Got the 753 out for play

[rustbucket 4]

kk

[sorekiwi 761]

BTW: The 2 piece tank (removable bottom) actually started in late 1962! )

Since we are already , am I allowed to go again?? Maybe, since there are at least a couple of moderators here....

So there are some 502/552/702's out there with the 2 piece tanks?

[linen beige 15]

well it looks nuthing like the true 702 my dad has sitting in the garage so that narrows it to one of the 500 models and i do apolagise for hijaking the thread.

Aside from the seat and lack of an engine, it looks strikingly like my 702. I would take a little time to try and figure the original model out. My guess is that it WAS a 552 and when someone converted it to a 7 hp they needed a Kohler belt guard. The 753 belt guard fit so they used it.

Sorekiwi, I wondered how long this was going to go before someone mentioned the one piece tank!

[CasualObserver 3,411]

i dug threw my old posts and found the serial number off the machines sticker.

62-8840

if anyone knows how to find out what machine that belongs to let me know please cause my head is spinning truing to figure things out now.

well... from the serial number... you CAN tell that it's a 62 something. We know from this picture that Jim posted of the 603 that was just on ebay, that there are at least 20,000 tractors made with these 62-xxxx decals, and your 8840 would be well within the first half of that, so it can be certainly stated that yours is a 1962.

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,611]

Since we are already , am I allowed to go again?? Maybe, since there are at least a couple of moderators here....

So there are some 502/552/702's out there with the 2 piece tanks?

Mike,

As for as I'm concerned, it' okay. If we want, we could break this discussion off into another topic, but I think it's okay as is.

Even though some of this info is old hat to members like TT, BP, and a few others, it's new to me and highly interesting. It's been a learning experience for me.

Also, this explains why the 1963 brochure has this sentence in it "Because of it's new front axle assembly, the 1963 Wheel Horse has an approxmately 36" shorter turning radius than previous models."

[saguaro 0]

I'm enjoying this thread and learned a bit. :banghead:

[rustbucket 4]

well my machine dose have electric ignition on it and is fully wired for it so i think ill just stick the re worked 6 hp techy back under the hood and the side panel bolts right to it as it is a tech side belt guard. we will see how everything goes after all the rest of my round noses are all kohler's got to have at least one with a different engine in her.

[HorseFixer 2,013]

Nice looking tractor Terry would like to have one of those to add to my Round Hood Stable! Anyone know of any. let me know thanks Duke

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,611]

Thanks, Duke. I almost forgot what this thread was about. :banghead:

[Suburban 550 28]

Nice tractor Terry. Good thread you started. I think we covered everything you want to know about the old round hoods. Good luck with the new tractor. Ray

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,611]

I think we covered everything you want to know about the old round hoods.

Oh, don't underestimate my power for innate, stupid questions. I'm sure I can unintentionally think up some stupid questions.

But, to be serious, I'm sure there are a lot of things I cans till learn about the round hoods.

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,611]

On 10/14/2008 at 3:28 PM, TT said:

The flat plate was used with the old style axle on the 1961 and 1962 models. (and the 1963 603)

When the axle design was changed in 1963 to the more gradual angle (with 2 separate tie rods and tighter turning radius too ), the front plate gained the offset.

 

My 701:

 

My 502:

 

My 753:

While searching for something else on my 753, I ran across this 8 year old thread (8 years to the day it was last posted on).  I noticed that my "new" 753 appears to have the wrong front axle.  It should be the axle shown in TT's last photo, but it appears to be an earlier axle.  Interesting.  I saw a 704 yesterday that had a different front axle than mine, but I didn't put 2 and 2 together.  Also the fame isn't right either at the front where the axle pivots at.  It should have a bump out at the bottom, and mine don't like it may have the wrong frame also.  Getting more interesting and still lot to learn.

 

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,611]

After further researching, my 753 is in actuality a 702 based on a few things.  First, the front axle is not a 753, then the frame is not a 753.  The front wheels uses snap rings to hold the wheels on, while a 753 would have a washer and bolt.  Then the lift lever quadrant isn't from a 753, but an earlier model (see picture below of my tractor). A 753 has a different lift lever quadrant which has the turn knob mechanism for setting the height. The parking brake and dash panel is the same from pictures I'm seeing on a 702, so therefore what I actually have is a 702.  Oh well, I guess I need to start calling it a 702.

[RandyLittrell 3,906]

So you got a new tractor and didn't have to trade for it! 

 

 

Now, do you tell the wife, or just start calling it your new 702? 

 

It totally bugs my wife for me to talk tractors with her. 

 

 

 

 

 

Randy

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,611]

Randy,

I better not let on yet, as I have been ranting and raving for a while now about wanting a 753.  So if I tell her now, I still don't have one, then it may be the dog house (or the garage) for me.

[RedRanger 1,469]

5 hours ago, T-Mo said:

After further researching, my 753 is in actuality a 702 based on a few things.  First, the front axle is not a 753, then the frame is not a 753.  The front wheels uses snap rings to hold the wheels on, while a 753 would have a washer and bolt.  Then the lift lever quadrant isn't from a 753, but an earlier model (see picture below of my tractor). A 753 has a different lift lever quadrant which has the turn knob mechanism for setting the height. The parking brake and dash panel is the same from pictures I'm seeing on a 702, so therefore what I actually have is a 702.  Oh well, I guess I need to start calling it a 702.

702 has a 1 piece gas tank with a removable gauge panel.  You have a 753 gas tank.  

Your tank has the gauge panel built in and the bottom of the tank comes off.  1963 model.

 

Agree on the 702 deck lift though.  Do you have flat stock or round stock tie rods?

 

 

Edited October 17, 2016 by RedRanger

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,611]

It has the flat stock tie rod from side to side as shown in the 702 IPL.  I can see where it has the 753 gas tank, which may have gotten replaced at one time.  With things like the axle attached area on the front of the frame, the front axle, how the front wheels are mounted, tie rod design, and lift lever, it probably started life as a 702 and had the fuel tank replaced at one time.  But, I have to do more research to see what other variations this one has.

[RandyLittrell 3,906]

A lot of things can happen in 50 plus years. Could be any number of reasons for the different parts. Either way you have a nice old tractor Terry! 

 

 

 

Randy