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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.

So I have to start by saying this is a complete debacle of a tractor, and if any of the purists out there hate the sight 3 or more tractors melded into one, look away now. This thing is rough, and I want to just fix it enough to use it right now. So I bought a 520 front end. This is going to be a snow machine, so I wanted the gear reduction steering to handle the 2 stage. Everything else is basic maintenance aside from the rear axle seals, and a little wiring. Gonna try to use this guy in conjunction with the 48" dozer blade to try and top coat and spread some loam once it's running. The front end went in extremely easy. The frame was already drilled in 4 spots, and everything lines up nice. Put in new bearings and races on the wheels. Thanks again shuboxlover! Found the wrong spring in the break assembly as well. I know I found some other folks on the site with a very similar issue while do some searching. Make sure you have the correct spring. If anyone wants a comparison pic, please let me know. Whelp, thanks for reading.

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.

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!

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

How soon before NASA finds out its future Mars rover has already been built?

Thank you Lane. Did you find any good deals?

DITTO

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!

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

I just completed this task. Like mentioned here getting the hub off was the hard part for me. On my 520H the axle seal was part # 6449 and was just over $10 at my local Toro dealer. I used an old wheel hub as a puller to get the hub off the tractor.

My closest NAPA dealer keeps them in stock, but I always try to keep an extra one in the shop. Just in case.......................

30 MIN RIDE!!! is that in the Vette or by Horse ? 30 min and you've never gone..... SLACKER!!!

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

I'll bet you that the key was left "on" in the tractor with 3000 hours. Nice score for short money! Mike........

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.

Yesterday I picked up a really clean C-145 Automatic. It is originally from Maryland so the score remains the same. I also received the original manuals and registration card which was a plus. This makes my third "Blackhood" as I seem to collect in "3's." It has an original plastic fender so to preserve it, I am going to put a metal fender on as it will be a worker. Overall the paint is in good shape but will take more work than I spent today using polishing compounds. The fender may end up on the classifieds as it is too nice for me with just the paint finish worn. There is also the maintenance sticker under the seat which I had never seen before. A really nice find!

If you're serious, we can certainly work something out. Shoot me a PM The auger bits are commercial heavy duty thick steel type, not those thin ice auger type. With 512 to do, it's probably worth it. That's a $H!T load of holes. Once I test her out, that will give me an idea of how long it takes to drill one and what to expect. I don't have the shale but there is plenty of large rocks here so I'm curious how it handles those.

Don't worry Mike, I'll pad the seat for ya this time! (Got Roids?) KenB hooked me up with some black leather for the last one but never got around to it before it was sold.

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?

No way that will be Ha Ha...

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

Evening chaps, yesterday I got WN's clutch pedal sorted... Up.. Down.... Now you may of noticed when the pedal is in the down position the pull on the cable isn't ideal, but this was soon sorted when I found a matching pair of pedals in a box under the bench! Of course I had to use a matching pair of pedals, so the newly found clutch pedal had a little trim, and extra hole drilled for the cable to attach to, and fitted. The clutch has a nice feel to it. a bit of travel and not too sharp.. I need to fit a stopper to stop the pedal from falling back which is why it's held up with a spanner As for the brake pedal, here it is almost in place. I need to trim about 3/4 inch off the inside to get it a little closer to the engine to make enough space for the throttle pedal. Sorry about the finger in the photo but here you can (just) see the matching pair of bike master cylinders. They came from 1000cc bikes (no idea which bikes, it was a long time ago) and should be more than up to the job. As you will of guessed one is for the front brakes and one for the rear.. The front's being bike calipers will be easy to plumb in... As for the rears, I have worked out a way of linking car and bike brake lines together that does not involve jubilee clips , but more on that when I get there. Yesterday Nigel was looking for something to do, so I gave him one of the rocker covers to strip of paint and give a very quick polish.. Very good it looks too Unable to stop himself at this point one of the exhausts was pulled off to have the ally clamp polished and a coat of high temperature paint.. Which lead to the question of what colour the engine should be painted.. Not having any gloss black between us part of the engine was quickly masked up and hit with more of the high temp paint.. Now it has dried to a matt finish it doesn't look that good, but while it was wet it looked great. So the engine will be going gloss black with a few select ally parts polished up Right side... Left side

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.

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

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.

its not perfect but it looks a lot better than it did were going to fire it up tomorrow and see how she goes we'd upgraded the engine size from k321 to k341 kohler changed the tranny fluid to 20w and new filter 1100 series eaton mated with a peerless I believe, here some pics see what you think also brand new aggs all away around I like them

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

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.