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August 17, 1933 MLB player Lou Gehrig plays his record 1,308th consecutive game.

Haven’t had a Wheel Horse for about 28 years since I gave my 852 to a brother of a coworker to restore and never saw the tractor again. Just purchased a 520xi with 48” deck and single stage snow blower in good condition, 880 hours. Will pick it up Thursday as there is no rain in the forecast (Hoosiers will understand!). Semi retired Reliability Engineer so I over analyze everything. Looking forward to contributing and learning!

I keep this one around as a reminder: Completely embedded until I split it.

Needed some bushes removed, have a 520 serviced and ready for sale, figured why not

Good rainy day to get some much needed crab trap maintenance done while the 312H watches. Then finished the crabs we caught last week.

A bit more progress, hubs done, wheel adapters done and it bolted up in place. Looking good 😍

Welcome! Yeah, that Engineer thing never leaves you, even after you retire.... This sums it up well I'm afraid...

Since the flywheel has obviously been spun on the crankshaft you should also take a good look inside the flywheel bore.

The best paint I've found is Rust-oleum Satin Black, you can't tell it from the Factory finish. This tractor has all OEM paint but the front black I had to redo because of several large scratches.

Some old pics i found of the “hay maker”. I don’t normally mow wet grass, but when it rains for days and the forecast doesn’t look any different…

That flywheel had definitely spun before and probably because someone put a little woodruff key in there. I don't see that as being the end of that shaft though. Just put the proper key in it and it will hold. I'm no Onan expert and barely know them but most every other engine uses a taper fit lock instead of relying solely on a key to hold them in place for a reason. That's a straight shaft fit so the long key is definitely required

Washed the furnace filter, did a couple loads of laundry, mowed the lawn with Morgan, after putting new anti scalp rollers on, picked up a pile of sticks & acorns my wife had raked up, carried a bunch of stuff out to the new A Liner camper, and pumped the accumulated rain water out of the pedal boat and washed it. Oh, walked the dog and took a short swim in the lake. Waiting for foil dinners to cook now.

Here is the key you need:

I installed new rear anti scalp rollers on my 42" SD deck. No bushings needed in the new rollers, as they have a 1/2" bore. Rounded edges on the rollers too - should cut down on the axial load on the snap rings that retain them. No, I didn't have my phone with me so no pictures. Y'all are just going to have to believe me!

I just did this a few weeks ago on my 161 thinking it might help when I installed the FEL. I used a 60 grit flapper wheel on an angle grinder to take the top off the axle. Washers and bearing were only 1/8" and it was surprisingly easy to take that off.

At very least clen up the shaft and flywheel bore and apply Loctite bearing and sleeve retainer. give it a shot. You can't spoil a rotten egg!

I'm having a problem with the photo angle as well. The crankshaft should be tapered and the tail of the key rides above and locates the magnet ring to time the ignition. That magnet ring may be damaged with the failure. It appears that the crank has grooves worn in it and that may not grab the flywheel well. Any debris and high spots on the crank and in the flywheel needs to be removed and then the parts can be lapped together with fine lapping compound. The surfaces need to be completely clean and then only a wipe of rust proofing applied. The flywheel bolt torque is 55 ft. lbs. with a drop of oil on the threads and under the bolt head. What really is needed is replacement of the crankshaft and flywheel, using these parts might very well cause a failure in the future.

Mrs Sylvan helped me put the door back on the deer blind and clear out brush from the shooting alleys in preparation for early doe September 12-13... door blew off in a windstorm over the winter. @Pullstart I wore my best t-shirt... Ready for the season!!!

to the BUG.

I put that type PTO on my 1055 but had to remove the handle due to interference with the angle adjustment for the snow plow.

The clutch on a 1965 Wheel Horse looks like the photo below. This owner manual should be helpful too.

Agreed. It looks to be using the PTO components from a Commando 800 or similar era tractor. Functional, but..... nothing else is there. No deck mounting brackets, no tach-a-matic. Maybe intended for a snowthrower setup??

Someone probably replaced the ignition module but never properly torqued the flywheel bolt when they put it back together, which made the key shear. The long key is used to hold the trigger ring in time. Someone else on here had the same problem with a sheared flywheel key due to the PO not torquing the flywheel bolt properly. Does the flywheel bolt have the correct thick washer with it?

That’s the plan, I hope.

possibly a K161 or K181…. Might become a 1960 Suburban 800 4x4

Finally got to mount up my JD brand front wheel weights. I painted these twice the first time just made a gooey mess, I dont know what kinda yellow paint they use but think that may be where the slogan ”nothing runs like deere” came from . FYI This style weight will NOT work without drilling new holes and are to wide/thick to work on the regular style wheels ie c series, older square or round hoods.

there’s an intermediate reduction at each end, I might do it all in chain!

Sounds like fun Eric! Watch out for White Rabbits, Alice !!!

Pulled up a couple more loads of firewood.

My favorite SI story revolves around Marketing Genius. Traditionally, February is the poorest sales month in Sports. Football is over, Baseball & Tennis are yet to come alive. That leaves Hockey & Golf. Enter the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue - It took the poorest selling month to the top selling month. And continues to do so...

This reminds me of when I was cutting a grapple load into stove lengths. An 8" red oak, 3" in I got sparks. flipped it over, same thing. Cut out that section to avoid destroying another chain. On splitting it, there was a small HORSESHOE in the center of the tree!

That's an aluminum engine. It weighs less than a Kohler K series big block.

Happy Birthday Jim Stay a simple man! Trust me, when you have an hour and 10 to watch and listen to the whole thing you won't be disappointed. The guitar battle in "T for Texas" is epic and Billy Powell lights it up on the piano.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes fellas. i don't know how to act my age I've never been this old ... Was a good day spending it up here in northern WI. worked on getting a outboard running for my sister then went fishing on a private pond but got skunked. Went out to a cool place called Lost Land Lodge for Friday fish fry and old fashions which is a Wisconsin staple. Finished with white Russians and a fire pit.

Well, the piebald is a buck and a shooter.

Pa elk hunters be aware the PGC has changed the elk management areas. Study the new areas before buying your elk application.

Venison roast... Yum!!!

Saw my 1st fawn cruising past my windows on the world with momma, this morning.

Striper season is open on the Chesapeake bay.

That would make a nice mount if no one beat you to it.

The Piebald is showing up pretty regular. Can't tell if it's a buck or doe yet.

I pulled the trail camera and found I have a Piebald in the area. Plenty of deer showing up every night and day. Just a couple of the 300+ pictures on the camera. See the piebald at the lower right corner. No horns yet, but I'm guessing this may be a pretty old dominate buck.

We had our Special Kids help stock trout on Thursday. Sorry I forgot my camera so no pics. We only had 500 fish and I normally put 15-20 fish in a bucket to carry from the train to the creek. But these 15 kids were so excited to carry and dump these fish in the creek, I soon realized I had to stretch out the process. So I started putting 4-5 fish in each bucket. What a good feeling to see the smiles on these SPECIAL KIDS faces as they raced back to the train to get another bucket of fish. It was a special day.

Had to cut thru the bamboo forest this morning to float stock 500 brown trout in the most remote section of Muddy Creeks main branch.