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After 5 years of abuse, my project C4 has had its first failure. whilst driving up a gravel pile it slowly sank down until I bellied and gravel got trapped in the transfer mechanism. hoping nothing is bent and it’s an easy fix! I think it was worth it for the picture I wanted though

Acquired in October of '18 ~ initially for the mower deck. Then I realized what I had. Far from perfect, but very unique. (suspect it's very early production) I don't think I have the heart to break it up.

Since it wasn’t my stuff I didn’t post on it. Only picture I got. You know, “no pictures it didn’t happen”. I helped a friend load a BUNCH of stuff that a guy had been collecting for years. He passed and the wife decided to start selling off stuff. That was the first load. Second load mostly parts. One of those “friend of a friend” things. I just enjoyed digging through all the stuff. I couldn’t begin to describe all the stuff he had gathered. And this is just the stuff she let go of. You’ll see a lot of it in June at the show I would imagine. 👍

I have been contemplating about picking up a welder for the longest time. I went to Harbor freight today and picked this up and boy am I glad I did. Now this ad's a new twist in my rebuilds . I have access at work to bigger welders but this will help me in some other thinner metals!

I have been building and driving street rods for nearly sixty years. This '48 FORD F1 pick up has been on the road for three decades!

Whachamatter wif you... every addict worth his horse follows the classifieds.

Put the finishing touches on a 3 speed for a 1055 resto and worked on a K 161. Primed a short frame that was starting to flash rust. Dan @Achto stopped over for some shop time and to eyeball some new to me's. We also broached some roached hubs. Look for an add in classifieds as will be offering this service.

More pics my honey took..

I'll add my version...kinda like having a stuffed between the fenders .

It didn't break, it just presented you an opportunity to make it even more dependable by fabricating a chain guard! The picture of C 4 conquering the gravel pile is great.

So... Mrs. Pullstart: “you and all your tractor buddies are wierd.” Me: explaining what and who we are talking about, gets a smirk out of Dell’s hauling tactics comment. Mrs: “if we put all your crap together it would look like that.” Me: start explaining that I don’t have any RJ’s or Suburbans. Mrs: “you know I like Suburbans, how come I don’t have one of those?” Me: “because I haven’ been Able to find one yet!” the shopping list continues.... I think I won that conversation! Thanks for the picture Richie!

Here are a couple of pics, still dripping with mud! @Vinylguy, I’ll be hollering at you soon for a 633 set, d160 set, and one for this one.

The steering wheel repair turned out pretty good. Craig, your tip on using a glove and water with that epoxy sure made this job easier. Thanks!

After reading the topic How did you come up with your screen name I came across a very nice 1973 AMX owned by AMC RULES and I am amazed that a lot of RS members seem to enjoy a lot of the same interests.I purchased a 1970 Dodge Challenger in 1976 with a 318 and did have some fun with It,but in 1977 I decided i needed a little more power and found a 1970 Chevelle SS 396 with 17,000 miles on it,quite a bit difference under the hood,and then had to have hedders, aluminum intake,bigger carb ,cam and the list goes on. I noticed it had a very similar air cleaner with the large rubber gasket which seals the underside of the hood that Chevy called Cowl induction,not sure if AMC called it the same. Anyway I sold the car in 1999 to my brother in law so at least it is still in the family.It seems funny that we seem to have big boy toy syndrome and enjoy these little tractors so much.And last but not least the underhood of that AMC was impeccable. Jim

Did not really know where to post this, but I am re-doing every one of my tires with freshly painted rims. Some are good enough for tubeless and some need new tubes. I found heavy duty Korean tubes reasonably priced, but paying 4 bucks for a pair of bubble packed shrader valves hurts a bit when you need 20 of them. NAPA has them in bulk packs of 50 and they sold me 10 each of each hole diameter for less than 40 cents each. BTW, i also found 4 ply aggressive ATV tires for $80.00 the pair up the road at a go-kart supply store. Thinking about the 520 as a dedicated snow pusher just because of so many problems with properly powering a PTO for the mower.

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Well...... it seems like the same people who bad-mouth horizontally-opposed flathead engines (including Briggs, Kohler, and Onan) are the same ones who can't outsmart a Tecumseh. The original engine on my '83 GT-1848 served me well for quite a few years - until the crank gear & key and valves/guides got bad enough that it was better for my wallet to repower than repair. (I already had the replacement engine) It's had a Vanguard V-twin on it for quite a while - and I'm very pleased with the power and the fuel consumption.

Check out one of our restoration guru's(Denny Clarke's) thread Dells... some good steering wheel refurbishing info in here.

Honestly guys, I’m going to start putting a marine primer bulb in line in the yard to start ones. Did it on the D160. 2 squeezes and it fires every time! That is only when it has been sitting for a while though.

Too neat and organized for me!

Richie, where is the post explaining this picture?

Changing of the guard here .... RJ '55 vintage Amigos.... with a front sickel bar and very vintage plow to boot...

I needed another tractor with a ball hitch. My 312H was tied up, so I added a front ball hitch to the 312A. Really makes it easy to push the splitter into tight places.

Funny you should mention that Jeff. I stopped at the local car wash and left them about 50lbs of mud. It amazed me how much mud could be packed on one little tractor. The guy I bought it from was 14. Where he lived was pretty rundown, but I’m sure the family was doing the best they could. I saw him and two of his sisters. He had two other brothers. He was honestly one of the most polite kids I’ve met. Great manners and very neat looking. His sisters were very pretty as well. Gotta give his parents props for raising very polite, nice kids! His price was very fair, so I didn’t try to beat him up and felt he could use the money. Anyway, here are some car wash pics and one of Emory with it at the garage.

I’ve had my fill of wrangling for a while. Helped drag all these from a barn.

Assembly has begun.

Cover it back up with mud.

The winner!!!! One of our hiking friends was over for a visit today and this was also her suggestion. Worked perfectly.

That's exactly why I don't want to "ruin" it. I really wasn't planning on another mouth to feed. Perhaps it needs a new caretaker?

Very interesting with that color matched axle, trans-axle and frame .... might be the first Ive ever seen that way.

One vote of confidence for the Briggs. The only WH engine in my herd that's never been touched is the twin Briggs on my '78 C-161. It's had a couple sets of plugs over the years and regular maintenance and that's it. Plus, after he passed away, it sat in my Dad's basement for 8 years before I got it out a couple years ago. Fresh gas, a battery, and a tune and it fired right up and has been my workhorse ever since.

It's a hold over from back when I was restoring this ol' girl.

It's been sitting for a few years, so not real well. It made it from driveway to shed under its own power. I haven't touched it since.

Ahhh, so nice, I wanted to post it again... Project C-4, my favorite Meadowfield creation....at least, to date it is.

Ha, thanks - I have been looking at the picture and thinking I need to pull my finger out and make one!

Best thing I've done to my 312-8, it can sit for months, couple of squeezes, turn the key BOOMSAKALAKA, Houston we have lift off .

Did you see Denny’s RJ58 thread? He just repaired his wheel with the PC7 epoxy stuff.

@dells68 hope you get better quickly my friend. 👍

Mother of God! There's some calendar material if I've ever seen it.

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It Appears that there are 2 different size coils in the beast. One of them, the small one, was not reading properly on the multimeter. It also has a melted coil wire someone taped over. One of the intake gaskets were torn and I think it was sucking air into one of the cylinders causing the backfiring . My brother an I also figured we would remove the heads and decarbon and inspect while the engine is out. Doesn't look too bad, some funky wiring problems that need tube fixed but a good going through and cleaning and I think will be like new. Access Panels More pics to come.

Garry, you ARE the man! Thank you very much!

EB your fuel tank is located up above the battery? There should not be to much for priming. Should almost self prime. Maybe a little compressed air in the tank to push the fuel. should come out of the carb hose. I just put the air nozzle in the tank and my hand to cover the hole. Just a little shot of air should do it.

This one may help. May be the only Wheel Horse model using this setup. Click on the picture. Garry

Because of engine heat, I wash out all the old grease and use synthetic grease that won't melt.

Dad and I are "Locked in" at the Days Inn as well. We'll be out there Wed. evening to Sat. I see @stevebo finally smartened up! But it will probably be beautiful weather now that he did so thanks Steve!

Well, I went and worked on Dad’s driveway to try to keep all of this rain from washing it away. We keep some small ditches across it to carry water into the drainage ditches and a heavy rain just about washed all of the roadbed from on top of one of his culverts. Anyway, I took a few minutes to do a quick cleanup of the decals to reveal her true identity. Wait for it ..... Drum roll...🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 .....753! I think this ole gal will clean up pretty dog on good! I did find a coil on it that says use external resistor. I’m surprised it ran at all. I bet that was why he had to keep the choke half open and the throttle up. Might even explain some of the exhaust smoke I noticed. Already picked up a new coil😉.

Well a new horse is a good way to make you guys feel better for sure. Got to feed the addiction! Hey when are going to send me those adoption papers . I even come with my own horses. I'm sure if you asked my wife she'd probably just roll me up to your door with a note pinned to my shirt ring the doorbell and run ! Waiting for some Dells and here's road trip song for your trip home.