Grabbed a couple more Horses!

[ZXT 2,401]

Man.. Like I needed more! I'm officially up to 5 Horses.

 

These were at the same swap meet that I found the David Bradley at. The one with the engine is a 69 Electro 12. The engineless one is a 68 800 Special.

 

The Electro is pretty rough; hood is rusted through on top, obviously needs rewired, and has what I assume to be a CC spec Kohler on it judging by the color. The pan is what I believe to be a shaker plate engine, as it has the odd shallow pan with the bump out on the bottom for the oil dipper. Has spacers under the mounting bolts to make it work. Turns over by hand and has compression. I'll have to get it running and see how the hydro is. 

 

The 800 Special is minus the engine, gas tank, headlight assembly and rear wheels (I pulled the fronts so it would fit better on the trailer). It's really a more solid tractor than the Electro is. Steering gear teeth are extremely tight. Teeth are still very square. One of the ball studs that the tie rod snaps onto was broken when the PO was loading it. I'm assuming it is a 3 speed? Hubs seem tight on both tractors. All of the tires are original WH. 

 

Guy was shooting for the sky on the price - thought they were worth $325 as a pair. After 2 days of people looking at them and picking them apart, I wound up with them for $50. Figured they were well worth that! 

 

Edited February 23, 2020 by ZXT

[kasey54 305]

Sounds like a great score to me !

[kasey54 305]

The electro 12 is a great machine. I gave 600 for one , and never regretted it.

[Pullstart 67,082]

What a deal Jonah!  Got that Electro running yet?  

[ebinmaine 73,015]

5 hours ago, pullstart said:

What a deal Jonah!  Got that Electro running yet?  

Land sakes Kev. ....

Can ya give him at least 15 or 20 minutes??

 

 

 

How bout now Jonah?

Izzitt goin???

 

[ebinmaine 73,015]

Some zip ties on the wires and a bit of tape for the seat and she's golden.

 

Interesting placement of a fuel shutoff on the hood there.

 

[Retired Wrencher 5,841]

Lots of good parts there. Enjoy the project.

[Pollack Pete 2,273]

NICE...….I would have bought them too.Ya know,us Yankees up here in the snow belt are used to the rusted and rotted out machinery.You're in Texas,right? That Electro-12 must be an import.I didn't think rust was allowed in the hot,dry southern states.Have fun with your new toys.

[The Tuul Crib 7,339]

Nice collection Jonah and l 

would say you are on your 

way to a large herd!! Now by the looks

of your shadow it took a large hat

to wrangle those horses!! 

[Pullstart 67,082]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Interesting placement of a fuel shutoff on the hood there.

 

 

 

Good eye there EB!  I thought that was a headlight bolt or something!

[Pullstart 67,082]

41 minutes ago, The Tool Crib said:

Now by the looks

of your shadow it took a large hat

to wrangle those horses!! 

 

Everything’s bigger in Texas, right?  Calendar shot!  

[ebinmaine 73,015]

1 minute ago, pullstart said:

 

 

Good eye there EB!  I thought that was a .. bolt or something!

 

Me too but then it just didn't seem quite right....

 

[ebinmaine 73,015]

Love those wide brim hats!!

 

Just yesterday I ordered a new one..

 

 

[Herder 2,355]

Five horses is a good starter kit, can never have to many.  Parts or fix, buy them all.  

[ZXT 2,401]

8 hours ago, pullstart said:

What a deal Jonah!  Got that Electro running yet?  

Nope. Not yet. Missing the coil and the wiring is a mess. They've got a ballast resistor mounted on the dash, and I'll have to get a picture of what they have for a key. They took a 70s GM ignition key and cut it down and ground it like an Indak key. Works fine and looks interesting!

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Land sakes Kev. ....

Can ya give him at least 15 or 20 minutes??

 

How bout now Jonah?

Izzitt goin???

 

Come on now, I'm not that quick! Bought it late in the day right before the guy was going to pack up and head home. I didn't have room in my truck so they're on my dads trailer at his place as it was past dark when we left the swap meet. Going to mount up a couple of tires later so that I can make the 800 a roller and may tinker with it some then. As for the shutoff valve in the hood, I thought that was interesting.. Wouldn't work well unless you had a big loop of hose under the hood. 

2 hours ago, Pollack Pete said:

NICE...….I would have bought them too.Ya know,us Yankees up here in the snow belt are used to the rusted and rotted out machinery.You're in Texas,right? That Electro-12 must be an import.I didn't think rust was allowed in the hot,dry southern states.Have fun with your new toys.

Yeah, we don't allow that wet white stuff to fall from the sky! Rust is a big no-no around here. The rest of the tractor is completely solid. Best I can tell is it might have sat with something on the hood that held moisture and rusted it.. I've seen what a bag of fertilizer will do to metal if it is left and allowed to get wet.

2 hours ago, The Tool Crib said:

Nice collection Jonah and l 

would say you are on your 

way to a large herd!! Now by the looks

of your shadow it took a large hat

to wrangle those horses!! 

Thanks! Yep - I was wearing a large hat. Every year that I've gone to this swap meet, I've gotten at least moderately sunburnt. From about 5th grade on, I'd always skip school to go to it, and when I came back the following Monday burned, I'd always get strange looks from my teachers. Went to a swap meet at the Texas Motor Speedway in September and a guy was selling these sombrero looking hats, so I bought one. It's now my designated swap meet hat. Didn't get burnt this year! 

Edited February 23, 2020 by ZXT

[ZXT 2,401]

The engine on the Electro is really an unknown. The shroud, which is obviously off of a different engine, says it's a K301. The block is yellow, and the oil dip stick tube is mounted low on the front of the block around where the points are. Are there any identifying numbers on the block to point to what it is? I don't remember ever seeing anything on my other engines that did.

[The Tuul Crib 7,339]

27 minutes ago, ZXT said:

Nope. Not yet. Missing the coil and the wiring is a mess. They've got a ballast resistor mounted on the dash, and I'll have to get a picture of what they have for a key. They took a 70s GM ignition key and cut it down and ground it like an Indak key. Works fine and looks interesting!

Come on now, I'm not that quick! Bought it late in the day right before the guy was going to pack up and head home. I didn't have room in my truck so they're on my dads trailer at his place as it was past dark when we left the swap meet. Going to mount up a couple of tires later so that I can make the 800 a roller and may tinker with it some then. As for the shutoff valve in the hood, I thought that was interesting.. Wouldn't work well unless you had a big loop of hose under the hood. 

Yeah, we don't allow that wet white stuff to fall from the sky! Rust is a big no-no around here. The rest of the tractor is completely solid. Best I can tell is it might have sat with something on the hood that held moisture and rusted it.. I've seen what a bag of fertilizer will do to metal if it is left and allowed to get wet.

Thanks! Yep - I was wearing a large hat. Every year that I've gone to this swap meet, I've gotten at least moderately sunburnt. From about 5th grade on, I'd always skip school to go to it, and when I came back the following Monday burned, I'd always get strange looks from my teachers. Went to a swap meet at the Texas Motor Speedway in September and a guy was selling these sombrero looking hats, so I bought one. It's now my designated swap meet hat. Didn't get burnt this year! 

Well I can relate to that when you have a spot on top your head that has no hair you need to wear a hat and protect your ears as well. Nothing like a bad sunburn on your ears!!! Oww!

[Stormin 9,985]

11 hours ago, ZXT said:

 

 Not sure that's his shadow. Looks like a bear with big ears to me.

[ebinmaine 73,015]

1 minute ago, The Tool Crib said:

Well I can relate to that when you have a spot on top your head that has no hair you need to wear a hat and protect your ears as well. Nothing like a bad sunburn on your ears!!! Oww!

That in and of itself was what made me switch over to a full brimmed hat from baseball caps when I started hiking a lot a few years ago. Obviously they have a fair amount of value if I'm going to be out in the sun for any other reason as well.

 

 

[Tractorhead 9,212]

17 hours ago, ZXT said:

 

 

 

 

 

First thing i thought was....

oh, django is back... 

[oliver2-44 10,782]

7 hours ago, ZXT said:

The engine on the Electro is really an unknown. Are there any identifying numbers on the block to point to what it is? 

Many (but  not all) kohler blocks had the engine size i.e K301, K341, etc)  cast in the recesses under the engine pulley side of the block 

No size markings on this k321 block below

 

This oil pan was used on some John Deere and Cub cadet K Series engines.

 

 

This oil pan was used on the Wheelhorse shaker plate engines.

Edited February 23, 2020 by oliver2-44

[ZXT 2,401]

1 hour ago, oliver2-44 said:

Many (but  not all) kohler blocks had the engine size i.e K301, K341, etc)  cast in the recesses under the engine pulley side of the block 

This oil pan was used on some John Deere and Cub cadet K Series engines.

 

Thanks for the info! I'll take a look at it the next time I'm out there! 

 

That is the oil pan that it uses.