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Its a full time job having a place in the country, especially if you have animals, or land, but just building maintenance can take a lot of time, but its worth it in my opinion.

I was going to part this out, but it is going to be repowered with a kohler single when I find an engine, in the meantime I will be using this as a builder tractor, my good 16hp Kohler K341 from the other D160 will go on this machine along with a nice deck, the rear PTO will go on the AG tractor with the three point, and when I find another engine I'll have three D160's Oh Yeah!

It wont come off, I've even used Ajax

It has the Onan engine, that makes it pretty much worthless, rebuild kits are over 3200.00, carb kits over 200.00. It will make my two collectible kohler single D160 complete The dash, rear axle, etc are going to be put to good use. D series in this shape can be found for 400-500 on a regular basis, the only rare ones are the 1973 18 automatic, which was inferior, the 1975 D160 kohler single and the 1975 D180 kohler twin

I picked up another Wheel Horse D160 today, it came with a smooth running 16hp Onan which I have sold for 400.00, A rear PTO shaft, front and rear wheel weights, and a 48 mower deck. I'll sell the wheel weights as well and keep the tractor and deck for parts for my Kohler powered D160's. I paid 400.00 for the tractor and 60.00 in fuel. I should come out a few hundred to the good which will go toward the purchase of a 3 point for my other D160

The little Yorkie and my best fest friend Gus, the Rottweiler, have passed, but we still have Duchess the miniature Schnauzer (my dog now), and Refund, the Cairn Terrier. Duchess is 12 years and has failing eyesight, Refund is 2 years and has killed six large field rats this summer. Obviously you fellows and your families love and take care of your pooches as they take care of you. Our dogs mean so much to my wife and I, it hurts us terribly when we see how badly many around here treat their dogs.

The painting looks really good! I may consider eliminating the use of primer except to use as a filler. Most of these tractors/implements were never primed when new and they held up well, besides spritzing with OSPHO seems to work better and allow the "real" coating to adhere to iron. If the primer is not a etching primer then it is of less quality than the enamel finish coat. OSPHO is both a sacrificial layer and a rust remover, so I may use that on much of the work except tin. I really like primer, but it is not what it used to be before they took the lead out, nowadays on iron there are other ways to go.

Your a lucky so and so Andrew, When you make the maiden voyage I think you need to be dressed in period 1961 business casual, complete with hat and pipe. We can make a retro advert brochure.

Our is a Cairn Terrier, her name is Refund,long story, but she ia a excellent hunter and protector

It seems a coupe of chaps from Yorkshire were taking a break from hunting Grouse and were resting under a large oak when a Ranger appeared. The fellows each had a large sack filled with Grouse. The Ranger asked them when "whats in the sacks boys?", The fellows replied in unison, "Grouse, you idiot". The Ranger asked to look in the sacks and after taking count he says, "your way over limit boys, I'm going to have to confiscate your guns and give you a citation". The fellows from Yorkshire says, "we don't use guns, you knit wit, were from Yorkshire". The Ranger quite perturbed replied, so how is it you have killed all these birds, did you chat them up til they died?". No the fellows replied, "we uglied them to death". The Ranger in disbelief asked them to demonstrate the technique. After a short walk through a field several Grouse got up and the men from Yorkshire, screamed, yelled, and contorted their faces in unbelievable ways. and sure enough several Grouse fell to the ground mortally wounded by the sight and sound of the Yorkshire chaps actions. The Ranger was exasperated and had no words, upon leaving the area he asked the chaps, "Do you ever bring your wives out hunting with you?", the fellows replied, "No sir, they tear up the meat too bad".

Nah, in my past life I was a rower on a roman galley

Looks to be a true hunter We try to be more sporting, lol

Do any of you keeping hunting dogs. We have two, but the older one is way too old to go to the field. The small one is perfect as she is light enough to be thrown high into the air and can usually snag a bird. Right now she watches from a high vantage point for any prey that may wander within her territory.

A low of 42 this morning turn into a high of 88 degrees this afternoon. So after cutting some firewood I decided to turn the garden.

Yup, finally got that by the date of the initial post. I thought that post would show in the box, but that's for NEW posts, new posts to old topics are under new content, boy am I glad I quit drinking, lol

It looks GREAT Nigel. I've been checking the site and new topics are not coming up on the section?. I found this thread by clicking on new content. It usually shows up in the box on the right, hmmm.

Excellent Post!!! Thanks for correcting my decimal point on the thousandths and adding so much more detail, and while this may seem a lot of technical jargon and a large endeavor, the kohler singles are very simple engines that can produce a lifetime of enjoyment if rebuilt properly.

Unless the cylinder is over .30 thousandths out there is no need to sleeve, as sleeves are generally done to engines that have been bored multiple times or have excessive wear. The sleeve route can also be more expensive as the cost of the sleeve has to be considered. Most engines on initial or first time rebuild are .20 thousandth, or 30 thousandths at most. I would go the the bore and oversize piston rings route. Do not forget the crank surface reface and order a under size connecting rod or rebuild the surface to standard The crankshaft is often overlooked and this will be a source of engine failure if not properly addressed. Finally end play on the crank should be carefully checked and brought to specs if not within tolerances. I'll let someone else chime in about valve and cam issues as I know many more are more familiar with these..

Thanks for all the birthday wishes mates, it was the second best gift next to what the wife gave me, he he he he.

Thanks for fixing the link. I had a D180 years ago that didn't run due to bad carb, so I never got to really appreciate it. The Kohler k341 single cylinder D160 was only made in 1974 and some of 1975, so they not only fit into my collection, they are also two of the most versatile tractors I own. The 15 inch rear tires and 10 inch fronts really raise the tractor up for AG work

Thats what happens when you come home to the wife with a shiny moldboard

That's what you get when you come home from the "men's clinic" over medicated.

This is a LARGE machine, I'm out of proportion on many smaller machines, my legs are so long I look like a clown riding a tricycle at the circus

The Wheel Horse D160 had a few issues, most due to outstanding mechanic work by the previous owner. The oil was over full and the oil had just been changed, a whiff of the dipstick confirmed my suspicion, gas in the oil. The first thing to do was to strip the undersized fuel line and replace it with a standard size, along with new filter and shutoff valve. I noticed what I thought was gas coming from the fuel pump, I installed a new pump and gasket, still leaked, but not gas, this time oil. I removed the pump and using the gasket as a pattern made a new gasket from cork, sealed up nicely now. The carb had some play in the throttle shaft and was leaking fuel into the cylinder, stuck float needle probably the culprit. I replaced the carb with a new one I had in reserve and placed both the carb and fuel pump in the rebuild bin. I need to address an issue on the blade attachment bracket. the early models like mine did not have a locking pin, so if you get into a thicket it is possible (it will happen) that the brush will raise the locking levers and the blade will detach from the tractor frame. I can buy the updated pins for 25.00, but I don't see any reason to so so when my pins can be modified, I just have to decide on how to do it. Right now I'm hooking a old box spring from a mattress with a large tractor tire on it to the back of the D160 and will be scuffing up the interior fence line to prepare for being groomed like the yard. I hope this will make the property look better and keep the cows from reaching over the fence. I've already cleared an area under the big oak tree and burnt the brush, that was a tough spot. Pictures and video to follow.