What's everybody doing?

Yesterday the rearranging was finished up and all the yard work done.  I have someone coming for a Sunstrand pump for a  C-160 Sat so I have a tractor out next to the door to bring in Sat.  Today was pretty nice but everything was finished up yesterday so it was a shop work day.  

Worked on hammering the 36"RD deck spindles a little (they moved slightly so more soaking) the new front hitch setup, and had a bunch of oil come in I've been waiting for.  I always look around to see what's going on with some of these oils and the SAE 140W and SAE 40W is still getting harder to find.  The 40W will be around a while longer from Delo but the SAE 140W is getting really tight.  Ultra Plus says they'll be making it for awhile but I brought in 10 extra gallons and will keep more of it around than usual just in case.

A lot of Wheel Horse rearends call for 40W motor oil (not multi grade), and a lot of them call for 140W.  They DO NOT call for 75W-140, 80W-140, or 85W-140 which are more popular and readily available because of a lot of vehicle applications.  The multi weights are not as good for higher pressures, especially higher shear pressure.  This also translates into more frequent changes.  I got my training from Amsoil over 30 years ago and they give a good education.  I'm also still an Amsoil Dealer and keep up with this stuff.  When it comes to the straight 90 recommended in some rearends a 80W90 will work just fine and has the same properties.  They also all need to be an API GL5 spec.

I'm not being OCD here, Wheel Horse made and designed these transmissions and know what is best.  I just trust them and don't rely on what I or other peeps "think" is alright.  I give the tractor what it wants and do the same with vehicles.  It also keeps me from the liability of being responsible if something fails.  I think I'll start an oil usage post in the tractor section getting into more detail when I get a min.   

Didn't mean to get into oil education, I just get carried away sometimes lol.    There are pics below if anyone is interested in the correct fluids and how to do things the way Wheel Horse says they should be done.  

 

Got the shop cleaned up and finished the 36"RD today.  It will be getting it's own topic in the attachments section next week.  It won't be a cheap deck considering all the work done on it and the fact all it has is some surface rust on it.  The baffles on the underside are even all intact.  I waited all week and needed the forklift tomorrow so I had to put a puller on the left spindle pulley.  I've been hammering on it and soaking it for a week and enough was enough.     It didn't survive but I have plenty of pulleys so it got replaced with a newer style that has a puller grove at the top.

My friend Kevin is coming up tomorrow along with someone to buy a Sunstrand pump for a C-160 so I'll be on but won't post till next week.  Everyone have a good weekend and hopefully it will be warmer where you are than here in the screenshot below.  

Only made it to 32 degrees today and someone ordered snow I guess...  

Started on the first of 3 42SD decks today.  One is done minus the outer spindle pulleys are stuck pretty bad.  The rest of the parts and all the spindles are good so I'm trying to save them.  I also need to find out who's been welding on this thing so I can take their welder away.  

Still playing with these decks inbetween other things.   The first of the 3 42SD is apart but the outer spindles didn't survive, everything else did so that's good.  I got out the 2nd 42sd and it was completely apart and everything saved in 2 hours.  The spindles are really nice, have no rot, and are super smooth.  Nice to have one come apart easy but most of that due to the fact someone has restored it before and had it apart.  The shell is even good minus a few cracks and bent places but I can fix those.  At least someone didn't make a mess of it previously so it can all be done from the bottom without patches.  

The last one is on the forklift for tomorrow.  Some of it has been welded solid so it will take a little more time to cut it apart...  

The final 42SD is apart, it wasn't any trouble at all.  Everything came apart easily and every part on it is good and still has a lot of yellow zinc on them.  The shell looks great minus the mess for the height adjustment but I'll keep it.  One day they will be impossible to find and I have other decks that that piece is good and could be welded in.  

Everything was saved, a lot of parts are put up on the pallets where they go, and I've already got a start on blasting the pulleys and small parts that go in fastenal drawers.  Next job is to try to clear the small welding table tomorrow if time allows so I can get it out from under the rack and raise a wing to start on the tiller restore.   I love getting more caught up with what I need to do that's already here.  

 

All the larger deck parts are on pallets where they belong and all the small parts are blasted, tagged or bagged with part numbers and put up in the parts dept.  There were some other odd parts on a cart that needed blasting so they got done and put up today as well.  Deck shells are on a pallet and ready to go outside tomorrow.  I really need a parts dept 10 times the size of what's back there now, stuff is stuffed everywhere...  

I found another use for the now multi function tester (originally named rearend tester).  It's great to spin up a tiller and use the hand held sander to clean up the shafts.  It was nothing fancy as you can see in the pics.  The belt jumped around but never came off or slipped.  After it was done I got out a pulley to stop the belt from jumping around for the next job just in case.

Tiller is now on the table and ready for tear down.  Maybe I can get a start on it tomorrow.  

 

Dreary rainy day today so things were quieter than usual, yay.     Just working on Wheel Horse stuff already here, a normal day at the Stables.  I made a new area in the Wheel Horse Engine section titled Kohler Engine Manuals where I'll be putting the Kohler Manuals pertaining to the Horses soon.  It will make them easier to find.  I'll put a post in the Announcements section when it's done.  

Trying to take the last 30 mins at the end of each day when possible to do some little things around the shop that I'm behind on.  Today was vac up the metal filings on the mill and lathe, put a new Wheel Horse decal on the vise I damaged a few months ago, clean and polish the forks on the forklift, and clean and polish the magvise.  It's not much but it makes me feel good to see things clean.        

 

Spent some of the day painting some tiller parts that were ready but mostly getting everything cleaned up and ready for the next restore coming in tomorrow morning.  All the stray parts are put up and everything cleared and clean minus the small welding bench still being used for the tiller restore.   I'll start a topic on the tractor coming in tomorrow in the Restorations section beginning of next week.