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August 19, 1950 ABC begins broadcasting Saturday morning kids' shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch).

What do you get when you put ducks in a cement mixer? Quacks in the concrete!

It's a 5 minute walk from my house to the bar, but a 45 minute walk from the bar to my house. The difference is staggering.

What do you call a well balance Horse? Stable Why can't you hear a pterodactyl going to the bathroom? Because the "P" is silent. What id the difference between a poorly dressed man on a tricycle and a well dressed man on a bicycle? Attire Two fish are in a tank. One turns to the other and says "Any idea how to drive this thing?" What did the drummer name her twin daughters? Anna 1,Anna 2 Why do cows have hooves instead of feet? They lactose. I stayed up all night and tried to figure out where the sun was. Then it dawned on me. Why do chicken coops only have two doors? If they had four, they would be chicken sedans! I am on a 30-day diet. So far, I’ve lost 15 days.

Installed a set of 2” wheel spacers on the other 520h today. I dont know what these rims/tires came off of but they had a lot more back space than Wheel Horse rims. Had to cut a counter bore on lathe to fit the WH hub but turned out pretty good. The way it was set up before the rear end was a lot narrower than the front and looked plumb goofy. It actually was rubbing on the right hand side. The tires or BKT’s and they are a tall 10.50 and I think I like them.

What does a man have that; is somewhat ridged, somewhat flexible, has the following letters in its spelling, N S P E I ? ? ? ? SPINE What did you think I was spelling?

Only thing I would change is that shiny new gas cap. Just ain't right.

If someone makes a profit form having saved a vintage Wheel Horse from becoming scrap metal I'm happy. We don't KNOW it was a clean-out and a huge profit is being made but if it was then so be it. As an aficionado of rusty relics I am glad to see it being placed in the hands of someone who will show it some love, my only hope is that it will remain a Barn Find and not be restored, there are plenty of restored RJs out there but few that show the honest patina of their age. Of course I am old and show some honest patina of sorts so that explains a lot.

Reminds me of a personal add: Looking for attractive, single woman who likes tractors, dogs, pick up trucks and hunting. Send pictures of tractors, dog(s), truck and rifles.

Saturday morning cartoons were a weekly institution in my house!

I concur with @ri702bill on all points and once dialed in, these decks do cut nicely. They are not “silent” like a perfectly tuned belt-driven deck but they are not loud either. I’ve not encountered anyone who welded the bearing holder (aka, the backbone) and got it perfectly aligned and dimensioned. At least two guys I’ve spoken with eventually got parts decks with unbroken ones to swap in. They can be had. With the right tool, the spindle bearings press in easily (as do the grease seals) but they will distort with even minor misalignment. That spindle looks good (it is hardened where it forms the inner race of the roller bearing). I ended up using shims on the cross-shaft (behind one face gear) to reduce gear lash while leaving about .02” of play for thermal expansion (yes, those gears and the cross shaft do get warm in operation). It took three assemble/disassemble/reassemble tries. Lavishly grease the gears (I now use 3x what I initially thought they should need)--yes, some will seep out around the gear covers--normal (didn't @squonk mention rags ) You are well ahead of the game in that you don’t have rust-through at the top front center of the shell. Typically, users: a) don’t clean the wet grass that accumulates underneath at that point, and b) adjust the lift too high so that the deck frame bangs against that part of the shell, denting it. You’ve been warned. From my notes: 1508 spindle bearing (4) ==> Koyo B-1212 needle bearings 1303 oil seal (2) ==> Timken 312518 seals Staked cross shaft 1515 bearing changes to the 101480 bearing which is a 1630 2RS Glad you are looking to put this back in action.

“What’s black and bad for your teeth? A bowling ball.”

“If you see a robbery at an Apple Store does that make you an iWitness?!”

If Apple made a car, would it have Windows?

It sounds like it is a competitor of the more popular Tire Slime. Slime comes in 2 formulations - one for tuleless and the other for tubed tires. Both work well. The same Slime also makes a decent sealer for rim leaks when mounting a tubeless tire on a lightly corroded rim....

Brad if there is one thing that I learned about Tecumseh engines is they like to be run more often I had a few when I first got into wheel horse. This is my experience and I was told this from a member here who’s had a few himself.

My brother in law has something similar. Top is full of stuff. You can't find a thing!

I had to buy myself something after all the crap I went through all the years. I decided I wanted more tool storage but room is at a premium. There was a shelf bolted to the underneath of my work bench with just some odds and ends. I looked at it and thought if I remove the shelf I might be able to fit a roller cab under it. So I measured and looked around. A 5 drawer Yukon cabinet from my fav, " Horror Fright " would fit nicely with out the wheels. $359 not horrible but I get rewards money and stuff goes on sale all the time. I cut off the shelf and sliced the back of it off and reinstalled on the bench for bracing and waited.................. New sale today!!! Coupon for the cabinet! 50 bucks off!!! so off I went. Used my HF card and will get 5% cash back on top of the sale price Didn't want it sitting right on the concrete so I bought one of those stall mats from TSC and trimmed it to fit around the table legs.

My mistake. Apologies.

What, no pick-um-up truck on that list??

I was figuring on pulling it behind The Ugly Bruce tractor out on the road side for a bit. That's an Automatic transmission so it's faster than my other tractors. But.... I could also just hitch the trailer to the car and go for a slow drive. It has actual road usable hubs.

You get that trailer going five MPH on your land; we want video.

Sounds like your looking for a tractor built for two, some thing like "Big Betty Baloo"

Another point peculiar to these decks - the spindles must be properly timed, as the tips of the blades make an overlapping cut. Timing is done at assembly, set the hub shafts pins to be 90 degrees apart. Kind of like a WWI fighter plane's machine gun bullets shooting thru the area of the spinning propeller - they HAVE TO miss each other.

Have new gaskets for the breather and look carefully in the manual for the correct orientation of all the parts! You don’t want to have to revisit this!

My wife rearranged the spice rack labels... I haven't told her yet but the thyme is cumin...

Even the dog appears to like the looks of it!

Welcome! The cracked & repaired cast iron bearing housing - the back mounting surface NEEDS to be flat... If not, the gear mesh will be off... The housing cracked, most likely, by someone mowing & hitting a stationary object. Bad thing happen - you may also bend that spindle and that end of the cross shaft. Runout in either or both causes issues. Check those parts too... Installing the new caged needle bearings.... They NEED to be pressed in, not by impact whacking a socket that fits. Torrington recommends using a piloted stepped tool that has a negative 15 degree shoulder to contact the radius at the edge. Also note that the upper & lower are not installed flush - the lower is driven in about 3/16" beyond flush to make room for the seal. The gears - are reversable - the side gears can be swapped left to right, the shaft gears can be flipped over to give new surfaces - as long as someone prior did not already do it. Properly set up, the gear drive deck cuts well.

Nothing wrong with the HF toolboxes! I have this monster in my garage.

Due to issues getting parts I've located an 8-speed transmission from a Raider 8 and will be installing it in the 656. The 8-speed appears to be in really nice condition which helps get me back on track to continue the rebuild. Over the intervening months I've managed to source a good replacement gas tank, replacement pull starter, spare 6-HP Tecumseh engine, and a really nice RM-117 mower deck. I'm currently contemplating getting the wheels sandblasted along with a few other parts which would allow me to start painting as well. Anyway, I'm looking forward to making some nice progress over the next couple of months.

Pricey maybe..but how many originals are out there for sale? How many have been restored (ruined) by a rookie with a rattle can, how many have cut hoods to accomadate a Predator motor etc. Its genuinely rare if you ask me.

That is why I just mentioned it and didn’t want to provide a link. Just wanted the guys to check it out, as they don’t come along like that too often. @953 nut I agree with you, if I were to purchase it I’d just clean it up and save the patina. And as many of you know I like some shiny tractors!

Thanks, and you are 100% correct, I don't want to revisit it again

Guys, keep in mind that linking to an ebay ad is against the site rules.

Do it hard enough and wreck a tire or even bend/break something!

Extra appreciation!

Brad are you adding a second pedal? The 3 speed tractors all had a single pedal. I believe all the 8 speed tractors had two pedals. That'll cause an issue with linkage.

New candidate for Wide Rear Wednesday

I try and encourage everyone to become a supporter of the site especially if you are getting bit by the Wheel Horse bug and plan on staying around. You will not find a better group/community of people to be around. Supporter status gives you chance to post unlimited photos and few other perks. Well worth the cost of admission. 

Got the other 520H going and mounted 48” deck back on it, everything seems to be good. Mowed about 30/40 mins with it just to see if she was going go or blow. The ol girl ran good and strong never missed a beat, strong hydro. Mowing deck was leaving 2 streaks evey pass and I said self Ive seen this before , PO had 42” blades installed, if he thought it mowed good before he would really think it mows good after I put 48” blades on it . BTW put some wheel spacers on it, will show in a thread in restoration forum.

1194 key replaced by937084 Woodruff #5 (1/8"x5/8") at you local hardware store A 3/4" retaining ring is sized to fit a 3/4" shaft. The actual diameter is smaller and also available at you local hardware store. They have one rounded side and a sharp side because they are stamped. You want the sharp side installed in the correct direction to maximize the retaining effect.

Take pictures of how far the bearings are pressed in before removing them. There is a whole thread dedicated to this. At least you won't have any questions during assembly.

Best way to get another 50 years out of that transmission!