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I bought some parts a while back from someone who does lawn mower racing and apparently if you use the chassis and a few other parts like the hood it is still classed as a lawn mower.
A record attempt would be fantastic.
Iain

I believe it is EP80 or EP90 for a WH but the specification for a Bolens is EP90, 2.5QTS if I remember correctly.
I am unsure if a WH leaks more than a Land Rover, probably a draw ;-)
Iain

Looking good Ian.
 
I use my HT23 all the time for moving trailers. My Ifor would look good on your 6x6, it has the right number of wheels.
 
Iain
 
 

 
 

I had last week off work and had a very busy weekend getting the last of the jobs done before returning to work. The last job on Sunday was to cut the grass on our 3.5 acre field. The grass was very long and dry.
 
It took about an hour and half to cut and for the last five minutes I thought I saw smoke coming out of the hood. When I finished cutting I stopped and lots of smoke was coming from under the hood. I lifted the hood to find that grass has wedged between the inlet and exhaust manifolds and was on fire. Grass that was on fire had dropped onto the drive shaft and grass between the engine and dash tower was also on fire.
 
I jumped back on a drove flat out to outside the workshop. As a split second decision I decided to use the air gun on the compressor to blow the grass out rather than hit a very hot engine with CO2 or water. The compressed air made the fire much worse for a few seconds but blew the grass that was on fire off the tractor.
 
A full inspection followed and no damage done, phew. It does smell a little funky though.
 
I have never had this happen before. I am not sure if I have just been lucky in the past or this is a one off.
 
It was fun but not to be repeated. No pictures as I was a bit busy.
 
Iain

I have this week off work with lots of outside jobs to do. This morning it was raining and as I was not feeling great I decided not to get wet. Instead I went into the workshop looking for a small job to do and I decided to look at the D-160. I rebuilt most of the mechanics about two years ago and then dumped it in the corner, so I decided to re-commission it. By the time I had it running the sun was out so I took it for a run.
 
The exhaust stack from a full size tractor (can't remember which one)  makes it sounds great with no fumes for taking the boy for rides.
 
After taking it for a run it went back in the workshop and I got a Bolens out to do some real work    The real reason was the D-160 does not currently have a hitch fitted and I can't remember where I put it.
 
Iain
 

 
 

Looking good Ian.
 
I use my HT23 all the time for moving trailers. My Ifor would look good on your 6x6, it has the right number of wheels.
 
Iain
 
 

 
 

Looking good Ian.
 
I use my HT23 all the time for moving trailers. My Ifor would look good on your 6x6, it has the right number of wheels.
 
Iain
 
 

 
 

Looking good Ian.
 
I use my HT23 all the time for moving trailers. My Ifor would look good on your 6x6, it has the right number of wheels.
 
Iain
 
 

 
 

I agree they are cool little machines. I have two Westwood D1200's which are very economical to run if a bit noisy. I have attached a couple of pictures of one of them. I added Countax wheels which are wider and have a greater offset and chevrons. The bodged 50mm ball hitch on the back was because I needed to move my 14ft Ifor trailer in a hurry and it did the job surprisingly well.
 
This one has the standard specification ripped seat too.
 
Iain

Hi,
 
My six year old son has a name for most of my tractors and I guess I do too on a bad day...
 
My Bolens HT23 is called Big White and unsurprisingly my D series Wheelhorses are called Big Red. One of my Westwood D1200 is called The Outback tractor because it lost it's storage and was left at the back of the house for ages. Many of the others have names too which only he can remember.
 
One of my favourite tractors is one of my Bolens H16's which is known as The Rescue tractor. This is the machine of choice for dragging broken tractors and cars to the workshop, mainly because it is very reliable and strong as an ox. Most of the time it is fitted with dual rear wheel weights which gives it amassing traction and a sleeve hitch operated by the hydraulics.
 
Do you have names for your tractors and if so are they any more unusual than the names mine have? 
 
A few pictures of The Rescue tractor having fun in winter and dragging home a broken Westwood D1200 and Wheelhorse D-200.
 
Iain
 
 

Hi,
 
My six year old son has a name for most of my tractors and I guess I do too on a bad day...
 
My Bolens HT23 is called Big White and unsurprisingly my D series Wheelhorses are called Big Red. One of my Westwood D1200 is called The Outback tractor because it lost it's storage and was left at the back of the house for ages. Many of the others have names too which only he can remember.
 
One of my favourite tractors is one of my Bolens H16's which is known as The Rescue tractor. This is the machine of choice for dragging broken tractors and cars to the workshop, mainly because it is very reliable and strong as an ox. Most of the time it is fitted with dual rear wheel weights which gives it amassing traction and a sleeve hitch operated by the hydraulics.
 
Do you have names for your tractors and if so are they any more unusual than the names mine have? 
 
A few pictures of The Rescue tractor having fun in winter and dragging home a broken Westwood D1200 and Wheelhorse D-200.
 
Iain
 
 

I agree they are cool little machines. I have two Westwood D1200's which are very economical to run if a bit noisy. I have attached a couple of pictures of one of them. I added Countax wheels which are wider and have a greater offset and chevrons. The bodged 50mm ball hitch on the back was because I needed to move my 14ft Ifor trailer in a hurry and it did the job surprisingly well.
 
This one has the standard specification ripped seat too.
 
Iain

Andrew,
 
It is possible that I may have an air filter as I do have a scrap engine. The challenge will be getting to it, I will get back to you but it may take a while. Let me know if you find one in the interim as the challenge of getting to it is not insignificant. I think I have six cutting decks for the tube frame tractors but at the moment I don't want to loose any. I recently scrapped a 34" deck from my Bolens 850 so I have a few spare deck parts.
 
You may want to contact Chester Hudson http://www.mdr.co.uk/tillerparts/tillerparts4.html to see if he has a deck. I am sure he will have an air filter if you can't wait for me to get back to you.
 
I have a PDF parts manual for the 1254, a Tube frame service manual and a Wisconsin service manual plus lots of others, let me know your email address if you want a copy of any or all.
 
Iain

Quick picture of my 1054 and a couple of my other tractors, assuming I have got the hang of how to post pictures on this forum. Beware one Bolens is not enough!!!
 
I forgot to mention that I have a good selection of Bolens spares, that I have found alternative sources for some of the parts and both of the parts suppliers I mentioned also sell secondhand parts.
 
Looking at the pictures of your 1254, it looks like the lights are incorrect and you are missing part of the lift lever and fuel tank.
 
Iain