What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[rjg854 10,748]

I'd be interested in that seat you have for sure, I'll pm you about it, Thanks!

I got the engine from @richmondred01  great man for sure and does fine work.

[johnnymag3 2,445]

I want to repair or replace my 1257 steering wheel, any ideas? Or members who restore them ?

[squonk 38,965]

On 5/13/2020 at 7:07 PM, WHX24 said:

Since this thread went the route of catch all horse  BS and general chit chat ... sorry @Ed Kennell.... got some cheap magnetic backing for @Vinylguy's fine fine dealer stickers and made some. Mandatory yer tractor sports one at our plow day. 

 

How many do you plan on plowing under? 

Edited May 17, 2020 by squonk

[squonk 38,965]

22 hours ago, rjg854 said:

Thanks Ed, the fellow I  gotta see is in your neck of the woods. 

Don’t forget to stop at Ed’s ! Always great deals going down at Ed’s! 

[ebinmaine 63,214]

1 hour ago, johnnymag3 said:

I want to repair or replace my 1257 steering wheel, any ideas? Or members who restore them ?

There are videos of folks restoring car steering wheels on YouTube.

 

For a replacement call A to Z Tractor in PA.

 

[Achto 26,573]

The 701 that I purchased last fall came with this belt guard on it.

 

Not only was it the wrong guard but it was obviously hacked up and unacceptable in my opinion. To remedy the issue I grabbed a piece of 16ga sheet metal and laid out a new guard.

 

The front mounting tab and the lower belt brake were made from 10ga metal. Then a few bends and some welding to get to the finished product.

 

A final fit shows that my work was a success. Nothing left but to throw some paint at it.

[tom2p 2,393]

16 minutes ago, Achto said:

The 701 that I purchased last fall came with this belt guard on it.

 

Not only was it the wrong guard but it was obviously hacked up and unacceptable in my opinion. To remedy the issue I grabbed a piece of 16ga sheet metal and laid out a new guard.

 

The front mounting tab and the lower belt brake were made from 10ga metal. Then a few bends and some welding to get to the finished product.

 

A final fit shows that my work was a success. Nothing left but to throw some paint at it.

outstanding work !

 

[Lane Ranger 10,495]

Dan:   Another 701 owner I know has been trying to get a 701 guard (or one that can be made to work on a 701 with the Kohl;er motor).

 

I have a guard which I told him should work with some modifications..

 

I thought the Tecumseh type motor tab on the bottom front of the guard had to come off when using a Kohler motor?  I see you left yours on.   My 701 does not  have that tab on it.

 

Also not sure about the inside tab on the one I have.    Inside tab is at B in third from last photo.  My 701 guard has a rolling spacer at A on guard when attached to the tractor.

 

My 701 drive belt works fine and guard does fine so I thought that is the way it should be setup.

 

This extra guard I have is from a later model Wheel Horse.

Is the bottom tab needed?

 

 

 

 

[tom2p 2,393]

a lot of a recent activity - including :
 

8ntruck fabricated a hitch ...

 

rjg854 installed new engine in c160 ...

 

19richie66 new home for the tractors ... 

 

ebinmaine work on a number of projects ... continuous .. 

 

adsm08 tune up on the 855 ... 

 

sylvanlakewh added 2500 lb winch ... 

 

achto fabricated new guard from scratch ... 

etc etc etc 

 

what did I do ?

 

i finally did something - I installed a new plug in our 312-8 

 

hooray !  lol 

 

[Achto 26,573]

17 minutes ago, Lane Ranger said:

I thought the Tecumseh type motor tab on the bottom front of the guard had to come off when using a Kohler motor?  I see you left yours on.   My 701 does not  have that tab on it.

 

A Tecumseh belt guard will have the front mounting tab mounted in the middle of the guard instead of on top like a Kohler guard. The lower belt brake tab I believe should on the 701 guard. The 701 belt guard that I used for a pattern had one on it.

 

24 minutes ago, Lane Ranger said:

Also not sure about the inside tab on the one I have.    Inside tab is at B in third from last photo.  My 701 guard has a rolling spacer at A on guard when attached to the tractor.

 

The 701 that I removed the pattern guard from and the 701 that I made the new guard for both used a spacer at the "A" mounting hole. There was not hole in the location that you have indicated as "B".

 

The extra belt guard that you have should work fine. Just unbolt that tab in the inside, it won't be needed. The lower belt brake tab I would leave on.    

 

[squonk 38,965]

1 hour ago, Achto said:

The 701 that I purchased last fall came with this belt guard on it.

 

Not only was it the wrong guard but it was obviously hacked up and unacceptable in my opinion. To remedy the issue I grabbed a piece of 16ga sheet metal and laid out a new guard.

 

The front mounting tab and the lower belt brake were made from 10ga metal. Then a few bends and some welding to get to the finished product.

 

A final fit shows that my work was a success. Nothing left but to throw some paint at it.

I take it Jim was staying out of the way manning the air compressor in case you needed a shot of air?  

 

Great work! 

[WHX?? 46,814]

Nosing around out in the parts shed  a unmolested 61 or 62 guard that was hanging up wacked me in the gourd that would have worked... might have taken the fun out of making one tho! 

[8ntruck 6,379]

@Achto - what did you use to make the bends in the guard you built?

 

My nephew and I did some sheet metal with 16ga stainless yesterday.  We flanged it over a piece of angle iron using c clamps and wood for hold down.  It flanged, but the bend radius was not very tight.  It. worked for what he needed, but I was not happy with the final appearance.

 

I have a couple of car projects in my future that will need some sheet metal work.  After yesterday's experience got me thinking that I should acquire a sheet metal break of some sort.

Edited May 17, 2020 by 8ntruck

[WHX?? 46,814]

Gotta feeling his employer has an apparatus for bending metal. 

Put on one of Dan's seat elevators and tightened up the steering on the 753. Also installed the rebuilt S/G. She gotta go topless till Dan does a little repair on the hood. 

[rjg854 10,748]

As I promised here are some pictures of the engine installed and the tractor reassembled. 

[ebinmaine 63,214]

I finally got around to putting this tall stack back on the Cinnamon Horse.

 

I had the rain flapper on there but this engine doesn't idle low enough for it to make any kind of a tink tink tink sound and it was exactly in the position where it would blow exhaust right back in my face if I was in forward motion, for much of the ride.

This is the same piece of pipe I've had on a couple of different tractors now. It's a bathroom floor drain S pipe 1/2 that I modified to work.

 

It even has a side benefit of being slightly quieter and deeper toned.

 

 

 

 

 

Trina and her mom are down in the forest splitting wood while I run back and forth with the orange dumping trailer getting the split wood out. 10 cube trailer and pulled 7 loads out today.

 

3 loads here in front of the shed.

 

 

The other 4 a few feet away.

 

 

 

[Achto 26,573]

6 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

@Achto - what did you use to make the bends in the guard you built?

 

I made the bends with a box & pan brake. If you can justify having a brake I highly recommend it, a box & pan brake if you can swing the cost. A box & pan is usually pretty pricey.

I have used one of the HF brakes in the past with very good results. https://www.harborfreight.com/36-in-metal-brake-with-stand-62518.html

 

I have also bent metal as you did. I used a thick metal table and used a heavy piece of angle iron clamped to the top side. I then used a body hammer to slowly work the bend. With this method I was able to achieve a pretty good looking bend.

[Achto 26,573]

I spent some time today kicking more "shoe man" repairs out of my 701. Today I tackled this um "repair".

 

 

This goofy mount was done to raise the hood up in the front. Why did the hood need to be jacked up?? This was my question when I saw it. Well it was done to compensate for the ignition coil being mounted in the wrong location.

 

The coil should be mounted in front of the engine to a bracket that is bolted on to the oil pan bolts. The correct mount for the coil was missing so I made a new one out of 10ga metal. I also added weld nuts on the inside where the coil will bolt on, this will make bolting the coil on much easier.

 

Unrelated - but while I was waiting for the paint to dry on my new bracket, I grabbed some 3/16 round stock and made a new charcoal grate for my grill. The old one was getting pretty thin.

 

Sorry, back on subject. Mounted the new coil bracket on to the oil pan bolts, mounted the coil to the bracket, and got the wire stretcher out to make the wires reach the new location.

 

When I get around to restoring this tractor I will have to do some thing about the extremely over sized hole that a PO drilled in the frame where the hood bolt goes. For now at least the hood can sit where it is supposed to.

 

 

[Lost.soul.collecter 76]

On 4/23/2020 at 4:20 PM, Dan.gerous said:

Are you putting a roof between them and using the middle as covered work area?

Thats what I would do that would make a awesome area to work/ man and horse cave lol

[ebinmaine 63,214]

7 hours ago, Achto said:

Why did the hood need to be jacked up

Baffling to me the lack of logic some folks use when repairing or modifying things.

 

[adsm08 1,439]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Baffling to me the lack of logic some folks use when repairing or modifying things.

 

No lack of logic. If the coil is on the front of the engine how are you supposed to replace it without getting out of the seat?

[Tractorhead 8,611]

May he think he can hide the Coil from rain and moisrure,

oooor he use it on a large Trail to woke himself sometimes by grab quickly onto... 

😂😂

[Pullstart 59,744]

13 hours ago, WHX24 said:

 

 

the man that says I use my hoods for a welding table...

 

should’a mounted a vice on Cindy’s flame ride...

[WHX?? 46,814]

11 hours ago, Achto said:

When I get around to restoring this tractor

Dan's wife says he can't tie into this tractor until a new roof is on her house. I told him to hand her a hammer and let him know how it's going..... then run and duck...

@PeacemakerJack get ready to sling some shingles.. can't let this roofing nonsense get in the way of a nice 701 resto!

Nice thing getting cobblements out of the way beforehand makes a resto go better! 

[Achto 26,573]

3 hours ago, WHX24 said:

get ready to sling some shingles

 

Actually thinking about doing it in steel. That way I won't have to worry about again in life time.

 

3 hours ago, WHX24 said:

I told him to hand her a hammer and let him know how it's going..... then run and duck...

 

Lucky for me that I can run faster scared than she can mad.