What did you do today?

[19richie66 16,036]

8 hours ago, Wheel-N-It said:

 

Good score Richie!!! The 416-8 is one of my top favorite Wheel Horses. They will do anything yo ask of them. When you get it running, throw that pepper shaker muffler away and put a stack on it. 

I’m hoping it runs as I would like to put it in my GT14. It seems to have good compression. I’ll try to get it fired over soon. The rest will get taken apart and stored in the meantime. Hope all is well my friend!

[ebinmaine 54,986]

3 minutes ago, 19richie66 said:

I’m hoping it runs as I would like to put it in my GT14. It seems to have good compression. 

 

An old Kohler engine with good compression.

You're pretty much already there.

 

All you need is a little fire and fuel and you're good to go... 

[19richie66 16,036]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

An old Kohler engine with good compression.

You're pretty much already there.

 

All you need is a little fire and fuel and you're good to go... 

if it runs and doesn’t smoke, I’m going to run it. After stripping the wiring out, I can see why it had trouble running. 

[Pullstart 52,154]

It’s 70 and sunny.  Rylee had eyes on the whistle pig hanging out on a bus tire.  We’re just waiting for it to present a safe shot.  We kicked sand back in it’s hole twice now today.  Now, we are prepared for it’s return to the den!

 

 

[Ed Kennell 30,705]

2 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

 Rylee had eyes on the whistle pig

I just started my save the sweet corn and cantaloupe  program.        Ed=3      Whistle pig= 

[WHX?? 41,600]

Yah well come take care of my coon problem. I don't seem to be up to the job. 

[Pullstart 52,154]

I gave up, too much to do.  Skid wood chicken/goose house addition under way.

[Horse Newbie 5,527]

After work today I washed the top side of the Cub deck (this is a sharpen blades and clean underneath project)… no painting the deck this time.

Sharpened the two blades, and of course I had to paint them…

Washed the other deck parts…

[SylvanLakeWH 20,593]

@Horse Newbie

 

Nice work!

 

but... that color... 

 

You can go blind lookin' at it... 

 

[Horse Newbie 5,527]

On 5/22/2023 at 10:06 PM, SylvanLakeWH said:

@Horse Newbie

 

Nice work!

 

but... that color... 

 

You can go blind lookin' at it... 

 

They wanted to make sure you seen them coming when they painted those Cubs…😆

[Horse Newbie 5,527]

Went to regular work, then after that I went to work on putting the Cub deck back together. Sanded some grass grunge off of a few more parts and painted them, put the belt tensioner assembly back on the deck… cleaned the spindle housings…

Maybe I’m going a little overboard with this blade sharpening and grease job…

I don’t want the blades of grass to have to see an ugly deck underside before their heads get chopped off…

Edited Thursday at 12:41 AM by Horse Newbie

[Wheel-N-It 2,341]

On 5/22/2023 at 5:16 AM, 19richie66 said:

I’m hoping it runs as I would like to put it in my GT14. It seems to have good compression. I’ll try to get it fired over soon. The rest will get taken apart and stored in the meantime. Hope all is well my friend!

 

Thank you Richie. Its been a good year. Finally having some time to get back on Red Square, and now getting ready for the Big Show. I hope to see you there in June 

[19richie66 16,036]

12 hours ago, Wheel-N-It said:

 

Thank you Richie. Its been a good year. Finally having some time to get back on Red Square, and now getting ready for the Big Show. I hope to see you there in June 

Not this year. Too much going on around here. Trying to get two of them ready for next year though. 

[Horse Newbie 5,527]

Today I made a little more progress with the Cub deck… my grass is really getting tall. I should have done this over the winter…

Look at the condition of the spindle housings. The aluminum is not corroded like you see so often on our Wheel Horse decks. It has to have everything to do with the spindle housings being on the topside of the deck.

Got the spindles, blades, deck belt, belt guards, and deflector shield back on. Put the Red and Tacky grease in the spindles. Took the swing arm for the tensioner pulleys apart, cleaned, and greased the zerk with Red and Tacky also.

I still need to paint the two skid plates that bolt along the front of the deck…

Edited Friday at 01:30 AM by Horse Newbie

[oliver2-44 7,617]

Got home from a couple of day RV trip to Dinosaur State Park near Glen Rose, Tx.  It’s kind of west and below Ft Worth. 

These are actual tracks in the Paluxy river limestone bottom

Above is cast of a trackway that was removed and taken to the New York American Museum of Natural History after the tracks were discovered in 1938. 
 

Do you remember Sinclair brand gas stations 

These life size dinosaur models were part of Sinclair exhibit at the 1965 Worlds Fair and later donated to the Park. 
And for a little gnome humor!

[Horse Newbie 5,527]

Cleaned and painted the two skid plates for the Cub deck…

and cleaned 2 spare blades…

will sharpen, balance, and paint.

Then they will be ready when I need them.

[8ntruck 5,238]

Sheridan, Michigan is running their annual Springfest this weekend.  I stopped by this afternoon to wander the car show.  Lots of nice cars, but nothing really unusual.  

 

Anyhow, the tractor and motorcycle shows were combined with the car show this year.  Found a few interesting tractors.

 

 

[Wheel-N-It 2,341]

No Wheel Horse stuff today. First thing today was to go have new tires put on the trailer that James and I will be towing to the Big Show next month.

Next was to help install a new one piece trunk pan in my friend Lee's 1964 Ford Galaxie convertible. Our goal is to have it back on the road by September. 

We had to drill out all the spot welds to remove the tail pan to install the trunk pan in one piece. One extra body part to remove, but thats the right way to do it.

[cleat 3,855]

Looks good. September is when the convertibles around here get put away for the winter.

 

[ebinmaine 54,986]

10 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

Sheridan, Michigan is running their annual Springfest this weekend.  I stopped by this afternoon to wander the car show.  Lots of nice cars, but nothing really unusual.  

 

Anyhow, the tractor and motorcycle shows were combined with the car show this year.  Found a few interesting tractors.

 

 

 

Interesting that you'd put pics of 3 of my favorites by brand or series. 

Wheelhorses obviously. 

Allis Chalmers Model G. 

The Cub is a representative of the color size and model of the second one my grampa had. 

 

Good post.  

 

 

[Shynon 7,321]

Got some new toys in the shop, finally found an empty wall for the wheel horse sign. 

[8ntruck 5,238]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Interesting that you'd put pics of 3 of my favorites by brand or series. 

Wheelhorses obviously. 

Allis Chalmers Model G. 

The Cub is a representative of the color size and model of the second one my grampa had. 

 

Good post.  

 

 

 

Great minds think in the same gutter?

 

That Cub looked like a custom job, where somebody made a tricycle conversion with custom paint and decals.  The owner wasn't around to talk to.