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With some drooling to boot ... Took a little drive to the driftless area today to see Kurt @608KEB. It's a large area in south western Wisconsin that was left unscated by the ice age and sure is beautiful country. He sure is lucky to live there. Valleys and hills galore much like eastern PA. I used to ride there a lot, very nice roads and scenery that won't quit. There's a tavern there that has the best Sunday chicken dinner ... maybe we do a chicken run sometime Kurt you get out the Fat Boy!. Anyway I digress ... picked up a nice set of implements for a price I care not to mention... Sorry @Dan 312-8 ... Bonus I got to look see over the rest of his fine fine harem and he let me take pics... ... Enjoy. Now it's no big secret I am not a huge LSE fan @c-series don or any tractor I can't run a furrow with or stick in the dirt in any fashion but I may have to make an offer he can refuse on this one. He's had it posted here before but fer sure worth a second look. All his horses are in very very well kept shape.

Looks like we are gonna make it after all. Gonna take @Achto big red gasser truck. Still only get 12-14 mpg but better than diesel. Gas came down a bit around here ... less than 4 a gal. I topped off yesterday at $3.85.

Since it looks like we are gonna make it this one will be there for sale. A choice 867 @Sparky has dibs on. Will get it out, cleaned up and more pics Mikey. Will also have a 856. Stay tuned for pics and lots more other crap. Stuff will be priced to move ... need gas money & gotta get the old lady off the street.

I’ve been messaging him..yep, he’ll be there

Finished up some lawn art. The old MM plow on a somewhat raised bed. I had these old timbers just laying around. I planted grass around the perimeter and Zinnias in the area under the plow. Get another pic when they come up. Watering the snot out of them.

I worked with Kate Bossen ten years ago to create 1/12 scale Wheelhorse decals. Artwork was $150 - I paid half. Using the Ford LGT available on ebay, you can use the body as is, or there is enough meat to grind the front hood flat. Kate has retired and sold her decal business to "Midwest Decals". the decal models numbers are C-165 and D-200. they turn out really nice.

I turned 60 this year…I still think I have a few more good riding years in me. Don’t ride much, maybe a couple thousand miles each year.

Geez i feel very lucky after listening to you guys. i have a machine shop 1 mile from my house. my friend owns it too! now if i could just pick the correct 6 numbers for the lottery.

Might have to cut back on pie to put the money towards gas..... Bahaha...just kidding.

I recently replace the axle bearings & seals on one. I use a table that the top two pieces separate on, this allows the tranny to be placed with the right hand side up.

he probably don’t want her off the street that bad

Another vote for workmate with a custom jig the hole in the vertical is for the brake arm shaft. These are what yo want for bolts (180,000psi) nuts and rings.

This chart is my go-to for determining the production year, you can download it and have it handy for the next dozen or more Wheel Horses you buy. Model numbers are in the left column.

Finally got the shed I had built in November somewhat organized. Also got the stone put down around it. Got most the Wheel Horses in there. Trying to get the junk outta the yard & off my trailer.

@SylvanLakeWH, Fair warning, Elvis, Elvis leave me be...! Keep that pelvis far from me...! June 5, 1956, in an appearance on "The Milton Berle Show," Elvis Presley he set his guitar aside and put every part of his being into a blistering, scandalous performance of “Hound Dog.” “Heartbreak Hotel” is what made him the king of the radio and record stores during the spring of 1956, it was television that truly made him the King of Rock 'n' Roll. And if any one moment might be called his coronation, it was that night on Milton Berle's show. He put the guitar aside and America witnessed, for the very first time, the 21-year-old Elvis Presley from head to toe, gyrating his soon-to-be-famous (or infamous) pelvis.

Estons does make wonderful 3D printed models. As far as the Indy models MPC made models of race car, which included the wheelhorse pusher tractor. I have found photos of 3 different MPC boxes and I have 2 of them. AMT re-released as a white plastic kit. The 1/25 wheelhorse is so small its fragile. I have broken it a few times (more glue)

I started with this method once while replacing a broken axle. The taking apart portion was fine, but the reassembly and keeping the gasket in place while getting shafts into the needle bearings while finessing the heavy casting into place just wasn't my cup of tea. The "Work Mate" like Dan @Achto pictured above is a much better way to do it. Any dirt that gets inside will shorten the life of any hydro. If you don't have a pressure washer at home load it up and take it to the self-service car wash.

Cool project. If you have access to a good supply of oil, like lots of it, and not contaminated with coolant or water, and a way to store a lot on hand, it can be a great way to heat, IF it’s done safely. A gallon of waste oil is around 125,000btu, and i can burn 3/4gal - 1gal an hour with my setup, so 10+gal on a weekend in my garage is typical if i have a project to do. I have 3 55 gallon drums that i like to have full by when winter arrives. I started playing with drip feed over a decade ago. Nobody seems to talk much about or realize all of the babysitting involved, but i knew i didn’t want to waste so much of my time constantly scrounging for and feeding wood to my wood stove. I’ve learned a lot about burning waste oil with drip feed back then. Pre-heated oil burns cleaner and hotter. Cleaning ash sucks. Cleaning gooey ash really sucks. The warmer it gets the faster it flows. Thermal runaway is scary and dangerous. I put off using a siphon nozzle setup because I didn’t want my air compressor running all the time. I wish I would have made the switch long before i did. It actually uses very little air. My 60 gallon 2-1/2hp only cycles on 2-3 times an hour. The air atomizes the oil and it burns SO much hotter and cleaner. I might clean it out twice a season, burning 10-20hrs on weekends. But babysitting was still required maybe every 30-45 minutes, just a slight tweak, but it would still gradually creep up, but nothing like the drip feed. About 5 years ago i came up with the cure. A two circuit PID controlled oil feed. When it gets too hot, the PID slows it down. Now i can walk away and not worry. Seems like every year i tweak something with it to make it even better, a little more refined. It’s always evolving, but i know it’s safe now just the way it is.

I've pulled the right side casing off two different Sundstrands while still on the tractor. One to replace the differential/axles and the other just because it leaked faster than you could fill it. On that one I discovered this tragedy inside.

Hey WHX, nice post! It's going to take some time, but I'm gonna start putting together a C series with hydraulic lift. I have a nice running 12 h.p. Kohler 301. But if I can find a decent 16 h.p. I'm gonna go with that. Enjoy the implements!

With a hydro cleanliness is paramount. Clean the outside to a sparkle before you split it open. @squonk @Achto Does he have to take the pump off? don't I recall talk of being able to remove the right side if you just need to remove the differential. @608KEB While you have it open check and clean the screen suction filter

Here are all the pics I could find of the tube in my last rebuild. + I'm not sure about the size offhand but if you take your battery tray in you should be able to find a tube that fits the nipple coming out the bottom of it. That said, I don't usually bother installing this tube but since this tractor had it I installed it.

You can mount the trans in the engine stand and remove the hydro part. Then take out the 2 bolts holding the right side of the trans axle. it will hang there with no issues as it's not real heavy without the hydro parts. Or build a wooden box with a hole in the top so you can drop the left side axle through like a work stand.

I started the day by pressure washing the old David Bradley. I did the tractor then both wheels. It was in remarkably good condition for sitting outside for decades. Just a scuff up with some sandpaper, and I could probably prime and paint it. It definitely needs tires though. Every time I moved them both were shedding tire pieces They are 16x6 tires. I attempted to try a set of Wheel Horse rear tires to roll it around but the spacing was wrong. So I pressure washed and cleaned up the 312 and my ATV.

Today as it was 80 degrees outside it was wash day. The other two were just dusty, The 312 was the dirtiest and got the full treatment. A pressure wash, Armor All and tire cleaner and it looked almost new.😁 I even fixed a big chip I got in on the 312 a few weeks ago when I backed it into the winch on my ATV. A small brush and a small can of paint and it disappeared. If you ever change out stickers or have extra save them. When I chipped the paint it also messed up the sticker. I had an old one that was the same color and design so a small piece of that and its much less noticeable. I also gave the muffler on the C-141 a touch up as the high heat paint was coming off where the exhaust turned and went up the pipe. It’s been a productive day.

A few years ago I traveled to Ky and bought #423 of 425 60th anniversary with less than 10 hour. I drive it a few times a year and it still has less then 15 hour on it. Its in museum condition - maybe it should be in one instead of my garage in IL

Wow, that WorkMate bench has been worked!

I use and abuse that little table A LOT. It's handy as heck, has a good work height, and stores small. I have had to replace the top boards once or twice in it's 15+yrs of service, mainly do to abuse. https://www.walmart.com/ip/BLACK-DECKER-WM125-Workmate-Portable-Project-Center-and-Vise/8054746

Proof positive that you can be funny without profanity or vulgarity.

@Jrblanke Is Van coming this year?

You will be able to remove the right hand side without removing the pump. There are two bolts that go through the pump housing and case halves, and two bolts that just hold the pump housing to the left hand side of the case. I was easily able to remove the right hand side to replace axle bearings without removing the pump.

Love that little truck.

Yeah that’s exactly it. It will remove the red oxidation color, leaving fairly clean steel. I use a blue scotch brite pad and go over the whole rig just like washing a car. Let it dry then apply the oil. Some guys use Comet instead of CLR and it works well also. Either one will remove lots of old dirty stains from paint. Some people use Penetrol or Fluid Film instead of the boiled linseed oil. Main thing is whatever oil you use is to apply and then really rub most of it off, leaving a very light film. They all take a couple days to cure out. Rags with boiled linseed oil have been known to combust so if you ever use it be careful with those oily rags. Really not a northern thing, I’m in NC and I know lots of guys that utilize this method just preserving old original paint. I think it started out in the rat rod scene.

Is your battery the type that needs water added regularly? If not, I wouldn't worry about it. I've owned about 20 Wheel Horses over the years and since batteries became mostly maintenance free, I've never needed a drain. You're better off just cutting some 1/4 inch rubber mat to place in the bottom of the tray.

Best not repeated.

Pictures: Cab off: New manifolds: Engine out in the open:

He said he had it listed here for 3k Don then dropped it to 28 with no bites other than El Crapo nosing around. I told him I take that to the BS 35 all day. #143 400 & some change hours I think. Youda never known the hours the way he has it cleaned up. No name plate ... what was your Idea for one @Achto??? Worth the big D court I think ...

Striper season is open on the Chesapeake bay.

I think that cable routing looks pretty good. Attaching a trickle charger and still being able to close the hood is nice. Also, WHEN that 9 pin connector starts acting up- the main battery cables won't be in your way. And grounding on an engine lug is actually a good idea. The 520 series tractors have more wiring than all of the rest of the classic models. There isn't a clean and neat version that I've seen. The absence of wire nuts, scotch locks, or electrical tape is a good thing.

There is a HEAVY DUTY snap ring on each axle that retains them in the differential. You should mount the snap rings with the sharp edge toward the opposite axle when installing them. You would be well advised to replace Flex Top lock nuts on the differential bolts, McMaster-Carr is a good source if you don't have a good local source. https://www.mcmaster.com/products/nuts/locking-type~flex-top/ Engine stand mounting would be good for cleaning but once you are beyond that point it is a table top project because the housing needs to be split.

If you can tell a closed-end wrench from a chainsaw you should be able to ratchet your way through this. When we did the full restoration project on my 1975 C160 Automatic I had to split the case. THESE PARTS ARE HEAVY. Please use appropriate cautions, tools, and PPE. I had the pump off for cleaning. Set it aside on the bench. The lower case is similar to the Wheelhorse Unidrive manual transmissions. Just less gears in there. All parts are readily available from one of us or our vendors. I like @squonk's engine stand idea. Be prepared for thorough cleaning outside and inside of everything anything those things and all things. After that clean it more. Here's the thread from that. Let me know what gaskets you need. I may have them here. @pfrederi @daveoman1966 and @953 nut were very helpful on that.

What is the matter with you ... the manual says before every use... heck there might even be pictures in the manual! Gonna have to have a day of the week where everyone checks their oil ... like oil check Saturday and if there are no pics it didn't happen. Sure does seem to be a rash of snapped rods lately.

Wicked cool. As your ole man @PeacemakerJack may recall - the IHC Cubs were my first intro to garden tractors... My maternal "Grampa" had a yellow & white one.. then red Cub Cadet when I was young. Very stout machines. IMHO comparable in quality to a Wheelhorse. Just not as easy to build or maintain. I'll be looking forward to seeing how this goes. 🙂

I bought aftermarket wheels for RD deck, $7 a piece, and I installed zerks . Slightly narrower than original but color is right.

I used my 864 to pull my dad's 1257 that I forgot to check the oil level in and snapped the rod on, on a 6 by 12 trailer to the garage with more room to hopefully get the tractor out back together soon. I had the trailer balanced so that my tractor was just pulling and not dealing with the tongue weight and bouncing of everything.

Today, I pulled 2 of the 3 usable tractors the 312 and the C-141 out to get to my ATV with a winch to move my Snowmobile around. Frank, The C-141 definitely likes the more constant use even if it is just moving it out of the way. I haven't had a problem starting it for months. Yesterday, I put a new deck belt for the 37"SD on the 308. I got a few years out of the same old one, and it wouldn't keep tension without needing to extend the adjustment screw on the mule drive.

I know of another orange Toyota in the NC area. @Lee1977 has the one below. Really tough little trucks!

@MainelyWheelhorse brought up today... and someone else I don't recall just recently... That I MAY have a few tractors. A problem? An addiction? No no no of course not. So I commenced to countin'.. Running and usable: 1. 1974 "Cinnamon Horse" C160-8. 2. My own fully restored 1975 C160 Automatic. 3. "The Ugly Bruce" tractor. 1978/9 C121 Automatic. Projects: 4. 1974 C160-8 Tecumseh/ Briggs Vanguard swap tractor. 5. 1977 B80 8 speed that needs an engine repair or swap. 6. "Hollis" 1975 C160-8. So named for the town it came from. 7. Pile o' parts to build a complete new (520-8 based with C series sheet metal) chassis for the Wally Digger Backhoe. 8. COLOSSUS PROJECT. (Thanks @SylvanLakeWH) 9. Enough other parts to build at least one more 8 speed mid 70s C series. Maybe two??? So maybe 10......??? Oh man.....