What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[ineedanother 1,640]

2 hours ago, ineedanother said:

Finally hitched up a tiller that's been sitting around here for a few years. I think it's from an XI and I offered it for sale a while back with no bites so I made a lift bracket and modified the front mount so it would clear the gearbox on a c-series. I don't have a need for it so it's just been sitting under my deck. It still has paint on the tines and it proved this evening that it can turn soil so it can stay. 

 

That's the one I have that came from Jeff Gordon's Power Outlet, Mooresville, NC (outside of Charlotte). Their number was 663-2424. It's a Carolina thing. 

[WHX?? 51,327]

8 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

See above... 

Yep I did ... and good grief you have the fuel filter in backwards! If you flip it you can see if chunks of crap are getting in it and time to replace.

Maybe you should stick to tractors that plug in the wall...

Now go back and put pics in the rest of your posts so we can see what else is messed up 

Edited Saturday at 05:52 AM by WHX??

[SylvanLakeWH 28,048]

@WHX??

 

 

I am glad you demanded and looked at the pretty pictures!!! 

 

I actually sat there and mocked it up correctly to size the line lengths and then promptly put it in backwards...!!! 

 

You may be right. Maybe at my age I need to stick with an on / off switch...

 

Mea culpa. There are many curds in your future Uncle Jim!!!

 

Fixed documentation:

 

 

Edited Saturday at 12:14 PM by SylvanLakeWH

[c-series don 9,711]

@ineedanother I am not sure if we covered this? But thee Jeff Gordon has or had an outdoor power equipment dealership? And more importantly a Wheel Horse dealership? 
 Also wanted to note that the belt guard on your tiller is something I wish my tillers had ( I see you have two of them also 😂) since I started using my first one back in 1985 I wanted to make one, because when you till deep the big pulley runs in the dirt. Then the dirt sprays up underneath the tractor sticking to the gas tank and axle or even in your eyes if you are looking back. My guess is that they added the guard for safety, but it also keeps the dirt from flying up.  

[ineedanother 1,640]

3 hours ago, c-series don said:

@ineedanother I am not sure if we covered this? But thee Jeff Gordon has or had an outdoor power equipment dealership? And more importantly a Wheel Horse dealership? 
 Also wanted to note that the belt guard on your tiller is something I wish my tillers had ( I see you have two of them also 😂) since I started using my first one back in 1985 I wanted to make one, because when you till deep the big pulley runs in the dirt. Then the dirt sprays up underneath the tractor sticking to the gas tank and axle or even in your eyes if you are looking back. My guess is that they added the guard for safety, but it also keeps the dirt from flying up.  

Yeah, I don't know when or for how long but I believe it's still operating as Lake Norman Power Outlet, a Toro and Stihl dealership. He moved on to selling Chevys in Wilmington. Back when I was fishing a bunch his boat "Pole Position" was docked right across the bridge in Wrightsville Beach. Anyway, I digress...

My older tiller doesn't have that guard and it's definitely factory. I was able to put the belt on with it in place and I don't think there would be any drawbacks to it although I only tested it and didn't run it for more than an hour or so. One could be fabbed up pretty easily I would think. 

[Damien Walker 261]

 

18 minutes ago, ineedanother said:

Yeah, I don't know when or for how long but I believe it's still operating as Lake Norman Power Outlet, a Toro and Stihl dealership. He moved on to selling Chevys in Wilmington. Back when I was fishing a bunch his boat "Pole Position" was docked right across the bridge in Wrightsville Beach. Anyway, I digress...

My older tiller doesn't have that guard and it's definitely factory. I was able to put the belt on with it in place and I don't think there would be any drawbacks to it although I only tested it and didn't run it for more than an hour or so. One could be fabbed up pretty easily I would think. 

 

Belt guard surely added as an h&s requirement and possibly to address government legislation...similar to the fairly ghastly plastic arrangement they invented for the mower drive belt and mule drive. I have heard a rumour that the accessible drive belt was one of the things that killed the conventional horizontal Wheelhorse, the other being noise level. I wear noise cancelling ear defenders for my 518H (which is quiet compared to my C175) but not for 520lxi which is much more refined. As far as I am aware, the belt guard has only been seen on tillers for the 5xi series here in the UK but I have little 3vidence to support this.

 

[ineedanother 1,640]

23 minutes ago, Damien Walker said:

 

As far as I am aware, the belt guard has only been seen on tillers for the 5xi series here in the UK but I have little 3vidence to support this.

 

When I checked the compatibility chart for this model it was in fact for the xi series which explains to some extent why I had to modify the mounting bracket to work on my c-160.

[Damien Walker 261]

2 hours ago, ineedanother said:

When I checked the compatibility chart for this model it was in fact for the xi series which explains to some extent why I had to modify the mounting bracket to work on my c-160.

Nice bit of kit regardless.

 

What did you do for the mid mount belt tensioner/guide pulley ststem? (Vastly different on the 5xi series of course)

[ineedanother 1,640]

1 minute ago, Damien Walker said:

What did you do for the mid mount belt tensioner/guide pulley ststem? (Vastly different on the 5xi series of course)

No modification needed. It works with the same belt, I believe 81 1/2" but my memory could be off on the exact length.

[Damien Walker 261]

14 minutes ago, ineedanother said:

No modification needed. It works with the same belt, I believe 81 1/2" but my memory could be off on the exact length.

I'm puzzled. The 5xi pto is right at the front of the engine just behind the grill and it's a much longer tractor so I'd be very surprised if it was the same belt. There'd need to be some form of mid mount arrangement to change the direction of the belt which is coming in from a completely different direction. The front mule drive has a tensioning arrangement for the mower, so I assume the tiller is similar. I'll look out the 5xi manual and see what I can discover....

[ebinmaine 71,700]

Another wicked busy day creating firewood. 

I cut a fair amount of 14" sticks this morning then Trina moved a BUNCH of it and a bunch more up to near the splitter.  

 

 

 

[pfrederi 18,541]

So I am about to call the coal guy.. He will chute 4.5 tons of anthracite into my bin,  Will last a whole winter... At 75 years old not into the labor aspect  

[Wayne0 1,093]

"At 75 years old not into the labor aspect "

At 71, I hear ya!

[cafoose 3,421]

A willow tree fell down so I started to cut it up. I cut some weeds down with my 953 sickle because the bugs and locusts were attacking me.  I really need some 14 inch ags or 15 inch wheels with ags. Those bald snow tires get stuck too often  The 953 stalled and the electric fuel pump quit. I took the shifter plate off and tapped it with a socket wrench hammer  and it started running so I was able to get it to the garage   I guess I should put a new fuel pump on it too. 

 

[ebinmaine 71,700]

1 hour ago, pfrederi said:

So I am about to call the coal guy.. He will chute 4.5 tons of anthracite into my bin,  Will last a whole winter... At 75 years old not into the labor aspect  

 

1 hour ago, Wayne0 said:

"At 75 years old not into the labor aspect "

At 71, I hear ya!

 

 

Heck. At 54 - I hear ya!!

 

But.... use it or lose it. 

 

I hope I can keep moving as long as possible.  

 

 

[MainelyWheelhorse 1,303]

8 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

 

Heck. At 54 - I hear ya!!

 

But.... use it or lose it. 

 

I hope I can keep moving as long as possible.  

 

 

Same here at 44/5. My job is tiring especially when we’re busy. And I like to be at least moderately busy when I’m home. The 12 miles I’ve walked in the last two days hopefully contributes to me lasting as long as my 90+ year old Grandparents did.

Edited Monday at 12:00 AM by MainelyWheelhorse

[Achto 29,216]

First show of the season next weekend, so today a few of my tractors enjoyed a spa day in preparation.

[adsm08 2,908]

Got the head off and started glassing it after dinner.

 

Despite what the straight edge says the glass says there is a low spot where the head gasket keeps blowing out. I might need to start with something coarser. The fine-grit I've been using is going through sheets much faster than it is going through head.

[ebinmaine 71,700]

36 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

Got the head off and started glassing it after dinner.

 

Despite what the straight edge says the glass says there is a low spot where the head gasket keeps blowing out. I might need to start with something coarser. The fine-grit I've been using is going through sheets much faster than it is going through head.

 

I would not advise this for most folks. 

I start with something as course as 120 grit. 

Don't take much off.  

Then go to 220. 

Work with this more.  

After that anything in the high 300 to 400 ish is a good finish.  

You'll easily use up 2 or 3 sheets of the courser paper.  

 

 

 

 

I plane in stages and also a little every day or two. 

I find the total time can easily add up to a couple hours or more.  

[squonk 43,263]

I put  a sticky back 180 grit Da paper on a plate of glass with some Windex and can plane a head in 20 minutes.

 

[adsm08 2,908]

2 minutes ago, squonk said:

a plate of glass

 

 

I taped full sheets to the glass top stove in the kitchen.

[ebinmaine 71,700]

8 minutes ago, squonk said:

I put  a sticky back 180 grit Da paper on a plate of glass with some Windex and can plane a head in 20 minutes.

 

 

We've had very warped heads here. 

 

I tape a piece of paper to steel.  

 

Never seen one done in less than 30 to 40 minutes. BUT.... I have to take very frequent breaks.  

 

[cleat 7,161]

2 hours ago, squonk said:

I put  a sticky back 180 grit Da paper on a plate of glass with some Windex and can plane a head in 20 minutes.

 

It depends how bad they are.

One of the Briggs heads on the GT1600 took just a few minutes but the other had a noticeable wobble so it took much longer.

 

[953 nut 59,067]

10 hours ago, adsm08 said:

 

 

I taped full sheets to the glass top stove in the kitchen.

What temperature setting were you using?                       

[ebinmaine 71,700]

26 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

What temperature setting were you using?                       

 

 

Reasonable question