What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[8ntruck 8,143]

I hitched Clyde the C-195 to the pontoon trailer today.  He was acting as a counter weight to keep the front of the trailer on the ground while I worked on the pontoon to prepare it to go into winter storage.

 

He fired right up today on the first or second cranking revolution.

[Wheelhorse#1 1,867]

On 11/1/2025 at 1:39 PM, kpinnc said:

 

Pretty much, yes. 

 

It's from an Exmark walk behind mower. I just adapted it to a Wheel Horse. 

 

 

I noticed that deck too.Thats one beefy looking deck seems to be built like a tank…Nice work .

[Blue Chips 200]

Just a small job today. The plastic instrument panel cover/lens of the GT18 was a bit yellowed and cloudy to say the least. Here's how it looked before cleaning:

 

 

After about 30 minutes of rubbing compound, polish, wax...and elbow grease...it turned out pretty decent. Not quite as clear as glass, but not bad:

 

 

I run out of elbow grease once in a while, but usually a hot shower, a favorite libation or two, and a good night's sleep replenishes the supply.

 

 

Edited yesterday at 03:49 AM by Blue Chips

[ML3 1,921]

Had to do mid mowing repair on 654. Left hub broke while mowing. Of course it happened in middle of the wettest, muddiest spot in the back yard! Fun when I was trying to jack up & repair. Fortunately I had the parts in my stash.

 

[sqrlgtr 1,004]

Ouch

[WHX?? 52,863]

On 10/28/2025 at 5:19 PM, sqrlgtr said:

snow/dozer blade and got it mounted on 1257 with the hydraulic lift.

Guessing the HY works good with  a front blade??? 

[sqrlgtr 1,004]

14 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Guessing the HY works good with a front blade??? 

Absolutely . Not near the work out as a manual. Next on list is trans shifter it is getting a little "frisky". I'm sure you have experienced what I'm talking about.

[WHX?? 52,863]

Gave a 867 a bath before the washer goes nighty nite for the winter. 

 What a greasy pig!!!!

Pullstart brought this over from MI and I know fer sure we overpaid. Was having seller's remorse from sending another one back to Shynon but I needed his tool box worse. 

 The crap was two inches thick on the motor & frame I kid you not. Spread the stuff out on the blacktop and walla ... seal coated.   Never even tried to start it but probably wouldn't have taken much. Head gasket is blown among many other things.

Nothing cobbled too bad that can't be reversed & strait sheet metal. good ags & orginal fronts in good shape. 

No sure what to do with it. Mechanical resto is right up my alley but missing lots of paint and don't think a touch up of rusty primer will do or look right.  

I've got a freshened up 181 shelf motor that is gonna go in it fer sure so partially dissembled it on the splash pad gut to get more crud off. 

[WHX?? 52,863]

32 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said:

trans shifter it is getting a little "frisky".

No never experienced that. I might have it bent a little much to clear the HY so taps on the seat pan abit. I don't think that is the orginal shifter CRS. 

[Blue Chips 200]

The fuel level gauge on my GT18 wasn’t working. The needle would peg all the way to full as soon as I switched the key on.

 

First, I checked the sending unit. I didn’t remove it from the tank, but the tank was still loose, so I was able to slosh the partially full tank back and forth and check the resistance changes to see if the sending unit was responding more or less like it should. There was no apparent problem with the sending unit, the wiring to the sending unit was in good shape (not shorted), and the gauge and sending unit were both getting the correct voltage, so that pretty much narrowed it down to the gauge itself.

 

OEM Toro fuel level gauges were $$$, so I found a universal-type replacement on Summit Racing with a 33-to-240 ohm resistance range at a fraction of the OEM gauge price. I had to substitute lugs for the original rubber three-socket connector and file down a plastic alignment tab behind the dashboard, but that was pretty easy, and it's working fine. The face of the gauge doesn't match the original, but it's the correct size and decent-looking (and it saved me about $150), so I can live with that.

 

A couple of the warning lights were out, so I replaced all four of those bulbs, figuring that if two of them had burned out, the other two were probably of the same vintage and might not be far behind. They're all working now (shown here with the engine off and two of the four warning lights on):

 

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Blue Chips