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I've wanted a tractor with a FEL for a while but needed to sell my motorcycle to fund the loader tractor. Over the summer I was talking with Duke (Horse Fixer) about his 520H but even if I sold my bike, the distance to get his was holding me back. In late July I thought my Honda was sold and I saw Larry (Elliot Ness) had a C-195 and a loader for sale that might have worked. He's just an hour up the road from me so that was very close. Unfortunately, the sale of my bike fell through so I was forced to back out on Larry. (I still feel terrible about that.) It looks like he has since sold one of his tractors and one of his loaders so I'm happy about that. Well, a few weeks ago my bike sold and I started looking again. Denny Clarke mentioned that Duke's 520 was still in the classifieds. Denny also offered to haul it to his house in central Illinois if Duke and I worked out a deal since he and his wife would be in Michigan near Duke's place. Based on his generous offer, I decided to call Duke. I called and his wife answered. As most of you know by now, Duke had a stroke over the summer. I had no idea at the time so she filled me in on what had happened. I asked her not to bother him since he was in the hospital at the time but she insisted since he still had the tractor. Long story even longer, Duke was home and healing by the time the Clarkes made the trip to Michigan and the deal was done. If you remember Duke's add, the 520 was in good shape with a few dents and scratches on the hood and seat pan. He had decals for the hood and seat pan that he included in the deal. Since I got it home I started pulling it apart to do some freshening and repairs. And, as all of you know, once you start digging in to a tractor, you can always find more items to address. My original plan was to fix the hood, replace the front tires, and a new seat. First off I'd like to say that Duke had gone through the machine and cleaned and serviced it thoroughly. He did a great job making this machine nice. Once I started to pull off tins I found some surface rust and pitting under the floor mats so I decided to work those over too. I also noticed that the drive belt was really bouncing/slapping inside the belt guard. As I looked more closely I found the pivot rod that holds the drive belt idler pulley was really sloppy. It turns out the bushing was gone and a groove had worn in the rod. I wasn't able to find a rod but I filled it and ordered the inexpensive bushing, wave washer, and shim. When they come in I hope to put everything back together. Below is a before pic showing how nice it was to start with and then some other pics of my progress. Sorry for the long winded post. Before: Here's pics of my rattle can painting. Remember this is going to be a worker so my painting isn't perfect. I was able to heat and remove the existing running board pads and re-use them. Since it will eventually get a FEL I put some loaded Ags with inside wheel weights on the rear that I had from another tractor and some 5 ribs on the front. Since I couldn't find any ribs in 16 - 7.50 I upsized to an 18 - 8.50 Vred 5 rib. They are big but the tractor is still pretty level and it steers with almost zero effort even when the tractor is sitting still.

I decided to mount up my winter tires on the C-121. Gotta say I really like the black rims!

That is not really that bad Mike. I would do a good flush with diesel and maybe 2 flushes...depending on what come out. Shine a light down the shift hole and see what that looks like. Make sure to run the horse through the gears when flushing...about 20 minutes on blocks should do it.

Thanks to a fellow member here, my Autism Horse now sports one of Glen's older cast resin horse head hood ornaments. Came to me as raw resin casting. I had to shorten the "tail" a bit to match the stock hood ornament length and to keep clear of the custom lettering on the hood decal. First paint coat after a light sanding was grey primer. After that cured overnight, a coat of semi gloss black. The following morning, the coat of chrome paint was applied. Once dry I found some self tapping screws and mounted the ornament and its rubber base to the hood. Turned out pretty good. Mike

Picked this T70 up today for my wife to replace the 1107 she had in NY. Needs just alil work before she can really enjoy it! But here in TN this stuff is hard to come by!(well kinda went to southern IN to get it) lol all original tho except for some paint here in there...

Poor little Suburban; anyone doing this should be locked up and the keys thrown away!

The face of my cover plate was pitted badly and I only had one lever. The piece under the hood was usable. I was able to flip the face plate and used one of Terry's decals modified because my serial number was long gone.. The levers are made from a length of stock from Lowes. The one lever I had was pretty mangled but good enough for a template. I rough cut them with a hacksaw and then fabricated a jig to hold the two new pieces along with the template and used a benchtop belt sander to grind them to shape. Some polishing and knobs from Glen and I was good to go. If you need a new face plate simply use a piece of flat stock cut to size.

The first thing that comes to mind is to drill and tap a second (or even third) set screw hole in your hub at least 90* apart. Also, when you tighten the set screw and jam nut don't over tighten the jam nut, it could pull the set screw up slightly. Presuming the key way in the axle is the problem you could repair it like @Ed Kennell did it this thread.

Picked up a C-121 last winter, just doing maintenance on her today. Tranny fluid looks like its real old!!

Great to have members help close a deal. This site is populated by so many great people.

I pulled the top plug on my 701. Black gear oil came out. Pulled the drain plug and nothing came out! Ran a wire up in and it started oozzing out. Flushing in progress as well as a 520 re-wire.

That's the mount thingamajig for my hillbilly grass catcher.

Had some time this week to open up the differential and fix the leak, put in new seals. Thought I would wet sand the tins, but no had to blast some of them. Put some primer on may paint later this week. Need to get with @Vinylguy and get some decals ordered.

Seat and steering wheel are shot and the big money item would be the engine if you are planning to keep it all original. At $ 100 you can't get hurt, but I wouldn't go much higher unless the engine turns over with good compression and has spark.

The tractor you are looking at is a 1960 Model 550, not an RJ-35. If the engine is in good condition that adds value, but if not be aware that they are hard to find. Needs a few parts and a lot of TLC but will be a good project. Miller tire is a good source of new tires. You could post a wanted ad in the Classifieds on here for good used ones also. http://www.millertire.com/categories/lawn-garden-tires/

Hi all. I recently picked this one up and have no idea what year/model it is. Only thing visible is the serial number. (A-73408) It has a tecumseh engine. Came with mower deck, plow and wheel chains. Any help would be great. Thanks

It would be tough to find a better guy than Denny Clarke.

With our girls, son in laws and grandkids. Unfortunately we're missing the latest addition. We were blessed with another grandson after this picture was taken. So far we haven't been able to get the oldest daughter and family down here from Indiana to take another picture.......yet.

Repairing and reinforcing the frame of the C-160 would be a lot less work than a frame swap.

Maybe I'll have the wife grab a pic later this morning after it warms up - shooting the rest of it today if the wind stays down . Primer is Rustoleum Rusty Metal (red oxide type) with hot reducer added to slow it down a bit . Top coat is Ace Rust Stop IH Red - using the hot reducer for better flow out and aklyd enamel hardener . Sarge

Well lets see the hillbilly grass catcher. This flat lander is always interested in your inventions.

We have to pray for everyone in the path of all the storms. It will take years to recover from all of this. Keep the faith and thanks to everyone for your thoughts.

I think it's a doo-hingus.

I picked up my second 520 awhile back from @DeterminingFactor that had no spark. Changed out the 9 pin connector from @rmaynard as the red wire was already routed around the 9 pin. Found the coil was bad and replaced. Motor runs good and now on to the next step. PO said hydro was leaking I think I found the problem so tomorrow I will open up the hydro and replace all seals and gaskets. Plan on wet sanding all the tins and repaint, new decals will need to be ordered. Now if I could only convince @ACman to release the rights to the wheel a matic decals, other wise it may end up being the patriotic series decals. This one may take a while as still working 10hr days and Saturdays. I'll try to post as much as I can. Also picked up an Ark loader for it. Need to build subframe, new hoses and modify a few other things

The tach isn't going to know what engine it is connected to, twin or single cylinder. As long as the fly wheel has the same number of magnets, it'll read the pulses correctly. I have a 520 tach on my K341 and M18 with no issues whatsoever. Just connect the tach signal wire to one of the stator wires and run her!

I'm not sure why you need a pulley puller to pull the hubs. If you have the rotor with the correct bolt pattern, just buy a 7/16-20 X 36" threaded rod and 10 nuts and flat washers. Cut the rod into 5 7" long studs. Thread through the hub and lock with a washer and nut on the inside. Slide the rotor on the studs, insert spacer on the end of the axle ( a deep socket works well), install the greased washer and nut on the greased studs. Pull the hub off by slowly tightening the 5 nuts. Painted parts look great.....

More pics from last post

Jenny can help!

@ACman surely you didn't do this did you?

@GTP250 I was going to say a 604, but then saw the smaller tires and realized it was a Lawn Ranger. I thought 64, but if others (more knowledge than I) say a 1963, then it is a 1963! Same hood as my 654. Oh, where are my manners..... to and you have a very nice tractor. I say tractor because this little WH will do all kinds of work! I guess I have a "bucket list", and a Lawn Ranger is on it!

Pea soup anyone?

Now it less two. The grandson that wasn't born yet when that picture was taken and his 1 year old little sister. We gotta take a new picture.

There it goes ;-)... A Dutch collector informed that it most likely is a product made by the Dutch importer. They seem to have made some attachments of there own...they are still in business.. so ill drop them an email tomorrow. I got it almost "sorted" there is a slight bend in the the "tube" (bar?) that goes underneath...so i need to push that back or weld it again and enhance strength. Looks nice though Kind regards, Henry !

I'd say it's a suburban that has suffered some crazy mods and altering of sorts. With some mix and match parts also.

Yep, that's where my suggestion came from...

Calendar shot of the thinking man and his 877 . @Ed Kennell like Jim said a spring for a gas regulator for a furnace might work. I you know a HVAC guy ask him . We always had them around

Here Ya go Jim. I have one on my C-120 also. Works great for collecting grass and leaves. It has to be emptied frequently, but a lot easier to mount, remove and store than a rear power bagger. I find these at yard sales for a $. This one was off a Crapsman rear bagger lawn mower.

Considering the fact that you included pictures of the wife and both kids on it we will excuse the off color photo! Nice score.

Just thinking... my 877 had one of them priming lever pumps that went bad. Replaced it with an NOS one...so yes, they're out there Ed.

To my untrained eye it appears to be a 1963 Lawn Ranger. There are subtle differences in years and I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong!

Yeah, neat little tractors... maybe, paint it red.

Oh I see it now ...I was looking at the bigger spring at the top but that's for the diaphragm. I'm thinkin that's looks awful like a gas valve regulator spring that might work?? @ACman will know what I'm talking about. Let me know if you can't source one local I'll send you a handful to try or might have one in the fuel pump parts bin as well.

I didn't find it Jim. That's the other one tied to the envelope. I did try a magnet, then swept the floor and sifted thru the dust.

Try a magnetic floor sweeper for that spring.....crunch.......never mind, I see you found it! Looking for things I dropped on the barn floor.....there a year of my life I'll never get back!

In preparation for Andrew in '92 a neighbor wrapped his tool box and mower with a tarp and ratchet strapped them together to protect them if the roof of his shed developed a leak. Next day the shed was gone, but the tools and mower were safe and dry. We are all praying for all in Florida.

More work done today. It now has a foot throttle on it. Vroom vroom lol.

Well, I think I found the reason this horse was parked many years back. This is the ignition wire from the switch to the coil. rubbed bare where it went thru the hood stand hole behind the fuel tank. I replaced the bad wiring and cleaned all the terminal connections. Put on a new plug, and cranked it over..... no fire. Installed a new condenser and the plug lit up. Hung a gravity fuel tank, primed her with starting fluid, hit the start switch and she couldn't wait to run. No smoke and no unusual noises. She's alive.

Low budget solution to tire iron scars on your rims is to save your old leather gloves and cut fingers/thumbs to slip over the tire iron while mounting.

Good evening this weekend I followed with the renovation of my 702 wheel horse I could not do much but good. I have cleaned the cylinder head and it is in perfect condition and has already been rectified because it has engraved 0.10. The valves are definitely going to change because they are very chopped their seat.

This is me 15 years ago with the same grand daughter that is wrenching on my tractor.