New addition to the herd, a commando 8!!!

[WH Raider10 17]

Hello WheelHorse friends,

Today I bought the nicest wheelhorse you can probably find in Belgium! I waited a long time for this day as the tractor was on my wanted list.

So I bought a very nice commando 8 with excellent mowing deck. It's quite rare to find one with the white decals. It sat in a guy his garage for two years. I brought her home, checked for oil, added gas and a good battery. Turned the key and started right up! I love the sound when it turns over with that startmotor/generator with belt. What I did is I changed the sparplug cable and made some minor adjustments to the carb, I love how it idles! It also came with slot hitch with a trailer adapter in it and a great mowing deck. It was almost never used and you can see it. An extra bonus where the almost new ag tires! Also the seat is in mint condition!

I don't plan on restoring it for now, I want to keep it original and just do the necessary cleaning and maintenance. I'm missing some small ods and ends but I'll find those eventually.

Like greascap for mowing deck, hub caps, throttle and chooke cable, heat shield for top of engine head,...

Question: Does the red generator light has to light up when the engine is running? It doesn't burn at all and I'm not sure if it's broken or the generator is not charging...?

Well that's all for now and because you all like pics, here ya go fella's!

P-J

[Wheel Crazy 23]

Great find!! I love those old Commando's!! The AG tires on it look good!!

[speedyleedy 205]

That is a very nice commando & the seat is in really good shape too ! :)

[bowtiebutler956 650]

Very solid looking Commando!! I believe the generator light should only come on if its not charging, but I could be wrong. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. Congratulations!!

Matt :flags-texas:

[WH Raider10 17]

Thanks guys for the nice comments! I'm not sure on that light problem but thanks for the info Matt! :)

[AMC RULES 37,210]

Nice Commando to leave original and just detail the heck out of it.

[jay in nc 210]

my commando 8 has no bulb or socket so the red lense must just be a dummy. congradulations on your tractor looks good

[Lars 526]

Wow nice find there mister.:P

[neil 2,410]

Now that is a real nice find

It seems to have the US decals for the commando 8, & that seat is just WOW

The tractor doesnt seem to have been used very much by the previous owner .

I will check the dash light issue on my commando 8 today and get back to you on that

congrats

[Trouty56 567]

The light is like an idiot light...it comes on if there is a problem with the charging system. Glad you found it. That is a great looking machine.....can definitely tell the usage of a tractor by the seat and that seat is beautiful....

[Kelly 1,033]

Check to see if the bulb is burnt out, it should come on with the key on tractor not running, and when charging it should go out, take care of that seat, they are hard to find over here I bet even harder over there.

[WH Raider10 17]

Thanks guys for the great comments! Kelly, the light does not light up when I turn the ignition on. Is it possible that it's burned out? Can I find a new (used) one easily?

I'll take care of that seat for sure! I like the way it sits,much better that on my 312-8. Over all this is the coolest wheelhorse I've ever owned. The way it turns really short and wow does that thing hauls ass! Like riding a gocart at full throttle. Also the sound of the k-181 is something different from a k241 or up. It idles real nice but you can rev it up like hell! It does blow some white smoke from time to time but what ya want with a 44 year old engine. But when you look at the deck and overal condition and steering I can see it isn't been used much.

Is it hard to find an original cigaret lighter for the commando 8? It now has the plug in it.

P-J

[Jake Kuhn 1,579]

Thats one nice tractor! Jake

[Flash0429 0]

That's beautiful I have a commando 8 my self with cig lighter in it runs great just keep having a problem with the throttle its reving way to high and I can't seem to get it adjusted right anyone have any ideas