What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[Bar Nuthin 1,960]

Decided ol' Johnny needed spruced up a bit, so I slapped a quick paint job on him.

 

 

AI paint job, that is. 

[ebinmaine 76,198]

33 minutes ago, Bar Nuthin said:

Decided ol' Johnny needed spruced up a bit

 

Some folks like flames on certain vehicles. Some don't. 

Me personal-like. It depends on the mo-chine. 

 

This'n...

Yessir.  I  like it.  

 

IMHO those wheels need to be a solid dish like the old steelies or whatever. I do like the chrome wheels on a tractor.  

 

 

[sqrlgtr 1,625]

@Bar Nuthin parking to close to wood pile not a good idea 

[CD Long Jr 27]

 Well let's see, I put up the WD40 & got PB Blaster.

 I aired the tires up to get her off the trailer. All the valve stems are on the inside. Is that normal or has someone rotate them for a wider stance? Only 1 has a 90-degree adapter on the valve stem.

 Rolled her off the trailer and applied the brakes. No brakes. thank God for 96-gallon trash cans or I might have ended up in the shed. Parking brake doesn't work, (lock), either.

 Removed deck & mule drive. Finaly figured out and unfroze the quick attach pins. I think she's sat a heck of a long time. Mule drive adjuster is frozen & the black knob just turns so I assume the roll pin the holds it in place is rotted. I had to remove the clips & pry the arms off the adjuster to get the belt loose. The bar on the PTO won't move front to rear or up & down enough to get the belt off. Do I remove the big nut on the mule to get the belt out?

 Busted the rubber cover on the dash side of the choke cable, but now it's easier to get PB down the cable to try to free it. 

 Got all the deck pulleys and deck spindles to turn. I assume it's a 42-inch deck. 

 Otherwise, everything' just peachy.

[peter lena 9,610]

@Bar Nuthin  do you have to fire suit up , like top fuel  , to run that ????  looks very good , pete

[Handy Don 15,418]

20 minutes ago, CD Long Jr said:

 Well let's see, I put up the WD40 & got PB Blaster. Liquid Wrench and Kroil are MUCH better

 

  All the valve stems are on the inside. Is that normal or has someone rotate them for a wider stance? Normal (valve stem likely changed at come point, maybe tubes)

 

 Rolled her off the trailer and applied the brakes. No brakes. Lots going on there

 

20 minutes ago, CD Long Jr said:

There should be a removable pin securing the clevis on the outer bail to the stud in the center of the PTO. Get that out, disengage the PTO (the PTO actuator rod must move fore and aft freely--get that first) and wiggle the bail away from the PTO bell

 

20 minutes ago, CD Long Jr said:

 

Only if the pulley bearings indicate need of repair/replace does this need to come off.  I’d just put some good penetrant (Liquid Wrench or Kroil) every couple of days and leave it.

 

 

[CD Long Jr 27]

Thanks for the great info. I found a video on installing the deck & see I need to remove the clevis. How do I get the belt out of the mule drive, it's as far as I can pull it?

[Ed Kennell 43,968]

21 minutes ago, CD Long Jr said:

 I need to remove the clevis.       Where is this clevis?     How do I get the belt out of the mule drive, it's as far as I can pull it? Remove the big nut to get the guard off.   There are different width spacers on the shaft, don't get them mixed up when you reassemble.    

 

Glad to see your posts on this project, but may I suggest you start a new post on your project.     Information tends to get lost in this long general thread and a dedicated thread may make it easier for us to follow your project.

 

Oh and  to the 

Edited 3 hours ago by Ed Kennell

[Blue Chips 479]

3 hours ago, Bar Nuthin said:

Decided ol' Johnny needed spruced up a bit, so I slapped a quick paint job on him.

AI paint job, that is. 

 

I love your AI paint job, and it inspired me.

 

I've been having some fun playing with Photoshop and AI, and I thought I'd see what my GT18 would look like if it had a small V8 with a four-barrel, headers, mags, and racing slicks.

 

Current (real) condition:

 

 

After some AI-assisted modifications and a bunch more tweaking in Photoshop:

 

 

And of course, it would be irresistible to the local bears:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 76,198]

26 minutes ago, Blue Chips said:

irresistible to the local bears:

 

As THE local Bear. Can confirm. 

 

 

So listen here Mr Chips.... when's the real V8 getting wedged in there?

 

 

[sqrlgtr 1,625]

57 minutes ago, Blue Chips said:

I thought I'd see what my GT18 would look like if it had a small V8 with a four-barrel, headers, mags, and racing slicks.

 

Still the wrong color 

[Blue Chips 479]

42 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

As THE local Bear. Can confirm. 

So listen here Mr Chips.... when's the real V8 getting wedged in there?

 

Don't tempt me. I've been known to do crazy things like that. 

 

11 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said:

Still the wrong color 

 

Perhaps the New Holland GT series could be considered the 'blue sheep' of the 5xi family, but hopefully still welcome at Wheel Horse family gatherings.  

[kpinnc 16,365]

3 hours ago, CD Long Jr said:

All the valve stems are on the inside. Is that normal or has someone rotate them for a wider stance? 

 

Most Wheel Horses have the valve stems on the inside so as not to interfere with wheel weights or hubcaps. 

[ebinmaine 76,198]

10 minutes ago, Blue Chips said:

 

Don't tempt me. I've been known to do crazy things like that. 

 

I can say I've given thought more than once to having a Ford 300 inline six on a tractor frame. 

Why?

Who cares??!!?

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 minutes ago, Blue Chips said:

 

Perhaps the New Holland GT series could be considered the 'blue sheep' of the 5xi family, but hopefully still welcome at Wheel Horse family gatherings.  

 

I can't speak for @JCM but if we do a gathering here you're absolutely welcome. 

[kpinnc 16,365]

13 minutes ago, Blue Chips said:

Perhaps the New Holland GT series could be considered the 'blue sheep' of the 5xi family, but hopefully still welcome at Wheel Horse family gatherings.  

 

Just a 5xi in different paint. I like the blue ones!

 

My tractors dislike green garden tractors, but they won't bother blue ones. 

[Blue Chips 479]

12 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

I can say I've given thought more than once to having a Ford 300 inline six on a tractor frame. 

Why?

Who cares??!!?

 

I have a 1953 Ford NAA (Golden Jubilee) tractor, and if I didn't have so many other projects going on, I'd consider doing a Ford flathead V8 conversion. There have been a number of kits available over the years for that conversion, starting, I believe, with the Funk Aircraft Company conversion kit in the 1940s for the 9N, 2N, 8N, and later the NAA and others. It would be a fun project, and who doesn't like overpowered tractors? 

 

And I've always had a soft spot for Ford/Mercury flathead V8s. 

 

 

Edited 58 minutes ago by Blue Chips