What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[TonyToro Jr. 2,153]

Hauled some brush with the C-121 today 

[Blue Chips 245]

I'm almost done refurbishing my GT18. I added fresh fuel today, changed all of the oil and filters, and took it for a longer test drive. The fresh fuel eliminated the slight lag from idle to a sudden wide-open throttle, and it's running great.

 

 

 

I slipped an old seat cover over the original seat, which is still in pretty good shape, with only a couple of small hairline cracks that don't go all the way through. I may try some vinyl conditioner on it to see if it softens up a bit.

 

 

There are still a few tweaks left to do on it:

• I need to make the final adjustments to the brake and motion-control linkages.
• The battery light is always on (it's charging fine) so I need to address that, either with a different battery light module or going to a voltmeter instead of a warning light.
• There's a wobble in the left front wheel, which I plan to replace with a rim that I got from @JoeM.
• I haven't decided about decals yet. It's a GT18, but I believe I've bumped up the CH18 to 20HP, so I don't know if I want a GT18 decal or not. Maybe I'll just skip the decals.

 

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Blue Chips

[Handy Don 14,737]

GT-18+

[JoeM 8,937]

1 hour ago, Blue Chips said:

I'm almost done refurbishing my GT18.

Nice work Chips!

[kpinnc 15,766]

1 hour ago, Blue Chips said:

haven't decided about decals yet. It's a GT18, but I believe I've bumped up the CH18 to 20HP, so I don't know if I want a GT18 decal or not. Maybe I'll just skip the decals.

 

Terry (Vinylguy in the vendor section) can make you some decals any way you like, and everyone here can vouch for his work and how nice the decals are. Almost everything I've purchased from him has been custom work. I think he has some 5xi stuff anyway, so he already has size templates to work with. 

 

Your tractor looks great! Even if it isn't red it is still a beauty!