'74 C160-8 Restomodification in Process

[ebinmaine 63,113]

3 minutes ago, pullstart said:

She’s so active in the hobby, maybe she should have a handle to tell us what she accomplished!  

I've actually talked to her about that. She spends a whole bunch of time on the computer at work all day and pretty much never touches one at night other than looking at her cell phone for a few minutes.

[Pullstart 59,687]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

I've actually talked to her about that. She spends a whole bunch of time on the computer at work all day and pretty much never touches one at night other than looking at her cell phone for a few minutes.

 

I totally get that.  She might as well keep doin’ what she do then, because the work output is awesome!  

[ebinmaine 63,113]

44 minutes ago, pullstart said:

 

I totally get that.  She might as well keep doin’ what she do then, because the work output is awesome!  

I agree Kevin and thank you!

I'll share this with her later.

[ebinmaine 63,113]

No pics tonight...

 

But I did something that I'm pretty  excited about.

I've been soaking the exhaust pipe with PB Blaster and other stuff off and on for several months.

Put a pipe wrench on it. Put a 5 foot extension pipe on the pipe wrench.

Push down on 5 foot extension pipe and crushed the pipe. That was not bad news to me because it made a snapping sound. So I knew I broke a bead of rust.

 

I rotated the pipe wrench up about 90° and repeated procedure and also repeated the snapping sound.

 

I got the exhaust pipe out of the engine!!

 

 

[Pullstart 59,687]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

I got the exhaust pipe out of the engine!!

 

 

 

 

Yee Haw!

[ebinmaine 63,113]

I spent a few minutes the other day and Trina again today removing parts from the engine so as clean/strip/paint it soon.

 

 

[Pullstart 59,687]

It’s so naked!  You must have the fire going?    I see that electric unit is on too...

[ebinmaine 63,113]

26 minutes ago, pullstart said:

It’s so naked!  You must have the fire going?    I see that electric unit is on too...

Hehehe....

No wood stove in the shed yet.

I did have a twin head propane heater for a time and 3 electric radiators cookin away.

That frame is going in the parts pile. It and that transmission are reeeellyy tired.

 

[ebinmaine 63,113]

On 1/28/2018 at 5:57 AM, gwest_ca said:

Here is why I was curious about the Kohler serial number

1974 tractor model 1-0380-9 with serial 1018131 puts it well into the 1974 Wheel Horse model year - Has a K341S-71128a engine used on 1975 models but serial 5323495 is a 1973 Kohler production number.

The info available to us indicates the 1974 models used K341S-71113a.

All 7-digit Kohler serial numbers beginning with 5x are 1973 production.

 

Garry

 

 

Garry I know I'm probably asking a lot, in looking for info on this post when it is almost a year old.

By rereading the post above it tells me that you think one of the stickers is from 1974 or 5 and the other one could be from 1973.

I'm just curious to know if you remember if the stickers on this engine were maybe.. modified or changed?

 

The reason I ask is I am finally getting around to ordering a sticker set for this tractor and I'm wondering if I should just have Terry make a generic number or actually use the ones that were on the engine when I got it?

 

 

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 10,495]

The Kohler serial number has damage at the 2nd digit but will guess the second number is an 8. Seven digit Kohler serials starting with 50 to 59 were built in 1973.

Wheel Horse 1974 model production would have started midway through 1973 (June?) for the October 1973 announcement of the 1974 models. So a 1973 engine on a 1974 tractor is normal.

 

The 1974 model tractors may have started out using the K341S-71113a engine and that is what got recorded. They may have started using the K341S-71128a shortly after so why you have one and when the 1975 models started they continued to use this one so that is how it is recorded.

They also used Tecumseh engines so could be Kohler could not supply enough at the time. Your tractor serial number is the highest recorded using a Kohler engine and most of the Tecumseh engines are on higher tractor serial numbers.

Perhaps Wheel Horse did not rotate their stock of heavy engines and it took a while to use up their inventory with the oldest being at the back of the shelf - understandable.

 

I would go with the numbers just as they are on the engine. That way you know what you have and is more likely all original than not original. A single part change on a Kohler engine is all it takes to generate a new spec number. An engine supplied to Wheel Horse with a voltage regulator and one without a voltage regulator is two different spec numbers. Saw that happen.

 

Garry

[ebinmaine 63,113]

Got some super cool stuff in the mail today.

I just want to give a special thank you to Terry.

@Vinylguy

 

I know those stickers are next to impossible to see but the script is of the 60s vintage and the color of the hood side stickers is going to be very close to that of the engine and wheels.

 

 

 

[Vinylguy 4,666]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Got some super cool stuff in the mail today.

I just want to give a special thank you to Terry.

@Vinylguy

 

I know those stickers are next to impossible to see but the script is of the 60s vintage and the color of the hood side stickers is going to be very close to that of the engine and wheels.

 

 

 

 

I just thought maybe carrying the engine decal black and brushed chrome colors back to the dash and console decals would be a good accent to your beige and cinnamon color scheme.

Cant wait to see this project come to completion. 

 

[ebinmaine 63,113]

Just got the rest of the old frame and running gear separated

 

Here's the engine from the original 1974 and the transmission from the 1977 chassis. These are what will be used putting this back together.

 

 

 

[Pullstart 59,687]

I like your hub Christmas tree Eric!

[PeacemakerJack 10,670]

 

Speaking of unique Christmas trees, check out this super cool empty shell casings tree at our local farm and fleet store...

I thought this was SUPER COOL! I gotta make one...lace it with a few LED’s like they did

 

ok—back on topic.  You are making some good progress on that thing Eric.  Now that it is apart, you can start putting it together   Can’t wait to see it “up and running” one of these days...

[ebinmaine 63,113]

Trina made a bit more progress today.

I cleared off the work bench so she could wire brush the rest of the exterior of the transmission.

We brought it in to the cellar workshop and set it by the big huge wood stove for a while.

This evening she painted it.

 

Maybe soon it'll start looking like a tractor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lee1977 6,217]

I think you will like those narrow front tires once you drive it. Is Santa going to get this tractor assembled before Christmas? Did you get the new pulleys on the Snow Pusher?

[ebinmaine 63,113]

As far as ease of steering you are right about the tires.

I have them on the Patriot horse right now just to hold it off the ground and Wow is it easier to drive!

That sure is nice.

Only thing is... It won't go where I point it in the snow because it's so light.

I'm not sure yet what the Cinnamon horse will end up being but I'll use those tires on something we don't need in winter. 

 

I did get the new pulleys on the 1267 today.

It's better... 3rd gear works so it'll push snow now. Still not quite right though. The belt doesn't release from the engine pulley quite enough to shift correctly. I'm making progress though....

[ebinmaine 63,113]

As to timing... I'd love to have it done ASAP but there just aren't enough hours in the day....

I'd love to use it as a plow rig soon but,

I'll be happy if it's usable by logging season.

[Sarge 3,462]

Just hope you folks don't paint anywhere near that woodstove - a buddy of mine blew up his shop with too many paint fumes that got into his wood stove, took one whole side wall off the building. I'm sure he was using far too much paint anyway, but just a caution.

 

Sarge

[ebinmaine 63,113]

19 minutes ago, Sarge said:

Just hope you folks don't paint anywhere near that woodstove - a buddy of mine blew up his shop with too many paint fumes that got into his wood stove, took one whole side wall off the building. I'm sure he was using far too much paint anyway, but just a caution.

 

Sarge

Oh no.

She never paints anything indoors. Ever. Any indoors. Even my open shop.

Wood stove was her transmission heating utensil.

 

[Sarge 3,462]

Lol - I'm guilty of the same thing - except, using an old BBQ grill. Heat the parts to over 125*F, run to the shed and shoot it, then clear the fumes quickly and fire up the Mr. Heater to cure it. The process works well enough, but a pain in the butt at best.

 

Sarge

[ebinmaine 63,113]

A little paint going on today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 63,113]

Today my wonderful girl and I spent pretty much all day working in the downstairs workshop on both the 867 and this cinnamon horse.

 

For whatever reason she's had even more drive today than (her) normal (which is crazy high compared to the rest of us) and just wouldn't stop moving.

 

She even spent some time reorganizing and picking up the shop a bit and the workbench so that we could make space to put the engine up and clean it off. Preparing it for paint.

 

 

Here is where the cinnamon horse is for today....

The front wheels are the ones that will probably live on this permanently once they are repainted and spaced out correctly.

The rear wheels and tires are just temporary ones to hold it up off the ground and make it a rolling chassis so we can move it around easier.

 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 63,113]

@PeacemakerJack

Josh my friend. You'll be happy to see these pants. Hahahahahahahaha !!!!