The Lone Raider

[AlexR 2,036]

9 hours ago, WHX?? said:

Save your money on that flea bay crap I will look when I get home. Sure I have one that will work.  Up nort right now so it may be abit. 

Since yer a plow bro yours for shipping. 

I didn't know there was just a exclusive benefit to be one of the plow guys  Thanks! 
 

[WHX?? 51,910]

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2 hours ago, AlexR said:

I didn't know there was just a exclusive benefit to be one of the plow guys  Thanks! 

 

Oh yeah... choice cocktails... parts exclusives ... free plowing advice ...

[rjg854 12,250]

13 hours ago, WHX?? said:

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Oh yeah... choice cocktails... parts exclusives ... free plowing advice ...

he forgot to add....   bull hockey   

[AlexR 2,036]

My headlight idea in progress. 

 

[SylvanLakeWH 28,594]

Nice!!! 

[AlexR 2,036]

Changed the color. Realized black doesn't really match the Wheelhorse logo so sprayed some grey metallic paint on. 

The reason the backing plate is taped off is I am going to epoxy the lights and logo to it and wanted to bond to the aluminum itself instead of paint. 

 

 

[AlexR 2,036]

 

 

I think I am going to trim down the plastic Wheelhorse piece about 1/4" so the edges match the lights. 

[SylvanLakeWH 28,594]

Looks great!

[AlexR 2,036]

7 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Looks great!

Thanks! I was hoping it would haha 

I wanted something that looked kinda like it did originally, but with much better light output. Also the original lens in good shape are expensive and as time goes on there is less and less of them. 

[953 nut 60,352]

On 8/14/2025 at 7:34 PM, WHX?? said:

Oh yeah... choice cocktails... parts exclusives ... free plowing advice ...

And  Frequent Furrow Points which are redeemable at the next plow day.              

[AlexR 2,036]

Headlight mod is done. It is a long way from lighting it up though 

I think I got ahead of myself a little here haha. 

 

 

[kpinnc 14,713]

Kinda looks a little grumpy. Very cool! 

 

[WHX?? 51,910]

On 8/13/2025 at 7:21 PM, AlexR said:

20 1/4" total length. The part number is 7447

The hole for the steering wheel roll pin is at 18 3/4" 

 

 

Measured from the male end below the pinion right? Will look today. 

 

BTW the head light thing is pretty cool ... 

Edited Tuesday at 12:58 PM by WHX??

[AlexR 2,036]

3 hours ago, WHX?? said:

 

Measured from the male end below the pinion right? Will look today. 

 

BTW the head light thing is pretty cool ... 

Correct that is the entire length of the shaft. 

While you are looking if you see a PTO bracket I would appreciate it! 

Thanks!!

[AlexR 2,036]

Ohh boy... So started welding up cracks and holes. 

So the hood is a lot rougher then I realized it has a good bit of bondo in it.

It's fixable I believe but gonna be some work. Already hammered some but it's gonna be a lot of hammering and then bondo as thin as possible.

Might look for some hoods locally as well.

 

One of the hood mount brackets was welded on at one end. So cut it off and got that part of the hood fixed as well.

 

 

 

 

Next is the seat pan had a bunch of cracks and holes that needed filled. Seat mount had cracks as well. Thinking about taking those metal bars that were on the seat springs to strengthen the whole seat pan mounts

 

 

 

Also welded the sleeve hitch. Wire stopped feeding halfway through the weld so its got a little clump in the middle but good enough. 

Edited 14 hours ago by AlexR

[SylvanLakeWH 28,594]

Between @Pullstart, @Achto and @WHX?? I bet you could get 35-40 hoods and fender pans... just sayin' ... 

[AlexR 2,036]

3 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Between @Pullstart, @Achto and @WHX?? I bet you could get 35-40 hoods and fender pans... just sayin' ... 

This is a fender pan from Pullstart 

[SylvanLakeWH 28,594]

37 minutes ago, AlexR said:

This is a fender pan from Pullstart 

That explains it... 

[AlexR 2,036]

9 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

That explains it... 

Still in much better shape then the original one. 

[ebinmaine 72,993]

12 hours ago, AlexR said:

is the seat pan had a bunch of cracks and holes that needed filled. Seat mount had cracks as well. Thinking about taking those metal bars that were on the seat springs to strengthen the whole seat pan mounts

 

Having repaired or modified several of these myself there are two things to watch that'll add up to the seat latch not working right. 

1. The catch bar gets thin or outta line. Look where the latch hits the bar. You can add a bead of weld to the bad spot(s) and grind that back to flat. 

 

2. The bolt holes for the seat springs.  You're already repairing them. Be aware that an added piece that's too thick will prevent the whole fender from setting down enough for the latch to work.  

 

Looks good so far!

[AlexR 2,036]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Having repaired or modified several of these myself there are two things to watch that'll add up to the seat latch not working right. 

1. The catch bar gets thin or outta line. Look where the latch hits the bar. You can add a bead of weld to the bad spot(s) and grind that back to flat. 

 

2. The bolt holes for the seat springs.  You're already repairing them. Be aware that an added piece that's too thick will prevent the whole fender from setting down enough for the latch to work.  

 

Looks good so far!

I was actually thinking of cutting out the seat pan mount off the original pan to use on this one since that is a one piece between the rear hinge mount to the front latch bar seems it would be little stronger. But the issue is that one was all chewed up on that front bar like you mentioned and then there was a washer welded to one of the mounting holes. So decided to go with the ones already on this seat pan as they are in much nicer shape.