What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[kpinnc 18,756]

7 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

This IS the way.

 

 

[sqrlgtr 3,301]

Put new LED bulbs in the C-160 today. Super bright 

[Desko 683]

Did some work on the 520 today which included replacing the bent/busted dash and bezel along with a new light switch from A-Z, and a new vacuum gauge, I don’t know if you can get a new one that says toro anymore but Stewart Warner still makes the style that came on the older 520s which works for me. Still need to get new bulbs for the rest of the gauges though. While I had everything out of the way I also fixed the wiring and replaced the fuse box which took care of most of the electrical issues but still need to address the 9 pin. It was also charging all over the place so I threw a new regulator on and that seems to be working good now so hopefully it’ll be a solid worker when it’s all back together 

[MainelyWheelhorse 2,890]

Today after a Zoom meeting I had in the morning. I worked on the C-141’s loose hub, and accidental red oversprayed headlight lens.

 

 

After a paint thinner wipe on the clear part of the lens, and a wipe of the bulbs it was all set.

 

the old setscrew (left) and the new (right) 
 

 

After a clean off with some PB Blaster and a skim of high temp wheel bearing grease I was going to put the old hub back but it still wobbled so…. 3 hours later…
 

 

I robbed one off the trailer I have. I swapped the old warped hub for the identical and in better condition good hub on the trailer.

Once that was on, I put the tire back on, I was done. It seemed to be much more solid feeling.

 

Edited yesterday at 01:46 AM by MainelyWheelhorse

[MainelyWheelhorse 2,890]

After an uneventful and slow day at work, I got to work on the C-141 again. I checked out the other rear hub and gave it the same treatment as yesterday minus the swapping out of parts. It turns out I swapped the hub when I built the tractor last year. A bit of a clean and that went back together like the other side.

 

 

 

I also after being inspired by @sqrlgtr‘s post decided to drill out and spruce up the headlight bucket on my tractor. It came off great but in the course of cleaning out and polishing up, I broke out the vent on the right side. A little JB weld and a few hours and I’ll be back in business. The black on the lens should hide it so it won’t be noticeable unless you take the lens off.

 

 

i plan on spraying the bucket with some bright semi reflective silver paint I have, to brighten it up.  I plan on replacing the rivets with flat head bolts so if I need to do maintenance etc.., I can pull it all out with two bolts. Back at it tomorrow after work to finish it up.