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Now i've gone and done it, bought a Wheelhorse today ! Picked up a Raider 12 (well i think thats what it is) for £250. It says on the side Raider 12 but when i cross referenced the model number from the tag it says it is a 12HP 8 Speed. My info says the Raider 12 was made up untill 1972 with a different serial number, my serial number (1-0350) is for a 1973 12HP 8 Speed. So, is my info wrong or is my Wheelhorse a bitsa ?

Morning all, a small update for you.. Nigel and I have been having fun trying to get the engine running right. Were not there quite yet but certainly heading in the right direction. Changing the spark plug from a long reach to a short reach made a vast difference to the quality of the spark, we now have a stong health spark but we will be fitting an electronic ignition kit to make it 100% reliable.. Although we did kinda have the engine running on the original carb (video coming at some point this weekend), the carb is so worn with lots of play (and air leaks) in/around the spindles that the best name for it is junk! So out of interest we thought we would try a pit bike carb that Nigel had kicking about the place.. As we couldn't find any rubber pipe the right size for a temporary inlet manifold the rubber was removed from an old mower pedal and used The engine wanted to run but as the carb is a bit too small it was never going to work that well... So.. a correct size pit bike carb will be ordered and I will make a steel inlet fannymold.. I have slowly been beating the fender pan back into shape. It came from one of Karls racing mowers and as well as being battered during racing it gained a few extra holes... 61 holes in total! You know it's been hit hard when it has a 1 inch kink in it! Lot's of hammer work later it's looking straighter. And by the end of play yesterday, even straighter with the cracks and some of the smaller holes welded up.. It's hard going panel beating a rear fender pan as the steel is so thick, but I'm really enjoying it

Although I'm busy with Project Horse Gut at the mo, I'm still thinking about the flame throwers and how to make them... During the week a small fuel tank turned up (thanks Dave ), I think it's from an Atco? It is a nice fit under the bonnet By the time it's painted red you won't even notice it with the bonnet closed.. Stealth flames

As snow goes it could be a lot worse, but it was still a bit of a shock to see this this morning!

Got to see the Wheelhorses (and quite a few other makes) to day, had my choice of a Raider 12 or a C-81. They both seemed to be very similar and in rot free condition, both engines turned over with compression but neither started, eventually plumped for the Raider 12.

It's your lucky day. Link below will direct you to both what an old buddy covered in a thread on his restoration of a D-200 Auto (took me a while to find it). He (Andy) refurbished/relined his own. http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/topic/32405-d-200-automatic-restoration-project-re-posted/ ................and having obtained my Friction Lining materials from them before, here is a link so you can make your own- http://www.autoandindustrial.co.uk/ Hope this helps. Regards.

Bit more done today. Modifying the hitch lift system. Basically after much umming and ahhing, I decided on copying Mark and Ewan's mod. (Ride On's. Page 11) So far, spindle, housings and arms made. I did think of fitting bushes in the housings, but I'd no material to make any and I wasn't going to do a 60 mile round trip. I have fitted grease nipples, so things should last me out. I'll have to drill a hole in the fender for access to the LH one. The RH can be reached via the trans filler tube hole. One mistake I did make, was to make the housing securing tabs long enough. The screw and nut are fouling the trans oil filler tube. Not a problem, just annoying. Photo below.

What he hasn't said is he had beans for dinner, inserting the pipe was interesting when he does the second exhaust tomorrow I am not going to assist him