4HP Wheel Horse HELP

[C-85 802]

I recently got a little 4hp Wheel Horse (I don't know how else to describe it, maybe an RJ) and hope to restore it, mainly so our future grandchildren nieces and nephews could ride on it someday, plus it would be great to add to the small collection.  It is in very rough shape, but should be doable.  One of its front wheels is ruined by rust, the rest of it has minor rust.  All of it's tires have like new tread, but they are totally rotten and will need to be replaced if I can find them, the rears are 5-12 and the fronts are 4.80/4.00-8.  It's not running, and I'm surprised how hard it is to get to its spark plug, with all the things simplified by Wheel Horse, it's hard  to access!  I'm going to try to load some pictures (I'll try, sometimes they don't work), but I seem to have trouble doing that, I guess this site doesn't like iPhone pictures, so any help for the tractor and pictures would help!  I looked all over it and could find its model number, but the Kohler K91 has a clear very readable data plate.

 

Yup, I attempted to load a picture and I don't know the rules to do it successfully, it just shows 'queued' at the bottom.  These are JPG and were 5.3 mb, I don't know if this is to big or how to do it   One thing I'm not is tech savvy, I'm jealous of those of you that post beautiful pictures!  I have posted some pictures in the past and it worked, but have a harder time now and I'm not sure what changed or how to fix!

 

C-85

[wallfish 20,039]

If you can email them to uremailing@yahoo.com I can post them here for you. 

I'm always interested in little round hoods 

[wallfish 20,039]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[wallfish 20,039]

That's a 1960 model 400

The front rims rot because they were filled with calcium from the factory to add weight to the front. Kind of surprising they got that bad because those aren't original tires. And the rears should be 6.00-12 tires. 

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by wallfish

[C-85 802]

This is a tremendous help Wallfish!  I know more about ABCD and 100-500 series so a round hood is kind of new to me.  I hadn't thought about calcium, that probably explains the rust rot!

 

C-85

[wallfish 20,039]

And those were the original rims with only 1 hole in them. RJ -no holes, 1960- 1 hole  1961 had 2 holes. And come to think of it those generals may be the original tires too

Edited the model to the correct 1960 model 400. The throttle control levers and steel clutch pedal. In 61 the controls went to push/pull and the pedal was cast.

Edited 6 hours ago by wallfish

[sqrlgtr 3,031]

ya think that front rim could be buffed out? 

[ACman 7,726]

@C-85 I have used Apple with no issues posting pictures especially with a paid membership . I just hit the chose files , then photo library and pick my pictures. I add in the photos into the post where I want them to show up in the post and hit submit reply . Some pictures may take longer to upload but never really an issue . 

[C-85 802]

Gees SQLGTR, that must need one heck of a buffer, maybe 100,000 speed? 

 

I don't know why I'm having such a hard time posting pictures ACman, I believe my membership is paid.  I have an iPhone 16 if that makes a difference.  I would sure like to sort that out, I'd love to be able to easily post pictures.

 

C-85

[oliver2-44 11,529]

@C-85 Very nice looking suburban, sheet metal looks straight. Lover the creativity of the wooden foot rest.

The RJ and Suburban front rims have a longer center hole for the longer spindle on the tractor. They are getting a little hard to find, thus can be a little $$ pricey. 

You can use other rims with a shorter center hole and put a 3/4" collar on the inside of spindle to take up the space.