My lowered wheel horse build

[Heatingman 941]

I work in buildings all over Chicago and the suburbs. Lots of old ones we still take care of with original brick base steam boilers. The company has been in business since 1918. Plenty of process,  refinery and chemical plant work too. And hospitals, but generally just in the main mechanical rooms and boiler rooms.

 

Cant say Ive run into any ghosts at work, but plenty of opportunities late at night in the bowels of old buildings. Though Im way more concerned from the living threats. Especially when the locals get to rioting over news events. 
 

luckily I only make a living there. Live in a quiet peaceful unincorporated suburb - minutes from the wide open farmland where I really want to live. 

[Burnerman 758]

this my my view when I’m working on the roof. 
used to be hundreds of dairy farms around here. 
I do love where I live, I just wasn’t in NJ. 😂

[Burnerman 758]

Junkyard shopping day tmw.😁😁

[Burnerman 758]

No junkyard shopping today. I spent the morning cursing NJDOT and Honda. The wife said her pilot is making noise. The sway bar bushing hold down clamp rusted thru. It took all morning but it’s fixed. I had to weld nuts on what was left of the bolts and make a new strap.  My homemade strap will outlast the car. 

 After I got that cleaned up I tore the tractor down and cleaned up my mods so far. I cut out the 3/4 rod that was in my battery spot in the clear spot in the tunnel. I tightened up pivot points and a few other odds and ends. I had a Tecumseh with a tank that happens to fit in the tunnel. I’m gunna make that work. 
My son showed up late and he’s fabbing up the rear fenders and tool tray. We’re kinda copying the setup on the Massey. 

Edited August 20, 2022 by Burnerman

[Burnerman 758]

Done for today. 

[sjoemie himself 2,918]

That's looking pretty good so far. Repair on the car should out quite a while too.

 

Got more pics of the MF? Looks like a nice (industrial?) tractor.

[Burnerman 758]

38 minutes ago, sjoemie himself said:

That's looking pretty good so far. Repair on the car should out quite a while too.

 

Got more pics of the MF? Looks like a nice (industrial?) tractor.

It was made by Dura Corp. they made tractors sold under a few names. Massey Ferguson wanted to get into the homeowner tractor business in 64 I think. This is a 64/65. It’s kind of a rare bird but there’s a few around. 
The engine is oem and has a 6 digit # with no letter. We have a deck for it but it needs A LOT of work. I use it to putt around and haul my cart. 

[sjoemie himself 2,918]

Thanks for the pictures and info. Sweet looking machine. Not something i'll see anytime soon overhere I think.

[Burnerman 758]

So I got itchin to see if it actually moves so I slapped what’s done  together. I ratchet strapped a block of wood to the trans and put the steel seat pan on it. It goes pretty good. Not super fast, maybe 12-14mph. 

[Greentored 3,201]

Glad to have popped in and saw this thread. Will be starting on a slammed 856 this winter.  Our new property/build site is in a very spread out community- everyone rides golf carts and side by sides.  A 30mph Horse in the weeds that can also haul my jon boat to the dock is gonna be fun!

[Burnerman 758]

I started brainstorming this afternoon with the stuff we cut up Sat. 

We’ve got to get the fenders and sheet metal trimmed up I’m thinking of a ridged seat post for the steel pan seat. 
There’s also a early morning junkyard trip rescheduled for Sat so this all might change. 

[Burnerman 758]

I took the deck off the big tractor cause I gotta patch 2 thin spots and if it’s in my sons way maybe he’ll fix it. 😁

I had to go nose to nose to see the drop. 

[Burnerman 758]

I tacked up the pan and fenders to get a better idea of the end result. 
It’s more fabbing tin than I wanted to do. My son will have to do the fitting and filling. 😁

Im still hoping to find inspiration at the scrapyard Sat. 
This is what I gotta get patched on the big Tractor deck. 
This shouldn’t be bad just gotta match the curve. I have fender pan pieces that should fit right in. 

[Burnerman 758]

Nothing good at the junkyard for my build. Nothing new coming in. Scrap is dead around here. Hopefully it’ll pick up in the cooler weather ahead. 
Here’s some pics of the place. 
The owner is gunna call when any wheel horse tractors come thru. 

[Burnerman 758]

Since the scrapyard was a bust for now I got my son to help me patch the deck. We were trying to fab a piece to fill in when my son pointed at the trashed sd deck next to my garage and said why not cut it outta that? I had given up on the deck because of the butcher welds and rotten pulleys. 
The spot we needed was actually the only real good part. 

Oh! I painted the patch with Rustoleum sunrise red. 
I’ve found it fades to match the factory paint on most of my tractors. 

[Burnerman 758]

Pulled it apart again. (I can do it in 5 mins now). I’ve got a hydro pulley coming for it so I’m going to get the drive system finalized as far as belts go in a few days. 

For now I’m going to use this trans since it’s slim pickings at the scrapyard. I’ll put some oil in it and see how bad the seals leak. I have axle seals but I’d rather put them in a better trans.

 Im going to work on making a wire harness and an interlock setup for the clutch. I may just add a “trick” to start it for now. 

I may start paining some of the stuff that I think were done with. 

Does anyone know if they had different 1” length axles? My C101 has a good 1” gap between the hub and trans with the hub even with the end. It had the 11/8” axles. Both of the 1”trans I have the hub is tight to the trans with the shaft ends flush. 

I don’t wanna build a fender that is to narrow for a wider trans. 

[Burnerman 758]

Got a “go faster”part off the E store. 
we’ll be testing this weekend. Might get closer to done. 

[Heatingman 941]

On 8/29/2022 at 4:56 PM, Burnerman said:

Pulled it apart again. (I can do it in 5 mins now). I’ve got a hydro pulley coming for it so I’m going to get the drive system finalized as far as belts go in a few days. 

For now I’m going to use this trans since it’s slim pickings at the scrapyard. I’ll put some oil in it and see how bad the seals leak. I have axle seals but I’d rather put them in a better trans.

 Im going to work on making a wire harness and an interlock setup for the clutch. I may just add a “trick” to start it for now. 

I may start paining some of the stuff that I think were done with. 

Does anyone know if they had different 1” length axles? My C101 has a good 1” gap between the hub and trans with the hub even with the end. It had the 11/8” axles. Both of the 1”trans I have the hub is tight to the trans with the shaft ends flush. 

I don’t wanna build a fender that is to narrow for a wider trans. 

Think they rely on the hubs being close to shoulder mounted to prevent damage in the differential part of the transaxle. Like a thrust bearing. 

 

Ive got mine apart right now, and the gear and shaft are just float fit. And will push inward a good 1/4 inch.

 

There is a c-clip to prevent outward motion, but not inward. 

Middle gear in the pic is the axle gear(one of them)

 

Edited September 3, 2022 by Heatingman

[Burnerman 758]

Finally got all the right belts and idlers. I built a seat post for now.
I cleaned up the wiring and added a keyed battery lockout for now. 
My lead sheet metal fabricator was working on his house so the tool tray and fenders will be the last things to finish up. 

 Waze says it does 14mph. I think it goes fast enough for what it is. 

 

[Burnerman 758]

@Ed Kennell I added a “pincher” and it works great! Thanks. 

[Burnerman 758]

Cleaned and painted the front rims. Added some rubber snubbers on my axle stops. Added a flag so cars see me on the hills. 

While I was waiting for paint to dry I got a few lawns mowed with the 520. 

[Wild Bill 633 767]

No rear fenders?

[Heatingman 941]

Pretty cool.

[Burnerman 758]

1 hour ago, Wild Bill 633 said:

No rear fenders?

They’re coming. 
This is roughly the idea. 

The tool tray will mount on top of the trans and support the fenders. 

[sjoemie himself 2,918]

16 hours ago, Burnerman said:

Added a flag

This made me chuckle. "Lowers his WH then adds flag so people can see him" 

Looking good man