lynnmor 7,823 #24201 Posted July 29 2 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Brakes. Well... Inadequate for slowing and stopping. Fixed that sentence for you. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 72,706 #24202 Posted July 29 4 minutes ago, lynnmor said: Fixed that sentence for you. Gotta give ya that one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shed 286 #24203 Posted July 29 4 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Some things to keep in mind about speeding up a Wheelhorse. Unidrive bearings. The bearings in these transmissions have limitations like anything else. I've read that the race mower crowd seems to think 20 - 25 is a lot for these. Brakes. Well... Inadequate for high speed slowing and stopping. Tie rods. You will NEED to change the tie rods to a different type altogether. Steering. The steering system as a whole is actually very loose the way it was designed... for 6 mph. Put that to a 5X and it'll be startling. If you've never been on a "fast" garden tractor you'd be shocked at what 12 mph feels like. 20+ is obviously doable but there are serious considerations to be addressed. This wasn't built for speed it doesn't have the stock transmission at all but a separate gear box and a tourqe convertor now all chain drive. It has rear disc brakes not installed yet. But I was just joking around with the comment about the Bonneville salt flats. It should have good tourqe though with the gearing I picked. 60 tooth axle sprocket and two jack shaft type reduction setups and the belt driven tourqe convertor. The steering I'll clean up but for now I just need to get it together. If the flat bed doesn't look right I thought I'd make a gooseneck trailer for it and he can tow his pedal tractors and stuff. 1 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 66,802 #24204 Posted Thursday at 12:25 AM I got this black hood running… and it works great! 2 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MainelyWheelhorse 1,519 #24205 Posted Friday at 12:35 AM Today, I repurposed a few extra coffee cups for workshop stuff. I built an exhaust pipe with assistance from my father and mounted the new muffler to it for the C -141. And drove it over to my house. it’s been it’s been sitting at my parents next door for the last 2 months or so. Just little things and painting now. 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy N. 2,393 #24206 Posted Saturday at 03:06 PM Productive few days of doing an engine swap on my 418-A with one that I found locally that has a transmission issue. The original is worn out and starting to use alot of oil. It's all back together now and I mowed with it yesterday and the newer engine is working good so far. I also took the opportunity to replace the lift actuator with a unit that I rebuilt this past winter. 3 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 51,772 #24207 Posted Saturday at 03:29 PM SCORED! 11 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 18,682 #24208 Posted Saturday at 06:39 PM (edited) Not my brightest day ...I had been sorting through my box of spark pugs... went to the Workhorse GT-1848 to see what plugs were in the B&S twin. pulled the front plug found it to be Bosch concentrated very hard on remembering the plug number. Went to mow later she didn't start well and was running a bit rough but when i engaged the blades something was wrong as she slowed way down. Opened the hood and you guessed it ...I hadn't put the plug wire back on... a 9 hp B&S can't handle hydro and 48" deck Edited Saturday at 07:50 PM by pfrederi 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmor 7,823 #24209 Posted Saturday at 08:48 PM 2 hours ago, pfrederi said: I hadn't put the plug wire back on... a 9 hp B&S can't handle hydro and 48" deck It wasn't even 9 HP, some of that HP was used pulling the dead one along. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 12,205 #24210 Posted Saturday at 09:08 PM 2 hours ago, pfrederi said: hadn't put the plug wire back on... a 9 hp B&S can't handle hydro and 48" deck I think we've all pulled things similar to that 😅 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MainelyWheelhorse 1,519 #24211 Posted Sunday at 01:13 AM (edited) Today, after work I took the C-141 for a spin then modified the new exhaust pipe, removing a little over an inch, painted it and attempted to build a battery hold down for it. no pics as I was really getting into it. Edited Sunday at 01:14 AM by MainelyWheelhorse 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adsm08 3,261 #24212 Posted Sunday at 08:23 PM Did a little work addressing some running issues on the Commando. Found the plug carbon fouled and the points set at about .002". Reset the points, got a new plug, it seems to be better, but I didn't drive it, I just left it run for a bit. I also replaced the plug in the 855 after noticing it was the wrong one. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horseman with no horse 30 #24213 Posted 6 hours ago 855 7 slot grille cold start today. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D0uM71cHmt4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
