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Hi! I’m new…long time reader. Here is my C160

I ordered a $10 regulator from EBay for the Raider. The mounting holes are too narrow to use the existing holes in the tower and i wanted to use the original holes and carriage bolts. The terminals on the new one stick out the back also, so it can’t be mounted flush. The band saw made quick work of making an adapter mount out of the old regulator.

I got the B-80 reshorn after taking the wheels, tubes & tires to my friendly local tire shop. I just wasn’t in the mood for doing that. He got them to seal up without the tubes. The blowout: Spare set waiting for the Sandman Scrubbed & ready to paint, more or less. Third coat left, fourth on right (Krylon Ivory) Just like new! (Sort of) Another triumph! I’m almost inspired to give her a lick of Penetrol and do something about that seat. Oh, and paint and remount the weights.

Hi, I'm old. to the Really nice working rig. C-160 .... one of the best Wheel Horse made. Mine didn't work....she just played at the shows.

I did a repair to the tail of the C81 hoodstand and posted the repair on the forum. I actually used 2 hoodstands, as one had a good left side, the right half of the other was cracked but not broken off. Made up 2 lower patches of 1/8 x 1-1/2 angle iron and welded them in.

Billy lives about 4-5 miles from me in Sag Harbor, N.Y. Across the street from his house is his boat, the Downeaster Alexa. It is the most stunning example of a Downeaster style boat that I have ever seen. Downeaster Alexa is one of my favorite songs, as it truly tells the story of the struggle of our local baymen and has many references to our local waterways and towns. The song also has a great video.

I would often run into a father & son at the Barber Shop. Richard, the father was a night security guard at a local Hotel - the place where the Company I worked for would have their annual Christmas Party. One year, after the party, my Boss's tipsy wife started to play the piano in the lobby - and not very well. Richard comes over to disuade her from playing & my Boss gets in his face. I intervened - it was all OK once she stopped. We all went off to the Hotel lounge where Richard told us the night Billy Joel did the same. He had returned to the Hotel after his local show, and was playing when Richard told him to stop - it was after midnight - but once he recognized Billy Joel, said to play as long as he wished. That became an informal sing along with the other Hotel guests that lasted until 4 AM..... Put a price on that - up front & personal with "The Piano Man" himself..

July 18, 1980, Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" album tops US charts, featuring "It's Still Rock 'n' Roll to Me".

There, fixed it for you!

And a few other pictures.

Took quite a few pics from the seat of my tractor, and mostly of the crew I was hanging with. @wallfish @Retired Wrencher and Paul (wallfish’s nephew) and Brad (my son).

Keep the seal on after packing with new grease and they'll be perfectly fine. Waste of time and grease filling that entire wheel hub with grease IMO. (For normal intended use anyway) However, If you're "4 wheel'n" with it through the swamps and puddles every week then I would recommend removing the inner seals and flushing them out with new grease through the zerk. Mowing the lawn or towing a trailer, not so much. We have the technology they didn't have back in the day with the seals, so use them until they fail many years down the road and let your grandchildren replace them when necessary. (Stay away from the stamped steel bearings sealed or not )

IMO, the sealed bearings are the way to go. They keep the grease in where it is needed and keeps the dirt out. No need to fill a wheel hub with a pound of grease that makes a mess. The low RPM of these sealed bearings should insure a long life.

Took pic of 520H after I took hub caps off and I got tell ya believe I like it better with naked wheels. Wheels and tires look twice as big with them gone.

The F plate refers to the part of the frame that bolts to the transmission.

Some days you know how this is. I guess I am Rebel with out a cause.Mike.

And finally…GARY, you can’t park here @Retired Wrencher

Not just you. Common problem with this series tractor, have seen several 300 series broke here. I have repaired 2 that I have by welding metal under broke piece, seem to be working fine. I can't seem to find pic of repair but here it is before fix. Not a biggie but I always try and check this area when looking at a tractor I'm interested in and makes for sumin to show seller and may take some off price.

Glass Houses will always hold a special place for me. First album I ever owned. I needed it for a music class report back in elementary school. The lyrics are listed in the album jacket.

I still vote for bed liner. The best hands down. It's tuff , cleans easy when @Achto has a bowel movement on it , water & oil resistant, non skid & patches easily if damaged. Moisture can not get underneath it to get trapped & cause damage. You really only need e track down the sides Kev. At times it would be nice to have some along the side wall for hauling furniture and such. No backing to screw to tho. A well built trailer would have backing in the side walls and there may very well be. My track was is 12' one piece from a trailer outfit. The recessed tie downs were factory. Buddy Massey Jason has VCT ( glue down tiles ) in a black & white checker board which is cool but gets kinda slick. I also used it on the ass end of the toy hauler after rotted out repairs. It sealed the new deck down nicely to the sidewall against water intrusion.

I installed the rubber floor tiles 2x2 in my enclosed that lock together. Unfortunately they began to buckle a lot and I have to physically cover the lifting or should I say cupping joints with flatstock metal. I hope this floor holds up better than mine did. it is a tough call on best flooring to install in these trailer. Yours looks good Kev!

I've been using sealed bearings for the front wheels for quite some time now. Excellent results. I decided to try them on a mower deck with some hesitation. The first deck is on the 5th year now and no issues.

The one that frequently developes cracks that like to play connect the dots. Like this sad 854 frame... Years of plowing or tilling flexing that mount until it developes fatigue cracks. Fixable, but time consuming...

Picked up the remnants of this 310-8 today. At some point in its life it was repowered with a 12HP kohler that is currently stuck. Transmission is free though which is great. Not sure what direction I’m going to go in with it since the engine is stuck and it’s missing a bunch of stuff like wheels and tires, carb, fuel tank… the important stuff. A part of me kinda wants to piece it back together. We’ll see what’s happens.

Welcome @moonbeans , nice tractor and cart, I hope you find this forum friendly and informative like I have the past 10 years, it gets addicting .

The motion control on Wheelamatics is anemic at best relying on two little springs to hold tension on the placstic plate. Here is something I am setting up to put on my neighbors 1075 or my 875. You need to get the motion control with the big cross spring from any later hydro gear or piston to piston sunstrand. It will fit right in the only glitch is the later one had different bend in the control lever. So I cut off the one from the late model and am grafting on a cut off from the older style. Shaft collars and set screws are temp until I check the alignment .

The 520HC and later models of the 520H had bumped up console plate with an extended plate that allowed the rear console screws to help with the seat load. After welding and reinforcing the broken area, you might want to look into spacing the console cover up and utilizing the holes mentioned. Part #1 is extended and part #6 is bumped up.

You can power it from I or the battery they only draw 4-6 amps WH didn't use a relay ...a fuse might not be a bad idea. To me relays add another potential wiring failure point.

Exciting night last night. This 8 point was about 20 yards from my ladder stand munching on the neighbor’s beans. I suppose I’ll target him, and a few does this year. We are transitioning to one buck from two, years past. I have to be picky but should have plenty of opportunities to still fill the freezer. copy_897CC3E9-37A5-4A3E-885C-85A67FBFE5A8.mov

Most carburetors with an enrichment circuit must have the throttle completely at the minimum (idle) setting for the enrichment to function. I rode motorcycles and snowmobiles for years and found the majority had no clue how they worked.

Another thing to mention about these toys is when raising the gate do so very slowly and careful not to let it slam. You get rough with it the torsion cable can come off the spool then you have a mess. Ask me how I know. The only way to fix it is take the spring tension off and rewind. A real PIA. I don't know why they don't use assist springs on the hinge like the campers. would eliminate a lot of hassle. Use slit pool noodles over the cables so no one gets cloths lined and easy to see when loading or backing off.

Straight out of the box. Maximum lazy. There's no heat buildup at all on the front wheel bearings. It kinda sounded like I used these bearing on the deck spindles. Nope. But I did use a sealed bearings. I don't remember the brand.

Thanks for all the replies, I truly value all your advice and opinions. I also felt that pumping half a tube of grease into the wheel hub when a teaspoon of it in the right place would do the job. So, I'm going to open them up flush the OEM lubrication out, repack with Lucas tacky red and seal them back up.

I took the 42” deck off the 312 because after mowing the fire station lawn. It started to make horrendous noises. After some investigation, the slack adjuster was loose and the bolts holding in the spindles were too. I tightened them down with a wrench this time, but still may put some blue locktite on the spindle bolts, as a bit of added insurance. I also checked and filled the spindles to the top with grease. The grease was coming out the center spindle, so I know that was full. I was being a bit like @peter lena and making sure moving things were lubed up non moving were tightened down and things were good.🙂 I had to fix the 308’s rear left tire as well. it had sat and lost air breaking the bead. My 9 year old nephew decided to stop by then so he got a lesson on how to fix and reattach a tire. I got another set of hands. He was all for moving the 308 out of the workshop in first gear so I could clean out a bit and start to put things back. No pics as it was a busy day.

You might be able to sneak a tappet wrench in there. It ain't a big deal to remove two of the engine mounting bolts and loosen the other two to get enough room for a conventional wrench. Now the real question is where did that engine come from, I never saw the extra drain plug.

I have had this box about 45 years. Some stickers have come and gone. A lot of them were held on by magnets.

The problem is doe... way to many... and a lot of hunters have a buck only mentality. I want meat, and a reduction in the herd. But I am not the norm. So in 2027 State is going to a 1 buck rule and is considering a bonus buck if you take a doe first... this past year in the lower peninsula you could take up to 12 doe if you are not a farmer... should tell you what the State thinks is the problem...

I thought I was going to have to call layer after warden seen it thought I had drug another one in

Paul, I do believe I have one of those sitting around, courtesy of some feller I met at the Show. My eventual plan is to attempt to rebuild the one I got from you and put it in this tractor. They look very similar externally.

Yesterday I cut the grass, 2.9 hours according to the hour meter, which showed 1001.7 hours when I parked it. My mowing rig is a 1979 314-8 with a 1993 78360 48" deck. I bought it around 2018 with a cracked and rotten 42" deck. It apparently had been parked outside all it's life as the reason the older fellow sold it was that the seat had rusted out and broke off throwing him over the back. It's time for an oil change and maybe some special TLC.

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Excellent usage. Absolutely agreed. We made our workshop space as airtight as possible. Very lightly insulated. We don't need the constant temps. Just the ability to change it when we're out there and it's too hot. Luckily the workshop is on the dark side of the building so it stays cool.

I started in the automotive repair world in 79 but was doing some of it before that. Went to College for it but got tired of the flat rate / Brown noser getting the gravy jobs and got into the parts side of it for 10 years. Built Ford accumalators for a summer. and never saw an exploding dessicant bag. Ran my own AC shop for a few years but it's tough to be a one man gang changing evaporators on almost every car that came in. Got into industrial mechanics 20 years ago and am retiring on the 30th of July.

I replaced the solid pipe on my grease gun nozzle today with a hose, allowing me to grease the other 2 spindles on my 42" SD deck. It is ready to go back on the tractor. However, I noticed that the grass is really dry and crunchy. Won't be worth the effort to mow, as the only thing to cut is the taller weeds. Got to sharpen the blades I took off and put them on the shelf, ready for the next time. I also splurged and bought a 6 liter ultrasonic cleaner from Harbour Freight. I've got several carbs lined up for cleaning. What are you guys out there who have ultrasonic cleaners using for cleaning fluid? Lacquer thinner? Simple Green? Beaman's carb cleaner? Do you run it hot or cold?

You could have used it to make penetrating oil by adding acetone at 1:1

I ordered a few hundred self tapping stainless screws to install the E-track. I think I have settled on the spacing for the floor pieces. I believe this spacing will work well for any sized GT I have, motorcycles or even a small car. I’ll run the full 16’ for these, starting as close to the back door as possible.

I got the side door cut in. I left the rubber a bit long, so it can shed water of course.

More explanation is probably helpful. My idea is to run this up the side and staple it in place, a little glue near the cuts to make a better seal of course. I’ll run aluminum sheet along the walls and over the rubber. In my mind, it’s like building a shower pan. I don’t intend for it to be water proof, but withstand a strategic wash if needed.