the showman

Two will have to go back on the tractor Mark, don't know if i have any others, the 1" ones are hard to find now

After going to buy a new drill, i spent the afternoon in the shed. I finished drilling out the hitch pin removed allthe hubs from both boxes without braking them with my home made puller and opened them up. The box on the left is the one that won't go in 3rd gear, it looks like the problem is rusty balls in the selector shafts and the one on the right is the box out of the tractor which is just about a bin job, there was aload of needles in the bottom and one of the roller bearings is missing some balls. Next job is to throw it all in the parts washer and see what can be saved out of three boxes

I'm hoping to, once i get them open

Not having much luck with the trannys, the one i was going to fit won't go into 3rd gear now and i cant get the hubs off to open it up and have a look. Removed the tranny from the tractor, got the hub off one side and the other came out with the shaft and the needle bearing is shot, started drilling out the towbar pin and the drill went up in smoke. So at the moment I've got 3 transmissions scattered across the workshop floor and the chard remains of a drill

Looking better and better Norm

Top job Norm, they look really good

Or even trailer park / pitch

That looks nice Norm, when the grass grows back, easy to mow and look after.

Hopefully I won't have to split this one Mark

I did the last one in the tractor, that's why I did this before I change it

Pulled all the box apart this morning and its not good, just about all the bearings are shot and knowing the availability of them i think its a junker. Had a look through my stock and found another 3 speed that feels good apart from the attachment pin seized in, Ive had these before and the only way is to cut it off level with the box and drill it out, its to big to fit in the pillar drill so spent the rest of the day abuseing my hand held drill, it's 3/4 rod so the drill got pretty hot, anyway got it out. Here's a couple of photos

Here's two of the grandkids,Lauren's 21 now and James is 18, the photos where taken at Laughton just going into the arena and I've still got the tractor

Just thought I'd remind you

Had another fiddle with the tranny today, sprayed a load of wd over the selector but it still wouldn't move. Had a rummage under the bench and found another 3 speed with the same problem that i had swapped on another tractor i had, Finally got the pulleys off after a struggle and split the box open, not as bad as I expected, ive got another container somewhere with some gears and selectors in so will have a clean up tomorrow and see what i can muster up. Here's some photos ( Norm )

Happy birthday mate, have a good one

Always nice to see horse's on the ploughing field, like the Farmall in the first photo

If you bought a Wheelhorse from me , you could buy Toms deck , Andrew

It was a good turn out Paul, even got to drive the C160 about a couple of times

It should do Paul, its sat in your shed

Bought 2 small fuel tanks for the ranger twins for £8 and Pam bought a cream separator for a fiver and a enamel jug for £2

Found the magazine today, so here's a couple of photos

I was featured in a national tractor magazine and it was titled The Wheelhorse Showman, so I kept "the showman as my user name

Hav'nt had much chance today to look at it today only that I've removed the seat and rear fender. The gearstick retaining screw was hanging out which I removed and pulled out the stick, the selector is very hard to move so I drained the oil, as expected the first cupful was water so I've left it to drain overnight

Well done Matt, looks great

The Wheelhorse had no bonnet lock and the chrome thingy was missing, the plug thread in the head had gone, there was no brake band, it didn't run and the fuel tank had a big hole in it I thought it was 50 to 70 quids worth, I stopped bidding at £190 and it sold for £200 plus 7 1/2 % plus vat buyers premium