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Pinckneyville, Illinois, I believe.

April 3, 1968, 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in the USA on April 3, 1968, marking its US debut as a landmark science fiction film.

Who's lawn do you typically end up on...?

Instead of doing it while mowing, I make special event of it. The C141 - 8-speed with the tranny selected to Low 2 or Low 1, Throttle set at about 3/4 position, Ear buds in, Beverage in hand & away we go. Usually about a 3 drink job.

No driver-ed classes required for these kids.

Picked up this ultra rare 520-H, these are a limited edition with only 100 in existence, and I have #77

Cleaning the carb and addressing a couple things on a new addition...I think this section of fuel line from the pump to carb might just be original on this '73 16 Auto. It won't even bend The good news is that the carb is now clean and ready to be installed with new fuel line tomorrow

This is the best advice for you, you have the colored wiring diagram, you know the correct ignition number. This is a fairly simple wiring diagram so get a new switch some new wires and connector and just do it and stop guessing.

“Open the pod door Hal”

FFA was such a huge part of my school years. Great to see this in 2026!

I roll as a separate task.

I would if @Achto would quit borrowing it ...

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Back in the day before I was old wise enough to get hydraulic trannies and lifts, I used 3 assist springs on my manual lift snow blower. I made the springs from old garage door springs and used a turnbuckle to adjust the tension. I set it so the blower was just touching and I could lift it with one finger. I found the additional weight when the housing was full of snow held the scraper down tight. If I needed additional down pressure I could simply push the lift lever forward. How much does a snowblower lift spring assist REALLY help? - Implements and Attachments - RedSquare Wheel Horse Forum

"I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that" became the mantra for generations of ex-wives that were married to some guy named Dave....

Wow. Never cease to be amazed at the factual information available here. I'm going out to take a stab at this. I'll report back shortly. Obviously THANKS ALL! 99% successful. I could get the eccentric collar hand tight but every time I tried the punch it came loose. So I'm going to leave it as is with the set screw in place properly (I'll get a new one in there before next winter.) Unless there's some trick to smackin it with hammer.

Here is one video showing the lock:

Happy Birthday @jeremi3210

Take a gander down through Sparky's thread called, Let's Talk Tires. There's all kinds of excellent information in there.

Hello, my Name is Dick and I have been a lurker for a while and now I’m the proud owner of a 78 D160 with a Onan 16hp and hydraulic 3 point hitch. It additionally came with a plow and snow blower plus the 48” deck. Now let me explain how we arrived here because the D160 wasn’t what I had my heart set on even though now I have it I’m in love. I am with a lack of a better term…a giant NERD. I am a HVACR tech and more specifically a chiller tech and I’ve also done things in my past such as build custom motorcycles, and sheet metal at a resto shop. I have a full fab shop including a lathe, press, chop saw, tubing bender, notcher, tig, mig etc…. My hobby is tinkering from building an repairing my own cars to building mini bikes from scratch. Now I have recently purchased a larger property with a wooded area that need cleaned up and we keep a large garden. I knew I needed a tractor and there is nothing I love more than a tool that can do many jobs. I had my heart set on a gear drive 4x4 sub compact tractor and I quickly realized that it was going to be very difficult to find an older gear drive tractor that had all the attachments I needed that was also within a reasonable distance. Nominees were the JD650, the Kubota b7100, the ford 1200, yanmar 155d, Mitsubishi Beaver. The issue is I wanted a snow blower, a front end loader, and a mower. Finding all of these and less than a few hundred miles proved impossible and even though the attachments can be found it was a mess when it came to getting the right info. If I had time purely as a project it would work but I need this thing to work. I switched my focus to getting 2 machines. 1 lawn and garden tractor for mowing and moving a garden trailer and 1 for the loader. The wheel horse gear drive mowers were already in my want list for my smaller property but it was a little light for what I needed but the d160 popped up and it seemed like the perfect compromise between what I wanted and what I needed. Now, it’s not perfect and it needs a little work. The lower deck needs to be fixed, I’m sure the spindles need to be gone through. The whole thing just needs freshened up. I also need to find a mule drive and get the deck working, as well as build something custom for the 3 point to haul firewood out of the woods. It’s still to be determined if it will make it out of the woods without 4x4 but tires and maybe a winch may help. Maybe I’ll get spunky and build a loader out of it. Only time will tell.

Here is a couple pics that might help top pic is an 856 and is pretty much the way it came new and bottom pic is a 701 that I made a bracket to bolt cable to because I just couldn’t get it where I wanted it on arm because of exhaust. Both work great, in my experience its better to leave cable long and not have any sharp bends in it so they will slid in and out easier. Remember u can keep cutting shorter but you cant add it back on.

Today, I swapped the idler for the drive pulley on my 312-8 mowing tractor. I thought I had a better one. It sounded worse, so after checking out the old one which seemed good so i put it back on and made sure it was tight. It's ready to go now and in the process figured out how to get the side panel off without taking half the body panels off. A win in my book.

Did not know we had one of these on the forum. But I sold my c-120 today and went to a great cause. Father and son project!

An impact drill can save you a lot of grief

I don’t think I need 2

I also have #78, and it is RedSquare’s 20th anniversary this year. What should I do with this one?

I sharpened blades of my 42 RD deck. Who knows when somebody did this before but blades (aside from some dirt,oil and surface rust) looked as new. Oregon 91-804 as we speak. I used butane small torch, 1 1/8 wrench, another diy flat wrench to install blades, and some brutal force to unscrew the nuts.

Here we go, got them both done. Going to pull the front axle to check on the axle pin and spindles see if I can tighten things up.

I found some clean 23x8.5 wheels the other day I thought would be ideal for my B100 project. Has anybody got pictures they could share of a 10.5in and a 9.5in turf master or multi-trac tire pattern mounted on an 8.5in wheel? Also could anybody tell me the measurement across the tread of the mounted tire. I want the shoulder to be as square and the tread as flat as possible thanks

Yesterday the BBT and her momma and her kid and her grandbaby went for Thai food. Chopsticks. Drumsticks. Whatever...

I don't have 1 1/8 socket :/, only wrench,but some tinkering and dirty hands aren't bad :)

Put the new shoes on the horse today since the wheels were good and dry. Wheel weights back on tomorrow. And a nice straight hood is in the works. Some minor body work and then prime and paint. Old one has major damage.

Fixed it for ya... @nylyon I'll send you my mailing address... But seriously, how about a raffle or a silent auction?

Good news, guys. The name Wheel Horse and the logo will live on, with new Wheel Horses tractors and implements being built. MTD has purchased the Wheel Horse name and logo from Toro, and will start building new equipment with the famed Wheel Horse name and logo. Ridney Dongerfield, a spokesman for MTD, said, "Wheel Horse never got the respect. MTD is proud to announce that Wheel Horse will be joining our line of garden equipment, joining names like Troy Bilt, Cub Cadet, and Bolens." The new Wheel Horses will be built using MTD's reputation for quality products and is expected to look similar to a Yardman, but with the famed Wheel Horse logo, name and color scheme. Prices to be similar to a new Cub Cadet, with several models being planned. Models will include tractors with various deck sizes, engine sizes and features. Expect new tractors to start appearing February 30 of next year.

It's not for everyone. Is there any music that absolutely everyone likes?

The gravel part of my drive my go to is a mid mount on a short frame for tight turning. If I was a better operator one can even crown the gravel for run off.

And then we found ourselves with tire. The previous owners of the property had piles of construction wood and pallets all over the yard for reasons that are unknown. We’ve been cleaning it up and I ran over something pokey. Had to toss a new tube in and realized just how bad the tires are so hopefully these can get me through the summer and I can sandblast the rims and source a pair of back up rims so I can run ag tires on one set and some turf tires on the other. My workshop is in total disarray from moving so I’m sort of limited in what I can do right now. One of the things I realizing is cat 0 attachments are sort of far and few between. I’m going to have to fabricate something so I can skid logs and I also would like to incorporate a receiver so I can fabricate a better trailer too. For now I’m getting by. If anyone has some leads on a spare set of wheels I’d appreciate it. Even if they have the same 6 lug pattern but maybe a different size that I can make work.

The light has never come on at all so probably not or isn't connected correctly. As far as the battery test, I used a multimeter and put red to red and black to black set to vdc, got a positive of almost 12 volts, when I reverse the probes red to neg and black to pos, it shows the same voltage as a negative, telling me the POS terminal is actually positive.

The light should come on the moment you turn the key to run. Not sure I understand how you tested to find out Positive is positive. Swap in another battery and wire it correctly (you can borrow it from another tractor or a car). + terminal to the heavy cable going to the ignition switch - terminal to the engine block.

I have a couple old big tractors with positive ground and old school generators and the whole thing works great... but that your coil + is fed from the ignition switch is a question. I think (not sure) they will run with the coil reversed just not well. In your case I would switch back to a negative ground. After you do make sure have 12v at the small + on the coil when the ignition switch is in run. The S/G will polarize itself the first time you start it. Does your Generator red warning light work at all?? Also from your photo it is hard to see if your regulator is wired correctly. It is easy the terminals on the regulator are marked . The 3 you can see should be F field and that wire should go to the F terminal on the generator body. There is a B and that wire will go to the + on the battery (when you redo you r system). the L load goes to the cigar lighter. There is a hidden terminal on the bottom of the regulator it goes to the A terminal on the generator body along with the heavy wire already there.

It needs to be put back together.

Reminds me of a few around here ...

I want hold that against you . I got mine off the jungle site for 60 bucks and free shipping so thought I would take a chance on one. I don't think you can beat them for the $$$ and may go back for another one in the near future.

Maybe it fits universal joints better than tractors.....?

Ok you 2, You need to start reciting the psalm before you drink from the green cup like I did.

I’ll probably end up sticking a push button in place of the toggle switch, but I have a functioning dash now. Choke, throttle and kill. The throttle on the engine shroud was too cool to remove and has a real smooth tight brake on it to keep the throttle set. I used an old fire suppression cable on the dash and cut it to fit. It is sleeved using an old Small Block Chevy valve cover tab welded to a piece of 3/8” fuel line. I also cut the choke cable to fit, so there is no excess slack anywhere on the tractor. Notice the shift pattern. Somehow, I ended up with this backerds print. If you aren’t careful, you might find yourself in the wrong gear but we drive by muscle memory, right?

Hi temp paint is drying!

If you are talking about this spring, it is for the clutch and has nothing to do with the brake.