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Stopped by a local Antique Engine and Tractor Show today and saw this creation!

Little work on the 314H today. New front rims, bearings, tires and tie rods. Quick touch up of some of the body parts.

July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival, performing a rock-and-roll set publicly for the very first time while a chorus of shouts and boos rained down on him from a dismayed audience. Six weeks before the 1965 festival, Bob Dylan had recorded the single that marked his move out of acoustic folk and into the idiom of electrified rock and roll. “Like A Rolling Stone” had only been released five days before his appearance at Newport, however, so most in the audience had no idea what lay in store for them. Neither did festival organizers, who were as surprised to see Dylan’s crew setting up heavy sound equipment during sound check as that evening’s audience would be to hear what came out of it.

I also put the key that I got from @JCM on it.

Got quite a bit done today while it was raining which we needed. The drought here has been bad (technically exceptional which is the worst category). Swapped dash panels between the 16 Auto and 161 because I switched the electric and manual PTOs. All good to go but a bit of work on the harnesses. Also drilled and tapped the hubs for a second set screw on the 161. Surprised that hadn't been done but it's good to go now. Need to do an oil change on the 161 gear box and get the rear wheel weights on and it will be ready for the FEL

Scored some rear WH wheel weights and some FMC wheel weights today . The WH weights are going on the C160 if I dont change my mind. Leaning 520H for the FMC weights. They look just like some Bolens weights I have seen before. Got the xtra 7 1/2” WH wheels for free. Been a good morning these wheel weights are pretty rare around here so I’m happy to have found them.The WH weights are white but think I like um red better did certain years have red and others have white weight?

This is my hub puller. Works well. Cheep to make. Plenty of variations have been nade.

Got my first look at a WH with a hit & miss a couple of years ago at the Big Show as it was being driven around the grounds. Perhaps not too practical but a great demonstration of elegant ingenuity.

Got the carb cleaned up and gone through and was able to start it. After that, I had to mess around with the drive pulley to get it to go on all of the way. The surging in the video is because I forgot I had my gas turned off at the tank. I was able to drive it around a little bit tonight. I put about a quart of an unopened thing of ATF that I found in the back of my grandma's garage that I think is older than me but I figured it's good enough for temporary to help flush the tranny. Tomorrow I need to swap the wide front axle onto our 1257 and take the narrow axle I put on the 1257 onto my 845. I also need to mess with the governor some.

It's alive

I love my HC mows nice and I can zip around quickly, @sqrlgtr would have to pry my cold dead hands off it when I croak

Well that's just nuts!

My wheel weights are painted almond to match the wheels

as an fyi - - for those who have the traditonal oem weights and have damaged decals in center ----- I checked and found that there are replacement decals available for those in need from REDOYOURHORSE Vinyl Guy?

That is the frame and side drive system for an older (1960-1970) style mowing deck. This deck drive system was replaced with the current front mule drive system. to the

Down to Massachusetts helping my mom for a day. Trina pressure washed the entire back deck. Scraped the old paint off. Repeat. Repeat. Then... Removed the chicken wire that stapled all over the inside to keep the former dog in. I added a few screws to the ballusters. We replaced a post off the back steps. Then Trina painted ALL of the vertical parts and rails and ballusters. Inside. Outside. Steps. New. Old. Completed, not like it used to be - half covered. Tomorrow morning she's intending to paint the deck surface.

As we are proud grand parents and its little Franks first birthday, what better than his first Wheel Horse. Built by his clever uncle Ewan…

I always try to fall in the functional ingenuity bucket, as I certainly have hit the dysfunctional nail a few times. As to elegant one can always wish

hello there - got a 312-8 the other day and the previous owner made som modifications that im trying to undo. also im missing som parts and other things i dont think is for my machine or attachments. here are my questions: 1. how to i find out what year my 312-8 is from ? its missing the decals with serial number, the m12s engine serial starts with 17 and it may be from 1987 ? 2. i got a big bracket that i dont know what is for, its not for my cutting deck, snowthrower or the rototiller. 3. i got a smaller bracket that i also dont know is for, im missing the bracket that sits under the pto for my tiller, is there any one that has some messurements for it ? im thinking of making my own as getting used parts is kinda hard here in denmark where i live 4. the front pully assembly (mule drive?) is missing the nut and id like to know what size thread it has so i can buy a new one. 5: and lastly i think the linkage to the rear slot hitch is some homemade crap, it hits the rubber boot for the shift linkage, is that not supposed to be a wire ? can anyone tell me what the part number is for the complete cable im missing. there will more as i pogress on servicing the 312-8 as the previous owner has not been to kind to this tractor and i will get it to shape best regards kris from denmark

Worked on 416H. Started w/decarbon & valve adjustment. Neither of which were really too bad. Since that all went well it looks like its gonna be worth putting some time & money into it. Glad to see cooling fins, especially on back cylinder were clean. 9 pin looks good also but I'll still do some preventive repairs to avoid any issues.

Ridgewell Larson F-1310 Engine: 3.1 liter 4 cylinder diesel (45 horsepower) Transmission: Power-Shuttle (6 speed gear with powershift High/Low/Reverse shuttle control) Weight: 4500 lbs (operating) 5600 lbs (ballasted) Pictured with no attachment, front loader, and 72" belly mower.

@ineedanother They are wheel horse rims. I purchased one off flea bay and the other I picked up from a friend of mine.

Speaks to flywheel key I suppose. I'm going to examine the exhaust system right now because this is really bugging me. So there is nothing living or dead in the muffler. Happened to have a shop vac attachment that made a good seal on the muffler. Even released the muffler from exhaust port and had suction from the shop vac. So back to flywheel key.

Is your engine spec number 471546? Good chance your tractor is a 1988 model E1-12K801. It took a while for the engines to land on a tractor and 1988 models would have been available in October 1987. Two pages of search results in no particular order for the E1-12K801 https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/search/?&q=e1-12k801&type=downloads_file&page=1&search_and_or=and&sortby=relevancy

Hello and welcome to the group. Yes, the nut is 3/4" 16 fine thread. You will find your rear lift parts and more here. https://wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/

Bar: Looks like it fits well. I wonder about shifting gears? Or is it just one gear? But still it looks like somebody put some time into this figuring out how it’s going to work with a hit and miss installed. I guess if you have the time and the parts you can make anything.

I was afraid I hadn’t back filled enough soil on the lilies. I had the big trailer full of dirt that needed to be emptied. I am happy to see fresh growth on the greens! Trailer is empty, maybe another good drink for the plants, and they should be good to go according to my mentors.

This is when they were painted black

The problem was the noise from the Trac Vac is so loud i could not hear the engine bog down. When it kept slowing down and stopping I thought it was running out of fuel. Guess I cleaned all the grease off the brake lining. Yeah, I should probably move this gear drive down the road before I total it. I've had some near misses when I push the left pedal to stop and it just goes faster.

Bill, I actually believe the FMC weights have a big enough center to allow mounting on rim before mounting wheel to tractor, I do have a set that has too small a center on a 1257 and believe those are also Bolens, but now that I think about it, they may be Gravely? pic of 1257 weights in pic below.

Could be said by nearly all of us. In short sir, you are not alone!

@jeremi3210 right up yer alley??

I’m glad you found some finally!

This morning the boy and went and cut up, and hauled home, a walnut that fell down in a windstorm last weekend over at his girlfriend's house. I got a look at what is left of the tree, which is about 6/5-7 ft high, and a few feet around, standing dead. It isn't where it will do any damage, but I've got half a mind to go back and get the rest of it down and bring it back too.

The belt idler assembly looks similar to this one

Coincidental that the Newport Folk Festival is once again happening this weekend in "Zooport".

Sorry cannot help you on this. Not my vintage. I am sure some one will help you that has better knowledge of that time frame tractor. There should be a I.D. Plate on the frame. Maybe next to the lift handle. Sorry that I could not help you more. OHH sorry for the late welcome.

i think the nut for the mule drive is a 3/4"-16 UNF - correct me if im wrong

I pretty sure the newer ones had some kind of Numb Nuts switch arrangement that turned off the engine if the brake was on and clutches released i think it was a 315-8 Also had a neutral start switch. It was magnetic switch. it really complicated wiring, and added relays, must have happened a lot in

Even had them painted red

@Racinbob. Pm me your address and I'll send you some extra decals I have.

I use an adjustable wrench (crescent-type spanner) rather than a claw and tap it off with a hammer. You can also pry against the wrench rather than the knob if you choose to use a claw hammer.

Another @cleat fixxemup! Lookin forward to seeing how this goes!

I don't really remember what I did today, but I got paid for 14 hours for it.

I got my cracked f plate welded up today. How come you gave a frame with a cracked f plate Kevin, I want a refund. At least it gave me some welding practice.

Howard if you have not read this thread, we built an 857 into a 1045 look alike back in Covid times. Build thread here