What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[Ed Kennell 45,962]

34 minutes ago, Fj40z said:

 

 

Any places to check online for the pulley covers? 

Call Lincoln at A to Z tractor.     You can find his site in our vendor section.

[ebinmaine 78,646]

49 minutes ago, Fj40z said:

@pfrederi @DLF and @sqrlgtr thanks for the info! I’ll get the engine data when I get home from work. 
 

@lynnmor I am going to definitely take your advice and find those pulley covers. Much appreciated!

 

Any places to check online for the pulley covers? 

 

 

What's the deck?

I have a couple covers here.  

 

 

For Wheelhorse parts:

 

A#1... @76c12091520h Brian Badman. Excellent guy.  

 

Or....

Place an ad in the Redsquare classifieds. 

 

Also. CALL Lincoln at A to Z Tractor in PA.  

 

Or..... Wheelhorsepartsandmore.  

 

For OE replacement parts I've been having great success with 

Billsplaceshop.com 

 

 

[lynnmor 8,799]

2 hours ago, Fj40z said:

 

@lynnmor I am going to definitely take your advice and find those pulley covers. Much appreciated!

 

Any places to check online for the pulley covers? 

 

Go to the Toro website using the model number of the deck, there you should be able to find the part number.  If the model number is missing from the deck, post a photo of it so we can identify.  Google the part number to see if you can find new or used covers.  Also, we have a classified section where you can post in the Wanted section.  We have a vendors section with folks that very well might have the covers.  The good thing about Wheel Horse is that so much is interchangeable and those covers were likely used on many models and years.

[sqrlgtr 2,827]

@Fj40z I would recommend becoming a supporter of the site makes it so much better of an experience and a lot easier to post pics. I 4 see more WH's in your future so you may as well join this support group .

It is well worth the price of admission in my opinion. So much help and knowledge on here.

[CasaytheMann 113]

I had my son-in-law make me some pully covers using his 3D printer.

[DLF 48]

I see you have a 42" side discharge deck.  They are bad to crack under the height adjuster then rust out.  My 1989 had a good size hole there when I got it 

You need to check that, if not cracked add a 1/8" thick by 1 1/2" steel inside long enough to extend by both bolts.

 

Lee1977

[Sparky-(Admin) 25,200]

  C-105 Black Hood I purchased couple weeks ago..but the hood was all red . 
  Little amateur painting today to fix that. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sparky-(Admin) 25,200]

Filnal paint used was this if anyone was curious.

 

[SylvanLakeWH 31,320]

Looks great @Sparky!!!

 

Tell your C-105 that her Michigan cousin says "Nice new coat! And Cheers"!!! 

 

Love the Black Hoods!!! 

 

 

[sqrlgtr 2,827]

11 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Tell your C-105 that her Michigan cousin says "Nice new coat! And Cheers"!!! 

Made me think of that ol song "take off the old coat and put on the new", that may not be correct title but is a great song either way....

[HankB 22]

• Drained the engine oil on my 312-8.
• I replaced a crappy aftermarket head gasket that blew out in about 1/2 hour of mowing.
• Cleaned up the combustion chamber a bit.
• Finished mowing the lawn.

 

I plan to change the gear oil too. I need to replace the fuel cap as well and so far my google-fu is not up to finding the correct replacement AFAIK. Oh, found it on the Toro site at https://www.toro.com/en/parts/partdetails?id=3418&iid=295761&pid=304458 "NOT AVAILABLE" but Amazon has the part number "55-3570 toro" listed for $18.20 US. At the Toro store no less! I should probably order a spare drive belt as well. Props to Toro for keeping some parts available but that is not as likely to last as long as my 314H.

 

Yesterday

 

• Pulled the head to inspect. Mostly good, some evidence of blowby on the piston top.
• Checked valve clearance - within spec.
• Went through carb - likely the cause of poor performance and surging.
• Replaced the air filter (and foam wrapper.)

It ran great! for half an hour whereupon it lost power and could not be restarted.

[Chris689 261]

Finally had the V61s mounted for the C120 and the AGs mounted for the 10-8

[953 nut 65,839]

6 hours ago, Fj40z said:

Any places to check online for the pulley covers? 

eBay may your best bet. There is a pair listed for about $ 60.00 delivered.  You would probably do better by placing a free wanted ad on this site,   https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/classifieds/wanted/

Lots of members have a spare parts pile they would be glad to see go to someone who needs them. May find the flywheel cover that way too.

[Ed Kennell 45,962]

What did I do to my Wheel horse today this week.

I added a slot hitch so I could pull and lift the new tiller.

 

This required removing the weight rack and moving the support legs to the outside of the drawbar hitch to make room for the slot hitch.

 

The seat and fender pan had to come off so this was a good time to clean the hydro and change oil and filter.    Nice surprise when I picked up the filter...NAPAs oil was on sale.

 

Also installed new fuel lines, e-pump, and filter rerouting everything outside the tunnel and ran it along the outside of the right frame rail.

 

[Fj40z 29]

9 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

What's the deck?

I have a couple covers here.  

 

 

For Wheelhorse parts:

 

A#1... @76c12091520h Brian Badman. Excellent guy.  

 

Or....

Place an ad in the Redsquare classifieds. 

 

Also. CALL Lincoln at A to Z Tractor in PA.  

 

Or..... Wheelhorsepartsandmore.  

 

For OE replacement parts I've been having great success with 

Billsplaceshop.com 

 

 

Thanks for the input! The deck is the side discharge 42”. If you have covers that would fit please let me know, definitely interested! 

[Fj40z 29]

Guys thanks for all the welcomes and fantastic input! Really do appreciate all the help and support. I couldn’t help myself this evening, even though I haven’t had a chance to baseline some of the basic maintenance on the 314 I had to try it out and mow a little bit with it this evening. Mowed and ran great until one of the rear deck wheels came off. The wheel and shoulder bolt have seen better days so I went ahead and ordered a new set. 
 

Really wanted to get a good feel for it and try it out. Kind of a shake down run. Noticed all the belts are cracked up pretty bad so all need replaced. Also noticed the clutch pedal doesn’t want to spring back up from time to time and I’d have to pull it back up with my foot a little, so I’m hoping that’s not a bad sign. 
 

Picked up the stuff to change the oil and gear oil in rear differential and transmission. Got a lot of parts to sort and hopefully get this one in good working order. Thanks again!

[Andy N. 2,749]

All packed up and ready to go to AJ's tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

 

[C100guy94 65]

23 minutes ago, Andy N. said:

All packed up and ready to go to AJ's tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

 

Ajs? I've heard about this. 

I'm missing a meet or a show aren't I?

[Easton Rich 1,167]

I bet I've got what you need @Fj40z. Also to!

Edited 12 hours ago by Easton Rich

[C100guy94 65]

54 minutes ago, Fj40z said:

Guys thanks for all the welcomes and fantastic input! Really do appreciate all the help and support. I couldn’t help myself this evening, even though I haven’t had a chance to baseline some of the basic maintenance on the 314 I had to try it out and mow a little bit with it this evening. Mowed and ran great until one of the rear deck wheels came off. The wheel and shoulder bolt have seen better days so I went ahead and ordered a new set. 
 

Really wanted to get a good feel for it and try it out. Kind of a shake down run. Noticed all the belts are cracked up pretty bad so all need replaced. Also noticed the clutch pedal doesn’t want to spring back up from time to time and I’d have to pull it back up with my foot a little, so I’m hoping that’s not a bad sign. 
 

Picked up the stuff to change the oil and gear oil in rear differential and transmission. Got a lot of parts to sort and hopefully get this one in good working order. Thanks again!

That's why we are here my friend 

We all love to help we all have a tumor for these tractors and can't help ourself by spending the infection to other lol

 

You need something ask. Because there's not once been a question that wasn't vastly expressed to me in answers. 

I've even seen a few topics go in this direction

Hey ain't ever dealt with x next thing you know John Paul and joe shmo are chiming in and resolving the issue. It's great. 

 

 

it's a wheel horse mob around here. 

Great ppl 

Great insight 

And just overall a great time if nothing else. 

 

[ebinmaine 78,646]

6 hours ago, Fj40z said:

Really wanted to get a good feel for it and try it out. Kind of a shake down run. Noticed all the belts are cracked up pretty bad so all need replaced. Also noticed the clutch pedal doesn’t want to spring back up from time to time and I’d have to pull it back up with my foot a little, so I’m hoping that’s not a bad sign. 

 

Here in our Herd every machine is older than you have so my familiarity is limited compared to other guys.  

 

That clutch issue may be a worn out gas cylinder. I believe you can simply replace it with the older style spring. 

Toro number is 108035. 

 

Shop carefully for those. The price varies a LOT. 

 

 

Another maintenance item you'll need to consider is the fuel system. 

Ethanol fuel is not friendly to older rubber. Your tank valve, its grommet, and all your fuel line is almost definitely dried out. 

 

 

Again all parts are available from good sources. 

[953 nut 65,839]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

That clutch issue may be a worn out gas cylinder. I believe you can simply replace it with the older style spring. 

Toro number is 108035. 

@Fj40z, You can leave the gas dampener in place and just add the clutch return spring as pictured below. Jut need to remove the left rear wheel, no need for a full disassembly.

 

[WHX?? 56,476]

8 hours ago, Andy N. said:

All packed up and ready to go to AJ's tomorrow!

Well now that really sucks ... Dan on his way down by you for a score and if I didn't have this tractor safety class I'd be with and we coulda stopped at AJ's 

[Andy N. 2,749]

49 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Well now that really sucks ... Dan on his way down by you for a score and if I didn't have this tractor safety class I'd be with and we coulda stopped at AJ's 

That sucks, but you do need all the tractor safety training you can get! 

[Ed Kennell 45,962]

1 hour ago, WHX?? said:

f I didn't have this tractor safety class

Can we assume Kev is teaching the class?