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I called my wife and told her that I'll pick up pizza and coke on the way back from work. But it seems she was not happy. She still regrets letting me name the kids.

520H with the wheels I widened and the 26x12 tires.

I have an Economy Jim Dandy, I think it’s mid to late sixties? It’s been in my basement for almost thirty years! Every now and then I dump a little Marvel Mystery Oil in the spark plug hole and spin it over a few times. I probably should sell it because at this point I’ll probably never use it! I bought it in 1984, when I was 14 and I’m the third owner, also still have the mower deck for it!

OK, any idea where I should send the claim and bill? Parts 2 lock washers $1.16 Brake cleaner $3.99 Labor 3 hrs @ $10.00 $30.00 ( my labor is subsidized by the US Guv.) Total claim $ 35.15

The numbering system rules of thumb devised by Wheel Horse was very logical and easily understandable UNTIL a few exceptions to the rules became a bit unruly. You see, every hard and fast Wheel Horse rule has an exception or two. The first digit of a three digit model numbers tell the horsepower, for example a 654 would have a six horsepower engine. Staying with the 654 the second digit tells us this is an electric start manual transmission. If it was a X0X it would be a manual transmission pull-start engine. If it were a X7X then it would be an electric start hydrostatic transaxle. In 1967 the six speed transaxle was introduced and the number 6 replaced the 0, 5, or 7 as next to last digit. The final number is the year of manufacture, 654 having been a 1964 model. 1963 brought about the first flagrant departure from "THE RULE". If you bought a 603 you got a six HP Tecumseh pull start manual shift No rules broken there. If you bought a 654 you got a six HP Tecumseh electric start manual shift No rules broken there BUT, if you bought a 633 you got a seven HP Kohler pull start with a magneto ignition manual shift . Didn't see that in the rule book? In 1964 the first double digit engine number came along with the introduction of the 10 horsepower 1054 so we had to start the countdown from the right like Arabic or Hebrew. In 1965 the new square hood design was launched and the pesky numbering system got in the way again. Wheel Horse had a store-house full of round fenders and pan seats so a new square hooded round fendered model evolved, the 1045. Several models conforming to the existing system were added to the line-up. 605, 655, 855, 875, 1075, no problem so far. but, the company wanted to retain the 1054 - - - and they had a manual shift version of the 1057 which would be a 1055 so they couldn't just change the four to a five. Just an an A to the 1054. Since the last number changed each year that this system was used, they are all one year only and in my opinion, they are all special.

Markup on the washers?? Too low on the labor - Minimum Wage is $17 or more - depends on locale. You forgot the "Service Call Charge" - $100 minimum. You DID have to leave the house to fix this, right?

There is Country Squire near me. 1953 model with a 9 horse Wisconsin. Has been refurbished. Owner is a friend. He has let me parade drive it and plow with it. To start it…turn on the gas set the choke Wrap the rope around the pulley and give it an easy pull Open the choke Wrap the rope and pull hard Starts every time.

The only thing stopping me is they have to be hooked to an auxiliary switch to be legal in PA, and I am running out of places to mount auxiliary switches.

OK, I have my new return spring. As you can see the overall length of the replacement spring is much taller than the old one. I assume I'll need to shorten the spring so that it engages with the outboard holes and at the same time have the "U" sit behind the roll pin. Or am I looking at this all wrong? Thanks in advance!

@Ed Kennell, you should see if this is warranted from the guy you got that from!

The crowd watching him was about as quirky as the song.

The Horse is already out of the Barn, but... And THAT is exactly why we need to pull out the Cell Phone & click off a couple of pictures at different angles prior to disassembly. Priceless in that situation. Cell phone pix are better than the digital camera in that you can zoom up & around for fine detail.

Thank you, seems the factory broke its own rules their first year and most every year thereafter. Guess that explains why the numbering system went away after 1967, confused themselves too much. I knew there would some corrections to this, I will update it my list awaiting future changes needed next time.

Lets not forget the 702, also an electric start. Like @953 nut stated, number system was kind of a rule of thumb not a law.

Wouldn't the 701 have been the first break in the rule since it is a 7 horse power electric start with manual transmission?

Got a slight correction here - The 633 had a 6hp K141, not a 7hp K161. A glitch in the Master Model List calls it a 7hp. This makes the 633 the only 6hp with a Kohler engine. They also made a B-60 "6hp ?" No, this tractor had a 7hp K161 under the hood.

1054 = 1964 1054A = 1965

After work pics….

This hobby is way more fun if someone does it with ya. I allways thought those REO's were the coolest lookin rear engine jobs out there . Nice and low like a go-cart. Mike...........