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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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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

@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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Best not repeated.

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 ...

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.

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.

Uncle Miltie!!

@Jrblanke Is Van coming this year?

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.

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.

Wow, less than 15 hours on a limited-edition machine is incredible. Have you ever had it professionally appraised, or are you planning to keep it long-term as a collector's item?

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.

Cleaning out drawers in shop today and came across a couple of papers that I've kept for more than 50 years. The first is the bill of sale for the El Camino when I bought it new in 1971. I was suppose to be practicing walking and seating for my high school graduation but dad and I were at the Chevrolet dealership. $3,688.00 brand new. Still have it and drove it a couple of days ago. Apparently, dad had to sign the loan for me. The second picture are from a Sedan Deliveries Unlimited club that I joined in the mid 1970's. Sure was a simpler time when a fellow awaited for the monthly (or bi-monthly) periodicals of his favorite club. I've still got the little round window sticker on the wing window in the delivery from the club. The club dissolved many years ago. The third picture is from the Sedan Deliveries National Meet in St. Paul Minnesota. My delivery (lower right) was one of the cars that was pictured in the monthly mail out that I mentioned under picture #2. Considering that delivery was rebuilt and made running in a small shop whose floor was sidewalk pieces removed when the city replaced them and laid together like a puzzle to make a floor that made a creeper useless. Paul and I were just out of high school, had no/little experience in restoring vehicles but young and dumb we jumped into it with both feet. We sandblasted the delivery using sand we sifted through a screen wire from the local lumber yard. It was my first road trip outside of my state of Missouri. I took about every tool I owned and the only issue that I recall was loose starter. The Montgomery & Wards engine overhaul kit is still holding together. I was probably 23 years old. Now that I am a grandpa, I can only imagine the worry of mom and dad as I struck out in basically and untested vehicle and more than likely no contact with them until I returned back home. Going to a far of city with only a paper map. My, how things have changed!

I read on this forum that if you bought the LSE and deck together that a box was shipped which had the covers, chrome gage wheels and chrome gage wheel bolts. I cant verify, but sounds right

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.

Just caught that Don ... I think they were repair kits for minor repairs on seats ... Looking what he had for original seats i have no qualms...

That’s a bummer man. I took a different approach. Kids are grown and if I croak, she’s covered. After 50 years without a bike and TCB, it was time to dial it back in. Best part? They fire right up every time, which is more than I can say for these confounded Wheel Horses! I do love them but they can be a real pain in the butt.

Yeah, definitely it’s the same idea as our Wheel Horses just two less wheels. It’s a bit sentimental in my case too. I have pictures of myself and my three brothers riding around in a cart behind it with our father at least 40 years ago.

One of my very much esteemed old colleagues had a number of them and was adept at keeping them going. They’re super cool, no doubt about it.

I haven’t decided what I want to do with it yet, but I’m leaning toward keeping it. There is two on eBay though, an unrestored one is at 200.00 another one that is fixed up and partially restored is 950.00.

That’s probably going to be my plan for the time being. I love old to see old stuff all original with patina. I have a ‘79 Toyota pickup that I left alone as far as body work and paint. Every so often I scrub it down with CLR then I rub it down with boiled linseed oil. Takes a couple days for the oil to cure out but it looks really nice and preserves it well.

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.

Some nice rigs there! Oh yes you can!!!

I want one of these terribly bad

For sale: Set of 22 7.50 12 tires. I believe they are the originals for a 1967 tractor, they were on out 1257 and they are the size the manual says. They do hold air when on a rim. Price: 5 bucks or offer

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.

You have to take into account the weather. It's Nado season !

Well I feel like a fool now looking at that all this time thinking it's a hose! (p.s. that tractor in that photo isn't mine, it's just one I pulled off here)

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.

Made a deal with my wife (long-time Trauma Nurse at a Level I Trauma Center) when I turned 60. Sold my F650 and got fitted for a new set of golf clubs First time in 50 years without one

Mrs. 8n and I partook of our health system today. She got carpal tunnel surgery on her dominant right hand, and while I was at the hospital, I got another blood draw. Her surgery went without complication. She had a choice of local anesthesia or general anesthesia. She chose local. Said she had a nice conversation with the anesthesiologist while the procedure was performed. Didn't take long. I left for the hospital lab just before she was wheeled off for surgery and was back in the recovery room when I got back to the room after my blood draw. When I asked what this draw was for, I was told it was to check my parathyroid levels. When we got home, I looked up what the heck a parathyroid was - 4 pea sized glands behind the thyroid that control calcium in the blood. The symptoms for improper operation of these glands read like a list of general complaints about getting old. Apparently, extra effort and testing is needed to see if one is normal or has parathyroid issues. The interweb also informed me that there is no drug therapy for this - the only known solution is to dig the offending part out. Edit: Results came back - parathyroid markers are within the normal range. Fly and watch.

Tore out all of the old weed paper and an old trampoline fabric out of the garden. Then had to move 4 bucket loads of mushroom dirt and topsoil from the driveway to the front flower bed with Elvis. Halfway through I was thinkin, "Is there enough gas in this? " Nope!

Ciao a tutti, mi chiamo Andreas e vi scrivo da Treviso in Italia , ho un 420 LSE senza nome e seriale . Ho registrato le foto anche su tractor data . Hi everyone, my name is Andreas and I'm writing to you from Treviso, Italy. I have a 420 LSE with no name or serial number.