SylvanLakeWH 30,597 #276 Posted February 20 Looks great! We literally have the same rug in our foyer... Mrs Sylvan gave me the look when I showed her that you get to put Wheel Horse parts on it... 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexR 2,597 #277 Posted February 20 5 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Looks great! We literally have the same rug in our foyer... Mrs Sylvan gave me the look when I showed her that you get to put Wheel Horse parts on it... Thanks! Haha well my wife asked me what I was doing as well.. had to take it down to the basement after that haha. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 55,034 #278 Posted February 21 I'll tell ya I ain't much for the way some guys replace the headlight buckets but yours looks cool. Kinda mean lookin and the like the originals ... 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexR 2,597 #279 Posted February 21 Polished the hood and added decals thanks to redoyourhorse very very nice decals! 1 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexR 2,597 #280 Posted February 22 23 hours ago, WHX?? said: I'll tell ya I ain't much for the way some guys replace the headlight buckets but yours looks cool. Kinda mean lookin and the like the originals ... I agree, no offense to people that have done different things to the headlights of the 60's/70's tractors but most of them just don't look good. The lense was too far gone, cracked and missing corners. And I didn't want to throw away a chrome horse lense, so it's the idea I came up with to incorporate that into a modern light. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 55,034 #281 Posted February 22 (edited) 14 minutes ago, AlexR said: , cracked and missing corners. Yep I get it ... I coulda sold ya a nice orginal ... way less than Pullstart price too... Hopefully you get this tractor at plow day I'd like to see it. Yes you best get that off Sylvia's rug ... someone opens a door on it! Edited February 22 by WHX?? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexR 2,597 #282 Posted February 22 11 minutes ago, WHX?? said: Yep I get it ... I coulda sold ya a nice orginal ... way less than Pullstart price too... Hopefully you get this tractor at plow day I'd like to see it. Yes you best get that off Sylvia's rug ... someone opens a door on it! Well now it's in the custom category because of the headlight, and couple fingerprints in the paint I will do everything I can to get this tractor to plow day and plow with it. No worries its back in the basement 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 55,034 #283 Posted February 22 33 minutes ago, AlexR said: couple fingerprints in the paint Well we can track it then ... maybe some dna too? ... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexR 2,597 #284 Posted Saturday at 10:43 PM Got the bore of the engine checked with the cylinder still in its out of round .003 and over the max wear limit by .003 and tapered about .002 which is the limit as well. The balancer gear bearings are definitely bad as well I was able to visibly see and feel wobble. Still gotta check the crank if it's good I can use the other block I have which is just in spec and use this crank. If not I will run this engine as is minus the balancer gears. Don't have time to get anything machined before plow day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 77,360 #285 Posted yesterday at 01:46 PM 15 hours ago, AlexR said: The balancer gear bearings are definitely bad as well I was able to visibly see and feel wobble If your gonna reinstall those gears get new bearings AND shafts AND gears. All 3 things wear out and it causes exponential issues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexR 2,597 #286 Posted yesterday at 05:03 PM 3 hours ago, ebinmaine said: If your gonna reinstall those gears get new bearings AND shafts AND gears. All 3 things wear out and it causes exponential issues. I will not be reinstalling them. Just noticed that they were loose so it was a ticking time bomb 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 77,360 #287 Posted yesterday at 05:11 PM 8 minutes ago, AlexR said: I will not be reinstalling them. I was hoping you'd say that. I'll be removing the balance gears from every engine I can here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 17,165 #288 Posted 15 hours ago 11 hours ago, AlexR said: I will not be reinstalling them. On a 12hp you won't notice much of a difference. 14 and 16hp have a little more thump when the gears are removed (longer throw on the crank and bigger piston) but it isn't terrible in most cases. My Bronco 14 has no balance gears and I don't think it's bad at all. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexR 2,597 #289 Posted 9 hours ago I thought the K301, K321, and K341 have the same stoke length of 3.25"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 17,165 #290 Posted 4 hours ago 4 hours ago, AlexR said: I thought the K301, K321, and K341 have the same stoke length of 3.25"? K321 and K341 are the same. K301 is different. Only the 14 and 16 are interchangeable. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
702854boy 505 #291 Posted 3 hours ago 46 minutes ago, kpinnc said: K321 and K341 are the same. K301 is different. Only the 14 and 16 are interchangeable. Isn't the crank and rod on the 12 and 14 the same, just the bore size is different? I thought the 12 and 14 were sorta interchangeable and the 16 was the odd duck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 17,165 #292 Posted 3 hours ago 11 minutes ago, 702854boy said: Isn't the crank and rod on the 12 and 14 the same, just the bore size is different? I thought the 12 and 14 were sorta interchangeable and the 16 was the odd duck. I may be wrong, but I thought the 14 and 16 are the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexR 2,597 #293 Posted 2 hours ago (edited) Everything I have read said 12 and 14 cranks are interchangeable Obviously the 16 head and block are different and I haven't heard about being able to interchange those cranks. Edited 2 hours ago by AlexR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
