job on it. I say get it running and use it for a summer/winter and decide if it's going to be for show or work and choose accordingly. And remember, there's plenty of middle ground between Original and Restored.

For the Cold War Motors Fans: A quick video of a "My Classic Tire" featuring the Wheel Horse original rears. Paint is the Rust-Oleum Gloss Almond, and is a bit more towards the beige than factory, but I do enjoy the more warm white and I have plenty of the paint around from all the work we do on Cubs. https://youtu.be/HGGczP9Pbis

Heck of a job!!!

Some of the replaced parts so far - the mule drive pulley bearings were awful, so I replaced those before testing the new engine. For these, I went with common 5/8" ID bearing and installed custom 3/8" reducer bushings. Was able to use our aftermarket supplier for small engine parts to get the bearings quickly and inexpensively. Also found the proper roller for the drive to keep the belt tension. Cross drilled for a cotter pin to make sure the roller didn't fall off like I presume it had before. E-clips must not have kept enough tension on the shaft. Old cables and wiring were a mess. Transmission belt idler/tensioner pulley replaced.

Wanted a nice quiet muffler, so I modified a Briggs Vanguard muffler to fit. Again, not final but functional. I'd like to clean it up, install a heat shield, and add possibly some bracing before painting it with some header paint. Took come creative persuasion on one end to fit, but it clears with about 1/16" to spare! Sounds awesome. Whisper quiet at idle.

Thanks very much so I take it max 3.5 psi fuel pressure

Actually Frankenstein was the Docters name that stitched together the monster from different bodies. Frankenstein's Monster was the one that was stitched up from different bodies....

Ill get some pictures and more detailed updates for y'all this week. Got some more progress made over the weekend, excited to share.

Living in RI - it is one of the benefits of being near the Bay...

16 hours ago, kpinnc said: Swap only one at a time. Words to live by. Or die by.... My Engineering Supervisor (and his Boss) were sticklers for both details & data. When attempting to tweak or improve a process, you had best change only ONE thing at a time, then evaluate the results, if any, and write up a presentation with the findings. I caught grief once for changing two items in the same process; one at the beginning and one near the end. I did up one presentation with data showing no improvement at the beginning, but a substantial one at the end. That went on to be implemented and was recognized as a Cost Reduction. The Big Boss was not impressed - my Supervisor told me "Good job, never do it that way again!!"

@953 nut always been a sea food junkie , never disappointed , steamed sea bass , seattle , excellent waiter too , pete

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Look at section 8 of the attached manual. Page 8.4 shows a wire from the stator going to the ignition system. This wire will no longer be needed since you are going to a points battery powered ignition but the stator charging portion should continue to function. Page 8.14 has information on testing the stator.

Here is the service manual I see a 2-wire and 3-wire regulator https://www.partstree.com/models/303777-0412-01-briggs-stratton-vertical-engine/alternator-controls-ignition-1/

I've never named any of mine, but if I did they'd be somewhere along the lines of "Igor, Quasimoto, and Bugaboo"...

No 264-H in 1993 so may be a 1994 model 72043. https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/search/?&q=72043&type=downloads_file&page=1&search_and_or=or&sortby=relevancy or a 246-H in 1993 model 72081 or 72101 https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/search/?&q=246-h&type=downloads_file&page=2&search_and_or=or&sortby=relevancy

Is it okay if I use a variation of your tractor name? I'm the proud owner of what I'm calling "Frankenhorse" It's (chassis) is a '73 16-Automatic, engine K321 14HP, hydro and transaxle from a later C-series. Hydraulic lift from an older Charger. Seat (2nd pic) from a boneyard C-series. If it becomes an operable tractor, it gets the horse hood ornament (origin unkown) Right now, it's still in my mad scientist lab receiving multiple part transfusions! I think I can save the transaxle, but after seeing this filter screen, I'm skeptical about the hydro. Engine seems good. Frame and sheet metal seems good. Electric PTO works.

Getting close to the end of mowing season…bummer. But got in some time on the ‘77 B-80/8 speed with a 36”RD today. FYI: I don’t own a dog,, and dog crap is way easier to clean out of a tri-rib tire

Had my driveway repaved, the new driveway was several inches higher than the original so I needed to fill in with some top soil. Brought out the 416H hooked up the 17cu ft trailer and mover 10 yards of top soil and leveled out the driveway. Certainly back breaking work, but for the horse it was effortless. Times like this, wish I had a loader!

Man, does that bring back some memories of how one of my boys looked, after I happen to fall asleep while he was eating spaghetti. The wife was at work, and I was done with my day at work. He was covered, in his hair, all over his face and the front of him, the highchair, and the floor. He had the biggest smile on his face; he was having a grand old time. The wife was used to calling me because she knew I had the tendency to fall asleep while I was waiting for him to eat. She called and all I could say was I have to go; I've got a bit of a mess to clean up. Just one of those moments I'll cherish for as long as I live.

Gave this a second look today. Just not a Tecky guy, shame WH seat has a hole ate in it.

When I lived in Fort Pierce, FL, the best lobster diving was near the discharge line from the wastewater treatment plant. I never told my wife exactly where I got them, Just got them in the river honey.

Went with these tires.