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Took a 6 hour round trip today to grab this C-160 Auto. Someone took real good care of it as its in amazing shape. Engine runs like new. I am super impressed with it. Now I can't decide if I want to use this to run the snowblower or my almost complete C-161 with the 22hp predator. I was going to use my C-120 but not super excited about only having manual lift. That snowblower takes 2 hands to lift even with the helper spring. Looks like i have too many tough decisions.

My honey, me, and our puppy dog, spent some time in the woods today. We wanted to test out the splitter after getting it reassembled yesterday. That went quite well. Very satisfied. We also worked on expanding the path system that we've been building in the forest. We cleared a spur between two existing paths so as to be able to access the left side of the forest with the tractors. Absolutely love being out there!

Came across a genuine bed of nails this past Friday. EGAD!!!!!

I picked up this 704 last weekend as another project. It has been out in the weather for sometime. It came with a K181 that will fire with starting fluid which is promising. The transmission does cycle through all its gears so that is also great. The hood and seat will need work and I will be looking for a replacement steering wheel. It is a welcome addition to my RJ58 and 502.

A little fall tilling! IMG_0085.mp4

It's a 1952 Chevy Deluxe, all basically original. 216 straight 6, 3 on the tree. Was my father n laws. I only was able to get to one show this year. Im still looking for some to repair the 6volt radio, and have the original dash clock repaired.

Just wanted to throw this out there. Any thoughts? I missed the last Senior Reunion and would love to see how many we could round up!

Ok, here's the Tool Crib!

Common problem. There is a rivet where the throttle handle pivots, put a small high quality screw thru the rivet and then locking nut on the screw. Tighten till there is enough drag to hold the throttle in place.

In the New York, Putnam county area Boces has some great basic engine courses for minimal cost and they will get you going but in the end you really need to jut get the courage to dive into all aspects of engine repair up to and including rebuild. I had a friend who simply put out a sign wanted old not wanted small engines.... in a matter of weeks he had like 10 mowers and tractors. Started tinkering and taking them apart fast forward to today and he is a respected small engine repair guy...… just saying...…

What I typically see

I don't think adjusting the carb is the answer. Adjusting the carb would be more of an issue if you were at sea level and you took your horse to a M&G at the top of Pikes Peak. Like Paul said, more control by choking and allowing to warm up is the way to go. I also think that changing to a thinner oil could help...I think Wheel Horse recommended 10w-30 for those in the colder climates. Of course a fully charged battery, and holding in the clutch pedal, while starting, will help also.

The HH70 on my Lawn ranger starts just fine year round. Need choke to fire then immediately push it in in warm weather, in really cold push back almost all the way but leave a little on for a couple minutes

When it comes down to the Indak switches. I usually buy a the switch to fit my needs (magneto or coil ignition) then just remove the wires from the plug and reconfigure them to work with the switch if, need be.

I’m new to small engines, but I’ve gotten into them a lot over the last month or so. I’m a stay at home dad, so my FIL suggested doing online courses in Small Engine Repair. I know not everyone here’s a hobbyist, so I’m hoping some one has a recommendation or two for online courses, both in regards to cost and quality. TIA

Im with you @Shynon. I just got this about a month ago. Going to set it up with ramps on both sides to drive a tractor over it. Lifts about 6’ high and I believe it is rated about 1500lbs.

I use my two car garage part of house for my woodworking shop. A little disorganized now from the small flood we had. It occasionally doubles as a winery and distillery also. Tractor shop is in another shed which is a one car garage size.

Following @Professor1990‘S thread on his shop build made me think of this thread that @prondzy started a couple of winters ago. I’ve been continuing to work in my garage trying to get the details taken care of to both store tractors, implements, and parts as well as having a functional heated space for winter projects. Being the “plow dog” that I am, I decided that I needed to find a good way to store my plows. There are definitely tighter (more compact) ways of storing plows but I wanted something functional where I didn’t have to unpack a shelf to get out a plow. So, I bought some extra shelving from the local box store, used 2x4’s across the shelving brackets, installed a long 2x4 underneath and then drilled holes at the appropriate spacing. I am able to then select a plow, pull the pin and slide it out to go to work. I’m trying to create more space in my garage for the next big event which is the installation of a furnace to heat the space. Once the heat runs are all installed, then I can start to cover up the walls and ceilings with the appropriate coverings. It is so awesome to be able to organize shop spaces for sure...

Final exam for a nail gun trainee???

I'll keep my eyes open for your obituary. I will bid high on your WH estate.

You know, it seems that a lot of us have ties one way or another to our grandfather’s through these machines. My best childhood memories are of pulling my grandfather to the country store around the road with one of his wheel horses while he rode in the dump cart. Great job Kevin! I’d be disrespectful if I also didn’t say miss you Poppy!! Love you!!

This reminds me of my wife telling me "No dead animals on my walls!!". Soo.... when I caught my first legal musky and had it mounted I told her that I was going to hang it on the ceiling above the bed. She graciously granted me a spot on the wall .

Figured there has to be a Snapper Guy here too, they are red after all... Just picked up my grandpas old snapper from my aunts farm, found the model number and go to Google a manual and I can’t find anything. Okay, no worries, google “Snapper Model List”, I don’t see 280845 listed in the model list. I was trying to find 1) a manual, 2) an estimated value/ age, 3) parts avlibility 4) did it have a name like the “Comet” model🤷🏻‍♂️ I know nothing about snappers, but I’d like to know if it’s be worth to fix up, restore a bit and sell as a machine, parted out, or just canablize it.

My brother called me this morning, said his older neighbor was moving and was selling an older tractor, so went over to look, it's a cub cadet 1811 that he built for his granddaughter to pull with. It turned out she had no interest, so it set for 2 years in his garage. Asked him what he wanted, he said $50 and gone. I brought it home. It has wiring issues that the great members have been helping me with. Last pic is my faithful assistant.

Made huge progress today! I forgot to mention that yesterday I found that they flywheel was loose. That was my knocking sound. Engine is fine. I think it may have partially sheared the flywheel key, as it cranks hard occasionally and it pings some. I got some 1/4 inch stock earlier and cut it to length for the crank pulley and clutch. The hole that the tensioner shaft runs through is wallered out some and it throws the belt, but i have it rigged temporarily where it doesn't. I put my new fuel pump on it so that I could run it longer than I had been by just filling up the fuel bowl. I started it, and pushed the hydro lever to the forward position with a screwdriver since the plastic slide plate (not sure of the proper term) is broken. Nothing happened. Pushed it to reverse. Same result. I forcefully slammed it back into forward and it took off. It was binding on the remnants of the plastic slide plate and wouldn't fully go into forward gear. Reverse works now too. The tractor seemed extremely sluggish and was actually worse when it was revved up. I looked down to see that the axle was spinning in the hub on the side that the wheel was mostly slid off of when I got it. I didn't have a woodruff key for that, so I temporarily put a piece of 1/4 stock in it so that I could move it around. The hydro unit makes some noise but seems to be strong. I hooked it to my little 85 Toyota pickup and it pulled it with ease. I thought about hooking it to my V10 Dodge truck but I didn't want to push my luck. I'll have to do some closer looking in the daylight but It has a decent leak, either from the hydro shaft seal or from the oil filter. There was a little gouge in the oil filter sealing surface, probably from someone trying to chisel the filter off in the past, but it didn't look to be across the whole surface. Now I need to buy a throttle and choke cable and the slide part for the forward/reverse lever and I'll be in business! And most importantly, pictures!

I have the good fortune of having two shops, one for woodworking and one for plus a small barn for storage. The woodworking shop was our guest house prior to building our new house. The barn has room for seven on the main floor and lots of parts in the haymow. And the shop can hold a bunch of stallions.

I'm not really sure but I'll take a stab at it and say the lever shaft probably pivots on a rivet that has loosened up over time . Drill out the rivet ad replace with a similar sized screw and either double nut it or use a Nyloc / aircraft style locknut . I'm sure the experts will have a better idea though ....

After discarding the chain drive the top sprocket was drilled and tapped 4 BA and an alloy bar bolted to it. This bar was drilled with extra holes for the push / pull rods so that various positions could be tried. The same was done with the bottom sprocket. The threaded rods are M6. These will be changed to round bar later and a better top bar made. All a temporary try out for now. Although this arrangement was better than the chain, there was still a lot of free play. A lot of this was from the various universal joints and male / female connections between the bottom sprocket and the front wheels. Better fitting U/J centers were made and various Male F/M, joints drilled and tapped for grub screws which tightened things up but still not enough. The gap between the pin and it's through hole can be seen below. The cavity for the small coil spring didn't help either as a lot of the bearing surface was lost. This was not used in the replacement centers. Probably cheap U/J's found at my usual parts supply location.

It’s actually not mine, my father in law has yet to come get it and my sawzall died just yesterday

Used to mow my neighbor's yard for him the last few years of his life with a model very similar to that one... Nice little unit...cut nicely and would turn on a dime... I was Forest Gump, only it was "Mow Forest, Mow..."

Hahahaha Tough to have these types of things to think about. Should I use this awesome tractor? Or this other awesome tractor?? Super nice ride you have there!! I agree with @Achto Dan. Definitely a show worthy tractor as it is. Doesn't have to be pretty picture perfect. Yours is really close though already. As for the engine ... The modern 22 hp will run more smoothly than the old single lunger but don't be fooled by that. Those older Kohlers have a silly amount of torque compared to most others... Even seemingly larger more powerful engines. The way to solve it... ???.... Buy another snowblower and mount/use each one! Do you have a build thread on the almost done one?

That’s a terrible way to cut anything! I’ll come remove that knee mill with DRO for free and toss in a much more sensible sawzall!! Lol

My wife and I went to New England last week for our twenty-fifth anniversary. While heading up through Connecticut in the dark we came up to a stoplight and my wife looked out the window and said "oh no" I looked over and saw a Wheel Horse dealer sign. We were twenty minutes from our hotel and it was late. I then told her, guess what we are going to do first thing in the morning?!! When we got up the following morning she said "I can't believe the first thing we are doing on our vacation is going to a Wheel Horse dealer!" Upon our arrival I met the owner of the dealership who informed me that his dad first started selling Wheel Horses around 1975-6. I told him about my addiction and he said that he might have some things I might be interested in. My wife who has zero interest in this stuff just stayed in the car. When I carried out the big two sided metal sign she was just shaking her head. So I scored the two signs, both of which I already have but I can't get enough Wheel Horse memorabilia, a door mat, front weight kit and a vacuum unit !! All for a reasonable price. I must say that the owner really couldn't have been nicer. He told me they had tractors stacked two high in his little showroom back in the hay day. I asked him if he had pictures and he said yes he would have to dig them out and text me the pics. I will post them as soon as I get them. Needless to say this was a great start to our anniversary vacation (at least for me !!)

Funny, here I am trying to think of a name for my Grandpas Snapper I just picked up. Pullstart, that’s a good looking tractor coming together there, glad the misses likes it. I’m the same way, I can’t keep secrets for long before I get too excited and tell Mama Bear 😂

That will spin a 2stage no problem...

No I think it’s called saving up for the next tractor!

Or a cheap a--, depends on how you look at it I guess.

Since I already have the big sign in my garage I thought maybe I could put my new one in the bedroom. She thought not. You should have seen the look I got. I think most of y'all know THE LOOK!!

It still amazes me how many different key switches that WheelHorse andToro used on their various model tractors! I learn something new with eachswitch!

Great pictures...in your 6th pic in your last post, I see a difference in the height of the two gears on the right. The large one is the reduction gear...the smaller one is a pinion. It could be just the things that happen when taking the trans a part, but the two gears should be even on those shafts. The pinion sets on top of a "C" clip on the spined shaft, and the reduction gear sets on top of the cluster gear. The top of those two gears should be flush...and they probably were before you took it apart. Just one of the things to make sure of when you put it back together.

Bought a set of front wheel weights for the 68 Commando plow tractor, and painted them red. Once the paint hardens up, and I set the tractor up for winter I'll snap some pictures.

I keep the snow team in the shop for the winter months, never gets below 45* in there.

Looking good. You will need some shelves soone or later.

I had a RER Snapper and it was supposed to be "shot" when I got it. Used it for years at home and to mow a couple of old cemeteries the fire department maintained. It was a pretty tough mower, and mine was a testament to that, as it was upside down several times and just kept on working!

You are exactly correct about that. That is a list of spark plug part numbers that will physically fit into the same space that an h10c will fit. That does absolutely NOT mean that they are compatible for every engine. That right there is exactly why Champion is still trying to fight off a terrible reputation that they gained back in the 1980s and 1990s by combining heat ranges. https://goo.gl/images/Wn63DN If you click on the link above you will see a breakdown of the individual positions of the Champion part number. A cj8 spark plug will physically replace a j8c spark plug. The heat range is the same. The C at the beginning of the part number means that it is a bantam height or short porcelained plug. It would replace fine if the wire would reach ok. Unfortunately, that doesn't help you for a series 10 heat range. I don't know if there is one available. I am glad to see that you are able to fix the tractor to make it work without having to modify the plug.

I may just have to get another snowblower. They are cheap enough really to not have an extra one lying around. There is a build thread of the 22hp conversion in the engine section.

The model number may be 28084S https://www.partstree.com/parts/snapper/mowers-rear-engine-riding-lawn-mower/28084s-snapper-28-rear-engine-rider-8-hp-series-4/ Garry