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Hey Guys- My daughter took pictures at Mentone without me knowing it- she and 3 of my grandsons went with me- Thanks- Al Here they are if I can get them loaded. The 15th picture is me with my Grandson Tyler- Dealing with Dave Coulter.

My wish list is very short But a 754 was on the short list. Never really thought I could get one. But you never know right. Last Sept. a friend of mine said he had one he was thinking of selling. I told him I wanted it. So then from the guy who bought it. I found out he bought it a couple of years ago. Do to my friends age I figure he for got about selling it. Along comes last Saturday he says I'm ready to sell that 754. Ok when can I come & get it? So on Monday before I leave I call. He says I'm sorry I must of sold it. That's ok I kinda knew this. Then a couple days later one shows up on Facebook. It's in my garage now.

illinilefttackle : Thanks for posting ! Your daughter took some very good pictures. I took a few but I did not get around until later in the morning. Here are a few more for folks to see.

Well I just got back from a 5 hour round trip!! Got the whole package for 500 bucks!! One tractor is pretty rough with over 3000 hours on the meter but the other is much better with just over 800 hours. The rd deck is rusty but really solid and seems to have everything in working order. The 48 has 2 holes in typical spot but other then that it's good. Plow is ok but the blade is kinda bent somehow? Also got a set of tire chains. Looking forward to start tinkering to see what I really got. I'm guessing I should have no problem getting 1 good 417 that I'll hopefully refurbish to a really nice machine. I really really like the look and style of these 417's. I intended to pick up a plow before next winter anyway and it never hurts to have extra decks. As u could imagine I'm really happy with this haul. Got a few pics of the loaded trailer and will add more as I go.

A little sunshine today, so I brought the 416-H out to see how the new paint looks in the sunlight. Here she is with her repaired dash and hoodstand components, new seat, freshly painted footrests, belt guard and side panel. Just waiting for the hood and fender pan to be painted. I've got a set of Terry's "anniversary" decals ready to go on. I'm going on vacation, so I might not have it finished until just before the Little Guy's Show. But despite the horrible weather we've had, and other factors that have slowed me down this winter, I've made some progress. I swore I was going to take this winter off and not redo a tractor, but you know what they say, this addiction is powerful.

TerryM and I got there about 15 minutes after Illinilefttackle left...9:00AM. Sorry I missed you Al. Let's try for Scott's M&G in October. Sorry guys...it was too nasty for the camera and everyone was so bundled up, you could not tell one of us from the other. I got confused by Brrly1 and Jake...if that is possible. There was a good group of guys there though...got to talk with everyone. I was able to pick up all the stuff for everyone...so that was good. My wife made Beef Stew for Terry and me when we got home...great comfort food and warmed us up. Sorry about no pictures guys.

Picked this little jewel up yesterday, It runs B&S side shaft motor,

WOW! ANother Great swap meet. No pictures either, very busy meeting people, and new people, talking, and selling. I got there last night, Friday and had the canopy & tables setup by 9:00, only a very light rain then. Slept in the jeep, woke up about 7am and probably 12 pickups with big trailers arrived during the night, silently . . . must have been 60 sellers all set up by 9am. Seemed like everyone was busy all morning, and it rained and kept raining, sometimes very light, sometimes so-so, I measured about 1/2". Many sellers started leaving about 1pm and the crowds slowed way down. Nice bonfire Friday evening. Excellent large site, very easy to find, well marked, lots of directional signs. Gene & Ken even had rolls and coffee ready very early in the morning, and then a nice lunch (hot dogs, hamburgs, drinks, etc.) in late morning. A very nice get together, lots of tractors and parts, lots of 'regulars' and it seemed to me that there were a lot of new, never-been-to-a-Wheel Horse-show people. Great Job Gene & Ken:

Great Pictures! This was my first wheel horse show, even with the rain it was a lot of fun.

It just amazes me that there isn't another application in the whole wide world that uses that size bearing.

I mow with a c160 auto and 48 deck,she is a beast,it will go through any thing with in reason,i also mow with a 414-8 with 48,very hard to find a difference in power,the k series and m are basically the same engine,justdifferent ignition,and some other things that don't play into power comparisons,so go for it you wont be disapointed

Kohler singles rarely die. Can't go wrong w the big single. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It looks like a machine gun tho....I'll bet under the hood it says "Kilroy was here"

Well, Honda did make a 650 turbo version of the engine... If one of those should happen to "drop on my lap" (highly unlikely), then it would be rude not to swap engines It could be underpowered. I'd guess it maybe weighs the same as the complete bike and I've still more stuff to add. A little bit more progress has been made... Brake pedal moved inwards a bit and what will be the throttle in place.. Sometimes the best solution is the simplest one.. As you know I am using two bike master cylinders for WN's brakes, one front brakes, one rear, but I also need a way to set the balance on them, or more braking at the back than the front as it's otherwise known.. I did look at brake bias valves but other than Chinese cheap rubbish they were all rather expensive! I could of built a linkage using cams to apply different pressure to each master cylinder until a thought hit me.. As you will of seen by the photo in my last post I had been thinking of having the MC's next to each other... But what would happen if one was above the other? Taaa Daa The higher you go up the lever the more it goes forward, so the top MC (rear brakes) gets more pressure and sooner than the bottom (front brakes) MC All I need to do is weld the MC frame to the chassis, change the lever bit for something a bit stronger and connect it via a rod to the brake pedal.. A little fine tuning will be needed I expect, but I'm rather hopeful this system will work I'd finish this update with a song, but as I don't want to scare you all away have a video instead

Not a whole lot of new progress on the 400, been working on other stuff, but did find a couple parts for it at mentone today. Ended up with a nice set of front rims, a correct original belt guard in nice shape, and a nice frame and new reproduction heat shield. Frame is nothing special, but no pitting, and mine had quite a bit of pitting so this will be a lot easier to fix. The heat shields are pretty nice too, very very close to original, same size just a slightly different bend, if you didn't have an original to look at you could never know the difference. If anybody is looking for one I can put you in contact with him, he was selling them very reasonable. edit...Just checked with him again on heat sheilds and at moment he is not quite ready to sell, he is looking into making some more that he thinks may be a little nicer. Will let you guys know if I hear from him about having some ready to sell.

Picked up an 854 last week. This machine has hydro lift. Runs perfect. I think I am just gonna paint the wheels and call it a day. Are the wheels white of the almond color? Thanks for looking.

This is obviously quite light for the 520-H, but I figured I'd post a video anyway. This is pulling a weighted prowler back into position at a strongman competition. I wasn't driving it because I was competing. It was put on by the gym I go to, so I let them use it.

The Old Time Plow Boys tractor show was this weekend. Had the garden tractor pulls on sunday. Karl Kunkel has built a nice sled and scale for doing this. Had to bring the C160 down for the event. Did some last minute mods for pulling and ended up weighing in at 923 lbs. I came in third for my class which wasnt bad for a last minute throw together. One of the tractors that beat me was a c81 that was a little heavier than I was. But being an 8 horse, he could put the wieght under him instead of out front with my big 16 one lunger. Here is a video my girlfriend took. Just a little plug for the plow boys. We will start featuring garden tractors next year and the first one to feature is Wheel Horse!!! Hope to get as much wheel horse out that I can with some local red square members support! I also may have some surprizes worked up my sleeve also. More on that later. Nice part is , we have two shows. One in april and one in august which I feel is far enough away from the wheel horse show to drum up interest. https://youtu.be/r6VM9378GnM Here is a video of my 1949 John Deere A on Saturday. I came in second and was inches away from a full pull. I jammed my left break to hard and swung the front end over. Lost momentum and it was all over. https://youtu.be/g0i6-WGOJAA Kyle

Well my tires look cut but they are truely road worn and almost shot. The side walls are very very very dry rotted and showing cords here and there. But they grip so nice on a good clay track , I cant let them go yet. And HP, well , I had to rebuild it and thats all I am saying. You cant buy old cast iron pistons anymore so there isnt much choices. It has good pep I guess you could say.

Cool! Thanks for the video clips. Pulled my '39/'40 JD-B only once. The guys that ran the pull lumped me in a class with later B's and 50's. I'm on steel wheels with original firestone rubber, they're on cast iron wheels with custom-shaved pulling rubber and weighted out the wazoo not to mention nearly double or more the HP. Don't need to be a smart thinker to figure out how that one went for me, lol!

Added. not very good. it will be removed soon.

Aint that the truth!!! When I started fooling with horses Groundhog (a member here) was telling me about the (in)famous 1533 bearing being nonexistent new I thought, naw, theres got to be some somewhere under another # or another mfg or .... Well if there is nobody can find them

Thanks for sharing the pictures.

Slowly making progress...too cold to paint this week....

You're all jealous!!!! Let's put it in perspective. I stopped by a JD dealer looking at a 4or 500 series. I needed a mower, snow blower, and maybe a plow. I was considering upgrading from my horses. Silly me! The one other accessory which was a must have was a mid mount grader blade. They immediately showed me a 700 series. I politely pointed to a tired Wheel Horse 314-8 they had for sale and said that does what I need. They all smirked as I explained how well a 50" grader blade repairs my 1/4 mile driveway very spring. Fact is if I didn't know any better I may have purchased something bright, shiny, and well NEW. But I think most of our RS members are well educated when it comes to our equipment. Thanks to the many members who've steered me right over the years! You've collectively saved many of us a small fortune. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank God I don't collect JD stuff... Listed locale for $ 700.00 ... Are you kidding me ...

She needs to go to the Big Show and back up the Dino. He gets wanderin and stops clickin!

Power is power. My Power King is only a K321 put it will pull a house down!

Be sure to thank your daughter for the photos!

Thank you for posting the pictures. I know that the weather wasn't the best, but glad that the show went on!

not to start any problems but i have had my share of blown kohler single. it all depends on how well the motor was maintained. whether it was a kohler, onan, briggs or tecky. although i would agree that a kohler is more forgiving if not maintained properly. the kohler balance gears are a problem for the k series. i guess what i'm say is depending on you view they are all good or bad and it gives us something to argue over just the same as ford, chevy, dodge or foreign make argument. basically if you run a motor to low on oil it will go BANG or if you over heat it, it will not end well eric j

updated RAT ROD Photos notice the exhaust,hood emblem & gear shift knob( just for you Keith aka Hammerhead),,,thanks RS Members for the ideas and input

Napa uses the same number

Scotty, I may be new here but I have been around tractors for years.The Kohler engines have ball bearings that support the crankshaft and will tolerate a side load such as the Wheel Horse PTO.The Predator engines that have ball bearings should not have any problems with a side load within the limits of an inexpensive Chinese bearing.Any engine that uses anything other than ball bearings should have a side load designed into its makeup to live with the side load imposed by the Wheel Horse pto,such as the Onan P series.I don't think that there should be any failures related to bearing issues with any engine having ball bearing supported crankshafts.JMHO JAinVa

Nice, but here is what you need..

It'll be for the guys who wipe their tractors down with diapers to try and stop fingerprints from getting on them! Or, to coral the DUI drivers from running into expensive tractors! Killing 2 birds with one fence. The machine really grabs on the asphalt when turning but works easily in the dirt. Scared the crap out me with all that jumping around for the maiden voyage on the driveway to get it off the trailer. Got the brakes all straightened out and adjusted.

I don't know how the heck I missed this thread. Habs Sens last night, very interesting game to say the least. price giving up 5? Grid hell freeze over? Pens finally accepted their fate as a mediocre team with a slumping star, invisible star ( Malkin) and a goalie playing uncharacteristicly well. Lots on the tube tonight. Hockey Night in Canada anyone?

So let me get this straight. Negative to positive, to negative, to positive, to negative, to positive, plus the use of a massive "C" clamp, (1) wooden board with an antiquated electrical switch, some old water pipes connected in a fashion that makes a "make shift" structure for a front blade. << If you could even call that a blade. Add just (1) final ingredient, (1) clueless individual that has NCS, about any type of safety at all, and WHA-LA, you have the makings of who will be leading our country tomorrow! GENIOUS, why did I not think of that? Probably because I have too much respect for myself and others to even try something that stupid. All I can say is RESEARCH before you decide to SEARCH on your own! Rob

No way that will be Ha Ha...

so once you figure out the brakes, you're saying you might be underpowered?

Been busy lately trying to finish up school. I got the block off to the machine shop. Painted the engine tins. I just got the Block back .030" kohler piston. Ported the intake and exhaust decked the block and received my torque regrind cam in the mail. So here's a couple pics of the Block all painted up. I will build this engine this weekend.

Thanks Richie. A test run may be as little as a month away... But don't hold me to that Thanks Pullstart, happy you like my crazy updates Yeah, last week was one of those weeks, but so far (ok, it's only Monday) this week is going rather well. Thanks mate. I did think about stacks but that would of given WN a tractor puller sort of look rather than a Hot rod sort of look which I'm aiming for.. Also I'm not sure my ears would take too kindly to a pair of stacks ;lol: Soles should be alright as long as you don't stand or rest feet on the pipes.. I could always put some polished ally heat shields on if needs be. Burning the treads off sounds a fine idea to me I like your thinking.. Shovel Horse has a good ring to it Well chaps, WN now has a fully working suicide shift.. Working out the linkage was quite easy, making it all fit between the chassis and steering rod was not so easy.. Your have to wait til the next video to see it in action I'm afraid, but here's a few photo's to give you an idea. Pulling back on the shifter pushes the rod at the base forward.. Which pushes on the top of the L shaped pivot thingy and thus causes the next part of the linkage to be pulled down.. Which pulls down on on the cut down bike foot shifter and thus you have 1st gear.. I'm sure you can work out how to get the other 4 gears I've no idea which model Wh this pedal came from, but it makes a great clutch pedal.. By sheer luck the Honda's clutch cable couldn't of been a better fit.. With the cable routed over the top of the engine, the end that need to be connected to the pedal ends up about here.. That should make it very easy to connect

Well, I've not managed to get much done this week due to a mixture of illness, visitors and having carpet fitted at home.. Both foot plates are now bolted down, I found some bike mounting brackets with captive nuts which came in handy and are much more fun to use than drilling through steel box.. This bit of box does not carry any weight and is only there to stop the top of the foot plates from vibrating.. I will add a little bit of bracing though. Here's something to make you laugh, it did me... I ordered some air filters which arrived yesterday... I may of got my sizes wrong! The hood stand has had a couple of bit's of box welded to it. Which along with a couple of hefty mounting brackets has put a lot of strength into it, no longer does it wobble when the steering is turned. The n/s foot plate has been fully welded and ground down.. I did for a while yesterday think about having foot gear change and a suicide clutch, but decided I'd rather have both hands on the wheel when the clutch is dropped at 9000rpm This is the mount for the suicide shift made for a bit of thick steel and a cut down bike swing arm bolt.. Shifter mounted and the linkage worked out, though you will have to wait until the linkage is done before you see it. The fender pan has been bolted down, but I thought a photo of 6 bolts would be boring so I didn't take a photo.. And to finish off this update, I needed to work out where the pedals would go so I climbed aboard, at which point Nigel wandered (not waddled ) in and grabbed my camera

She came with the plow and a clean deck.

That is really cool. Got the WOW factor written all over it. Glenn

I like it! Reminds me of the Jake I mowed fairways with during my first job.

This is why we need a herd of horses. GET ADDICTED

Great feedback, thank you. I am a little surprised that Stevebo could not get $2500 for that beauty of a tractor. I would have paid it on the spot. I guess I have an inflated opinion of D200 values and this may be a big part of my problem. Thanks again for all of the help.

Ian , I thought it only right to show our American audience a pic of you standing by your doner car from which your axle Came from, as I am not sure that they would be familiar with our highly prestigious reliant three wheel limo

Might be an 855, they are hard to tell apart in my eye anyway. Same difference. I flushed the box and it didnt seem to have much crud, I stuck an inspection camera down the shift hole, it looks fairly clean and the gears I can see all look fine. The ones I can get a nice close look at dont seem to be worn to badly for their age. A little clean oil and it should be fine for a few more decades. But just one very bad thing... well two. I stepped in a bucket of waste gasoline I was washing parts in. The cement floor is covered in cat litter now. and that litle dog point set scew and nut broke in half. Now its a nut and two pieces. I fabricared a crude copy with a longer bolt, to keep the shifter in place but its a little lose, so I have to sit down with a micrometer and a few other toys and make a copy that is closer to the original dog point. Please tell me this thing can be bought somewhere. I think its a harder grade steel than a basic bolt of that size. If I have to use what I have I may have to keep check on it.