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Found a nice little RJ 58. It was still owned by the original owners family. So I guess I'm the second owner? It has not been used for 20years but stored in an old wooden barn high and dry away from pickers till I come along. I do believe the only thing missing is the serial # tag. Shields are all accounted for. I did get the mower deck and snow plow with it. Just thought I'd share, so excited to have another one.

We have a winner. I just got it somewhat back together with the Sears strait pipe and it runs smooth (although loud). Thank you everyone for your help. Now I have to figure out what to do about putting a muffler on the tractor. I have seen posts on Red Square about how much they have been selling for lately so I will have to decide how much I want to spend. Once again thank you so much! Chris.

I found a new in the box 520H anniversary model. What should I offer to pay? Are implements that fit (snow blade snow blower) hard to find because of the swept front axle? The fact that this tractor has been sitting so long going to have issues such as bad seals, fuel pump diaphragm failure rusty internal parts such as engine cyclinders and bad oil?

Ha Ha , just looked at the title . Don't know how to raise a Horse , but I do know how to raise a Renegade

an incredible basement? I love stuff like this.

In what forum would it be best to upload a short tutorial on how I repaired an OEM K-301 Nelson muffler. It came apart at a great spot to show how they are assembled, and how they operate. Please bear with me, as a "tutorial" has never, ever escaped from this PC. But I have gotten so much knowledge from other's, here at RedSquare, I feel its time to try my hand at it. Pictures always help, which I have. Wow, what a winter this has been so far.

Well the posty has been Plans to make, stuff to do, back soon....

Van Im not sure how many tractors are truly made in America anymore. Yanmar makes all of the tractors for Junk Deere up to the 4005 Utility Tractor so they're made in China, From my understanding AGCO is a conglomerate that makes Massey Ferguson, New Holland, Case/IH in America, Canada and some in Mexico but uses many different manufacturers for parts. Mahindra as we said is Indian and Kubota is Japanese but makes everything themselves so maybe thats a good thing. Its a shame where we have gone as a country. Nothing really good comes from here anymore and when it does people don't want to spend money on a quality tractor. I think thats why Toro killed Wheel Horse. We are just an assembly point and thats sad. Ive driven a Mahindra machine they are heavy duty, I would say you can't beat them for the money. I never knew they built for International Harvester though.

Those are the ones that are so hard to find. That is a perfectly preserved survivor. IMO any type of repainting or restoration to something like that one is a sin. Clean it up with some soap and water, get her running right and enjoy !! (If you were Clay-RJ35 Hunter you would not even clean it) lol

Yes it's Indian alright but at the same time it's an updated International tractor. Also too it's American as it has an EATON transmission and rear end. Mahindra was building for International in the 1960's, and this particular model came forward from that time. It is one tough Son of a Gun! The three point lift is unbelieveably strong. I have taken this tractor with the blade you see on it and lifted the rear of a Chevy C10 cargo van loaded down with scrap metal, and pushed the whole van (with four flat tires) uphill and onto a dovetail equipment trailer so we could take the van to the scrap metal yard. Really I was going to buy a new John Deere or Massey Ferguson, but the John Deere's are too narrow and the bodywork is plastic. They are not made in America. The Mahindra is all steel. The Massey Ferguson's are not made in America either, so whats a Wheel Horse guy to do??? I have a friend from India who is a Mechanical Engineer and is very familiar with the Mahindra operation. He told me this series of Mahindra tractors were designed to run for 75 years. This is why I refer to it as my Mahindra Horse; It's Red, It's Heavy, It has an American Transmission and rearend, it's all steel, and it's designed to run for 75 years. That my friends is about as close to being a Wheel Horse as you will ever get

Ok, here I go again, I just keep finding myself pulled deeper and deeper into this great hobby called WHEEL HORSE. After months of reading and facination with these tractors I feel that I shall and will have to have a 520. And let me be honest, yes I squaked on the onan, and yes I understand the onan is tempermental and needs attention. But I am readying myself for the challenge. So a month or so back inbetween family duties and obligations, and tearing down the 854 and working on the 416 I started my search for the elusive late model, low hour 520. The problem is,,,,where the heck are all of them? If one gets listed the add is removed in a day or two. Who is buying and hiding all these 520s? I am sure a bunch of you guys have them hidden away under lock and key. Like a fine expensive wine where the cork is pulled on a special occasion. Anyway, let it be known, I have started the hunt, must be something to owning these 520s, just based on what I have noticed on sales of them to date. Just wanted to make that comment and see if you ol timers have found this to be true on getting a 520. Comment wellcome from the board. Thanks Glenn

I have a 94 520H. I want to put the factory front tires that came on the tractor. Were they goodyear softtrac tires? I have a manual and found the front tire size. (16X650-8) Also were these tires 2 or 4 ply?

I would change the fluids, grease everything, and FIRE IT UP!!!! Who puts tractors in a box in the back of some wharehouse? Like locking your kids in the bedroom so they don't get hurt. Wrong. Just wrong. If I had the chance, it would be blasting down my driveway at full throttle right now! WRITE THAT CHECK! ....or let me have at it....

Glad to hear this and I'm putting this tidbit of knowledge in the colander that is what's left of my memory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlUPhjU--Fw

I have had this problem in the past. For me it turns out I've bent the lift arm itself near the base and it causes the button "rod" to bind. I put a big pipe over the lift arm and bend her back to straight. After doing this 3 times I finally welded a support around the base to strengthen the arm.

Ed...glad you got all that snow off your roof. WOW..16' with a 1' drop and it's shingled...you have some work to do in the spring. There are times that I just hate water. Maybe a corrugated metal roof is in your future.

On discipline and routine of course.

Ed...great picture. What is the pitch on that roof??? If that is a 3, you do not have time to type on Red Square. Get that snow off of there fast.

All the 520s I have owned none had Goodyears on them, older ones had Carlisle Turf savers on them newer had Dico R/S I think is the model, but Dico for sure

$395 List Price And here is an August 1, 1958 dealer's price list for a lot of other Wheel Horse RJ attachments! Just click on the pic to see the prices in a bigger size!

The ONANs have more torque than the Kohlers and are hands down the better engines for driving the two stage blowers. The 520H is the best choice. It is not doing you any good sitting in the corner. Put a new battery in it, clean up the starter issue, clean the carburetor and it will blow snow like hell won't wont have it. You are missing out on a lot of good seat time.

Yeah, how 'bout junk...does that count?

IMHO - it would be unlikely that the Eaton (or Sunstrand) would be bad. As much as we love these Kohler engines and as durable at they are - it's funny that in some ways the engine is the weak link on a Wheelhorse tractor. It just takes about 20 years to destroy the weak link...

Does a basement full of junk count

Thanks I have 3 children who are expert stone movers.... :hide:

I have an incredible basement if your into dungeons and spiders

Heckuva farmer I am..I guess I shoulda known that or at least researched it before I put both feet in my mouth…..

I'm in total agreement with what you have said here Jeff. I had to put up a quote because what you have written is definetly worth another read from everybody here, and more especially from the younger members who don't know or remember how good American manufacturing was in it's Heyday. Thank you for adding in that Massey Ferguson is owned by AGCO. I was not 100% sure of that as I was making my earlier post which is why I did not mention that fact. This is one of the reasons I did not purchase a MF. The new Massey Fergusons are not made by Massey Ferguson any more. Plus I did not want to put my money down on a new full sized tractor with a Chinese engine in it. Thats just not me. Also to Bill. Thank you for adding to this thread with your information regarding AGCO and Fiat.

Agco owns/makes Massey Ferguson and Fiat owns/makes New Holland and Case IH. The Fiat company is CNH.

Well some of you might know how difficult it is in finding the Gt14 muffler, vitually impossible right. I got lucky and have come across two NOS GT14 mufflers in my time. Sold one and kept the other. There were a few other NOS parts that I threw at this bad boy. A fuel tank that had never seen fuel, electric clutch, a two piece seat w/ arm rests, headlight lense with the chrome horse, I won a fuel valve on ebay from across the pond. I saved big bucks on that they go for around $40 bucks plus shipping and handling so you end up right around $50, got it for $20 plus $7 shipping. So all in all pretty happy camper. It will be painted within the next month depending on weather. Decals have arrived so theres not a whole lot left to do. I've got a really nice steering wheel to pick up and other than that, I can't wait to be cruisin in style or at least in the GT14 style.

Wheels from TSC work great!

remember that you both have to live with the price,so if you feel comfortable at 1000 then that's all that matters,in the end you have to live with your neighbors and to take advantage could jeperdize a good neighbor relationship,up where I live in Ontario,thats a good deal with all the goodies,newer model,not crazy amount of hours,the nice thing is so many tractors have parts for that model,somethings from the 70,s models will fit all the way to 2007,that means that it can be kept for along time and with a place like redsquare,ebay,craigslist,tractor shows,for parts and attachments,toro still has lots of nos parts still available too,enjoy your new tractor

Indian horse?

Myhindra horse.

I didn't have nearly the snow you guys had but there was alot of ground and roadway for me to clear. I had to break out the the Mahindra Horse with a 6foot blade for this job.

Well Men, I just might be one of the last people to get PAID to run my horse!! I'm a maintenance director and brought the 414 I saved from an Amish guy to help clean the parking spaces and sidewalks, as well as salt! FANTASTIC IDEA!! I've saved to much time this year! (money too!)

If Duke puts an 8 track player in there he better not forget the Disco ball! That sure is one MEAN MACHINE!

Wheel Horse belts are between an A and B in profile. Buying aftermarket belts will never work as well as an OEM belt. It will ride either higher or lower depending on what you buy. Either way you are not getting proper power transfer to you pulleys and often they will slip or not work at all. Another thing Wheel Horse did was to make their belts an odd length so that you can get close but it will be either too long or too short. Speaking from experience, I have taken the cheap route and tried to buy other non OEM brands…its not worth the hassle and I will never waste my time or money to buy junk again

If you run the 2-stage on the 520, The entire membership of OPEC will stand and applaud each and every time you fire it up. Talk about a "Gas Hog"!

Got the new fuel line and tank hooked up today. cleaned the bowl , strainer, and jets. Put a pint of gas in and gave her a shot of starter fluid and hit the start switch. She fired up and ran rough for about 30 sec. , then smoothed out and purred like a Happy Onan. Plugged some lights in and she lit-em up. The Idle-matic setting even works. In this setting, If there is no load, a solenoid pulls the throttle back to idle speed. When the Gen. sees a load, the solenoid drops out and lets her go back to 3600revs. Bring on the power outages..... we got ONAN.

I usually try to place some lubricant once a year in the areas of the lift handle and the rockshaft (in the frame of the tractor under the tower) so that it does not rust or bind up. Mt 1967 Lawn Ranger has a spring on the outside of the lift handle that is easy to access to grease. The later model tractors had the spring on the inside of the handle at the lower end. Greasing or lubricating should help with lift. You could also have an alignment /binding issue with some of your other parts. Have someone else lift while you look at lower lift handle movement .

I've been building from Lego Technic for 35 years, if it had wheels, gears and tracks I built it as a kid. As an adult it's great for prototyping, especially when it's expensive to order parts that 'might' work. If it works in Lego, then I can move onto cutting metal and spending money :)

A fantastic photo for sure, but I do like to keep my 'orses under cover if I can

As far as I know, TT has the honors of being the first.....

Really useful stuff here - I'm convinced we 'D' owners really need a 'D' section on the forum. I've started a thread in the 'site suggestions' section. http://www.wheelhors...n-on-the-forum/ Please check it out and give your support if you agree.

Well even thru all of the plowing and snowmobiling today, I made time to finish my lights on the 854. I hooked up a red LED strip bar that comes on with the headlights. The bottom light comes on when I go into reverse. This is the switch I mounted to activate the reverse light. The lights are brighter than I originally thought. This wasn't my idea, but was pretty cool to do.