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June 4, 1896, in the shed behind his home on Bagley Avenue in Detroit, Henry Ford unveils the “Quadricycle,” the first automobile he ever designed or drove. Ford was working as the chief engineer for the main plant of the Edison Illuminating Company when he began working on the Quadricycle. On call at all hours to ensure that Detroit had electrical service 24 hours a day, Ford was able to use his flexible working schedule to experiment with his pet project—building a horseless carriage with a gasoline-powered engine.

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

Henry's Quadracycle had no brakes and was able to go 20 MPH. Ford and the rest of the automotive industry has come a long ways in 130 years. When I was a kid driving $ 50.00 clunkers if a car or truck had 100K on the odometer it was destone for the scrap heap, now 300K is very common. Heard the other day that the average age of cars on the road in the US is about fifteen years old. My wife's car is eighteen years new and she won't even consider replacing it, my truck is seventeen years young and I feel the same.

I have looked for years and finally found a pedal tractor on ebay. It came with the correct sheet of new decals. I just finished painting and reassemble. It looks good. It was built by AMF in Olney IL. I grew up near there.

turned out it was the cylinder leaking. I believe it was wheel horse parts and service the rebuilt the cylinder for me. now it stays up for a few days. thanks ken

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I have used a piece of inch and a quarter Schedule 80 PVC pipe to tap on driving the seals into the housing with a 1 1/8" axle.

Somewhere a vintage truck is missing its clearance lights, I love the look.

I’ve owned/driven Toyotas, Chevys, Dodges, RAMs, GMCs, Nissans, Plymouths, Hyundai’s and Kia’s (and probably some other brands) …but never have I owned a Ford. Closest I had was a 1976 Mercury Capri with a v6 and a 4 speed manual. Very quick car! Funny enough I’m researching the mid/size trucks right now and the 2026 Ranger is very appealing.

Eric if you become a supporter of this site, you can post all the pictures you want. It’s only 20 bucks a year cheap price for the pleasure that you get. Good luck with your project and enjoy the ride when it’s done.

yeah, by the looks of the rub marks on the top it is a tight fit to slide it off. I see a master link on the chain might be the other option??

@sqrlgtr I don't have much choice here in Poland, I had only 1 original (pretty new) and another one was worn out so a few months earlier I temporarily put even cheaper wheel,but now that red one fits perfectly.

Unfortunately, I haven't had time for that yet. I plan on getting back at it on Friday evening - end of the school year stuff for the kids has the evenings booked up.

yes

I'm a tractor guy, and I am always open to new brands. I currently have a Cub Cadet 129, 1250, 1650 as well as a John Deere 212. I also have 4 Massey Ferguson tractors( 50, 130, GC2300, 1825E), a JI Case SC, a 1946 JD Model A, Farmall Cub, International 184. I was given a C-161 with the 8 speed Hi/Low transmission that was / is quite the basket case. When I picked up the tractor it had 4 flat tires, missing headlights, the hood was disconnected, gas smelled like varnish, clutch pedal stuck, steering mostly stuck, it looked like it sat outside for years, full of leaves, and moss of some kind growing in the cracks of the seat. This one is going to be fun. After digging into it, I found the coil was cracked, ammeter toast, battery toast, wiring was in shambles, mower deck is frozen, the hood was damaged and someone did a real rookie welding job on it :). But, the engine is not stuck!!!! I rewired the tractor, replaced the coil with one off one of my Cubs, cleaned and adjusted the points, changed the fuel filter, cleaned and gapped the spark plug, adjusted the governor and throttle cable, Grabbed an air filter and cover from a Cub cadet, swapped the battery. Now the old girl is running. I need to clean the carb, it's a little rough on the top end. I greased up the steering and it's a lot better, lubed up the clutch pedal and it's now working great. The brakes work as well as all 8 gears and the clutch seems good. Then I removed the mower deck so I can take a look at it and find out what is the cause of it not wanting to spin the blades. I have to admit, the Wheel Horse quick connect for the deck is pretty slick. What I need... Headlight assembly, points cover, air filter (this one is twice the size of my other Kohler filters), air filter cover (the big one), If anyone has any good tips on a good source or 2 for some of these parts that would be great. I wish I would have taken more pictures when I picked it up and to document the progress. I think I might try to make this tractor pretty again. Wish me luck. Eric W in NW Arkansas

I just bought #32. it has 1300 hours and is in very rough shape with an SS (super stupid) emblem on the hood. It will not start and run. it will fire for a few seconds with starter fluid. it has all the chrome and a 48 inch deck with a hole in it. #32 George F Schleicher now owned by Norman D in Rockton IL

Will measure later today .

For less than ten bucks you can save your self a lot of work. https://www.ebay.com/itm/387663699009?_skw=garden+tractor+ignition+switch+pigtail&itmmeta=01KT96NMHBN9AGSJD2BNR8Y3HR&hash=item5a428e9c41:g:JoIAAOSwFexnSXIO&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAABAGfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xB7dv9Pw%2F3UTMMyXdo549kKSOJC%2BkZzMXRHpMSRWPhE3uFzHZ4GlRzpJcaNnqDwfh0cGWPi5cYWQPVf17rsgb8TFmgLA7y%2Bg8I5x2B7FaGj%2BkB563Um3yi8LbDfwmFv9D7uFoKqTkjzNKQeQWZRaqAplpjyKrNIbEcSO6SCEy4UX%2B5fezQnMrsS19oN9kQ3j77UTMOK6DlB04m6YaJdJ6Rxj9yYLqg9wjUmGLpB8saPHCVezGwFeI%2Fy0VSONfULPN0mFkYnZLaTDTds9ZKQpYZKHMclcGU0IlrOgn2bQwqy8Rs9wecDEaxYarpiPBRdsEw%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_DI1qbSZw

953: I had a C141 one time and it had that same problem. So I went to see my dealer when they were in business with wheel horse he told me it’s probably because the engine was not in tune which created overheating and it bake the paint. And the other thing with the cradle mount to me that seemed to be a power robber with that big 14 shaken all over the place. This is just my two cents.

Still dont know if Im going to make it but will be no problem on hauling if I do. I might be putting up hay so????

You may want to get the plug in connector for the switch. You can get them with leads already installed and you just join your original wires to them. Wire colors can be switched around if desired by releasing the terminals. Click on the picture of the switch to see the connector. Releasing the terminals is explained here. Click on the terminal.

Its one of those no maintenance models

Okay. Just checked and it's breakerless, so the 103991 is what I'll need. Thank you all for the information. I really appreciate your help.

yeah it is....

After a little over a month Sooki is finally starting to get over her ugly puppy stage of life. She sure is a ball of energy, all go all the time. She's getting her basic commands down pretty good, food is a great motivator of course.

Supposed to be GOOD VIBRFATIONS, not bad.

The BLACK and ORANGE seat switch wires being joined together with the PTO on will prevent the magneto from producing a spark, just like the operator leaving the seat. What was the outcome of performing this test?

I did it a few weeks ago but I got the belt guard put on

Any free shipping offers from Wisc. if paying with cash?

A few weeks ago we were able to find some of those wheels at rural king, all we had to do was hit them with some red spray paint because they were bright white.

@BradKahler "Was the saran wrap for getting the seal onto the shaft? If so, I didn't have any issues in that department, the problems was getting the seals pressed into the bores." oh misunderstood never had any trouble going into case (knock on wood) but I have made seal drivers that are true/sqaure on the seal side that really helps.

I file the edges of the keyway and wrap it with electrical tape to prevent damaging the seal. Also file any burrs that might be on the axle especially if there are extra set screws. And the chamfer that often needs filing is on the transmission case. And then like is mentioned oil the seal up prior to installing.

Still waiting on the 30 fence panels, but my neighbor graciously lent me a temporary fence system for the pool to be opened! I started wiring the lights too. The new pool light is no longer line voltage to the pool, I’m excited about that. I did however run wiring through a GFCI breaker.

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

Yeah but you won’t sell me anything! I’m a cash buyer

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.

Took the deck off of the c-165. I just don't need that large of a deck and need to get to work on installing the FEL before fall. Not too much to do since this is in really good shape but I have to get started on some steering upgrades.

When the paint bubbled on my freshly restored C-121 I showed it to the man himself,Cecil Pond. I asked him about this and he said flat out, well I guess that’s a poor design! That little picture in the upper left corner was taken 10 minutes after we had that conversation. Me, Betty and Cecil 2004.

Nice seat repair too

Looks like there was a hot time under the hood at one time, if only they could talk ant tell their story.

What pressure fuel pump did you use. It may have over powered the float valve in the carb. How did you verify spark? Was the plug wet after you cranked it for a while. May be really badly flooded.

D 160-200 attachments are unique to that series. Decks, Blowers and plows from C 300/400 series will not fit There are two versions of D160 some came with Kohler K341 other with a twin onan.

from another Eric. You've managed to trip over one of the most desirable and best worker models Wheelhorse made. Best idea here is to clean the WHOLE fuel system. Remove, clean, and replace the tank, ALL rubber fuel line, filter, pump, and of course carburetor. Check the carb top shaft for excessive wear. For parts: 1. Place an ad in our classifieds. 2. PM @76c12091520h Brian. 3. CALL Lincoln at A to Z Tractor in PA. There are several other places to get general maintenance items. Luck!

The easier way is to look at the brake drum location and rotation. On six-speeds, the drum & band are very close to the rear axle housing (i.e. within an inch or two). On 8-speeds, they are three or four inches away. If the donor is on a tractor, then you can check the drum rotation: clockwise when the tractor is moving forward on six speeds; counter-clockwise on 8-speeds. Another look is the linkage attachment: six-speed linkage attaches at the end of the band clockwise from the case mounting tab; 8-speed at the end of the band counter-clockwise from the mounting tab. This is a six-speed brake

Well we found out was causing the problem and got the tranny put back together for the third time and put it in the tractor again and now it works and is a lot slower in low gear. I've also got 100 pounds total weight per wheel plus my 135-140 pounds and limited slip and chains I shouldn't be spinning very much this winter.

Not to worry. Axles and differentials aren't shimmed like crank shafts. A bit of end play is to be expected.

Is the whole axle and diff assembly supposed to be able to move back and forth about 3/16 of an inch in the casing once its all together?

Funny you should ask, Mike..... BT,DT. One for short frames, another for long frames... Been making these FOR YEARS now... Feel free to PM me if interested.....

Pulled the K-181 off my C-81 (snapped connecting rod) this evening. Once on the bench I drained the oil…not much there That last pic shows how much came out.